Showing posts with label unconscious mutterings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unconscious mutterings. Show all posts

monday and the end of unconscious mutterings

After 269 Unconscious Mutterings posts over the last five years, I'm pulling the plug on that particular institution... I missed out on the last couple due to being incapacitated and now I find that I don't really have a hell of a lot of a desire to return to them...

I'm not exactly sure if there's going to be a permanent addition to replace them, but I have a lot of unused photos still laying around, so maybe I'll use up some of those... who knows...

blue tattoos
Today, being my first day back at work for two weeks, worked out pretty much exactly like I thought it would... telling variations of the same story to several different people, having a lot of people be glad that I was back and actually having more emails to deal with that I expected.

And there was also the realisation that although I feel like I spend a lot of time talking about the things I do with the people I work with, they don't really seem to know the intricacies of what I do.

Also, because a couple of my projects were coming pretty much to go time while I was away, they've kind of gone on without me... which feels weird because even though I was away for so long, it doesn't feel like I've really been gone, so I still keep thinking everything should be about the same place it was when I was last there.

And just to reinforce the feeling that I was all Rip Van Winkle, three new staff members have started in my absence...

platitude wall, melbourne

My body held up pretty well though... I did rely on the cane a little more than I would have at home, but I wasn't in any pain sitting down which is good.  But because it was really more physical and mental exertion that I've had to deal with since hurting my back I was starting to feel kinda drained by about 3pm... but the worst thing during the whole day was actually standing at the bus stop after work waiting for the bus.

But at least I'm back.

And people actually seemed to have missed me.

Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 483

Why is when you buy a new pair of pants that are exactly the same size as your old pair of pants they actually feel smaller. Is it some trick the retail industry is playing on everyone?

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Background :: Image
  2. Performance :: Anxiety
  3. Husband :: and Husband
  4. Scaffolding :: Construction
  5. Third :: The Third Man
  6. Stirring :: Teasing
  7. Slogan :: Advertising
  8. Odour :: City
  9. Accent :: French
  10. Suspicion :: Hitchcock
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unconscious mutterings 482

We've had some torrential rain today... it woke me at about 2am... then right before I was about to head out to the gym it started to bucket down, including hail... so I crawled back into bed for ten minutes until it went away.

Then I had to wait out some thankfully brief rain when I left the gym... and I had to clear a couple of storm drains of their leaves so I could make it home again without getting my feet wet. I do love doing that... especially when there's a lot of water backed up and it then goes thundering down the drain.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Soul mate :: Fairy tale
  2. Design :: Part of everything
  3. Line :: Parallel
  4. Jane :: Tarzan
  5. Nice :: Biscuits
  6. Spider :: Scuttle
  7. Gray :: Storm clouds
  8. Ruffles :: Girly
  9. Inspired :: Something I'm not feeling this evening
  10. Fashionable :: Not me
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 481

I'm not feeling particularly stellar... hopefully it's just something random and not the turkey sandwich I had at lunch... that wouldn't be cool.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Message :: Email
  2. Underground :: Railroad
  3. Hurting :: My knee has been, but it's okay at present
  4. Glasses :: Yes, wearing those
  5. Wholesome :: 50's America on TV
  6. Garden :: Dig
  7. Plants :: Indoor
  8. Windows :: Microsoft
  9. Beard :: Gay men's wives
  10. Encryption :: Code
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unconscious mutterings 480

Easter Monday is always a bit of a nothing day really... but sometimes nothing is good.

And this is about the point at which I start freaking out about travel arrangements for next Saturday. I still don't know how I'm getting from the airport to the hotel... how hard is it to get the train from Sydney Airport to the CBD?

At least I know what I'm doing when it comes to luggage...

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Justice :: League
  2. Catching :: Cold
  3. Date :: Calendar
  4. Horoscope :: Pisces
  5. Jerry :: Tom
  6. 21 :: Blackjack
  7. Paper :: Tiger
  8. Holistic :: Helicopter view
  9. Ghostly :: Presence
  10. Movie :: Night
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 479

Having a photo of Lego minifigures on your desktop at work isn't a good way to distract yourself from the fact you have a parcel full of new minifigures in your bag that you'll have to wait until you get home before you can open.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Whispering :: Wall
  2. Braided :: Hair
  3. Ruin :: Rack
  4. Parasite :: Intestinal
  5. Mineral :: Animal/Vegetable
  6. Engines :: Warp
  7. Buddy :: Holly
  8. Tic :: Blood
  9. Small :: Midget
  10. Tackled :: Rugby
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unconscious mutterings 478

Let's see... what did I do today... I forgot to shave this morning, bought Portal 2 at lunch, went to a copyright seminar on websites, blogs and social media this afternoon and Adam Savage from Mythbusters retweeted something I sent him on Twitter AND tweeted me a thank you.

