I love Somerset, best of all the counties
09.09.06, 9:34 am

This can only be a relatively brief entry because I am off on holiday quite soon. Yes, I am travelling to the bonny land of Somerset with my dad and my sister, and won�t be returning until Wednesday night. That�s quite a lot of family time. Still, I�m sure the sheer wonderfulness of Somerset will ward off any potential arguments between me and my dad (you have no idea how tempting it is to read this entry through in my best Somerset accent). And last night I tried to put the ironing board away in the fridge, so I clearly need this holiday.

Not that there�s much chance of us having an argument at the moment anyway, as I�m in a zombie crash due to all the travelling and being ill and he�s loved up to the eyeballs. It�s all very odd � he�s being really really nice about the ME thing (as opposed to the whole �I�m sure it�s just a virus� thing when it was still the mystery illness) and he talks about Ladyfriend A LOT. Apparently he spent the other night banging on about her continually to my sister, saying endless comments along the lines of, �This is big, Al, I think I need to warn you. This is a biggie�.

And because it�s a �biggie�, he�s only gone and arranged a big joint family meal for the next Thursday night somewhere in New Mills. That�ll be me, my sister (who�s singularly unimpressed with Ladyfriend), my dad, Ladyfriend, Ladyfriend�s daughter and Ladyfriend�s son. The kids are 13 and 17 respectively. I think the cosiness may just kill me. And I probably didn�t give off the best impression when my dad suggested it on the phone last night, by responding, �Oh God, it�s not a huge big family meet thing, is it?� and then �Well, it should be fine but we�re gonna have to set the video up so that I can tape Bad Girls. Shit, I don�t have to wear a dress, do I?� I�m sure it actually will be fine� once we�ve had lots and lots of wine.

Huh, all the recent website addresses have been cleared from the scroll bar. This can only mean that Ciaran was looking at porn last night. Again. HA, speaking of which, Ciaran had to film his gay sex scene for Shameless yesterday, and said that it was �alright, but kind�ve weird�. He had to do a whole going down thing and it sounded quite intense.

Anyway yes, I�m off for a while, and shall return with wonderful Somerset tales. Me and my sister have decided to do the 5 hour car journey in shifts, so that one of us can sleep whilst the other sits up front and listens to the Ladyfriend talk. Actually, I was tempted to let you see a lovely little video of me dancing in front of my computer up on Youtube, to dull the profound sense of loss you�re all bound to experience at some point, but haven�t quite got the guts for it. So instead I shall just leave quietly. Don�t miss me too much or I�ll be forced to send combine harvester postcards to all of you.

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