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Eid Mubarak
Posted Nov 25, 2003
Happy Eid, to anyone who celebrates it 
I heard fireworks earlier, and the local news is reporting on the celebrations in Rusholme, in the Curry Mile.
I loved Eid (Eid-al-Fitr? I always get confused about which Eid is which) when I was young because my primary school was dominated by moslem pupils, and about 6 in a class of 30 would make it into school, so we just played. And coloured cards with Eid Mubarak on in Urdu and Gujarati, and patterns that I'd completely forgotten about until I checked out BBC religion's Eid email postcards earlier.
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SSO
Posted Oct 14, 2003
I tell you, this "SSO" thing gets more and more irritating. Not that you don't know already, but I feel I have to vent frustration: I have used collective before. And the hub, and 360 and... I wouldn't mind if it said that I had to activate my collective account, but since I've actually won things there, I think I might possibly have used it before... 
And I feel a chat with membership at bbc.co.uk coming on, because I accidently typed my date of birth wrong and I can't now change it. Drop down boxes are the way to go for date of birth collection, hadn't they heard?
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No wait...
Posted Oct 10, 2003
...I *am* still alive, honest... 
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Isn't it funny how white looks more white with blue?
Posted Sep 4, 2003
So, there's a baby living next door, and has been for a few weeks, and I only actually managed to hear it cry for the first time last night. Either the baby's very quiet, or the walls are very thick... Maybe both. I didn't even find out that the baby was there until they'd been living next door for a month. It would be nice to see her. Actually, it would be nice to see all of our new neighbours, but I have been staying inside a lot lately, and I'm loath to answer the door if my mother's in the house. I really want a baby... to play with. And then to give back to the mother if she starts crying, or needs a clean nappy, or something like that. Sadly, no one I know well is or will be likely to have a baby in the near future. Still... I shall bide my time....
I'm contemplating studying biology for a hobby, so help me. Anything to procrastinate about my dissertation...
And in other news... ...erm, well, there isn't any. Sorry.
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Vultures a-circling
Posted Jul 23, 2003
How do I hate hospitals? Let me count the ways...
I had an appointment at the fracture clinic today. Naturally, I did not see the same consultant as I saw two weeks ago, and of course he said completely different things to me than the last guy did. Last time, I was told that I had to keep my elbow still, in fact the consultant was quite insistent on the point, but this time I saw Dr Paul, who asked me how I was getting on with exercising it. I pressed him on which exercises I should be doing, and have come to the conclusion that I shall exercise it lightly, and wait to see what they say next time. Dr Paul was also anxious to make sure that I knew that I may never be able to extend my arm properly again. How nice.
After that, my mother and I went into town. We got to Market Street, and then the vultures flew in. I mean this metaphorically, of course. Actually, I was accosted by a lady who thought that I should sue somebody for my broken arm. 1, if I was going to do this I would contact my solicitor, and 2, I think it's disgusting that people wait on street corners to suggest this to people. This lady took quite sound getting rid of - I actually had to be rude - and then less than 30 seconds later a man approached me, offering to help me sue. I just told him that I wasn't going there. Personally, even if my accident was the fault of the council, which I doubt, I think it would probably be better for them to spend any money they would have to settle on my claim on improving the streets around where I live, or maybe putting in a pedestrian crossing at a particularly bad junction in Didsbury, which might do someone some real good. I feel like I must be the only person in the world that something bad has happened to that doesn't wish to sue about it. Don't get me wrong - I wouldn't mind sueing if there was definitely a good case to answer, but when I broke my arm there wasn't.
Meanwhile, I am finding this voice dictation extremely trying. I seem to spend 90 per cent of my time correcting my mistakes, and while correcting mistakes other mistakes creep in when I breathe. There doesn't seem to be anywhere that I can put the microphone where it doesn't pick up my breath sounds. This is annoying. The only redeeming feature seems to be that if I dictate quite quickly it does far far better than if I dictate slowly. The problem with this is that I cannot think as fast as I need to be able to in order to dictate quickly and coherently, except when I'm angry. Well, not angry just irritated. It is frustrating as I like to take care over my words and exactly what I say, but I guess I just have to live with it.
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