Eva and I were discussing my weird dreams. It's strange that we're sisters but we don't share the whole vivid dreaming thing.


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Wally and I played Scrabble with a couple of friends at an ice-cream parlour today. At one time I was playing Scrabulous on Facebook a lot, so I knew all the tips and tricks that helped me win. Afterwards ( Read more... )

Waly and I have never been the sort of couple who complete each other's sentences. But lately I've been finding we make a good team in some contexts. Today in particular, I discovered it extended to instances where violence might be encouraged ( Read more... )

Ami: My instructor* showed me how to do kicks today.

Wally: *face lighting up* Cakes?!

Ami: No, not cakes. Kicks. KICKS.

Wally: Oh. I thought for once you'd be learning something constructive rather than destructive.

* My body combat instructor.

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Ami: I want to take classes in singing.

Wally: Really? Hey, that's something I might just take up with you.

Ami: Also, I want to learn rock climbing. And muay thai.

Wally: So... you can sing to people. And then beat them. On a mountain.

Wally: Do you still love me when I am grumpy ( Read more... )

Ami: You smell strange.

Wally: I put vinegar in my hair.

Ami: So that's why you smell like a salad.

(Apparently vinegar is good for reducing dandruff.)

Yesterday Wally and I met up with Kathy for dinner and a beer at Bali Lane. It was hip! But I felt painfully inadequate. I was tired and grouchy, and kept meeting people by chance. I don't know about you, but bumping into people unexpectedly when I am falling-down-tired makes me want to lie on the floor and moan. So I did. Luckily the restaurant ( Read more... )

After work the other day, Kathy and I went gallavanting off for drinks. We didn't get to have the lovely half-price martinis we'd been lusting for the entire week, instead we insulted each other, got lost and demanded FOOD! and ALCOHOL! from a confused help desk lady. I was going to blog it, but Kathy did such a marvellous job of it that I'm just ( Read more... )

Ami: What's wrong with the table lamp? It won't turn on.

Wally: I think it's a software issue.