I've seen the Big Queue items in the Louvre, but to be honest they didn't do that much for me. The Mona Lisa is tiny and hidden by a big scrum of people, and the Venus de Milo is okay, but crowd-ridden again ( Read more... )

Too much work, too little weekend.

But his mousiness has reminded me that I need to post more of his holiday pictures.

( Ahoy, Matey )

He would like it to be known that he had a lovely time touring Sussex and Kent, and particularly enjoyed posing for his photograph to be taken at Scotney Castle on Saturday.

( Click for his mousiness )

I discovered that my small rucksack thinks that it's a better photographer than me. I stuck the camera inside it for half an hour without putting it in its case first, so that I could have my hands free to eat something, and it decided to go through the menu system and change the white balance settings from "sunny" (a fairly accurate reflection of ( Read more... )

Today is a grey, grey day. I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. I was getting kind of used to brilliant blue skies and sunshine, but on the other hand the tree pollen may be less of an annoyance. I have definitely gone into hayfever mode for the summer, which basically means that the histamines make me groggy and it's even harder than ( Read more... )

Krycek the stuffed toy mouse would like it to be known that, after being cruelly left at home last year, he managed to successfully stow away in my baggage last weekend and live the high-life for four days in gay Paree. Look, here's a picture of him enjoying a late evening picnic at the Eiffel Tower to prove it.


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She made me go to Youtube. She did! Not fair! I had other things I should have been doing with my day ( Read more... )

GIP.


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Although, strictly speaking, I guess that "free" is overstating the case. I have, after all, just paid an extra half day for this hotel room with a wonderful scenic view of Miami International Airport. But the room is air-conditioned, has the aforementioned internet connection for my laptop to talk to, and is therefore an altogether more enticing ( Read more... )

Ack. I feel like I'm slowly unravelling as the weekend approaches, and brings with it the bliss, absolute bliss of three weeks of no work. No weekends slaving over any computer other than my own, no callouts at ungodly hours, no extra long shifts. And only 8 more hours at work to survive and then this paradise can be mine ( Read more... )