5 things

I was tagged by Becky for this one. I quite liked thinking about the things I do for myself, as I've only recently started to really take more time to actually do things just for myself, and to enjoy this time, and these things.

Something which I think has made me an easier person to be around, and certainly a happier one.

The rules are:

List five things you do for yourself
List five things you do for your closest friend, partner or child
List five kind things you have done for a stranger
Have fun
Tag five people


1. Five things I do for myself

Have at least one day or night a week to myself, and that includes not answering the phone
Regularly update my underwear collection
Go to the cinema once a week
Have my hair coloured, expensively
Make sure I keep learning new things

2. Five things I do for my closest friend

Just listen when I know she just needs to talk, not talk about
Support her in whatever endeavour she chooses next
Give her the spare key
Look out for things I know she'll like
Tell her often how much I value our friendship

3. Five kind things I have done for a stranger

Gave them £20 when the machine swallowed their card and they were stranded
Helped them pick out an outfit for a wedding
Helped a child back to its mother
Ran after them when they left their gloves behind at the cinema
Lend them my mobile when they were stuck on a train and needed to call home

Meme-ing Me

Right, let's give this blog lark another go. Becky has tagged me for another meme, so time to get back on the horse. I muse about the goings on of life often, and I like writing, so blogging should make far more sense than it sometimes does.

So, meme, then post. No more thought involved than that.

Captain Jack brought me back

Heck it's been a while since I picked up the virtual pen and blogged anything. Getting a new job meant no more internet access for free time frivolity, so now that's been sorted (just need the laptop fixing now... doh...) and to give in to Becky's nagging (very nice-looking new blog home I must say), I'm back wibbling on.
To celebrate the appearance of Captain John to our TV screens. Torchwood, the spin-off from Doctor Who and starring Captain Jack as lead, has always been a bit hit and miss for me. Some episodes were fantastic, some fell a little flat.
However, all this changed with the introduction of James Marsters playing Captain John, one of Captain Jack's old adversaries, and indeed lovers. Which basically leads to a fantastic series of punch-ups, staring competitions and some snogging for good measure (imagine Angel and Spike if they were suddenly overcome with lust for each other). Captain John is basically a revisitation of James Marster's Spike, but when someone does something so well, why not?
For a taster see here
and if you can still download it on BBC's iPlayer, do.
It's a great piece of television, and reminds me why science fiction is quite such a good thing.
If only Captain John could have stayed a bit longer - much like Stephen Fry in tv series Bones. I guess they had bigger fish to fry. For Mr Masters it seems a singing career is next on the list. He's playing at a mate's club in April, so I may well go. If only to see Spike sing... (I'm sure for Mr Fry, world domination is the big fish. For which I am most grateful.)