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The Journal of Entorien Scriber.
A man is no more than the sum of his dreams, his desires, and his fears.
I've reached my weight goal on the Wii Fit! That means I've lost 6lbs!
Watching QI series E on Exploring. They introduced the only animal known to Moonwalk, the Manakin Bird! I have seen this before on The Life Of Birds, but somehow being on QI made it hysterically funny!
The QI clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_oUJAh
... and a music video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkSxRRxv
The QI clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_oUJAh
... and a music video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkSxRRxv
Oh. My. God!
Cannot squee enough! That was just astoundingly excellent!
( Cut for spoilers, squees and the occasional tiny rant. )
Right, I'm done sqeeing and ranting. All in all, I bloody loved it! Now to settle down and wait for Christmas!
Cannot squee enough! That was just astoundingly excellent!
( Cut for spoilers, squees and the occasional tiny rant. )
Right, I'm done sqeeing and ranting. All in all, I bloody loved it! Now to settle down and wait for Christmas!
Several poeple just posted this on Twitter and I felt I just had to share!
http://megpickard.tumblr.com/post/23429
http://megpickard.tumblr.com/post/23429
I have finished Kelvin's scarf at last! It's much narrower than a real Doctor Who scarf, Kelvin asked for it that way. We'll measure it later and I'll see if I can get him to pose for a picture.
Now I can concentrate on my own scarf, which is much wider and will take a lot longer.
As for today, I have some clearing up to do and I'm helping a friend to train her Collie dog this evening. He's only about eight months old and is having trouble with his recall. It really takes two people to train him to return without running off, so I've offered to help. I'll be starting at about five and we'll see how well he does. He's a smart dog, so it should go well.
Now I can concentrate on my own scarf, which is much wider and will take a lot longer.
As for today, I have some clearing up to do and I'm helping a friend to train her Collie dog this evening. He's only about eight months old and is having trouble with his recall. It really takes two people to train him to return without running off, so I've offered to help. I'll be starting at about five and we'll see how well he does. He's a smart dog, so it should go well.
Finished Life In Cold Blood and heard the tale of Lonesome George, the last of his kind. Sometimes I wonder if the Human race really is a virus, scouring the earth of all life one species at a time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geochelone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geochelone
Have had a cold these past few days, so have been wrapped up warm at home watching my huge collection of David Attenborough DVDs. I've watched Life in the Freezer, Life of Birds, Life in the Undergrowth and have just started Life in Cold Blood. An overdose of Sir Attenborough, perhaps?
I have an RPG game to run this evening, which I should be okay for providing the players don't cause too much trouble!
The cold has had one interesting side effect, Kelvin's Doctor Who scarf he asked me to make is only a couple of feet from completion. I'll see if I can get a photo when it's done. Now, back to sorting out tonight's RPG.
EDIT - We're a player down this evening. That means my problem player will have a better chance of causing havoc. Kelvin's going to help me keep him in check. Hope it works. *Crosses fingers*
I have an RPG game to run this evening, which I should be okay for providing the players don't cause too much trouble!
The cold has had one interesting side effect, Kelvin's Doctor Who scarf he asked me to make is only a couple of feet from completion. I'll see if I can get a photo when it's done. Now, back to sorting out tonight's RPG.
EDIT - We're a player down this evening. That means my problem player will have a better chance of causing havoc. Kelvin's going to help me keep him in check. Hope it works. *Crosses fingers*
I am drinking apple and clementine juice which I made myself! My Mum gave me a juicer that she no longer uses. I got a bundle of fruit from Tesco earlier today and have just been experimenting.
Not a bad result, not great, but not a disaster either. I did sieve the juice afterward, just to get rid of the last little bit of pulp, but it is drinkable.
I also have a honeydew melon and a pineapple, so there will be more alchemical experimentation later.
:-)
EDIT: Got bored and put some of everything in. Half a small pineapple, half a honeydew melon, two apples and two clementines. Very messy, but very nice!
Not a bad result, not great, but not a disaster either. I did sieve the juice afterward, just to get rid of the last little bit of pulp, but it is drinkable.
I also have a honeydew melon and a pineapple, so there will be more alchemical experimentation later.
:-)
EDIT: Got bored and put some of everything in. Half a small pineapple, half a honeydew melon, two apples and two clementines. Very messy, but very nice!
As of yesterday, I am no longer seeing a psychiatrist. He thinks I am ready to handle things on my own, now that I have been given a new outlook and new ways of handling my problems.
So I'll be seeing how things go for the next few weeks, hopefully I won't start falling apart. I will admit I do feel less depressed these days, so a change has occurred.
Watch this space foe updates.
So I'll be seeing how things go for the next few weeks, hopefully I won't start falling apart. I will admit I do feel less depressed these days, so a change has occurred.
Watch this space foe updates.
