[grimfandango]

Jon posted the following message on the digital spy forums last night.
I assure you it is 100% genuine.


'Hello everybody!

I'm sorry that it has taken so long to pop by. Being busy is no excuse, but things are quietening down a bit now and I might even get around to opening some post and answering some e-mails soon...

My huge thanks go to everyone who has been so supportive on the DS forums. I *still* haven't watched many videos (in fact I think I'm avoiding doing it now) so it's been very helpful to read the forums and understand what what was going on from the viewers' perspective.

I've pretty much finished filming Brainiac now. I'm really looking forward to the show - it's been great fun to do and I have had the luxury of being surrounded by an excellent crew who really know what they are doing. I've only seen a couple of clips so far as most of the material is being edited together at the moment, but I can say from what I have seen that I would tune in if even if I wasn't in it!

As filming finishes, proper work is getting really busy in the run-up to the end of the year. Performance targets have to be hit and projects completed. I've been seconded to work on quite a large project for a few months now, but we're nearly finished and I am looking forward to getting back to my Data Strategy objectives. If anyone is interested, I'm going to be taking part in a graduate recruitment fair on behalf of my company, Centrica, at the NEC in Birmingham next Tuesday and Wednesday morning.

In other news, it 's Anouska's birthday party this weekend, so I'm looking forward to most of the Housemates partying together into the wee small hours for the first time in ages. It's a masked ball, so if anyone knows where I can get a Venetian-style mask in London in a hurry tomorrow, I'd be very grateful!

I'm off to Sheffield in a minute but I can't go without mentioning one of Goodfella's recent posts: Federico (not Fed, BTW) is my best friend from the House (and amongst the company that he is in, that's saying something). I've said it before: the man is a genius. His mind astoundes me and it's a pleasure to spend time in his company. We might be doing something fun on TV with another couple of Housemates soon, so check my website for details over the next couple of weeks!

Got to run, but I look forward to all the replies doubting that this is me! I'll ask Tamara to post something on the website when she comes back from dinner

All the best,

Jon ...'