I still live in London. London is still cool.

So, living in London, I've been trying to make the most of it. Get to as many things as possible, experience the fantastic opportunities London provides (excluding every single club and drunken night out) and just generally having a good time. I may have been slacking in keeping my blog up to date with all the cool things I've been doing but I have been keeping my scrapbook up to date. Keeping tickets, train tickets, sticking in photos, obtaining as many signatures as possible, you know, the normal things...

As you know, one of the first things I did when I arrived in London was visit the Globe Theatre and meet Arthur Darvil however I've done much more since then and here are a few that I have in picture form...

Early on in the term, I went to a book signing with Josh and met the wonderful but utterly mad Maureen Johnson and listened to her talk about her book "The Name of the Star". It was great to actually meet this prolific twitterer and I highly recommend her book. It may have been because of her book that I decided to take my Dad on a Jack the Ripper tour for his birthday in November without getting bored at all. Maybe a little grossed out and reminded of just how close to Jack the Ripper's hunting grounds my uni accommodation is but we had a fantastic guide.

 I've also been going to a number of radio recordings. The Now Show and Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation to be specific but I would have been to more if I'd had the time or the tickets. I also went to a comedy club thing near Oxford Circus where the Now Show's Mitch Benn was taking part in the musical comedy shenanigans and hopefully the lack of evening lectures next term (I think... I hope..) Will mean there will be fewer clashes and I can go to more with Rosanna, starting with January!

Talking of Rosanna, when she came to my end of London, we had a rather Who-filled day. This included visiting the Who Shop (the same place where the Chameleon Circuit signing was held in the summer) and spending way too much time and money there and still wanting to buy more, eating fish fingers and custard (see, I'm totally doing a good job of feeding myself at university...) and playing an epic game of Doctor Who monopoly. Somehow Josh got both the TARDIS and Galifrey and started building on them to bankrupt us all, well, at least Rosanna who landed on both in quick succession.

Talking of Doctor Who, a mere few days after the day of Whovianness with Rosanna, I went to Westfields for something a hundredfold more awesome than shopping: a Doctor Who signing and Q&A session. I've been wanted to mention this for a while actually but the fact that I got Josh a signed series 6 for Christmas due to this event, I've been keeping it a bit hush.
However... look who I met! Even if ever so briefly and the silly body guards made it impossible for me to actually have a photo with them... Also, I met a fellow Nerdfighter and Chameleon Circuit fan there. Then again, I couldn't miss him considering he was wearing his Chameleon Circuit t-shirt. Oh how I love Nerdfighteria.

 So, I'm loving London, as you can tell, and, as I think there is enough Who-ness to last you a while, I think I'll save my return to the Doctor Who Experience and the Doctor Who Christmas special for another post.

Live long and keep posting =]


 STATS

"First 12 for '12" Status: 4 down, 8 to go
Latest book read: Bible/Inheritance
Latest film/TV watched: Young James Herriot
Latest music listened to: Forever Yours (Live Piano Version) Alex Day
Latest edible item eaten/drunk: still that ice-cream...
Predominant colour of current clothing: Blue. As usual
Programs and web pages currently open: Chrome - HanNav v1.0, blogger - Windows Media Player, Windows Live Mail, Sticky Notes, Steam

Birthday Bounce

It has got to the time of year where I start getting excited about my birthday. Christmas and New Year have been and gone and it is officially less that three weeks until my birthday. That day dedicated just to me (and however many other people dare to have their birthday on the same day) and I get to demand to be given things.

However, this year I can't really think of anything in particular I want. It's either way too expensive to legitimately ask one person to buy it for me (unless someone really does want to buy me a nice android tablet?), too big physically for me to get it back to university on the train (anyone want to help me get a minifridge on the tube along with all my usual luggage for a weekend home?) or someone has already "bagsied" getting that for me for my birthday (The Fault in Our Stars by John Green). Nevertheless, I think the one thing I do want for my birthday that is potentially achievable you cannot put a price on - seeing my friends.

