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[raven]

Strangely enough, after staying up till one last night, I woke up at nine, before my alarm. Maybe because I wanted to depress myself, I watched Meridian. Bearing in mind I'd never seen it before all through, I was a little bit teary-eyed by the time I'd finished watching it. I thought the very best part was at the beginning, before the credits - the single line, "Don't touch me!" I just noticed this means exactly the same thing as "noli me tangere" which is my anti-slash freak-out *gibber gibber* phrase. But I don't mind PWP slash any more (though I still don't like long slash stories) and I really like the moment where the phrase occurrs in Meridian, so I guess times are changing.

I went into town at twelve and went to courts with Sprog, Loz, Pip, Stalker girl and Gez, which was fun but startling. For some reason sprog wanted to drink Stalker girl's blood, while Stalker girl herself was completely off her head after half a bottle of vile-smelling vodka mix. I was a little bemused by the whole thing. It seems to me we are all so easily bored, we're bored on windy streets on winter days, but we can't say we're bored. If we say it out loud, we're admitting to it, and we can't do that because that would mean everything we do means nothing. That's the oft-travelled path to depression.
I had to get back before my parents did (they'd gone bathroom-paraphenalia-buying or something like that) because I didn't really want for them to know where I'd been. I told my mother I'd gone window shopping in town with Laura, which was true in a way - I just didn't say I'd gone to a goth hangout with a lot of people she wouldn't have liked and an inflatable sheep!
Talking of inflatable sheep.... I liked the sword pendant sprog got for Gez, that was cool. I was just a little creeped out by the sheep. It had a hole! What in the name of Netu are you supposed to do with the hole?! And how do you explain it if you buy it then leave it lying around? "Ah, yes, that's just part of my Hallowe'en costume. I'm going as Little Bo Peep."
I got home at about four o'clock and was met by a barrage of mailing list messages in my inbox. The list, spacemonkey_vs6 - is invitation only, so it has only thirty two members, and I've been a member for two days - and yet I have thirteen new messages?? What did I do in a past life?
My parents are now home, and interrupted in the middle of Star Trek: Voyager - *grrr* I'll never find out what happened! I got to the inevitable part involving the Prime Directive, and missed the rest! So here I am, being distracted by the media player in the background.
We're going out in a minute, to see Bend it Like Beckham. Em, I hope you're pleased! My dad just came in - he wants to know why I'm typing standing up. He has a point - although perching on the computer bench isn't that comfortable. He also wants to know what I did today - I'm not telling him! Come to think of it, though, he wouldn't be that bothered. He'd laugh, say something subtle and ironic, ask me if I discovered the meaning of life, ask me if I had a good time, and immediately forget all about it. That's why I consider him my best friend! It's my mother who would be all "You did what how dare you you'll get in with a bad crowd don't forget you have exams in four weeks why do you do stuff like this do you actually think chains look good on you?!" about it. She's getting used to the chains now. Slowly. I'll give her about another fortnight before I get the bigger ones.
Ah, well, time to go... coffee and popcorn beckon...