Squashed tomatoes and stew

Oh God!

Vi's party was only from 11.30 til about 2pm, but I am still absolutely tatered. Seriously, I could quite happily sleep now for the rest of the day. It wasn't even any stress - There were three tots plus Violet, all were impeccably behaved, and their mums, with one dad, all of whom I get on very well with. We grazed on party food and chatted and then sat in the living room while the kiddles played with balloons, dressing-up and books, and again chatted. Not exactly exhausting. But yeah, I'm still pooped. The mad rush this morning to get everything clean and tidy and way too much party food on the table added to the tiredness, plus I think I might be getting a cold, plus, y'know, the whole 14 weeks pregnant thing doesn't help.

Still, Violet appeared to really enjoy herself, and apart from the two younger tots being a bit overwhelmed at first and occasionally falling over, so did the guests. Hubs bonded fairly instantly with Henry, our token Boy, and was playing Balloon Football with him in the corridor. I think he'd like Rerun to be a son. We'll see.

It's nice to know that I can successfully throw a kiddie's party though, if only on the small scale at the moment. And next Saturday is the Family Party, so I'm doing this all over again!

Eat it! Eat it, you useless fuckers!

Bloody Hell.

I just watched all of Dead Set in one go.

What a brilliant series. Borrowed heavily from 28 Days Later, but then, what low budget Zombocalype drama doesn't these days? I really liked the way that the Big Brother contestants (barring a few obvious exceptions) went from being useless, squalking, obnoxious cartoon stereotypes to compassionate, capable, useful human beings once the cameras were off and the pressure was on, without becoming out-and-out Heroes. I liked that the female characters were (again, apart from the odd exception) shown to be as courageous, active and tough as the male characters without being made masculine. I liked the way that complicated, shades-of-grey relationships were portrayed subtley, without ramming unrealistic explanatory dialogue down our ears. I loved the nightmare-like quality of it all. And it had The Actor Kevin Eldon, being awesome as usual.

ATTENTION, WRITERS OF "SURVIVORS" - This is how you write the Apocalypse, you pricks!

Right. Bed. Despite a nap this avo I'm still bloody knackered.