Woke up late after a disturbed night (partly Quyn's restlessness and partly the bloody mosquito that was whining its way around the bedroom last night: it eventually landed on my forehead and I swatted it, but not before it bit Ken twice on the shoulder... ouch... very large and nasty bites too), this has felt twice as long as the average Monday...
Have to admit we got a lot done though. After the problem with my figurine shelf (details a bit further down, you'll know when you get to it) I tanked off to
Proper Job just down the Bath Rd (used to be a supermarket, now a cheapo bits 'n' pieces place) to see if they had any rawl-plugs, as we were running short. No rawl-plugs, but they
did have a whacking great container, the size of the one the blueberry's in at the moment, for £2.50, so now I have the compost and container and just need to get over to the garden centre at Congresbury to buy a second blueberry. (Maybe next week. Better ring them first though, to see what varieties they stock...)
Then I did main Monday shop, staggering home carrying
far too much again as Sainsbug had organic specials galore (FRUIT!! Bananas and plums and grapes and strawbs and blueberries and kiwis and apples and melons...) Arrived back to find the post had been...
SSJ4 Vegeta ->
It's a gorgeous figure, beautifully detailed, and so
pretty! (in a 'crush your windpipe' way, as Lutra said). I don't know whether it's the tail, or the fur, or the hair, or just the red eyeliner, but this version of the little bastard is by far the most appealing...
The timing was useful too: yesterday I decided to sort out the figurine shelf, only to find it had pulled almost all the way out of the wall (terrible plaster in this house). This would explain why Sesshoumaru (whose foot broke) and Vaako fell off, of course. Ken put it back up for me this afternoon - it required drilling deeper holes and using longer rawl-plugs (he found some in the toolbox) - and afterwards we did a little gluing:
the spikes on Legato's shoulder, Sesshoumaru's foot, SSJ4 Vegeta's tail, and the wall and cactus behind Vash, which have always been loose. The shelf looks a little more organised now, and I still have room for a couple more figures...
A close up of Legato's face. Not
quite as clear as I could have hoped, but any closer and the camera wouldn't focus. Given that from chin to eyebrow is about 5 millimetres the detail's not bad though.
Made dinner - spagbol - then sorted out the containers in the garden, which mainly involved clearing them of plant failures and weeds, hauling them over to the GH, and laying comfrey leaves on the top to help rejuvenate the compost ready for next year, though I was wary of taking too many leaves as I suspect our hedgehog might be sleeping under the jumble of plant and wood beside the big compost bin. Yes, it's still around: was in the front garden the other night, snuffling, I could just see it by leaning out of the window.
Watered everything indoors. Gave the crickets fresh food and water. Answered a few business emails. Oh, and caught the rampaging stegasaurus. Then
finally sat down to watch the
Earthian DVD onna sent me...
Very interesting. The four stories on it aren't repeats of the manga - they're new. I have to confess this threw me at first, but once I realised I really enjoyed it. The artwork is lovely, though the speech sync is a bit off in places, and the story will make no sense whatsoever unless you know the manga. The ending was a little 'wha...?' too, but that happens in anime occasionally. I would also have
loved Raphael to be in it, but you can't have everything. Overall it's terrific. [GLOMPS onna] Thank you. It's a treasure.
Going to attempt an early night...
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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