Okay, first and foremost I want to apologise to everybody for being absent for ages, and being completely antisocial and not talking to anyone ... I'm truly sorry, and I don't mean to ignore anyone.

Secondly, the reason for this, and the bad news (for me, anyway) is that this is not likely to change, owing to my triple-damned EXAMS. May is the cursed month. My last exam is on the 30th, and if the past week is anything to go by, I'm not going to enjoy it.

This isn't meant to be a moan-post, and I apologise for it coming across as such. All I wanted to say was sorry for not talking to everyone, and that if you've anything you want me to read, or if you're feeling incredibly charitable and lovely, and want to point me towards something that'll cheer me up, could you send me a heads-up? Because I've absolutely no energy left to go looking. And during the week, I've barely time to turn on the computer.

In short, I'm going to be a very *dim* presence for the next month. Forgive me. 

 Just a quick apology to all. I've been gone far longer than I had anticipated. I had planned to be back a week ago, sit down, read a little, maybe write. Then this honking great pile of work happened, and I haven't been able to get a thought in edgeways, let alone sit down for a while. So if I've missed something important, or failed to respond to anything, I apologise. I can see I've got some catching up to do. ;)