Watercooler 0: Nothing Is A Problem For Me

Sorry. I'll try and stop now.

You haven't got her remote controlled up, have you?

Er, no. Although I do want to get one of those at some point. But not for use at work.

I have the afternoon off now.

Boo to indigestion :(

ashley cole to thread.

However, I'm off to hang out with sisX0r and St00ges, hurrah, ice skating and Brick Lane, here we come!

No offence intended, as always, FP.

FP, you had some Frosties?

(I hate shopping)

I like the charity idea, except I'd want to apply it to everyone i.e don't buy any presents for anyone. Some are bought though - so it would seem odd. Maybe next year. Normally I do a blitz of shopping with the missus but it's not gonna happen this year, she's too busy for even a mini-blitz, so has delegated a load of it to me. I'm going to have to take a day off and just...DO IT.

(However, I did let my husband help with the cost of my ATP ticket this year, but that's only because I couldn't afford it myself due to jacking in of job, and I'm pretty sure he'd have bailed me out anyway and it's just a "do something nice for me that I'll appreciate" rather than buying something just because it's Christmas)

It probably is - it was just that some animal rights campaign group called Animal Aid had put out a press release saying it isn't. Because, presumably, they think all goats should be free to roam in the wild blue yonder.

Incidentally, and in less soul-crushing news, I got a slightly odd offer from a firm the other day. They are a general computer supply company, but in the sales pitch phone call, they said that they had plenty of special offers on Xboxes, PS2s, iPods, and the like, which could be added to an order by the company, but wouldn't show up on the invoice, and could be delivered to a different address. I was quite impressed by the brazenness of the 'buy from us! steal from your employer!' angle...

I'm quite excited by our xmas party on thursday. Should be mildly amusing. I've been practising doing my bow tie, and I look brilliant. I have to learn the words to the Internationale by tomorrow - eeek!

My goodies arrived from cafepress today - 2 cool t shirts and a mug. You lot will appreciate them: http://www.cafepress.com/barlowshop

I don't do that thing Forest, but I had a housemate who did. She was from Austin, TX but was a student of British history who was obsessed with King Charles I. Fascinated by the fact that our landlord's VCR had its clock in 'military time' (ie the 24 hour clock) one day she pointed at it all excited and said "Ooh! Ooh! 1625! The year Charles became King of England and the year he married Henrietta Maria!"

Emsk, are you OK? PLEASE be careful out on those crazy London streets. There are a lot of idiots out there, don't get mown down by busses or cyclists. Do you have your bike up and going again? Seems you were safer on it!

yay, Mark H has found an ILX with no work restrictions! Welcome back!

I don't mind shopping, I just can't be bothered buying anything. Had to endure "women be shopping" jibes from Dare's boss all afternoon and so she bought a dress to spite him.

anyway... HURRAH, I LOVE SKATING!!! I WANNA DO MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF IT!!!!!!!!

Jim and his missus were supposed to come with us, but cancelled cause he was coming down with the flu. So Dare and I went to the Natural History Museum by ourselves. I was SO SCARED when I got on the ice, because I've not skated in 20 years, and I was all "I can't skate" and terrified. But five minutes on the baby rink and it all came back to me. I had years of lessons when I was a kid - I used to be kind of a mad hockey player when I was about 11.

Apprently the best ice rink in England is five minutes from my house - I've walked by it a million times and never been in it. But Dare gave me her spare pair of skates under the promise that I would go every week.

Poor Ed. Brown rice is actually quite hard on the digestion. You should be eating over boiled white rice.

But I suppose "dig a well for clean drinking water" doesn't look as cute on a christmas card or whatever.

I did tell my brother to make a donation to Oxfam or FotE in my name for Xmas. But only coz he's a Tory.

Irish cattle thief.