I have just read in yesterday's standard how Italy's court of appeal has issued an edict forbidding men to scratch their genitalia in public! They have ruled that blatant scratching/holding of testicle is an act contrary to decorum and public decency.

After witnessing a man literally stroking himself inside his trousers on a packed bendy bus ...i must agree it is totally disgusting and indecent. His friend carried on chatting to him for the whole 25 minutes seemingly oblivious or ignoring the incident.

It makes me think that it is this kind of man who is unable to restrain himself in public that might be liable to predatory crimes such as flashing,stalking and raping.the other extreme could be that this is a comforting measure akin to sucking one's thumb......

Who knows......

Valentine's day was very interesting...It's amazing how much fuss is made about this one day, but it's also sad that some people feel incredibly alone and this day enhances that.

Literally, 2 mins walk from me is a railway station, probably the most useless in all of England as all the trains run straight through and it is never manned. On the bus approaching home from uni, i see police, ambulance and fire brigade crawling all over the place......whatever had happened, had only just happened...I imagined a train had derailed or a car had been hit on the track, but it turns out 2 fire engines, 4 police cars and 2 ambulance vehicles were the standard response for a "one under" as they say. The unloaded passengers all seemed abit miffed and a nearby shop owner who was near enough to hear expressed his sorrow at the "poor man/lady" who had apparently waited on the bridge and jumped in front of the train that was never going to be able to stop....What a desperate state to be in to do that!!

The weather is improving but my immune system seems to be crashing...I'm so tired lately i haven't the energy to write much (or anything) blogwise....

i feel a cold coming on

Yep, this is what my lesson today was on.....what a mouthful??

Our lecturer thought it necessary to warn us not too leave our handouts on the tube or train as it may affect non-medical people...she is a dear.

Lesson was very interesting not too shocking...in fact the body goes to amazing lengths to prevent these anomalies from being born...what we see in hospitals or in the outside world is perhaps less than the 30:1000 live births that make it through the security checks.

Minor anomalies include neonatal teeth, extra fingers (polydactly), extra nipple, dimples and flat feet, mongolian blue spots and hypospadias (usually a small hole along penile shaft-repaired using foreskin).

The great thing is that noone is perfect or symmetrical!! Whether you have one breast bigger than the other, uneven shaped eyes- whatever i all depends on your genes and maternal exposure to teratogens (e.g smoking, radiation, viruses, alchohol, drugs)

In the news, very sad about spanish F1 fans....but having been to Madrid & Barcelona am not entirely suprised...mostly it is the proportion to which the disagreement between Alonso & Hamilton has influenced the fans which is shocking...guess it doesn';t take much for true feelings to be uncovered.....

Baby being thrown out of building....how amazing!! but did those people in the window get out aswell??? did they jump or get lifted?? and if lifted why risk killing the baby??- I hope the news fills me in on this....

Today i woke up singing and dancing....don't know specifically why today, but i felt great!!

Breakfast was a coffee on the go...one of my last as i've decided to give it up for Lent. I've chosen it because i hav it every single day and i will miss it. I wanted to challenge myself and build some determination and stamina....Hopefully i can do it & if so i can use the same skill to focus and write as i say i want to (still procrastinating!).

I attempted to make pancakes when i got back from uni but miscalculated how much of everything- based on my friend's vague recipe " milk, flour, eggs and milk- not too runny not too thick"....This meant i only ended up with 4 pancakes of varying shapes and sizes. I'd used my last egg so will have another go when i have time. tasted ok though

Earliest memory:
Standing in a bath while my dad washed me and me sister. then she pooed and he scooped it out.

Wierdest memory:
Lying on my bed-hairs on edge as a electrical storm lit my room blue.

The biggest amount of cash i ever held in my hands:
£30,000 (counted out for a customer to be posted special delivery!!!)

The longest i ever slept:
18 hours

The longest i kept awake:
About 48 hours

The longest distance i ever ran:
800 meters

Most cared about object:
My first pet, rabbit

Farthest North i been to:
Austria

Farthest south i been to:
Grenada

Feels like someone has slipped Ritalin into my drink....empty, empty zombie state.
Or perhaps just over stimulation (not the good sort though). I went to check Catzycradle's moon chart but it didn't shed any light.

Breakfast was 2x variety sized frosties and coffee with water so i had a good start to the day yet feel sort like i'm in a persistent hungover state....the awful thing is, this is without the enjoyment of actually drinking.....hmmmmmm (disturbing just a tad)

Other news, i am going to see Sweeney Todd tonight with a gal pal (invited a second only to be casually texted " i'm in Australia- let's meet up when i get back" - so an early nite for me as have work at 7.30 and am duty bound to save the lives of fellow londoners by turning up (i'll save my sick days for a better cause)

Is your Friday evening looking more interesting???

Very belatedly i saw the above last night.....I had no idea it was a horror of sorts...I dont want to spoil things for those who have yet to see it but the faint/weak hearted should becareful.....It is like Jurassic Park in places...almost leaving me with a heart attack...other than that i thought it was ok, maybe ***'s.

Afterwards, went to a lovely Thai palce called YUM YUM- the food and decor were absolutely fabulous and i am determined to have either my birthday or Hen party there. If you are ever in stoke Newington- you really must go...**** 1/2 ( sometimes you can be a little too attentive)

Other than that....a very dreary, windswept and boring day for me.

Most people seem to dread going back to work on Monday having got a bit too attached to the weekend......I seem to have a delayed body clock and today, i experienced all the lazyness, dread and tiredness normally associated with Mondays....what a bummer!!!!

I did however manage to drag myself out of the house to the hairdressers, clutching my sunglasses and dodging speed hungry drivers on the A406- evidently, it is easier for me to summon up the energy to be pummelled senseless, blasted by hot air and have my faint (but not faint enough) moustache ripped from it's roots than it is for me to attend uni for 3 hours.

While i remember, i would just like to do a nursey thing and ask you all to wear protection while fornicating (oh, that word kills me)...my friend (let's call her ,Cara) from Cameroon told me a disturbing tale yesterday, Her friend (let's call her Charity) died of AIDs two months ago but before this had been living with her. Angry at being HIV +. Charity had slept her way through Germany , Greece and Cameroon before coming to Hackney, London.....single men and married men too!! Cara told her many times to stop her wicknedness but the woman was apparently amoral...eventually, Cara Kicked Charity out when she began sleeping with a close married male friend- she tried to warn him but he said he was jealous!!!

I was really freaked out by this as imagine each person sleeping with atleast 3 other women???? surely the rebirth of an epidemic....I'm wondering shall i ever have sex again?? (just joking ........kind of)

time to