Watercooler 0: Nothing Is A Problem For Me

They're not that harsh on the digestive system (except for when I'm vomiting so badly I can't keep water down, let alone pills - or expelling everything as quickly as I can take it in) - however, one of their side effects is to muck up the digestive system - since that's one of the other things serotonin does in the body, is regulate absorbtion in the intestines or something.

I'm trying to drink hot chocolate to get my caffeine system, but even that is bothering me.

I feel too blechy to even perve over cute boys. This should give you an idea of how ill I am.

Except yr supposed to keep away from dairy products.

It was all "Dry Toast, Water and Black Coffee" when I was last poorly like this.

or was it black tea?

(nearly typed black teat there, but hey.)

Then, move onto the Dioralyte, or if you can't stand that (who can?) Lucozade Sport.

I don't have any bread, I don't have a toaster, and I'm supposed to stay away from wheat products anyway! Waaahhh! This is why I've been eating rice and ricenoodles because my stomach doesn't like too much bread at hte best of times.

This is rubbish. I feel so not like me. PBW, Dylan Moran and all three of Secret Machines could walk in my office stark staring naked and all I could do would be go "eh, put some clothes on, you'll get cold."

I'M SICK OF BEING SICK!!!

Rice Cakes?

Toasted Rice cakes. They're I have no idea.

The New Goth is the 21 year old woman who started in our Accounts Office a month ago.

Does she wear boots of sex? She's not a real goff if she doesn't.

She wears DMs at work, and New Rocks elsewhere. Very goth, although not really boots of sex if you ask me.

Ask to see her airsole

I am getting in a bad mood about not being fit to play rugby tomorrow. Last night I had the idea that if I got some of that undershirt body armour and lots of tape, I'd maybe be able to play. I borrowed some padding from my son, (he's 13 and not far off my size), and got him to test it out by whacking the afflicted rib area. One smallish thud with a geography text book was enough to nearly make me pass out with pain, so it's off. I might have to go Christmas shopping instead - that's even more painful.

Oh man, that sounds awful. Sucks that you don't get to play, but not if you're in that much pain. Stay home and take care of yourself, dammit! And no, I think Xmas shopping might be more of a contact sport than Rugby this time of year!

Thanks so much for the email - you have no idea how much I needed to get a "I hear ya!" on that front. Hallelujah.

Right, I gotta actually do some reports now.

Oh it's a stupid macho thing - and refusal to admit that I'm getting old. I really ought to make sure that I don't do anything that stops me playing guitar. Because, as everyone knows, the hierarchy of life is :

Music > Rugby > Everything Else >>>>>>>>>>Christmas Shopping

Yeah, speaking of which... I just had to turn down a gig because I realised... on the 10th of January I'm having another lumpendectomy on my wrist!

Same wrist? Fretting hand?

You're getting latent proletarian tendencies removed?

Same wrist - strumming hand.

The thing is like the size of a single Mounds/Almond Joy now - hurts only occasionally but really gets in the way. I know it sucks to be immobilised for a week or so, but better than letting it grow indefinitely.

I just wish there were a way they could stop it growing in the first place, but don't know if they can do that without major surgery.

x-post, no, not a lumpenprolendectomy.

Aaawwwwww...

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5996/1spbggc8.jpg

Kate and/or other musical types - where should i go this weekend to look at synths? The goal is buy cheap (and not feel intimidating looking around).

(cute)

You're not that intimidating, Mitya. ;-)

Dunno, actually. I've never really shopped for synths much. Guitars and pedals I could tell ya. I'd just go to Denmark St and look around - basically anywhere but Turnkey who are notoriously shite.

Wouldn't mind a new guitar either, but since I've got three already...

OMG, "Rodeohead" by Hard'n'Phirm just came up unexpectedly in my MP3 player, and I just started listening to it without realising what it was... I have not laughed so hard in years, when it clicked what it was.

I made my Radiohead-loving colleague listen to it, too, and he was nearly in tears.

Hello, deserted watercooler!

I did something interesting last night. On a deserted, moonlit beach. Bloody freezing, it was.

Last time I did something interesting outdoors, I wound up laid up in bed with flu for a fortnight :(

I'll remember that in future!

I'm not asking.

Lahvley gal, flu! (xpost * 2)

Cold and rainy, cold and rainy, cold and rainy. Meh.

COLD SHOWER OH NOES!

If I catch (more of) a cold today, I'm suing my fcking residence hall.

Bloody pissing it down this morning, it was.

Very stormy here again overnight.

We had an awful storm here at ten to eight, just before I left for work.

