The blue background option in Microsoft Word is far easier on the eyes.

Why have I *only* just discovered this?

Gigabyte - the manufacturers of my motherboard - have come back to me saying that they’ll send me a free replacement fan if I send them a stamped addressed envelope.

Result!

Event of the day: Standing high on an erected scaffold-tower with my father and both of us falling down when said tower collapsed.

Other than my father gaining some superficial scratches, we both rather luckily came away injury-free.

I laughed so much I cried.

The chipset fan on my motherboard is making an odd pulsing noise. I really don’t want to have to buy another motherboard, so I’ll have to refrain from using my computer until I get it sorted.

I’ve already emailed the manufacturers about getting a replacement fan. Fingers crossed they can just whack one in the post as soon as they’ve read my distressed message, eh?

The bad reviews during its cinema run made me lazy about seeing The Beach. But I made a point of watching it tonight and it took me by surprise.

I don’t understand the inclusion of the Looney Tunes‘ character names, though - unless they were just nicknames the first people to find the beach gave to each other.

And Leonardo DiCaprio’s character’s Excite email username at the end of the film really amused. Watch it to see why.

I’ve spent the last hour and a half deconstructing an article on BBCi that explains “Why Star Wars is Rubbish”. But reading my three-A4-pages-long analysis back, it’s garbled, confusing and quite frankly duller than an in-flight magazine produced by Air Belgium. So I’ll spare you the effort of reading it and say this instead:

Bumflaps.

I very nearly fell off of my new swivel chair a short moment ago. As soon as it happened a scene from something entered my mind. But before I remembered enough details to establish what production the scene was from, my wonderful memory of Rob B. & Hob McD. ramming me off of a swivel chair at RWS popped in there.

Clip hopefully coming soon. WHEN HOB FINDS THE TAPE.

I’ve brought a pint of water up to my new room but forgot to retrieve my coaster from storage before doing so. Knowing that I own the aforementioned coaster for this very situation, I refuse to just plonk my refreshing beverage down anywhere.

I’ll probably make a film about this gripping story one day - in proper widescreen and everything.

A suspect on tonight’s The Bill was named “Grant Taylor”, which really shouldn’t have excited me. But ho, ho, ho - it did.

A whole year after last seeing him, James N. from the RWS days stopped by my house earlier today just to give me a hug and invite me to “Wales”.

Bless.