Well, that was an interesting day ( Read more... )

This post will come a bit out of the blue, given that I never update, but my hysterectomy (sub-total with conservation of ovaries) has been moved forward to 20 April. That's right, next Thursday ( Read more... )

OK, I thought I would try to do the '10 things' meme, just for the hell of it. Ten things that I've done that I don't think anyone on my friends list has:

1. Appeared on Magpie after winning a national poetry competition ( Read more... )

If someone posts to their LJ saying 'Let's not talk about politics any more! Let's not argue! Look, here's a pretty picture of a kitten to cheer you up!', chances are they voted for Bush (or would have done, in the case of non-USAians).

Oh dear, is your conscience troubling you? So it fucking should.

I was dreaming that Kerry won the election and that John Peel was still alive.

And then I woke up.

At 5am. So I'm feeling pretty woozy at the moment.

Right then: first bets on which country Bush invades next. Iran? Syria? Cuba? France?

Well, the TESOL course was full up, so I'm going with Plan B: updating my webskills in order to get a job designing. mistdog gave me a link to the excellent A List Apart site, but this means that I have spent the last two days just hopping from link to link learning more and more about CSS, and not actually doing any at all. None. I feel like I can't try ( Read more... )

I have a load of archives written to CD on a Mac using the ISO9660 standard, but with settings 'allow Macintosh names' and 'use Apple extensions'. Does this mean that they are completely unreadable on any PC, even a modern whizzy one? Moving over to PC is an option, probably better than sticking with Mac as mine is the only one in the building, but ( Read more... )

I haven't put any actual news on this thing for a LONG time, because my life is dull and repetitive and heading down the pan. Which is why Dave and I have come to the conclusion that we HAVE to move to France, and soon. If we don't, we will both vegetate into morons in the next few years ( Read more... )

An excellent lunch - leftovers from last night's meal (well, I cooked an extra portion). It's currently my favourite easy pasta dish:

Pasta and chick peas with lemon and olivesFor 2 portions ( Read more... )

I always think of myself as not much of a music person, in that I don't listen to much of my own volition. But I turned the TV on last night to the middle of Phil Jupitas's Top of the Pops choices, and caught the magnificent Maggie May by Rod Stewart. And I've been singing it in my head all day and it's made me feel really happy! I must work out an ( Read more... )