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MAN UNITED CHAMPIONS AGAIN WOO WOO!! I should have posted that last night but was busy. SO AWESOME THOUGH! Bring on the Champions League final now.

Today, I skipped the gym and actually went outside. I know I know, shocking. I usually do all exercise safely behind closed doors. But not today! There was a bike and shorts involved and now I remember exactly why I prefer all physical exertion to take place indoors. There are midge bites. YUK! Possibly my least favourite part of summer. Ah well. I still feel triumphant.


Steve has changed his mind about going on Evie's birth certificate. Well, not changed it. He just doesn't want to do it yet. And it's really OK, for the simple reason that when I brought it up to him and he asked me, 'Is it really necessary?', he asked me. He wasn't defensive or pissed off or trying to dodge the conversation. He asked me a question like we were properly friends again, which is what it's felt like recently. I am very grateful about that this month, as it's almost exactly a year now since we found out I was pregnant and the horrid memories its bringing up are quite close to the surface at the moment. Anyway, my point is that it feels like he has realised that I'm not about to turn into some mad bint and demand unreasonable things off him, and I've realised that he is actually a lot more approachable than I've been giving him credit for. He did say that he will go on her birth certificate, he just doesn't see the point at the moment.

Bizarrely - and this seems random to me, given that it was right after the birth certificate thing - he has agree to come to her christening. I haven't organised this or anything but I mentioned it in passing to my mother a couple of weeks ago and it's all she's banged on about since. So I figured I'd better bring it up with him before she got up here and took it upon herself to try and coerce him into it. I asked if he, being an atheist, had any objection to it happening. He said 'no, none at all,' and without even really meaning to, I asked if he'd come. And he sad yes. Is it me, or is that odd? He has told no one, not even his best friend, about Evie. I found that out too, after asking if he wanted his mate to be a godfather. His parents still don't know. Yet he's OK with meeting my mother when she comes up this summer and he's OK with being part of her christening where he must realise there'll be friends of mine. I guess what I'm saying is...I bet he'll change his mind on that one too, once he realises what it will actually mean. Though if I have my way, it'll be limited to me, him, godparents and my mother (who will bitch forever if I don't let her come) so maybe it'll be alright.

ANYWAY! It was a lovely visit and he stayed for hours and we spent ages messing around on Virtual Earth and ordering CD's that we both want to listen to and discussing his current work situation and whatnot. It's all so weird. A couple of weeks ago something just changed and now we're properly chilled with each other again. There was always a bit of tension around awkward subjects before that and now it's just gone. I don't know what happened but I like it.


TWO WEEKS LEFT OF COLLEGE! SO glad. I am so over it right now. The weather is too nice to sit in a classroom, I can't be arsed to do homework and am completely over the subjects at the moment. English exam next week, then half term, then history exam on June 2nd, another class on the 3rd and that's it! I'm not particularly looking forward to going back to work but it's only for 20 hours a week and the rest of the time I can enjoy the summer with my kid. Having mother here also means that I can go out some evenings and OHMYGOD, maybe even go and see a film or two. Hurrah!

Evie has learnt to wave. It's a bit haphazard and sometimes she just doesn't bother but she can do it if she feels like it. So cute!

OK, I will stop blathering. Today is a very nice day. :)

ETA: Further to the Johnny Vegas thing I keep going on about, this article pisses me off. Possibly because I've been expecting to come across something like it for a while now. It was only a matter of time until someone said, 'I, for one, didn’t imagine for a minute he meant it.'

Oh, so that's alright then? He didn't mean to assault her so it's OK that he did? Bollocks. When it comes to things like this, intention isn't everything.

Someone can go out on a Saturday night, not meaning to get into a fight. But if they do, then it happened. A husband or wife can get into a row with their spouse and not mean to lose their rag and hit them. But it still happened. And this is worse because Johnny Vegas did mean to get a girl up on stage and kiss her, allegedly with a lot more touching involved than that. It's no good people defending him by saying his intentions weren't bad - if he did it, he did it. End of story.

Also, he's sueing for libel now, against the paper that accused him of the assault.

Edit II: The Revenge: Further to the above edit, I got a reply from PG Tips, the tea company Johnny Vegas is the frontman for. They describe his behaviour as irresponsible and inappropriate and say they're disappointed in it - but hope I'll continue to buy their tea. At least they can state that something bad happened! Unlike Jonathon Ross, Vegas himself (and his lawyers) and others who think its OK because he didn't mean it.


Thank you for your contacting the PG tips Careline. We were sorry to hear
about your complaint regarding the PG tips advertising campaign.

The PG tips advertising campaign has worked hard to try and promote it’s
partnership with the Rainforest Alliance to reassure our consumers that we
are committed to purchasing all our tea from sustainable sources. It has
been become an increasing concern to many of our consumers of the welfare
of people in developing countries as well as the environmental impact on
surrounding eco-systems. The aim of our partnership is to ensure that all
our tea meets social, economic and environmental standards to help improve
the working conditions and livelihoods of our certified farmers as well as
introducing environmentally friendly farming techniques to help preserve
and protect the environment.

Our campaign includes two famous characters, our very own Monkey and also
Johnny Vegas. We decided to use these two characters to promote this
partnership and the benefits of drinking tea in a light hearted and
humorous way. We research all of our TV adverts with a range of consumers
who are likely to buy the product to ensure that the adverts aren't
inappropriate or likely to cause offence. These adverts have proved to be a
successful campaign in raising the awareness amongst our consumers.

As an advertiser we do not condone or promote any irresponsible behaviour
and are disappointed with the actions displayed by Johnny Vegas at his
recent show. We hope that while his behaviour was inappropriate, it will
not discourage you from supporting PG tips and the Rainforest Alliance.

We do appreciate your concerns and our PG tips Brand Manager has been made
aware. I do trust the above has reassured you and thank you for taking the
time and trouble to contact us.