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So, it's a been a week (and more) since I came home from Easter, and I haven't done a whole lot other than watch TV, check my flist (excessively), and scoured the internet to find out exactly where I can get the DVDs I want for the lowest possible price, without actually buying them. It turns out that even a wealth of time and 24 hour internet access won't bring me that Drop the Dead Donkey Damienslash epic, so probably it's time to do some actual uni work. Given that some of it is due the day I go back. Also researching that whole Cuba trip I'm so on fire for. Yes. I miss living near a city. Where you can just get on a bus, and have the best the retail world has to offer at your fingertips (including, apparently, Waterstones books for 99p). Well, I can still get a bus to the city. But it takes, like - 30 minutes longer. Shut up! I know what I'm talking about.

Went into town yesterday, since my grandmother gives me £20 for just sort of being there, an offer I'm not about to refuse. Mum took the opportunity to secretly tell me my dad's been mentioning that they're 'crying out for engineers' in Dubai. To which my response was "DUBAI?!?!". I tried to explain to her why she couldn't go to Dubai, for at least ten years or so, but I fear I just sort of flailed. She apparently thinks it's quite a silly idea as well though (which is a relief), what with taking care of my grandma, and my sister and nephew still needing lots of assistance. And y'know, my whole plans for Life After University being really quite unconvincing. And she'd have to quit work. And and everything!

It's a secret, though. So don't tell anyone.

Hmm. In fandom news, I finally saw episode 1 of Life on Mars. Sam really quite crazy and investigate-y. He's great. Neil is quite a bastard, but randomly runs off quite hilariously. And Gene isn't half the complete bastard I assumed he was, from what people said. Maybe that will come in episode two. Also; Dora's saying the last time she saw [1970s murdered girl] was "in her dreams"? Femmeslash backstory now, please. In Emmerdale, Carl smiled with some awful prettiness, and I don't understand why Matthew is with Sadie, and I don't think he does either.

And I finally saw Episode 1.2 of Green Wing! Okay, Guy was a SUPER bastard. But footspa, footspa! It's a horrible cog in a terrible bastardly plan, but he listened and he remembered, and oh he is great. Also, he and Mac had a swimming race alone at night in their scrubs, for no apparent reason, and Guy is apparently gay for Sue White, as well. Can't wait for the episode where Mac finds out about that, after Sue discovers his true love is in fact for Guy, not Caroline, naturally. "Oh, and him? I've had him. Up the arse!" Fun and games all round >:)

And Mac is pretty much coming off as a sort of non-entity to me, I've realised. I can't take characters who are just "in control" like that all the time. And I think Caroline thinks he's something he's not, so that whole relationship comes off curiously Uninvolved to me. The only times I really like react to Mac are his scenes with Guy (suprise!), usually because Guy has done something no-one would ever ever do, hence blam! Not all "in the know" anymore. Just all either pissed off, or smiley and lovely, and it's like 'emotions, yay!'. Otherwise I'm just sort of 'meh' about him.