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So, in 2009, according to my bookkeeping over at LibraryThing, I have read 60 books (let's face it, I'm not going to finish Black Man, Best Served Cold or Bolo before the New Year party tonight). Of those, 43 were fiction books, 5 were short story collections, 1 non-fiction, 1 play, 5 RPG Books (+one of the short story collections was technically an RPG source book), 2 graphic novel volumes, 1 Firefly reference book and 2 cookbooks.

So, it's nearly 2010 and the start of a new decade (face it date pedants, the calendar is so screwed up we may as well accept the mob rule on this - and besides, 2009->2010 feels more significant than 2010->2011).

Oops... bit dusty in here, mind you legs whilst I send the hoover round.

Yeah, believe it or not I am still alive. Not a lot has been happening though so this is another of those summary posts. Sorry.

So, I have this week off work. I have (some) money left, but can't spend it as my Birthday is on Wednesday so going out and buying any of the things I would like would be risky. Things like:

• Pride and Predjudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Graham-Smith
• The City and the City by China Mieville
• The Wire S4 or 5
• Southpark S3+
• Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
• Otto; or Up With Dead People
• Preacher (except Until The End Of The World)

So, I've had a week and a bit off work (back in on Monday), what have I done with it?

Well, I earlier listed some stuff I wanted to do, and now have a couple of weeks booked off work to help with that. I have booked my tickets for EasterCon (British SciFi convention in Bradford) and was *this close* to booking hotels for MakerFaire in Newcastle, but I'm a wimp and want company (I may struggle to pay for this now anyway - I ended buying tickets to see Blur as you may have noticed in my twitter stream - one left...).

Well, it's boxing day today and I'm sat at my Aunt's stealing their wireless and thought I'd update you all with what I've been up to recently. Aint I kind.

Well, my hair is no longer in my eyes and twisting up at round the shoulders (bad hair!!). I completed my shopping and wrapping.

More helpfully, I've met my Brother's Girlfriend. She's very chatty. She's also a dog person. And I think Stuart's been telling her how Gothy I am. Or rather, that I'm very gothy which is a different thing entirely. More on this later...

Well, it's the end of the year (nearly) so time for a round up and predictions (all the cool kids are doing it don't cha know?). So, without further ado, lets have a nosey through my year...

Books

So, I finished work for Christmas now. Two weeks off with only some minor things to worry about. So, what are my plans?