Our house is nicknamed ‘Geek Central’. Here is why:

[Gwen does something stupid in 'Torchwood']
Gemma: God, I hate Gwen.
Emma: It gets worse next week! Rhys is back.
Gemma: Oh I know, I saw the trailer. It’s ok though, we won’t be here. We’ll be at the theatre.
Emma: Oh yeah!
Gemma: Swapping John for J.J!
Emma: It’s ok, it’ll be on On Demand by the time we get home.

I love On Demand. I really do. I just wish the BBC had put Strictly Come Dancing on it. And Neighbours! Neighbours on On Demand is my dream. Luckily when Five steal it from the BBC next month they’re going to start showing a Saturday and Sunday omnibus. I actually squealed out loud when I found that out. I think it’s the first time I’ve ever been excited about anything channel Five have ever done.

But there’s something that’s better than On Demand. Oh yes, there really is. It’s called V+ (wonder where they got that name from?) and it allows you to record everything, even the stuff they refuse to put on On Demand (like, er, everything on ITV). I want it so badly.

Of course, from what I can gather from the website, new customers get better offers on V+ boxes than current customers. It’s always the same. I’d move to Sky, but they’re just as bad. My dad’s been with them on a premium package for as long as I can remember (it must be 15 years now) and still they won’t cough up and give him a Sky+ box, despite handing them out like candy to new people. Too many companies don’t give a shit about you once you’ve signed on the dotted line. They slowly but surely add a quid or two to your bill here and there, promising improved services, until you’re paying a fiver or a tenner more than new customers.

We really don’t complain enough in this country.

In other news, I phoned the taxman today and said ‘Oh hai, I think I owe you some moneys’. He said ‘no u don’t, kthnxbi’. I think this needs to be put on record, so when he inevitably sends me a letter in six months time saying ‘where’s my money, bitch?’ and I have to recollect the exact date of said phonecall, I can use this as a reference. See, blogs are useful.

I’m all drugged up with nowhere to go. Literally. Today I had to forgo a free facial because my foot is intent on getting worse before it gets better. I’m still fooling myself that it’ll be 100% fine when I go to Australia (a week Saturday) even though that’s looking less and less likely as the days go by. I had an X-ray on Sunday and it’s not broken, which makes it even more annoying that it STILL HURTS.

Ah well, I’ll live. Onto far more exciting things, and a bit of boy ogling. The latest man to find his way into my daydreams is JJ Feild, who, in a nutshell, looks like Jude Law and sounds like Alan Rickman. He was in The Ruby In The Smoke and The Shadow In The North with Billie Piper, and the recent ITV / Andrew Davies adaptation of Northanger Abbey (which is where I saw him). Apparently he was in our office building last year (there’s a production company below us) and Katie and I were contemplating spending long periods of time in and around the lifts, hoping to spot him. We didn’t. Aaaanyway, I’ve just discovered he’s starring in ‘Ring Round The Moon’ at the Playhouse Theatre, and am currently sat here impatiently awaiting my housemate’s return so I can book us two tickets. We have a habit of booking tickets to see things purely based on the cast. Not that we’re shallow or anything. Last year it was John Simm in Elling. This year we already have tickets to see David Tennant and Patrick Stewart in Hamlet at the RSC. So worth the trip up to Stratford, though waiting until August is just mean. The last thing I saw at the RSC was The Duchess of Malfi when I was studying for my A’levels. It was absolutely mindblowing. And a bit disturbing. Have you ever read Webster? He was – to quote my good friend Jojo – Nucking Futs. Obviously I never put that in any of my essays.

We’re also going to the Isle of Wight festival this year. My housemate’s from the island originally, so I get all the fun of a festival without having to go anywhere near a tent. And we have The Police, The Kooks and Scouting For Girls all on one day. As far as I’m concerned that’s worth the ticket price alone.

Yes, I have rubbish taste in music. Deal with it.