If you're in a happy mood you don't want to spoil, or if you can't be arsed reading this please skip to where it says happy news.

Bloody cranky hacked off news
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Okay, the last 'update' (har) was pretty darn short, and did not get all of my irritated, cranky, grouchy, mad, angry, furious, pissed off emotions over. I am trying so very hard not to rant, but I do think it's gonna burst out at some point...I know plenty of people are unluckier than me, but plenty of people are luckier I figure, so I'm entitled to moan. And if we're talking about the 'unlucky' little shit who stole my stuff then I really don't give a flying monkey turd.

I am stressed, so bloody stressed...give me two weeks without my music and I turn into some sort of demon monster who flails at people who try to get me out of bed and replaces ordinary speech with sounds like "Urgh...nrrf..." I need the music to drown out things around me, because if I HEAR people being stressed, I become stressed, even if I'm having a perfectly nice time. I wanted a stress free time...I was stressed before and actually thought I'd gone off my rocker at some point, so I really needed a break. I tried to rectify the situation back here by suggesting a trip to the zoo, where the heavens opened in traditional Scottish style and drenched us all. Now I have a cold.

The combination of crime, theft, late night parties and mosquitos has turned me into a right jumpy bitch, and to top it all off, my neighbor just blew up his shed and I nearly put my face through the ceiling. I jump at EVERYTHING now. I seriously do. I was playing FFx2 to relax and a blue bottle got in through my open window and I shrieked like the gates of hell just opened.

I go back to work tomorrow, and I honestly feel like, instead of showing off my holiday photos and tan, I'll rip the head off the first customer who pisses me off. I obviously won't do that, but that's just an example of how stretched my tether is.

I'm sorry to unload all of this, but I need to get it out my head. I'm like a coiled spring...covered in mosquito bites and sunburn.

In happy news
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I finished Ptolemy's Gate and Last Argument of Kings...before moving onto my sister's book because I'd run out of stuff to read. I then started reading my tourist phrasebook, the magazines from 1996 in the wardrobe, all the ingredients in my vanilla pillows cereal...etc... Damn that handheld luggage limit. Book are heavy, deal with it!

Ptolemy's Gate - Funny stuff A little strange at the end, I don't like books where you can't "see" the ending, if you know what I mean. Bartimaeus remains forever my imaginary buddy. I wish I could draw him but he has no bloody form...I did make a stab at it though, so I'll post is soon. And you can read this without reading the other two books! I did, but ages ago. Nice read.

Last Argument - Good stuff...Don't expect laughter and tears and "Ooh, ambassador..." more drinking heavily and eating the flesh of men. Still, I adore these characters, they are truly realistic. I drew loads of pics of Glokta, cos he is the best

Dewey - A sad book in places, funny in others...it's not all about the cat that's on the front cover though.

I haven't seen HP6, but I'm going next week. It's like a disease. I didn't see IceAge3, going to see it in 3D some day, and have not seen Star Trek (weeps)