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OK,electric sorted, I think, after thinking the meter wasn't working, it was but you need to be eye level with the LCD display to see it. I'm six foot and I have to stand on something to read it. Felt so embarrassed and apologised profusely to the engineer who got called out.

Cleaning happening tomorrow, due to previous occupant being a smoker. Still waiting to hear from furniture recyclers, getting a bed, sofa and microwave from them.

Only other thing to immediately sort out is carpets, since there aren't any.

Simon has said he's happy with me still using his debit card if bank doesn't work out, it's just for internet things really. Be able to start organising phone and internet next week.

Xbox is on its way, won't take long to shift Simon's stuff to it when it arrives.

Turns out the Wii is actually mine, I thought we'd gone halfsies on it but Simon says we didn't.

RIP Ray Harryhausen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22441567

The second major influence on my childhood to go recently, growing up the name of Ray Harryhausen meant glorious adventure with the most wonderful creatures you'd ever seen on the screen. I was watching a documentary about his work recently and everything still looks so alive and magnificent. Even now, I'll be fighting skeletons or a chimera in a videogame and in my head I'm thinking I'm in a Ray Harryhausen movie.