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REGENERATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(And no, Olwen, I don't mean the book!)

Hi everyone!
Back to the usual today. I'd better just recap what's been going on this past month or so while I was busy building the monster that was my 100th post.

First things first, I've been listening to a whole lot of music. I'm not going to do a detailed review of every single album, but suffice to say, listen to... The latest Prodigy album, Lenka, Bowling for Soup, La Oreja De Van Gogh, Herbie Hancock, and DEFINITELY Paloma Faith. It's awesome. Also, get Spotify. It's like iTunes, perhaps not as big a selection, but FREE! Admittedly it plays adverts every now and then, but I don't mind! I think it's brilliant. ALSO, the Days' album has been delayed to 27th July and the Veronicas to some time in September I think. Grumble.

Second, I've actually been reading quite a bit recently. I've just rattled through some war literature for English - Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks and Regeneration by Pat Barker. On balance, I'd say I prefer Birdsong, but Regeneration was also very very moving. Like, that bit at the end where the evil doctor was electrocuting the guy to make him speak, and the good doctor had to watch. It was like the bit in James Bond where he gets tortured. I almost cried. But then, I cry at just about anything these days! It just goes to show how attitudes were so different back in those days. Speaking of James Bond (what a segway!), I've also got through Diamonds Are Forever and I'm about half way through From Russia With Love. And I would reccomend the series to absolutely anyone. If you're too worried about them being old-fashioned and posh, they're really not. I found them much more readable than some of the "classic" literature pushed in front of us last year.

Anyway, moving on... Cripes, it's hot today, isn't it? Here I am, trying to stave off the "heatwave" with my pathetic fan and a glass of water. Is it a heatwave yet? What does it have to be before it becomes a heatwave? But yeah, I shouldn't complain. Bodes well for the birthday party this weekend - we might be able to sleep under the stars! And then, two weeks today, we're off to Madrid! Wahey! Yeah, doing some work experience out there, which among other things means spending a whole week with Vanessa, which could either be really awkward if she gives me the hard shoulder (or was it the cold one?), or really really good fun. So yeah, as usual, expect a diary for that!

Que mas? Um... have, literally NO WORK at the moment, whicch is great, 'cos it means I can update this more often! Yeah, exams are all out the way, and a long, hopefully hot, summer lies ahead. I want to try and organise a Film Festival for the school at some point, but I can't seem to find the headteacher at the moment. She keeps disappearing and popping up in random places. Hehehe... That's a funny thought. Anyway, it happens to be my birthday (or "the festival of the birth of me" as it is in Arabic, which I think is really sweet) this week, so I'm feeling very excited about that. I'm gonna have the whole gang round and we're going to rave... ish. Within reason.

Well, that's pretty much all there is to report. Hope you enjoy the new layout; feel free to explore, I've added some stuff and taken stuff away. Particularly, I took out the Heartbeat Challenge at the bottom 'cause I thought it was looking a bit neglected, but you can still play it by going to the Scouting For Girls MySpace page. Anyway, have a good evening!
Adios!

Jack

P.S. For those who didn't get the "Barcelona!" clue last time, It's the last word said in Series 1 of the new Doctor Who, and one of the first words the Doctor says as David Tennant. But if you didn't know that, why would you be following this blog?Said scene remains one of the best TV series endings to date! every time I watch it, I have a massive grin on my face. David Tennant's brilliant. So was Chris Eccleston.