A few days ago I went for a walk in the evening; there's a nature reserve right near to my house that I used to visit a lot with my siblings when I was younger. I don't often go there anymore, which is kind of a waste of a good thing, but anyway, the other night I did, and took my camera, just to see what happened.

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Warning: this blog is totally pointless.

I just couldn't let this momentous occasion go unnoticed.

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Yesterday morning I had my first day of Jury Duty. After being shown the metaphorical ropes, we were split into three groups, one told to come back tomorrow and the rest of us assigned one of two trials. Our trial was due to start after lunch, but after lunch break we were told the Judge had some legal issues to sort out and we would have to wait a little longer. A couple of hours after that, we were sent home.

This morning I returned and we were again told to wait a little longer....

Yesterday I received an envelope telling me the date of my Jury Duty amongst other information. I don't know how much I'm actually allowed to say, but it'll start in the first half of June, so I have a few weeks to brace myself.

The duty (for lack of a better word) will be expected to last ten days to two weeks (some places in the booklet say ten days, others say two weeks) and if I get a really short trial they'll put me on another. It will only be longer than that if I get a trial...

To understand all that follows, you must also understand that my bed, which I've had since I was young, is basically like a bunk bed but with the top bunk only, so you get more floor space underneath, which is good when you're ten and have the smallest room in the house.

It looks a lot like this...
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(The bin and the wall banner are about the same age as the bed - and I didn't...

...on my new laptop. First film I've watched using it. (Actually, the credits are playing right now - the credits song is rubbish). Laptop performed well; I'm quite pleased with it

I actually think I enjoyed the film more on the small screen than in 3D at the cinema; there, the visuals just distracted too much. It's a very pretty film, but I think the visuals were just overpowering on the big screen, let alone in 3D. The story actually performed better when you're not oohing and...

Halp!

I had a Master Plan, which involved earning money from now until Christmas and buying myself a new laptop around that time, since my old one was getting a bit... gimpy.

However, all of these plans were scuppered last night when my old laptop attempted mitosis and found that it only really works for single-celled organisms. Less basically, the plastic case at the bottom broke and a little metal bar that fixed the left hinge connecting the screen and the keyboard side lost its anchorage,...

Today I got this year's first birthday present, a week early; my mum bought me a camera (it is the most expensive present she's even brought me; as a general rule, anything over £100 I have to save up for and buy myself, but I'm reaching the MANLY age of 21 this year, so she offered to buy me something more expensive .)

Here is a picture of said camera. (If you can think of a better way of taking a photo of a camera using the camera, I'd like to hear it!)

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Sorry, pheasant (sorry). Someone she knows gave it to her around Christmas and she finally plucked up (hahahaha) the courage to take it out of the freezer and cook it. She has a whole anecdote based around that process.
So now I can add pheasant to the list of foods I have eaten.

Pheasant is kinda dry, but tastes a lot like duck. As with chicken, the tastiest bits are the legs.

The same woman also gave mum a rabbit, but my stepdad won't eat rabbit as...