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shattered
Posted Jan 21, 2004
I am absolutely shattered today. I'm trying to type stuff out on the PC and I'm barely managing to tap the right keys.
I'm off to a quiz later. I don't know how much you know about the average pub quiz but they are fierce places sometimes. It's amazing how emotive the question 'how many letters are there in the Italian alphabet?' can become at 10pm after everyone has tanked up after watch the footy. (the answer's 21, by the way)
There is always a question asking which year a certain thing happened. When I was younger (i.e. in my teens - I'm aware I'm not exactly an old codger!) the years seemed very distinct from one another, but now they seem to be merging into one another. This is never so frightening as when you're at a quiz. And there'll always be someone who'll say the year one before/after your guess to be different so they can say 'I told you so' at the end if you're wrong and put doubt in your head. Can anybody reading this, for example, remember which year Nelson Mandela was released? 10 ricehammer points if you post me the answer without looking it up!
I think my previous entry mistook this site for a blog, so I will do my best to redress this over the forthcoming posts.
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hello, good evening and ...we'll come?
Posted Jan 20, 2004
Hi everyone, I didn't realise I got one of these when I joined up. I'm sure someone will be fast enough to tell me if I'm off topic or not in the general spirit of things.
The text above as I'm writing this is asking what's making my days buzz by. Well, at the moment, I'm sat here on the PC listening to the who, the house is peaceful apart from the cats jingling about and just in this bubble of time life is happy and sweet and I can forget about life's worries for a couple more hours.
Life's worries? Well, I'm waiting for a house purchase to come through so my wife and I can shift out of the bachelor pad I bought a couple of years ago just after graduating and starting my job and into something bigger. It's been held up because the woman we're buying off has lost her deeds and it's been dragging on for ages now. It must be pretty FORWARD in my mind if it's the thing I'm introducing myself with on this journal, but (being childless as yet) I think I'm beginning to get an idea as to what expectant fathers go through when their partners are 8 months gone. You get sick of having to explain NOT YET!!! I'll let you know when it happens...
I have a pretty good, if slightly mundane, life. I have fairly bohemian friends who I adore seeing and listening to what they have to say. I'm writing on a Tuesday evening - quite often we'll be out down the university where one of my friends works on a Tuesday and I'll feel slightly wistful when I see the students and how I used to live my life, but I wouldn't swap it for what I've got now.
I'm thinking of applying for mastermind at the minute. I've got the forms - I think I'll go downstairs and fill them out.
Bye for now - ricehammer.
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