Irony

Stupid as it sounds, its ironic. We are flooded to the gills (not our house specifically but as an area) and ... we're out of drinking water, and in fact, any kind of water.. our taps are dry....

Predictions are it could be upto 2 weeks before water is restored!!!

Amazon you miserable bunch

** NO SPOILERS! **

So,

Having pre-ordered way back in 2006, they failed to get me my Harry Potter for yesterday, despite an email saying it was dispatched monday.

Pathetic, seriously pathetic.

Thankfully hubby scoured the lands and bought me one to read and whats more Ive read it.

My only comment on the book is that it lacks some of the detail of the last couple, and reads more like a film turned to a book than a book turned to a film as a result. However, its a mighty good read.

Calling Noah!! anyone seen Noah??

I dont think I need to say any more than post the following pictures which were taken (not by me) within a mile or so of where I live.









And a comment for my friend Chris: Im sorry I didnt believe you about the DC.. I do now!!!!

Iko Iko!!

OK, back in the 80s there was a film satisfaction starring Julia Roberts, IMHO, it was one of her better films, but it was still a pretty bad film.. However, from the first time I saw it till this very day, the verison of iko iko on it has stuck in my head.. It was apparently done by Justine Bateman, I just wish I could find a copy..

Deathly Hallows

So..

On Saturday the final book of Harry Potter comes to my door.

I'm seriously excited, I love these books, but at the same time my heart fills with dread and disappointment.. For, there will be no more.. Whether Harry lives, Voldemort dies, or Harry dies, Voldemort lives, sees the errors of his ways and becomes a goody 2 shoes, and head master at Hogworts, Hermione turns to prostitution or a magical nun..

It will be over..

The 7 book journey will be done.

There will be no more unknowns, no more looking forward to finding out what comes next..

:( sulk.

And to top that? digg and various other places have reported that the book has been leaked, and can be seen in photos page by page... Couldnt they wait a week? seriously... they want it to end?

Today @ work

Today at work I had to sit with an engineer who was fitting some hardware to a piece oh kit we already owned.

Let's be realistic here, he had to put in 1 card and 2 tape drives

Its 2PM... He arrived at 9.30 he's spent most of the day on the phone to either his colleuges or other clients, and, as yet, has not installed even 1 piece of kit

As I have to sit with him to make sure he doesn't steal any tapes or data, I have to say the last 4.5 hours of my life have not passed quickly or enjoyably. Playing beakout on my BlackBerry and dropping some random friends emails has been all that's keeping me sane... Its cold in here, and windy from the aircon, its a little like a long airplane ride except I am sitting on the floor and I can't eat or drink in here.

I am a little worried that the next 90 minutes will not see job complete, and that come hometime I shall still be sitting here, wondering if this is gonna end anytime soon....

PS - end note here: I ended up leaving work at just after 6pm, it was a seriously long day and so much more could have been made of today, but it was wasted sitting there in that cold room watching the guy on the phone.

Its all gone orange!

Finally

yes FINALLY!

I got my orange belt to night, well, actually I didnt, I qualified and paid for my belt, but he didnt bring it with him, so I cant have it till NEXT week.. Which I find highly irritating as basically this day was hopefully coming, we all kinda knew it was coming.. how hard could it be to remember to bring a couple of belts for people with him. Grr..

It would have been nice to go to monday class after my birthday with a nice new shiney belt.

Karate update.. The katas

Back in march I posted about 1st Kata, well, Im here to tell you I can now do the first 4!! Oh yes..

Taigyoku Shodan

Taigyoku Nidan

Saifa

Bassai-Dai

Now you can see all 4!

Tunisian blanket completed!!

Well, as I showed you before I was making a tunisian crochet blanket for a friend, heres how it turned out! (You can see a bigger pic if you click on it, to give you an idea its 196 stitches wide and 186 tall.. and was very slow to work)



So now onto my next work which is a rather cheap and easy blanket based on "granny square" technique.. Its already a good chunk bigger than this as it grows very fast. I havent decided wether this is going to be for Nikki the dog owner Im gonna meet up again with on wednesday or the lady at work whos baby is due in september..




If I finish this by wednesday, I will probably give it to Nikki, as it was so fast, if not, Alex can have it :)