Hello. Jonath here. Today I have been . . . PAINTING! Yes, more of the paint fumes. Anyway, as I know you'll be wondering, "Well, Jonath, you've been redecorating your living room since, erm . . . November? Yes, it must be November, because that was when . . . anyway, since November. So, that's . . . let me think . . . six months?! Christ, SIX MONTHS!!! So what have you actually done in that time?" and to answer that I would say, "Well, perhaps best to say what hasn't been done, as that is a shorter list. What hasn't been done yet: three quarters of the floor sanded, cleaned and painted (two coats); hole (singular) in wall filled in and painted over; dodgy bit of ceiling (approximately 1.5 foot squared) painted over . . . erm. I think that's it," and outside of the double quotes . . . well, you know, the last thing you wanna think about after a hard days work is DIY, surely. That's why it takes so long.

Anyway, that's pretty much it for the moment . . . living room should be finished, finally, in a week or two. Maybe I should have a party to celebrate. Today I also did go to my local polling station, voting for my second choice, as given by whoshouldyouvotefor.com. I cannot help but wondering whether if it makes any difference, but better that than no vote cast at all. Christ! Check that out below. My political allegiance has changed during the last few weeks. Apparently, I voted for who I should have voted for anyway. YAY!

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Take the test at Who Should You Vote For (but probably a bit late now)

Helped M**** make a special pizza tonight. Apparently, there's someone at M****'s workplace who made the foolish proclamation that he could take any spicy food. Ooooops. So . . . M**** and her work colleagues are having a 'fuddle' tomorrow, and this guy is gonna enjoy a slice of pizza that probably shouldn't be edible, as it contains six chilli peppers (Birds Eye?! I would have recommended habanero, of course, but these are only (I think) available from Kirkgate Market, in terms of Leeds), a couple of teaspoons of St. Kitts 'local hot sauce' (don't think this is available in the UK, perhaps with good reason . . . even half a teaspoon is too much) and far, far too many drops of Tabasco Habanero Sauce. Not good. I wanted to lend M**** my camera so that she could photograph the effects on a human on eating such a pizza, but she wouldn't. I'll let you know what happens. Incidentally, this last paragraph was done, I guess, on a thin client. How weird is that? I'm using a lap-top here, but most of the work is being done on the . . . fat-client, I guess you would call it. Crazy.