Conversation

It’s a dying art…

Heard in the town centre today

“‘ello, alright?“
“Oh, alright?
How’s you? Alright?“

Shudder

Yick, Yick, Yick. I’m sorry, but who on earth would even _want_ to have a piece of platinum inserted into their eyeball?

Looming

Thank God that this working week is nearly over. Four days off are looming in front, and the alarm is already off in anticipation of tomorrow morning.

For the first time in what seems like months (in truth it’s “only” since the 31st Jan/1st Feb) I’ve got a weekend in the house to myself. No real social events planned – I’ll be seeing friends on Friday, but it’s not a big do or anything, and is more likely to involve beer, curry, and DVDs. Which works for me.

So yes, a quiet weekend for the first time in just over two months. It’s going to be nice. I’ll probably still end up doing a fair amount of stuff, but I’m determined to not enter “running round like a mad twadge” mode. Cinema is likely to happen, as I want to see Shaun of the Dead, Monster, and (if I get the chance) 21 Grams. Passion of the Christ also appeals, although as Mike says, some people just don’t seem to get it.

Other than that, catching up on sleep, and probably doing very little geeky stuff – and that sounds like a good Easter weekend to me.

Unshocked

Following on from the post below (and I have to say, some of my regular readers are deeply sad and scary – no wonder I feel so at home here), this is hardly a surprise…

You are a GRAMMAR GOD!

If your mission in life is not already to
preserve the English tongue, it should be.
Congratulations and thank you!

How grammatically sound are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

Buzzwords

Oh dear. Someone’s just hit d4d™ following a search for productisation LAWS – which was, of course, the bullshitfest that I attended two weeks ago. D4D™ comes up 12th on the google search list. Remembering the other bullshit buzzword from the event, I checked out Polyhierachical LAWS. No.1, baby…

Now I know why I write under a pseudonym. *grin*

Gubbins

A small piece of alteration today to this page. The “Link and Think” image has finally fallen off from the right hand side (only took me five months), and the title of the page has changed, thanks to a suggestion by Lori. How long it’ll stay for, I just don’t know.

Other than that, I’m not sure what the quality of updates will be today. I’m feeling generally wiped-out – not coldy, not flu-ey (is that even a word?), more like just the crumbling edge of exhaustion. Easter weekend is looking like it may descend into a pit of sleep, which is perhaps not good as I’m also supposed to have a TMA from the Open Uni to complete. One that I haven’t even looked at yet. Ooops. There’s also a nagging problem from Monday’s networking gubbins, where the office can’t get email from the POP3 server on their hosted website, yet I can get it from work, from home, and even over the mobile. (Geek? Me?) And yes, they can get email from another POP3 server, so it’s not that the ****ing ****ing bastarding firewall‘s blocking access to Port 25 or anything like that. Despair and lack of ideas are beginning to appear on the horizons of my mind’s eye. Or something equally hippyish.

Sleepy

Have you ever been tired enough that when standing still, you actually wobble slightly, like a trapeze artist trying to maintain their balance on the wire?

Welcome to my world today.