I found out why we had the police hanging around with sniffer dogs yesterday. It seems one of the shops across the road was due to be raided on suspicion of having drugs on the premises. One of their stores in Glasgow was raided by police recently and they obviously found something to make them target other branches.

The owners of the shop refused to open so the raid never happened which is kinda disappointing since I’ve never seen one before. They don’t exactly happen every day around here, although I have heard about a few houses in my area that have been raided for drugs. The houses look so normal too!

Goodness knows what’ll happen with that shop now and it seems to have a naughty past as it ended up being locked up by bailiffs last year! I don’t go into that shop as a rule because they tried to cheat me out of some change before.

Jeez Louise! I went into town today to get mugshots for my passport and I’m telling you right now, the camera does lie! I look like I have a bad case of jaundice which is no mean feat considering how pale I am. Generally, I’m so pale, I’m almost translucent. I kinda like it that. I don’t want leather skin.

Have they changed the rules on photo requirements? Are we supposed to look like we’ve been on a sunbed for two days?

We’ve had two police vans (one for dogs) parked outside for the past couple of hours and I’m dying to know what’s going on. Come on, my mugshots are that bad! On second thoughts….

It’s a bank holiday in the UK today and the sun is actually out! Of course that means all my neighbours are out doing the garden which is why my eyes and nose are streaming. Gotta love that fresh grass smell. Not!

I’m actually feeling very frustrated with myself. I’ve been messing around in PSP, trying to do some website design but it’s totally not working. I try so hard to be creative but I actually suck at it. If someone could just invent software that read your mind and translated it, I would be so happy. Every now and then, I surf round the sites of some top designers and my chin just drops at the awesome stuff they create. I get the urge to hire them to make my site look beautiful but I get bored with layouts so fast, I’d just be wasting my money.

As well as being a bank holiday, it is also Switch It Off weekend. I’m not sure if this is nationwide or just part of our particular govt dept’s initiative but we’ve been getting bombarded with emails about it over the past few weeks. The whole idea is to save energy by switching off appliances you are not using. I know we all have to do our bit for the environment but this kind of campaign annoys the hell out of me simply due to the fact the govt is not good on saving its own energy. How many buildings do you see lit up in city centre’s in the middle of the night? Or in shop windows?

However, I’m not sure the campaign was aimed at encouraging people to switch off their televisions over the weekend because the choice of viewing was so bad. I sorely miss my dose of Supernatural on Sunday nights now that we have caught up with the pre-strike episodes. I finished all my Prison Break DVDs too - awesome series.

So, instead, I curled up on my bed and finished reading Kate Furnivall’s The Russian Concubine which I bought after reading a recommendation from Kate Mosse. The story is about a mother and daughter who flee Bolshevik Russian and end up in pre-revolutionary China. The daughter, Lydia, eventually falls in love with a young, Chinese communist and they must fight to stay together despite the odds stacked against them. I love stories about Russia. I have no idea why but I’m drawn to them.

WOO HOO! Disney’s classic tale is being released on DVD again this autumn. The version I had was “borrowed” by my niece and seems to have found a new home. This is my very favourite Disney classic.

Can you guess which one?

Appetizer
What was your favorite cartoon when you were a child?
Thunder.. thunder… ThunderCats! Ho!!!! I still love it!

Soup
Pretend you are about to get a new pet. Which animal would you pick, and what would you name it?
Oh, I want a baby wolf. I’m terrible at picking names but would probably go for something related to where the pup came from.

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy getting all dressed up for a special occasion?
1. I hate, hate it. I’m very self-conscious and I feel uncomfortable in dressy clothes

Main Course
What kind of music do you listen to while you drive?
I don’t drive but it would be Bon Jovi all the way, baby!

Dessert
When was the last time you bought a clock? And in which room did you put it?
I can’t even remember. Ticking clocks get on my nerves so I only buy quiet, digital ones.

There are times in my life when I really hate people and think my life would be so much simpler without them. I made the mistake of sticking up for myself at work against S the SuperBitch and now I’ve been made to look like the bad one. I’m so at the end of my tether with this girl and I’m pretty much near to losing it completely. The slightest thing makes me want to cry and that is not the person I am. I’ve never in my life wanted to hurt another human being so badly.

My grandma used to say if you give people enough rope, they will hang themselves, but so help me, nothing seems to stick to this girl and everyone else gets the blame. Am I so wrong in my thinking? Here’s a little review of her working life:

– spends two days designing an album cover for her band using company resources and leaving others to do her work
– threatens to call in sick if she isn’t given the leave she has requested despite the fact others have already had their leave approved.
– saunters into work late and leaves early and owes the company at least two days flexi
– spends most of the day on the phone arranging gigs and talking with bandmates
– spends the majority of the day on the internet reading comments on her MySpace account
– tells other people how I am harassing her and completely denies saying things she said loud enough for the whole office to hear

There are plenty more examples but I’m not spending all night detailing them and talking about her right now is making me frustrated and tearful enough. What do I do? Ignore her?