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Ozzy taking break to be with wife – Oh no :-( I hope the treatment works. *sends speedy-recovery vibes to Sharon Osbourne*.
But “heavily bleeped show”? The only thing I’ve noticed being bleeped are the ads for the show that are on during the day. Do they beep all the swearing out in the US, or something, then? Huh.

My Mum and Dad might come up here next weekend now instead, cos they’re probably going to go and visit my uncle Ted (82 today – Happy Birthday Ted!) in Norfolk in the week, then continue on up here. I don’t think they’ve seen any pics of my hair as it is at the moment, so that should be interesting. Heheh.

Talking of which, Megs sent me the before / during / after pics of me during our hair bleaching and dying spree. So, um, here they are:

And while I’m here, a plug: go visit Megs today – she’s doing the 24 hour blogathon, and it’ll definitely be worth checking it out, cos she’s doing it as a 24-hour murder mystery story. I’m excited. Are you excited? You should be – oh, and you should sponsor her, too. *nods*

I woke up about an hour ago, having slept almost solidly for a day and a half. I feel quite a lot better. And also, very hungry. I think I’ll therefore go cook myself something with a shitload of carbohydrates. Mmmmm, pastaaaa…..

I am, in a word (or two), narked off. My voice seems to have decided that it has better places to be. Hooray, wonderful. It was coming and going over the weekend, but this morning it’s gone, and so far hasn’t come back. Argh!! I was down with the heavy cold that seems to have been going around last week (hence the non-postage) but I should be better by now. I was doing alright over the weekend – I even made it to Lee’s wedding, which was an excellent do. Still, as long as my voice comes back, and the head-muzziness goes away, I’ll be fine. The most annoying thing is, I had to cancel the appt with the doctor that gave me those meds that disagreed – it was supposed to be this morning. Hope I get another one through soon, cos I really want to talk to her about that. Ho hum.

Well, that was interesting. Took the first dose of the new meds from the doctor on Friday evening, and within half-an-hour got a whole bunch of not-fun side-effects. Which made me decide to pass on the second (higher) dose, or in fact, on ever taking the sodding things again. Heh. I’m feeling better now, though.

Russ and Char came to visit yesterday, with baby Lex. Luckily, by the time I’d arrived, I’d got over the worst of the side-effects, so that was OK. Lex is crawling now, and into everything. He’s also completely adorable, and very smiley. Was most excellent to see them. :-)

Blunkett unveils ID card plans – I don’t see what the problem is with this thing. Apparantly, some people see carrying an ID card as an infringement of civil liberties. Um… huh? How is that? Driving licences now have photos and so on on them, and even if you want, say, something as simple as a one week season ticket on a train or bus, you generally have to have a photo ID card to get it. I’ve never seen anyone complaining about that, other than moaning about the crapness of their photo ;-) Surely it’d just make a lot of things easier, and help crack down on fraud and stuff. I’m all for it.

Things that make you go “Awwwwww” :-) Seal saves dog from drowning.

I’ve been trying to decide what to do about my various websites. I just don’t have the time or energy to keep them going like before. I think automation is the way to go for the cliques. For everything else, I’m not entirely sure yet. I think I want to get them all looking decent, at least. Don’t expect I’ll get much done over the next few weeks anyway, since I’ll either be at work, asleep, or away. I’m off down south tomorrow morning, for the wedding thang, and won’t be back til late Sunday. Should be fun. Oh, and I really *must* ring Alison! Perhaps I should write it on my hand or something. Heh. Got to pack, too. Fuuuun.

I don’t mind this kind of weather, really. As long as there’s plenty of shade and shadows for me to lurk in. *g* But I’m tired – not zombified tired like I was a while back, but just physically and mentally feeling knackered. The heat isn’t helping much, I don’t think. Still, I’ll live. And if I don’t, I’ll come back and haunt people. On cold days. *g*

It’s Clara’s wedding this weekend. Heehee! I have a dress to wear, and everything. Two of Alan’s friends (as in, a couple) are getting married the same day, too. Guess it’s the time of year for it. According to the weatherman, though, it’s going to rain. How typical. But we’ll be indoors most of the day, so never mind. I should get a film for my camera, come to think of it. And ring Alison. Must do that when I get home. Which is where I’m going in just a mo. *Whoooosh*

One of the pot plants at work is called Henry II (the original Henry met with a tragic accident). So I’ve relabled the plant next to him. She was Annie, but now she’s Eleanor of Aquitaine, which is way more appropriate. See, doing History at uni does come in handy at work. Now, if only I could think of some use for the Music half of the course….

