I've finished reading the last Harry Potter book!!!

Glad to be off work today after 6 days in a row. Back into work again tomorrow and tuesday but then I am off for 5 days for the 12th. 5 days!!! I have never been off for more than 2 days without having booked time off. Pretty much all the permanent staff are off for the 12th and 13th as they are public holidays and I was due next weekend off anyway. I've got wednesday off because I was owed a day for working yesterday. I'm very excited about this prospect, I'm not used to being off around the 12th. Of course I'm not likely to go and watch the parades or anything. I'll probably just sit about the flat pfaffing about.

In case anyone doesn't know, this is what the 12th is:

"July 12 is a Northern Ireland public holiday and many locals of all backgrounds take the 'Twelfth Fortnight' as their annual summer holiday. All banks and the vast majority of shops and businesses close on the day, and quite a few stay shut for longer. " Further info on why this is a holiday can be found here Battle of the Boyne

Again, this year, I missed most of Wimbledon because I was working. I'll have to be more organised next year and book time off during Wimbledon. At least today I can watch loads of sport. Hurrah!! I'm looking forward to the mixed doubles. I'm supporting Murray and Jankovic of course. I'll be keeping an eye on the British Grand Prix as well today. Although we have to go food shopping at some point. We always seem to be going food shopping!!

I didn't watch any of that Live Earth thing partly because I was working yesterday but mostly because there weren't really any artists on it that interested me.

Saturdays won't be the same now that Dr Who has finished!! And it was a really rubbish last episode as well. I think it was the worst of the series. I know it's all fantasy and I can suspend disbelief to some extent but that was just ridiculous. I need a least a sliver of possibility and a tiny degree of logic to accept and enjoy fantasy things.

My favourite episode of the series was Weeping Angels. That really captured my imagination and the writing and acting was excellent. The only bits I didn't like were the pointless and irritating interjections by Martha.

I'm a bit concerned about the Christmas special which involves the Titanic.........and Kylie Minogue!!! I have fears it could be a terrible rip off of the film Titanic with Kylie as a love interest and some alien involvement in the sinking. Having grown up in the city where the Titanic was built and now working in tourism and knowing all about the massive marketing and merchandising campaign relating to the Titanic which is going on in Belfast at the moment, I know all about the hideous cliches and crass romanticising of the disaster. Hopefully the Dr Who writers won't let us down though. I'm looking forward to seeing a trailer for the episode.