So now I'm grinning for no real reason.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Flake :: Cadbury
  2. Like :: Facebook (which I don't...)
  3. Rash :: Rashomon
  4. Humor :: Black/Dark
  5. Splash :: Mermaid
  6. Blind :: Mr Magoo
  7. Noisy :: Neighbours
  8. Ornate :: Design
  9. Rain :: Love
  10. Intensify :: Feeling
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unconscious mutterings 477

I'm so very tired today... granted I may not have been if I'd gone to bed when I'd intended to and not waited up so I could hook up with a random.

And if this is the second time you've hooked you've hooked up with them, are they officially still a random?

Speaking of random... at lunch today I bought "power gloves" for the gym and Season 6 of Futurama...

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Quit :: Programs
  2. Solace :: Quantum of
  3. Suggest :: Gullible
  4. Meteor :: Comet
  5. Zombies :: BRAINS!
  6. Birds :: Tippi Hedren
  7. Cancelled :: A number of Fringe shows
  8. Compatible :: Backwards
  9. Alarmed :: Be alert, not alarmed
  10. Word game :: Scrabble
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 476

Everything else that makes noise has to finish by a certain time... why is Womad exempt?

I've done bugger all today... half watched a couple of movies... nothing exciting at all.

I have however been eaten alive by mosquitoes throughout this weekend. Urgh!

Unconscious Mutterings....
  1. Exist :: Form
  2. Breakfast :: Weetbix
  3. Corporation :: Umbrella
  4. Signs :: Neon
  5. Thinking :: Avoid
  6. Income :: Unstable
  7. Style :: Art Deco
  8. Job :: Dull
  9. Marriage :: Same Sex
  10. Supplement :: Vitamins
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 475

I feel like I'm running out of words to use for Fringe show reviews... or that I only have a finite supply of "reviewese" in me, and the well is running dry.

I think it's also because I've seen a few shows in a row that were just okay... and it's always much easier to review something that is either exceptional or appalling.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Knees :: Unreliable
  2. Law :: Order
  3. Goodbye :: Party
  4. Regrets :: Many and often
  5. Dedicated :: Book
  6. Sushi :: I'll eat it, but I'm not crazy about it
  7. Australia :: Where I live
  8. Renovation :: TV Show
  9. Honk :: If you're horny
  10. Beg :: Borrow and Steal... they're doing the Fringe show I'm seeing tomorrow
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 474

I've often wished that I could be the sort of person who just randomly takes a trip interstate... just for a weekend... almost on a whim.

And while it's not really a whim... I've bought a ticket to Bell Shakespeare's production of Macbeth at the Sydney Opera House in April.

I fly in in the morning, probably do the Rocks Market, see the play, fly out the following morning.

But trying to choose a hotel room is doing my head in... I want something fancy, but I'm only really going to have access to it for a couple of hours, and then I'll be gone, so it hardly seems worth it.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Unsolicited :: Advice
  2. House :: Doctor
  3. 24 hours :: One day
  4. Permission :: Slip
  5. Inbox :: I have five that I currently monitor... seven if you count home.
  6. Presidential :: Suite... it's that hotel thing again
  7. Rising :: Tide
  8. Hold :: Button
  9. Hourglass :: "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives"
  10. More :: Of everything!
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 473

Today seemed to go really, really, really quickly. Which is good.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Crown :: Thomas Crown Affair
  2. Landmark :: Court case
  3. Shock :: Shock and awe
  4. Affair :: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  5. Appear :: Disappear
  6. Contemplate :: Navel
  7. Hinge :: Door
  8. Function :: Form follows function
  9. Obstinate :: Child
  10. Fulfill :: Destiny
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 472

Why is it that every time I decide I'm going to save money or control my portions or cut something out of my diet it lasts about five minutes...

Oh yeah... no willpower...

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Reminder :: Rent, shopping and theatre
  2. Shelves :: Book
  3. Interpret :: Motives
  4. Tissue :: Paper
  5. Miracle :: Baby
  6. Bed :: Sleep, glorious sleep
  7. Truck :: Optimus Prime
  8. Feelings :: Overrated
  9. Polish :: Furniture or sausage?
  10. Family :: Small and broken
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 271

Well, I'm back from Melbourne!

