So here's the education cutbacks our beloved Govt is saving our ' hard earned tax dollars' with ( Read more... )

I have to work today AND I'd like to attend a friend's party. So what do I do to be on-the-ball and fun to be with? Stay up past 3am reading b-s on the internet. Not even reading a book, which would be more understandable for me, especially considering my to-be-read pile.Result: zombie through my day, and mostly uncommunicative lump at party. ( Read more... )

Cleaning Poem ( Read more... )

I get a choice to either go to Tiritiri Matangi island with my parents and girl, on a guides-only day, or go to lord_reluctant's birthday do. Since I hadn't been to Tiri for over 4 years it won by a whisker. Man am I tired - pre-6am wake up, long drive, bumpy crossing the channel, hiking for hours then room packed full of people at lunch. Fantastic post-lunch ( Read more... )

Who's coming to Topp Twins doco with me? (6:45, wed, Victoria)

Great party and ta to all that came. I find I have a bit of a mission to get out of 'get stuff done' mode, which is handy when it comes to tidying up, but un-handy in looking after my bod'. My leg has swollen considerably (prob too many toxins for compromised lymph system + way too much on-my-feet time over the last wee while.) Benefit is now I ( Read more... )

missing the moment. Again. This would have made an awesome LJ post on MAY 1ST!

Looked at the date today, decided to hum 'Solidarity' to myself, got thru a few bars and realised I was actually humming 'O Canada'.
WTF brain ?!?

Repeat: WTF brain?
Oh braaaaiiiiinnn???? Where are yooouuu?

Oh well.

Wow. All I needed (I hope) to get back on track at my job was a largish amount of 'work' work, add shifting my entire team to another part of the building, then an intense audit ( Read more... )

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1st 3 books bought with massive booktoken stash are: 'Marley & Me' John Groghan (non-fiction and the movie is based off the book), Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, Living off the smell of an oily rag revised 2008 edition (and I'm happy to lend this one ( Read more... )