I had things I wanted to say. Can't... remember...

First thing... remember my brother's car? His new Peugeot 306? That leaked diesel everywhere? It had a new petrol tank fitted, then it leaked diesel all over the garage forecourt, then it turned out it was a part that joined onto the petrol tank? Well, he had it serviced. Or rather, he asked a reputable garage to tell him what needed to be done. And wow, the list was long. In the process of getting the leaking problem 'fixed', they broke numerous other things. And other things were just plain broken anyway. Wheels were held on by one nut. Brake discs were leaking. Basically, the car's not safe to drive. They obviously had a really thorough service performed before they sold it... *sarcastic voice*

Having said that, apparently the engine sounds good. ;)

Second thing... my watch is better. Apparently. I mashed the buttons while I was waiting for the church service to begin on Sunday, and it reset! It thought it was the 1st January 1995 (presumably that's the date the watch defaults to), but now it seems to be fine. Weird. Mark said had the same problem with his Timex watch, so he'd have fixed it if I hadn't happened upon the solution by chance. I guess I'll have two watches, then. This one was getting a bit tatty...

Third thing... still wading through archaeological illustration coursework. I spent from about 11am until about 3.30pm drawing a plan, which isn't great, but hopefully it'll make the grade. :)

Fourth thing... Alias was so cool tonight! It was the 13th episode of series 2 - Phase One. Wow... it had everything!

Spoilers ahead... highlight to read... Sloane's replaced as the head of SD-6 by a new guy (Geiger), played by none other than Rutger Hauer! He discovers that Sydney and her Dad are double agents, and tortures Syd's dad. Meanwhile, Syd and the CIA uncover information that means they can launch attacks on all the SD cells, thereby ending the Alliance once and for all. At some point here Francie and Will kiss. Maybe they're going to get together. They're happy! Then the CIA raid the buildings, successfully, and Syd rescues her Dad. In the aftermath, Syd kisses Vaughn, with one of those long 'camera goes all the way round' type kisses. And then comes the end. Sloane set it all up. He wanted Syd and her Dad to find the information and defeat the Alliance. What's his plan? Well, the episode ended with Francie dead, and an imposter in her place. Ooooh, can things get any more exciting? *chandler voice*

There might have been other stuff, but I've run out of writing juice.

Goodnight. :)

I have been mostly... WATCHING (DVD): stargate series 6 / WATCHING (TV): neighbours (bbc 1); macgyver (bravo); alias (sky 1) / READING: star wars - cloak of deception (james luceno) / LISTENING: big band small world 2 (jools holland and friends)

posted by Fiery Fred @ 11:06 PM