I've spent the train ride to work looking through some of the monstrosities
that my brother has on his itunes and are therefore on my ipod, Jack. These
include - Glen Medeiros's "Nothings Gonna Change My Love For You" as well as
the theme tune to the cartoon "Gummy Bears" and other songs that I daren't
mention or I would fear for his safety.

Had a really nice night with H last night talking endlessly about
everything. We haven't properly been out since before she went away
travelling last January so it was long-overdue. We went to the Slug and
Lettuce for a quick drink then onto a really cool Japanese place which I
will be frequenting from now on. We had this pancake thing that they make
in front of you - it was delicious and along with everything else we only
spent about £14 each. I am desperate to go back now. Have to try and
think of people to take along. I am now out every night until next
Wednesday when I will hopefully get the chance to sleep. And that includes
Sunday. I am going to have a breakdown from exhaustion. Then I start back
up again and only have 5 days of not going out (at the moment) before the
big Xmas day. I am not sure if that's such a good thing but it should be a
fun December at least and I imagine it'll go very quickly. I have more or
less nothing lined up for January or the new year which is probably just as
well. I should just about be recovered for my birthday on 21st.

Mistletoe and wine

OH MY GOD!!!! I have just found out who is coming along as a guest (of someone else who is probably more exciting!) to our Xmas party in Glasgow. I am going to have to try my best to look so cool and not go on about how much I love what this particular person does... I'd best stay away from the evil drink or it could all end in intense embarrassment. For me. As usual. I thought I recognised the name so I did a Google search along with a word which would definitely have brought his name up if it was who I thought and IT IS! And relax. He'll probably turn out to be a complete git. Still... I will be the consummate professional as usual. AAAAAAAARRRRgh! I am off to purchase a British Airways flight for the aforementioned celebrities now.

In more exciting news - there are still 3 more big bands to be announced for the Xfm show that Suzanne and I are going to this sunday. Christian has hinted numerous times and I have guessed that one of them is Babyshambles which is great - wonder who the other two might be. I am hoping for a reformed Blur and Aqualung. EEk I've just had a thought - it might be Morrissey - or The Smiths!!! (are we all beginning to understand why this blog is called The Optimist!?)

Mental Monday

An unknown number called my mobile when I was out shopping on Saturday. I missed picking it up by a matter of moments but whoever it was never left a message. I found it very frustrating. I only normally answer unknown calls during Edinburgh but was feeling bold. Another one of life's little mysteries.

I spent most of Friday night at my brother's loading CDs onto his itunes and the rest of it putting them from his PC onto Jack. Its very exciting cos I can use my CD car converter kit with it and also my mini-speakers which will be good for when I go up and down to Scotchland next year. Until I get my own imac/ibook it's not quite as exciting as I'd hoped. It's not really the Susan-specific juke box I had hoped for... Of my own taste it only has the following albums on it - 6 x Smiths, 2 x Morrissey, Delays, Suede, The Divine Comedy, Moulin Rouge, Maroon 5, Keane... the rest of it is absolute pap courtesy of my bro's appalling taste in music. He does have the new Killers album which he borrowed from his friend, which is great news cos I love them, but that is his one redeeming feature. So I have to wade through a load of Acid Jazz, Hip Hop and RnB before finding my stuff - it's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

At lunch I went for a wander round the new apple shop. As a result Jack has a nice pink leather case and a shiny new remote control. I am a bit worried about the white headphones though cos when you have them on in public it does tend to scream out "PLEASE COME AND STEAL MY IPOD!!" That'll be Mr. Apple's next cash-in idea then. So there is a slight air of anti-climax around poor little Jack. It's not his fault, it's my brother's and my lack of imac.

Learnt more about what I am going to work on in Glasgow. I've been promoted again, this time to Line Producer, which is frankly hilarious but very exciting!! I am also going to be production manager on a radio project too! Nice. That'll teach the BBC for not employing me as a trainee Radio producer - now I have TV and radio covered... mwah ha ha ha!

Mobile-less

If anyone is trying to call me or text me today and thinks I am being incredibly rude by not replying, please don't because I have continued what seems to be a monday morning tradition of leaving my mobile at home. I can still access voice messages but in this day and age people tend not to bother with voice calls and send texts instead. I count myself as one of those people. So call me at work if you're trying to get hold of me... and if you don't know my work number or where I work then you shouldn't be trying to get hold of me to start with!

