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After stupidly saying I was in the mood for cooking I am now cooking next weeks meals. Those of you that are hungry can join me for the following.

Thursday - A selection of omelettes with fresh bread.
Friday - Mexican Hash.
Saturday - Tori Kara Age with a vegetable noodle soup.
Sunday - Beef Pot Roast with mixed vegetables.
Monday - Pasta with a spicy sausage sauce.
Tuesday - Freshly made pizza.
Wednesday - I'm not bloody cooking again so I'm buying take away!

There were a surprising number of people at the cinema this morning, it was already up to twenty one degrees when we got there. Thank god for air conditioning in the cinema.

I loved the movie. Heath Ledger's performance was the best acting I've seen in a while. He did psycho really well. To be honest with you, even though I enjoyed the whole movie the only bits that are still vivid in my mind are the scenes with the Joker and Harvey Dent. I don't think there was a single bit where I was really getting anything from Christian Bale.

I've been looking at reviews and its one extreme to the other. Either they loved Heath Ledger's performance or they hated it. Obviously I thought it was great and I definitely think its an Oscar winning performance. I think there'll be a bit of pressure to give him an award to celebrate his life and career, but he really does deserve it. Hell he deserves an award just for his acting while dressed as a nurse in it and all his "crazy" ticks.

I also saw a load of trailers that I want to go and see. Then I was surfing around IMDB and found some more that I'll be popping to the cinema to see.

Zohan - Looks ridiculous... but I like ridiculous.
The Mummy 3 - I haven't seen Jet Li in anything too dubious so this should be alright.
Get Smart - Bit of dumb humour.
Space Chimps - Patrick Warburton cracks me up.
Tropic Thunder - More daft humour.
X Files 2 - The truth is still out there.
Hellboy 2 - Its got to be better than the first.
RockNRolla - New Guy Ritchie.
Midnight Meat Train - The more I see Vinnie the more I like his acting.
Disaster Movie - New spoof.
Babylon AD - Not sure what this ones about but I really like the poster!
Traitor - Don Cheadle, brilliant actor.
Eagle Eye - Billy Bob, Shia and Rosario, all great actors.
Blindness - Sounds intriguing.
How To Lose Friends & Alienate People - Simon Pegg.
City Of Embers
Quarantine - Haven't seen a trailer of this, if its like Cloverfield I wont bother.
Passengers - Sounds mysterious.
Madagascar Escape 2 Africa - I love a good animation.
Day The Earth Stood Still - Remake... hmm... we'll see.
Yes Man - Danny Wallace is a genius anyway so if its based on his book it should be good.

Well my last three I think will have to be taken in no particular order because I've changed my mind four times about which is my favourite!

DOA by Foo Fighters

Reason by Hoobastank

Elevation by U2. What more could you want from a video... Angelina Jolie and U2.

Down to my Top 10 now. So here are 10 to 4.

10. Proud by Heather Small

9. Dear Diary by Pink

8. Discoteca by The Pet Shop Boys

7. Wanted Dead Or Alive by Bon Jovi

6. Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Eva Cassidy

5. Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers

4. Hips Don't Lie by Shakira

I had to get up at 7.30 this morning as my neighbours were making a ridiculous amount of noise. During the week this isn't a problem but Sunday is a day of rest people! Bit cranky this morning as I hardly had any sleep last night, I seemed to be wide awake from midnight to four. It must have been because of the weather but I didn't feel particularly hot. Oh well.

Off to see Dark Knight today, the first showing is at 10 so we're off to that... if Mum ever gets ready that is. I'll let you all know what its like when I get back.

As I've said I've been fiddling with Facebook today. I was milling around playing with the settings and noticed that one of my friends has disappeared. That's fine, if you felt the need to go then I don't mind. What makes me feel bad though is that I can't remember or work out who it is. I know its someone who's surname begins with a letter between A & P. Oh well, I might work it out later I suppose.

I've been playing with new Facebook... hmm... any one else tried it? Its interesting. Applications have become a nightmare and I'm having to swap backwards and forwards from new to old. I quite like the layout but its not very easy to edit things. You can't seem to move boxes around on your profile... if you can it must be well hidden. I'm still fiddling with it though, I'll update you if I manage to make anything work!

I had a wonderful day at work. There was me thinking that being lumbered with extra work while someone is off on their hols was going to be a nightmare. I spent the whole day down in a quiet part of our warehouse and was visited by some people randomly through the day who cheered me up. I went out for a driving lesson at lunch time and had a brilliant time. My instructor has a new car and I love it, it's hardly different from the old one but there's something about it I get along with. I came back feeling happy and relaxed. Sat back down to work and had a good afternoon. Brilliant.

My driving instructor gave me a brilliant idea too. We were talking about SATNAVs and their voice overs. Put your own voice on your SATNAV. Now I don't like this idea but then he said, when you brake up with you ex put your voice on their SATNAV. "You should have turned left there!! You never did listen." "Who's that tart you've got sitting in the passenger seat?" I almost crashed I was laughing so much. Genius!

