Air Force Grounded. Ground Force Aired.

Hello Wally-Watchers,
Clever title. I'm very proud of that. It took me all of half a minute to put that together. So, today was pretty busy for me. To kick the day off I watched the latest episode of Heroes, in which a lot of stuff happens, which I won't give away for those who watch the 9 o'clock slot and not the 10. But suffice to say, a lot of interesting stuff happens concerning Dad, and Daphne, and Claire, and Elle, and Lyle! Lyle is still my favourite normal person. Hiro doesn't get much of a look in this week, but by the look of the cliffhanger, he might be quite important next Wednesday. Go Hiro! Yatta!!!
Anyway, then I tuned in to the Lord Mayor's Show, which Mum was supposed to be flying past in the mighty VC-10, but due to bad weather that part got scrapped. It was still... interesting to watch though, seeing everyone dressed up in their armour and uniform. After a while, though, it got a little dull, so I hit the gym. At least it wasn't as bad as when all the countries came in on the Olympics.
In the afternoon I engaged in a fun range of gardening-related activities. Sadly the brass band was tied up with the parade, or we'd have had them play the Ground Force theme. So I managed to fill my afternoon with composting apples, raking leaves and high-pressure-hosing mossy paths. That last one was particularly satisfying - Honestly, the state those paths were in, you'd think no-one used them before we arrived! It's weird being in a pre-owned house, considering we were the first people to inhabit our former, 12-year residence.
After half a rest, we were back on the road again! This time it was a quick nip into Sainsbury's. With nothing to buy myself, I had a browse of some of the Christmas stuff in preparation for the Great Present Shop. There's actually some pretty good stuff going round this year, from what I can see. Also, whilst browsing the computer games, I heard the distinctive sound of something expensive shattering, and had to try my hardest not to go and see what had happened! One thing's for sure though, someone probably owes Sainsbury's a lot of money now!!
I also saw advertised the urban legend that some call Knights of the Old Republic Online. I'm in two minds about this game right now. I hear it's more story-driven than Galaxies, which I play at the moment. This isn't necessarily a good thing, as anyone who's experienced the uber-tedious Legacy Quests on Galaxies will tell you; You get the feeling you're being sheperded in a single direction, rather than being allowed to look around, which is my preffered gaming style, especially in a world as awesome as the Star Wars galaxy. But on the other hand, any worthy successor to the previous two KotOR games will have you picking among the remains of Taris, chilling out on the beautiful blue planet of Manaan, whilst trying not to get arrested, customising and modifying your Mandalorian armour, joining Clan Ordo and hopping into one of the truly incredible Basilisk Warships, and battling the likes of way understated baddie Darth Nihilus, or rank upon ranck of cold-hearted Sith warriors. Sounds cool, doesn't it? So where do my allegiances lie? With the classic-era, set to be more classic now that the Jedi class will largely migrate to the new game, X-wing spinning, cantina-swinging, hutt-outwitting, Vader-smashing Galaxies, or the pre-movie, epically-proportioned, Mando-stuffed, plot-convoluting, Sith-slaying KotOR 3? It's still too early to tell.....But one thing's for sure: When I've decided, you'll know about it here!

Jack