August 2009
29 posts
“a certain queasiness over The Alps. Could be turbulence induced. Could be...”
“… that Spitify, it’s quite good actually …..”
– said My Luddite Boyfriend while under the influence of Staropramen.
“I love the smell of Toluene in the morning.”
“Too scared to go in the bathroom. There’s a spider the size of Madagascar...”
4 things Le Chef tolerates at our house
Le Chef and me.
We live in this flat together.
There are things Le Chef has to tolerate living in the flat with me.
(this list IS comprehensive)
Thing 1 Bicycles. Bicycle tools. Bicycle clothes. Bicycle shoes. Bicycle dents in the wall. Bicycle oil on the wall paper. Blood stains caused by bicycle injuries. Feeding of hypoglycemic bicyclist (who sometimes might be a bit narky).
Thing 2...
4 things I tolerate at our house
Me and Le Chef.
We live in this flat together.
There are things I have to tolerate living in the flat with him.
(this list is not comprehensive)
Thing 1 I leave room for a few minutes and return to find the programme I was pretending to watch has been switched off and we are now watching EITHER a) a Korean martial arts movie with lots of improbably prancing across rooftops, decapitations and...
“Biting hand off. Where is Le Chef?”
I heart t’internet. I have access to so many people who know so much amazing stuff. #lovesourglobalcommunity
Having to spend avo with The Evil Authority files.... →
7 things
I can reach from here. The Developers Room.
water
The official Ubuntu Book (what the ….?)
iPhone
Microsoft volume licensing folder
a coffee cup growing a strange looking organism
2 BIG widescreen monitors
a pink ethernet cable
I have an apple. I wish it was a cake. Abracadabra! Oh :( #appletocakefail
A little loop for cake and ice cream →
“Soft shell! Jacket not crab! For £30. Ka-ching!”
I think I just got called a Bicycling Anorak by my friend up North. I mean, my ex-friend from up North.
Now, where did I put that waterproof?
“I don’t read the newspapers coz they all got ugly print.”
July 2009
11 posts
“This time last year, I was here.”
– http://www.pedalplenty.com/diary/?p=582
Concerned ....
Enter stage left. Or through living room door.
Moi: Is that a Glen Campbell DVD?
Le Chef: Yes. [looking sheepish]
Moi: Why is there a Glen Campbell DVD in our house?
Le Chef: It was cheap.
Moi: Liar! I have know about your dirty secret for sometime now. You are a Glen Campbell fan.
Le Chef: No, no really. I was in Fopp. It was cheap?
Moi: [raises eyebrow]
Exits stage left. Or as far away as possible from that DVD.
A day in the life of a library: Thursday
Me: Gill Working as: Systems Librarian At: National Library of Scotland (NLS)
- Arrive at work 0800, clutching coffee. Plug iPhone in to charge. Open email
- Remember from email I have to fix the rapid timeout problem on Signet Library OPAC. Try to fix OPAC. Use iPhone as alarm clock to test length of timeout. Can’t fix it. Decide to “sit on it” for a few hours awaiting...
“I heart data. It makes me strangely happy. But I don’t heart it as much...”
7 things
7 things that I can reach from here (the sofa at 06:53):
MacAir (on my knee obviously)
£23.17
American splendor book
4 USB sticks
Guardian g2 from Monday
a PC laptop (but I wouldn’t touch that)
a shredded, washing machine washed hankie
“Whatever you’re looking for isn’t here”