girlofprey

So, my team didn't QUITE collapse it's enemies (I have Italy from a World Cup sweepstake), but we didn't lose, which is also nice. I also learned two things about my team: 1, our goalkeeper is beautiful, and 2, one of the players has butterflies tattooed on his arm. I love my team QUITE A LOT at the moment. Woo.

I had a good week, anyway. I went to see an opera last week - there was an Opera North production called Rusalka that I'd been wanting to see for a while, and then I realised that is was only on for another week in Leeds. And after looking into it online, I learned that I could get a £10 stalls ticket because I was under 26, and then that you could get half price tickets sometimes on the day of the performance. So my mum and I ended up going last Wednesday night. And it was actually brilliant, it's basically a version of the little mermaid story, except possibly based on older stories than the Hans Christian Anderson version. But it was great and staged really well, and the woman in the lead role was amazing. If it's on anywhere near you and you have any interest in Opera, I would really recommend you see it.

And then this weekend I went to Lancaster to see jekesta and alicamel. And we watched the second series of Bugs and the second series and special of Hana Yori Dango, and OH MY GOD HANA YORI DANGO OH MY GOD, OH TSUKASA, OH MAKINO, OH ALL OF THEM, OH MY GOD, they are UNBELIEVABLY PRETTY, and Ed from Bugs is UNBELIEVABLY PRETTY, and all in all it was a good weekend for television. Also, jekesta showed me the latest episode of Lie To Me, where Logan from Veronica Mars is in it as a slightly terrifying evil character. That was pretty good too. And we played Escape From Atlantis, and charades, and I had to act out 'Disgrace', but jekesta had to act out 'Sense and Sensitivity', and alicamel had to act out 'Cavalcade', so it was pretty fair really. Also, did I mention Hana Yori Dango? It was a great weekend.

Come on Italy. Rah!

Rubbish. I am it and my flat is covered in it. I thought when I left work on Monday that at least I would have a bit of time to tidy things up. That hasn't happened so far.

However, I have just called the Jobseeker's place to sign on. I was putting it off, because if I get a job before my first appointment as far as I know I don't get paid anything, and it's just a lot of messing about. But I have done it now. They managed to get me an initial checking in appointment thing at some unthinkable hour tomorrow morning. Bastards. Still, at least I actually got paid something last time, so there'll be some money coming in, hopefully. Which is always good.

And I have managed to finish Series 1 of Hana Yori Dango. OH HANA YORI DANGO. I love Makino. I love Tsukasa. I LOVE THE GOLD. I love the "Great I am". I love most of it. I'm planning to continue spending it wisely and watching Mohabbatein. Possibly after tidying up a bit.

On Sunday, Dancing on Ice was on. Roxanne went out, which was sad, but not unexpected at this point in the competition. She got her highest score and was brilliant with her prop which was a chair. She had to skate off against Zoe, who has sort of risen to be one of the favourites for the past few weeks, and whose skating routine got the highest or second highest marks from the judges, and when they asked Jason to say which one he wanted to save afterwards, he said this was a very close skate off, possibly the closest they'd had. He saved Zoe, of course, but I think it was about as close as he could come to saying he LOVED ROXANNE. Roxanne will be on the tour anyway. Which I'm going to see with my mum. Hurrah!

That's my fandom news. The other is that last night on Coronation Street, after Gary got off at the court case because Tina told the truth, Gary's mum said they should invite the Platts, including David, out for a drink to show they had no hard feelings. Gary insisted that he DID have hard feelings. I can't be imagining this.

A fact that I've just learned form the City Council magazine that gets delivered every month or so: St Anns in Nottingham has the oldest and largest allotment site in Britain. I might look into that. Another fact I learned from them: cockroaches can come into your flat or house by being carried in in the hard drive of your laptop. I will never entirely trust this laptop again.