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So Doctor Who season four finished on Saturday with an extended, companion filled episode that had the potential to be the best episode of the season. Was it?

In some ways it was. Donna was turned into part timelord and became really smart and pwnd the Daleks. But then she had her memory wiped and the Doctor dumped her back at home. Donna was an excellent companion, Catherine Tate really earned my kudos as an actress for the performance, and I see her getting some nods when it comes to award time. For her to be ditched after only one season seems a bad choice in my opinion. The series needs a stable companion after the change from Rose to Martha to Donna. Whether it was Catherine Tate leaving to do something else or whether she just wasn’t asked back I don’t know but it makes me sad.

After the excellence of episode 12 ending in the shock regeneration, after the Doctor was shock by a Dalek, I couldn’t wait for episode 13. It just didn’t live up to my expectations. It was too busy with all the companions and there were distracting side stories (did anyone ever give a fuck about the Osterhagen key? No, we all just wanted to see Martha die) and then the Daleks were destroyed with what seems like no effort at all and it was time for the poignant farewells to all the companions. Which with there being so many of them took up most of the episode.

The betrayal of the Daleks by Dalek Khan was a shock tho, and the destruction of the Daleks by the second Doctor seemed a bit rash and violent for a Saturday night show. It seemed more suited to Torchwood’s dark themes.

Oh and speaking of Torchwood, if Martha and Mickey replace Tosh and Owen I certainly won’t be watching. Did the BBC sign Freema on for many years or something? It seems like they’re bringing her back constantly simply because they have to. The fans never liked her so I don’t see any other reason than contractual obligation.

Season Four topped season three on so many levels (the only good thing to come out of season three was Blink) and while I’m excited to watch the Christmas Special, it’s only because I can watch it live with Tim since he’ll be at mine. I’m more excited for 2010 (tho the tv specials do have potential, I just won’t hold my breath) when the Moff takes over.

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We were supposed to go up to Tim’s friend Rob’s cabin this weekend for the 4th weekend. There was gonna be camping and fires and bathing in rivers. However Saffie somehow hurt her leg last week so in the end we couldn’t go. Which sucked, but she needed to get better.

So instead we stayed here and did a couple of things we’ve been meaning to do for a while now. On Friday we got up early and went to the 10:40 showing of Wanted. I really liked the film and think that some of the scenes in it topped The Matrix. Tim didn’t like it so much tho.

The rest of the day we hung out in the house cos it was a rather miserable day outside. In the evening we ordered Chinese food for dinner, played some Rock Band and then started on Stargate SG-1 season 9. So far I’m enjoying it but mainly due to Vala, who now seems to have gone. I know she’ll be back though cos she’s in the two direct to dvd movies.

On Saturday we again got up early and this time we headed out to Ikea, with a brief detour to Starbucks, to get bookshelves. We got the bookshelves and I also got a bedside table, a lamp, an apple corer, a milk frother and a little plush hippopotamus.

We also bought some frames to hang in the hall and some frames and pictures to hang in the bedroom. However when Tim was putting the picture in one of them it smashed so we have to take it back.

We were initially gonna do a corner unit of bookcases but it turned out that Tim’s house is crooked so we had to abandon that idea. But we got them put together and now we just need a battery for Tim’s wall gizmo that allows you to find where to attach them to the wall.

On Sunday we got up and headed down to Best Buy with plans to buy ink cartridges for Tim’s printer to print pictures for our frames. However they were hella expensive so we decided to just do it online since we’ll likely not need more than one set.

I had a gift card that I got from soco for my birthday so I bought myself a 500GB external hard drive for $120 so that I could back up my MacBook to it. I’m always paranoid something’s gonna happen. Anyway I partitioned it in two and one is my Time Machine backup (Billy) and one is just an external drive to store things on (Eddie). It’s very pretty.

After we got back from Best Buy and Target Tim started his Lego Y-Wing while I read some of my book. I finished it last night when we went to bed, it was actually really good. I wish they would release the third one in paperback already. Aha! A quick check on Amazon UK and it’s apparently releasing in paperback in the UK on September 1st. Yay!

After we’d had a dinner of burgers, we decided to play some Phase 10, the brilliant card game we played just about every day at Tim’s parents’ over Christmas. We only did a couple of rounds before Tim went in a huff because I was beating him.

