lizzardgirl

I'm watching Crap-TV (I know, I know, I shouldn't, but what can I do). I would say I know the general badness that is out there, say, Wife Swap, German Idol, etc.
This programme, however, beats them all. It's called 'Project Wedding of Your Dreams' or something and it's horridly ghastly. The idea is, I think, that you can apply to the broadcasting company, and then they send you somewhere on holidays with a friend while you leave a video message to your significant other in which you tell them you want to marry them at the holiday location and they then have a couple of days time to decide whether they want to go there or not and marry you there. This is very bad in itself. I mean, honestly, do you want to be proposed to via a TV and be told, if you want me, please come to Gran Canaria or whatever in three days' time? Purely rhethorical question, I'm sure.
However, this week's couple is particularly stoopid. (Actually, I have no idea whether they're particularly stoopid or just average, since I don't usually watch this, um, interesting broadcast.) The woman just thinks 'it's all so funny and cool.' She has no doubts her boyfriend will marry her, simply because, and she has no qualms about the whole business. The thing is, apparently she told *everyone* she knew about the proposal, save her boyfriend, of course. She also told his family, who all told her they didn't think it a good idea. Her boyfriend told her before he doesn't want to get married yet. Now her boyfriend just says 'he feels rushed, he doesn't know what to do' (understandable, I mean), all the while she's with a friend on Malta, drinking prosecco and trying to speak English (with little success, I should add) to find the tackiest location imaginable.
I should add that she's left her little daughter with her boyfriend. The little daughter is sure her mummy will get married and has no idea that her family might be ripped apart.
Gee, what's up with people?

Who would want to be married on a crap TV-show? And why????

First of all, thank you to all who told me they liked the newspaper extracts. Glad you did!

But really, I have been doing other stuff as well, lately, not just Harry.

I've read Magyk by Angie Sage, which was quite a nice book. It's a children's book, and not nearly as "in-depth" as Harry, but it made a good read, IMO. There certainly was a lot of imagination in there and some very funny ideas, and also a map (I love maps!). I can recommend it if you like a quick fantasy/magic read; I think children from about age 8/9 can read it, so it might strike you as a bit childish, but still.
Now I'm waiting for the library to get me the first book of The Dresden Files, but so far, no such luck. It should have been returned by whoever has it by 9th June, but it hasn't been.
Also, I've started watching Dr Who, because so many of you kept going on about it and I wanted to see what the fuss was. I'd seen one episode while in England, but I wasn't really interested. So now I started with the first series (at first I was 'wtf? where's David Tennant?' but I quite like Christopher Ecclestone by now). I don't know about you, though, but I find it quite creepy at times. Seriously good stuff, and at times also funny, but some things are really creepy. That episode with the kid with the gasmask? Seriously creeping me out. (Loved John Barrowman though). I will continue watching it, but perhaps not in the midle of the night ;-). By the way, how many episodes are there in the first series? I could find 1-14, are there more?
Oh, yes, and I also finished a chapter of P,P&P. It's being betaed at the moment.