I was ever a picker-uperer of unconsidered trifles ( Read more... )

Wow! Saint Chartier was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. I spent five days and one and a half notepads making notes and I'm still not sure that anything I can write about it really does it justice. There was the ambiance; there was the atmosphere; there was the music; there was dancing in the streets; a Hippy Dream camp which ( Read more... )

I stand before you now, head held high and fully recovered from deadlines. I had a nasty relapse on Tuesday but it was soon sorted. I am pleased to say that I no longer an over-caffineated mess liable to burst into tears at the slightest provocation, and wish to appologise to everyone I phoned up and whined over this week. I'm a much saner member ( Read more... )

I have a ridiculous number of deadlines this month. I mean a ridiculous number of deadlines. And when I say this month, what I mean is this week.

I always start off with the best of intentions where deadlines are concerned. I'm always (more or less) aware of when my deadlines are, and I always start work long before the deadline is due. I make a ( Read more... )

I spent my morning stripping the kernel. Because I have the mentality of a six year old this made me giggle with great glee. In fact I enjoyed my mental images so much I phoned a couple of friends in order to spread the joy.

I was probably unlucky in the fact that the first person I called was a geek of the first order and the joke fell dead in the ( Read more... )

I got paid on Wednesday, finally. It was the first time I'd had my hot sticky mitts anywhere near lovely warm cash since the beginning of January. It went to my head a little.

My financial inflow is like a small stream which tends to run dry in summer and has never yet been known to flood enough to nurture the ground. I've learnt through bitter ( Read more... )

As some of you may or may not know, I have had a long running row with Bebo over the conditions given on their terms of service. The clause I was so furious about read like so:

[i]Bebo.com's Proprietary Rights

By submitting, posting or displaying any Materials on or through the
Bebo Service, you automatically grant to Bebo a worldwide, non-exclusive,
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So... there is obviously a sprite that looks after drunk folks... And I'll get to it an minute.

I did not have the most spectacularly cool evening recently -- in fact it was so bad I ended up spending most of it sitting in the quiet room of the club I was at, watching the worst kareoke session I have ever seen, and writing my own version of Catcher ( Read more... )

Merry, sodding Christmas. Just so you all know, I am really begining to get into the festive bloody spirit, and I am currently hiding from my entire family, in the attic with a packet of Marlboro and a bottle of gin. We already had the first festive row last night -- over Top Gear, of all things. And another one is brewing up nicely, I suspect it's ( Read more... )

Life is actually quite unfair, on Friday night I left a boozing session (with free booze) very early, in order to go to bed early and be in a fit state for work (at 5.30pm) the next day. I was tipsy, but not drunk, and sat up for a good two hours after I'd stopped drinking, knocking back iced green tea (detoxicant) and cold water (so plenty of ( Read more... )