I was about to say 4 years ago. But then I realised I have been one one fairly recently, as I met up with my parents in Croatia for a week at the end of my last big travelling trip 2 years ago (when I spent a month with Khai, Emily and Sheena speeding through bits of Easter Europe). ...But it feels like my first proper family holiday in 4 years anyway!

We needed a translator.

Well, making sure I do at least half an hour walking a day helps. But I do a few sit ups/press ups too. Usually. When I remember. I didn't have whiskers, but I hadn't shaved for a few days at the time, so I thought that would be adequate to convey cat-likeness. But apparently not.

You don't want to see the ones about dead children then.

! As I have no money atm, i'm going on my first family holiday in years!

Probably just said "man" a lot to them. It was the main form of communication with them.

I am! But it's not as good as it once was. I need to do an admittedly minimal amount of exercise to help my metabolism on it's way these days! Diet? What is diet? Helen calls my face my cat face. I tried to explain that was a cat face, but I was unable to pull it off. No cat ears you see.

Did you see

I've checked the dates, and we fly back on Saturday the 18th. So that pretty much decides the dates we can meet! I could come down to London on Sunday 19th?

I did start going after them, but Marianne and Nicole pointed out that if Marianne went they might give it back, while if I went they'd be more likely to just beat me up or stab me. But even she failed. I did end up talking to them anyway though, as they came over when the girls started to pack up. Luckily only one of the three was being a violent dick, and the others just threatened in a "i'm not going to, but I could" way, so it didn't come to actual violence. In some weird way the most vocal leader of the group seemed to just want to tell what he saw as "privileged" kids his life story of violence and poverty. So I just sympathised with his stories, as the girls packed up and he controlled the one being a complete cunt!

I'm all tanned. I will certainly need to do a few sit-ups and push-ups to work it off. Meant I didn't need dinner though! I eat a lot, and am usually always hungry, but I still feel full 10 hours later. Good times!

Shit. I'm in Spain around the first half of September. How long will you be in England for? Please say it's not just for those two weeks.

Me, Nicole, and Marianne, against 5 drunk chavs in their late 20's armed with knives and bottles. I know you haven't met me, but i'm not exactly tall or made of muscle, and neither of the girls would have been any good in a fight!

Now that sounds like a fun day! I want the sun back here. We had two lovely weeks til the rain returned. Grr! Today was spent meeting my supervisor, and meeting up with Helen and friends to go to an all you can eat buffet. Can sounds like a challenge to me, so I did.

No, just the new Dom&Chris jam, with the flying stage! While thing looks like it's been designed by H.R. Giger and Ridley Scott! Sadly at £50 for a ticket (+ train fare and having no money) I can't afford it. And even then the best I can get now is the level 5 seats, at the top of the stadium, where the view is distant and the sound is echoey at best.

What were your shenanigans? We went to the beach yesterday! Sat in the sun, had a picnic, listened to music, played frisbe, went swimming, drank rum... It was beautiful. Right up to the end, when we tried to have our BBQ on the by then empty beach. A gang of chavs appeared and threatened to stab us and break bottles over our heads before stealing about 1/4 of our food and the last of the rum. Kind of put a dampener on the day. Cunts. But then we got the train back to Cardiff, got some wine, and sat about at home talking and watching films till the sun came up at 4.30am. So could have been worse! Fucking annoying though.

I've just seen videos of Muse's new stage set up, and suddenly wish I was seeing them again. It looks awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2imvIocUjJk

They are! Especially when they're on a sugar high. Maybe they come to you for love, and you just deal them death. Hmm... I must try this group bathing. Will you induct me?

Yep. She'd go down to the park and replace someone's shoelaces with strawberry laces, so they'll get fatally swamped by ants. That's how she rolls. With retro candy. Group bathing eh... *imagines wildly*

She won't. She may hunt someone down and INJURE them. And I couldn't have that on my conscience. Did you have to pass any tests to get this job of bathing?

I DO! ...well sometimes. You knew that! I could go back to the petrol station, but it is at home, which is away from Cardiff and friends and girlfriends. I enjoy bathing and working bodies.

Sitting in parks, walking over hills, drinking wine... The usual. I got new glasses and sunglasses! I need a part time job. What's YOUR current one?

How have YOU been?

I just seem unable to concentrate on it or care about it at the moment. And when I say at the moment, I mean for the last month.

Maybe I should become a male prostitute! I wonder what Helen would think of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwylBRucU7w&feature=related

He was busy wrestling bears. I tried though.

I found cheap wine for it, so that's my contribution done! Until the cooking starts anyway. We're going to burn the park down!

Now THIS is how to do a love song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKMG_-mH7y4&feature=related

Bollocks

Btw, before I go to sleep (as it is 4am here), I must say this about the preview for the new Muse single:

Ew.

We're having a BBQ in the park tomorrow in full Ball gear.

Booo! This is what comes of celebrating early. Well have this to cheer you up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw&feature=related

How was/is your birthday gal?

You should have done! And you should party. Like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-jN3vH26NQ