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Things I am tired of
Aug. 31st, 2007 10:10 pmIs anyone else sick to the back teeth of Big Brother? Please will it just go away!
I'm also sick of hearing about the Snow Patrol gig in Bangor tomorrow. My younger brother is currently talking of nothing else, and neither is the radio.
I'm also sick of hearing about the Snow Patrol gig in Bangor tomorrow. My younger brother is currently talking of nothing else, and neither is the radio.
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Aug. 30th, 2007 01:23 pmWe went down to mind my aunt's house in Kilkeel while she was in Italy. It was the one week in the summer where the weather was mostly warm, which was nice as there isn't exactly much else to do in Kilkeel except go on the beach. I had brought 4 books in case of rain though. She has 2 cats, one of which is very fat. The first night I heard what I thought was a branch tapping on the window of my bedroom, then I realised there was no wind, so I got up and looked out, and there was the fat cat sitting on the sill with one paw up, tapping the window with its claws. Sadly for it I did not let it in, and I may have sort of accidently on purpose poured a glass of water on its head. I never saw an animal move so fast.
We went for walks on various parts of the beach and went down to Cranfield, where we became lost amid caravans on the worst road surface I've ever driven on, and up to the Silent Valley. Again.
We went for walks on various parts of the beach and went down to Cranfield, where we became lost amid caravans on the worst road surface I've ever driven on, and up to the Silent Valley. Again.
Help me buy a computer
Aug. 29th, 2007 09:48 pmSuppose ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elerrina_amanya and I were buying a laptop or whatever they're called these days.
[Poll #1047204]
Apparently it is possible to get student discount on a Mac. I was going to say I needed more info on Macs, but I suppose a new Windows machine would have Vista, of which I have heard little and none good. When Microsoft came up with an OS that mostly works, why can't they just stick with it?
elerrina_amanya and I were buying a laptop or whatever they're called these days. [Poll #1047204]
Apparently it is possible to get student discount on a Mac. I was going to say I needed more info on Macs, but I suppose a new Windows machine would have Vista, of which I have heard little and none good. When Microsoft came up with an OS that mostly works, why can't they just stick with it?
Link shamelessly stolen from shallnelprin:
Map of On-line Communities.
I especially like Here be Anthropomorphic Dragons and the sunken island of Usenet.
shallnelprin:Map of On-line Communities.
I especially like Here be Anthropomorphic Dragons and the sunken island of Usenet.
I always feel awkward when I'm getting my hair cut because I never know how much talking I'm meant to be doing. The young girl who washes the hairs generally starts off with 'Going anywhere tonight?' (I usually get my hair cut on Saturdays) and progresses to 'You getting away this year?'. The answer to both questions is usually 'No', after which we have to fall back on the weather and 'You want conditioner?'
The woman who does the actual cutting doesn't do the patter, and stops after 'How much do you want off?' Now it's rather restful to sit in silence while someone messes around with your hair, but I can't help feeling that perhaps I'm not doing what is expected of me. She does seem to talk to other customers, and my mother takes hours to go to the hairdresser because of the chat and gets an enormous discount, apparently on the basis of having been to the same hairdresser for thirty years. Now her hairdresser is closing, and she's going to come to mine and discover how I am the fail at hairdressing etiquette. She'll know more about the place in one haircut than I know after two years.
The woman who does the actual cutting doesn't do the patter, and stops after 'How much do you want off?' Now it's rather restful to sit in silence while someone messes around with your hair, but I can't help feeling that perhaps I'm not doing what is expected of me. She does seem to talk to other customers, and my mother takes hours to go to the hairdresser because of the chat and gets an enormous discount, apparently on the basis of having been to the same hairdresser for thirty years. Now her hairdresser is closing, and she's going to come to mine and discover how I am the fail at hairdressing etiquette. She'll know more about the place in one haircut than I know after two years.
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Aug. 21st, 2007 05:15 pmThis has been a summer with weddings. There was Jennifer's, and Andrew & Pamela's and Alex's. I didn't go to Alex's, although they wanted people to go up to the church to help with the singing. They had a marquee in their garden for the reception.
We did go to Andrew's, all of us, which was kind of odd. The reception was at the Galgorm which is a rather pretty setting with waterfalls, although it's harder to find than Corrick and involved driving through a no entry sign. The meal was good and served with almost military precision.