It might be a couple of days before I manage to post my travelling tales... I'm most of the way through editing the photos but I have to work tomorrow, so like I said, a couple of days.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Conditions :: Travel
  2. Transfer :: Airport
  3. August :: Leo
  4. Glasses :: Sun
  5. Crown :: Casino
  6. Release :: Catch
  7. Incriminating :: Evidence
  8. Island :: Lost
  9. Manners :: Table
  10. Sentence :: Life
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 470

Suffering from a hefty dose of ennui just at the moment...

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Every day :: Eat, sleep, poop
  2. Rinsed :: Hair
  3. Funeral :: Coffin
  4. Whitening :: Teeth
  5. I am :: You are, we are Australian
  6. Cooperate :: Teamwork
  7. Blazer :: Private school
  8. Valley :: Uncanny
  9. Difficult :: Me, quite often I'm sure
  10. Service :: Bad
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 469

I shaved off the proto-beard yesterday... it lasted for either 23 or 26 days (I can't actually remember when/if I shaved during the week after Christmas). It was straggley, half-assed and only looked good from certain angles.

Can somebody point me in the general direction of this post if I ever say I'm growing another full beard?

Also, I fucking hate Summer/hot weather more than I can possibly articulate...

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Rivals :: Affection
  2. Automatically :: Upgraded
  3. Bathroom :: Shower
  4. Jerk :: Off
  5. Preference :: Sexual
  6. Parenting :: Half-assed
  7. Helmet :: Viking
  8. Wave :: Dancer
  9. Judo :: Chop
  10. Flat tire :: RAA
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 468

I swear the alarm on my iPhone is on the fritz...

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Red tape :: Suffocating
  2. Crush :: Man
  3. Magical :: Hogwarts
  4. Sticky :: Tape
  5. Tile :: Scrabble
  6. Doubt :: Constant
  7. Inconsistent :: Story
  8. Kiss :: Deep, long, tender, wet, French
  9. Inspiration :: Perspiration
  10. Thanks :: No worries
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 467

I chewed my way through seven hours worth of Game of Thrones yesterday... and I still have no idea what some of the characters are called.

It's bloody good though.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Compute :: Does not
  2. Irresistible :: Attraction
  3. Unacceptable :: Supernanny
  4. Joy :: To the world
  5. Noisy :: Neighbours
  6. Paid in full :: Debt
  7. Desire :: Unbridled
  8. One word :: Complicated
  9. Huge :: Trouble
  10. Motorcycle :: Speed
Current Mood:

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So... damn... hot... urgh!

Due to Holiday Apathy I never got around to posting last weeks UM... so a double edition today...

Unconscious Mutterings...

Last week...
  1. Elves :: Lothlórien or Wolfrider
  2. Holiday :: Greed, gluttony and sloth
  3. Candles :: Citronella
  4. Family :: Small and broken, but still good
  5. Insight :: It is what you make it
  6. Sleigh :: One horse, open, w jingling bells
  7. Party :: Like it's 1999
  8. Weather :: For Christmas, pleasant... currently, horrible
  9. Presents :: Sparse but worthwhile
  10. Misfit :: I need to get around to watching Season 3
This week...
  1. Resolution :: Broken
  2. Adorable :: Miss Adora Belle
  3. Fractions :: Seventh eighths
  4. Intensify :: Flavour
  5. Commute :: Not in a car, but in a bus
  6. Job :: At present I'll be glad to get back to it for the air-conditioning
  7. Advance :: Australia Faire... that's later in the month
  8. Audit :: They sit across the walkway from us... don't talk to us, bit snobby
  9. Highlight :: of 2011... in a word, theatre
  10. Disallow :: Mission Impossible
Current Mood:

unconscious mutterings 464

And this morning, following the ritual Christmas Goodie Making, we had the ritual Getting Into Work Early To Put Goodies On Everyone's Desks...

Everybody was highly appreciative... and I think Rockchick was the first to succumb to raiding the goodies... but she wasn't the last.

Unconscious Mutterings...
  1. Sleepy :: Sneezy, Doc, Happy, Grumpy, Bashful and Dopey
  2. Find :: Hidden
  3. Scrutinize :: Examine
  4. Attempt :: Trial
  5. Playing :: Games
  6. Stupendous :: Amazing
  7. Charity :: Begins at home
  8. Frozen :: Pizza
  9. Turn around :: Bright Eyes
  10. Urge :: Sexual
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