Ok, so considering how this year people are even more scattered and it's a bit too close to my birthday to be organising anything large scale, I doubt last year will be topped however seeing my friends is probably one of the best birthday presents I could have considering so many of them are so far away when I'm at university. I don't care if we're sitting in a field shivering from the cold (OK, maybe I do) but it is always the simplest pleasures that please me the most.

So, I better get organising hadn't I?

Live long and keep posting =]


 STATS
"First 12 for '12" Status: 3 down, 9 to go
Latest book read: Bible/Inheritance
Latest film/TV watched: Young James Herriot
Latest music listened to: Hang on to You - Delerious
Latest edible item eaten/drunk: still that ice-cream...
Predominant colour of current clothing: Blue. As usual
Programs and web pages currently open: Chrome - HanNav v1.0, blogger - Windows Media Player, Windows Live Mail, Sticky Notes, Steam

Essaytastic

So, while I've been busy regretting leaving an essay to the last minute, my fellow "First 12 for '12" competitors have been streaming ahead, making me panic (and adding to the process by distracting me) however, no fear, my essay is completed and sent off and I am back in the running! (Well, I will be soon I'd like to think...)

So why did I leave my essay until the last minute? Because it had the dullest title in history. After "Write a 30000 word essay on the process of watching paint dry" I think "Using a range of different examples explain the importance of structure in relation to function in biology" is in the running for second most boring essay title. Nevertheless, I was pleasantly surprised with some of the things I discovered in my trawling of Creation Ministries and online databases for inspiration and credible references.

One of the most interesting articles I actually came across was on the Creation website. (I have to admit I didn't go much further than reading the abstracts on most of the journal articles I looked at. Seriously thank goodness for abstracts.) This article was on the chemical composition of tears. Wait! Wait! I know I can hear some of your brains audibly clicking off with the mouse hovered over the back button but this article is really interesting. It's basically saying that there is truth about the whole "crying makes it all better" theory.

It turns out that crying when your stressed actually gets rid of the lot of the toxins that build up in your body when you're stress along with molecules involved in pain. Yup, crying really does make you feel better. In fact, it was discovered that holding in tears actually makes us more stressed!

Furthermore, there is a real, scientific reason why girls cry more than guys. Yup, girls have higher levels of those toxin-y things in their body in the first place so of course girls will have to excrete these chemicals more frequently.

Yup, who said science was boring? *glares at person trying to raise their hand at the back*

"Fun science, fun science, fun science is the science of fun!"

Live long and post often =]


 STATS
"First 12 for '12" Status: 2 down, 1 to go
Latest book read: The Bible/Inheritance
Latest film/TV watched: Young James Herriot
Latest music listened to: Please Just Takie These Photos From My Hand - Snow Patrol
Latest edible item eaten/drunk: Cadbury Button Ice Cream. Yup.
Predominant colour of current clothing: Blue. As usual
Programs and web pages currently open: Chrome - HanNav v1.0, Blogger, the article mentioned above - Windows Live Mail, Sticky Notes, Steam Chat, Windows media player

Challenge Accepted (and a grovelling apology)

*cough* erm, hi? Do you remember me? I won't be offended if you don't, three months is a long time in the world of the Internet. I'm Hannah. I used to frequent this blog on a regular basis and I though I'd pop back in. Well, when I say that I really mean I've been pushed back in, poked back into blogging by a challenge from the one and only Colclough.

I'm sorry. Really sorry. I kept meaning to blog. Genuinely and honestly. I kept saying to myself "you should blog, Hannah" and I even made wallpapers for my laptop to remind me but, uh, it didn't really work... evidently... I mean, I've been busy! With university, reading week, Doctor Who experience (again), Christmas, New Year, TV... YouTube... games.... Ok, ok, so I would have plenty of time but... *trails off*

So, new year, new start. Remember First 11 of '11? Well, Matt has challenged me (and anyone else who wants to join in) to 'First 12 of '12'. An extra year, an extra post requirement, and I've been forced to pull myself together and put myself in gear for a revived set of posting.

