| PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|11:57 pm] |
WHEN IT SNOWS, THE ROADS IN LOTS OF PLACES ARE COVERED IN ICE
ICE IS VERY SLIPPERY
DRIVING ON SLIPPERY THINGS IS DANGEROUS AND PEOPLE CAN DIE
PEOPLE NEED TO DRIVE TO GET PLACES
IF PEOPLE CAN'T GET PLACES, THEY CAN'T GO TO WORK
THINGS ARE RUN BY PEOPLE WHO ARE AT WORK
THIS IS WHY WHEN IT SNOWS, NOT EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS USUAL
DEAL WITH IT. |
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| Is RudeGuy |
[Jan. 6th, 2010|11:37 am] |
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on uppers today? Suspicious departmental coworkers are suspicious, and a little scared. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 6th, 2010|11:18 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | al, snow! | ] |
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| |  *excited* | ] |
We have our first snow of the season! *excited*
Last year, we had a few days of snow that caused the school i was training in to close early on one day and not be open the next, and also meant loads of people didn't show up for a uni session the same week, even though the people who made it were those of us who had the furthest to travel. Ooh, and i had an awesome driving lesson where we induced skids and stuff so's i'd have some practice at how to react if it ever happens for real. Anyway, on one day, less than half of the people who work where Al does made it in, so yesterday someone was going round to everyone asking if they'd be prepared to walk in if it was snowing. So i was unsurprised when i looked out the window when Al left to see that it hadn't snowed. I was delighted when i looked out again a couple hours later to see snow falling and settling.
Only downside is that Al has gone to work, and i really want him to tighten my bike brakes. I'm sure i'll cope til Saturday, just with the ice and everything i'd like them a little firmer!
We have snow! and it's settled! =D |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 6th, 2010|02:36 am] |
:/
Walking home in the snow, I just found a seagull sitting in the road perfectly still. I checked to see if it was dead, but it wasn't, just sitting perfectly still. It didn't appear to be injured, although there was something that looked like vomit underneath/in front of it. It is really cold out, so I wondered if it was maybe freezing to death or something? I gently picked it up to check underneath, and it seemed unharmed, and didn't really mind being picked up - just looked around a little, so I carried it to the Lloyd Pharmacy porch and put it down there where it was sheltered from the snow. I hope I did the right thing :/ I thought about taking it home to warm it up, but I don't really know what I'm doing, and if it's got hypothermia or anything I wouldn't want to warm it up too quickly, and if it did get better and wake up properly it would probably fly about and shit on everything and I wouldn't be able to let it out of the flat.
I don't know if seagulls can even get hypothermia, but I don't know what else could be the problem. If it had been hit by a car or anything it surely would look somewhat injured, and wouldn't just be sitting calmly at the side of the road without so much as a ruffled feather?
I hope I did the right thing :/ I felt horrible leaving it there, but I couldn't think what else to do. Will see whether it's still there in the morning I suppose.
On a more pleasant note, snow-covered Aber is stunning at half 2 in the morning. I hope the snow stays overnight :)
PS anyone who feels like making suggestions regarding the seagull using terms like vermin or suggesting some unpleasant manner of death I should have given it can fuck off and die. Quite honestly, I will probably punch you in the face next time I see you if you do comment in that vein. |
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| So much frost it looks like snow! |
[Jan. 5th, 2010|11:45 am] |
Blood test results have all come back normal: good, because this means i'm not ceoliac and can still eat cake =D, bad cos now we don't know why i'm so stupidly tired! I've finally given in and accepted that i probably shouldn't be needing a nap every day, and that this has been a problem for longer than i've claimed. I suspect that it is tied in with my depression though - insomnia is beginning to return so now i don't mind being so tired cos not sleeping is a good reason :p
Boss has again not paid me on time, though i will give him til the end of tomorrow as there is some confusion as to whether we get paid on the 4th or the 6th which he so far hasn't managed to clarify. Still haven't managed to acquire a suitable replacement job (many thanks, Bob, but none of them wanted me :(), so will grit my teeth and bear it whilst keeping my eyes open.
