the everyday adventures of sabrina

missives from the great beyond (2009-01-07)

7 January 2009 at 23:59 sabrina Comments off

82 hours until I am on vacation! Even less if you start counting from when I leave work on Friday… WANNA BE ON VAYCAYSHON NOW PLSTHXUBYE #
Difference when you’re trying to be budget conscious: suddenly, returning ill-fitting sweaters seems a lot more worth bothering with. #
Sad: Finding a 2TB logfile on disk. Fun: rm oh_my_god_youre_huge.CSV! #
wrangling syslog-ng for ages over a tiny change is a really good way to have the will to live sucked right out of you. #
@writchrd Yaaaaay! #

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6 January 2009 at 23:59 sabrina Comments off

I’ll be glad to get my balcony access back in spring, but I think I will miss the unobstructed view from my desk and table. #
I really, really, really hate it when I check the weather and the current conditions box includes the phrase “ice pellets.” Really. #
IMPORTANT UPDATE: 105 hours until I am on vacation. #
Random trader, re: my coffee cup: “That’s a lot of coffee! You must have a high tolerance!” Sweetie, you don’t know the half of it. #
Watching the Mr. Burris Goes To Washington show on the teevee. God, this is all so humiliating. Shut up, you narcissistic morons. #
@chowbok pxe! pxe! pxe! #
@smokes70 For real? Is it made of gold and diamonds and ship with my own personal scantily clad Apple Genius (who makes great martinis)? #

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5 January 2009 at 23:59 sabrina Comments off

Scarf I hope to finish before I leave is now about 150cm, of what I expect will eventually be 220ish. Fingers crossed for free time! #
Out of bed at 4:30, gave up trying to sleep — too fixated on vacation to be able to sleep. This may become a problem if it continues. #
132 hours until I’m getting on a jet plane! WHICH I HOPE IS ALL PURPLEY ON THE INSIDE, Richard Branson! #
“They can’t deny what the Lord has ordained,” says Nutjob McCrazypants (D-Crazytonia) re his status as jr senator from IL. Thanks, God! #
Got my ticket for my tour of BBC Television Centre! If I can’t see SNP, at least I can go trip over some camera cables elsewhere. #
@smokes70 Dude, I didn’t even have to actually get to work before I started wishing that. #
Sadly, it seems it only takes about 4 hours at work to drain me of all my vacation-related glee. That, or the 4 hours of sleep I got. #

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4 January 2009 at 23:59 sabrina Comments off

@sanityknit Heh. Exactly why I’m heading to the bookstore to scope out titles now, with time to ship it before classes start! #
@mizmoose SO MUCH TRUE. (and also funny.) #

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4 January 2009 at 15:28 flickrmoblogger Comments off

Things I Did Not Expect My Handspun Yarn To Turn Into, #420: Cat snuggle-toys.