Today I have been assigned the duty of sitting at home waiting for the plumber to arrive. Which to me seemed the ideal opportunity to get on with some dissertation work - which of course I am now not doing. The fact that I *have* to stay in just makes me want to do anything but that. Whereas if it wasn't for the plumber, I'd probably be happily ( Read more... )

Isn't this icon just the cutest thing ever?! Plus, y'know, super clever and funny too :-). Yay for fandom crossovers! It was found along with much other prettiness at fairy_iconWent shopping with J. & P. today - found some jeans in the Next sale, yay! And some pretty pretty earrings in Accessorize - £4 for 3 pairs, bargain! Ooh ooh and I got the new Jasper ( Read more... )

Well, I *had* intended to go to bed after posting that last entry last night; only at that point our cat Dibble suddenly started miaowing loudly and panting and generally acting like he wasn't at all well. So Dad and I went on an exciting middle-of-the-night trip to the emergency vet! Which involved a drive of about 45 minutes and a wait of about ( Read more... )

Isn't Courfeyrac adorable? -

Par moments Courfeyrac croisait les bras, prenait un air sérieux, et disait à Marius:
- Vous vous dérangez, jeune homme!

[Sometimes Courfeyrac would fold his arms and say sternly to Marius: "You're going off the rails, young man!"]

~

- Mon cher, tu me fais l'effet pour le moment d'être situé dans la lune, royaume ( Read more... )

It. Is. Too. HOT! English summers are *not* supposed to be like this.

At least I get to wear my big floppy sunhat :-). And eat ice lollies.

But still. Hrmph.

And I just downloaded the new MSN Messenger and I don't like it. The old one was prettier and less complicated, and I don't actually *want* any of the new features. So hrmph again.

This evening I saw the new POTC.

( This is what I thought. )

Until this year, I had never been in a car crash in my life. And today I've just been in my second one this year (neither of them serious, thankfully; and neither with me driving). Some idiot drove into the back of us (quite fast!) when we were stopped at a roundabout - and then didn't even say sorry and acted as if it was our fault! Eugh. Horrible ( Read more... )

I have just returned from a very pleasant week in the Isle of Man, involving much catching up with relatives and much eating of food :-).

Some interesting stuff about the island (from Wikipedia):

The Isle of Man is part of the British Isles, and lies in the Irish Sea, approximately equidistant between England, Scotland and Ireland. It is ( Read more... )

disorient, vt (literally) to turn from the east; to confuse as to direction, cause (someone) to lose their bearings; to throw out of one's reckoning. -- Also disorientate.

And even cooler - the word 'orient' comes from the Latin oriri, 'to rise' - so presumably because the sun rises in the east... :-).

Woo hooo, we have broadband! And not only that, we have broadband that actually *works*! (Which it initially did not do ( Read more... )