jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Random - tree with rainbow)
Does anyone have any spare sleep they could let me have? I mean, someone must be getting double rations, cos I'm not using my full allocation, that's for sure.

The problem with being sleepy is that I'm restless. The good thing about being sleepy is that the tiniest things make me exceedingly happy, like the fact that I had an excuse to wear my new white* tights today. They were the only ones that would go with this skirt and I had to wear this skirt because it's the only one that goes with this shirt, and this is the only shirt I can wear that doesn't have to go with one of the skirts that I currently don't quite fit into. If you see what I mean...

*They're actually white fishnets. Well, sort of fishnets. More like a herringbone pattern, but I guess that's fishy enough to count.

Also making me happy is the lovely lunch I had yesterday with [livejournal.com profile] hllangel and [livejournal.com profile] kijikun. I now have a shiny JB keyring on my computer, and I got a full report of the concerts, making me incredibly jealous. It's awesome meeting people off my flist and knowing that you're all as lovely in RL as you are online.

I'm hoping that the slightly dazed feeling will suppress my nerves enough to let me start writing my Big Bang story. So far I have 2 sentences, 33 words and one typo. I should probably start by correcting the typo. *sigh* But I did first 'drafts' of two audiofics last night, and I have found a bright spot on the horizon, so it's not all doom and gloom. Plus, I have to spend all of Monday invigilating interview 'aptitude tests', and there won't be anything I can do except write. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it :)

Speaking of jobs, my shared office phone rang yesterday, and, as is my wont, I answered it:

Me: Hello, library workroom
Porter: Hi, Jades, is that you?

To which the only possible answer should have been 'no', but since I suffer from fuzziness of thought myself, I was kind and ackowledged that it was, indeed, me. At that point, anyway.

Not so hard a life really, although if someone wants to come catalogue journals for me, I wouldn't say no. On the plus side, if you pile them high enough, they're surprisingly comfy to sleep on...

ETA: And oh dear, that was thunder. Did I mention that I'm petrified of thunder? No? And I'm stuck at the main desk, where I can't duck underneath it and no stuffed animal to hug. Urgle.

Oh, and so I'm now thinking canvas shoes were not the brightest decision I've made today *headdesK*




The other problem with being sleepy is that I make random posts. Let me make up for it by pointing at nice things:

I'm waaaaay too tired to make my way through [livejournal.com profile] sga_genficathon stories, but I started the two published today, and they both look really good, especially the Keller one, so give it a go!

They Came to Norway to Eat Our Brains by [livejournal.com profile] doyle_sb4 is a lovely Alt!universe story, with Rose and Mickey and surprise special guest star. Mickey in particular is beautifully written in this, and I heartily recommend it.

The Author's love-in over at [livejournal.com profile] miss_zedem's needs more contributions. Go! Be proud of yourselves.

It is possibly not good for me to have a daily email from I can has cheezburger, as although it makes me smile, I also have the urge to repost half the pictures here. I resist this most of the time, but this one just seemed to appropriate to miss.

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jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Default)
[Note: US guys, I'd really appreciate some help with the questions below... Thanks! :D]

My body clock is rather confused and not just because of the "Spring Forward" thing at the weekend, although that didn't help. It's weird leaving home in the semi-dark, just as I'd gotten used to the light. Still, it's all downhill to 21st June, isn't it?

I'm confused because it's Monday morning and I'm sitting at my desk. On a normal Monday, I'd be on a coach to London, happily dozing while listening to The Now Show on my MP3 player. I've got it down to a fine art now. My coat and bag go under my seat, my scarf goes over my legs, my player goes on and I gently drift away. Since Christmas, I've also been using one of those soft eyemask thingummies, which is terminally embarrassing to wear, but helps me sleep. If it does that, then I'm in favour of it.

Instead, this morning I walked through the cold, listening to the compilation playlist I put together. Is is wrong to have Evanescence, Alison Krauss and "I am what I am" on the same list? No? Good. Hopefully I can make today as productive as the weekend. I beta-ed some great stories, broke a huge block on my Las Vegas one and toyed with some ideas for the next Discworld crossover. Any votes for who should give Gwen some advice?

Oh, and while I'm asking questions, I wonder if anyone out there can help with some research...
- I need two songs popular in San Francisco in 1973/4ish. I've chosen "Jean Genie" by David Bowie and "Get it on" by T-Rex, but have a feeling I'm on the wrong continent.
- Where can I find the dollar/sterling exchange rate for the 1970s? Or does anyone happen to know it? (well, you never know until you ask...)

I also found this quiz (under the cut) on [livejournal.com profile] acciochocolate's profile and was intrigued. ExpandIs it possible to cheat on a personality test? )

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