For some time now I've been hunting for a nice set of traditional teacups, curve-sided ones with that delacate look from before my time.
I couldn't find a single one! The very few teacups I did find came without saucers because they're the huge modern type you can put a whole tin of soup in, either that or they were plain white, hotel-style.
Today I was scouring Westbourne during my lunch break, finding nothing. I was in a hardware shop that had a few bits of crockery when one of the other customers suddenly told me that he had some teacups I could have. I was very careful, asked the shopkeeper if she knew the guy. Apparently he's a regular. He only lived around the corner, and the house was crawling with builders so we were never alone. He gave me a big box full of teacups, saucers, plates, ceramic trays and even a little milk jug, all for free because he just plain didn't want them. They must have been in a cupboard or the loft for years, they were as dusty and grimy as hell.
One dollop of elbow grease and fairy-liquid later...
I couldn't find a single one! The very few teacups I did find came without saucers because they're the huge modern type you can put a whole tin of soup in, either that or they were plain white, hotel-style.
Today I was scouring Westbourne during my lunch break, finding nothing. I was in a hardware shop that had a few bits of crockery when one of the other customers suddenly told me that he had some teacups I could have. I was very careful, asked the shopkeeper if she knew the guy. Apparently he's a regular. He only lived around the corner, and the house was crawling with builders so we were never alone. He gave me a big box full of teacups, saucers, plates, ceramic trays and even a little milk jug, all for free because he just plain didn't want them. They must have been in a cupboard or the loft for years, they were as dusty and grimy as hell.
One dollop of elbow grease and fairy-liquid later...
There are two Phones 4 U adverts on the telly at the moment, pimping a service you can get if you have a big bundle of friends, saying that people who do the activities in these adverts are friendless and useless.
I don't know about you, but I would be friends with these people!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz315IiC
And the one I love best...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCnWIzAp
I don't know about you, but I would be friends with these people!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz315IiC
And the one I love best...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCnWIzAp
Does anyone have, or know where I could get, the animated icon I've seen involving tea? It flicks between text and pictures of tea, and goes something like this:
Feeling a bit down?
Tea.
Close relative just died?
Tea.
Co-ordinated terrorist attack on the transport system, bring the city to a grinding halt?
Tea, dammit!
It's so damn British that I'd love to get hold of it, but now I can't find the dratted thing, much less find out who made it! I would dearly love to shake that person's hand.
As for what I'm drinking at this very moment...
Tea.
Feeling a bit down?
Tea.
Close relative just died?
Tea.
Co-ordinated terrorist attack on the transport system, bring the city to a grinding halt?
Tea, dammit!
It's so damn British that I'd love to get hold of it, but now I can't find the dratted thing, much less find out who made it! I would dearly love to shake that person's hand.
As for what I'm drinking at this very moment...
Tea.
Jan Moir. She works for the Daily Mail, and Twitter is up in arms over her recent article on the death of Stephen Gately.
I myself was saddened to hear the news, as celebrities go, I was quite fond of him.
Now I am so angry I can barely type.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic
I also found this response from the Guardian, it made me feel somewhat better.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis
I myself was saddened to hear the news, as celebrities go, I was quite fond of him.
Now I am so angry I can barely type.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic
I also found this response from the Guardian, it made me feel somewhat better.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis
I'm fairly new to Twitter and have just had a baptism of fire on Trending! It's a simple thing, just pop a # mark and topic anywhere in the body of your post, and anyone clicking on that toping will be able to read all posts that carry that mark, no matter who they're by.
So, Stephen Fry posted about a party at 'Frys', with the topic of '#frys' on the end of the post. I got interested and clicked. It turned out to be a little like an internet rpg of sorts, with people serving drinks, finding food and even asking the way to the loo! Stephen Fry himself was posting, of course, and people were generally having a good time. There was even a band, posting links to free music online!
This was Saturday night... there are still people at #Frys today, and someone with time on their hands has even come up with a floor plan of the place! It's out of control geekery at its best!
The internet is a strange place indeed...
(Extra points for anyone who recognises the reference in the post subject!)
;-p
So, Stephen Fry posted about a party at 'Frys', with the topic of '#frys' on the end of the post. I got interested and clicked. It turned out to be a little like an internet rpg of sorts, with people serving drinks, finding food and even asking the way to the loo! Stephen Fry himself was posting, of course, and people were generally having a good time. There was even a band, posting links to free music online!
This was Saturday night... there are still people at #Frys today, and someone with time on their hands has even come up with a floor plan of the place! It's out of control geekery at its best!
The internet is a strange place indeed...
(Extra points for anyone who recognises the reference in the post subject!)
;-p
I've gone through my LJ and altered my friends list. If I've de-friended anyone it's not because I don't like you, it's simply because I'm trying to cut down the length of my friends page! It had gotten to be so long that reading it was a chore rather than an enjoyment.