They are remaking 'Dynasty'.

I remember watching 'Dynasty' when I was little. My mum loved the show so I was forced to watch it.

The bizzare thing is that I don't remember that much about it. I know that Alexis and Krystal had cat fights over Blake and I idolized Heather Locklear growing up. I also remember that I shipped Fallon and Jeff.

I also remember that the character of Steven was one of the first gay characters on primetime TV, but was forbidden to actually act like he was gay. I don't think they even showed a gay kiss. They did have him have relationships with women also, but I do think that he was gay but in denial rather than bisexual.

I didn't realize that the second actor to play Steven was Jack Coleman, who played Noah Bennett in 'Heroes'. And his real life wife was in 'Dallas' if I remember correctly.

So now the CW channel is remaking the show. Why? Oh yeah, anything original has been outlawed. I could understand them doing a reboot, but this just sounds like a rehash of the original.

I guess only time will tell if its any good.

The song '24 hours from Tulsa'.

I love the song '24 hours from Tulsa' by Gene Pitney. Its a classic and I've loved it forever.

It was only recently, after listening to it for the 5th millionth time (not an over exaggeration) that I realized how sad it was.

Its basically a 'Dear John' letter to the listener from the singer.

He's been away for some unknown reason, and now he's on his way home. He stops at a motel to stay for the night and then he meet's a woman and falls in love with her and realizes that he cant go home to the listener again.

Why cant people write songs that are stories any more? Some singers do write beautiful, meaningful songs but I dont think enough do.

Thats why I love classic songs. They are mini stories that pull you in and make you feel some thing.

I once had a birthday party at Wimpy.

I don't remember how old I was at the time. I do remember that I was in primary school.

I went to Wimpy in Newcastle to have a birthday party. It was the height of coolness in the 80's.

My best friend at the time (until she moved away) had her birthday party there a few months before so my mum decided she'd do the same for me.

I remember wearing a hat with 'birthday girl' written on and I remember running around and dancing.

I know that I don't like beef burgers and I never have liked them, so why I ended up having a birthday party at a burger place I don't know.

I think my friends brother got sick because I remember her mum running around in a panic. I've asked my mum and she cant remember. She did tell me that the toilets were broken that day and we had to trek to the other end of Newcastle for a toilet.

Thats the kind of thing we in our family remember.

My mum also remembers that she picked a REALLY busy day and she thought that they put parties in a corner on their own, but they didn't. My friend had her party in a different Wimpys.

We dont have a Wimpy here anymore.

I just thought that I would share the tale of my party at a fast food burger joint. I dont think I had another party after that. I think that says a lot.

'Casualty' last night (March 4th) SPOILERS.

Last night's episode of 'Casualty' really broke my heart. And not only because it portrayed the bed shortages faced in the NHS by having an elderly, dementia suffering woman who needed a hip operation having to wait in a corridor because there wasn't a bed for her.

The main reason for my heartbreak was the David and Ollie storyline.

Nurse David suffers from bipolar and has reduced his medication because he was tired of feeling nothing. His son, Ollie, knew that his dad was getting ill and vowed to look after him, and, as much as David wanted Ollie to stay, he called his ex wife, who is in spain, and told her to have her sister pick Ollie up so that he can go to spain.

He didn't want his son to have to be his carer. He put Ollie's happiness before his own.

The scene where David and Ollie was emotional. It really was sad. David promised that next time Ollie saw him he'd be OK again, but then later he flushed his meds down the toilet, so we know that Its gonna be a long, hard road for David.

The only other times that I've felt as emotional as last night by 'Casualty' was when Dylan was (falsely) accused of making a pass at Seb and Ethan revealing to Cal (just moments after their mother died) that he had Huntington's. The saddest part of that story was that Ethan had told their mum as she was dying the life that he was gonna have with a woman that he had just met: marriage, kids and then realizing that none of that would happen. He would get sick. It was truly haunting.

I hope that the bipolar storyline and the character of David (who I adore. He is on the list of my fave ever characters) will make people more aware of the condition and understand it better.

'Casualty' Spring trailer. SPOILERS.

I have just watched the trailer for spring in 'Casualty' and it teases which character is gonna die.

SPOILERS

Lily. No. I want her and Iain to get together. I don't want her to be killed. I like Lily. Why did it have to be Lily and not Louise or Alicia? (who I dont like much) and what about Iain? He likes Lily and she is independant and not clingy, unlike Rita was.

Hopefully the trailer will be a red herring and it wont actually be Lily who dies. As long as its not Dylan, Ethan, Iain, Jez, Max or David (I would be sad to lose Cal too, even though I dont like him much sometimes) I will be ok .

Just please let Lily and Iain get together.

Friday afternoons are fun.

The milkman (yes, we still have one) comes for payment on a Friday afternoon. This is fun for my mum. Why? Well, every one leaves the money with my mum.

The woman across the street goes to a book club on a friday. She and my mum are friends so my mum takes her money and milk.

The couple next door work so my mum does the same for them.

And the old man next door goes to his daughters to babysit on a Friday, so my mum does the same for him and the guy upstairs is at work so my mum does that for him too.

Fridays are chaos. On the Morning we have people knocking with money and then on the afternoons knocking for their milk. Its fun though.

Its nice though that we live in a street where people help each other and there's a sense of community. A lot of places dont have that. A lot of people dont know their neighbours and I think that is sad.

Sex education in all UK schools.

I've seen on the news tonight that every school in the UK will have to teach sex education to children from the age of 4.

I am a little torn on this subject. On one hand, I think that children need to be children and making them grow up too fast is kind of stealing their childhood. I think 4 is too young.

On the other hand, I think that its good that children are learning about relationships and consent and, in this day and age, children are exposed to a lot more risks now than what we used to be when we were kids.

I just hope that the education is adequate and that it saves children from falling victim to predators. Abuse is something that affects lives forever.