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Hello to you, and you, but not you!

Finally managed to get online having been locked out of my computer since Thursday. I decided to password protect my laptop... however when I tried to log in again the password wasn't correct. I tried again but still no luck. I tried different passwords but was sure that I had set it to a specific word. I even went to the length of trying incorrect spelling of the password I thought it was.
Today I finally figured how to get into the computer and re-enter the password, however when I tried it again it still came up wrong. After much confusion it finally twigged on me that the num-lock was activated!

I bought some stuff for my kitchen last weekend, the kitchen roll holder came with the following instructions thank goodness...



Friday after work I drove back to my dads place and my sister had made a yummy shepperds pie! Pudding was pretty flash too, roasted apple stuffed with raisans, very impressive!

I gave my dad two tickets to see Bruce Springsteen next Sunday at Wembley Arena which I shall be going with him to see. I meant to borrow the album of him but forgot.

I got up Saturday pretty late and popped round to my nan and grandads to see my nan before she left for Australia for a month. My uncle was just back for good from Dubai so when I got round there she was out having lunch with him and my aunt hence I ended up staying longer than planned.

I didn't get away till gone 4pm and then I decided to drive into London for a mate Tony's Birthday drinks. I had an A-Z with me but it was dark and the traffic was busy and in the end I didn't find Kings X still about 6pm. This was having driven round London in circles as well as turning at a T-junction and driving down a cycle lane!?



I ended up missing the Birthday drinks as they were moving on for food so met with Zoe and headed for Hackney to see Ross Noble ~ Fuzzy Logic! Mid week I'd invited my sister and her boyfriend along as I was struggling to find people free to go! It was a good show and I think he's great at interacting with the audience. I think the funniest story was when he had a go at a mother from New Zealand who claimed that she'd given her child 'titty beer'. When he pulled her up on how vulgar it was to refer to breast milk as 'titty beer' she replied with a disgusted face, 'No, teddy bear, I gave him a teddy bear!'. Ha ha. A rendition of the 'chitty-chitty, bang-bang' theme tune replaced with 'cheeky muslim, cheeky muslim' went down with the crowd well too.
I had THE most annoying couple sat next to me. During the first half the girlfriend was sat next to me with an annoying laugh but fairly low key. After the interval the boyfriend was sat next to me and his laugh was even more grating. It was loud and sounded so put on. Even semi funny jokes would get a loud 'har-har' and when he clapped he had to have the loudest clap it seemed. I actually zoned out and missed Ross Noble for a few minutes as I pondered the act of punching the guy to shut him up.
The journey back was a nightmare mind, Hackney at 11pm isn't a good place. The first train back into London wasn't for 40 mins so we ended up getting a bus back to Kings X and then drove home getting back about half one.

A dose of night nurse and we were zonked out till 11am.

We went into Stevenage today and had a walk around town, I bought some dvds... Flight Plan, Animal Factory, Nil by Mouth, Goodbye Lenin and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

After a yummy pub lunch we went and saw the Borat movie which was good, much like a long version of the tv show. There were so many points when I had my hand over my mouth in horror at it! Especially the naked wrestling! Go see it!

Oh and I'm going to Australia next year! I've decided to go in may/june as there are some cheap flight deals for then plus hopefully I can get a free internal flight thrown in too. My nan will be out there already and I'll get to meet all my extended family out there from my nans side including my great nan(already met) who is 94! With an internal flight I'll probably head to Melbourne and see my friend Fen I hope

I'll leave you with the following, a good way to explain to family why you drink alcohol to excess...

One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm.

Here's how it went:

"Well ya see, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."