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So I am about 3 pounds off losing my first stone (and I am not playing Curling). Quite suprised to have lost that much so quickly. To be completely honest, I can barely notice it, but I know its a good thing to be doing, and its more about keeping it going and trying to get to a much more sensible size. So the next time you see me, tell me I look like I have lost loads of weight, even if you can’t see it either 😉

didn’t get wet last night, mainly due to it not raining, which was nice. I finally feel like I have dried out. My laptop doesn’t quite feel the same yet, but we will have a chat about things today, see where he is coming from, what I can do to help him.

Or not 😉 Very happy to be back at work after over a week off, of course. So glad 🙂 Nah, its alright, its just I’d rather be at home than work, that is a very general state of affairs for me. Not too chaotic though, just settling back in nicely.

New countries to wave hello to are the USA and Singapore. This site is a right little globetrotter.

Well actually have been back a few days, but not been updating for a little, had friday off with S so generally we have been chilling and enjoying the very hot weather. Little walks to nice pubs, that sort of thing, very good for the mind body and soul.

Have had a visitor to the site from Costa Rica *waves*. Also some search engine went mental yesterday looking through the site. Was coming about every half hour

So in summary, course was very useful, definitely got a lot out of it. Will be interested to see when I get chance to use it, but I know I will at some stage

In a post 9-11 world, there is much around us that has changed. We read stories of incredible possible attacks, whole cultures are oppressed, war has been fought against our wills. And yet I feel that possibly the most incideous change that has taken place has been the collapse of the television advertising market, to the extent that the majority of the adverts we now see are for loans, insurance, and worse of all, mobile phone ringtones. If you want a job voicing over a mobile phone ad, it is a legal requirement that you should have a voice that makes children cry, heckles raise, dogs bark, cats caterwall. In esscence, a voice that not even a mother could love. I yearn for major companies to invest in advertising again.

Have got a connection in the hotel room, so hopefully will be posting the past two days up soon. Course is going fine, am starting to learn how to create stuff in Lotus Notes. I am starting to think I can now.

Sort of holed up in a hotel room tonight, will get to go out on the town the next couple of nights, so its not as sad as it might seem. Bit tired tonight, have been lost in London twice in two days. Which is a total record for me.

It is coming to the end of Big Brother. I really wasn’t going to watch this one, which would have been a shame, as it has been the best one every. Just evil and nasty in a very hilarious way.

So I am writing this whilst rattling along the M40 on the Oxford Tube bus. I bloody love technology! Travelling into London to do my course. Feel a little weird because this is going to be the longest I have been away from S since before we were married I think. We’ll survive, but I’d just far rather be with her than not, which to my mind is a very good thing to think.

All exciting because I am staying in a new hotel in London, around the Barbican area. Don’t know that bit of London that well, but I’m sure I will learn it all soon enough. Just stopped at Hillingdon if you want to keep track of things.

Ooohh, in the past day or so we had a vistor to the site from Costa Rica *waves*. Been a little while since we had a new country to add to the list.

Spent some of yesterday downloading bad ringtones for my phone. I think the worst one was “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath, poor production quality frankly. I might well go with “Da Funk” by Daft Punk as my tone of choice for now.

Few hours later, set up in my hotel room, watching boxing and relaxing. Going to have myself a very sensible nights sleep, so I am bright and bushy for my course tomorrow. Makes a change that. Going to learn how to design lotus notes stuff. I think it shouldn’t be too tought with a bit of luck.

Need to have a rethink this week about the writing. Have stalled on the current project for a couple of weeks, I suspect because it just isn’t a great idea. I think I need to note down some new ideas for stories, plot them out a bit more this time, then do my character studies, and take it from there. I liked some of the characters I wrote before, but the idea was a bit weak.

So off to london I go on Sunday. I may have broadband in my hotel room, depends how much it cost to use it as to whether this gets updated next week. We shall see…

Feeling completely and utterly friday today, in my minds eye I am already sat in a wine bar sipping chilled wine. Not that many hours til I am.

Strange long week, I don’t think I am used to a five day week, think I’ve had a couple of short weeks lately. Ah well no work next week other than course.

Given the manhunt controversy in the papers, I’d like to see everyone who claims that video games cause violent thoughts and behaviour rounded up and beheaded.

At the moment I am listening to a playlist on my mp3 player of about 2000 songs shuffled up. Its great, but it can catch you quite unawares when you have had two Fall tracks in a row, and all of a sudden a disco classic kicks in.

Did actually mow the lawn, which suprised even myself frankly. And repotted two cactii, so they have more room to grow. My garden looks bad, but my cactii are cool.

Have lost a very small amount of weight (pound or two at the moment). I have changed my eating habits somewhat, and started walking back from work most days. Shame not too in this lovely weather. I am determined to keep it up, but I am coming to the evil but inevitable conclusion that I need to do something else in the way of exercise as well. Actually, after fighting the garden last night (it was somewhat overgrown) I do think that gardening is no bad thing, but I need something a bit more than that. I may have to look at my bike at long long last.

And then think about actually riding the bloody thing.

Got some cheap geektoys yesterday. Bluetooth dongle (easy at the back there) so I can link my phone to my laptop and swap stuff. Have thus been downloading lousy midi versions of songs to annoy people. Doing well so far, have Blue Monday and Rappers Delight, plus awful versions of Back in Black and the theme from Mash. Must see if I can find a program to create midi from mp3.

Also got a cd player for S which is missing several vital pieces, and thus far my communications with the company I bought it from have involved them reading my e-mail, picking out a random word, and answering something to do with that word, rather than actually reading the e-mail. I love that.

Have full intent to cut the lawn tonight. Re-potted a cactus last night (I live life on the edge).

Have just seen this, its a redesign of the Nintendo DS Looks bloody lovely frankly. And it will have a new PSO game on it. And they are doing a new PSO game for probably all the consoles 🙂 These are all very good things

Avebury was great. I don’t know how many times I’ve been there, probably around 8 or 9 times now. But I love it so, always chills my mind a little. Good time with my mates after too, so all in all a good weekend.

Oh, no pics though, should have taken something appropriate really.

Off to London next week on a course, need to get myself sorted out for that, plan my time. Not sure when this will get updated, but hopefully there will be a larger update of all I wrote when I get back

More coffee? Why thank you