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I went to my parents' for the weekend. I don't think I mentioned that. Anyway, I'm back now.

I don't really drink, but I'd like to say that I've never been more tempted to buy wine than when I was getting a TV mag at my local shop, and spotted Red Dragon wine, and then Pink Dragon wine. NEVER MORE TEMPTED EVER.

Anyway, I have a few things to say. Mostly about TV and other things I watched. And here they are:

Jimmy kissed Carl in Emmerdale last week. He and his fiancee and baby were out having a drive in the car, and they got run off the road by someone who said their brake fluid was leaking. Jimmy's fiancee blamed Carl because he'd bought the car, but it was actually the person who ran them off the road, Carl's girlfriend's son, who had unscrewed the brake cable in the first place, because he and Carl don't get on and had argued. Anyway, Carl knew and told his girlfriend, but Jimmy didn't, and on Friday (the day after the accident) Jimmy came downstairs while Carl and his girlfriend were talking and Carl apologised again. Jimmy said it was okay, because no-one was hurt, and it had made him realise what was really important. Carl's girlfriend said "Life?", and Jimmy said "No. Family", and then he leaned over and kissed Carl on the cheek. Carl smiled and was like "Okay then". It was very good. I love Emmerdale.

I watched some snooker over the weekend. Unfortunately I always had somewhere to go or something to do when a match was starting, but I saw a bit of the Robertson and Higgins match. I love John Higgins. And I don't really like Robertson, something about his hair and eyebrows and eyes makes him look a bit not-human, but he is a very good snooker player, and I sort of have to respect him because I think if I was playing John Higgins, I would just constantly miss shots just so he could get up and I could watch him play. So well done him, really.

I went to see Up with my mum and my oldest nephew on Saturday. It is great, I very much enjoyed it, and I'm pretty sure he did too. My favourite character was almost certainly Doug. And I really loved the short before the film too.

In Casualty, Ruth is having angst because she accidentally got pregnant and then took an abortion pill without telling her boyfriend because she didn't want to ruin her surgical career when it was just starting, and Jordan is recovering from an operation on his brain, trying to cope on his own, and sort of thinking that his life isn't worth living. Now is the PERFECT time to bring Toby back, as a recurring character maybe. CAN YOU HEAR ME, CASUALTY PRODUCERS? PERFECT. They probably won't though. I hate them a bit.

Over the weekend, I also watched the Malcolm in the Middle episode where Francis and Spangler have a long talk in Spangler's office about his early life and his mother. Oh I love Francis and Spangler. I had partially forgotten how much.

I also managed to see most of the Futurama feature film Bender's Game. It wasn't laugh-out-loud funny a lot of the time, but I'm almost tempted to get it at some point just for the sake of Hermaphrodite, the loveliest of the Centaurs. I also saw part of The Wild Green Yonder, and I am intrigued enough to want to watch more. I think maybe the feature films, even work better split into half hour long episodes.

Thanks to my parents having recorded it, I saw the first episode of Emma, having missed it last week, and then the second episode last night. I'm actually quite enjoying it. I love Johnny Lee Miller, I know that he is a bit rubbish sometimes, but I love him. And then there was someone else in it that I thought I recognised, but I think I was mixing him up with someone else, and then someone else came along who looked familiar, and it turned out to be Rupert Evans, or John Myers from Hellboy. Which was quite nice.

Then last night I was mooching about late at night looking for something to watch, and lo and behold, I found Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments. With Tim McInnerny! And Percy scenes! And Darling scenes! And I love Percy and Tim McInnerny and Darling, as some people may be aware, so that was quite nice to just find on the TV. Yay.

And now to catch up on Adam and Joe and a few other things. And then probably bed.

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I was planning to be around on the internet tonight, but then got sucked in by the 50 Greatest Comedy Characters, including Niles Crane, Guy Secretan, and Rick from the Young Ones. People mentioned Blackadder and failed to talk about lovely Percy. THIS IS A SOURCE OF CONSTANT BEWILDERMENT TO ME. And it turned out I really probably do need to see Peep Show.

In other news, I saw Horton Hears a Who today, in the absence of Rambo being on anymore or that film about lovely dresses and James Marsden. A new ambition of mine is to have 96 daughters. For some reason it strikes me that if you had 96 daughters, Oliver Jane would be a lovely name for one of them.

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Current Location: The flat
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I got Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty today. Darling got a (sort of) MA(Hons) in Theoretical Physics, Ancient Chinese Philosophy and Mountaineering. I LOVE HIM.

