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Not so good at this, am I?
I blame being too busy at work, and not being thrilled at the idea of going online when at home.
But at the moment, I am waiting for an email to rescue me from my current blocking situation, and don't feel like doing anything useful while I wait.
a few seconds laterMust bear in mind that if waiting for an email, starting an LJ entry is a good way ( Read more... ) -
Mayhem and destruction
So far this week, Tesla has destroyed the following:- three sticks of lipbalm
- one pen
- two bottles of contact lense solution
- one phone, Nokia E70 (my phone!!! How could she??)
- one light bulb
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Phantom smells
There are only two ways, in my opinion, that I differ from most people ( Read more... ) -
Eternally optimistic
I am almost in the middle of taking a year's retirement from the Finn-Brit Players (May 2007 - May 2008 at least, and Z. has a signed contract to wave at me if I get tempted). I was really looking forward to all the extra time I would have, to do all those things that I dreamt of doing while I was at rehearsals ( Read more... ) -
Putting lip-balm on rawhide
Literally.
Just one of things I would never have thought of doing before I got a dog.
The Dog Expert Book* recommends encouraging your dog to chew the right things by coating acceptable chew toys with something the dog really likes, like peanut butter.
Well, we haven't tried Tesla with peanut butter yet, but she does love lip-balm. She cracks ( Read more... ) -
Sick leave - bah
Not according to plan, I've been on sick leave since Tuesday. I'm trying not to think of how far behind in my work I am, and how ridiculous my estimates and commitments are going to look - yesterday was deadline day, I am the only tester on the project so I couldn't even delegate. I even left a test running on Monday evening when I left the office ( Read more... ) -
Rolling eyeballs
I'm in Copenhagen for the day, at an intensive meeting for one of the projects I'm on. I hate these one day business trips, getting up early, seeing a city through taxi windows on the way from the airport to the office, and then back again ( Read more... ) -
Oh yes, LJ
Has it really been a year? And is it really October already ( Read more... ) -
Wrist strain
200 pages read, 1030 still to go. Yep, Peter F. Hamilton book on the go, Judas Unchained. It's actually quite okay, for a bloated monstrosity, and much better than the Night's Dawn books (of which I only read The Reality Dysfunction before deciding I had had enough.) The sequel to Pandora's Star, the story is relatively gripping (and, oh joy, ( Read more... )