What I've been up to
(for the last couple of days, anyway).
The mess creative process:
The outcome (so far):
Plus I’ve got about another 40 notebooks covered that now just need to be decorated.
(for the last couple of days, anyway).
The mess creative process:
The outcome (so far):
Plus I’ve got about another 40 notebooks covered that now just need to be decorated.
I was supposed to be in Caroline Bay today with lytteltonwitch and awhina and co, but the weather has packed in again, so we decided this morning to postpone the expedition, probably until Tuesday. So instead I spent the morning reading the new Terry Pratchett book I got for Christmas, Wintersmith, and the rest of…
Fuzzle solved at least part of the mystery of the спасибо-shouting woman. Apparently this is common in Russia – if a performance is particularly good, someone will start slow-clapping and shout out something about how good it was. Other members of the audience will then take up the clapping and add their own praises. It’s…
Tap tap… is this thing on? So while LJ has dramas like Strikethrough 07, and Let’sAllVoteForTheGuyWithTheSillyBanners 08, DD just has the Great ArggghTheNewServer’sBroken Disaster of 2008. And just when I actually had stuff to write about, and time to write it – isn’t it always the way? (Ok, so I could have just posted it…
I’m in San Francisco, and contrary to predictions, California hasn’t slid into the sea yet. Having a fantastic time (of course) and lots of laughs (even more of course) and loving America to bits. I’ve only got a few minutes (I’ve borrowed Skyring’s laptop while he’s off sorting out the car) so I won’t go…
Dad and Stepmother came back from Australia on Saturday. They were staying the night at Stepsister’s house this time instead of with us, but they dropped in at our place to pick up their car (which they’d left at our place to avoid paying for long-term parking at the airport – what with Brother’s car…
I’m writing this not at the normal boring desktop in the cold study, but on a nice shiny new laptop sitting on a comfy chair in the nice warm lounge (well, it would be nice and warm if we’d got the fire going yet, but theoretically it’s warmer than the study). And the reason for…