After he finished his lego Y-Wing we watched P.S. I Love You. I’d already seen it on the plane and there are still good bits and there are still really annoying bits because they deviate too far from the book. As always the book was much better than the film.

So that was our weekend, a bit different from what was planned, but fun nonetheless. We haven’t got anything planned for this week I don’t think. We might be going out to dinner on Wednesday for Emily’s birthday and on Saturday we have a bbq at one of Tim’s workmates.

A week tomorrow is Jimmy Eat World (woo!) and then Tim heads off to Chicago for four days. I come all the way over here to visit him and it seems all he can do is head off on trips! Yeesh.

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I finished another book yesterday, Jeffery Deaver’s The Empty Chair. It was a bit slow until right at the end when there was loads crammed in. As far as the Lincoln Rhyme novels go I think it was definitely the weakest storyline.

I’ve started my next book, Jango by William Nicholson, which is the second part of a trilogy of books that I started early last year with a book called Seeker. It’s actually a kids book but I like them.

I ordered four more books from Amazon today. It was four for three and I also had enough of the gift card I got from James to get another book free so I only actually paid for two. Bargain!

I got Spin by Robert Charles Wilson which is a sci fi novel that Tim is listening to on audiobook which I’ve found sort of interesting.

I also got three more Jeffery Deaver books. The Stone Monkey is the last of the Lincoln Rhyme novels that I don’t have, Twisted is a collection of short stories and The Maiden’s Grave is another of his novels that sounded interesting.

If I continue reading a book a week like I have been so far (I’ve actually read four books in the three weeks I’ve been here) then I should be able to read them all before I leave.

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The recent heatwave in Seattle came to a spectacular finale last night with thunder and lightning for most of the night. While myself and Tim thought this was pretty neat, poor Saffie didn’t think so.

Like a lot of dogs she’s terrified of thunder and fireworks. So last night she had thunder and tonight and tomorrow night there’ll be fireworks aplenty for the fourth of July.

Couple this with the fact she already has a sore leg and the poor girl just can’t catch a break.

We had originally planned to go to Elbe this weekend, which is in the country, to get away from the fireworks. But with Saffie having her sore leg I don’t think we’re gonna be going. Which is a shame since now she’ll spend most of the weekend terrified.

We can’t even take her to the park during the days to get her tired out enough to sleep through the fireworks (not that I think she could anyway) cos the vet told us not to take her out and let her rest a couple weeks.

I guess Tim and I’ll just have to play Rock Band up loud all weekend. *sigh* The things we do for these dogs.

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It was my birthday on Saturday (no longer a teenager!) so it’s been a busy weekend. On Friday after Tim got home from Spokane we watched Sex and the City which I really enjoyed.

Saturday morning I was awoken to breakfast in bed, something I’d never had before. Pancakes, hash browns and a bowl of fruit were the order of the day. It was very tasty and much appreciated. After we’d showered we had to head out to pick up a load of stuff for the evening event.

Afterwards we went to three or four game stores looking for the wireless Rock Band guitar, only to finally get one, get it home and find it was broken. Not impressed.

But the evening finally arrived and all Tim’s workmates came over for our wine & cheese night. It was good fun, even if all the wine tasted the same to me. The rest of them certainly made up for me tho!

Sunday morning we were supposed to head out to the Pride parade but Tim wasn’t feeling well and I was tired so we missed it and cleaned the house instead. Since we couldn’t do anything on Saturday we invited the guys round on Sunday to hang out for some gaming.

It was too hot to do Rock Band so we did catchphrase until about 10pm when Tim went to bed and the rest of us played some Rock Band and Singstar and then everyone but James left and him and I did pretty much the entire Singstar setlist. It was good fun and he left about 1 and I headed up to bed.

Overall it was a good fun weekend and I got lots of lovely presents too which was very generous of everyone.

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There’s two films releasing tomorrow that I’m really excited to see. WALL-E is the latest Disney/Pixar movie and since every Pixar movie I’ve seen has been brilliant, I’m excited to see this one. It’s currently sitting on a 92 on Metacritic which makes me optimistic it’ll be good.

The other film is Wanted and while I’m not expecting it to win any Oscars I think it’s gonna be a fun summmer flick that entertains rather than educates.

