h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Odra, we Internet bookies settle up on the 20th of the month.

Time for a beer after all my work today. Looking for small parcels cunningly hidden in big parcels. Don't ask.

*Thinks he would make a wonderful model for Jesus or maybe lingerie*

all work and no play makes m@ a dull, dull, and weary boy

Looney, if you come in tomorrow dressed as Christ sporting a beguiling little teddy and a garter belt, we can waive the whole debt...

*floating in, in her... you-know-what*

Morning all!

Minoova, un café mélange, s'il vous plait!

I'll just park myself on the sofa finishing 'Life, the Universe and Everything' while doing some RL work, is that alright?

Hi there Titania and whoever else is around right now.

To finish off the conversation from last night, yes I do feel that the prescription mask has been worth the cost.

Hi Phil!

*soon deeply absorbed in book again, absentmindedly cuddling Springie*

*emerges from studio*
Good morning Phil, Titania! I may not be online much in the next couple of days, depending on how quickly I can get this laptop serviced. I really have to get it serviced, get a new keyboard put in. I have the supreme good luck that my neighbourhood techie and fixer-of-hardware is also the authorised Toshiba Service Center!

I'll wait till Wednesday, now I think on it: the big black tie dinner is tomorrow. Titania, has Redbeard been in touch with you about that?

*goes to kitchen to look at pastry situation* It's been ages since Pierrot came by! He's been on Garius's shoulder ever since the campaign began.

I met up with an old friend who has worked as a volunteer zookeeper, yesterday. She warned me that sloths like to dig in the garden, and I'm lucky that Springie doesn't hang from the curtain rail.

{[B17]}

*looks up from book*

Huh? Redbeard? Black tie dinner? Tomorrow? No, Lil, don't know anything about that...

*soon deeply absorbed in book again*

Got to go, have an appointment for donating plasma, brrrrr (don't like needles)!

See you all later!

*drifting off - you know how*

slow day, eh?

*intent on her work, Lil has gone into theta-wave state and hardly hears anything around her*

*dances in, exulted*

Yippiiee! I did it! I've donated plasma!
And it wasn't even half as bad as I had pictured it, the staff were very nice and understanding...

Did you know it takes 40 donations to make medicine to ONE person with hemophilia for ONE week?!
Not to mention they also make medicals out of plasma for treating people with serious burn injuries and Gammaglobuline vaccine...

Minoova, a big jug of water, s'il vous plait! (Got to refill loss of fluid)

Odra, about that question you asked right after I logged off last night, phlog is a non-alchoholic beverage that was originally used in the Zork universe, a video game series that I'm extremely addicted to. Anyway, phlog is a drink that enchanters and magic users drink when they feel drained of energy, or extra celebratory.

You know, I've always wanted to give blood. All of those depressing commercials on the radio and TV when I watch it can get really annoying.

*emerges from studio to find that Mindspring has indeed ascended the curtains and is looking upside-down at Titania with interest*

Congratulations, Titania. Now settle down and rest yourself. You should take it easy after giving blood.

There is a big black-tie dinner tomorrow that the Celery is holding, and I want to invite you. So you must replenish your energy.

Oh, I'll be fine!

*drinks a glass of water, fills it up, empties it again, fills it up..*

They would only take a third of what they usually take (making it about 2 decilitres) because the flow was a bit low...

..and thanks for the invitation, Lil!

*feeling a bit light-headed after the plasma donation*

What do you think would be the best time to show up there, with most people? What time zone is Redbeard in?

*deep sigh from sofa*

I'm trying to finally write an article on Flamenco Dance. I've got the background finished, but when actullay writing about the Dance... you have no idea what a complex subject that is - oooohh!

Minoova, a Y of champagne, s'il vous plait!

*soon deeply absorbed researching Flamenco Dance again*

I think I probably could do with some of that plasma Titania. I got a very sunburned face on saturday and still don't feel right about it (I just wish I could tan)

Sunburn! Wish I could have had some of it this so-called summer! Right, the weather in Stockholm is fine - now that I'm back at work...