What will tomorrow have in store? I wont get my hopes up we'll just have to wait and see.

Has anyone else seen the Beeb's new advert for Holby City? Its all modern and arty, a brilliant bit of filming. Mum and I were just about to get up and leave the room when this advert started and our eyes were glued to the screen. It was sexy, dark and mysterious... and it was for Holby City... what a let down!

As an aside welcome to my newest friend... little bit dubious about the whole thing but we'll see! Big hug from me!

Normally I will just shop randomly and buy a lot of rubbish that at the time seems really useful. Today though I have to accessorise my new dress that I'm wearing to my Uncle's wedding. Picture can be found below.. please note I have chopped my head out of the picture as it was 8am this morning and I just dont look good that early on a Sunday and the person taking the picture was sitting down so you could see right up my nose!

I have just got out of bed, yes I know 10.20 how lazy of me! The girls and I went on a night out yesterday and had a great one. Rather dubious pictures of this on Facebook for those of you who know me, and no... I had not been drinking... and yes... I do look that crazy all the time! My feet don't hurt at all which is great its just my ears as I'm still partically deaf.

We started at the top of the high street where we met a man with the tightest trousers ever... we don't know if he was cute as you really couldn't look away from the jeans. *sigh*. I was unbelievably annoyed in there though, on a night out it is customary to say things like "Oh my god who knew white loafers were back in?" and "I know its fancy dress but how can they wear that?" There's nothing malicious behind this and most of the time we're actually saying it to the people who are wearing said items while we're having a chat. It is just a bit of fun. However on the table next to us there was a group of about 7 people and one of the women was going to have me inciting a riot if I hadn't said I wanted to leave. We'd only just walked in the door and got to the bar when I heard her say something about my friends dress. Then she made a comment about my other friends shoes. When we sat down she said something about my top. Everyone who walked in was getting slated. We could all hear her and she was just being down right rude.

When I couldn't take any more of her bitching we went on to the restaurant for dinner. This was a little bit scary. We had a good chat and meal but the waitress just cracked us up. We sat down and she came over with the menus, she was happy and cheerful but basically threw them at us. All through the evening a smile on her face but she was really abrupt. She was slamming the glasses down, spilt half the water over the side of the glass when pouring. Snatched the menus away. Plonked the plates down randomly in the middle of the table. when I said I didn't want any fresh pepper I almost flinched because I thought she was going to hit me with it! After a while it just became hilarious. You'd have thought she was trying to get us out quick to serve new customers but the restaurant wasn't even half full. Hilarious!

Next bar we popped into had been revamped since I'd been there last and was quit nice. There seemed to be a large number of men in there so we thought there would be something nice to look at... yes we were treating men like bits of meat last night! Did a bit of flirting but decided it was way too cool for us in there... well for the other two, I was cool enough!

Next stop was our last, Mosaic. They had a bit of a garage night later in the evening and they were playing all the classic tunes we used to dance to. Surprisingly I could still walk and dance in my new shoes which was a bonus. I got some pictures and for the first time ever we all had our eyes open in all of them! We were dancing in an area with a few other groups and we did some sponaneous circle dancing, it looked like we'd fallen out of a 70's/80's feel good teen movie but it was a great laugh! The only problem was that because schools have started kicking out the crowd was a bit young, I've come up with some pointers for the "youngster".

- Hotpants. Do not make you look attractive, they just make you look like you should be standing on a street corner.

- Hotpants on anyone under the age of 16 is just wrong, this is not an image you want to portray.

- Wearing more clothes would actually make you look more attractive. Leave something to the imagination.

- If you are going to wear hotpants fine, but please note that buying the same size and the jeans you would normally wear is silly. As jeans they may hold everything in but as hotpants they will cut the circulation off and your legs will go blue.

- Bras. If you have more than 1cms worth of overhang you need a different sized bra.

- Bras. If you are afflicted by the above, wearing a low cut top will have the same effect as wearing hotpants.

- Men aren't looking at you and thinking you are attractive, even if you are.

- If you are going to poll dance, fine. But poll dancing is a subtle art. Shaking your arse like you're Beyonce and pointing at your genitals is not the way to go.

- Poll Dancing. If you can't get your leg straight up in the air to do the splits on the poll don't try. You will look like a prat, no one will be laughing with you.

Some harsh realities there I'm afraid but it had to be said. I'm not being a dictator and saying that all these things shouldn't be worn, and I'm not jealous because I can't wear or do these myself. Even if I had the body for hotpants I wouldn't wear them... but FYI I can do the splits so at least I beat you on one thing.

Mum and I were supposed to be going shopping today but I got up and Dad has run off with the car to play golf. Evidently last night he said that he might go play and asked if Mum and I wanted it for anything today. Mum said shopping and that she'd leave it to his conscience as to whether he went. And here we are with no car... nice.