So, I should have a lot to talk about. I mean, I haven't posted anything on here for a while...

....

I'm going to have to think of something quick for tomorrow....

Live long and post often =]

            STATS
"First 12 for '12" Status: 1 down, 11 to go
Latest book read: It must have been Inheritance by Christopher Paolini. I haven't read in a while :/
Latest film/TV watched: Some Armstrong and Miller thing on 4oD yesterday I think...
Latest music listened to: The Best Day by Taylor Swift as part of a video my aunt posted that my cousin made for her for Christmas. So sweet! :)
Latest edible item eaten/drunk: A chocolate... I think we may see a theme reappearing here...
Predominant colour of current clothing: Blue. As usual
Programs and web pages currently open: Chrome - HanNav v1.0, Facebook and the Whovians of Highworth Origins page, A White Horizon, Numb3r5's Blog, Tim's blog of Interesting Stuff (Yes, I know it's not got any posts atm...) 3xYoutube pages, YourPants (I think I'm not going to explain why I'm currently looking at YourPants and just revel in the childish joy it gives), 5xCreation Ministry pages, Web of Knowledge (a journal searching database), a journal article about the irreducible complexity of structure related to functions in biology, google, and a blog accessed from google that I was hoping would give me some help for this essay that I'm obviously procrastinating from writing  - PowerPoint, Word, Windows Live Mail, Sticky Notes, and I think that is actually it! Phew!

I live in London Now, London is Cool

On Tuesday, I ventured into Central London for the first time since I've moved. After lunch, I hopped onto the tube to meet my friends near Tower Bridge for an afternoon of excitement.

First, there were some awesome gorillas, and then we went on to the clockmaker's museum. I have to admit that I wasn't expecting much. I was expecting to get bored pretty quickly but actually it was really interesting. There were so many different types of clock with weird and wonderful mechanisms and clocks of different shapes, sizes, styles, purposes (you know, besides telling the time) and it wasn't just a room full of clocks. Well, it was, but it was better than that! Although, I did manage to freak myself out a little when  I realised the loud ticking could easily be hiding numerous clockwork monsters from Doctor Who....

Next, we went on to the London Museum. The first half was pretty boring in my opinion, "stone age" history and other pre-Medieval history hasn't really ever interested me much however, once we got further round, it was much more exciting and we had a great time there.

Somewhere between the two, we came across a blue Police Telephone and anyone who knows me can guess why we got just a little excited about it. Rosanna suggested that the Chameleon Circuit was actually working and the phone not working was to discourage accidental discovery.

After the others had a McDonalds and I ate my rather squashed packed lunch (Note to self: leave a bit longer when making a packed lunch, Mum's not around to do it any more, plus a lunch box would be helpful...) we rushed off to catch Tower Bridge being lifted up. We stood on London Bridge, looking down the Thames towards Tower Bridge and managed to see most of it.

However, the last thing we did was obviously the most exciting. It was what the whole day had been building up to and what Rosanna and I were particularly excited about. We went to the Globe Theatre to see Arthur Darvil in Doctor Faustus.

The experience was amazing. Even ignoring the fact that Arthur Darvil was mere metres (even centimetres at times) away from us on stage, the whole experience of being a groundling in the Globe is one that I'm so glad I've had. Having the action happen all around you, the excitement so close and how you have to turn to keep your eye on the action letting actors sneak up behind you enhancing the experience, the cool breeze of being out in the open air and even when it started to drizzle, it merely added to the atmosphere. I almost forgot I was standing most of the time and the way it was all played out helped me properly understand the Elizabethan language properly for probably the first time. Unlike studying Shakespeare in class where the words are dull and unfamiliar, where the script seems monotone and the meaning glides overhead, Christopher Marlow's words came to life and I actually understood the jokes most of the time and it was just so much more exiting. Rosanna and I spent the interval just wanting the second half to start straight away and of course we waited for Arthur Darvil at the end....