I love Daniel Handler. I would like that to be known. ( Book the Thirteenth, with spoilers )

I have also finished Blackadder Goes Forth. They all wear leather and suspenders, and I don't think that's very fair. But it is great. I love Kevin Darling. This probably isn't much of a suprise, given that I've been spreading the news far and wide, but - I do. Why did no-one tell me he was played by Tim McInnerny, aka Percy from series 2? Why did it have to come from this guy? I love him. I love that he spent two lifetimes as Edmund's adoring, unappreciated idiot friend, before getting himself reincarnated as his frustrated slightly smarter enemy. I love that he is still TIED UP WITH LOVE FOR HIM and doesn't know why. He twitches! He breaks his pencil! Blackadder calls him 'Darling', and he can't say anything about it! It is beautiful. And they are a good pairing, which is nice. Blackadder stares at him, a lot. At one point Darling says something about not having been born yesterday, and Blackadder says 'that's a shame, we could have started your personality from scratch', and I love it when people say things like that, because it's basically like saying 'I'd really like you if you weren't such a complete tit'. Lucas Buck says something similar about Matt in one episode of American Gothic, and it is yay. Anyway. WHY ISN'T THERE MORE BRITISH COMEDY SLASH??? But there is actually fic for this pairing, which is a beautiful and rare occurence for me. Rabbitholes and Foxholes features the twitch, and OH GOD OH GOD. No Man's Land rescues me from the bleakness of the final episode. Choose Life gets a special mention just for the suggestion that Darling might alphabetise the paperclips. Yay. And Tinlow Industries is...an AU where they're both 18 in America, working as cashiers and bagging boys in the same shop. It's not actually that bad, even if they once again have Darling EVEN CAPABLE OF SAYING OR UNDERSTANDING WHAT HE WANTS. Dude.

I love Yuletide for supplying me with most of these fics. I keep thinking about signing up for this year (if I can), then backing out because of my general intertia in that area. Also there are strange new rules I'm not sure I understand. And I might have missed the fandom sign-up date. Hmph.

Anyway. Back to Lemony Snicket. I'm pretty sure I won't finish it tonight, but I have some train journeys tomorrow. It's all good. Then maybe I'll finally get round to writing that con report. Um. Yes.

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Current Location: Bedroom
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I have half plotted out a bunch of posts over the last few days, and not had time to write them. Mostly this is because I finally tracked down Blackadder Goes Forth. I - I love Kevin Darling. I was prepared for this, because he is Percy and has a pretty neck, but ohh. No I wasn't. Also we went to see the Devil Wears Prada. I loved Emily. So much. Anne Hathaway is annoying. Simon Baker is much more impressive than when he was fighting zombies. Almost worthy of Cholo.

Anyway. Now I have the last book of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Have had it for over five hours, thanks to the cunning trick of asking if I could nip out from work to get a book, and then going and getting it. But I haven't started it yet, and can't see how I will with about ten things happening tonight alone. Not least of which is new Higniffy. With Peter Serafinowicz. Mmm. But also - it's the end. It's The End, I know, but it's THE END. Everything is going to have to be tied up in this book. Everything. The Baudelaires. Olaf. The Hook-Handed Man. Lemony Snicket. What if it's a terrible end? And what if it's a Terrible end? Which is perhaps what I should be expecting from the series?

It is very pretty and green though.

Mostly I just want all my characters to be alive at the end of the book so I can fic them without having to AU. I'm sick of having to AU people alive again. The power of life and death is so for the suck. Anyway. I will probably be back after Higniffy and QI. Possibly with at least the first few chapters under my belt. We shall see.

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Current Location: Bedroom
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I had plans to do TONS of studying today for, y'know, that huge pile of work I have to do. But, as usual when I know I only have a few days left of 24 hour internet access I've been mostly distracted by my flist. Also there's something about the fact that after this term I will not have any essays to research or reading ahead to do that's making me strangely serene. Also there's the fact that I've calculated that even if I get a 0 for this term, I'll still pass my degree. Pass rubbishly - but pass. And it's Easter tomorrow. Don't worry. I expect to completely LEAP INTO ACTION when that's over.

Until then I have Blackadder 2 on DVD. I watched 'Money'. And fancied Edmund, Molly, and - for one brief moment - alchemy!Percy. The bit about 'purest green' was pretty much as good as my housemate led me to believe it would be. I would relate all the ways I've been mocking Lenore/some sort of washing liquid ads with it ('can it be true...that I hold, in my mortal hands, a nugget...of purest clean??'), but, well...I suppose I just did.

Also there was Dr Who. Which I'm considering referring to as Drew. Or Drho, I suppose. For ease of discussion and lack of syllables. Anyway - ( Thoughts )

ETA: Also, it turns I totally can (and will) apply any Nick Cave lyric to Guy Secretan. And get plotbunnies from it. Ask me how.

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Current Location: Bedroom
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