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jadesfire1. It is not good to come into your day already wound up. But A Thing happened, I flailed around a bit, calmed down and am now just even more tired than I was at the start. So I now have more coffee (decaf) and am trying this whole 'morning' thing again.
2. I'm going to a lunch out with colleagues, which will be nice, but also stressful, as it's Day 4 of Whole 30, and I'm starting to feel it. There are benefits, which I noticed first time around, in terms of feel a lot less bloated and uncomfortable in general, but there are also annoyances, like constantly craving sugary food. Actually, no that's not quite right. I crave pastries, for some reason. But getting such immediate bonuses is going to keep me on track, and I've got back-up food in case my lunch salad is disappointing. I can do this *determined face*
3. As part of my 'For Goodness sake, sort your files out' project, I've found a new Audiobook app for my phone/iPad, which means I can put Podfic in one app and other audiobooks in the other. It's called Bookmobile, and you use wifi to transfer things from your computer to it. I tried it out last night, and it seems pretty good, and I like the idea of having my library properly organised by genre. Now I just need to finish converting all the files (I have A LOT of podfic, y'all. Like, really. A LOT)
4. I'm considering whether or not offer assistance to the Star Wars Big Bang, who seem a bit desperate for betas and artists. On the one hand, podfic counts as art, I probably have the time to beta, and I did say I'd do more fests this year. On the other, I only know a tiny proportion of Star Wars canon nowadays, and the fest is being 100% run on Tumblr, which I find confusing. It feels like the Pratchett adage that you shouldn't trust something if you can't see its brain. I know that's just me being old and crochety, but I wonder about the wisdom of signing up to something on a platform I'm not entirely comfortable with.
ETA: I've offered basic beta services to anyone, and am thinking about podficcing. Because I'm not dim (despite evidence to the contrary) and am sure I can figure this out!
5. When we went on holiday last December, I so desperately needed a rest that I took the momentous decision to remove my work email from my phone. For the past 5 years, I'd insisted that I felt better knowing what was going on, so I didn't come back to any nasty surprises. But my library assistant is deeply competent and was going to be here the whole time, and it seemed like a good chance to experiment.
I realised this morning that I haven't put it back, and that hasn't been an issue. If I go away in September, when things are ramping up to term, I might consider adding it again. Or I might not. It's been oddly freeing, I have to say!
5a. Oxford looks ridiculously beautiful in the light today - the stone more or less glows. I put a picture on my Instagram, to remind myself that this place is real, not a film set.
2. I'm going to a lunch out with colleagues, which will be nice, but also stressful, as it's Day 4 of Whole 30, and I'm starting to feel it. There are benefits, which I noticed first time around, in terms of feel a lot less bloated and uncomfortable in general, but there are also annoyances, like constantly craving sugary food. Actually, no that's not quite right. I crave pastries, for some reason. But getting such immediate bonuses is going to keep me on track, and I've got back-up food in case my lunch salad is disappointing. I can do this *determined face*
3. As part of my 'For Goodness sake, sort your files out' project, I've found a new Audiobook app for my phone/iPad, which means I can put Podfic in one app and other audiobooks in the other. It's called Bookmobile, and you use wifi to transfer things from your computer to it. I tried it out last night, and it seems pretty good, and I like the idea of having my library properly organised by genre. Now I just need to finish converting all the files (I have A LOT of podfic, y'all. Like, really. A LOT)
4. I'm considering whether or not offer assistance to the Star Wars Big Bang, who seem a bit desperate for betas and artists. On the one hand, podfic counts as art, I probably have the time to beta, and I did say I'd do more fests this year. On the other, I only know a tiny proportion of Star Wars canon nowadays, and the fest is being 100% run on Tumblr, which I find confusing. It feels like the Pratchett adage that you shouldn't trust something if you can't see its brain. I know that's just me being old and crochety, but I wonder about the wisdom of signing up to something on a platform I'm not entirely comfortable with.
ETA: I've offered basic beta services to anyone, and am thinking about podficcing. Because I'm not dim (despite evidence to the contrary) and am sure I can figure this out!
5. When we went on holiday last December, I so desperately needed a rest that I took the momentous decision to remove my work email from my phone. For the past 5 years, I'd insisted that I felt better knowing what was going on, so I didn't come back to any nasty surprises. But my library assistant is deeply competent and was going to be here the whole time, and it seemed like a good chance to experiment.
I realised this morning that I haven't put it back, and that hasn't been an issue. If I go away in September, when things are ramping up to term, I might consider adding it again. Or I might not. It's been oddly freeing, I have to say!
5a. Oxford looks ridiculously beautiful in the light today - the stone more or less glows. I put a picture on my Instagram, to remind myself that this place is real, not a film set.
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Date: 2018-01-18 12:34 pm (UTC)I'm impressed you're trying to understand Tumblr - it is an unfathomable dark art to me!
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Date: 2018-01-18 01:53 pm (UTC)I wouldn't say I really understand Tumblr, but as some of my fandoms live there, I'm trying to at least get the hang of the basics. It can be a bit tricky though not to say "...have you tried LJ/DW?" when people are complaining about things that Tumblr can't do but DW can!
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Date: 2018-01-18 09:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2018-01-19 02:45 am (UTC)Whole 30 always sounds super rough to me. I like bread and cheese too much.
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Date: 2018-01-19 10:10 am (UTC)Whole 30 is definitely challenging. It's easier having done it once before, and I'm someone who does well with absolute rules. Making good decisions, especially around food, is not my strong point! It helps that I'd drastically cut down both gluten and dairy lately, so it was only a half step rather than a whole one.
I do miss bread and cheese, but not how ill they made me!