We weren't sure where to wait at first but we noticed a few others were waiting and some of the other actors were leaving through this door so we waited patiently and eagerly.

Arthur Darvil was lovely. He came back to talk to us after saying goodbye to his friends (and having a cigarette :( ) despite the fact that he was in a rush. He was so happy to sign our programs, answer our questions and he was happy to shake my hand. (A good firm handshake but not as good as Josh's. If Josh's is 10/10, Arthur was about an 8.7)

So, after leaving the others at London Bridge, I returned back home on the tube, back to my flat mates, full of excitement as very much hoping to do it all again.



So long, and thanks for all the fish.

A Very Different View

As some of you may know, on Saturday I moved up to London to go to university. I moved into student accommodation, met the flat mates I'll be sharing a bathroom and kitchen with for the next year, started cooking for myself (sort of) and I'm now fairly permanently the furthest I've ever been away from those I love for an extended period of time. I now live in London: how scary is that?

This morning I had an introductory lecture and it's starting to sink in that this isn't just a holiday. This isn't just me going away for a week or popping up to London for the day. This is my life for the next three years. Going to lectures, living in east London, studying and just generally being a student.

Pre-university, you're told so much about university life. Told what to expect, told what to avoid, and constantly being told "you'll be fine, you'll have a great time" or words to that effect. However, I don't think anyone can properly prepare you for the day when you arrive at university, knowing next to no one and the day when you finally move out from home properly. Even if you're still going home during the holidays.

This is only my third day in London and sure, I've met new people, I ventured out to Church by myself, I've bought a two pint bottle of milk, I've cooked myself some pasta and a jacket potato, realised that if I want bread from the freezer, I have to get it out to defrost myself, but I haven't really taken full advantage of being in London. I'm not too keen on going out clubbing and partying so I haven't ventured very far and my parents did a fine job of making sure I don't need to buy much yet. However, give me time, I'll settle in and before you know it I'll know London like the back of my hand. (Wow, I never noticed that there before....)

Jokes aside, I'm sure I'll be fine. I'm searching out for all the nerdy things and if there is a Doctor Who society here, you can count on me to find it!!

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Can't read my, can't read my, can't read my poker face

Last question... Matt has just posted a comment on one of my blogs so I'm guessing it's a race to the finish post...


Who is your anti-role model?

Or, as Josh rephrased, "Who stands for everything you don't stand for?" Of all the people in the world (well, current people, I hadn't considered Hitler and Stalin...) Lady Gaga is probably one of the people who best fits the bill. I would never wear anything that she wears... or maybe I should say doesn't wear... I really don't like/understand/appreciate her choice of clothes and I bet it doesn't fit my "don't wear it if it isn't comfy" philosophy. Also, Josh mentioned something about her posing as a motorbike in a calender or something. I'm not going to find the picture because I don't think I'd like it however who poses as a motorbike?! On a motorbike is one thing, I can handle that but as a motorbike?!

I think the list of things where me and Lady Gaga don't meet eye to eye as it were goes on. Her single "Judus", her music videos, how I've seen her act on some talk shows..... I think if you lined up everyone in a big line with the people who I admire most standing nearest me and those who are nearest my "anti-role model" at the other end, she would be very near the end, if not actually at the end. I wonder if that line was real whether she'd wonder what she was queuing for? I digress...

I know a few people who really like Lady Gaga and when you hear her songs played on the piano with no lyrics, I have to admit some of them aren't bad but generally..... she fits the "anti-role model" bill almost perfectly.

DFTBA

(Quick! Type the stats to see if I've won!!)

