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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Not going smoothly
So, the media server died. Well, it’s not dead. At 10 years old the Athlon XP’s power supply started to fail. I have a faint feeling it may have failed before, but this time I wandered into the Laundry room / Store, and went ‘gosh, it smells of hot components’. Having checked over the motherboard*…
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The good, the bad and the otherstuff
So, good news first, eh? I am going to go and spend the afternoon doing data collection. Yay. Err, or something. No, seriously, I thought that retrieving the data for the study was going to spiral into this infinite nightmare, but actually? It’s going okay. I need to go in today for a few hours…
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36 hour long days are not good
So, the single night shift is a rarity for me. Indeed, that I should never have single nights was my only request to the shift-roster-person at work. However, she apologised to me a couple of weeks back for these two weeks in which I’m on-and-off nights more frequently than a…. uh, can’t think of anything…
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And she writes
A joke that only makes sense in my head. Anyhow, today the package came from Cathedral Pens containing (I hoped) the bits I would need to fix the Platignum fountain pen. Having cleaned it and straightened its nib, all that was left was to change the ink sac, a remarkably simple affair. But before we…
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Change of plans
I was going to be good. I really was. After my one-off night shift (the worst kind of night shift) I was going to go and extract data from notes. That was the plan (batman). However… it turns out that the person who I spoke to before who said ‘same day, possibly’ was talking out…
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So, this present…
So, ages ago I had this idea for a present. I was so pleased with myself, it was simple, funny, clever… Granted I may be biased. Only it’s not proven to be so simple. Apart from the many parts that make it up and my general bare adequacy in the [redacted] crafting department, it’s quite…
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Day off. Actual day off.
Well, this is unexpected. I’d given myself a notional ‘day off’, not at work, not needing to do my essay… But I thought I’d check and see if I’ve got any feedback. I’ve not. I mean, there’s plenty that I could/should/would be doing. But I’ve submitted the essay for feedback, and I’ve got the list…
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Yes, I have been startlingly quiet
And no, I’ve not just been watching Castle, although that has occupied a fair bit of time. I have actually either been at work, at work on nights, or working on my dissertation. I have, however, come off nights today, which means I’m allowed a whole day of sloth. Or ‘other activities’. Which include: –…
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I have seen the light
So I’ve been looking for an anglepoise for my desk. Yes, yes, Emma, Bankers Lamp. I know :) I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for anglepoisen, my dad’s one adorns our bedroom despite being somewhat battered (and I think it’s a knock-off, original to the 1960s though). Anyhow, I started off planning…
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Oh ah. (Dullness ahead)
So, I’ve been working on my dissertation this morning, and will be back to it shortly for another couple of hours. I guess I’ve really got a bit over a month left, and then it’ll be submitted. I’m terrified. So, in the name of distraction, this is what’s going on elsewhere. I got my motorbike…