What I did on my Weekend
Dec. 21st, 2009 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jadesfireGood Monday all. How's everyone doing? Good weekend? Not a lot to report from mine, unless last minute Christmas shopping counts. Oxford was surprisingly pleasant late Saturday afternoon - not too busy, and everyone seemed to be in a good mood, which is always nice. Full reports under the cuts ;)
~ I've just emailed the Mods to drop out of Yuletide. My urge to write is more or less nil at the moment, and it's no good trying to force it. I'm going to have to think carefully about signing up for winter challenges next year. It wasn't so bad when I had a boring job, or when I was so down that I didn't care about my job, but nowadays, it's hard to find the time/energy/creativity and once you get out of the habit of writing, you have to build it up again from scratch. Ah well.
~ Not to be smug or anything, but I called the winners last Tuesday at work. Watching the clips back, it's so impressive to see how far Chris had come in 4 months. No, he wasn't as technically proficient as Ricky, but the performances were all so good! And the show dance blew me away, mostly because I don't think anyone expected him to pull off lifts like that. I thought Ricky and Natalie's was more difficult, but didn't have the energy or entertainment value of Chris and Ola's. Ditto the Cha Cha Cha against the Charleston. So, right result as far as I was concerned, and I'm looking forward to seeing who's back in the Christmas special.
~ All the presents are wrapped, I've got a few parcels to post at lunchtime and we've got the cards strung up across the living room, but I don't suppose the Christmas spirit will really hit until I finish work on Wednesday. Three days to go...
~ We sold the ebook Reader! By offering to post it in time for Christmas (it went off on Saturday Special Delivery, so should arrive today), we sold it in record time and I've got a substantial contribution towards a Touch. Now all I need is for Apple to be selling refurbished ones, and I'm there! They sell out quickly, so I'm going to be more or less glued to the site for the next few weeks. Woot!
~ My netbook is dead. I...don't want to talk about it *sniff*
And since my desk looks like an explosion in a filing cabinet, I should probably go and do some work now. Or get coffee. One of those is more important than the other. Hope everyone's doing okay out there. All set for the holidays?
ETA: I just managed to cut myself on a biscuit box. I'm telling you, that takes skill *facepalm*
ETA2: Dear workman setting off the fire alarm, if you're going to keep doing that, the least you could do is *actually* set fire to something. It's certainly cold enough today to warrant it, and I have a pile of papers that I've just *ahem* filed in the bin that you could use...
~ I've just emailed the Mods to drop out of Yuletide. My urge to write is more or less nil at the moment, and it's no good trying to force it. I'm going to have to think carefully about signing up for winter challenges next year. It wasn't so bad when I had a boring job, or when I was so down that I didn't care about my job, but nowadays, it's hard to find the time/energy/creativity and once you get out of the habit of writing, you have to build it up again from scratch. Ah well.
~ Not to be smug or anything, but I called the winners last Tuesday at work. Watching the clips back, it's so impressive to see how far Chris had come in 4 months. No, he wasn't as technically proficient as Ricky, but the performances were all so good! And the show dance blew me away, mostly because I don't think anyone expected him to pull off lifts like that. I thought Ricky and Natalie's was more difficult, but didn't have the energy or entertainment value of Chris and Ola's. Ditto the Cha Cha Cha against the Charleston. So, right result as far as I was concerned, and I'm looking forward to seeing who's back in the Christmas special.
~ All the presents are wrapped, I've got a few parcels to post at lunchtime and we've got the cards strung up across the living room, but I don't suppose the Christmas spirit will really hit until I finish work on Wednesday. Three days to go...
~ We sold the ebook Reader! By offering to post it in time for Christmas (it went off on Saturday Special Delivery, so should arrive today), we sold it in record time and I've got a substantial contribution towards a Touch. Now all I need is for Apple to be selling refurbished ones, and I'm there! They sell out quickly, so I'm going to be more or less glued to the site for the next few weeks. Woot!
~ My netbook is dead. I...don't want to talk about it *sniff*
And since my desk looks like an explosion in a filing cabinet, I should probably go and do some work now. Or get coffee. One of those is more important than the other. Hope everyone's doing okay out there. All set for the holidays?
ETA: I just managed to cut myself on a biscuit box. I'm telling you, that takes skill *facepalm*
ETA2: Dear workman setting off the fire alarm, if you're going to keep doing that, the least you could do is *actually* set fire to something. It's certainly cold enough today to warrant it, and I have a pile of papers that I've just *ahem* filed in the bin that you could use...
