Yep, I've now been cigarette free for over 42 days. I know I'm doing it the easy way, with NRT patches, but soon I'll be stepping down on them, before having to do without the crutch altogether ( Read more... )

Hallelujah - the plumber has fixed my boiler! So, I am now warm and clean once more ( Read more... )

This weekend has been distinctly unpleasant. It all started well on Friday night, having picked up a couple of trashy videos ("Cradle 2 The Grave" - don't bother!, and "The Bone Collector" - well, I *am* a very big fan of Ms Jolie ( Read more... )

Right, I'm resigned to updating my journal as I now officially cannot complete my tasks for the day due to the photocopier's version of PMT ( Read more... )

When I woke up this morning, I thought for a little while that I'd had a power cut and my clock was wrong. It turned out that no, the clock was correct and I did indeed have to get up, but was horribly disoriented by how dark it was. Admittedly, the sun has been shining all day once it crept over the horizon, but I now find I cannot wait for the ( Read more... )

The office door has a white cross painted on it, and some people are being walled up in the meeting rooms. Contamination rate is high. People dropping like flies ( Read more... )

yep, indeed - it's sort of official
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Stop press is now that I am committed (no, I really have heard all the jokes) to seeing "House of 1000 Corpses" tomorrow night - for those of you that haven't heard of it, it's a teen slasher flick by Rob Zombie. It did show (and got favourable reviews) at the Horror Film Festival in London recently ( Read more... )

Why can't I get anyone to come and fix my computer? Well, ok, I give you the fact that I'm in Wales, so it may be a distance for some to travel, but actually I'm beginning to think it would be quicker to call and ask them to come (and travel by public transport even) than for our local IT helpdesk people to sort this out. I can't read my emails ( Read more... )

I knew it was too good to be true. Having carefully warmed up last night for the mosh pit, I thought I was home free. How sadly mistaken I was. Now finding my neck to be rock solid and exttremely painful Still, definitely worth it. You don't find too many clubs playing the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" any more And for those of you for whom it means ( Read more... )