Twenty Questions status: 20 down! None left!

programs open: Sticky notes, windows live mail, windows media player, chrome (blogger in draft new post)

Latest music listened to: Tom Milsom's song which I can never remember what it's called because I never changed it from "bonus track" when I took it off the CD

Last film/tv watched: Still My Family

Latest book read: Alice in Time

Latest edible item consumed: Still the raspberry Sorbet

Predominant colour of clothes wearing: blue

Days until Roothill: 2

Following the theme of what came before

Has Steven Moffat dropped the ball?

In my opinion, no. Well, unless he's been playing catch with his sons in which case, maybe, but I don't tend to pry into his private life.

So why no? Because his writing is still awesome. Frustrating and confusing maybe but still awesome. It's the sort of writing that is probably appreciated more on a re-watching of his work when you know all the little intricacies and can appreciate all the little pointers that you missed first time but it is still fantastic. (Imagine that fantastic being said in the voice of the 9th Doctor, that's how fantastic it is in my opinion.)

Do I need to expand on that? I've filled the 100 word criteria and I'm adamant the answer is 'no' soooo....

Adios!

Twenty Questions status: 19 down, 1 to go! (goes to check if Matt has sneekily done another blog and won...)

programs open: Sticky notes, windows live mail, windows media player, chrome (blogger in draft new post)

Latest music listened to: That Will Be The Day - Mike Lombardo

Last film/tv watched: Still a short bit of My Family

Latest book read: Alice in Time

Latest edible item consumed: Still the Sorbet. I'm very full!

Predominant colour of clothes wearing: Still blue..

Days until Roothill: 2

And the obsession continues....

I'm going to be rather predictable in answering the next question. It will involve a certain time travelling TV show....


If you ruled the universe, what’s the first law you would pass?

Well, while I could be all world loving and say something that would increase world peace or I could pass some law that gives me all the chocolate I desire I think this law would be much more beneficial for all people: At least one episode of Doctor Who (Classic or Current) should be shown each day of the week. Preferably in order. Obviously my perfect ideal would be that Doctor Who was the same as friends in that you turn on the TV and you're almost certainly going to find an episode playing somewhere however if we go through the episodes too fast, firstly, we'll run out too quickly and will have to start from the beginning all too soon and secondly, the rapid viewing may lead to the BBC wishing to make new episodes way too quickly and therefore spoiling the quality. I don't really want the quality of Who episodes to drop just because I desire to watch Who more often....

How is this beneficial? Well, kids these days (and the adults too probably) need to be educated on what good TV is. No more rubbishy soaps that seem to be on for the sake of something to watch. Hmm, maybe that should be my second law... No more TV soaps... or Big Brother...

anyway.... Alons-y!

Twenty Questions status: 18 down, 2 to go!

programs open: Sticky Notes, Windows Live Mail, Chrome (Blogger in draft homepage and new post)

Latest music listened to: Remix of EddPlant's song Debut

Last film/tv watched: I started watching an episode of my family and then realised I REALLY should get to bed as it was late.

Latest book read: Alice in Time 

Latest edible item consumed: Raspberry Sorbet at a nice restaurant because my parents took me out for an A level results congratulatory meal :)

Predominant colour of clothes wearing: Blue. Couldn't be blue-er

Days until Roothill: 2

Preparing for the hate mail...

I know so many will hate my answer for this one. However, in the words of Charlie McDonnell: "The people that mind don't matter and the people that matter don't mind."

What’s the most overrated book out there?

Harry Potter. Yes, there, I said it: Harry Potter. Now, just to clarify, I'm not saying Harry Potter is the worst book out there, that's not the question. I'm sure it must have some good points that I'm missing and not appreciating but I do think that Harry Potter is overrated.

Even as an 11 year old, I never got into Harry Potter, the world never captured me and that was odd considering I was the biggest bookaholic you could have found. (Well, maybe I exaggerate... but my point stands.) For all the fuss made of Harry Potter, what I've read isn't as well written as I'd expect, the plot isn't as compelling and, well, I just don't see what the fuss is about. Sure, it's not a really bad book, I'd even go as far as saying it's a good book but does it warrant all the fuss and hype that it has? In my opinion: no.

