...in no particular order.

• High temperature here in Nashville today: 20C.
  Average high temperature in Edinburgh for the month of AUGUST this year: 18C.


• I have bought three pairs of shoes so far on this trip. This increases the number of pairs of shoes that I own that are not completely falling apart by 300%.
• I have also achieved one of my other ( Read more... )

On Saturday I'll be making my yearlyish pilgrimage back to the Homeland. Have I started thinking about packing clothes? Nope. Have I done all the Christmas shopping I need to do? Not at all! Have I decided which shows/DVDs I'm taking on the trip with me? OF COURSE ( Read more... )

Okay, so, Malsers, one of my bestest friends from *WAY* back, is coming to visit tomorrow all the way from the US, and is staying for the weekend. I mean, we go so far back we used to have slumber parties together. We used to fangirl David Duchovny and Nick Lea together. We used to slack off in gym class and plot ways to skip study hall together. ( Read more... )

Me, shortly after arriving at my family's house and before unpacking: "So, um, I have a Region 2 DVD player and these DVDs of this show - it's really good - called Life on Mars. You guys wanna watch the first episode?"