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[hellison]

In the absence of the mud yesterday evening, I managed to get quite a lot done!
Went up to the stables to see Ziggy and say hi to everyone, and discovered they're having a xmas party tomorrow night. Which should get going around the time we're all leaving the pub from the end-of-work pissup tomorrow afternoon... Could be interesting.

Came home, made food, even cleaned the kitchen (a bit) and, after dinner, decided to set up the new printer/scanner thing that came with the laptop. The *sensible* thing to do would, obviously, have been to clear the desk and set it up there. Not on the sofa 'to see if it works' first.
Still, it's a big sofa, there's room for me and it ;p
Then played with scanning a couple of photos and now need to buy paper to play with the printing, but for once I achieved technological SUCCESS without swearing, disaster, or throwing anything. Go me!
Just think tho, now I can scan all those photos (but not Those Photos) from years ago when there was No Digital! Hours of fun tormenting Thesme reminsicing lie ahead.

Also watched How To Look Good Naked. Love Gok. Why is he not my best friend and personal shopper??
'Fetch me that waist cinching belt, we're going to party!'. Must. Fight. Desire. To. Buy. Huge. Belt.

OOh also go home to find a Mysterious Package on the doorstep which, given previous experience, made me distinctly nervous, but thankfully turned out to be a present of No Horror at all - Slash's autobiography! Shall look forward to reading that over xmas. And possibly comparing with Lemmy's. I feel Lemmy may still win tho.

And then the mud came back, so all was well and I could stop doing things.

How did you spend your evening?

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[being-here.livejournal.com]

Hello! I worked late, was frog marched to the new Ikea by my boss and didn't have a panic attack (though it came close once), popped in to see L at knitting for 15 minutes, went home, had soup, wrote 50 christmas cards, realised I only had 40 addresses, panicked, emailed people wildly, got stoned, fell asleep.

I want Gok and a Huuuuuuuuuuje belt too :(

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Heh, I'm pretty sure the HUUUGE belt would not have quite the same effect on me, but I want one anyway! GOK TOLD ME TO GET IT!

Go you on the Ikea thing! We have a new on here too, they're terrifying places! I also ahte the way they make you walk the whole bloody length of the place to get anything.

Busy evening tho! hmm. Christmas cards. I should probably have done some.

[being-here.livejournal.com]

I was very brave! I did flip out on the evil escapators of doom - but there was a sheer 200foot drop on one side so I can be excused!

Today is the last day for posting - you have the best excuse ever now!

[adelpha.livejournal.com]

Ahh, you should be a rebel and walk the opposite way to the arrows!

[being-here.livejournal.com]

I did! That was the funnest bit!

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

I'm coming in to IKEA in the new year!!!!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Ooh really? when?? You could pick up your ART then too!

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

oooooooh dunno either around new year's or in mid January or summat

[hellison.livejournal.com]

hm. We should actually attempt to PLAN at time to meet up! I could PENCIL you in

hur hur hur

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

ahurhurhur let's make a DATE

[adelpha.livejournal.com]

OOh also go home to find a Mysterious Package on the doorstep which, given previous experience, made me distinctly nervous

Whatever do you mean? 0:)

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

If you torment me, I'll torment you.

Just sayin'

[adelpha.livejournal.com]

*fetches popcorn*

[gnillot.livejournal.com]

I had a nice relaxing evening of doing nothing much (TM), in this case specified as nostalgia caused by playing an old computer game with GRAPHICS and everything as the MUd was down.

Then the MUd came back up again and ruined my whole evening! Do you have any idea how much whine those bloody numberchasers can come up with when they lose 3 days worth of playing? :(

Oh, and I stayed up to 3am helping this player here, posting about that issue there, listening to whine and moan and trying to be nicely supporting back and things like that. Feel a bit tired today for some reason...

Oh well, here's to hoping most of the problems will be fixed when I get home tonight

[being-here.livejournal.com]

I lost my whole new alt! And her thigh high boots! I am most upset ;p

[gnillot.livejournal.com]

awww, bless your little otton socks. That's cute! :p

[adelpha.livejournal.com]

Do you have any idea how much whine those bloody numberchasers can come up with when they lose 3 days worth of playing? :(

Are cres allowed triggers? You could send random sympathetic noises to ranting numberchases while you concentrate on other things :)

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I saw the posts, it must have been chaos! I am so glad I retired (and am not a liaison ;p)

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

I was so tired... Watched Fraisier, fell asleep, watched Scrubs, went to the shop for crisps and chocs, watched Heston Blummenthal being insane, watched The Missionary (free with my mum's Mail on Sunday), went to bed.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Doesn't sound like a bad evening at all!

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

The Heston prog was deadly. He made a starter out of gold, frankinsense and myrrh. And a sorbet which he set on fire and it smelt of leather and pipe tobacco (!). He fed a goose pine needles and ate served the goose with some mad shit (I forget what), and then made scrambled egg ice cream from reindeer milk which was served on a mincemeat flavoured brioche with a sugary rasher of bacon. Crazy. Everyone (various slebs representing the British Isles (except Norn Iron, ha!)) loved it. Heston appeared at the end spraying snow over everyone. Mad bastard. I love him. P sits there going 'What's the point?'. I think he was perturbed by the absence of potato.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's impressively insane cooking!
But yes, naturally, any meal without potato is just a snack!
(I have an English friend who married a guy from here and is still perturbed by the varieties of potato needed to constitute a meal!)

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

My in-laws never, ever eat a dinner that doesn't have a potato somewhere on the plate - be it Italian, Chinese or... I was gonna say Indian but I think that's a bit too exotic for them.

I only had two types of spud for the last Xmas dinner I made. Last year I had three, P was really happy.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Heh I don't think my da ever voluntarily ate a meal that didn't contain some form of potato. He used to sit down at home to a big plate of curry and rice - with boiled spuds on the side.

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

Yes! Actually I did have an Indian curry (out of a jar) there once, it had roast spuds on the side.

When I worked for the Dairy Board I ate in the canteen and they looked at me a bit odd cos I didn't want mash with my lasagne. Me and my weird sassanach ways!