At least it looks beautiful outside, if rather cold to be running to and from bank... |
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| Gratuitous Icon Post |
[Jan. 4th, 2010|06:23 pm] |
Because *squee* ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) haikujaguar made this just for me, as one of the top commenters on her website! And you, too, could have one of your very own - all it takes is 100 comments on her art (though you'll have to wait until she decides to do the next batch). |
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[Jan. 4th, 2010|06:21 pm] |
So... ginger_rikku 's present still hasn't arrived, but I did receive a letter from ParcelForce demanding a further payment of £15.15 for VAT and clearance fees, which I would seem to have no choice but to pay. Nothing I can do about it really, except pay the money-grabbing bastards...
F*** you, ParcelForce! And you, 2010!
In other news, I have decided to act upon advice given by arthmawr at the beginning of last year, with regard to some basic daily exercise. Specifically, doing sets of stomach crunches and push-ups every day, and increasing the number of reps every week. I have started at 5 reps. I tried 10, but the push-ups hit me harder than I expected, such is the level to which my fitness has dropped :-(
Hopefully I should improve as time goes on. |
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| Supernatural |
[Jan. 3rd, 2010|09:45 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | tv | ] |
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| |  cheerful | ] |
Have started watching Supernatural... I watched the pilot on Friday and now only have 2 episodes of season 1 left. i might be a little bit hooked, although haven't managed to get my hands on season 2 yet. I haven't been this excited by a tv show since Firefly. My only complaint is that the boys seem very determined to rescue the pretty women, but never eager to let even the most capable of them help. I can understand that the plot wouldn't support a new member of their hunting party, but it would be nice if maybe a female hunter showed up at somne point, or if a rescued pretty woman went off to become a hunter. I understand why Dean's missus, the journalist, Cassie, couldn't join them, but i'd have loved it if she could have!
It's creeping me out suitably. Can't wait for season 2! |
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| Americans |
[Jan. 3rd, 2010|07:45 pm] |
There is something I find very jarring in a lot of American writing. They do not refer to 'people' or 'humans', only 'Americans'. 'This is something that will benefit every American!' 'surely every American knows'. I don't mind it when they're referring to results of studies that only used American subjects - indeed, in that situation it is preferable to the British habit of '8 out of 10 people...' (when they mean '8 out of 10 British people, or 8 out of 10 middle class white 18-35 year olds, or similar...), but when they really do just mean 'people', or they are referring to their readers, and automatically assume they must be American (despite being published online), and despite their nationality having absolutely no bearing on the statement, it bugs me. I guess it just feels really excluding.
[standard disclaimer applies, not intended to be american-bashing, or inclusive of all american writing, blah di blah, british writers have their own faults, etc. etc. - just something I noticed that bugs me, is all] |
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| Sense memory snowflakes |
[Jan. 2nd, 2010|05:41 pm] |
It's weird how sometimes you (I?) can forget something so fundamental and iconic that it's built into every part of our media.
I saw snowflakes today for the first time since I was about 4, maybe 6 years old. I'm sure I had the opportunity between then and now, but the event never occurred.
Somehow, I had convinced myself that they were microscopic, or at least, that to be able to see the structure you'd need a microscope. I guess I thought they must be, to make the powdery snow you see on the ground, *even though I'd seen them before*. Having seen them again, I have a strong memory of catching one on a glove, and then trying to get more; I only managed to catch one or two more without them breaking, as they had a habit of splitting on impact (or maybe even in the air.)
Today, each flake is ~1-6mm in diameter, and many of them are strong enough that I can just hold out my mitten and see them cluster on it. If not unique, each is beautiful in a way that snowflake christmas decorations and cut-up pieces of paper have never, ever managed to replicate. |
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| Words |
[Jan. 2nd, 2010|04:35 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | words | ] |
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Today's new word is 'picaresque'. I like it. Gonna have to gen a picaresque charatcer next time i start a new roleplay.
