It really is time to get a laptop.
August 31, 2009
The internet on my PC doesn’t work, but somehow it works on the Wii. So yes, I’m updating on the Wii. I got a keyboard for it, but it’s still a nightmare. No copy and paste function, the extreme slowness and awkwardness… it’s just not great. I mean, it’s fine if you just want to quickly look something up or check your emails, but it takes all the fun out of pretty much anything else. But anyway…
I only got paid on Friday and already I’m thinking of clothes shopping. But it’s practical, really! I need a new coat for winter, so if I go buy one now I’ll be prepared for once. But also today I got the October issue of Elle delivered… I haven’t had a chance to read much of it but after just flicking through it I feel like I have no decent clothes and have to buy some more. Maybe now would be a good time to start angling for a payrise… though I have a bad feeling about that. Maybe I should sell a bunch of stuff.
On a sidenote, I stared at the cover of Elle for ages before I realised it was Lily Allen. The blonde hair threw me. I’m not sure it’s a good look for her but whatever floats your boat.
Oh, and to make things worse I’ve just found out about House of Fraser’s Disney Couture jewellery range! Necklaces with little treasure chests on them… come on! It’s completely genius. But that’s why I don’t let myself on the Disney website. I also try and stop myself going into the Disney store when I’m at the Buchanan Galleries / St Enoch’s Centre, but I just tend to automatically veer towards it. Though actually, I haven’t been in there in a while. That could be because I haven’t been able to just wander around lately, with all the toe hassle. Damn feet. But in about a week’s time I’ll be healed and I’ll be back researching in Borders at night and going out on Friday nights again (it’s been FAR too long, seriously). I can’t wait. Though it might be a while before I’m actually dancing again, hah.
Ooh, got tickets to advance preview of ‘An Education’ on 12 October. I don’t know much about it except for the fact it has Emma Thompson in it, therefore must be good I reckon. Also it’s set in 1960s London, so it should be fun.
Woohoo, three day weekend!
August 30, 2009
Tomorrow’s bank holiday Monday and my office have mercifully given us a holiday for once. Yay! So far I’ve spent my time watching the Simpsons (as always), playing Zelda obsessively, eating too much and listening to the radio (it’s Beatles Bank Holiday on Radio 2 – no one should be missing a second of this! As I write this I’m listening to Johnnie Walker in conversation with Paul McCartney!)
So it might sound like I’m wasting time but mainly I’m enjoying the laziness of a Sunday that isn’t going to be followed by another day in a job I hate. Love it!
Also, I’ve been reading a biography of Walt Disney by Neal Gabler. I’m only a third of the way through (and it’s almost 700 pages long, so I have quite a bit to go) and I’m fascinated. I’ve always been a huge Disney fan, and I’ve become more and more interested in animation recently. When you watch documentaries on most Disney DVDs – like on Lady and the Tramp there’s an amazing Making Of feature – you will see animation historians talking. And I keep wondering, how do you even become an animation historian? I think it’s something I could do, something I’d love to do. Caragh thinks I should be a Simpsons animation historian. Which is basically a genius idea.
Speaking of Caragh, I’ve told her I think she should have some kind of column here. What with some of the crazy dreams she has it’d be hilarious! So here’s hoping she does.
Now I’m going to go back to playing Zelda and try and stop sneezing. Stupid cold…
Edit: Just remembered! I had the strangest dream last night that I won a competition (The answer I texted to the competition line was ‘love today’ but I can’t remember the question) and I got a phone call saying I’d won. The phone call was from Mika. I was so excited to be talking to Mika that I have no idea what I actually won. Probably signed merchandise or something. BUT the second part of my prize (if I could name, on the air, Mika’s new song. Which I did) was a shopping trip with Gok Wan. A bit of a strange link, but good! So Gok took me shopping and we went for lunch. And that was it. Insane…