So I shall leave you with my favourite four words of the first book: “Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!” (and you know what, even these annoy me a bit...)

Twenty Questions status: 17 down, 3 to go! Neck and neck!
programs open: Skype, Steam Chat, Sticky notes, Windows Live Mail, Windows Movie Maker, Chrome (YouTube, blogger in draft: new post, facebook, a tangent relating to google homepage...)
Latest music listened to: I Love Brains - ALL CAPS (Although I have You're Not There by EddPlant running round my head trying to persuade me that it instead was the last thing I listened to)
Last film/tv watched: The Doctor's Wife
Latest book read: Alice in Time
Latest edible item consumed: Crunch Cake
Predominant colour of clothes wearing: Black/blue
Days until Roothill: 3

If Matt had a TARDIS....

If you wrote a comic strip, what would it be about?

I'd really love to write a comic strip. I really enjoy drawing the episodes to Fort Paradox and I'm always doodling little characters that have the potential to be stars of comic strips or maybe even a whole web series but it's always the plots that I fail at. I can never think of a decent story arc, not even for a comic strip of a few pictures long and so every effort usually falls flat on its face. I'm not going to embarrass myself by sharing the cheesedoodles comic strip I did in year 9 and the Sockpup Chronicles never came off the ground (I blame Terrie, she was meant to be doing the scripting and I can't draw something if I don't have a script!). However, Matt's response to my question  "You now have a type 40 TARDIS. Where and when would your top destinations be?" gave me an idea.....

(Matt, I apologise in advance for my drawing. Please do not get offended!)

DFTBA

Twenty Questions status: 16 down, 4 to go

programs open: Steam chat, Skype, Windows Live Mail, Windows Media Player, Sticky Notes, Chrome (Youtube, Blogger in Draft: new post, The Who Shop's website, A White Horizon, Page for Picture Unrelated)

Latest music listened to: I Love Brains

Last film/tv watched: The Doctor's Wife

Latest book read: Alice in Time

Latest edible item consumed: Crunch Cake... I think....

Predominant colour of clothes wearing: black/blue (Yours Forever, lessthanthree!)

Days until Roothill: 3

Unlikely endings

Now to dive into the world of hypothetical questions.... Would you prefer an alien invasion or a zombie apocalypse?

At this point I'm tempted to point out how both are basically impossible... How the probabilities make it unlikely for there to be any intelligent aliens and then times that by the practical impossibility of interstellar travel... And as for a zombie apocalypse, the police force, army, national health service, all those sort of things mean that any sort of zombie-like infection is unlikely to spread. Have you not noticed how all zombie films start after the police, army and all that sort of thing has disappeared? Anyway... we were talking hypothetically...

I think I would probably prefer an alien invasion because, seen as this is hypothetical, that means, hypothetically, the likelihood of the Doctor turning up is much more likely. So with an alien invasion, it would be so much more exciting, so much more like an episode of Doctor Who... plus the ending would be so much more satisfying. Have you noticed how zombie films just, sort of... end... There's no satisfying conclusion so much, it just... ends. There suddenly become a cure or something and it just ends... or everyone dies.... Plus I'm not sure how good I'd be with a shotgun.

"Oh man I hate, hate, hate frigging zombies..." - ALL CAPS

Twenty Questions status: 15 down, 5 to go

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Latest music listened to: EddPlant - You're Not There

Last film/tv watched: Almost finished The Doctor's Wife

Latest book read: Alice in Time

Latest edible item consumed: An Apple

Predominant colour of clothes wearing: Still blue. Haven't changed yet.

Days until Roothill: 3

How is something that looks like mud so tasty?

Which is the best chocolate bar, and why?

I like chocolate. I mean I really like chocolate. So much so that making me chose the best chocolate bar is like making me chose a favourite sibling. (Then again, I only have one sister so that decision is pretty easy) however there are soooo many different types of chocolate bar that making me decide is just... well, I can't settle on just one. Plus, anyway, my mood does have a slight affect on which I think is the best.

