Ah, the cycle has begun again after the annual round of festivities. Christmas and New Year were fairly "standard issue". Family Christmas that involved lots of eating and sleeping and watching of rubbish television. New Year at Mike's house where I drank too much and spent the entire of the next day recovering. Just for the record, I'm never ( Read more... )

I'm a bit drunk, so typing has become a chore. Back from the pub, where we toasted many an absent friend - jonazrael will be pleased to know he was remembered, but honestly I'm too far gone to do proper LJ links ( Read more... )

Lifted from the LJ of happy_daiz

( In which I try not to answer 'Lisa' to every question! )

I think the weather is starting to affect my mood - it shouldn't and I try to fight against it most of the time, but today the cold and ice and fog is simply too much "dismal" to oppose ( Read more... )

I'll tell you where it goes. In fact, I'll go one better - I'll *show* you where it goes...

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If I was at all interested in the game of cricket, and the English national team in particular, then I would be both appalled and embarassed. Fortunately for me, I'm not. :D Just please, noone mention cricket near my Dad for the next year ( Read more... )

Software seems to be falling apart around me today, so I'm not sure that when I click "update" I'm not going to crash the entire of LJ. But it'll be fun finding out, right? :P ( Read more... )

Note to self: don't schedule trips to London on days when England are playing Rugby in Twickenham! Train journeys there and back were evil - train literally crammed with people, excessive heat and people smell, and no personal space to speak of. Ugh! And on the way home, a guy passed out on the train, so there was much panic and calling for ' ( Read more... )

Life's not really fair, is it? I've been incredibly busy the last three days - yesterday I was the last person in the office in the evening, and today I only took half my lunchbreak, *and* I skipped the free doughnut half hour and the trip to the pub at lunch. Basically I seem to have been landed responsible for all the tasks that have to be ( Read more... )

Right, so the last month of the year is shaping up to be one of the busiest. I seem to be keeping Sundays free, but Saturdays have become pretty much booked solid. So let's see ( Read more... )