Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

Listening To: the dog, snoring.
Thinking About: what i'm going to watch as i work today - it's a choice between Animaniacs and Weeds. Oddly, i find Animaniacs too distracting to have on while i work.

blackboards are fun. everyone wanted to be the blackboard wiping-off type person, way back in The Learning Years. i've found that this tight little thrill of misplaced responsibilty can be yours again, by purchasing a cheap-as-chips child's blackboard and chalk set from your nearest seller of tat. ostensibly, the blackboard is an innovative way for me to design code without using up reams of the world's natural resources. it's true, i code faster than they can replace the rainforests, although i'm sure my clients would disagree with me there. so, answer to the problem: blackboard.

i'm thinking about getting a whiteboard so the ethnic balance is maintained. ha. ha.

but enough of this edgy post-ironic humour.

i've been out and about again (still no free wi-fi in my favourite bar yet though, boo hiss) just to prove to myself that there is an outside world, athough i'm still not convinced that it's any better than the world inside my head.

in this time of solid work, my brief excursions into the (alleged) Real World prove many interesting points:

1) girls are as silly when they grow up as they are when they're silly girl-children.
2) people consume way too much alcohol in this nation. a few nights ago, the Gang spent two hours observing a young lady repeatedly falling over and staggering gracelessly from one side of the pavement to the other. she was bouncing around like a humourous bouncing thing when some (presumably) kind gentleman ushered her into a taxi. go Team Alcohol UK.
3) Things are expensive, but i like to buy Things anyway.
4) a squishy mushroom keyring is a foolish thing to buy when one owns a dog that is only happy when it's chewing.
5) i hate paying taxes.

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing: that my router would stop playing silly buggers
Bathroom Author Of The Hour: Terry Pratchett.