I don’t think I mentioned it here, but I’m cutting down on the amount of website and mailing list time I spend. I was on about 80 mailing lists at one point recently, so I’ve now cut that down to around twenty or so. Yay! Also, I’ve closed some sites and rejigged others so they don’t need updates (or only very infrequent ones). So Kaplooey is gone, as is Raw Addiction Graphics, and I’ve finally got around to deleting my very old geocities account that once housed my first ‘proper’ sites. Eternal… Literally has a new design, and will only be updated with new fanlist members, or in the event of both characters being on the show and having an encounter. The Fred fanlist, Fabulous Fred has a new design and a new location, and We Want Him Dark is now all automated – all I have to do is check over the new applicants, which makes things much quicker and easier! In addition to that, Con Woman will soon be absorbed into my personal site, and the Evil Ones Button Exch will become part of Spiked & Skewered. All in all, I might even find myself with time to get a life……. ;-)

Right, yes. I’m not dead, and neither is my computer. Hoorah! Dean came and asked me how it was (Hi Dean *g*) which reminded me that I hadn’t actually posted here for aaaaages. Whoops. So, the computer is all fixed, and I’ve got most things loaded back on. I’m feeling a lot more with it, which is nice. Heh. I shall have to ramble at length about what I’ve been up to recently a bit later on. When I’ve remembered it all. Yes.

Well, the reformat didn’t help at all. So I took the ‘puter to the shop, and it’s still there now. Because I haven’t been to pick it up yet. *g* Went off to the Starfury Bad Girls and Wild Boys con on Friday, and had a fantastic weekend there. Well organised, friendly, fun, and an all around stormin’ con. Hee! Now I’m down at Mum and Dad’s for a few days. Hopefully my computer will be well again by the time I get back. Fingers crossed. Now I’d better get going, since the parents have to pay for phone calls for their net connection. Tcha! ;-)

Computer is completely and utterly knackered – it’s taken me five or six tries (crashes and reboots, and safe mode booting, and argh!!) to manage to get this posted. If it gets as far as posting, that is. So, I’m attempting to back stuff up, and as soon as that’s done, it’ll be reformat time. Wish me luck.

……. I may be gone some time………

Random discovery of the day: now that Opal Fruits are called Starburst, they have purple ones, too.

I’ve been thinking about stuff to go in the main part of this domain, when I eventually get around to it. And having spoken to one of my aunts , and my Mum last night, I realised that just about everytime I talk to, or about, one of my Dad’s sisters, or his brother, I find out something new about them. And none of them have exactly led uneventful lives, really. So I think I want to try and get some of their personal histories down. Considering that my uncle (the eldest) is in his 80’s, and my Dad (the youngest) is in his late 60’s, they’ve experienced a helluva lot between them. Hmmm. Yeah.

Best thing I found while working my way through my bulging work inbox: Take out your WRATH!. Oh, I had waaaaaay too much fun with that. Bwahah!

Um. And can anybody tell me why Melly’s site seems to be redirecting to a porn site? Help?

Still having a good time with the parents – went to The Deep today, which was pretty damn cool – lots of interesting stuff and tons of things to poke and play with. Heehee! Yesterday, Dad bought me a new bookshelf which we built in the evening (with some assistance from Megs, who came for tea), so I now have enough space for almost all my books. Woohoo!

On Saturday, I’ll be back at work, doing a slightly shorter day than the normal 10 hour shift until I get back into the swing of things. I’m looking forward to it – will be most excellent to get things back to normal again, as it were. Plus, my little run of visitors isn’t over, as Noxy will be arriving on Monday, and of course after that, the Bad Girls & Wild Boys con is coming up. Now, if only I had the rest of the money that’s owed to me from the old house deposit. Grr-argh! Really hoping it arrives damn soon. Not to mention the overtime cheque from work that got messed up…. I’m sure I should have had that by now….

Oh look, I haven’t been posting again. Mainly cos I’ve been distracted, I guess, by my visitors. Which of course was the whole point. Le Heather was here for four days, when we watched lots of videos and things and had fun, and the parents are here at the moment. We’ve been doing things that have involved lots of scenery and walking. Am very tired now. *g* But it’s been nice, and today we saw Puffins.

I’m feeling more with it than I was, and the doctor will hopefully be sorting some things out soon that’ll help more with luck. So yay. I’m going back to work next Saturday, which will be good. The little spate of visitors isn’t drying up, either :-) The most luvverly Noxy is coming to visit for a week from the 22nd, and my brother might well come up at the end of May, too. I’m looking forward to it :-)

Also, I have a new Blogger Inside partner. Which kinda shows how infrequently I’ve been posting lately. Um, whoops…..

I ache today. I don’t know why, and it’s not much fun. Bah. Also, there was something I intended to say, and now I’ve completely forgotten what. D’oh.

Blogger Inside is running again at the mo, and my most efficient partner Tinka (*waves*) has sent me my questions over already. Good tricky ones, too. *g* I’m still working on the ones to send to her, but it shouldn’t be too much longer.

And before I forget again, really must go update my Mum’s Family History Soc. website now. Tum ti tum…..