All the laughter I shared is becoming a memory
I'm lonely in Weymouth. Very lonely.

But less so thanks to acquiring the Steps double album The Last Dance in a charity shop. Lots of dance remixes, of highly varying quality, but goodness, I'd forgotten just how good this lot were. You were bang on, daweaver.

And the album-opening Overture - an orchestral medley of several Steps hits - is brilliant. And reminds me a) how good the melodies of Steps songs were, b) how different songs can sound dependent upon the arrangement. Which in this case was partly the responsibility of Pete Waterman, who co-produced with Dan Sanders and also shares an arranging credit with him, though credit for orchestration goes to Simon Hale. If Celador had called on those two in 1998, they might not have needed the Strachans... but, as we know, it is a very good thing they did.

Went into the town centre for a haircut (and spent some minutes trying to find the hairdresser - a clear sign I am unused to Weymouth, and I took that as frankly A Good Thing) and eye test, leading to the purchase of replacement glasses. Opted to go up in price range to exploit the Specsavers 2-for-1 offer that could include a pair of sunglasses - the intention now is to wear these in all environments where light levels may be high enough to be Quirks-unfriendly. Also got anti-glare lenses for the other pair (why, why, why have I not had those before?). Could have got all those at a lower price than I did, but an extra £24 (taking the total price for both pairs to £129) allowed me to pick some exceedingly shiny designs. It's not like I spend much else on the way I look...

Also popped into Weymouth's sheet music shop...

* Alisha Keys is guilty of contravening the Trades Description Act. Her Songs in A Minor aren't all in that key.
* We have another entry to the short list of Pop Songs Higher Than Wuthering Heights. And probably more if I looked at more. From Leona Lewis - Footprints In The Sand was already there, her version of A Moment Like This is as well - as written, its range is F3-A5. (...she took a simple Cowell-show final song and left it with a bigger range than Born To Try. Good heavens.) However, it's written in a slightly different key, to make the piano part less evil. The actual range as performed is E3-Ab5. Which is the same range, but looks (even) bigger.
* Found an advert for a singing teacher, as I'm terribly tempted to have a temporary teacher in Weymouth to give me something productive to do here. Go to her website. Realise it needs Javascript. Decide against it.