susie_flo | You've been in the house too long she said...

My penance for yesterday's day of lazy hedonism is the inevitable feeling of gaping emptiness that comes from such wilful unproductivity. That and a day's worth of domestic chores. Hmmm.

The place still looks a bit untidy though...

Meh.

I might just eat that cream egg that is lying within my field of vision... will some bright yellow fondant filling make me feel less blue?

I'm midway through a week characterised by siblings. My sis has been staying with me all week, and tomorrow G and I are heading to zommerrrrzet for his sister's 40th birthday do, at which there will be many in-laws from G's enormous extended family and lots of sprogletti. I intend to drink and be merry and see if that perks me up.

Incidentally, G's siblings are never off the tellybox. His clever sis is about to do her third TV quiz show appearance. His younger brother (or as G's mother describes him, "the good looking one") is a TV extra who gets to wear lots of very cool uniforms.

The funny thing about extras is that you tend not to notice them at all unless you know the person playing the role...    then once you start noticing them it just seems REALLY weird that they are not allowed to speak.  Their faces have to act overtime to try and compensate for the lack of spoken words.  A few weeks ago G's brother played a solicitor on the Bill and he had to sit there frowning and nodding as eloquently as possible to counteract the fact that he was not being paid to speak...   similarly, he had a scene on Primeval where he had to try to control his machine gun against some prehistoric creature while rescuing one of the lead characters - all without saying a word.   Still, it must be v. cool for his kids to go to school and say "my dad was on Primeval last night."

So anyway...   in an attempt to solicit some cheer, has anybody got any good jokes? (I asked on facebook and received some terrible ones...)

Otherwise I might just go look at the baby hedgehog again...