Oh, and the bridesmaids wore purpley red dresses, but in different styles, and Pamela's dress came from Canada so it didn't have the all-prevailing bandage bodice. It was white with silver embroidery. I never know the names for the materials, so I always end up saying 'Sort of creamy, floaty...'
We did go to Andrew's, all of us, which was kind of odd. The reception was at the Galgorm which is a rather pretty setting with waterfalls, although it's harder to find than Corrick and involved driving through a no entry sign. The meal was good and served with almost military precision.
Oh, and the bridesmaids wore purpley red dresses, but in different styles, and Pamela's dress came from Canada so it didn't have the all-prevailing bandage bodice. It was white with silver embroidery. I never know the names for the materials, so I always end up saying 'Sort of creamy, floaty...'
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Aug. 18th, 2007 09:50 pmI saw somewhere that Diana Wynne Jones had been less than approving of Harry Potter, considering that Rowling had nicked her stuff. What was it though? What I think of as DWJ's motif—related parallel/alternate worlds—is absent from Harry Potter, and Harry's magic feels different, more codified.
Perhaps DWJ was reading the Draco Trilogy by mistake? She's really got a case there.
Perhaps DWJ was reading the Draco Trilogy by mistake? She's really got a case there.
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Aug. 17th, 2007 05:09 pmOooh, look! msscribe returns!
And then real scary shit happens like some asshole starts posting my medical history and insurance info, which I did formally launch an investigation into. (Another reason I haven’t said anything) by contacting my local police department. It went nowhere. They got me information about CharlotteLennox, yep, real first and last name, and she’s lucky I’m not the crazy bitch she makes me out to be.
Scared yet, Charlotte?
LOLZ.
msscribe returns!And then real scary shit happens like some asshole starts posting my medical history and insurance info, which I did formally launch an investigation into. (Another reason I haven’t said anything) by contacting my local police department. It went nowhere. They got me information about CharlotteLennox, yep, real first and last name, and she’s lucky I’m not the crazy bitch she makes me out to be.
Scared yet, Charlotte?
LOLZ.
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Aug. 16th, 2007 10:01 pmDoes anyone else find that LJ pages ending in #cutid1 take forever to load? I have to cut it off the URL to get them to come up at all (Firefox, XP, criminally useless dialup).
How does one go about removing tar from a cat's paws? (Our road has just been sprayed and screened. Smudge's feet are now little solid lumps.)
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Aug. 10th, 2007 11:42 pmAre any of the names on the Colquhoun/Colhoun/Calhoun/Calhoon/Cahoon variation not pronounced 'Ca-hoon'?
Also, is speak-as-you-spell sending Dee-yell the way of Mackenzie? Though in a small sample size I have noticed that Dalziel seems to be the original pronunciation more often than Dalzell.
What other disconnects between spelling and speaking are there around?
Also, is speak-as-you-spell sending Dee-yell the way of Mackenzie? Though in a small sample size I have noticed that Dalziel seems to be the original pronunciation more often than Dalzell.
What other disconnects between spelling and speaking are there around?
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Jul. 30th, 2007 10:12 pmIs anyone else going about, starting to read a book, and losing interest because it isn't Harry Potter?
Also, spelling-challenged parents, I do not think that "Dolorous" was what you intended to name your baby daughter.
Also, spelling-challenged parents, I do not think that "Dolorous" was what you intended to name your baby daughter.
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Jul. 25th, 2007 09:52 pmI was walking along the street today: hole in the ground, water gushing up and streaming down the nearest four gratings, gang of workmen sunning themselves on a fag break. Digger, van: Water Service. Our Water Is Precious.
I LOL'D.
I LOL'D.
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Jul. 24th, 2007 07:51 pmI was reading something recently about the lost languages of Britain, and I was interested by the Romance language that Latin-as-spoken-by-the-British would have evolved into. What would it have ended up like if the Saxons hadn't invaded? Like French, or different? All the names would be totally different as well. It wouldn't be called England, for a start...
I wonder has another written an alternative history about this. Huh, other people consider AHs where the Confederates won, I think about languages.
x-posted tolinguphiles
I wonder has another written an alternative history about this. Huh, other people consider AHs where the Confederates won, I think about languages.
x-posted to
linguphiles