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A whole month after it was all over the internet, Big Finish finally decided to email me (their loyal pre-order customer) to tell me what I already knew. IT DOES NOT TAKE A MONTH AND IT'S HARDLY AN APOLOGY.
Feel free to get in touch with them and let them know your feelings. #teambarrowman

"TORCHWOOD MONTHLY RANGE. Big Finish has taken the decision to remove Torchwood: Absent Friends from the Monthly Range release schedule and has no plans to publish this title at this time.

Please note: all bundle pre-orders for the Torchwood Monthly Range stories 49-54 or 49-60 will feature an alternative title in its place.

Listeners who have pre-ordered this title as an individual purchase and would like to request a refund can do so by contacting the Sales team via bigfinish.com/contact."

The tiny plastic pin holding your fridge door snaps as you gently open it and the whole main door falls off, whilst the top heavy top freezer door (also attached by same said plastic pin) then drops down and tries to break your arm as you're trying to hold the main door from spilling all its glass jars and milk. My arm just above the elbow is now very sore and bruised.

Lucky Mum was still at the table nearby when I yelled for help. The she yelled to Dad who did the very helpful thing of not turning up at all. Apparently when you yell, he takes that as a sign to keep on ignoring you, because yelling is not a signal for serious help. Useless twat.

Both doors are now taped to the fridge with gaffer tape until tomorrow. Not looking forward to trying to fix breakfast. We'll have to take off the top freezer door first, then the main door, just to get anything out, and then stick it all back together again. Lucky we haven't bought our food for Christmas yet as we often stockpile early.

And someone is going to have to go out and buy a new fridge - tomorrow. There's everybody's one Christmas present for this year.

Fuck you, karma.

It's only taken forever of me stopping and starting, but finally my cross stitch project is finished. Just needs a press.

Bit of a bummer I've only got one kit left now since I haven't been to a trade fair in years and with the pandemic, not likely to be at one for a very long time either.

Hey all you Whovians!

A shout out and some shameless promotion for some fellow Whovian fans.

The Guardians of Gallifrey is a fan based club in Florida, and has been around since 1986, making it one of the longest running fan clubs. It is also affiliated with the Prydonians of Prynceton (est. 1984) and The Doctor Who Club of Australia (est. 1976). 

With fans all over the world stuck in lockdown, the Guardians of Gallifrey have set about creating a free e-zine for fans featuring long-form stories written by fans, covering Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane, UNIT and all crossovers in between.

Their e-zine, "Tales From The Matrix" comes out weekly, with 19 issues already published, showcasing some cool cover artwork as well. I mighthave been approached to contribute one or two stories for future editions. :)

You can get your copy by:
- joining the Guardians of Gallifrey - Tales From the Matrix Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/629193841205316/
- subscribing via email Ceronomus@gmail.com using the subject line "Tales from the Matrix - Please subscribe me"
- send me a PM and I can email you a copy direct (including any or all of the back issues).

If you like what you read, please share it as widely as you like. It's free and it's for the fans. Spread the word!

Stay safe and happy reading!

Day 33....

After yesterday's rant, I can now go one better.

To the people who were filmed stealing groceries out of the trolley of a blind woman:

You don't deserve to be classed as human beings. Coronavirus is too good for you. The karma bus should run you over.

Rather late, I know, but since I was flat out trying to hit my GYWO target before the end of the year I didn't find time to post anything else. This year our social committee at work decided to ramp up the old Christmas spirit by having a decorating competition.

I was allocated to team "too busy to decorate" since the rest of my real team are at the other end of the office and all the manager's offices are along the back wall. Despite the lack of spirit, I took it upon myself to not embarrass ourselves by doing next to nothing, and so set off on my three week journey to do my bit (and yes, still fit in all of my own work).

Needless to say our of the six teams we didn't even place, but we were up against a entire section of office turned into gingerbread houses and a full compliment of carolers upstairs. Overall the judgement day morning was a hoot though and everybody excelled themselves with food and merriment.

Photos under the cut.

Christmas wishes and festive greetings to everyone out there. I hope you all have a wonderful day, whatever you have planned. 

Good day today.

Slightly disturbing little thing I'm about to share.  Read on if you dare...

If you're living in the UK, please do us all a favour and vote out Noel Edmonds from I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

He's in my country and we want him gone.

As for you Noel, we all bow to the Lord Emperor Twatface, grab our crotches and salute you as befits.

I hope Nick Knowles claps you out.

#utterpillock #keepjohninthejungle

9:15pm and still 35 degrees out there. They say it won't get below 27 and that's at around 7am tomorrow.

Somebody kill me before I melt, or ship in a snowstorm or something... My brain can't even be bothered reading, let alone writing.

Stinking hot summer.... I hate it.

Hi everyone!

It's that time of year again when torchwood_fest hosts it's winter fest, so I'm on the hunt for lovely folk who might be willing to give up a little bit of their time to beta my submissions.

Four pieces written to date, all under 2,000 words. I'm hoping to keep them all short and sweet this year.

If you can spare a little time, I'd be delighted and immensely grateful, even if it's only one fic. No betas means no submissions, and the world is a little blander for a lack of fluffy Torchwood fics.

Please feel free to reply to this post or PM me.

Thanks in advance!