Since we’re so busy over the weekend with Tim’s work thing on Saturday and my birthday party on Sunday we prolly won’t get to see the films till next week but at least hopefully by then they won’t be as busy.

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This is my 1000th post since I started this blog last February. How exciting.

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I finished yet another Jeffrey Deaver book, my second in as many weeks.

This was the second book in the series so while I knew that certain characters were fated to live or die, I was still held in suspense when their lives were hanging in the balance.

The twist at the end of the book was very good and the action seemed to end but then there was a little jolt right at the end to keep up the pace right till the last page.

I’ve started my next book The Empty Chair and while it’s been a bit of a slow start I’m sure it’ll speed up soon enough, it’s a Jeffrey Deaver novel after all.

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I totally forgot to post about all the fun I had on Saturday night.

We went out to dinner at a restaurant called the Tap House grill. I had garlic chicken penne and then an ice cream sandwich for dessert. It was pretty tasty.

After that we headed up to the theatre to see Avenue Q which was SO MUCH FUN. I haven’t had such fun in a long time. The show was excellent and a brilliant choice for my first broadway musical.

It’s made me that much more excited to see Shrek now.

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I took a walk round the corner to Haller Lake today. I’ve known it’s there for a while but never been bothered to go. It was nice today so I figured, why not?

To get there you go to the bottom of the street, but that was a private road so I didn’t think there was any public access. I was right.

To get there I had to walk halfway around the lake to a public road which ended in a little path leading down to the shore. Somebody had been there with their dog a few times and not taking baggies, vile person.

I thought I’d be able to walk all the way around the lake but it seems that the houses on the shoreside have private access to the beach which seems a little unfair. The houses were really big though so that must’ve paid a few bob for that privilege.

Anyway after I took some photos I walked along to Albertsons via the back roads. Some of the houses on that route are really rundown and then there’s ones next to them that are perfect. It’s weird.

View the complete set of photos here @ Flickr.

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We got up early today and headed over to Capitol Hill where Tim got his hair cut. After saying hi to his friend Rick (who owns the bar right across the street) and a quick pitstop at Starbux, we headed home to pick up the girls and go to the park.

Since it’s semi nice outside we decided to go to the park by the lake so Saffie could go swimming, which she did. Dolce seemed to enjoy herself too, Tim not so much tho. His allergies started acting up in a big way so he’s taken an allergy pill and gone to bed.

We’re going out for dinner tonight with a group of friends and then to the theatre to see Avenue Q. It should be good fun.

Tomorrow I think we’re gonna go to Ikea to get the book cases for the bedroom which should be fun. Tim is going out in the evening to meet Frankie for a drink since it’s his birthday.

Then on Monday Tim is heading to Portland and is staying overnight till Tuesday, then on Thursday he’s going to Spokane and is staying overnight till Friday! It’s almost like he’s avoiding me.

A week today I’ll no longer be a teenager! Weird, huh?

The rest of the photos from today can be viewed @ my Flickr page, as usual.

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It’s 81ºF in Seattle right now (that’s 27ºC for all you Metrics) and sunny, there’s not a cloud in the sky.

I took advantage of the lovely weather to sit out the back and finish my book, Jeffery Deaver’s The Broken Window. I love the Lincoln Rhyme novels, I love most crime thrillers really but the first one that really stuck with me was Jeffery Deaver’s The Vanished Man which I received as a birthday present a few years ago.

The Broken Window is set after that one obviously and is in part linked to the last Rhyme novel, The Cold Moon, which I’ve also read. This one delves into a killer who has access to a data mining company’s servers and uses the information he finds to kill people and frame others for it.

The amount of information the company has on people is staggering, and more alarming yet is that the information was all attained legally i.e. anyone therefore could get this kinda information on you.

Now while the company in the book is fictional, the author notes that he took the idea from company’s that DO exist. Which just creeps the hell outta me.

Anyway the story itself was brilliant and I can’t wait for the next Rhyme novel. I also have The Empty Chair and The Coffin Dancer with me to read and after those I’ll have read all but one of the Rhyme novels which I’m sure I’ll be purchasing at some point in the very near future.

I’d recommend the Rhyme novels to anyone looking for a different kind of crime thriller that always keeps you guessing.

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It’s gonna be a musical summer. This Saturday I’m going to see Avenue Q, Jimmy Eat World in July (woo!) and Shrek The Musical in August.

