Actually, 'twas the night before Rhiannon's birthday. I forgot how long it takes to wrap things properly but it's always worth it for that fraction of a millisecond that the wrapping stays on the goodies underneath.

It's a pretty good swag this year but tomorrow is going to be harsh! It begins with a cross country run. If you will make the team and the race happens to be on your birthday then this is the shit you have to do... eight years old or not. Then it's a mash-up of pizza, cinema, sweets and a sleepover.

It's gonna be a long old day... but you're only eight once right?

Hype is a funny old thing. Sitting here writing this at er... 1.22 a.m. Medium has just started on the TV, preceded by the quote "It's the stuff of nightmares now as the second episode of our double bill of Medium..." Back up there hoss. The stuff of nightmares? I don't think so - it's a cool show but it's not that good. The Watchmen suffered the same fate this past Tuesday... it's OK y'know, but that's all it is. Just OK. Nothing to write home about, nothing to make you go twice - not really anything to even make you excited about getting it on DVD for Christmas this year.

To be honest, it's a bit fucking dull. Even the book is over-rated and with it riding high at number one in the amazon chart this week, thousands of people are about to discover the same thing. It's a great book, but it's still over-rated. Not anywhere near as good as some of the more subliminal graphics of that era, but a worthy purchase - only not off the back of a crap film OK.