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Jul. 31st, 2010 12:30 am( Emmerdale )
Hello. I haven't been talking much lately. Mostly this is because I have been quite busy. Last Thursday, we had my nephew all day. Then last Friday we had my older nephew for even longer than we normally have him, because he'd finished school a bit early because it was the last day of the year, and even though I didn't manage to catch him and my mum doing things in town on that day, I was running around and getting ready and trying to find them. Then on Saturday and Sunday, my dad decided he wanted my sister's partner to come over and do some gardening/building work at our house for him, and my mum always feels bad taking him away from my sister on the days he doesn't work, so she has to deal with both kids on her own, so mum and I ended up taking the kids out both days, first to a park, then to a tea party event thing near my sister's house. Then on Monday I had to go into town to pick up a parcel from the post office which I'd bought from America and had a customs charge on. Then on Tuesday I got up to watch about 11 or 12 episodes of Horrible Histories on CBBC, starting at 11 in the morning, because it turns out Horrible Histories is great. Then on Wednesday I had to go to Wakefield to do a course about Finding and Getting A Job, with a company that wasn't the Jobcentre, but the Jobcentre had sent me to do it. That turned out to not last as long as I thought it might, because apparently there were only two people booked onto the course including me, and the other person didn't show up, and a lot of it was stuff I had covered in a similar course I'd done in Nottingham, so I managed to get it finished in about half a day, instead of two days. Yesterday was basically the first chance I had in nearly a week to have a lie in, because my mum was on a study day so we couldn't have my youngest nephew for the day. And then today my other nephew came round, but he ended up not getting here till about 4, and then was a little bit ill, so he couldn't really do much, and ended up sleeping on the couch for a few hours. He just left about two hours ago. And now here I am, posting on LJ.
I've been wanting to post about a bunch of things I have seen, but my thoughts on them always seemed to get a bit complicated and ranty. So essentially, in the past few weeks I have seen:
That's sort of it for films. Also on Wednesday, to pass the time until the film started, I ended up going into the Wakefield Pets At Home store, which turns out to have actual animals in it for sale, unlike a lot of pet stores nowadays. And I saw some of the most beautiful fish I have ever seen. Fighting fish! Little sharks! And crabs! And now I suddenly want some, even though I don't have a tank and can't afford it, and the fish I like would probably turn out to be the kind that would eat each other. Still. Oh my god the fish.
I'm going to see if South Park is on now. Bye!
Hello. I haven't been talking much lately. Mostly this is because I have been quite busy. Last Thursday, we had my nephew all day. Then last Friday we had my older nephew for even longer than we normally have him, because he'd finished school a bit early because it was the last day of the year, and even though I didn't manage to catch him and my mum doing things in town on that day, I was running around and getting ready and trying to find them. Then on Saturday and Sunday, my dad decided he wanted my sister's partner to come over and do some gardening/building work at our house for him, and my mum always feels bad taking him away from my sister on the days he doesn't work, so she has to deal with both kids on her own, so mum and I ended up taking the kids out both days, first to a park, then to a tea party event thing near my sister's house. Then on Monday I had to go into town to pick up a parcel from the post office which I'd bought from America and had a customs charge on. Then on Tuesday I got up to watch about 11 or 12 episodes of Horrible Histories on CBBC, starting at 11 in the morning, because it turns out Horrible Histories is great. Then on Wednesday I had to go to Wakefield to do a course about Finding and Getting A Job, with a company that wasn't the Jobcentre, but the Jobcentre had sent me to do it. That turned out to not last as long as I thought it might, because apparently there were only two people booked onto the course including me, and the other person didn't show up, and a lot of it was stuff I had covered in a similar course I'd done in Nottingham, so I managed to get it finished in about half a day, instead of two days. Yesterday was basically the first chance I had in nearly a week to have a lie in, because my mum was on a study day so we couldn't have my youngest nephew for the day. And then today my other nephew came round, but he ended up not getting here till about 4, and then was a little bit ill, so he couldn't really do much, and ended up sleeping on the couch for a few hours. He just left about two hours ago. And now here I am, posting on LJ.
I've been wanting to post about a bunch of things I have seen, but my thoughts on them always seemed to get a bit complicated and ranty. So essentially, in the past few weeks I have seen:
- Wild Target, a film with Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt and Rupert Grint. ( My brief thoughts )
- Predators. ( Thoughts )
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, on DVD, because I'd got the idea for Mike/Wonka stuck in my head again and hadn't seen it for years. ( Thoughts )
- Inception, last week. ( Thoughts )
- The new A-Team film, on Wednesday while I was in Wakefield. ( Thoughts, a bit spoilery )
That's sort of it for films. Also on Wednesday, to pass the time until the film started, I ended up going into the Wakefield Pets At Home store, which turns out to have actual animals in it for sale, unlike a lot of pet stores nowadays. And I saw some of the most beautiful fish I have ever seen. Fighting fish! Little sharks! And crabs! And now I suddenly want some, even though I don't have a tank and can't afford it, and the fish I like would probably turn out to be the kind that would eat each other. Still. Oh my god the fish.
I'm going to see if South Park is on now. Bye!
