Long Entry is Long in Diary

Oh dear, I think I might have overstretched myself this weekend. I was making plans here and there and didn't think about how much I'd be rushing around. So far I've agreed to:

• Go to Twycross Zoo for Charlie's birthday, which I'm only going to so I can catch up with friends I haven't seen for a while, I've been to Twycross loads of times and am not actually bothered about it!

• Walk a dog for the Cinnamon Trust charity which organises dog walks for people who can't do it themselves due to age, illness or disability.

• Roller derby practice, which is at a venue 30 minutes away instead of the usual one 10 minutes away.

• Walk Roxy to make up for not doing it last Friday when I was at Download.

I was hoping for a nice relaxing weekend to recover from Download. No chance. Oh well, at times like these, I always remind myself that I'm enriching my life by filling it with nice things; I can sleep when I'm dead!

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At roller derby last night, I fell over. Wow! I hardly ever fall over, it must be about a month since it last happened. And it was during cool down right at the end, which is the most annoying this because I was taking it easy! For some reason, my feet just came out from under me and I landed SMACK right onto my right bum cheek. It was lucky I was going around a corner and was leaning to the side, otherwise it would have been my coccyx which would have been a whole lot worse. So today, my entire gluteus maximus is aching and giving me an interesting walk. Although, interestingly, there's no bruise. If I'm in this much pain, I at least want something to show for it! hmph

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My workmate came in today and said loudly "Are you both geared up for tonight?!?!" I replied "Why, what's happening tonight?" She burst out laughing, loudly and raucously, and my other workmate rolled her eyes. Neither of them answered me, so I asked again "What is it?" I eventually found out that England are playing a football match in the world cup. Honestly, my interest in football is ZERO. Just because England are playing, why should I suddenly be interested? And why is it so funny or eye-rolly that I don't know about it? If England were playing in a world knitting championship, I doubt they would be interested, there's no difference.

I hate how football takes over the world. Apparently there's a football season, and it finished in the summer. But even when it finishes, there's still loads of bloody football everywhere, like this bloody world cup. It's EVERYWHERE and it's very boring and annoying.

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I bought a solar phone charger on Amazon that did not work, so I left a bad review of the item. The seller contacted me, gave me a refund and asked me to delete the negative review. What do you think I should do? Sure they refunded me without me having to ask, which was nice of them. But the item doesn't work, and people who are looking to buy it need to be aware that there are risks involved. I bought the charger especially to charge my phone at Download, which has now passed. (I know I had it stolen, but if it wasn't stolen I would have needed to charge it, but wouldn't have been able to.) So, I needed it for a specific occasion and wasn't able to use it. Surely people should be warned of this? The only reason I bought it was because of the good reviews it had; how do I know how many other people have written bad reviews and since deleted them??

Maybe I'll edit the review instead, mention that it didn't work but that the sellers were helpful in resolving the issue. What do you reckon?

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Matt sent me some photos he took at Download.

This is a broken pair of sunglasses we found on a table, so naturally we decided it would be hilarious to pose with them.

I have no idea which band this is. Looking at where we're standing, I think it might be Linkin Park. Pretty lights, courtesy of my office.

It seems my default "Drunk At A Festival" pose is nutter-face-rock-hand. I had no idea I was doing this in every single photo! Apart from on the last one when I went kissy-face-peace-hand.

Yes, I do have my lip and my tongue pierced together, it stops me from talking :op

This was when we were watching surprise band Black Stone Cherry, which I was pleased about as I was just thinking a couple of days before that it would have been cool if they were there, then it was announced just a few hours before they were on. Which was nice.

This is a very special nutter face.

Jay enjoying his £12.50 burger (what??)

Singing along to Steel Panther "My heart belongs to you, but my dick is community property."

Jay looks half dead on this one!

Well that entry ended up being a lot longer than originally planned, I'd better get some work done.