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10:22 am
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Gratuitous showing off post
I have socks!
Two socks!
That's a whole pair of socks!
And I knitted them! All by myself!
This involved a desperate rush to finish them on Wednesday so I could wear them when I went out for birthday drinks. Which I did, and I'm so very proud.
Socks!
( Photos behind cut )
Tags: 101 things in 1001 days, crafts, knitting
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09:47 am
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Top Secret
I'm sure that anyone who's ever seen the somewhat underrated flawed gem of a film Top Secret will remember the backwards Swedish Bookstore Scene with Peter Cushing*
( YouTube clips behind cut )
*Who lives in Whitstable
Tags: youtube
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12:51 pm
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101 things in 1001 days - extended mix
OK, as mentioned in my last post, I'm setting myself a new, more short-term challenge. The challenge is to complete as many more of the original 101 challenges as are still possible before my next birthday.*
Some have been amended to take into account the time scale - for example instead of having to go running another forty-nine times to make it up to 143, I'm making it five times, to be in line with the original challenge of "on average once a week".
*This isn't just a gratuitous excuse to keep mentioning my birthday, honest. It's just I thought I'd make my next list-of-things-to-do challenge run from birthday to birthday, since next year I'm going to hit a significant number.
( Things to do before November 18th )
So there's 30 things to do. I'd better go and get on with them...
Tags: 101 things in 1001 days, meme, resolutions
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10:45 am
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101 Things In 1001 Days
Over a thousand days ago I started this meme. As the title suggests, the idea was to come up with a list of 101 things and attempt to do them within 1001 days. The list grew as time went on - there were only about thirty things on it when I started, and I only filled the list about a month ago.
So how did I do on my 101 things?
( Completed things )
( Partially completed things )
( Failed things )
( Was it worth it? )
Tags: 101 things in 1001 days, meme, resolutions
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08:00 am
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101 things in 1001 days
Some months ago various people started this meme. I never got round to it at the time, but the very lovely ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ang_grrr reminded me of it the other day, and I thought I'd start it in lieu of New Year Resolutions (which I don't generally bother doing).
This is being posted on 06/01/07 (Twelfth Night seemed a good time to post) but dated for 1001 days time (03/10/09), both so I can easily refer to it when I want to do an update on progress (if any) and so I can easily see the time limit. I don't yet have 101 things on the list, but hopefully this will be added to. Please feel free to offer suggestions for other things.
Edit: Time up! Stop writing and put your pens down. Hand papers in for marking.
Tags: 101 things in 1001 days, meme, resolutions
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07:30 am
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Counties of England
Updating my 101 things in 1001 days challenge earlier, it occurred to me I should put up posts tracking the more gradual tick-off-on-a-list ones. So, post-dated to the end of the challenge, this is my list of counties visited and to be visited. So far I'm restricting myself to counties visited since the beginning of the challenge, but this might change nearer the end as I get desperate!
( Counties of England )
My geography's pretty terrible, so if anyone thinks I've been to any of these counties since 06/01/07 please let me know!
Tags: 101 things in 1001 days, meme, resolutions
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11:10 am
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Can I have new legs please?
My legs feel like someone has taken a hammer to them. Apart from my knees, which feel like someone's prising the kneecaps off with a crowbar.
This could have something to do with the Robin Hood Half Marathon yesterday. 13.1 miles, which I managed in two hours fifteen-and-a-bit minutes. reverendjim was lazy - since he can't be bothered to run for more than two hours, he finished it in one hour fifty-and-a-bit minutes. Slacker.
To add insult to injury, my race pack for another half marathon, Run To The Beat in two weeks time, arrived in the post this morning. Bastards.
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11:36 am
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101 things in 1001 days - update
Three weeks to go to the end of my 101 things in 101 days project. That's nearly three years I've been sort-of working on this. So, how is it going? Is there time for a last-minute attempt to finish off a few? How many have I managed so far?
( Read more... )
Tags: 101 things in 1001 days, meme, resolutions
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05:20 pm
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Brilliant tattoo idea
This morning I was chatting to one of the instructors at the gym, who'd come in to teach Spin. He's a lovely lovely chap, and camp as a row of little pink tents. I noticed he had a tattoo of a bar code on his upper arm, and asked about it.
