AnnaKin's journal

Better late than never... this is the journal I kept in Greece, typed up AT LAST with some expansions and clarification in bold.

( Image heavy, be forewarned )

Got back from Edinburgh, which was actually quite fun for a family holiday (was there with my Mum, Bifflecakes (my little sister) Skuster (my Mum's boyfriend, paul) and the larger and smaller spawn of Skuster (his two kids, who don't object to being called 'spawn of Skuster').

We ended up doing all the touristy stuff - whee castle - because the two spawn had never been there before, which meant we also got to go back to the Dynamic Earth Centre (which has improved since we were last there - it has a new thing at the end - the old one used to bore me) and the Camera Obscura, which was just as good as I remember - as well as having a camera obscura has three floors of illusion-science-related-type-stuff (stuff to do with mirrors and electricity, and a whole floor of holograms, many of which are rather freaky (giant spider, anyone?). It also has a really pwnsome shop. I swear we wandered around it for an hour - also it sold little gemstone animals, including little gemstone hares, which I now have one of (though I am, as a result, indebted to my mother).

Anyways. Also went to see two shows, and finished the Star Wars books I was reading - the Callista trilogy, the middle book of which is written by a different author and is absolutely crap (the superweapon that has been being built for the whole book is destroyed a paragraph after being finished. Not only that, but it wasn't even destroyed by enemy forces - it has hit by an asteroid. Not only that, but it didn't even work.) 

The last one was really good, however, possibly because Callista herself only got, like, one scene. It also had a Jedi hutt, freaky insects that I thought were rather awesome, and a happy ending for Admiral Daala, who totally deserved it, even if she was technically evil.

*runs out of things to say*

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*Ends entry*

AFTERTHOUGHT: Tis the nine-month CIEday today - ours is November the nineteenth. Evidently today must be a really awesome day. ...Let's have cheesecake.

Norfolk is a very boring place to spent a week's holiday. The highlights of my week were watching Heroes (which would've happened anyway) and eating a really get brownie in one of the many tearooms we went to.
Twas a good brownie. Lots of nuts. I don't really like nuts. I liked the brownie, though.

Other than that, I spent most of my time drawing. I drew rather a lot. When I can be bothered, I will get my sketchbook and scan some stuff. Also I need to type up the beginning of a short story, and all the stuff I did for my as-of-yet non-existant webcomic (my friend Ellen has agreed to be the artist, but I think she's still away this week,  and then we have theatre workshop week).

Also, the beds in the holiday house were incredibly narrow (not good, especially given that Kin insists on having half the bed) with hideous covers. And the chairs in the living room were uncomfortable.
On the plus side, there was a television in all the bedrooms.

And now I think maybe I am ill. Which is possible as at least one of my sisters is ill. The other one was complaining of a sore throat.
...Damn holiday.