I got some nice CDs from Sweden... and the delay was Customs. Which is fine, but they really suck at repacking things. They suck real bad. Also - what you don't see on Border Security is a bloke making concerned noises at the x-ray image and shaking his head about it not being right, and all the time opening the suspicious package... that really is CDs.

I also got a tonne of CDs locally. Then an email from Slappa that some nice CD storage is on sale. So that's handy.

Heaps of books. This is what happens when I get an email saying 30% off and free postage.  read more »

I saw a movie the other day with open captions. Those are like high quality subtitles, I guess. Like the ones I added to 23, for deaf people. I picked a good movie to check that out with - Predators. Everyone just imagine what the subtitles for aliens look like. I now have an extra funny thing to imagine. Like sock puppets to make everything funny, deaf people subtitles are real good to add to your moods.

Had Japanese food again - I really like miso glaze.  read more »

Okay. I just survived 5 internetless days, then caught up, and last couple of days we've been seeing speeds bottoming at 24kbps. Yay.

Things that have happened over the last couple of weeks include:  read more »

At work we had a bad-busy stretch, and I am sharing a desk and phone with a woman on the edge. We had a day where her one genuine laugh (that I witnessed) seemed to be after she said that she didn't know where her time had gone. I explained that losing time is one of the signs of alien abduction.

Later in the week I could smell sausage rolls - but other people could not. That led me to wonder whether I was having a stroke, because that could be one of the signs. There really were sausage rolls though.  read more »

I almost fell asleep during this month's drip. I still think that 'infusion' is something too herbal tea to apply to me. Tired beyond words. Don't think I mentioned that the last drip I read some of my file... didn't get back to the really juicy bits from years ago.

I'm thinking about aiming for a hospital swap, to somewhere closer to work. It's a long time until my next neurologist appointment, so let's see if I can remember until then. In the meantime I have signed up to various studies, just for fun.  read more »

I am loving Wednesday without work.

Today I asked a barman to 'surprise me' and he coped very badly with the concept. Eventually I got a nice french lager... and that's all I know about it.

Then I had a good steak upstairs. Good but not awesome. The wine was a nice cab merlot. The Mitre fills up with wankers real quick at lunch time, which was annoying.  read more »

I've just dropped to a four day work week, with Wednesdays off. Mostly triggered by being ill, but I think it's good for other reasons. When I was looking for work, four days was an option. And now I have better pay... I get a four day week while earning pre-redundified income.

I now wonder what the OT, who told me not to make quick decisions, will think.  read more »