Well yes, there has been quite a bit this week, but this morning was the best so far.
The cats are behaving like loonies at the moment; tearing around the house and suddenly stopping to stare out of the window. One of them, I let out of the spare room window onto the extension roof. He picked his way along the line of tiles where the snow hadn't reached, jumped onto next door's extension roof and did the same. Then decided he really didn't like this stuff that was falling on him and raced back in again. Wuss!
London 2012. Do you really think it is a good idea for London? Do you really think the transport network, even an upgraded one, would cope with the volume of extra people? Do you really think that Oxford Street etc. could really cope with the massive increase in tourists? Do you really think it would be healthy _at_all_ for already over-inflated house prices in the South East? And if you live and/or work in London, could you honestly say that it would not impact your life negatively with respect to travel, shopping for basics (like food) and going out at weekends/in the evenings in time or cost terms?
London 2012. It isn't as great as all those "Back The Bid" advocates would have you believe. Just say no.
Related articles:-
- Slightly hysterical one
- General cons of hosting Olympic events
- Cost of the bid. Just the bid, not the event or any work needing to be done for the event.
- And again on cost. (from an UK Olympic team member)
- Past Olympics costs and running over budget.
Having just come out of a spending blackout period, I decided to get my hair cut as it was feeling a bit brittle at the ends. Booked in at the place close to work, I had it done yesterday lunchtime. And it cost £51 for a hair cut and a bottle of magic hair stuff that is supposed to reduce the amount of split ends etc. How? How does it cost that much? How is it fair that a man with long hair would not be charged as much as me for exactly the same hair cut (trim)? *sigh* Sometimes being a girl is really unfair instead of just being perceived that way.
Any ideas about this anyone? (Related to HSBC's web stuff if it helps.)
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I finally found some boots that a) almost met the exacting specification I had, b) actually fit me and c) didn't cost an arm and a leg. So I bought them. *smug*
Back to the office after 2 weeks out (1 on call and 1 on a course). The place is full of people. Loud people. Bah.
I'm still not getting World of Warcraft yet. I just like DAoC too much and don't want to pay two lots of subscriptions. So, rather then spend a month working on WoW charaters for free (well, OK not quite free), I don't want to be then stuck having to decide which characters to kill off, my Camelot ones or my Warcraft ones, I'd much prefer not to be faced with that decision. So, for now at least, I am staying with DAoC. (And I barely get time to play that anyway.)
I know I'm repeating myself, but...
Anyway, happy Valentine's Day.
...buy World of Warcraft. I had ordered it, but I cancelled the order a couple of weeks ago. I still like Dark Age of Camelot too much, have too little time and/or money to play anything else.
I've just been on call for a week and this week on a course. I'm excited. I don't know why, but I just am.
And in a really good mood.
And, well, er, happy. The Apocalypse must be nigh, or something.
(Saw this on LNR's LiveJournal)
"If the little things your partner does every day, the things they do *just because*, or just plain being together, mean more to you than you could possibly say, but you still like an excuse to try and show your appreciation, regardless of the fact some people think it's just following the crowd and doing what the media tell you, post this sentence in your journal."
There's a job going in the team I'm in at the moment at the BBC. I can safely say that the salary is pretty OK and the hours are good. Go here for spec.
Oh and the "shift work" mentioned appears to mean "there needs to be someone in the office between 9am(ish) and 6pm, because that's how it is. On call work is on call work; from Friday 6pm to the following Friday 10am, you're at home, dialled in and available to fix things from 6pm to 10am on weekdays and from 6pm Friday to 10am Monday. During the day in that week, your time is your own. It generally happens 1 week in 5/6 and is a great time to get stuff done at home or go see people for lunch etc.