Do you ever get bored of (board) gaming ( Read more... )

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Are sim cards supposed to be compatible between phones? I just took one out of my 5-6 year old nokia to put in someone else's old nokia (age unknown) and it has shiny bits in different places and just won't go in... haven't tried force yet. seems to be different pin locations tho. >Edit : Oh look, that's the _battery_. And the sim card is a teeny ( Read more... )

Anyone going to the grand prix Sunday ( Read more... )

So in the last month or so, LJ users shadowlands  and ironicshell  ; nearlyalegume  and directorratbag ; and my sister and her boyfriend have tied the knot.

It's been busy. I was even a bridesmaid! (wtf makeup?)

I am, however, convinced that all the relationships were right, which is the most important part of a wedding.

Also, each of the weddings appeared on the surface to go smoothly and please ( Read more... )

The QC characters have twitters now.

Convenient timing ,what with me being unemployed and seeking entertainment, but slightly disturbing.

In other news, this semester was precisely as good as last semester, but significantly more surprising, when it came to results. Hooray!

Now, for a job...

So, who else uses 80% rhubarb to 20% apple to eat from scratch?

/sigh

I had vague plans for the remaining 400ml of stewed rhubarb, and was happy enough for mjdart  to make something instead, but I didn't expect that plan to be 'stew 4 apples, mix into all but 50 ml of rhubarb, call it dessert'.

I mean, it's almost dessert...but I'd want...I dunno, pastry ( Read more... )

Slugs, vampire squid and french robots. Helloooo the Tardis-house.

I spent the first hour and a half when I got home today watching H. He wasn't right when I got in the door, and proved extremely lethargic - not even moving right when I picked him up. Not moving when I took him outside. Eventually getting up and walking inside when I took him out the front on a harness, when normally he's raring to get out there. ( Read more... )

So last night I went and saw Andre Rieu, and the complimentary tickets E picked up on her way out the night before worked fine, so we got sweet seats on the front in level two. Although for this concert they were a lot less sweet than they would be for AFL, but they were still pretty good ( Read more... )