“SMALL CHILD WAS UPSET AND REQUESTED HUGS!
WHY WAS SMALL CHILD UPSET!?
WAS IT YOU WHO UPSET SMALL CHILD!?!?
WHY HAVE YOU UPSET MY SMALL FRIEND!?
DO YOU WISH TO DIE!?
IS THAT WHY YOU HAVE UPSET HER!?
I WILL DRINK YOUR ORGANS FOR DOING THIS!“
Mostly lemon based
Kate's somewhat eclectic journal
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- 'n I don't mind paying them
- *grump*
- …add me to the me either list….
- 1300
- 2013
- 2015
- a frequent misconception
- acorn
- Acorn Posse
- actually fucking exhausted
- afp
- ah the happy whistle of the 1200 baud modem
- all I need is compound interest
- all of them
- all the time
- also fucked up
- also slightly odd
- also wanted to _be_ her
- although an even more accurate statement is I was not previously owned by a cat
- although I'm thinking birthday unending.
- although it wasn't the worst house we looked at
- although it's not actually a chrysler
- although the alien-b one has perhaps the worst video I've seen for a song for a long time
- although the quality's fucking awful on our telly
- although traditionally in my friend group toast is also required for best performance when installing software or hardware
- amazon suckage
- ancient computers
- And 56K modems were fast!
- and a little hole in the wall
- And all these people thought cake was real.
- and cryogenics
- and days
- and dismount the soapbox
- and eating
- and frankly fuck labour too
- and honey==good for colds
- and how can we stop them
- and I can be pretty damn lazy
- and I don't really like wearing clothes anyway
- and I had a great holiday
- and I never thought it was that much fun
- and i really hate stopping in the middle of a book
- And I'm post nightshifts goddamnit
- and i'm studiously failing to stick to it
- And I've no idea what I called my poor battered Dell laptop
- And in Britain we're still running the same trains as were out when my morris minor was built
- and in multiple languages
- And it's the damn car I've wanted for years
- and less sofa
- and more enthusiasm
- and more intelligent
- and my old PC (long gone) was 'Bursar'
- And our fastest passenger jet also came out that same year
- and perception of the world is largely what we make it
- And pixies
- And scandalous
- and screw anyone who says otherwise
- and shelter
- and the blinkenlights
- and the liberal demoncrats
- And then someone pointed this out
- and they were playing a 1960s BBC session
- and time
- and we love it
- And while I was writing this I got the mail saying she still had my size in stock
- AndStopWithFucingUsAround
- angst
- anyone else remember leaping up to flick the channel selector to get it back in tune
- apparently
- Apparently 'text-decoration: blink' is right out too
- ArchaicTechnology
- arseholes of the world
- as I say at work
- as is adulting
- as is sleeping
- ashamed of britain
- asks if you wants
- at least most of the time
- at least that's my excuse
- at the most exciting bit
- at work
- audiophiles
- austin
- austin amy america
- backhanded compliments
- bad friends
- bad geek
- BBC Micro FTW
- beautiful
- because frankly it is one
- because it was a long time ago
- because it'll be fucking awesome
- because laundry
- because obviously it's all real…
- because she was so cool
- being ruined by that moffat pillock
- benedict cumberbatch is clearly an arsehole
- bingewatching
- bit steep
- Bloody UKIP
- bloodytechnology cheapcrapbeingcrap
- BMC
- brains are funny things
- British childhood was f'kin' scary
- broken things are broken
- but at least you wouldn't have long to think about it
- but I never watched it long enough
- but I'm less fucked up and less lazy now :)
- but it is pretty dodge
- but it worked out fine
- but it's ours
- but obviously the minor is better
- but the plants
- But then he was always a rebel
- but then I love vinyl
- but then it just crashes
- but then that's normal
- but there's more
- But they don't have hard discs
- butbooks
- car
- ccde
- chicago
- cinema women
- classic car
- comedy and music
- commands
- computer geekery
- computing
- cos its dirty grey communist concrete y'see
- course back then all this was fields
- crafty
- creativity
- crosspost
- croudsource healthcare ftw
- cute but insane
- damn ethics
- damn lies
- damn other people
- depending on the moment
- designfail
- Did I mention fuck the conservatives
- did I mention I hate hayfever?
- disappointed
- disappointed in the UK
- DIWhy
- diy
- do doo do doooo
- Doctor who
- DRM is evil
- Either that or I'm just weird
- epub
- even if it's only a little plan
- evil swines
- except that its bloody cold without them
- exhausted
- extechnical-writer pain
- faceless old woman who secretely lives in your home for mayor
- fail
- fails
- fancy a job?
