A difficult few days. Brother received his third expulsion warning this academic year. Sent him to recuperate witt his guitar and books but no ipod. What is to become of him?

And the rudeness of mum's cousin is galling. More so because i've to bite my tongue when i'm around her to avoid offending her father and my mother's hospitality.

To round things off nicely, i've been accused of niceness and overt sincerity. Asked to keep my thoughts to myself. This is the one place they can't stop me from venting my spleen.