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I have gmail! Yesssssssssssss! Geek heaven - I know I know sad bastard that I am but hey I have wanted one for absolute ages. A shout out of thanks goes to my good friend Natalie who organised it for me. Huzzah!

Anyway back to work - am at Erith Library today.

*he he he he he!*

I saw a fox last night

Well yes... the title says it all really! It was orange and skittish. Looked very healthy though and stopped to give me the once-over before trotting off.

V 2004

OK so it was almost a week ago but i havent had time to write so here goes...

The Pixies - yessssssssssssssss aha ha ha ha ha! I saw them live! A thing I thought I'd never do it was worth it definately!!! Also there was Muse, Snow Patrol, The Strokes, Pink (surprisingly good in real life), Faithless, N*E*R*D, and a whole bunch of others that I can't remember off the top of my head.

The toilets were really vile - I saw a couple sneak into one for a quickie - they must have been desperate or total strangers who couldn't risk taking each other back to their respective camp areas.

So what did I get out of V? A Pixies shirt, whiplash, a pulled knee and a twisted ankle - all signs that I had a good time.

Damn it was good!!!

I have a headache

Last night went out with people from work to a Chinese place in Welling to celebrate Steve's 21st and Amy's 20th. Met up with Steve at the New Cross turnpike (pub) for drinks there were supposed to be others but they bailed without letting us know so we drank alone until Lucy called us from the restaurant. I had another drink there, we had a fun evening pegging the waiters and each other - it was Amy's idea so she is the Queen of Pegs (simple minds simple pleasures I know...)

I left them all there at 10:30 and caught the bus to Lewisham (the bus of freaks) one guy right at the back was muttering and swearing each time the bus stopped at a stop considering he was just behind me in was a bit nerve-wracking but he got off in Blackheath but there were several other odd-looking people on board.

I eventually got to bed at 12:30 in a very fuzzy state, I woke this morning at 7:30ish and had a shower. I had the headache then and still have it now, it is hanging around like a little cloud of doom.

My neck is also sore!

But all that aside I have actually got quite a bit of work done so I am (relatively) happy. I would be happier at home but bills to pay and all that - no I jest I do really enjoy my job. I am also hungry - there is a staff farewell upstairs and I can smell the food being eaten but I am on 2nd lunch (woohoo!) Who is leaving? Gill - one of the Children's Librarians, it will be a shame to see her go so I will keep my eyes closed! :-P My sense of humour really sucks majorly but hey it is mine and I enjoy it!

Hey, wow...

You are Jhonen
You started it all. Fans can't
tell if you are genuinely off your rocker or
not. Hell, everyone's a little crazy. But
you'll never live down dressing up as Happy
Noodly Boy. You're really cool and funny.


Which Jhonen Vasquez creation are you?
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Twerp

Noun 1. twerp - someone who is regarded as contemptible
Synonyms: twirp, twit

Related Words
simple, simpleton, twirp, twit

(I got bored and decided to educate you all - one word at a time)

My head hurts

Every now and then I get this horrendous stabbing pain in my brain - it feels as if someone has hammered a spike through the top right-hand side of my head and started twisting the nail around; it lasts a few seconds and then fades.

Ouch

Not quite a splitting headache more a stabbing one. I feel an urge to draw coming on again - when I get home this evening I will start up on my cartoons again - it has been far too long since I last put together anything meaningful. I must finish off my rough sketches and start inking them, I have missed this creative drawing urge - I have been doing nothing much but writing lately see here.

Almost time to get back to work - yay!

