Top Ten Plans For 2006

1) see a live football match
2) go to at least 10 gigs
3) have a holiday abroad
4) celebrate my 21st in style! (please god)
5) get a proper job
6) pay off debts
7) try and visit family and friends at least once a month
8) discover at least 3 new bands (or at least bands ive never heard of)
9) stay with jon (if this list was in order, this would be number one, obviously :0)
10) have new hairstyle and colour

Best Wishes For The New Year All!!

Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all have a good one :)

Love,

A Spoon x

Law requires bathrooms for transvestites

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - For most people, it's an easy choice: men's room or women's. A Brazilian city is trying to create an alternative for those who don't fit easily into either category.

A bill passed by the Nova Iguacu city council Tuesday would require night clubs, shopping malls, movie theaters and large restaurants to provide a third type of bathroom for transvestites. The city's mayor will decide whether to make it a law.

"A lot of lawmakers didn't want to deal with this issue, but it's a serious problem in society," said city Councilman Carlos Eduardo Moreira, who sponsored the bill. "It's a way to put an end to prejudice."

Moreira said he got the idea when dozens of transvestites showed up recently for a samba show.

"It was a real problem. The women didn't feel comfortable having them in the ladies' room, and the men didn't want them in their bathroom either," he said.

Moreira said there are nearly 28,000 transvestites in Nova Iguacu, a city of about 800,000 on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

The issue has divided gay groups. Some feared it could segregate gays, while others said it addressed a real problem in the gay community.

"We see it as a way to open a discussion about civil rights," said Eugenio Ibiapino dos Santos, a founder of the Pink Triangle Association, a gay group in Nova Iguacu.

Business owners were less open to the idea.
"Raising awareness about transsexuals is, in truth, a factor that needs to be addressed," said

Aluzio Borges Ferreira, executive director of the Nova Iguacu Chamber of Shop Owners. But he said the law would burden already overtaxed businesses.

Brazil is generally more tolerant of homosexuality than other Latin American countries, but discrimination still exists.

Personal Post

as i havnt done one of these for a while, and y'all keep asking about me, thought i better update y'all on whats going on at the mo. if you're not interested, then by all means - read no further! :)

im still living on the wirral with jon, things still going great there. i still only work at the local off license, having no luck with customer services jobs as yet, but fingers crossed!

went back to the midlands for a visit at the weekend. introduced jon to my family. fairly sure they liked him - they asked us to stop for tea and agreed to have us back again next weekend.

am now back at home, trying to fill time while jon is at work (mwa ha ha!). apologies from both of us for lack of posting, but t'internet is refusing to work on more occasions than usual.

well, thats it (huge sigh of relief from everyone who could be bothered to read this far).

hope you are all well :)

Police stop toddler for driving toy car

A two-year-old boy has been pulled over by police while driving his toy car.

Oliver Smith was driving his toy car at 2mph on the pavement when he was pulled over by a policeman reports the Mirror.

Oliver's grandad Derek was warned by the policeman that the boy could be charged for having no tax or MoT certificate.

Oliver's father Richard from Leyland Lancs said: "My dad thought it a was joke at first - he was expecting Jeremy Beadle to turn up. The officer said the buggy could damage a parked car. He gave a warning and drove off.

"I think it's utterly ridiculous. It's the funniest thing I have heard in my life because you can actually walk faster than these things. This one has a top speed of 2.5mph.

"All the shops selling them should have signs to say you need driving documents to use them in a public place. Because of their size, you can't just use them in a garden."

Lancashire Police said: "We cannot comment on the individual case but a child's toy car that can only travel 2-3mph does not come under motor vehicle legislation. Having said that, we would always advise children not to play near to the highway.

"The ideal place for toys is in a driveway, supervised by a responsible adult."