Skylarking

Things that have amused me
An incy wincy spider has build a web between two packs of laminating pouches in the resources room

One of the people that arrived for a meeting this morning looked just like Mike from the Young Ones.

Thought of the day
Other people's salads always look nicer than your own.

The rest of the day isn't worth mentioning. I think there must be a full moon.

I was thinking last night; do you remember during the summer and instead of wearing 3 layers you could leave the house in a T shirts and flip flops? No, me either. It feels like it's been winter for ages. It feels like it's been cold for ages

Thought of the day
Why is the rambling drunken man on the bus never going on a short journey?

The one on the bus yesterday thought that the Germaine Greer was to blame for all the problems in the world.

Thing I have seen that amused me
On the way to work this morning I walked past a large teddy bear that had been propped up against a wall with a note in its paws that read, "Homeless and hungry, please help", there was actually some spare change on the floor near its feet.

Thought of the day:

Why is cous cous called cous cous and not just cous, or cous cous cous?

This weekend as gone too fast. I know I say that every Sunday evening but it really has. I have some telly watching planned for tonight - Strictly Come Daincing results show (hopefully Kenny Logan will go, he's annoying), Top Gear then Long Way Round (Ewan McGregor-y goodness). Annoyingly BBC1 has it's new costume drama on at the same time as Long Way Round so I'll have to tape that and watch it tomorrow. I like a costume drama and this one has Judi Dench in it so it's all good.

I have a gynecologist appointment on Monday and an orthodontists appointment on Tuesday so this should be an interesting week.

Thought of the day
Why is cottage cheese so called? What's cottage-y about it?

And that's it from me, nothing else to report, other than I think I'll have chips for me tea...mmmmmmm, chips...

Vampires Rock was lots of fun. The story, such as it was, was a bit dodgy and if I’d written it I would have had a different ending (Nano is eating my brain) but it was entertaining and silly and there was a lady a few rows behind me who was dressed up to look like she had a steak through her heart. Even waiting outside was amusing; there were lots of people in black standing around waiting for lots of other people in black.

I picked up the list of what is coming to the City Hall and Lord of the Dance with Michael Flattley is going to be on next year. I know it’s wrong, it’s not big and it’s not clever, but I really want to go. It will be crap and cheesy and Michael Flattley will be wearing a headband and taking himself too seriously. Plus, I like watching dancing; I was addicted to Strictly Dance Fever. It’s 30 quid though, and I’m not sure if I’d pay 30 quid to laugh at Michael Flattley. Would anyone else be interested or am I alone in my urge for bad Irish dancing?

A question. I was looking through a World Vision catalogue yesterday that has ‘alternative’ ideas for Christmas presents. What happens is you buy something, like a cow or water pump or pay for training for a teacher for people in developing countries in someone’s name and they receive a letter with a picture saying, “Hello, here is the cow/chicken/immunisation drops/etc that has been bought for the people of this African village for you”. More info here.

My question is: if you were given this as a present would you think, ‘how nice, one world one love’ or would you think, ‘that’s nice and all but I’d rather have something pretty wrapped in shiny paper’’? Be honest.

Thought of the day
Life is too short to be stoic

Word of the day
Guffaw

Thing I have learnt
Rockets used to be tested on the Isle of Wight and a British satellite called Prospero was launched into space 30 years ago and is still orbiting the planet – and it still works.

Thought of the day
Life is too short for case sensitive passwords.

I spent all day at work today waiting for people to get back to me, it was bloody frustrating and a pretty pointless way to spend eight hours. But it was helped by the fact that someone was leaving so had brought lots of cakes and crisps in so I sat eating crap while waiting for the phone to ring.

I'll have to eat my greens tomorrow to make up for it.

I can't shake this bloody cold. *cough splutter croak*

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X-Men 3 was good fun. Ian McKellen was fabulous as always and the scenes with him and Patrick Stewart were brilliant. And who knew that Kelsey Grammer could kick arse? I am so glad that I stayed until the credit ended to see the little bit afterwards; it was worth sitting in an almost empty cinema feeling like an uber-geek.

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In the ladies toilet in the cinema there was a poster encouraging women to join the Fire Service. It had a picture of a female fire fighter covered in ash with ticky boxes beside her; the ticky boxes for "Good Communicator" and "Uses Initiative" had tickys in them but a third one marked "Likes Action Movies" was blank and underneath it said, "You don't have to be a man to be a fire fighter". And I thought: You don't have to be a man to like action movies! I like action movies!
It just struck me as ironic that an advert that is supposed to be encouraging equality is actually pretty sexist.

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I pulled out the electricity cupboard yesterday – my god there was a lot of shite in there! It was as bad as the Box That Time Forgot from under my bed. Most of the bits and pieces were mementoes from when I was in America and old photographs. What I think I'll do is start a scrap booking project after I've moved. I think scrap booking is pretty trendy at the moment – according to my mum QVC has whole weeks devoted to it :P. I thought it just involved sticking a picture to a piece of paper but obviously I'm missing the point. There are different kinds of scissors and paper and stickers and glitter glue and so forth. It sounds like something I could make a mess with.

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I'm going to see the Da Vinci Code after work. I've heard mixed review for it so I'm not sure what to expect. Ultimately, anything that upsets the right-wing fundamental Christians is all right with me.

Thought of the day
If yesterday, 06.06.06, was the number of the beast does that make today, 07.06.06, the neighbour of the beast??


eta X-Men 3 spoilers in the comments.

The news is full of stories of courage in adversity, people helping the stranger next to them, walking into hospitals and offering their help, giving blood, cabbies filling their cars with stranded travellers and taking them home. And the general feeling seems to be; 'We will not be intimidated' people are going back to work and getting on with their lives.

I'm not a patriotic person really but it has made me proud to be British.

indigo_blind and I were talking about this last night. London is a city that survived the Blitz and then the IRA bombing campaign of the early 80's. We're British; we're determined, tea drinking, resourceful and slightly mad. Our cultural heritage is full of people like my great grandmother who stood in the back garden waving her fist and the German planes as they flew overhead shouting "You come down here you buggers, I'll give you what for!"

What has been proved to me is not how the world is frightened and divided by terrorism, but how unified we are and how much empathy and compassion is shared between different countries and cultures.

I suppose what we need to try and do now is convince our countries leaders about our global community.

This is brilliant
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I've just watched Top of the Pops. Oh dear. The Backstreet Boys on it and they really weren't very good (does anyone else look at their comeback and think 'Face the Music'?), neither was anyone else.

Never mind terrorism, I think crap chart music is the real threat to civilised society. :P



Thought of the day.

Life is too short to worry about getting grass stains on your jeans.

Thought of the day - Happiness is spitting cherry pips across the room.

Quote of the day - If God had meant for me to touch my toes, he would have put chocolate on the floor.