Joolz Denby is gorge!! Sorry, had to say that. Not just because of her tats and piercings either. Or her writing skills. (although i would recommend you find Stone Baby or Corazon if you want to know who i'm talking about, as they are well worth reading, and would be even if she was in fact a ditzy little blonde with plastic bits)

I feel a bit better, having just finished a dissertation chapter - prospect of having the whole thing typed up soon, in draft form anyway, is a good one - and am on the way to sorting out transport for Scotland. Otoh, i'm still kind of nervous about my first big global protest for five years and my first experience in a convergence space, and i also have conflicted feelings about something else unrelated to that. Which i will write about. But for now there is like one person on my f'list who i'd really want to discuss it with, and she's got her own shit to deal with on the subject, so i'll leave it for a bit.

PS anyone reading this ever written an ethnography? Weird question, i know, but i'm going to write one about the G8 protests, so any advice would be gratefully received.

PPS yeah, whatever, think what you like, i wouldn't snog Billie unless she quit the Atkins diet. On which we do not get me started.