Oh shit, that doesn't sound good...

I have a letter from the legal system...

I was convicted of driving without insurance on Tuesday (expected that bit). The hearing was then adjourned to 22 May when I must attend for sentencing, as they are considering disqualification.

Oh dear.

Update: another thought on this... even if they don't disqualify me, the fact that they're considering it presumably means I'm in for a fairly high level of the other penalties regardless. This means up to 8 points on my licence and a fine of up to £5000. I'm a little dismayed by this...

Quiz: How do you deal with your depression?

Scoring high on the completely-pointless-quiz-o-meter, but as azekeil said, the picture is pretty...

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Isolation. Just leave you alone. You can be found in a dark place, rotting in your own self pity. After all, no one else understands, right?

How do you deal with your depression?

A quick round of applause for my family, please... thankyou.

Rang my mum to check it would be okay for me to stay at her place the night before the trial (it's in her local court, in Norfolk, as I was visiting her at the time I was given the producer). A few minutes after I get off the phone from her, my sister rings me... "Who's been a naughty boy then?". Ha ha. But she was ringing to offer me a lift across to my mum's place on the Wednesday night, a lift to court Thursday morning, and a lift back to MK Thursday or Friday depending on how she feels on the day.

I was just wondering how I was going to get to a court in Norfolk and back with due consideration to the fact that I may lose my licence while I'm there. So this has simplified matters considerably.

*big hugs to all my family, even though they won't read this - and especially to my sister*

To infinity... and beyond!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/3013959.stm
(Students give a PC to six monkeys and monitor the output)

Paignton Zoo scientific officer Dr Amy Plowman said: "The work was interesting but had little scientific value, except to show that the 'infinite monkey' theory is flawed."

...that, and proving that presumably you don't need to understand the concept of 'infinity' to get a PhD in cleaning elephant enclosures.