Jack Morgan BSc

I had a really wierd dream last night but I can only remember the very end. I think it was an amalgamation of a number of things. Firstly I dreamt that we were in some kind of shopping centre or it might even have been the departure lounge/shopping area of an airport. For some reason me and Sharon were about to fly somewhere (which is stupid seeings we are both terrified of flying) but I (obviously) had my ipod with me and was frantically trying to download songs. We went to get some food from an Irish theme burger place. Not like supermacs which is an actual Irish burger place and is very nice indeed. This place had people putting on Irish accents for seemingly no reason at all which no-one seemed to think was ridiculous apart from us. Then I woke up. I can't remember the whole of it but I woke up feeling very confused indeed. Thankfully we never boarded the plane. Make of that what you will.

I charged my beautiful ipod (a.k.a. Jack Morgan BSc - the decision has been made) last night so he is primed and ready to go to my brother's tonight along with my entire CD collection. I skimmed through the instruction booklet and was distraught to find out that if I load songs onto Jack using a PC and then load the itunes software and use a mac to upload songs it will mean losing all the songs already loaded onto Jack. Bloody apple fascists. I wonder how soon they will market the component which means you won't have to lose your songs... and I wonder how much they'll charge for it. So now I am not sure what to do. I think I might just load on enough songs to be getting on with over this weekend and then wait to see if I ever get a laptop from work/pleasure or an imac at home. We have macs at work. I need to look into that and see if I can swap from mac to mac and still lose the songs. Grrr. I can't wait to swan around town with a tiny little Susan-specific juke box in my pocket.

I am incredibly tired at the moment. Not entirely sure why, although I think on Wednesday night I should have gone straight home - even though it was a brilliant night out. Not leaving the house this weekend other than to sit in my brothers lounge to watch telly while loading songs onto Jack. Oh and I might pop into the shops in Bromley on Saturday to cheer myself up and get a Xmas party outfit! Must make sure I find an mp3 of little mouse too - seeings that is why I plumped for the name Jack. Going to put loads of comedy onto Jack too - how exciting. But also not excited by the prospect of losing everything when I switch to a mac. There's bound to be a way around it.

I must do work on the Boosh site too this weekend... I have so much still to do. Transcribing Paul King, writing up Stuart Murphy... putting the main Boosh interview online, doing all the old stage stuff... putting the fans Boosh art up as well as a gallery and a few other new features. Have beautiful pile of Boosh CDs next to my desk waiting to be signed and sent to their expectant and dedicated owners. Also need to do some flyering and promotion for the BBC2 run. I could do with coming into work but there's no way I am doing that. I need to sit and convalesce in my room (perhaps with the odd trip to a few clothes shop to break the monotony of watching endless soap omnibuses).

I watched the climax of the Maya/Dev/Sunita story when I got in on Wednesday night and it really put me on edge. When the corner shop blew up and it seemed as though Sunita and Charlie went with it I couldn't believe it - even though it is obviously only a soap. And then when they both emerged from the flames and Maya tried to drive her car into them I was absolutely terrified and felt like I was there. It was horrible. But what a fantastic story line - Maya blowing up all of Dev's shops in turn and him not realising it til it's too late that Sunita was asleep in the last one. They ruined it at the end of Wednesday night's episode though. The final shot was of Maya's crashed car and the inferno in the corner shop in the background with Dev and Sunita in the forefront facing each other and looking tired and longingly into each other's eyes. If that had been me I would have been screaming my head off, crying and running over to the car to make sure that the bitch was dead! It was amazing. But also, not real. It is very important that we are all aware of that.

Going to spend my lunch break looking at extras for Jack. First priority is a hard case for when I inevitably drop him.

November so far

Its arrived! My lovely 20gb ipod. This is what he looks like.



It is beautiful and I will be spending
all of my free time over the coming days round my brothers house so I can
use his laptop to put songs onto it. I am undecided as to what to call my
ipod. It is currently between the following...

Number 3
Doctor Six
Little Mouse
Jack Morgan (BSc)
Tommy

I am currently liking Jack and Tommy the most.

So for my reference here is what I have been up to for the past weeks.