I've been away. Not actually away anywhere, probably more like away with the fairies. Today was a better day. There was a meeting at work which evidently I was very constructive in and I had a driving lesson which was fun. I did stall the car but the rest of it went fine.

I woke up this morning and looked in the mirror, not only was my hari everywhere but my eyes were all puffy and I looked like hell. If I could have spent the whole day ignoring people I would have. The day got better around lunch when I went out in the car but got worse again by the end of the day. I'm going to put off going in early as much as I can. I get more done with no distractions but today I'm really feeling the burn. At least now I have a whole 'free' day off to take in August.

I'll speak to you all soon, this evening though I need to soak my aching body in a nice hot bath.

I've been away from blog for a bit... I wish I could say I'd been up to lots of exciting things but I haven't.

After the slipping incident with the stairs I thought... how daft, when did you forget how to walk down stairs? This morning I got up and slipped again, I'm am not injured (apart from another bruise on the other side this time!). What got me about this morning is that I slipped on flat carpet... there isn't even a slight incline... how on earth did I end up on my bum in the middle of the floor?!?

I learnt today that driving when stressed isn't sensible. I kept stalling the car... argh! How stupid, I know I can do it but I just kept getting it wrong. You don't realise how much the little things can affect things.

I'm picking up a digital camera tomorrow. Nothing flashy, it was only about £30 but good quality for taking on a night out. If it gets lost or broken its not going to break the bank to replace it! So I shall be having fun with photos I imagine. A good excuse to go on a night out too!

The holiday is finally booked. Hooray! Two weeks in Turkey. Fun in the sun. It's nice having something to look forward to. Ever since I found out it was booked I have been in a really good mood. Those few hours of good mood will be all there is though. Every time I look forward to something it goes completely wrong so from this moment I'm going to be indifferent to the whole lot.

There's been another post about pointless council activities, and I couldn't agree more. I'm going to take a pause and talk about one of their good services. Recycling (snore). They've just increased our recycling collection, plastic and cardboard. The local guys are great, one of them sings away and is a joy.

These people sort through our rubbish, show them a little bit of respect for god sake. I put out my boxes this morning, neatly packed and at the edge of my property then I pootled off to work. On the way I walked past several other neatly stacked boxes. Well done those people. For my neighbours who seem to think that these nice guys should take any old crap from your household... shame on you. How long does it take to flat pack a box? 20 seconds? I saw piles of empty boxes laying over driveways. They'd have gone in your boxes had you taken the time. Now those poor guys have to pick up and crush boxes that are, due to some torential rain, soaking wet.

...arse. Got up this morning, went down the stairs, yes, on my arse. I've now got skinned fingers, heels and bruises i can't see but feel bad. Carpet burns and bruises and I wasn't even up to anything fun!

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. What have you been getting up to?

Movie up date:
Bee Movie, very funny
Osmosis Jones, okay
Talking To Heaven, TV movie in two parts, surprisingly good I'm definitely buying it.

I'm back, I haven't really been in the mood for chatting much. I took today off and did a bit of shopping then went and saw some films. It was a much welcome break. So much so that I think I might split up my holiday. Due to me wanting a car I wont be having a proper holiday this year... long story. I might take the week in August that I planned and then have a week in September.

I saw Hancock and Kung Fu Panda today, yes I went to the cinema twice today. As I was walking out of Hancock I noticed that Kung Fu Panda started in 10 minutes so I thought "why not?" Hancock was good, there was a nice twist in it. Panda wasn't bad, I was put off by Ian McShane's voice, it just wasn't right.

I'm still not really in the mood for chatting I guess, can't think of anything to write.

I always say I wont join in but they're addictive.

You may ask me three questions and I shall try to answer them. Things that you would like to know about me or my life, my past my future, what makes me tick, what makes me sick. From the mundane to the serious - fire away and I will endeavour to answer for you... but I make no promises!

... and we haven't even gone away yet. Everywhere we pick is a trauma. The flights are either really silly times of the day or they can't take a booking for three people. Some though, and this is what gets me, will do a booking for two people and a single person but not for three?! Where is the logic in that? Doing it that way though cost more money in insurance and transfer fees.

Booking a holiday is never this traumatising normally. All I want is a pool, a gym, some sun and a cocktail. Am I asking too much? People keep saying to me "why don't you go to Barcelona or Paris?" I would love to go to Barcelona and I loved Paris but I want a holiday. Two weeks of doing nothing, and when I tell you thats what my idea of a holiday is do not just come back at me and say "oh no, going on a holiday is seeing lots of sights and things." It may well be for you but for me thats what long weekends are for. ARGH! Sorry I needed an outburst, I'm fed up of people telling me what I should want from a holiday... I want to be away from all of you... thats what a holiday is for.

NOTE: When I say "away from all of you", I do not mean wonderful blogging people. I mean people who can't mind their own business.