Kerr, did you notice I'd been looking at your last.fm page this week?

morning! lovely weekend full of rarely-seen friends. have some kind of lurgee. don't care.

Let's recap the morning so far.
1. No hot water in shower.
2. Pissing rain, heavy winds.
3. The next westbound circle line train is due to arrive in 19 minutes
4. Wait in the rain and wind for 19 minutes for the 205.
5. Arrive at college with 2 minutes to read student's essay.
6. Bullshit my way through tutorial, stomach growling from hunger.

FP, yeah i noticed you had visited a couple of times. Are B&S or Stereolab your top artist this week?
Actually I've forgotten to check the past couple of weeks who is top of watercooler charts.

Awwww, sorry that's all so rub, Gooblar. But just remember YOU'RE A ROCK N ROLL STAR and then it's all alright.

I had a good weekend. Lots of much-needed and well-deserved REST.

Stayed in on Friday night, ate stir fryed tofu in ginger sauce with boiled rice (I don't know why I've never been to the CHinese restaurant at the top of my street - it's REALLY GOOD) and slept.

Saturday I caught up on loads of stupid shopping I've needed to do for ages. Cleaned the flat, unblocked the plughole in the tub, all that kind of thing. And then went out to see the fabulous Gooblar Band who get better each time I see them. Talked wonderful gobshite with G and PBW all night (managed to get in an argument with PBW about folk music) and in bed by 10.

Sunday I slept. Felt bad about not making Sinker's party, but I just needed to rest. I slept and I read and pottered about and made mine own ginger stirfry (ginger is the magic food that makes my stomach better) and then mucked about on the 'puter and wrote a brand new song! I think this may be the duet I've been threatening. It's called Meet Market

Awesome. Single cover:

http://www.ottomanellimeats.com/ottom/images/ottomhome.jpg

Dibs on the tall dude in the middle!

Weather is ok here, but I drove my guitarist friend down to his parents' place w/all his gear yesterday b/c he got evicted last week. His parents live near York, next to the swale, and it ahd obv been super-heavy there, all the fields were flooded and the river was up to the top of its banks.

Ginger stir fry sounds pretty damn fine to me.

Shower stopped working last night, just as I finished washing Adam's hair. I have to phone the manufacturer helpline, suss out what's wrong, and fix it. Tiresome as the water will have to be turned off.

other than that, shit is OK, I suppose.

And I just looked at the sign-up sheet for next term, and no one wants to take my mini-course of seminars :(

Fcking first-years, preferring Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Joyce to Nathanael West and Carson McCullers.

What is going on with The North? Apparently it's crazy arctic winter flooding up there. While it's still summer down in London. I was walking around in a t-shirt yesterday. A t-shirt! Outside! In December!

Shower not working = utter rub.

I have discovered the secret to ginger stir-fry, which is shred it up nice and fine and then fry it up with the onions and build your sauce off that - soy sauce, honey, bit of mustard, etc.

Interesting things you can do outdoors... rock collecting?

Glad to hear you're better, i appear to be due a little gut wrenching today. I cooked all day friday and all day saturday which was fun.

Perhaps I should see if the thai place has ginger fish on today.

The new Ghost album is FANTASTIC. Anyone want to hear it? Email me at this address and i'll send it.

Oh noes! How was camping, though? Was the Xmas dinner good? (That is what you were doing this weekend, right?)

Camping and xmas dinner were great. Gut wrenching may be due to over indulgence.

early years playing thurs: http://www.supmag.com/checkit/archives/2006/12/sup_holidaze_pa.html

Thursday? I thought it was Wednesday. Oh dear, I'm confused. Or am I going to the ballet on Wednesday. They did tell me they were playing this week.

At the Old Queen's Head, which is that lovely place we go to the folk open mic nights at, Ed!

Still waiting to hear from Dare to find out if she is up for hanging out tonight, otherwise I'll be at the folk.

(Just sent a rambling email to PBW trying to explain what I was *trying* to say when I was arguing with him. Well, not really arguing. You know how I get when I'm interested in exploring an idea in conversation. Problem is, I find myself being almost uncontrollably slightly *rude* to him because I'm so attracted to him. This is rub and I need to learn not to do this.)

dunno, got that invite from supmag. i am viva voce-ing tonight yay.

Yeah, it is Thursday. Ballet is Wednesday. I'm just confused.

ha ha, the Early Years' guitarist also works for wbankers. Mathsrock solidarity, yeah!

Speaking of which, I should get to work.

There's a documentary about Battersea power station on resonance this afternoon at 16:30.