Watched the new Hulk movie today. Decent film! I'd give it four stars. Quite funny in parts, and lots of action! Plus I'm pretty sure they lifted one of the special moves from Hulk: Ultimate Destruction for the Gamecube from a few years back. Almost exactly. So that's a plus. Also, yay for Downey Jr's cameo!

If you've not got much to do and you don't mind a little comic book, not really making sense, over the top action then give it a shot!

Quick Amelié game. Pretty annoyed about hayfever, letting agents and getting very little sleep. Things which are awesome: Rock Band, remembering movies that you love watching and tasty home made sandwiches.

If anyone has tasty but simple sandwich suggestions, you should definitely leave me a comment.

I'm finding myself liking my new phone a lot, plus two people I know are already pretty jealous, so that's got to count for something, right?

The game rental site I use sent me the Lego Indiana Jones game! It's pretty decent so far, though the prospect of collecting all those hidden collectables has me dreading the time sink this is sure to become.

Doctor Who had a few interesting things to ponder this week, and I liked Alex Kingston a lot. I hope she's able to return to the series in the future.

Also! I'm gradually getting closer to being able to move into my new house. Fingers crossed it'll happen soon, as I really don't want to be waking up at 6 every day next week to get to work on time.

That's all for now. Perhaps more to follow! Sometime in the future anyway.

I got a new phone today! The Samsung Soul. It's pretty neat so far. More exciting news like this, and possibly my impressions of it, to follow!

I like it. The new Coldplay single, if you can call it that, that is. So sue me.

Time for an Amelié game! My three likes are:

• Rock Band is super fun and I'm actually not terrible at drumming!

• Indy IV was entertaining, if a little unnecessary and plot-holey

• The more I see of The Dark Knight the more I know it'll be awesome. So, that.

Dislikes:

• The musical chairs that is not having a permanent desk yet at work

• Hassle with getting things ready for moving in at my new place and not being sure when it'll happen

• Knowing that if I'm not moved in by the weekend I'll be up at 6 to get into work on time. Boo.

Expect daily updates for as long as I remember!

So I downloaded a program for iPod Touch that lets me post Livejournal entries, so expect maybe a bunch more of these! In the meantime, return to your regularly scheduled programming.

This morning, just after 10, my mum lost her battle with cancer at the age of 48.

She contracted breast cancer around 8 years ago, and after chemotherapy and several operations including a mastectomy managed to stay all clear for 5 years, before the cancer returned. For the last two years we've been dealing with the knowledge that she wouldn't survive this time. In the last week or so she got progressively weaker, but was still staying strong emotionally for us all. She wasn't afraid, and she was comfortable and free from pain until the very end. Mum had all her family around her and was able to let us know how much she cared and tell us all everything that she wanted to pass on before she left us, and I know that we'll all carry a piece of her around inside of us for the rest of our lives.

My dad and my three younger brothers are all here with me and here for each other, and though it's a hard time I'm glad that we were all there for her too. So many people lose loved ones without ever getting a chance to say goodbye.

Goodbye mum, we all love you.

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Crazy, I didn't even think people cared much about my Livejournal posting. Still, it's been 16 weeks apparently, and I'm sure that that post wasn't anything too special.

Christmas and New Year were both muted affairs. No big parties, no extravagant gifting (though I did get Batman: The Animated Series from Buffy, which is awesome) but quiet fun and lots of working at the cinema. I'm still finding it tough looking for work, despite signing up at a bunch of different places. My New Year's resolution is to make sure I'm not working at the cinema by my next birthday. I like working there, but it's not "real" work. Even if I get to see lots of free movies. Plus I don't want to be working when Pirates 3, Shrek 3 and Spider-Man 3 hit in the same month (or Ratatouille, Transformers and the Simpsons Movie all on the same day, for that matter).

So after being all super pumped about the Wii for a couple of months, I finally decided it was time. My friend Dan's just gone to the states to visit his girlfriend in Miami (who apparently now has food poisoning - coincidence?) and he's going to try and get me one while he's there. I can't frigging wait. Hopefully it'll work out!

I grabbed myself a DS-Xtreme flash cart recently. I bought it in October, and after waiting for close to two months for it to arrive (thanks to "manufacting problems") it didn't work properly. I get to play one game, then I either have to leave it for an hour or so to cool down, or reformat the thing because the files get corrupted. At least I finally get to play Monkey Island games on my DS now though. Hopefully there's a fix coming. The place I bought it said they'd replace it straight away, so I could always try that. Rarr.

My mum's been going to chemotherapy every week again, I'm not entirely sure how long this is going to help fight off the cancer for, but I keep hoping. There's been improvements recently, so that's a good sign. We know that it's not going to help forever, but every little helps. I haven't talked to any of my friends about it, really. It seems to be one of those topics that you can't just drop onto someone you know, because what can they do? I talk to Buffy about it occasionally, and that helps. I just don't really want to talk about it to people at work. I don't know what's going to happen in the future but I'm trying my best to help out at home and stay positive.

We have some family round today, my mum's cousin and her family I think, so there's a bunch of us in the house again. Apparently we have a big chinese takeaway delivery coming this evening, which is always fun. My parents are forever buying takeaway food now, I'll never get this non-existent diet started! Oh well. Once I move into my new place I'll end up not eating much again and drop down to crazy skinny levels. Plus I'll hopefully be getting a workout from Wii sports.

No promises about when the next post is coming, but hey, it's nice to know that people you don't expect to be wondering about how you're doing, do. Thanks for the nudge, camisado!