I've been trying to justify San Francisco/Los Angeles or Osaka/Shanghai/Tokyo for 5-6 days in June, because it's only [Edit: $800], but can't quite manage it myself. 5 days?
Still, mentioning it in case someone else wants to jump on it?http://flightbookings.

Much appreciated for the comments re: last post.

Now, I've got the evening free and a sleep-in tomorrow to look forward too!
I know it's a Thursday, but anything going on?

I'm thinking movies/TV with flatmates since it's been a loong time. :D

I can't stop faffing around...

Any advice for when you're sidetracked, can't pay attention, surfing the internet instead of working, etc?
(Sidenote: I'm an honest sort of person, so this just means I stay longer to make up hours, and put less hours on my time sheet. 'Orrible).

I know part of it is that I have veeery little to do ( Read more... )

It feels kind of odd that some of my work does sometimes involve a fair amount of what others would consider 'play'. It feels ungrateful to feel grumpy, or procrastinat-y about things.

That still doesn't help when I'm sitting here thinking:
Oh great, I've still got another 7 hours of playing Dominoes today ( Read more... )

Last night there was rain and rain and rainand though I only had to walk home a wee way, it was coming down like a shower with better water pressure than some flats I've lived in, with streams and torrents of water running off the gutters and along the path and road, and my pants were rapidly sopping wet. So ( Read more... )

Albert Hofmann, RIP.
Discoverer of LSD, died 9am on Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 (whenever that was, given timezones).

He made it to 102.

So,
my room is mostly clear at the moment, and most of it in configurations that look vaguely nice to me - major accomplishment, woo!

I realise most of the time for the last few years I'm in the headspace where I forget that I've had any times in my life where I had a tidy/welcoming space, and it seems kind of alien. Context dependent learning. ( Read more... )

After admitting my l33t intarwebs stealthyness on Thursday,
I finally got rick-rolled.

*facepalm*

And...
(Cross post! I fail at information dispersal, why not put things on my journal first ( Read more... )

Oh, and by the way - I had a *fantastic* Easter weekend ( Read more... )