Wed 24 - Comedy Revolution @ Bread & Roses
Tues 23 - Stewart Lee @ Soho Theatre
Mon 22
Sun 21
Sat 20 - Caireen's for dinner
Fri 19 - Date @ Soho Theatre
Thurs 18 - Alternative Alternative Walk
Wed 17 - Keane @ Brixton Academy
Tues 16 - Keane @ Brixton Academy
Mon 15
Sun 14 - Amused Moose Camden
Sat 13 - Johnny Vegas & Friends @ Union Chapel
Fri 12 - Kerry's for dinner (and rest of weekend)
Thurs 11
Wed 10 - Bro's for dinner
Tues 9 - Worked til 8.30pm
Mon 8 -Worked til 10pm
Sun 7
Sat 6
Fri 5 - Spank (You Love It) @ Albany
Thurs 4
Wed 3 - UCL
Tues 2 - Drink with Lynds
Mon 1 - Comedy Tank @ H&C

Also finding out more details about Glasgow. I'll be going up for 2/3 days
a week starting from around the week of my birthday up until mid-February
and apparently it works out cheaper to bring me back to London for
weekends/the odd few days so that's good news and it means I can still plan
things. And I'd better get to liking flying cos its far quicker and cheaper
than trains or cars. It'll be exhausting though all that travelling and it
gets into stanstead which is an absolute pain in the arse to get home from.
Shame I don't live in North London. I'm not sure about when to think about
moving out now. On one hand it'd be great to live North so its quicker and
easier to get home from Stanstead but then is there really any point if I'll
only be there for half the time...

I've been looking at flights lots of them around january and february are
99p each way which when you add tax makes about £20 return. That's just
stupid! So if anyone fancies popping up for the weekend then that would be
nice. I'll definitely stay for one weekend so I can shop and have a wander
about. I should have *some* birthday money that'll need spending. Very
excited about the whole thing. I think.

Another stressful day today. Things are piling up but I am getting through
them gradually. I realise last night on my way home how lucky I am and how
much I love my job (most of the time). I'll have been a year in the same
job come March which is a miracle. You never know, I might even get a pay
rise so maybe then i would be best to wait til then to move out - I think
I'll be entitled to a pension on my anniversary which I think I'd better go
for. I don't have a house so I might as well have a pension as I get closer
to thirty. That's just reminded me of a Blur song - End Of A Century.

The lady at work who comes in a few times a week has decided to move into
the main office with us and sit behind me which is nice but it seems she is
one of those people who needs to think aloud, clear her throat the whole
time and basically provide a general soundtrack to everything she does. It
is beginning to drive me mad, especially now she has just added whistling
and singing to her repertoire.

Keane

I haven't got round to saying how incredible Keane were last week. I must
sit down one weekend when I can actually use the proper blogger pages to
format stuff and write everything down. I am desperately trying *well I
would if I had the time but I am still desperate to try* to find a copy of a
song called Animal which shows off his voice of perfectly.

The first night there were about 7 of us altogether which is probably the
most people I've ever been to a gig with and we were about a third of the
way back. The second night was just me and Suzanne and we managed to get
down to the second row - thanks to a cat fight which pushed everyone around
and us to the front!

They played the same set each night and the lead singer said more or less
the same things every night too. I am fairly sure they were filming a video
too which would explain that - and the fact that they wore the same shirts
both nights. I would have loved to have gone to the third night too cos it
was the last London date and the last date of the tour but I think that
would have finished me off. It is nice to go to gigs in Brixton cos its
really easy for me to get home from. Well, relatively easy. The only gigs
I have lined up now are Aqualung, Morrissey, I Am Kloot and Embrace - oh and
the Xfm winter wonderland which should be great - the confirmed acts so far
are Razorlight, Embrace, The Departure, The Zutons, Kasabian and the band
which wins Christian's Rock School. I have voted for Outlaw so fingers
crossed for them!

Porn

Ended up going to the meeting where we mainly talked about porn. Very
educational indeed. I didn't have a huge amount to contribute to the
debate!

So much to do...