Previous favourite words have included: juxtaposition, melancholy, serendipity
sadly i can't remember the others :( |
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| I'm reasonably pleased with this! |
[Jan. 1st, 2010|01:45 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | art, larp, photo | ] |
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| | Lordi - Deadite Girls Gone Wild | ] |
... Considering I only started building it this morning! :D
Although I guess I did technically start by cooking the goose on Tuesday...! |
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| Hello, next decade |
[Jan. 1st, 2010|05:26 pm] |
Occurs to me that i haven't mentioned that Al quit smoking around about his last birthday... by mistake, sort of. He had a smoke friday evening and then didn't even go to roll another 'til the monday, then realised that he'd probably started quitting as a result and hasn't had one since - which was fantastic because it meant that his family weren't smoking indoors over christmas and my lungs and skin feel so much better for it! :) Just thought i'd rub it in to anyone who's struggling to quit :p (not really, good luck with your New Year resolutions if you're making them, i'm just really proud of him!)
Had a great night of wine and wii round a friend's place. Crashed over in their spare room and chilled out all morning lazing on the sofa with their (huge) dog half lying on me. I've not had a chance to spend time with Oscar when he's calm before, and he is a lovely beast. He was moulting [sp?] everywhere but not making me sneeze which makes me like him even more ;)
Have a lovely year everyone. Good luck with all new endeavors and changes in your lives. Best wishes and love to you all X |
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[Dec. 29th, 2009|03:14 pm] |
I found my USB stick. Would have found it sooner, but for all the stuff that isn't mine that was obscuring it.
[mutter mutter grumble] |
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| Bleurgh |
[Dec. 29th, 2009|08:26 pm] |
First day back at work after Christmas today - was there bright and early, first one in this morning, as I was up early to say g'bye to family. Morning went fine, fairly busy, but okay, but then suddenly at about 12.30 I was hit with a wave of nausea that had me running to the loo. Didn't actually vomit, but sat and retched for a while, then found I was dizzy when I tried getting up. When I felt able, I got up and staggered to a chair and sat with my head between my knees for a while, but my head didn't clear, so I apologised to people, got my stuff and went home. Took a while, 'cause I was all light-headed/dizzy with intermittent waves of nausea, and feeling really weak and wobbly.
Duncan came round shortly after I got home and kept me company as I curled up on the sofa with a bucket, and I'm really glad he did - helped distract me from feeling so foul. I'm feeling a lot better now than I was, the dizziness has gone, although my head still feels a bit odd, and my tummy's just feeling unsettled rather than nauseous - I've eaten, and it's stayed down fine. Developed a headache, but it's not too bad. Hoping it'll pass by tomorrow and I'll be good for work - I feel really bad taking the first day off after Christmas, especially when Cerian's on holiday, but I really couldn't stay feeling like that.
'Twas weird, I've not known a tummy bug come on so suddenly before, and I've never had dizziness with one before. I've not had any diarrhoea or vomiting (although for a while it would have been a relief to vomit), so I don't know if it even was a tummy bug. I wasn't feeling great before the nausea, but it was pain rather than illness, and it had a clear cause (went for a walk with family yesterday, was fine at the time, but hurting a lot by night-time), so it seems unlikely to have been related. The weakness can go hand in hand with the pain sometimes, but not nausea and dizzies.
(No, it's very unlikely I'm pregnant. Implant has most of a year to go still. If the nausea happens again I'll do a test to be sure, though.)
Think I'll go to bed soon, hopefully sleep the rest of it off. |
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| Blessed are |
[Dec. 29th, 2009|09:59 am] |
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the clean of hands, for unto them shall be given baked goods. No pumpkin bread for you, RudeGuy. |
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regenerated
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headachy