Yesterday I constructed an MFI desk, successfully. For the first 2 hours me, the power-screwdriver and the (partially incorrect) assembly diagram were having lots of fun - it was like a giant 3D jigsaw puzzle I thought! - then I realised that not only was one of the first pieces upside-down, but it was crucial that it be the right way up. I had to ( Read more... )

I've been having a lot of weird dreams lately, I think it's got something to do with increasing the dose of my correct-sleep-pattern-aiding medication. This is last night's weirdness, as much as I remember it, with an attempt at using a dream-interpretation book at the end, because that's always fun.
( dolphins and buses and spray-paint oh my! )

Two updates in two days? what is the world coming to ( Read more... )

I had an eventful morning, as mornings go. This is longer than I intended but it was very dramatic (for all parties involved) and I wanted to do it justice...

( Cut for photos. Warning: includes scenes of mild peril )

This whole PhD application process is just depressing.

For example, I go to all the trouble of finding one that I'm not only interested in and qualified for, but which I could also most likely cope with health-wise, and then it gets taken down before I can even apply.

There are other examples but it's probably best to keep the defeatism to a

I really need to un-learn my procrastination habits. Starting now by not continuing this post and instead reading the paper on replication origins I've been avoiding all day ( Read more... )

Anyone who has seen the Hitchcock film The Birds would understand why I'm getting irrationally anxious now. I have never seen this many big(ish) birds in the garden before ( Read more... )

What. The. Hell. The robin is stuck in the garden shed again. That's the fourth time this week! I really hope it isn't sneaking in on purpose to get at the bird food because it's learnt that we'll let it out again eventually.. because it's starting to get annoying ( Read more... )

I love Wednesdays ( Read more... )

I really dislike tidying up (or disrupting my paper-pile filing system as I prefer to think of it). I also dislike dusting. I'm now finding myself facing both at the same time... This could take hours! *sob ( Read more... )