Kate’s allegedly a human (although increasingly right-wing bigots would say otherwise). She’s definitely not a vampire, despite what some other people claim. She’s also mostly built out of spite and overcoming oppositional-sexism, racism, and other random bullshit.
So she’s either a human or a lizard in disguise sent to destroy all of humanity.
Either way, she’s here to reassure that it’s all fine.
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I didn’t screech
No. Not a screech. Not a high-pitched scream. No, it was a startled yelp. Really. It was. Seriously. Would I let loose a high pitched scream? No, I didn’t think so. The rodent issue has reoccured. Perhaps it never went away, at any rate they’ve either found a new way in, or they never left.…
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Hard night shifts…
It’s been a difficult set of night shifts. While in many respects a really nice set of shifts (with the exception of the first day which was unutterably unpleasant); there’s been a bit too much death in the air. And I got to do that thing where I stand somewhere out on the outer rim…
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Urine Extraction
Last night was without a doubt the worst shift I’ve worked in my life. By 3am I was physically and mentally exhausted. I know I can only do ‘so much’, but truly I felt like my nursing registration was going to be whipped away from me, I barely saw patients – they’d be lucky if…
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The problem with nights
I suspect I whine about this every single time, don’t I? Every time I’m on nights, I’m struck again by the fact that although I do 7 nights, I actually spend 8 nights not with my partner – why? Well, because I have to swing my body clock around and the easiest way for me…
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Reviews, spolier free and brief…
Saawariya: This is the first time in my life I’ve seen a bollywood film on the big screen, and probably only about the third time I’ve ever watched an entire bollywood film. This is not to be damning of the genre, but simply that growing up my mum didn’t watch them, so I didn’t get…
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it’s an ambulance!
So, today I decided to scare the pants off myself; or more accurately, agreed cheerfully to scare the pants off myself. My beloved asked me a while ago if I’d mind giving a little talk at the school at which she teaches; and possibly due to a bout of clinical insanity*, I agreed and thought…
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le sigh
So, yesterday was a good day (apart from the transient death of a laptop. It seems the power connector’s gone now (in addition to the cable and the case, the screen’s occasionally flickering too. I think it might be time to take it apart); tiring but everything went remarkably well. Despite the 6 miles travelled…
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Sheer unadulterated lazyness
Okay, so shoot me. I’m taking my morning more or less, no actually I’m taking a chunk of my morning off. I may go and prod at the paint in the bathroom, I may not, I may turn on the water to the cistern, I may not. We shall see. I actually got up hugely…
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Not *exactly* an unqualified success…
But the car has gone to be fixed, the shower is entirely grouted (as are quite a few random bits outside), the sink no longer leaks and the toilet is, if not exactly complete all connected. I flushed it for the first time today and was astonished to find it worked. It also leaked in…
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Variously titled, but fundamentally the big, late update
Welcome to the combined Kate’s Life 2007 update package. This package will update your Kate’s Life Information on the following issues: – Thanksgiving – XKCD is in my head again -Â Stuff of a housey nature – Random photographics – Other sundry informatorial updates may be included. Click here to install this update So, yes, I’m…