I Loathe Public Transport

Firstly, those of you clever enough to work out the time difference (this website runs on an American Central clock, I live in England, go figure) will realise that I'm supposed to be in POL122 at the moment. However, the stupid Metro people have done it again: we sat at South Gosforth station this morning for fifteen minutes while the driver who was changing over chatted to the new driver! Grrr!

So I've missed my lecture completely and was wondering what I could do with the spare time... so hello one and all! Lots to tell you about today, people, so I won't be mentioning any political shennaneg... shenn... shinneganen... "events" this time, that'll be tomorrow.

Congratulations are in order for Dad, who successfully completed the Redcar Half Marathon in one hour fifty-two minutes (plus "some several seconds", as he put it), a highly respectable time! Considering he's done no training in two weeks and was suffering from a chest cold, the eight minute improvement on his expected time is no small achievement! Bitter, freezing weather and snow drifts added extra excitement to the day, as did the Dad fan club running out in front of him and grabbing his hat/shouting "Go! Woo!" during the course of the race (hey, it's all for support). So well done Dad! Next stop, London, which should be fun. A big day of chasing Dad through crowds, seeing if he can catch up with Paula Radcliffe (my advice: sprint when she stops in the road for a 'pit stop' and you should catch her out! Remember, Dad, it's not a race, but if Paula's going for that kind of gold, you can get the medal)!

More growling now as 24: The Game has been delayed by a week! I got all excited on Friday, bouncing along down Northumberland Street like a kid who has just eaten the Cadbury factory, and then... nothing. I returned the less-fun-than-smearing-jam-on-my-eyes-and-then-hitting-a-wasp-nest-with-a-big-stick Shadow the Hedgehog in order to get back my £20, then visited GAME only to find a complete lack of 24 related products. Then went to HMV, where they had cases for the game on the shelves saying "Coming 10th March, pre-order now!", so I took one up to the counter to buy it and then... "Sorry, it's been delayed by a week and we haven't updated those stickers yet." AAAAHHHH!!!! So to counter my 24: The Game withdrawl symptoms, I've now watched almost all of 24 Season Three on DVD, something I was going to do after I had completed the game to make the storyline flow somewhat. Still, not disappointed as the quality of the show is excellent!

I start essays tomorrow in the final slog before Easter, so will be in the library at some point ranting on about politics. If you're lucky, I might even provide a sneak preview of what my essays will contain... okay, maybe not! I wouldn't want you to suffer any more than me droning on about how I don't want to have to write them and would rather be doing just about anything else! But hey, I'll enjoy them when I get round to writing them, it's just the prospect of starting them that gives me a headache!

Until then, then, peace out.