I went on a course at the very last minute on Friday. My bosses decided to
get me on it at 11am, I got there at 11.30am but the course had started at
10am. I didn't seem to miss much and everyone seemed very nice when i got
there given that I was an hour and a half late. I don't think I learnt all
that much more than I did on the first part of the course a month or so ago
but it did consolidate everything I learnt. It was good but I really didn't
want to spend any time out of the office when I didn't have to. When I
walked through Carnaby St today I realised it was the first time in ages
that I've been out at lunchtime. Which is probably for the best given all
the tempting shops round here. I am going to have to try preventitive
measures with my cold as well cos there's no way I can take time off ill. I
used to think I was quite good at prioritising but I seem to be awful at it
when everything is due at once. Whichever task I do it always seems to be
the wrong one. I'll get there in the end. I am taking on a massive task at
the beginning of next year. It is exciting but also very scary cos it's
totally beyond me - and that's not just me being modest. It is! It'll be
a steep learning curve but if I get the credit for the job I'll be doing
then that'll be amazing.

We are supposed to be having a meeting this afternoon too but I'll have to
skip that - and I am trying to organise a uni reunion but I'm going to have
to pass that onto someone else as well. I had to miss going to Nottingham
last weekend cos of the icy roads so I might give it a go this weekend -
just the saturday for a night. But not if the roads are icy again.
Apparently Kate's bump is showing so I'll have to go and see that to believe
it! No rest for the wicked.

Coming down with something...

I am liking this pink template a lot. It ties in well with the new pinkness
of my wardrobe.

I cleverly lost all my links when I changed the template of my blog the last
time so I am slowly rebuilding them. I need to locate my countdown code as
well cos I have no idea how many days there are until I see Aqualung and
Morrissey and I *need* to know.

Christmas is looming very bloody quickly. There are about 5 weeks to go I
believe - must get a countdown for that too. My mum is on about getting a
bigger tree this year. I normally buy so many presents for everyone that
they don't all fit under the tree but I think if we have a bigger tree this
year it's going to go the other way. I'm not really spending very much at
all - cos I don't have wads of cash like I did last year. I am getting my
parents two things which can fit in envelopes and then probably not much
more. I am getting my brother a couple of DVDs (hopefully using a friend's
discount) and I have no idea about Sam. Other than that I am only buying
substantial presents for my Uncle and new Aunt and my Nan and Grand-dad. We
got a load of their favourite food and drink and made them their own special
hamper last year (another one of my amazing ideas - feel free to steal) so I
might do that myself this year.

I worked out the other day that between now and Xmas there I currently only
have 14 evenings where I don't already have something to do or somewhere to
go. That is an exciting prospect which will probably leave my bank account
even more worse for wear.

Fantastic news today. After a mere 2 months of waiting, Boots.com have
FINALLY said they are processing my refund. However, this still hasn't come
through. I bought the medium sized ipod from John Lewis last night using the
card which should receive the refund so when everything has gone through it
should leave me about £80 to play with. I am going to ask for ipod
accessories and money for Xmas so I should be fully kitted out by the new
year. Speaking of which, I should find out when I am off over Xmas.
According to the schedule of the production I will be managing there are 2
weeks off over Xmas but I doubt that applies to me, just the producer. I
think the old jaunt up to Glasgow is more or less definite now, just waiting
to find out when I'll be off and for how long. It could potentially be over
my birthday in which case they should fly me back. Or I may volunteer to
pay the extra and get the train! All depends on how the flight in 3 weeks
times goes. Well, more on how I feel rather than how it goes cos obviously
it'll be fine. I need to dig out my book again.

I've just got back from my lunchtime wander down Carnaby Street and saw Sam
from the second series of Pop Idol who was presumably filming inserts for
TOTP Saturday. He tried to stop me but I rushed on by. I am beginning to
look a bit pale and ill. I can feel the cold coming on... hopefully I'll
get it out of the way for the excitement of next week. And from next week
it really is going out more or less the whole way up to Xmas. So if you
have any invitations for me and Kerry to come to your Xmas parties, best let
us know asap!!

Did nothing at the weekend except drive to Caireens with some food and then
watched DVDs and drove home again.

Manic Monday

I had a really lovely weekend in central London which has made me even more
determined to move out in the new year. Must work out how on earth I am
going to afford it. I am doing it even if it means bankruptcy! If only
someone would just give me wads of cash. That would help speed things along
a bit. I am looking at Paddington/Kings X/Tufnell Park/Kensington *dream
on* - anywhere walkable to work. Or at least busable from all parts of
central London at all times of the day and night.

