Today has been a good day. Good in every single way. The only pitfall is that I am writing this blog entry now, when I should be out and about in Lufbra on a Friday night.

The morning started with a lecture that never happened, and so Jon and I spent our time in the workshops continuing with the injection moulding project. We injected for the first time and it's looking good, although we are going to have to resolve some issues with the tooling - like bits of it won't come out of the moulding, but we're getting there.

I learnt how to create ProNC code for the CNC machines. We also had a group meeting where we posed for photos for the log book and made some headway with the boards, although there is still some way to go, hence me being in on a Friday (which coincidently, does not feel like a Friday).

Good things unrelated to work include Nick paying me the outstanding on the StudentXtra account and also supplied me with more free Diet Coke. Not a particularly huge fan most of the time, but when you get a free consignment of 24 cans, then you can't help but like the stuff.

I spoke to Tongy a few days back and he outlined what direction his website is going to take. I am well excited about it - I love getting my teeth into something with such a creative licence. I can't wait.

Besty spoke to me yesterday. I got an email informing me that my trip to the top of the tower has been sanctioned. I feel really privileged - as far as I know, no one has been up for years, not even Besty. I had to fill out a risk assessment but it looks set to happen sometime in the next few weeks. The only reason permission has been granted is so that I can take the official photos. I really hope we have some more sunny days coming...

I have noticed I have started having MSN conversations in (very poor) French. I don't know what has caused this continental urge, but I will try and restrain myself from now on as it is starting to worry people (especially the French).

Finally, and definitely the most epic-like event of today was OC 24. Some hysteria was building at lunch when rumours spread that Cardboard Tom might have seen it and by 8pm I was fully satisfied and had completed the whole of Season 2. Wow. What an ending. There are only four American programs worth anything in this world and they rank in this order:

• The O.C. - Queen of teen drama, yummy girls and yummy mummies.
• Judge Judy - This woman is a legend. The young should be forced to watch this until they have similar moral values to the new Iron Lady.
• Malcolm In The Middle - Another FOX show, this show provides the perfect mix of comedy, family and anarchy. Reminds me of home (too much).
• Futurama - Unfortunately prematurely curtailed, Futurama provided some of the best 3D cartoon work, satirical comedy and quotes of the era like:
  • "It's like that drug trip in that movie I saw when I was on that drug trip."
  • "Valentine's Day's coming? Aw crap! I forgot to get a girlfriend again!"
  • "Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder."
  • "At the risk of sounding negative, no."

I should get out more.