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The Eurovision Song Contest was on tonight. The Ukranians (dressed in a sort of dominatrix get up, sang like a drug-addled crow) won. The Balkans all voted for each other (one disadvantage of the break-up of the Communist block: Eurovision takes twice as long), and Terry Wogan took the michael unmercifully all the way through.
You can see all the odd alliances between countries; the Balkans vote for each other, despite having been at war for the last ten years, and the Irish give the UK a low vote. It also highlights why the English, Scots, Welsh and Irish don't call themselves 'European' and get annoyed when Americans do it; those people are downright weird.
As the winner was announced, the Ukranians didn't reappear onstage for quite a while, a la the von Trapps (though the Ukranians weren't on the run from Nazis and The Sound of Music didn't have a cynical voiceover saying stuff like, 'And if they take any longer you'll have to repeat that all in Turkish.') Last year's winner, who was presenting the award, caught her stilleto heel in the stage in the best comedic tradition and had to be extracted before the show continued.
'And you can continue viewing on BBC3 if you have digital--but why would you want to? Insane voting, insane songs; the Eurovision Song Contest, is there anything like it?'
To which I answer, thank heavens, no.
And why is Israel in it? Perhaps the Arabs wouldn't let them join the Middle East-a-vision Song Contest? 'Get out of our country you bloody Americans...everyone join the chorus!'

Also, http://www.jkrowling.com is very interesting! Ginevra??!!! WHAT!! Six plain English names (eight counting the parents) and then Ginevra? Sounds like something a Mary Sue author would dream up. No wonder she goes by Ginny.
Perhaps now the 'Ron/Ginny will betray Harry because s/he has red hair like Judas Iscariot and his/her surname sounds like 'weasel'' will finally be laid to rest. But then, the perpetrators of these theories are all on CRAX anyway, and have already shown a tendency to disbelieve JKR. I like to think that the author is the most likely to know the future direction of her series and may drop hints to that effect; I dunno, I'm simple like that.
As for her not answering the R/H versus H/H Neverending Debate because 'she likes the fan argument'; she should go on the Deathmatch anonymously, arguing only from current canon and interviews, and see how long it takes her to get sick of it

Just finished my Fundamental Particles assignment (my answers are a load of crap, btw). The last assignment I'll do as an undergraduate (I hope!). How bizarre, and a little sad. It's been a good three years.

We went for a walk over a Hillsborough this afternoon and the bluebells were in full bloom, and there was campion out and the beech leaves were new and green. I never heard as many English accents outside England, either. The train was late, and at one point was actually going in reverse. NIR, how I love thee.

doyle_sb4 has just pointed out to me that if you type 'miserable failure' into Google and hit 'I'm feeling lucky', you get this site.

I'm sure some of you will appreciate that.

*hee*

Virtual Budzy

Ask him who Mara Jade is, lol!!