Had a bit of a panic this afternoon when Suzanne emailed to see what time we
are meeting at Brixton tonight for Keane. I've not been home since Friday
morning and I'm really tired, haven't washed my hair, have a rucksack full
of my life to carry and don't have any Keane tickets on me so I prayed that
she was wrong. And she was, thank goodness. Suz had written it in her
diary under the wrong day, it's tomorrow and Wednesday that we're going.
Must dig out the tickets for the wednesday gig tonight. I haven't been to a
music gig in ages, probably since before the festival. That's most unlike
me. Must go to more. It's at Brixton too which is nice cos its quite easy
for me to get home from there. Morrissey and Aqualung are coming up of
course. I've been banging on about those for a while now.

On Friday I went straight to Kerry's after work and she had dinner ready for
me, bless her - she will make someone an excellent wife - and then we went
for a wander about and ended up by the canal and then in the Canal Cafe pub.
Newsrevue was on and we were glad not to be going and Kez was especially
glad not to be in it - I really like how they've done the pub up, its much
nicer than before. It used to be a bit of an old man's pub. We sat
drinking tap water for about 30 mins then got restless and walked home to
have some peppermint tea before bed. I think they might find they have one
ashtray less than they thought - that's all I'm saying.

Saturday was spent in a cafe in Camden thinking of ideas for our sitcom and
they flowed quite freely seeings most of it is from our real lives and the
real people around us. We had more peppermint tea and a snack before
heading into the market. We found an amazing shop which sold really
beautiful tops and found ourselves buying Kylie style tops - I have no idea
when I will ever wear mine though. It is pretty glam and almost entirely
backless. And everything was quite cheap so we're going to have to head
back there one day soon and do the whole market. Met Suzanne for the Johnny
Vegas benefit at the Union Chapel later on that evening and we were all very
disappointed and cold and a bit bored. Johnny was compering and he was just
awful. He went on for so long that we lost the will to live at about 10pm
and left. Suzanne jumped on a bus and Kerry and I decided to wander back to
see if anyone good was on and managed to catch the end of the wonderful Lee
Mack. Mo Mowlam was there cos she

We woke up quite late on Sunday but walked all the way from Paddington to
Fulham Road to go to the cinema to watch Bridget Jones which was more of the
same but still very funny. Then we walked back again, had a quick
peppermint tea and a sit down and then were off back out to Camden to the
Amused Moose.

At the gig in Camden last night you could hear the music being played
downstairs and all of a sudden my ear tuned into "Girl Afraid" and all I
wanted to do was go downstairs and dance. Kerry and I didn't quite make it
to a dancing establishment over the weekend which was a shame but we did
spend most of our time in the flat listening to "More More More" by Rachel
Stevens on repeat. And drinking peppermint tea. As you may have gathered.

Got to work for about 9.30am today which was good. Took half an hour on the
bus. I am going to live round Paddington. Ideally in the million pound
flats like Kez's but that is clearly never going to happen. Unless I find
myself a rich boyfriend or something. I'll buy a lottery ticket this week.
Even a tenner would come in handy.

Been very busy at work today and it's been ups and downs - meeting Dave
after work for a quick coffee and then heading straight home. Cannot wait.
I can;t remember what state I left my room in though. It's always a
surprise... It'll be nice to be home with all my creature comforts. And in
my own bed. And the lovely power shower....

Morrissey Tickets spare

If anyone reading this wants to buy 2 standing tickets to see Morrissey on
18 Dec email me cos I have a spare set. They cost £77 altogether with
booking fee. It's drawing ever closer and I am getting ever excited. Had
more excitement today - probably more exciting than seeing Morrissey - but I
won't reveal that until the day of the event - in a few weeks. Suffice to
say I am digging out my sexiest dress for the occasion!

Morrissey and Aqualung within two days is just too much for a girl to deal
with. December is going to be ace. I am going to make it ace. Can't say
November has been all that much cop. Not as bad as August though.
Obviously.

Manic Thursday

I'm still so bloody busy. And my headache is worsening, I think it might be
something to do with my glasses, I'm not really sure - either that or my
sleeping pattern being a bit wierd. I can normally fall asleep anywhere
within about 10 minutes (so long as I can lay on my front) but recently its
been taking me a while to drift off and I've been waking up a lot during the
night. I'm like a bloody baby. "For god's sake, he's only a baby..." (That
will probably only make sense to one other person who might be reading
this).

Finally managed to take my top back to Monsoon and get my £55 back rather
than having the same top in two sizes. That would have proved a very costly
mistake. Just got back there within the 28 days limit. I am still awaiting
my bloody Boots ipod refund. Bastards.