Obviously the one I’m most excited about is Jimmy Eat World because I’ve been dying to see them since I got Futures almost three years ago.

However the two musicals should be fun and I’m especially looking forward to Shrek, simply because it’s Shrek.

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I went with Xak and Domi downtown yesterday, it’s their last day in town and Xak wanted to take Domi on the Seattle Underground Tour down at Pioneer Square.

I’d already done the tour but I was going a bit stir crazy in the house so I figured I’d take my camera and go for a walk. The area around Pioneer Square is very picturesque, tho unfortunately the crazies have moved in and made it theirs.

I walked down to the waterfront and got some photos since it turned into a pretty nice day, if a bit cloudy. On the way back to meet Domi and Xak I stopped at Starbux and got a Mint Mocha Chip Frappucino which was really tasty, it was like ice cream.

We stopped at the store to pick up a few things (coffee creamer being one cos Tim stole ours) and then headed home. When Tim got home he wanted to go to the comic store so we all hopped in the truck and drove over, only to find out it shut at six on Tuesdays.

So he used his GPS on his phone to find another a couple streets away and we drove over there, shut also. Bah! So we headed home and fired up the grill for some burgers and brats.

After a very tasty dinner we sat down to watch The Orphanage which turned out to be pretty good, if a bit slow. The ending was really good tho.

Then things took a turn for the worse. Tim and Xak wanted to watch Once More, With Feeling (the musical Buffy episode) so they turned off the PS3 (The Orphanage was a Blu Ray disc) and fired up the 360. It froze while loading the disc and then when Tim switched it back on…..RROD! Yup, Tim’s Xbox is no more.

And I stupidly said a couple days ago that when it broke he could buy a new one. So that’s likely what we’ll be doing tonight.

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What a weekend it turned out to be.

On Friday Xak and Domi arrived around lunchtime. We said hi, I gave them a tour of the house and then we headed out. Xak got lost (ha!) on the way to Ballard but we ended up at this really neat little cafe diner by the waterside.

I had chips and a sundae since I’d already eaten a sandwich before they arrived. After that we headed down to the Space Needle, but we were actually going to see the building they use to shoot the Greys Anatomy helicopter sequences with, Domi’s a huge Greys fan.

We walked around down there a bit and then drove up to Target at Northgate. I got my phone:

which was $10 at Target. The display one they had was actually white but they didn’t have it in stock so I just got the pink one. I only have to use it for like two months, and it makes me look faaaaabulous anyway.

After Target we drove home and played some Rock Band and Scene It until Tim came home and told us he was too sick to go out, so Melting Pot was off. Which was fine with me cos it’s really expensive anyway. We had Pagliacci’s pizza instead which was really tasty.

Since it was Friday the 13th we watched Final Destination 2 which is funny but so bad. After that we watched Primal Fear which I thought was a bit meh since I worked out what was gonna happen.

On Saturday Xak, Domi and I headed out to the store and I got all the stuff we needed for the BBQ, Xak and Domi bought some beer. After that we headed home and I (with Tim’s help) made some pasta salad, mowed the lawns, cleaned the tiki torches and filled them with oil and cleaned the tables outside.

Poor Tim ended up staying in bed pretty much all day cos he was sick. He did make a few appearances tho so he got to see everyone but it’s a shame he didn’t get to enjoy it like the rest of us.

Around then Alex showed up and the four of us hung out until Jon showed up at about three forty-five and then the other guys came about ten minutes later. I finally got to meet Soco and Ducky which was nice. They both seem like a nice addition to the Seattle gang.

And then it was dinnertime so Xak fired up the grill and made some burgers, brats and salmon burgers which were all very tasty. After that it was time for dessert.

It was both Alex and Steve’s birthday’s recently so some of the guys got them an ice cream cake. Steve also brought a home made cake he’d made as did Soco, but his was a cheesecake. Since they all had chocolate in them I tried but unfortunately didn’t like any of them.

After everyones desserts had settle we played some Catchphrase which is always good fun. About twenty minutes into that James showed up with his boyfriend Craig who also seems very nice. They inserted themselves into the group and off we went again.

Then it was time for the console games. Scene It and Rock Band were the games of the night.