Top 10 Librarian Jokes

1) Did you hear the one about the... ssshhhhh
2) An Englishman, an Irishman and a ...ssshhhh
3) A Duck walks into a bar ... ssshhh
4) 2 Scots are on holiday in America ... ssshhhh
5) An old lady is in the supermarket ... ssshhhh
6) A chicken was about to cross the road ... ssshhhh
7) How many indians does it take to ... ssshhhh
8) 2 crows are circling a road when ... ssshhhh
9) 2 nuns are driving through town and ...ssshhhh
10) What do you call a ...ssshhhh

The Laws of Robotics

The Meta-Law
A robot may not act unless its actions are subject to the Laws of Robotics

Law Zero
A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm

Law One
A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, unless this would violate a higher-order Law

Law Two
A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with a higher-order Law
A robot must obey orders given it by superordinate robots, except where such orders would conflict with a higher-order Law
Law Three
A robot must protect the existence of a superordinate robot as long as such protection does not conflict with a higher-order Law
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with a higher-order Law
Law Four
A robot must perform the duties for which it has been programmed, except where that would conflict with a higher-order law

The Procreation Law
A robot may not take any part in the design or manufacture of a robot unless the new robot's actions are subject to the Laws of Robotics

For full details

I, Robot

Good film - not earth-shattering but definately watchable! I saw it last Saturday, the trouble is I have also read most of Asimov's fiction so I spent a large part of the movie trying to figure out what part came from which story. That did not work too well as I started reading him many (well a few) years ago in my early teens (from about 12 to now although it has been a while since I picked up one of his books). I can remember the stories and characters but not the titles. The first book of his I can remember had a robot sleeping on a beach on the cover, I don't know why that memory sticks in my mind, that evening my mom and dad were going out to do whatever parents go out to do - I was at an age where I was not too curious as to what my parents did when they went out.

I also had fun spotting the product placements - JVC, Audi, US Robotics (I thought they made modems and computer stuff - it seems that in the future they will make robots), I could not see what make of motorcycle Will Smith was riding. There may have been others but in the end I just settled back to enjoy the show. One thing did puzzle me though - all the old stuff was in remarkably good condition although that can be explained away by the fact that collectors can be anal retentive about condition.

When WS went to visit his granny it reminded me of the Matrix when they all trooped off to visit the Oracle.

Fun film go and see it! Tell them that Matthew sent you and they will go "Who? Who is this Matthew person?"

I ate an ant

For the Big Bug Show end spectacular Leaf Cutter Ants were brought out

It tasted a lot better than the mopane worm but it may have been cooked less.

V Festival 2004 & a few other things

V is coming ever closer - I spoke to Pete (my brohter for those of you who dont know)
yesterday and he told me that his car has died and been junked in Wales so we have to organise a new vehicle. Will probably be a rental or something just so we can get there and back.

The Pixies are playing there this year as are Muse, Snow Patrol and a number of other bands who escape my memory at the moment. I am really looking forward to the Pixies though.

My mom and dad arrive in a month today - can't wait to see them, it will have been almost a year since I saw them last. They will be staying with Pete who lives on the other side of London (I am in the east).

Work has been fun - was busy deleting books and suchlike most of the morning. Quiet and boring day otherwise. The bug man is coming to Thamesmead today (last mentioned on Thursday). I will add more when something interesting happens.

Author hint

Try Martin Scott - author of the 'Thraxas' series, well worth it for those that like crime, detection, magic and rampant alcoholism with a dose of world-weary cynicism.
Thraxas website

Friday 15:51

It is a wee bit hot today but hey - I have had worse heat! At least I am better than my friend Amy - I heard she had a bad bit of chicken at a scout camp she was on...

Working this weekend - yay! Am on until eight tonight but I enjoy it. The Bug Show is coming here tomorrow - so at least I'll get a free feed of bugs, mmmmmm bugs! Well not much on at the moment so I'll get back to work

The Big Bug Show

The BBS was just at Welling Library doing his show for the Summer Reading Scheme (The Reading Rollercoaster) cockroaches, millipedes, giant snails, bird eating spiders and Mopane Wom snacks for those who wanted to try and eat one (I did). For those that do not know mopane worms look like this:

Do not worry it had been cooked, it was like eating a piece of bark! I saw the show last year at Thamesmead Library and that time I ate crickets - also fried. The worm was better tasting I thought.

So anyway...

I have created another blog to hold my new creative written work it is Stream of unconscious a bit sparse at the moment but I hope to add at least two to three pieces a week (one if I am a bit creatively slow).