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[eruvadhril]

I have been on the computer for two hours and I have caught up on twelve days worth of friends entries. Whoot! Now all I've got to do is read all the Time and Chips entries. Note to self- send of cheque for the John Barrowman Cinderella thing. Also, I totally need to get a Time and Chips T-Shirt.

I hate economy class on planes with a passion. I also hate plane food. You know what? I just don't like planes. Stupid 21st century transport.

Now, you get on the plane and there are little signs everywhere with a ciggarette inside a circle with a line through it. International language for 'No Smoking'. There are these signs every five feet on the plane above the seatbelt signs, and in the toilets. Before takeoff, the people on the intercom say "Smoking is illegal on Qantas planes, smoking in the toilets is a fire hazard and the toilets have been fitted with smoke detectors." Could the message be clearer? DO. NOT. SMOKE.

Then you go into the toilet, and guess what? Each toilet is fitted with a FREAKING ASHTRAY. There are even ashtrays outside the toilets. One girl couldn't get into the toilet because she was yanking on an ashtray instead of a doorhandle. Now, we have been told about twenty times NOT to smoke, and suddenly there are ashtrays? *headwall* It's as if the plane is going "Yeah, we know how hard it is. Go ahead; light up!"

If the plane is going to crash, I'd much rather it be because some mystical island is calling to someone and there are baby-eaters and a Giant Invisible Mechasaur buggering about in the jungle. I DON'T want the plane to crash because some moron decides that he <EM>needs</EM> a smoke <EM>right now</EM> because the baby in seat 23A is pissing him off, and he sets the plane ablaze because the ash lights the carpet on fire.

We have Australian lollies! Not enough to last us until January, but maybe enough to last us into November. If we stick to our one-a-day limit. We also bought back a bunch of our old videos that we left in storage! So now we have My Fair Lady and Rocky Horror and Cats and Shrek and a bunch of others. And we got to eat Australian take-away food, which is much better than English. Aussies have salt on their chips, for one thing. And Chinese food has flavour! I was so happy. We ordered so much food on Aunty Trish's birthday that I ate myself sick. Fun.

And we had a look at the school that we're going to go to! I get my own room and Katrina has to share with one person. Erica decided she wants to go, too, and she has to share with five other girls. We have to stay in the boarding house for at least the first two weekends. Boys are not allowed to visit the girls alone in their bedrooms and girls are not allowed to sit alone in cars with boys. O-kay... We are not allowed to watch TV on weekdays. (!!!) I so need to get one of them hand-held TVs. On the upside, however, we get our own laptops when we go! And each room has internet access! And I can put up posters! I'm not allowed to put up posters in this house, so my collection will be able to see the light of day again! Mum said that she would come to Australia for some holidays, but I don't know if we're going to go to England again. I hope we are, because Leigh, you're coming here next year, aren't you? It would really suck if you came the year after I left. The Random God of Irony laughs.

I think I have jetlag. I fell asleep at two in the afternoon yesterday and woke up at two this morning. And I have missed a week of school and have to start on Monday. You know, I think I had some holiday homework, but buggered if I know what it was. Mum caught a plane to Germany to stay with Erika for three days, first thing this morning. She was zipping about going "Okay, I think I'm ready!" and I was like "Do you speak German?" And she was like "Oh! Phrasebook!" And I was like "Yeah, that might be useful."

I just went to http://s7.invisionfree.com/christophereccleston/index.php?act=idx and discovered that they have a multimedia section. So I've been downloading every clip they have. And then I found out that there is this special members' section with even more clips, but you have to have posted 25 times to access it. I don't want to just post crap to make up the posts, because that seems like cheating. The clips I've downloaded, though? HE CRAZY. Except in <EM>28 Days Later</EM>. He just seems sleazy in that one. I really must see that movie.