i have been mainly awol since thursday as my mother has been visiting. mothers are very tiring. she has now departed by ferry, this morning, after a detour to courthouse where i successfully persuaded them to let me defer my jury service until june. thank fuck!

( boring weekend stuff (entertaining female parent stressful: may have told the lesbians-in-the-lobby story after several glasses of wine. it seemed like a good idea at the time.) )

*cries* look what kanzenhanzai DID:


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junior sibling tardington is a sick little puppy (with a slightly obsessive interest in hugh fearnley whittingstall, just for background). also, everything he knows about ckr, hd and bsg he learnt from taking the piss out of me on the phone and watching half of HCL. but he hasn't let this stop him. sadly.

during my recent trip to the mothership (edinburgh) perpetual nuisance and junior sibling tardington was forced to borrow asked for a loan of my HCL dvd. last night he settled in to watch it with lady tardington. i know this because the viewing was accompanied by a barrage of text-message updates on the action and opinions about every aspect of the film, ( Read more... )