Apparently it's the bar code from a bar of soap. So if he gets it scanned, it will say Fairy.
This made me laugh for a long time.
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04:27 pm
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Postman Cat
I was just listening to an old episode of The Unbelievable Truth, where the panellists have to talk cobblers on a specific subject and try to include some actual true facts without the other panellists spotting them. One such allegedly true fact was that in the nineteenth century in Belgium cats were employed to deliver letters, until it was discovered that they lacked the discipline for work in the postal service.
( Read more... )
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10:57 am
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Run To The Beat
On Sunday 27th September I am planning to run a half marathon in London. (This is a fortnight after running one in Nottingham. I must be mad. There's a definite chance I won't be capable of running by the second one).
My current vague plan is to travel to London the day before, stay somewhere and then get up early to run on the Sunday. I need to be at the O2 by 9am on the day itself, or at Waterloo Pier for 8am to get their high speed river service.
( A plea for local information... )
Tags: exercise, running
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10:37 am
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Laryngitis update
I've seen the doc, and been signed off sick for another week. Definitely on the mend, but still coughing and trying not to talk (obviously, this is a problem for me!).
The good news is that this means I can legitimately lie around watching the fourth plinth for a while longer!
And since my Friends List for the last few days has been full of illness and accident all far worse than mine, I'm feeling quite lucky to just have a crap larynx and no energy.
The doctor did say swine flu would have been preferable - it's only (so far) deadly to those who are already in poor health, so I'd have been OK and better by now. So if anyone at work has a go at me for being off for a fortnight, I can tell them that laryngitis is officially far worse than swine flu!
Tags: illness
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05:08 pm
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One & Other
Is anyone else watching the plinth?
http://www.oneandother.co.uk/
The current chap is drinking tea and reciting poetry. Much more interesting so far than the panda with the phone.
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12:13 pm
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It's vewwy vewwy quiet...
I still can't talk.
OK, I can a bit, but I'm not meant to. And I'm trying not to, because it's exhausting and leaves my throat feeling like I've been smoking half-a-dozen cigars. Even whispering is uncomfortable and dis-recommended by the doctor.
This would be fine if I had enough energy to get on with otherwise normal life, but actually all I'm up to doing is lying around. The last few days have largely been spent sleeping, drinking lots (non-alcoholic, before you ask), crocheting and listening to the radio. And vaguely surfing LJ - hurrah for netbooks and wireless networks, so I can do that from bed.
And right now I'm eating some get-well-soon chocolate from Sean WINOLJ. Very kind of him. It's a Wispa. Sarcastic bugger.
Tags: illness
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10:42 am
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Now don't laugh, but...
...I can't talk.
This is because I have laryngitis. It was the quickest diagnosis ever, quick chat and one glance down the throat and the doc said what it was. I'm not to talk or exercise for days, preferably a week, maybe longer. Since my job basically involves talking and exercising, this could be a weird week.
Right now I barely have the energy to lie in bed. There's not much that isn't aching (I think my left shin isn't, but that's about it). I rather hope this stage doesn't last long!
OK, now to see if I can get comfortable enough to go back to sleep. Bah. I hate being ill.
Tags: illness
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11:04 am
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Michael Jackson
Since I heard the news this morning I've been trying to work out how I felt about Michael Jackson's death. Then I read Mitch Benn's blog and realised he summed it up perfectly.
http://www.mitchbenn.com/blog/834/michael_jackson.html
"The Michael Jackson who thrilled and amazed the world has, let's face it, been gone for a long time. I'm not sure I can miss him anymore now than I already did."
It's still very sad though.
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01:59 pm
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What did I miss?
Our internet connection is now back, having been down since Thursday. That's days and days of LJ to catch up on. So, what did I miss?
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01:28 pm
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Eurovision Song Contest
Any one of these would have been better than any of last night's actual entries. I must admit, I can't remember the tune of a single one of them this morning.
( Better songs/videos behind the cut )
Tags: music, youtube
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03:24 pm
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Last Wednesday I...
...entered a 10km race for 13th June.
And the Robin Hood Half Marathon for 13th September.
And another half marathon for a fortnight later.
Help!
My only hope is that the entry forms get lost in the post...
Tags: exercise, running
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03:18 pm
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Me me meme
Pinched from derooftrouser
( In Three Words )
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