I'm British, Who The Drat Are You ?

Music And Muppets, Kinda For Pumpkin

What can I say ?

Furryyyyy, happyyyy monsters laughiiiinnnggg !

Just be glad you only had to read it, Boyfriend had to hear it.

Speaking To The Atmosphere

I am still very much alive but I am also rapidly approaching the end of my final year at uni. As a result I have oodles of work to do. So I won't be around much. If at all for the next month. Or so.

'Cause obviously I have an audience who need to know.

I Want To See This

Indy ! Indy ! Indy !

And I want to see this too.

Leave Prince Harry Alone

I'm not much bothered by the Royal family. They're there. It's fine. The tourists really seem to like them.

But leave Harry the fuck alone. The guy wants to do his tour. He should have been allowed to. It's not just his life that's put at greater risk when his deployment is known. It's everyone around him. And your story does not trump lives. LIVES you jumped up, arrogant little assholes.

In case you don't know what I am ranting on about it's the news that Prince Harry was deployed to Afghanistan 10 weeks ago and that the British agreed media blackout over that info. Please note: the media were told in advance of his actual deployment. Otherwise they couldn't have agreed to keep it quiet. It turns out that an Australian magazine reported it and an American website also. So now it's out and Harry may have to be pulled out. Way to go losers.

He trained to be a soldier, he wants to serve. He doesn't seem to think he's all that different from any other soldier. It's nice he thinks that way but he is different. Not necessarily better, just different. He is a member of the Royal family. That makes him different. As a soldier that makes him an even bigger target than other soldiers. Not nice but true. It also, apparently , makes him more important than those other soldiers in some peoples opinion. 'Cause I haven't seen too much on all the other soldiers deployed. All those other fucking brave men and women in Afghanistan and Iraq. Fuck what I think of the actual wars, I stand by our troops. Yeah it is actually possible to oppose war while supporting the troops involved. I want every last one of them home safe.

And back to my original rant. I seem to have wandered a little.

Some people think the media blackout in the UK was irresponsible and it's good that it has been broken. Explain that to me. Please, do. Irresponsible how ? In the possibly getting people killed kind of way ? No ? They would have released the information as soon as Harry was back. But the need for a scoop means that a great big frickin' target has been painted over him, and everyone in his vicinity. Anyone who doesn't think that those soldiers are now at greater risk of attack in an attempt to hit an heir to the throne . . . . . take your stupidity elsewhere. I don't actually have anything to say to you.

According to someone on the news that I didn't catch the name of knowing that Harry was out there would have been a moral boost for the troops who are also there. I got the impression from other sources that quite a few soldiers knew he was there. Like those serving alongside him. And perhaps they did get a moral boost from it, I don't know 'cause they didn't feel the need to shout about it. Wonder if that was anything to do with a possible increase in danger if the information was out there ? Hmmmmm.

Books, Books, Books,

I am currently waiting for the last instalments of a number of trilogies to hit the shelves. I would like some other books to fill in the time. Since I have overspent somewhat on books of late I can't buy any more right now. Poo.

On the upside I have over 500 books lining my book shelves so it's not like I'm low on potential re-reading material. It's always fun to slip back through the pages. If you lose the hunger to know the twists and turns of a new book, you gain the luxury of knowing where you are headed, seeing the path clearly and using that knowledge to enjoy the writing more. And sometimes you see things in a new way, discover new things. Oh the happiness.

So I am starting out with Sophie's World.

Too Much Of A Hangover To Write

So there.