I’ve been called “Ma’am”, Mrs, and Madam today. I must be starting to look old!
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Excuses, excuses
All evidence to the contrary I’m not just sitting on my arse, enjoying the last vestiges of summer, before my island is plunged into the eternal dreariness that is a British autumn and winter (I don’t mind the cold, I don’t mind it getting dark early. I don’t even mind it when it rains heavily. It’s the constant grey drizzle that gets to me).
There is a blog post coming I promise you, it’s just proving harder than usual to write. Unfortunately for you, dear readers, I have to get this post out of the way before I can go on with the show. It’s sitting there at the forefront of my mind like a giant slug on the garden path of my creativity. I HATE slugs, so I’m having to psych myself up before I can step round it. Basically, till I write this one post, nothing else of any merit is going to come out.
As an important aside here, in the Bright Meadow Household, traffic hold-ups are rated on a slightly unusual scale:
1) The Preserve.
This is a slight slow down of traffic, but nothing too bad. You’re never really stationary – it will annoy you, make you five or ten minutes late, but the world ain’t gonna stop on it’s axis.
2) The Jam.
This is your average hold-up. You’ll be stationary for up to 15 to 30 minutes, but whilst it’s a right bugger to be caught in one, you’ll forget about it as soon as you’ve got to your destination.
3) The Marmalade.
Forget all your plans for the next decade. This is the 20 mile tail-back halfway round the M25 in both directions. You’d follow the diversions sign posted but you’ll just end up in Outer Mongolia (or Lower Wallop, which is even worse). Forget about going anywhere in the BMW – it’s either set out on foot or settle down and plan to raise the family on the hard shoulder.
Why the detour into traffic reportage? My brain is in marmalade territory. Sorry. It’s the time of year unfortunately. September (and October to some extent) suck monumentally.
On top of the post-from-hell, I have two job interviews, the start of college, a chunk of freelance work I really can’t put off any longer, and my day-job to finish (and a new one to start), but when that’s all out of the way things should return to their even keel.
Or not.
Whatever happens, happy birthday Jack!
It’s my birthday and I’ll not post if I want too
Yup, it’s my birthday weekend so don’t look for any posts till Monday. My Dad is coming down for the weekend and, quite frankly, what we have planned is more fun than aggravating my RSI by blogging, so I’m going to spend the weekend away from the computer. I know! *gasp* Shock! Horror!
What is planned? Well, there will be the buying goldfish, having a nice meal, watching a movie, and going to the boat show (this will be my third year in Southampton, I should go at least once). There might also be other fun and exciting things happening – I wouldn’t know, I haven’t done them yet.
If you are in need of blogging brilliance, check out these bad boys.
And the picture is what greeted me when I opened the fridge door this evening when I came home and wanted some milk for a cup of tea. Moose assures me that it isn’t my birthday cake but I don’t have a post graduate degree for nothing you know. I have my suspicions…
Have fun without me and when I speak to you again I shall be… older. Ugh. 😉
Tree Frog
Originally uploaded by LasVegasDanielle.
For the Crazy Canalman, who rung me on his way home this evening to announce he wanted a Tree Frog.
Well, who wouldn’t?
Code…
Because someone asked – the code you need to make a picture a link:
<a href=”http://9rules.com” title=”I like reading 9rules”> <img src=”URL OF YOUR PICTURE.jpg” alt=”” /> </a>
Tell Someone You Care
Grief should be private, so go away please.
But continuing a tradition go and tell someone you love them.
You never know how long you’ve got on this Earth and you can’t assume other people will automatically know how you feel. Let people know you care about them be they friends, family, or lovers.
Take this time to step away from your computer screen, give someone a hug, and live life. That’s how you honour the dead.
Sunday Roast: happiness isn’t happiness till you have a violin playing goat
I was told off in no uncertain terms just now for being late with the Sunday Roast. What can I say? Charmed just seemed good to me this afternoon 😉
Lelia asks that we amuse her. So go on, come up with some captions for those pictures…
The divine Nanette is doing amazing volunteer work with School on Wheels. It sounds like a brilliant idea to help homeless children get an education. If you are So.Cal based, think about it.
Job interviews suck. Yes, yes they do. From experience they are where the wheels tend to come off the wagon for me. I’ve managed to land an interview in a few weeks time (not an exciting job, but hey – it’s money!) because the person short listing for another job liked my application so much she thought I would be perfect for this other job. Not the job I applied for, but that’s hardly surprising considering I very cheekily applied for something I completely lack the experience for (if you don’t ask you don’t get). Anyway, I don’t hold out any hope of getting the job mainly because I interview badly. Old speech impediments kick in, as do nervous behaviours. I’m too honest. I’m too screwball! So yes, how do I get a job without interviewing for it, because if I have to interview I’m gonna be a temp for a looooooooong time!
Britain’s human history has been revealed. Please note however that just because there’s no evidence it does not mean people definitely weren’t around during those blank spots. As my Human Origins professor used to say constantly “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence”. I do love the idea though of Britain being the edge of the universe 😀
And I thought I took ergonomics quite far… My brain just can’t work out how the hell this keyboard works! Sure looks fun however.
Here’s a handy tip you might not have been aware of (Mac users only I’m afraid) – Pressing Apple+Control+D over any word in a cocoa application pops up the dictionary/thesaurus. Handy.
The Wiki Wired experiment was a success. As opposed to the catastrophic LA Times Wikitorial that kicked off in the middle of my thesis. Not the best example of wiki use I’ve ever had to quote!
A Sudanese man has been forced to marry a goat.
And further goat-related madness, in what has to be the best excuse for speeding ever, a Swiss man caught speeding in Canada blames the lack of goats on the roads. They may not have goats, but they do have moose, and they’d make a hell of a lot more damage to your car if you hit one!
And to close with a picture this week, you should always let sleeping cats lie.