Since only four people can play Rock Band a group of us went back next door and played Catchphrase which was good fun. Around midnight Jon left and then soon after everyone else (except Alex and Jason) slowly trickled out.

All in all it was a good night and it was nice seeing everyone again. Hopefully we can do another one soon. The rest of the photos are available here.

On Sunday we didn’t do very much, I got up and came downstairs and Tim was watching Dexter and then we watched some Greys Anatomy as everyone else got up. After Alex and Jason left, Domi and Xak headed out to do some sightseeing (it’s Domi’s first time in Seattle) which Tim and I stayed in and watched TV.

Since it was such a beautiful day I offered to walk round to Albertsons for Tim to get him his cough medicine. It was really lovely outside, about 70ºF it got up to.

When I got back I sat out back and read some of my book which is getting really good. Once it got to around five and the sun went behind the house I came in and restarted God of War (thanks Chris!) but luckily it’s still pretty fun second time around.

Around six thirty Xak and Domi came home and I made some burgers for dinner and then they headed back out to go see The Incredible Hulk (blech!) while I got caught up on Battlestar Galactica so Tim and I could watch the mid season finale.

While we were just at the end Xak and Domi walked in and by that time it was bedtime anyway so Tim and I headed up while they played some Scene It.

I don’t know what’s on the board for today but it’s gonna be another beautiful day today (it’s 60ºF already and it’s only ten thirty) so if Xak and Domi are going out and ask me along I think I’ll go.

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I cleaned the whole house today in preparation for Xak and Domi who are arriving any minute now from San Francisco.

The four of us are going to The Melting Pot tonight for dinner. TMP is a fondue restaurant and while it’s a bit pricey, the food is delicious and it’s a lovely atmosphere.

Tomorrow we’re having a BBQ and about twenty people are coming, mostly gamers. It should be fun. Games like Rock Band, Scene It and Singstar always come into their own in these kind of events. Rock Band especially should be fun.

On Sunday I think the four of us are gonna go see some sights in Seattle since it’s Domi’s first time here. The first time I was here Tim and I got a GO! Card which is $50 and gets you into a load of different things. We did the Space Needle and Underground Tour but you can do more. It should be fun.

Xak and Domi go home on Wednesday and they were talking about going to Vancouver for Monday and Tuesday but I don’t know if they’ve finalised anything.

It should be a fun weekend all in all.

Next weekend it’s Avenue Q and then the weekend after it’s the Wine & Cheese night and my birthday, my party got bumped to Sunday tho.

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I’m in Seattle! And what a trip it was getting here.

I left Glasgow yesterday at 10:50am after having a coffee with Dad in Starbux. The flight to London was uneventful, didn’t get any breakfast this time though, boo!

Landed at Heathrow and transferred from Terminal Five to Four, what a trek that is. Takes about twenty minutes by bus. Once I was at Terminal Four tho everything was fine.

Had a few hours to kill so I went to Costa for a coffee and sandwich which was pretty tasty. Afterwards I popped into WHSmith to get some wine pastilles for Tim and saw they had the latest Jeffrey Deaver novel which so happens to be a Lincoln Rhyme story, so I bought that. I also got Tim two packets of shortbread since it was buy one get one free.

I had a pretty good seat on the plane, it was right at the back and the seats in front was only two wide as well so I had space at the side to stretch out my legs. It was a 747 I was on, the first I’ve ever been on. Double decker plane!

On the plane I watched Jumper (was pretty naff), P.S. I Love You (was alright but didn’t follow the book closely) and Cloverfield (I liked it more than I thought I would) and a couple of episodes of Ugly Betty. And then the fun began.

I landed in Seattle and was practically last off the plane since I was right at the back so I was one of the last to get in line at the immigration desk. When I got to the front I got the usual questions “What’s the purpose of your visit?” “How long are you staying?” etc.

I thought there might be a few eyes raised cos I was staying so long, turns out there was. I got red flagged.

Basically I was detained and not allowed to go through. I had to go sit in a waiting area until an officer was free to talk to me. After fifteen minutes waiting I asked if I could make a phone call as Tim was waiting for me and I hadn’t been able to text him. “No”.

Eventually I was called and told to go get my bags so I did and then I was taken to a wee room and questioned. Why was I here, what was my relationship with Tim, was I intending to sell photographs while I was here.

