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So, in the last two weeks I have done very very little except for work. We've been ridiculously short staffed, combined with having a bit of an epic weekend (we took nearly 10grand, a normal weekend is about 5, maybe 6 on a really good week), which exhausted me somewhat. I have finally managed to go and buy some new work clothes though, I've got a couple of dresses (pretty!) and a new shirt, so now I at least look like a grown up some of the time.
I think I'm slowly getting ill. My chest hurts, my throat feels...hot, and last night I couldnt get warm at all. I'm ok temperature-wise tday though, so hopefully that's an improvement not a degeneration. Yes. I fully intend to spend today doing nothing, eating healthy food and just chilling out. Hopefully that'll fix me by tomorrow, when work starts again for another 10 days before holiday time. Woo.
I have been reading a lot recently - I finally spent my HMV vouchers, on several books. I got The Time Traveler's Wife, Kafka's The Trial, Big Sur by Jack Kerouac and The Rum Diary by Hunter S Thompson (I read Fear and Loathing a couple of weeks ago and loved it, so so much better than the film). So far I've only read the Time Traveler's Wife, but I'm looking forward to the others. Whilst skipping round the internet, I have also been reading a lot about various religions of the absurd and parody sorts. Started with Discordianism, and moved on to the Invisible Pink Unicorn and Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, amongst others. It's very interesting. I may post something more about it at some point.
I have also been reading Rilke's poetry, which is beautiful. I would very much like a book of it. Maybe for Christmas.
So, a week full of work and small-scale intellectualism. Oh - and ice hockey. Good game again, but one of the steelers players got knocked out cold. He was down for a very long time, it was both scary and very upsetting. He eventually left in an ambulance. It made me aware of a strange human reaction - when he went down, absolutely everyone stood up, and most people remained standing until he was in the ambulance, even though it took at least 20minutes, possibly even as long as half an hour. Even the kids stood quietly and waited. I wonder why that is.
I think I'm slowly getting ill. My chest hurts, my throat feels...hot, and last night I couldnt get warm at all. I'm ok temperature-wise tday though, so hopefully that's an improvement not a degeneration. Yes. I fully intend to spend today doing nothing, eating healthy food and just chilling out. Hopefully that'll fix me by tomorrow, when work starts again for another 10 days before holiday time. Woo.
I have been reading a lot recently - I finally spent my HMV vouchers, on several books. I got The Time Traveler's Wife, Kafka's The Trial, Big Sur by Jack Kerouac and The Rum Diary by Hunter S Thompson (I read Fear and Loathing a couple of weeks ago and loved it, so so much better than the film). So far I've only read the Time Traveler's Wife, but I'm looking forward to the others. Whilst skipping round the internet, I have also been reading a lot about various religions of the absurd and parody sorts. Started with Discordianism, and moved on to the Invisible Pink Unicorn and Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, amongst others. It's very interesting. I may post something more about it at some point.
I have also been reading Rilke's poetry, which is beautiful. I would very much like a book of it. Maybe for Christmas.
So, a week full of work and small-scale intellectualism. Oh - and ice hockey. Good game again, but one of the steelers players got knocked out cold. He was down for a very long time, it was both scary and very upsetting. He eventually left in an ambulance. It made me aware of a strange human reaction - when he went down, absolutely everyone stood up, and most people remained standing until he was in the ambulance, even though it took at least 20minutes, possibly even as long as half an hour. Even the kids stood quietly and waited. I wonder why that is.