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By Afsheen Shaikh  
Monday, 17 April 2006

Yes, I skipped the editorial last week. Slap my hand! Usual excuses plus the rain and walking in stiletto heels. Easy, now… It is becoming a terrible habit, this – missing the editorial on alternate weeks but as I type this, I want you to know my eyes are going funny having stared at this monitor for most of the long Easter weekend we just had.

Even as I type this, our very own web mistress, Sok Yee, has been glued to her computer, trying to upgrade to a new web design editor, which in theory is supposed to make our lives easier but in practice, has been a royal pain in the arse. I hate technology sometimes! I’m having to to do the editorial in HTML now, which means scratching my weary head and trying to remember all the codes. All that plus the fact that we’re running out of web space which means we need to ask for and well, pay for it obviously. Bleed me dry, why don’t you?!

If you do notice some odd things like a page doesn’t look the same as the rest, please report the ‘black sheep’ to us and we’ll do our best to make it look like the others. Now, back to what you really want to read about…

Since I missed the editorial last week, I guess I’ve got twice as much to say. I got myself a new birdfeeder (after the last one was stolen by the local squirrel) and it’s still there as I keep my beady eye on it. It’s still full too so it would seem the birds don’t like my choice of food for them or they haven’t figured out how to use it. Well give it a few more days and I’m sure the squirrel will. It’s still raining and yes, the hose-pipe ban hasn’t been lifted.

Last weekend I was woken up by a bloke campaigning on my doorstep to be elected as a councillor for the Labour party so bleary eyed, I launched into a whinge about people parking in my road without a resident’s permit (Mr-I-I-Own-The-Balloon-Shop-Down-The-Road is a regular offender) and then I went onto to say how much I despise grocers displaying fruit and vegetables outside their shops while the exhaust fumes of cars and buses seep through. That’s why you should never buy your fruit and veg from these places, d’ya hear me? I also hate morons who park illegally on single and double yellow lines and never get caught like the tosser who left his car at a bus stop just to get out and walk six feet to the newspaper stand to buy the paper. You fucker, I hate you. When I asked the candidate what he proposed to do about such an offence, he just smiled and shrugged his shoulders. Might I suggest becoming a sodding traffic warden instead? You can laugh but hey, I vote and I want to make the most of these elected bodies do their jobs!

Last week also saw the advent of our shiny new message board/forum and it’s ice cold! Really, if you haven’t checked it out, please do. Say what you like, slag us off if you really want to or just join in the other debates fellow posters have started. There’s no need to register so you can post as yourself or anonymously but any spamming and I’ll be very cross.

You know, very recently a gentleman told me I had “a beautiful name” and another (who just happened to be a fine hottie) exclaimed, “Afsheen, you are totally awesome! I am spellbound”. Gosh, I’m blushing! I’m telling you, it was worth queuing for over 90 minutes (on my own) to meet the cast of Green Wing at an in-store signing last Tuesday. Mac, Guy and ooh, Boyce with his crutches (who winked at me cheekily – I’d like to believe it was because I was wearing a black mac buttoned up) were signing copies of the box-set of the first series. Which I already had but not on me on the day because I only discovered the news of their appearance in that morning’s Metro newspaper. I rarely pick up that newspaper, mostly because it’s not available at my local train station but only at underground stations.

However, that morning I missed my train and had to take the bus to the nearest tube station to carry on my journey into work and that is when I picked up the aforementioned paper. Normally I have my camera on me but on this day, I didn’t and I kept cursing myself for not putting it in my handbag the night before when my eyes fell on it and I pondered whether I should. Trust me to not go with my instinct then!

Any hoo, to cut a very long story short, I popped along to the signing and bought the DVD again – well, I couldn’t go back home to retrieve it! And as I didn’t have my camera on me, I had to make do with my camera phone, which is really pants but hey-ho, it doesn’t matter when I got my copy personally signed by the three guys and fortunately my mate, Lisa bought my DVD off me so all’s well that ends well. I have awful luck with instore signings though – always end up towards the back of the queue with burly security guards barking at you to “only get one thing signed” and “be as quick as you can for photos” all because the greedy tosspots at the front of the queue have been hogging too much time. I tried to get a picture after but a security guard yelled at me to get moving. How rude! *sigh* It was over so quickly too – just a flash but at least I have those personal messages scribbled inside the sleeve, and aw, Stephen Mangan (Guy Secretan) even acted out his daft dance/head-shake for me from one of my favourite scenes. I am quite sad, aren’t I? No, don’t even answer that, though I’m sure you will shake your head in disbelief to learn I bought this. Alright, I rock!!!

Well, it is always a delight to get feedback from what readers would like to see more of on uk-fusion, and it’s no surprise many want the flames of the advice column ignited once again. To remind yourselves, click here. Bet you have been pining for more (or to snigger at other people’s misfortunes). Fear no more, as we have a new face to answer your tales of woe and misery.

Following in the footsteps of Surgeon Shaikh (cough!), Dr Charles Lake, Matron Mojo and Dr Dickos, please give a warm welcome to Miss Morals (though ‘Saucy Scorpio’ is probably a more accurate description of this naughty minx). She’s ready and waiting (not like that!) to help you overcome that difficult dilemma whether to bitch-slap that cow who stole your boyfriend or to get a restraining order for whoever keeps breathing heavily down the phone before hanging up. Just email your problem to the lady and don’t worry, your identity will be kept private. In the meantime, why not marvel at her beautiful visage…like butter wouldn’t melt, eh?

This is Sheenie Snow reporting for uk-fusion. Back to the home page.


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