Harry Potter and the Evil Bloggers We're in Malta for the rest of the holidays. The highlights so far have been

#1 watching jelly-fish copulate in the Portomaso marina (this may be due to my fascination with David Attenborough's Life in the Undergrowth)

#2 smashing my dad's car's huib-cap on a protruding curb in Naxxar

#3 going to a party and realising that one of the fashion trends in Malta as 2005 comes to a close is Rasta does New Age does Yiddish gathering.

#4 meeting more people who're planning to pack their bags. The reasons? "It's too small."

#5 being attacked by several Maltese picture by-lines (see previous post). They're everywhere.

#6 reading that "on the website for the Independent City of London school for boys, a profile of (Harry Potter star) Daniel Radcliffe appears to have been posted by a fellow pupil . It includes the words "friends:none" and "the media's sucking **** **** and you still deny u like punk and wear tartan trousers." (in an article called School bullies target pupil web logs).

Highlights of 2005?

#1 the rise and rise of xenophobia. I think it's fair to say that it's fairly widespread.
#2 The Slow Exodus continues.

And a question for the bloggers: are we being read?

Happy New Year!  ¶ 1:49 AM