My new obsession is...

Trivial Pursuit! Over the last two days, Boyfriend and I have played 7 and a half games. The biggest surprise so far is that I have beaten him on two occasions! This is impressive because:

• he retains more pointless trivia than pretty much anyone I've ever met -- games are generally punctuated by my yelling "How do you KNOW that?" at regular intervals.
• for the first 5 games we were using an original Genus Edition set from 1984. He may have been in his late teens/early twenties in the 80s, but I was only 2. That I beat him using a set containing questions so completely out of my frame of reference is something I am extremely proud of. Far too proud actually. Sorry.

All of the above prompted me to actually buy an up-to-date Trivial Pursuit set yesterday, thereby giving myself a fighting chance of getting more questions right and beating his sorry ass into submission. It didn't work. He beat me both times (and a half -- he was 4 pies up on my paltry 2). But I will succeed! I will!

All of the above means that I haven't actually managed to finish either Gifted or Victorian People yet, but I'm still aiming for the end of the week. Tonight sees another distraction in the shape of the yearly St Giles Fair, so I shall be off eating dubious hot dogs and screaming on the waltzers for the evening. Huzzah!

Also: Get Me! I'm now on BritLitBlogs! Woo! (Thanks Mark)