- ffs
- food
- food production
- for a moment
- for a while I just thought nobody loved me
- framework
- freudian slip there…
- fundrasing for timetravel
- gah
- garden
- gardening
- gardening with enthusiasm
- geek
- general crazyness
- getting in the way
- gnu terry pratchett
- go stick your head in a pig
- goddamnit clothes
- good design saves lives
- goodbye NHS
- got the morbs
- growing
- grumble
- grumble grumble
- hackery
- Hahahaha
- hate them all
- health
- heeeeeelp me
- hell yes
- help me obi wan tumblr
- her serious writing is awesome too
- heteropriviledge
- hey mould
- historical women
- homan square
- hoping that I've not just painted our walls with mould
- house
- houses are hard
- housetribulations
- how do people people
- how very dare they
- hypercritical
- I admit it I'm weak
- I also need to watch this again
- I always feel pixies will help with computers when its going like this.
- I always feel so bad but they look so interesting
- I am concerned when we move to the states the container of music we send will cause sea level rise
- I appear to have misplaced all the words.
- I Could Just Murder A Tea
- I could relax in the garden
- I expect that'd help
- I had got myself all geared up for a super dull car
- I hate my brain
- I have got so much vinyl recently
- I imagine that'll go well
- I imagine you are too
- I just need two of me
- I kind of wish the board had been dead so that it got replaced.
- I love it when a plan comes together
- I may have gone too far
- i mean i have tea
- i mean they are historical artefacts that've fallen back in time through a wormhole
- i mean who needs clothes
- I never named the BBC Master or Micro
- I quite like first gent tho
- I really hope we can pull this off
- I really wish she'd write a book about it
- I remember when all this was fields
- I should scan them so others can make them into new pads
- i still swear that cat was insane
- I suddenly need to redesign the entire bathroom
- I suppose.
- I swear that's what they said at nurse school
- I would entirely watch all of those alternative queer movies.
- I would watch the hell out of them.
- I'd use the graphical filer
- I'd've been well off in 1945
- I'll have to play love shack if I buy one
- I'm allowed to eat whatever shit I want
- I'm quite fond of breathing
- I'mNotPaidEnoughForThisShit
- I'm vacillating between yes and no
- I've no idea why
- I've not baked any bread tho
- icq
- ideal starter home
- idiots
- IdontThinkTheyGetTechnology
- If I'd not been allergic to the country I'd happily live there.
- if I'd not had two cups today I'd have another…just 'cos coffee
- if the NMC are watching
- important though
- in fact it looks like most western government policies are covered.
- in the local language
- in the middle of the film
- in the rain
- in the sense of it's the start of a home.
- incidentally thanks go to David Cameron for my nth successive year of paycuts
- include
- insanity will rule
- instead of clothes
- instead of competence
- internalised transphobia
- is the world getting more scary or is it me?
- is this me getting old?
- it is a dangerous path
- it used to be 'Bijou Cinema' but it got upgraded
- It would be utterly hilarious
- it'd be cruel to send them back
- it'd save some painting
- it's ace
- it's also the size of a behamouth
- it's fun
- it's lighter than my first portable computer though
- it's post nights so I'm allowed to be flaky
- it's totally not the booze thinking
- it's weird to look at modern cars
- it's yummy too
- itputsthelotioninthebasket
- itputsthelotiononitsskin
- its only a small roof in the hole
- joy of nursing
- joyofnursing
- joys of night shifts
- joys of nursing
- just a little
- just a little work
- just don't tell the nhs you're american
- just incredible
- just please
- just wait until we build our own place
- kids in the hall
- kinda rambled there
- laptop
- lgbtq
- lies
- like when I was listening to digital radio via my squeezebox on the bush valve radio
- Linux
- linux expo
- lucas prince of darkness
- lying little turds
- mad landlords
- Mainly 'broken'.
- matriline
- may be a bit sleep deprived
- may be slightly misjudging that
- may the ray cats keep us safe
- maybe it got better later
- mechanisation
- media server
- michael gove
- mind that might be quite handy
- mmm coffee
- Mnyum
- modern food is terrible
- modern world
- More crashing on a spare bed.
- moronmoments
- music
- music should be loud
- my condolences
- My dad used to mix curry powder into the tomato sauce
- my god the revelations.
- my mother had a wild life
- my mum has some hilarious stories
- My sense memory for these sounds is so
- my whole life I've been angsting over this
- my wife doesn't know either…
- nanowrimo
- network
- networking
- never mind
- nightshift
- nightsshit
- NLCEX
- no really
- no really I love working nights
- not just a bit
- not necessarily a good plan
- not that I don't love it
- note to self
- now have to spend another night trying to book the damn flights
- Now I have the answer
- Now I'll go and watch some of ace to make things better
- obviously
- obviously that's not my professional advice
- oh look another reason to leave
- oh the cable joy
- oh yeah
- old car parts
- Old Site
- only funnier
- oooh
- or at least blurry and green.
- or even if you step it up and require a hob-nob.