2 hours after I arrived I was finally allowed to leave and I went through and met Tim. Turns out the guy had phoned him and Tim’d vouched for me. They phoned up Tim again this morning to check that I was with him so I’m wondering what else’ll happen over the summer.

My annoyance isn’t that I was stopped. I understand the need for security. My annoyance is that I was treated like I’d done something wrong. Not being allowed to make a phone call is ridiculous, I’m a citizen of America’s closest “ally” and this is how I’m treated? I dread to think what happens to people from Iraq or Iran.

Anyway, I’m letting it go. I’m here and I’ve got the whole summer to spend with Tim and I can’t wait. The girls seemed happy to see me as well. Dolce even gave me cuddles before she gave Tim some which is very unlike her. I think it was just her punishing him for leaving them in so long, hopefully she won’t find out it was my fault

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In twenty four hours I’ll hopefully have landed in Seattle and cleared customs and be with Tim I’m so excited now. Up till now there’s always been one more thing I’ve gotta do but now it’s all done and it’s party time!

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Well the party is all over and done with and thankfully it all went pretty smooth.

I arrived back to the party at about a quarter to seven by which time it seemed like most people had arrived. It was really funny because all the northern family (Inverness, Thurso, Alyth, Glasgow) had congregated at one side of the gazeboes and the sourthern family (all over england) had all congregated the other side.

Once I’d said hi to a couple of people I went inside to set down my bag and tripod and on the way back asked if I could be of any assistance, turns out that may have been a mistake. I was quickly set to work cutting veg and when I realized the three girls on waitressing detail were only about to carry two bowls of soup each I picked up a tray, loaded it with six bowls and made a few trips.

Once I’d gathered the bowls back in we started sending people through for the buffet. I grabbed my tray again and headed over to help the older guests with carrying their plates while they walked to and from the buffet. I had a chat with a lady called Alice who I believe was German and she was asking me about Ross and stuff so we had a wee chat and then I took her food back to her table for her.

After the buffet came the dessert which I didn’t get much of a choice at because I was clearing dishes whilst it was served so I grabbed a bit of cheese cake when I was done.

Once the meal was done I decided it was time to stop working and start partying so I mingled a bit and chatted to some folks and then the horse racing started.

The horse racing was pretty cool. Basically it’s prerecorded races and you gamble on them and the money goes to charity. It was good fun and people seemed to really get into it and a lot of money was raised for a good cause.

After the horse racing was a one man band. He had some drums, a guitar and a harmonica and he sang while playing. Pretty talented guy.

The fireworks came at eleven and fireworks they were! Halfway through the display (constructed by my uncle Kevin and lit by my uncle Gary) one of the fireworks fell over and lit one of the other boxes on the ground. People saw this and thought it was gonna blow up, so they ran away. At this point I was taking photos of the fireworks exploding and so was looking through my camera and not aware of what was going on around me. I looked down and there was nobody around, I was slightly perplexed.

But the fireworks didn’t cause any damage so that was ok, might be a few peeved neighbours tho.

After the fireworks the one man band came back on and played till about twelve thirty when he did Auld Lang Syne and then it was over and home time. But first I offered to walk my little cousins home because my littlest cousin had fallen asleep and my aunt was gonna take her in the car.

Of course it was no problem since it’s not far, but I prolly should’ve realized I needed to wee really bad before we set off. But all turned out fine thankfully.

I was picked up in the taxi on my way back and we drove back to Colin & Murd’s and I promptly fell asleep.

Today Mum, Linzi, Callum and I went for a walkabout down in the town and then to Primark where I got some clothes for my holiday. Five t-shirts, 5 pairs of socks, a pair of boxers and hoody for £22. Not bad eh?

After that we went for something to eat and I had a really tasty chicken club sandwich. After a quick visit to my Granny’s to say good bye to everyone it was time to head back down the road.

All in all it’s been a good weekend, I’m glad I helped out some at the party as I think it might’ve been a bit stressful otherwise. I got a lot of kudos for it too

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Just read a rather interesting article about new body scanners being installed in a variety of US airports. These new scanners can actually see through clothing and the operator at the station can see you naked. That’s what I gathered from:

public uses of security devices that reveal intimate body parts.

I don’t think that’s entirely clever, and it’s just crying out to be misused. But I guess if it stops the terrorists…

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