Firstly, I think Galaxy is just that bit better than Cadbury's. Galaxy is that little bit creamier, just a little sweeter and I really like the shape of the squares now.

However, Cadbury's flake is probably my favourite Cadbury's chocolate bar. There's something wonderful about the flaky texture that makes a flake wonderful. I would have about 5 with every 99 cone I had if that weren't considered so ridiculous.

Nevertheless, I usually maintain that Aero bars are my favourite kind. There is something wonderful about 'feeling the bubbles melt'. Soft, sweet, light, scrummy...

Then again, Mars bars, Bounty bars, Galaxy Cookie Crumble, anything with caramel...... To be honest, I could argue that any chocolate bar that isn't Snickers was the best so if you had asked me which chocolate bar was the worst I could just answer with something simple: Snickers because peanuts are DISGUSTING!

DFTBA

Twenty Questions status: 14 down, 6 to go

programs open: steam chat, sticky notes, windows live mail, chrome (blogger in draft: new post, bbc iplayer  "The Doctor's Wife")

Latest music listened to: EddPlant - You're Not There (Reliving Saturday evening!)

Last film/tv watched: Half way through The Doctor's Wife

Latest book read: Alice in Time

Latest edible item consumed: An Apple

Predominant colour of clothes wearing: Still blue. Haven't changed yet.

Days until Roothill: 3

Home is where the heart is

I've got to the point in twenty questions where I've realised that I've got to the point where the questions I've left are gradually getting harder and requiring more thought to answer.... So seen as I've only got four days left I better get thinking!!

What would your dream house be like?

When I was younger, I used to tell my parents that when I grew up that I would live in the family house and I'd build them a 'granny annex' at the bottom of the garden. I told them I never wanted to move out. So, I guess, my dream house wouldn't be much different to that which I live in now.

Now, where I live now isn't a grand mansion or anything like that before you jump to any conclusions. However, I think a dream house is more than having a gigantic garden, lots of big bedrooms, beautiful architecture and a fashionable interior. My dream house is much more to do with a house that feels like a home.  Sure, enough rooms for everyone to have their own area to escape to and a big enough garden for me to attempt to grow a few plants (at least tomatoes!) and for kids to play in (must be room for swings!) and a large enough kitchen for cooking to not be a squeeze but too big of a kitchen and you feel lost, too big of a garden and it will end up looking messy and too many rooms will lead to empty rooms, losing that cosy, homely feel.

However, one thing my house is missing is a studio. If I had my way and if this house ever truly became mine, the one thing I would do to it would be to add an art studio come music studio. Somewhere where I can splash paint around at one end to my heart's content without having to worry about clearing up because it makes the place look 'arty' and the other end (possibly divided by sliding doors) made into a music studio with recording capabilities, a piano (even though I can't play) and a collection of musical instruments because I'd hope that any kids I had would at least try to learn an instrument.

As you can tell, a dream house isn't just a house, it's a home. Full of family making it cosy and full of - however cheesy this may sound - love.

DFTBA

Twenty Questions status: 13 down, 7 to go

programs open: steam chat, sticky notes, windows live mail, chrome (blogger in draft: new post, bbc iplayer [I have an episode of Miranda tabbed to watch, similarly "The Doctor's Wife" and I've just finished watching Bang goes the Theory so that tab is still open too], YouTube

Latest music listened to: EddPlant - You're Not There (Reliving Saturday evening!)

Last film/tv watched: Bang Goes the Theory (first episode of new series!)

Latest book read: Alice in Time

Latest edible item consumed: An Apple (I really like Discovery apples and could eat them for England. I'm making the most of there being lots of them in our house atm!)

Predominant colour of clothes wearing: Still blue.

Days until Roothill: 4 (3 in less than 10 minutes...)