bookmark_borderSometimes…

… I feel like just stopping.

Ohh the temptation to leave that first sentence, sitting there alone, and hit that PUBLISH button is almost enough for me.

But what then? A cry for help? A blogger in trouble? Apathy? Stress? Breakdown? Why? Why? Why? Or is it validation that is required. Please love me, please want me, please need me.

Or is it neither. Is it just a pause. Prompted by many things, result of none.

Or will it, like my cold, pass?

And why so many questions, why can’t the answers be found, dredged up from the memory. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and blog about other people instead of myself. But who?

The one who fell and bumped her head? The one currently having to stop over at Cambodia on his way back from Australia? Family? Co-workers?! (Definitely NOT starting that last one!).

Static. Staid. Still. Momentum sought.

UPDATE: I think some of you might be right. So I’ll forewarn. If I do take a break, I wouldn’t imagine it would be for long. But who knows, right? It’ll be obvious when I have. Don’t worry.

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Da Vinci Code – Mona Lisa ~ Munch stolen.

And I’ve just had the following books delivered:
London Fields – Martin Amis ~ Murders in Twickenham (friends live there).
Leaving Home – Garrison Keillor ~ Laura flies out to Australia today.
Labyrinths – Jorge Luis Borges ~ Emmmm… not sure yet, but it must mean something…

Funny old world. Ain’t it.

bookmark_borderComing up

Well the new boiler installation is almost done. New radiator is in the spare room (office), new valves on all the radiators, hot water tank gone from back bedroom, back boiler and ghastly fireplace gone from living room.

Which has left a big hole in the wall.

Now, I should point out that I’m not the best D.I.Y. person, although generally is a confidence thing. Once I get into it I’m usually OK. However this will be the biggest job I’ll have done (I think) so I’m a bit apprehensive.

We’ve decided to use the idea of an inset gas fire, but without the gas fire bit. So it’ll be an inset, a thin, small surround and will probably be filled with candles. So I’ve been checking out things like flame retardant MDF and the like, and getting all excited about the thought of using my power tools again (hope they still work…).

My Dad will be drafted in to help, and it’ll probably be a one day job. Ohh and then there’s the decorating afterwards. I’m leaning towards a nice stone coloured finish (currently is a bit too magnolia – but that’s because it IS magnolia and it was all we could afford at the time, it was that or put up with pink walls…).

So tonight will probably involve a wander round B&Q to get some ideas, and possibly even a wander round IKEA as well. What a fun way to spend a Friday night..

Then on Saturday I’ve got two nights out. One to say cheerio to Laura how is jetting off to start a new life in Australia. Best of luck to her and her husband. I’ll spend a couple of hours there (Tiger, Tiger I think) then head down the road to Dumbarton for the ‘family’ night.

As my in-laws are only here for a couple more weeks, the cousins have decided to have a night in at their place. Always a good laugh, and I doubt we’ll get home much before sunrise.

And Sunday? Well nothing planned yet, probably more “fireplace” thoughts. But I’m thinking coffee and papers should about do it.

Note to self: MUST remember to take camera on Saturday night!

bookmark_borderPUB TIME

It’s Friday, it’s 5 o’clock, what other excuse do you need?

Well for us it’s the imminent departure of a colleague to the sunshine land of Australia. All the best Laura. Yes, I’ll repeat this when you officially finish on Tuesday (cocktails that night?) and of course on the 21st at your official leaving do… but hey, it’s Friday, and there’s a pint of alcohol with my name on it.

bookmark_borderTime stands still for no man

Leia made me think about time.

I can remember watching TV on 31st December 1999, watching New Zealand and Australia celebrate the new millenium. It was mid-day and slightly unnerving.

As a measurement of global distances, time is often the method used.

“Yeah L.A. is 9 hours ahead of us”

“It’s a 14 hour flight, so I’ll arrive 2 hours after I left”

The definition of time (noun): the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues.

The definition of time (verb): to arrange or set the time of.

World Time Zones – Kiritimati is only an hour ahead of us in the UK.

Time Zone abbreviations – handy for non-US, we only have one zone in the UK!

Can you tell the time? ohhh analog, tricky…

Swatch/Internet Time measured in .beats.

Doomsday clock reflects the state of international security.