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Hello folks.

Had quite a quiet weekend. Listened to the Scottish Cup final on the internet, then met up with a friend for a couple of drinks. Then a couple more. Then a couple more.

Next thing we knew it was 10:30 and she’d missed her last bus home. So she crashed at mine where we ate rice and watched The Unicorn And The Wasp (cos she hadn’t seen it.)

And the past couple of days, I’ve mainly slept. Well, that’s what happens when you stay up to 7am watching Buffy (season 2, if anyone is wondering.)

For those of you who agreed to read my short story, check your inbox. Anyone else interested, let me know (with an email address if you don’t think I already have it).

I got on to the two courses I talked about in my video entry. I’m looking forward to them. I have an idea for another short story, but I’m saving it for the course.

Wondering round town today I noticed that Spiritualized have a new album out. Not having the cash to buy it, I’m going to have to see if I can aquire it by other means. But why is it that of all the albums being released this year, it ones by old bands that I was/am looking forward to? Portishead, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Spiritualized, Nine Inch Nails and (if the rumours are actually true) The Fugees. Admittedly, I don’t actually listen to much modern music, but still.

Also had a great/strange experience in town. Rock Band has just been released in Britain and most of the shops have set up consoles so you can have a go. I was stood waiting for two girls to stop playing one of them so i could have a shot. The song they were performing was In Bloom by Nirvana. Now the girl on the drums was quite good, but the one who was supposed to be singing wasn’t. Singing I mean. So, I’m stood there singing along when they ask me if I want a go. I ended up standing in Zavvi, near the door, singing Nirvana while a girl who must have been about 10 played the drums. And yes, I did score more points than her.

The two of them asked if I was embarassed to be doing it and I said no. Didn’t point out that I’ve been a kareoke afficionado for the past six years.

Don’t forget, I’m still looking for questions for my 1400th entry. I’ve had a couple so far (well, one has been asked by just about everyone) but obviously, that won’t make for a particularly exciting entry. So i need more people!

I’ll stop rambling now. Besides, I want to watch Mad Men.

Couple of thing before I go though. This is quite amazing (to me anyway):

Judge gives girl, 12, go-ahead to change sex
By Nick Squires in Sydney
Last updated: 12:22 AM BST 26/05/2008
A judge has provoked controversy in Australia by ruling that a 12-year-old girl could begin the first phase of a sex change.

The unnamed girl has begun hormone treatment to block puberty after a judge accepted an application from her mother for her to begin to reassign her gender.

A family court judgment said it was important to act quickly to prevent the onset of puberty as the girl dreaded the prospect of menstruation and developing breasts, and had threatened self-harm.

It was reported yesterday that during a hearing in December, the court heard that the girl from Victoria had thought of herself as a boy since the age of four. Several medical experts, including a psychiatrist, backed her application for a sex change.

The judge said that while the initial treatment was reversible, it needed to be seen as the first step in a process which, if continued, would allow the girl to live as a man.

“In my view, and on all the evidence, the treatment is in [the child’s] best interests,” the judgment said.

Further court applications will have to be made if the child wants to take the process further. Surgery to remove her womb and ovaries or construct a penis cannot be performed before the age of 18.

The head of the Australian Medical Association said it was a decision that would not have been taken lightly.

“It is a case-by-case instance. Maturity, intellectual ability, understanding, competency, are things that doctors assess very carefully,” said Dr Rosanna Capolingua.

But the child’s father bitterly opposed the decision, in part because of his daughter’s young age, the court was told.

A medical ethicist, Dr Nicholas Tonti-Filippini, said the decision was astounding. “Twelve is a time of great uncertainty for a young person … I would question whether the medical evidence supports treating [her] in this way.”
Story from Telegraph News

If she really has felt like that since she was four, then it was the right decision.

And finally. Top 10 t-shirts to get arrested in

Will

*EDIT*

The 10 genuine how to books you never knew existed.

And the awesome new Weezer video:

Will