Unstable Orbit

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I am a worrier. I worry about things that have actually happened! I imagine past conversations and think of how I could have made things worse. I know that the majority of the time I am worrying about nothing. Unfortunately this tends to lead to a ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ situation.

When I start to worry about something I ignore it:

Worry Center: Panic, panic, this is a bad idea!
Me: You say that about everything!

And mostly it turns out everything is fine. Recently though I was worried about something and my instincts were bang on. The next time I feel worried I won’t know what to do!

One way round this problem is to imagine the worst case scenario. This doesn’t work for me. A normal person’s worse case scenario would be: ‘You’ll be told off.’ or ‘You’ll have to apologies.’ or something else equally innocuous. My stupid brain is thinking: ‘Your execution has been set for later today.’

Stupid brain!

Anyway things are good now. I may have had a legitimate worry but its all fine now! What stupid things does your mind do?

When I was on my way home yesterday a girl asked to ‘borrow’ my bike. A strange thing to be sure. I told her no, because I wanted to get home, and walked away.

Afterwards I was thinking why did I do that? Its highly unlikely that she was going to steal the bike. I couldn’t help thinking of a line from Friends ‘Mental note: If Jill Goodacre offers you gum, you take it. If she offers you mangled animal carcass, you take it.’ http://tinyurl.com/ptypren

I didn’t know this girl and the request caught me off guard. She would likely have just ridden it to the end of the street and back.

It was probably for the best though. She was likely a little tipsy and was probably wearing heals – not the best combination for a bike.

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My family have been coming to Tenby, Pembrokshire, every year for the last 15 years or so. We’ve camped, stayed in a B&B, stayed in a caravan, but for most of the years we’ve booked a self catering apartment… Click here to read on.

Villains are tricky concept in fiction. A villain, in general terms, needs to stir up trouble for the protagonist. They create a problem and the hero has to go and solve that problem. Villains tend to have a plan and that plan often involves taking over the world….

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Addendum: This was written before The Name of the Doctor was broadcast.

I thought I’d posted this but apparently I forgot to press publish. So its a little redundant now but nevertheless here it is.

Tomorrow’s episode of Doctor Who might reveal the Doctor’s name. I think this would be a bad idea. It is hard to say exactly why I think this but I think I can brake it into two points.

1. The mythos of the show. In the quintessential episode of Doctor Who the Doctor will arrive, he’ll introduce himself as simple the Doctor. Having the definite article in his name has great power. It is also interesting to me that all the people he meets just take to calling him Doctor. They never enquirer as to exactly what his doctorate is in or for any information this gives the character an almost godlike quality.
2. What could the name be? As he is an alien the name will simply be a construction of sounds. His name could be Alkatha – and that is just a random phrase I made up on the spot – it could be Galcorodonelkane – it could be Anan 7 for all we know – it could be anything. The Doctor is unlike any other character in fiction and I think that naming him would mean the story would lose its power.