Househunting I am trying to buy a house. Yes, I am perhaps a bit foolish, but I've finally got to the stage where I can afford somewhere I would (vaguely) want to live. I have enough savings for the deposit. And I think that house prices aren't going to crash, which is a great shame. First place I saw last night was pretty good, actually - enough space, goodish location, relatively nice kitchen/bathroom and the place seemed to be sturdy enough. According to the guy showing us around, "the neighbours are quiet, the guy next door is pretty quiet - although actually he's dead now." Watching Team America: World Police - not enough (good) jokes. Reading The Girl Who Played Go (Shan Sa) was interesting but ultimately felt very cold. I'm not sure if it's an artifact of the translation or of the original, but I found it hard to care about the characters and never really felt involved in their story. The narrative tone always felt emotionless and a depressing ending made it a bit unsatisfying. Ratings for these are, as ever, here...