I haven't had a chance to even breathe today!

Manic Wednesday

When I was walking to Charing Cross last night I saw the Evening Standard
boards saying "England Soccer Legend Dies" and thought nothing of it until I
got over to the departure boards and saw on the big BBC News screen that it
was Emlyn Hughes. I think my face just dropped when I saw that. When I was
little I used to sit on my dad's knee and watch him on A Question Of Sport.
I thought he was great cos he was so funny and just seemed like a really
nice man. Its so sad, perhaps more sad than John Peel because of the lead
up to his death. He was only 62 - another young death. He reminded me a
bit of my dad and my uncle cos they're the kind of people who everyone loves
and they'll do anything to help anyone. I know I never knew him but that's
just the impression I got when I was younger.

Another late one last night - left work at 8.30pm - the night before was
10pm. Had my hospital appointment today which went ok and now I'm at work I
feel really tired and have a massive headache. I don't think I slept very
well last night, I remember dreaming that I was about to be attacked and
then every time I woke up and drifted back to sleep again I dreamt that I
was recalling the whole experience to someone else, so I lived through it
about four times which wasn't all that nice.

I have got so much work to do at the moment with numerous different
productions and its hard to know what to do first, especially when my boss
is constantly throwing things my way. I might stay late again tonight -
especially as I didn't get in til 1pm. I'll get there in the end. I'd
rather be rushed off my feet and a bit stressed out where I am than anywhere
else though. This week has been a stark contrast to last week - out every
night except Thursday but only cos my body wouldn't physically allow me to
stay awake. I've been at work for 25 hours so far this week - and that's
with this morning off. Not sure I can face anything tonight, might take my
brother's Gold Edition Star Wars Box Set round so he can finally have his
long-awaited birthday gift. Or I might just go home and sleep.

Christmas Party Challenge

I could have sworn I posted this up a long time ago but I can't see where
it's gone.

The Kerry and I have set ourselves the challenge of seeing how many Xmas
shindigs we can go to this year. Normally I don't go to one at all cos I'm
never normally employed after the festival until late October and even if I
am invited I have to pay cos I'm a temp or I've not got to know people well
enough to want to take a night out of my life to bother mingling with them.

I already have one definite party in Glasgow - for my work - I plan to stick
around here for as long as I can - but other than that... so if you'd like
the Kerry and I to brighten up what would otherwise be a dull Xmas party,
send your invitations to missturnbull@yahoo.co.uk and we'll try to squeeze
you in. Go on, it'll be a laugh.

AAAAAAAARGH!

I'm going to Glasgow on 14th December!!!!
ON A PLANE!!

Better dig out my book and read it again. I am really excited.
I think.

Spent the weekend doing absolutely nothing at all. Haven't had one of those
lazy weekends for a very long time. I think the past month or so and
especially last week finally caught up with me. I totally underestimated
both how tired I was on Friday night and also how long Spank would go on
for. It finished at 12.30am and it was by no means the best Spank I've had.
So to speak. Colin & Fergus were great, the highlight for me - I didn't
even realise they were on - I think there was too much stand-up for a gig
which, for me, works best as a character, double-act, sketch comedy night.
James and Leon were great, they get better every time I see them. Justin
was lingering around but sadly wasn't one of the acts. Saw The Baron and
The Duke which were mesmerising and Katy Brand was on too. Didn't get to
see her in Ben's show at the festival but I she didn't particularly blow me
away.
After an interesting combination of night buses I managed to get home by
2.15am by which point I was just about managing to stay awake. I've never
been more pleased to get home.

On Saturday I was supposed to go to work but there was engineering work on
my train line and it was too warm in my bed to leave. All weekend. Did
some work on the Boosh site and watched all of the soaps' omnibuses. And
tried to sort out my credit cards. Apparently I am what's known in the
trade as a credit tart; moving from one 0% credit card to another. Rather
than just trying to pay it all back. Which is what I am doing now, it just
still makes sense to have it on 0% while I'm trying to do so. I'm not made
of money... far from it. Which is why I got a succession of 3 night buses
home on Friday night instead of getting a cab for £30... though I think the
night bus is safer...

Best be off and do some work now. I've found a cunning way of posting to my
blog without having to go to the blogger site which is handy seeings my mac
doesn't let me on that site. Very handy indeed. Means I can post to my
heart's content. God I have so much work to do.