Hrrrmm, it seems I'm not fated to sleep tonight, even though I actually went out and DID stuff for a change, rather than just sitting inside and thinking about all the stuff I needed to do, and not getting around to doing any of it. Maybe that's the problem, then? Maybe I've been overstimulated by having a semi-active day? In any case, I went to ( Read more... )

It's my birthday ( Read more... )

...so I'd feel bad about writing a new entry proper before writing replies to those. Thus go my vague and unwritten rules about LiveJournalling, anyway. Christ knows what new guilt trips Facebook has in store for me ifwhen [sigh...] I eventually concede defeat and set up a profile thingy there, n'all. Even Tom Archer's on it these days, after ( Read more... )

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SMS exchange between my holidaying mother and myself

Mum ---> me
Have just driven on route 66 and now going to vegas via mohave desert.nice and sunny.big brown mts and sparse vegetation .hope u all doing ok.x
20-08-07 16:50

me ---> MumHave just unblocked drain by front door again (wearing rubber gloves &dust mask against the foulness &stench ( Read more... )

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Working internet once more ( Read more... )

Oh, God. Let's hope this foot-and-mouth infected farm in Surrey proves to be an isolated incidence of the disease, for all the obvious reasons - animal welfare, farmers' welfare (personal and financial), rural Britain being able to operate as normal without chaos, disruption, being broadly declared a no go area, the collapse of domestic tourism &c ( Read more... )

'Cause counting yr blessings can help you to appreciate 'em ( Read more... )

Oh, I'm so dozy. I managed to extract some photos from the NuPhone and get them onto the computer not all that long after I'd got the phone (I have anxiety-related issues about getting my head around new gadgets - usually the longer I put off trying to figure them out, the more scared I get about BREAKING THEM with my BIG CLUMSY BEING, or losing ( Read more... )

It's Friday the 13th, the skies are grey and overcast, I'm off to a funeral, and I've just had to sew one of my shoes back together. I've never heard that the latter's unlucky, but it certainly hasn't made my morning any breezier. Wish me luck!