Richard Brook

I'm lying on the sofa, slightly cold and barely awake, and I wanted to ask Ryan if he'd go across the street for bagels and coffee.

I asked him, 'would you like some bagels?' Soon as I said it, I realised that something had misfired in my brain, and I left out a few words. So I corrected myself to, 'could you go get some?'

But not before he said yes to my first question. So now I basically asked if he'd like something, and then asked him to go get it himself. I don't think that's how that's meant to work.


In other news, I found the Granada 'verse on Netflix Instant View, and have been slowly going through that. Knowing that Watson's actor is going to change shortly is already making me sad, because I like this Watson. He's cheeky and talks back. If what I've heard about new!Watson is true, I may be quite sad when the actor changes.


Also, last night's Doctor Who. Funny, clever, and quite sad at the end. And a bit ironic, because just the other day in #BakerStreet, we were wondering how much of the TARDIS we'd ever get to see.



And Ryan just texted me. It's 8:30 in the morning, and Vons is out of bagels. How the hell does that happen? Bastards.

I just spent the last four hours trawling through John Finnemore's blog. I've got a hundred other things I could be doing, and a dozen things I should be doing, and instead, I spent my day reading about library books and Welsh signs.

Does anyone have a spare life? I think I need one. Also, any spare inspiration you could send my way, since I seem to be running low.


ETA: I'm actually going to do one of those things I should have done already, and go to the shop. Also, I'm beginning to get annoyed with iTunes, only half of the time giving me my pause/play options when I hover over the icon on my taskbar. Seriously, Windows 7. Why won't you let it minimise to the system tray like EVERY OTHER VERSION OF WINDOWS? I still hate Windows 7, and don't think I will ever come round to liking it. I've only just today figured out how to GET my system tray, instead of that stupid little pop-up box that makes me miss emails because it hides my Thunderbird notif envelope in there, rather than doing the sensible thing, like putting it where I can sodding see it.

Sorry. Hate Windows 7, and am slightly annoyed that I couldn't get my netbook pre-loaded with Vista, which I actually did quite like very much.


Right. Trousers, shop, and pineapple juice and pasta sauce.

ETA 2: Never mind. I am an idiot, and apparently forgot that minimising to the system tray was not the default setting for iTunes. I guess that's what happens when you install something on your computer four years ago, and then never fiddle with it again. I still sort of hate Windows 7, though. For a myriad of other reasons.

So, it's Joe's birthday, and I told him I'd go over there to watch a movie with him. I really didn't want to, mainly just because I was tired and not feeling well, but I went anyway.

And then fell asleep about 15 minutes into Quantum of Solace. This is why I should not go do things two hours after I normally go to bed.


In other news, my computer was giving me a red blinking warning light* down at the bottom. I clicked it to see what it was about.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLARK COUNTY, NV UNTIL SUNDAY, AUGUST 08 2010 3:00 AM PDT.

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

*FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...

It goes on, but you get the point. It's 82°, the sky is purple, and the bits that aren't purple are covered in clouds. The warning is supposed to expire in about an hour, but around here, they have a habit of being extended to the point of lasting a few days. At least I'm on the third floor.


And now, since I'm so tired that it took me three tries to click on the option to change my mood, the first two times clicking on other buttons that do not change my mood, I am going to bed.


* I get weather alerts on my computer for exactly this sort of reason. There are four levels. Blue: Other than being absolutely unbearable, nothing's happening. Yellow: Hey, the weather's doing something that you'd expect it to do this time of year, but since it's different than what it was doing yesterday, we'll let you know. Orange: Hey, the weather's doing something that you'd expect it to do this time of year, but it may damage your car in the process. Red: GET IN THE CAR! IT'S A LION!