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Morning. Turned on lights. Fuse blew.

Looks like the fusebox is a traditional type, I don't know what to do with it (reading instructions now, but I don't have spare fuse around anyway). There isn't a thing I can just flip. And it's rather dark to see anything anyway. And by the time I get home from work it'll be even darker. orz

Where the heck is that torch...

[edit] Okay, found out how... might actually take the fuse to the ironmongers and ask them nicely to see if they'll do it for me since that's easier. ^^"

The gay bartender at Athlum freaked someone out.

It snowed

So, I made it to work somehow, after having no lights at home, train delays and the attempts made by the slush to make me slip and fall and cause massive head injuries or at least a lot of pain. Some great start to the year! But it was quite funny to see everyone walking extremely cautiously on their way to work.

There was a really emo David/Rush scene in the game last night. Even more slashy than that time when Rush was about to get creamed by The Conqueror and David looking on helplessly and calling Rush's name. XD Previously it was a lot about David liking Rush, even though he totally had an Ulterior Motive for befriending him initially. Now I think Rush is starting to reciprocate although David is Far Too Busy at the moment to think about it. Starting to wonder about the secret they've been hinting at... maybe it's about Rush, not David! That would make more sense.

Having failed to write for Phoenix Wright, I wonder if I'll be producing stuff for The Last Remnant instead. Mmmm. Should ditch sidequesting and finish the storyline since I've already missed some quests anyway and won't be able to complete that achievement. Then I can play again, get all completionistic and say it's only research for fic writing... maybe I'll get Rush to be a mage next time...

Haven't got much of a writing goal this year, although in general I'd like more D1, more SanaYana, plus some David/Rush and Edgeworth/Wright if possible. I was ~14k short of last year's word count goal but that's all right; I think the sort of stories I produced made up for it (I like my own writing, sue me). So this year it's more to do with different genres (which I also achieved last year!) and scale (I prefer "larger" stories over little-ones-in-which-nothing-actually-happens) than word count.

And I'll try to read at least a book a month. Would be a doddle if I could get Chinese books but seeing how slow I read English, this might be a challenge. For example, I've read Murakami in both Chinese and English. Chinese versions take me, oh, three days at the slowest. English... many many more days. Wonder why that is, since it's not like I don't understand the words or have to stop to interpret what they mean.

The above plans depend on companies like Square Enix not bringing out more epic RPGs which eat away my time like nothing else.

Why does it seem like that half of my active friends list is suddenly into Merlin? The series has been running for a while but it looks like lots of people suddenly just discovered it. O_o

Three hours into work, fourth cup of tea. Looks like I'm the only one feeling cold, though.

Day Seven

Today's happy things:

1. THIS. He's my favourite man in the world. I cannot explain why, he just is, and has been for many years. The mook is packed full of interviews, pictures and info. I'll sit up all night just (trying) to read the interviews. (Ordered on the night of 31 Dec, arrived today. How quick was that, especially at this time of year?!)

2. I learned how to put a new fuse in a traditional fuse box.

Lights! Two bulbs blown. >> I think one of the bulb fittings is faulty since this is the third bulb that died on it now. Must be the cause of the problem.

I didn't realise how bad the weather was until watching the news just now. Guess it just reached that point where I just know it's bloody freezing but not exactly how freezing.

So it looks like the pilot of Being Human went down well! Apparently the series is coming soon on BBC Three. I really like the idea of it, though I didn't like how stereotypical their vampire was in the pilot episode. Hope he'll be different in the series.

GREAT NEWS

RUSH HAS WON TORGAL'S APPROVAL. HE AND DAVID CAN GO GET MARRIED.

(And Rush will top on the wedding night. This won't be a frequent thing.)

[edit] Spoilers for The Last Remnant in the comments.