- or just sell copies of them on post-it notes
- or lavender
- or maybe a kind of toothpaste
- or not
- or possibly Pro-Death
- or some other spacial anomaly…
- or the middle ages if you see our spice cupboard
- or they'll come make you love Norway
- Or Waland. Seems more apt.
- or weird /and/ tired
- orphan black
- OrphanBlackHasRuinedPrettyMuchAllOtherTelevision
- our perhaps paper for visiting dignitaries
- p'raps I should finish it
- pain of humanity
- pallets
- pen thieves
- perfect
- perhaps I should mention the heist on other social media too
- perhaps it's a dance
- pittsburgh
- plants
- Please don't be dead
- please let Dr Who be demoffated
- pointless soldering
- police brutality
- politics
- positivity outweighing competence
- Pshhhkkkkkkrrrrkakingkakingkakingtshchchchchchchchcch*ding*ding*ding*
- pumpkin
- really a lot
- really damn loud
- really I should go find another Colourstar
- ReallyWishTheWorldWouldBeABitNicer
- recycling
- relaxing
- remote health tourism ftw
- renovation
- right now
- right that's out of my system now
- Right!
- RISC OS
- RiscPC
- Saw that coming
- schools
- scribbles
- scrivener
- seconded
- seriouslyAmazon WTF
- shades is rocking the gyproc
- She's been dead over 130 years…
- Since it turns out that you have a similar level of luck with it as you do with cheap shite
- sleep is for the weak
- so it should all be okay
- so strong.
- so that was fun
- So uh
- sometimes
- sometimes (frequently) I don't wear matching underwear
- sometimes I think I should live in a tent with no electronics
- Sometimes I'm forced to consider the possibility that I'm lazy
- sometimes the world is a deeply depressing place
- sometimes the world sucks
- Sorry
- specialists
- spectacularly
- Squeezebox
- statistics
- Still it'll teach you not to buy expensive hardware
- Still so long as it's not as bad as me getting into Canada
- story
- student life
- sucking
- SysAdmin
- t'ain't pretty but it's a pretty good hospital
- tatiana maslany
- taxes are unfun
- tech
- tedious mysoginist
- tedious winter virii
- thankfully I'm not famous
- thanks brain this is such fun
- that is how I visited Canada the first time
- that may not have been the best decision
- that moment when you just know you need tea and a chocolate digestive
- that needed a small crane to lift it and came with a donkey and trap to transport it…
- that was pretty damn cool
- that worked well
- That would be fucking-A
- that's actually a pretty good product idea
- that's an approximation
- that's definitely a possibility
- that's enough day now
- The displacement caused by building a special music-shipping-boat large enough for my collection may cause norfolk to drown
- The entire purpose of money is for good food
- The great queer film collection
- the laptop is 'ShinySmall'
- the latter's a bit of a pain to say
- the media server is 'Electric Cinema'
- The paint looked okay though
- the RiscPC is 'Amnesia'
- then it'd look bloody amazing
- Then sometimes I realise it's no mere possibility
- then sometimes I remember how much I like my electronics
- ThereIsOneProblemThough
- these are important questions
- these people terrify me too
- they clearly want to be with us
- They seemed to think I wouldn't leave
- they shall rot in an electronic hell
- they want to come home with me.
- they're way to complicated
- this is all less fun than I remember
- This is both fascinating and cool
- this time we will have an adventure
- though I grant I was pretty damn lazy
- time for sleep
- time off is for the weak
- to which I replied: So is money and you won't be getting any of mine
- together
- tory boy
- trans
- transgender
- transition day
- transport evolved
- truth
- try it
- tumblr discoveries
- ubuntu
- uh so err yes
- uk election
- unlike my school teachers
- upcycling
- us justice system
- us news
- very loud
- victorian slang ftw
- video
- vintage computing
- vinyl
- viri are the worst
- visa USA
- we call it a marriage anyway
- we didn't rent that one
- we have a plan
- we loved the blinkenlights
- we'll just fill or shipping container with it
- well crashes more quickly
- well obviously.
- Well slightly less spy thriller
- Whatever you prefer
- when asking people if they've been vaccinated or are pro-disease
- when I'm grown up I'm not going to work nights
- when Palin said 'Drill baby drill' is this what she was referring to?
- which adds a creepy dimention to CPR training
- which is why the US needs more snarky British nurses
- which it turns out is that QC at Apple had gone to ratshit when your computer was built
- who are these rightwing nutcases
- who largely thought I was useless and lazy
- why brain why
- why can't mine look like that?
- Why can’t people just let other people people.
- windows
- wine
- with the water running off the car and into my eyes
- women being awesome
- wonder if I could get it to do the prep work
- world news
- writing
- wtf
- xkcd is in my head
- Yay it's Christmas
- yes
- yes it is
- you don't want to wake me up before a night shift
- you know the real reason I'm moving to the US
- you must
- You must save her!
- you wouldn't like me very much
- your computer has restarted because of a problem