I'd play his double role

I haven't updated lately.

I could give a number of reasons for this; that I have been busy with a stupendous new hobby - perhaps a meaningful job that helps the planet, all the while filling my pocket with fifties? Or even a new man in my life who spends every morning, noon and night making up for his late arrival.

The only problem with this of course is none of it is remotely true - my late updates are due to my own laziness, rather than much else. The upcoming exams have enforced a kind of reluctance upon me; the kind where doing anything remotely productive seems barbaric and inane. I should be counting my lucky stars; of the subjects I'm studying, I have only two exams. I have known students with at least eight to twelve.

Elle visited this weekend - we went to see 'The Eye'. It was a pretty decent film, but I know the japanese one is inevitably going to be better.

Quite recently, Elle has become a fan of DH Lawrence, or more appropriately, Lady Chatterley's Lover. She recently heard of a film adaptation of the book featuring Sean Bean and so has become intrigued. Going into Waterstones, I have never been so embarrassed to ask for a book, considering it was rendered obscene at the time of publication due to its explicit content - particularly since in the end they didn't even have it. We found a copy in the end, hidden away in the corner of WHSmiths.

It proved to be the focal point of conversation the next day, as the painting on the cover basically shows a man's thumb and belt buckle. The thumb though, is really short and squat and Laney, seemed to find this a really obscure sight as her own thumb is really thin and narrow. Since Lawrence hailed from our area, I made the comment that it's a Midlands thing, which prompted a comparison of thumbs.

Regional variations in thumb size...what will they think of next?