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Monday, 1 December 2008 13:09
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Greetings from. My place of employment. Yes, now I can access the Internet with my phone, you'll probably have to suffer millions of random updates from various places until I get used to it! Sorry about that, but I can't help myself! So here I am on my lunch break at work. It's a bit of a busy day, so the break is very appreciated. Being the first of December, we've put up the Christmas tree, I decorated it, and I think it looks pretty awesome, despite one of my colleagues putting it down. She says it's tacky and she's surprised we don't have a professional do it, but that I've done the best I could with the materials available. Humph. Looks as good as our tree at home usually does, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Luckily, I think she's (mostly) joking, so I'll let her off! Plus, to be fair, she's not exactly wrong! But hey, I had fun and I reckon it looks alright.

It's ridiculously cold today, and for some reason the radiator in the break room isn't working, so it's freezing in here. I'm huddled over a little electric heater, shivering! Anyway, not long left on my break now, so I reckon I'll check my e-mail and read some fanfic (cus I I can) and then get back to work.
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Had a few drinks. Feeling a bit happier not, I guess (oh, btw. you are half way through my Christmas commentary!) But entering the maudlin stage.
prepare4trouble: (edgar)
It's Christmas and I'm bored. Really, really, going out of my mind with nothing to do bored.
Problem - no one is around. No one comes online at this time anyway, because in America people are either still in bed or just waking up. A few English people, sure. But not many. Now though, almost no one at all. I wonder if they are all having a fun Christmas or are as bored as me!
I'm not trying to be all Ba Humbug. I like Christmas, really, I do. I just don't think we should be obligated to do the family thing all day. Yes sure, open prezzies, have dinner (tho the overly decorated table seems a bit overkill...) and stuff like that. But it's the in-between bits that get to me. I'm online, and this is the first year I've been able to do that. Everyone else is pretending to be happily helping with making the Christmas dinner. Come on! No one likes cooking! And earlier my sister and dad played Yatzee (however you spell it) it just seems so damn fake. We're not like this!
Maybe I'm just being a misery head, but I can't get into it. What I really want to do is go up to my room and work on a story. But then they'll *know* I'm being a misery head. It's a real dilemma.

Ah, sorry for the ranting ramble. Please ignore it. I expect I'll feel better tomorrow!

247 hours...

Rambling...

Monday, 20 December 2004 03:57
prepare4trouble: (edgar)
Hey, look. I'm online at a really stupid time again. That makes a change.
The grups have gone down to Hoddesdon for the night, so me and Jennie have the house to ourselves. So I don't have to worry about them turning up and telling me the time. Which my dad tends to do when I'm either up to late or lying in too long.
Giving in to the urge to actually do something for a change, I made a new signature pic for the message boards. Like?



It took me all of five minutes, all I did was add a bit of text to a picture. But I'm using it as my sig on the scifi.com message boards so as not to piss of the Sheppard fans too much. After all, I said I'd get rid of the anti-Shep one when the argument ended. It ended a while ago, though it did flare up again tonight! Put it as my sig on the David Hewlett board too.

Here's some big news - I didn't watch Nothing today! That’s the first time in a few days. Although I did put the DVD in and play the song on the credits a few million times. It is quite addictive. I wish I could get it not on the DVD.

Soooooo, gonna have to buy some christmas prezzies sometime I guess. Afterall, it's only a few days now, and I've got nowt for my mum, my sister, my brother or my friends. Only my dad so far. I suck at buying prezzies. For other people anyway. I have no problem buying them for myself - I know what I will like!

My neck really hurts, I can't make my chin touch my chest. I hope it's just from sitting funny and not meningitis or something. Maybe I should stay up in case I feel worse, or something. Probably just from sitting funny. And staying up will make me feel crappy, which will only re-enforce the idea that I'm ill. Think I'm becoming a hypochondriac? I hope not, that would suck.

So...what else to do before crimbo? Cards. Not written any cards yet. Good job I haven't got any to send to people by post, or it'd probably be too late. Well, technically I could have sent one to Klaus, Phillipa and Diana, but I didn't. Must E-mail them. Everyone else I can just hand deliver cards.
Also, I should totally make a chocolate log. I meant to do one last year, but I forgot. This year I will. It'll be fun. If it doesn't fall apart.
I should also try to remind my mum to make the christmas cake. She has been meaning to do it for about a month or more. Probably she'll remember though. I think
Oh, I should thank people for my birthday prezzies too, or Auntie Anne will get all pissy again. She's a bit of a misery head I think. Okay, that's a bit mean, but she's very my-dad's-side-of-the-familyish about thank you noted and prompt replies to e-mails and stuff.

Know what's going round my head?
'The universe is fine without us
We're just fine without them
So lets fly between our minds
Live in a place where we're friends...'

That song is so addictive! I really *really* wish I could get it!

That's all for now!

41 hours...

Christmas...

Thursday, 2 December 2004 19:40
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I know what I can ask for for Christmas...Nothing!
No, not actually nothing! I mean the film 'Nothing' It's apparently released on December 7th. In Canada. Not a major problem, because I've ordered stuff from the Amazon.com before, and I don't anticipate it being much different from Amazon.ca. Thing is, I hate pre-ordering stuff. What if they put the release date back? Well, it'd suck, but it'd mean I got it later, right? I hope. But maybe I should wait ‘til the 7th, then tell my mum about it after having checked that it says 'now available' That way I'll know what's going on. I'm such a control freak! Or maybe I should just order it myself. I don't know. That's what I hate about this time of year (ha! what a think to hate...getting prezzies! Yeah, hate is too strong a word!) Not being able to do what I want.
One other problem with asking for this. If I put 'Nothing' on my Christmas list, I will suffer endless 'Are you sure there isn't something you want?' jokes!
Watched Cube anyway. It rules. but then I already knew that. I hadn't seen it in 4 years though, so it was good to see it again. And David Hewlett is (of course) incredibly cute in it.

I am thinking of changing my hair style, but I can't think what to do with it! Maybe a more purple shade of purple? The one I use at the moment fades from a sort of purplish black to a sort of purplish brown after I wash it a few times. I'd like a different style, but I want one I won't have to bother about. One I can just wash and leave without bothering with all that styling nonsense. I so could not be arsed with that every day. I take long enough getting ready in a morning as it is!

121 hours, 20 mins...

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