What is DW?

  • Nov. 29th, 2010 at 10:50 PM
wtf
Please?

I've seen it in a few people's posts now. I know it's an alternative journal/blog site of some sort, but putting "DW" into Google brings up sweet FA.

It's a hard life...

  • Oct. 26th, 2010 at 5:55 PM
talk_to_the_wing
... being a woman.

I decided that I would finally try and get myself a tampon holder/case/whatever. You know, stop those buggers from either floating around aimlessly in my bag (ready to scare unsuspecting friends who I ask to find something in my handbag for me), or to get to use something a little more stable than those cardboard boxes they come in. I can't seem to find a website in New Zealand that sells them... or even a promotion in New Zealand that is giving them away for free! Gawd dangit.

I'm back?

  • Oct. 25th, 2010 at 5:24 PM
you_want_some
Maybe? Perhaps? I guess we will see. I'm not a great blogger myself and more into the micro-blogging that is Facebook, and even that I sometimes let slip. But I miss reading about you folks on here. Now if only I could find an app that would stream my friends' updates to me... anyone know of one? Preferably one for Mac and Windows, as I use both (posting this on the Mac right now). I severely dislike having to use web-based interfaces. I can find ones that will let me update my LJ, but not ones that will take my friends' posts (including those that are locked down to 'friends only') and show them to me in a nice little feed.

Anyway, dinner has just arrived... roast takeaways. We've just gotten back from a long weekend away.

Where has the time gone?

  • Feb. 5th, 2010 at 2:59 PM
you_want_some
I've been sucked into a vortex of time and online gaming and haven't checked LJ or updated my blog in yonks. If by any chance you're interested in what I'm up to, find me on Facebook (only if you already know my full name), or follow my feed on Twitter (kihitara).

A little bump in the road

  • Nov. 13th, 2009 at 3:49 PM
attempting_to_give_a_damn
So last night's post was a little premature saying that I got Ubuntu to work and be stable. Thankfully, I work with someone who knows their stuff and I hope (touch wood) that I have a stable version running now. What a drama it's been.

Won't write too much... but glad to be back on LJ for a while, anyhow.

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You may have noticed the tumbleweeds

  • Nov. 12th, 2009 at 8:15 PM
you_want_some
All is dead in the world of my journal... you may have noticed, or you may not. :-) I have just been distracted by other things, mostly Second Life, but also conferences and work and life in general. My laptop, which has served me well for 3 years, is being handed on to my mother and she will use it to browse the web in the comfort of her living room. They have broadband and wireless now, so it's all fancy up on the farm. Yay, no more using dial-up when I go up there.

Instead I have a brand spanking new desktop and netbook. And... no more money lol. I have just finished installing Ubuntu on the netbook and I can't do any updates, because one of the updates breaks the operating system. This is about the sixth or seventh (or perhaps even more?) install of this operating system I have done today. No more updates. Haha. It all works fine JUST as it is. Ok? Thanks.

It was dad's 65th birthday just the other day. We're having a family dinner this weekend to celebrate. I got him his present today and now I just need to wrap it.

I keep getting hiccups. I'm holding my breath right now. Argh.

Dee is in Canada and I'm very very jealous.

And I've been having some very uncomfortable health issues that I won't go into detail here for the sake of my more sensitive (and male) readers. Nuff said.

OMG this program just crashed and I thought I'd lost all of this. Eep! Better post NOW.

I'm bad

  • Oct. 12th, 2009 at 1:13 PM
you_want_some

I should update this journal way more often. If you wanna know what I'm up to then find me on facebook or follow my Twitter feed at kihitara.

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Testing bubbl.us embed

  • Oct. 7th, 2009 at 12:04 PM
you_want_some
Hey folks... I'm currently sitting in a session at the ULearn conference and just trying out the bubbl.us embed feature. So please disregard this post LOL.

you_want_some

Had a much better sleep last night, despite yesterday being the worst day of my cold. Between Tuesday evening and Wednesday evening, I used a box and a half of tissues. That’s about 120 tissues. Gah. Then, last night when I lay on the couch, I only used a couple. Once I slept, I woke up only to roll over and I didn’t need to use any tissues at all during the night. Yay.

So, despite flatmates doing their morning routines (and one needing to turn the lights on in the living room so he could iron is shirt), I slept until about 10.30am. I feel somewhat caught up on the sleep I didn’t get the night before now.

Now that I’m up and about, though, my nose is runny and my chest is sore. Still, I feel a million times better than I did yesterday.

When I get back from my meeting I might even do something about the house. It’s been neglected and it’s messy.

Restless night

  • Jul. 8th, 2009 at 11:13 AM
you_want_some

Didn’t sleep too well last night. I’ve been fighting off a cold since Thursday last week. On Monday my throat was so sore I could barely breathe, but it was better by the evening and I went dancing. I even slept better than I had on Sunday night. Yesterday I spent the day at the library working, had the sniffles and a tickly cough, but nothing too bad. Thought I might be getting better.

Foolish, foolish me.

Last night I was feeling worse again. Took some medication, but decided to sleep out on the couch. That way I feel better because I can toss and turn to my heart’s content and I know I’m not disturbing anyone, and my husband gets an undisturbed night of sleep. Except that I hardly slept. I kept having to blow my nose, cough, blow my nose… And I was also fending off the cat, who seemed determined to sleep on my feet. At one point I woke up and I’d obviously propped my legs up on the end of the couch to give the cat room. Unfortunately, this meant that I was sleeping this way for who knows how long (the first bout of sleep that night!) and my knees felt the strain of the position (ankles suspended while lying on back). I kicked the cat off (again) and slept on my side, knees drawn up to try and alleviate the pain. Left knee still hurts. Stupid cat.

So now I’m sitting at home in my sleeping bag, cat curled at my side, waiting for the plumber who is supposed to turn up this morning. It’s nearly quarter past 11. If he doesn’t turn up before noon I’m going out. I need tissues. I need honey. I need more cold and flu meds.

Stupid plumber.

Stupid cat.

Stupid cold.