Late Shift 138: Skeletor wants your children!

paranoidwriter waves hello

23:31 / 25.03.06

BUT I DONT UNDERSTAND

23:36 / 25.03.06

Me confusely already.

Think I'm going to bed. At least it's warm in there.

A la prochaine!

23:37 / 25.03.06

It's suddenly an hour later. Twice a year I spend several minutes convinced I've been abducted by aliens.

23:44 / 25.03.06

For some reason, I always find this surprising. You'd think I would have learnt by now, or something. At least at what time of the year it went forward and which it went back.

But no. Maybe it's like when I could never remember what day a girl I used to go out withs birthday was on. I always sort of knew when it was, but I could never remember the day no matter how much I tried. I always ended up second guessing myself...

23:56 / 25.03.06

AND it's Mothers' Day. They're just TRYING to stress us out.

00:12 / 26.03.06

Fuck. It's mother's day and there's clock stuff? We spent the night wondering what the future holds and smoking hard in public because we won't be allowed in 3 hours or so. Too much to remember.

00:14 / 26.03.06

Oh God, today's the Scottish smoking ban, is it not? Not long for the rest of us. I may just start eating nicotine.

00:16 / 26.03.06

We were milking the ban for column inches last week and I suggested doing a feature on how many people will turn to snuff and chewing baccy. There's an angle I've not seen yet.

00:22 / 26.03.06

I am very drunk!

00:23 / 26.03.06

The previous post was brought to you by the efforts of remaining coherent.

00:24 / 26.03.06

Hooray for drinkies!

I'm at work, unfortunately.

00:24 / 26.03.06

[Applause]

Nothing like a drunken Suedey to enliven proceedings.

00:27 / 26.03.06

I might make a bet with myself to see if I can drink the next two beers without calling someone.

The italics mean that somebody would be significant! Would be.

Triplets

00:31 / 26.03.06

Is she telepathic with you?

And only youuuuu?

00:32 / 26.03.06

NOT ANYMOOOOOOOORE

MAYBE I SHOULD START A TOPIC WHILE I SOB A LITTLE

00:32 / 26.03.06

Suedey doesn't do that, son.

00:33 / 26.03.06

Oh, indeed.

00:39 / 26.03.06

Anyone mind if I leave my good crying-on shoulder here (top of the range, mind) while I go to bed? Night.

00:39 / 26.03.06

Has spoonage occurred?

00:41 / 26.03.06

Paul Hoerner, drums. Ever since his Mother placed a coffee can on a string around his neck and let him bang away with a wooden spoon, Paul has loved to play anything that he can hit with a stick.

00:45 / 26.03.06

Or maybe Spoon the band who interestingly enough link to this picture on their website.

Why, I wonder what talented fiend drew such a thing... Oh! It was me.

03:29 / 26.03.06

Hi. Miss y'all.

04:09 / 26.03.06

Bloody hell! Sally!

Where the fuck have you been?

...you've buggered off again, haven't you?

Ah well. Nice to nearly catch you on the Shift, anyway.

04:10 / 26.03.06

I just kinda had to wander off for a while and have a bit of a think. And then, I wasn't really sure how to speak up again. How are you?

04:13 / 26.03.06

Yeah, I'm good. Well, except that this night at work is dragging on forfucking ever. Other than that, great! Yeah, I'd been wondering where you'd got to. Are you actually back now or just saying hello?

04:18 / 26.03.06

I'm kinda in the doorway. My OCD meds kinda crapped out on me, so me and the team of experts are kind of trying some new things. Lots going on with school and trying to find a new job. The usual, really. Oh, and planning the wedding. Woog- there's soemthing that I'm jsut not qualified to handle.

04:21 / 26.03.06

Well, it'd be kind of a weird thing to be an expert in, really. How long do you have for the planning- when is it?

(I'm all confused at the moment because the clocks have just gone forward. It's wrong, all wrong, I tell you.)

04:24 / 26.03.06

The wedding's in October. We're still pinning down exact colors, and I have to find someone who can make the dress I have in mind. Just a lot to do. Still, the reward is on the other side of it all: the San Francisco honeymoon. : )

04:37 / 26.03.06

Wicked!

04:40 / 26.03.06

Absolutely. I'm looking forward to the wedding and all, there's just SO much going on right now, more than I'm really equipped to handle. I'm trying to cut back in places where I can, it's just complex. Stupid life, sometimes.

04:53 / 26.03.06

Certainly sounds kind of hectic. There's always time for a Lateshift, though.

I've just been overly busy looking after new puppy, which again is an awful lot of work and hecticness but well worth the effort.

05:03 / 26.03.06

Ohh! You got a new puppy? Tell me all about him/her!

05:12 / 26.03.06

Ooh, there's a thread with pictures here, but they're a bit out of date now, cos she's growing ludicrously fast.

Her name's Sheena (as in "...is a punk rocker"), she's nearly six months old, and she's a lab/collie/puli cross and she's utterly gorgeous. But a right fucking handful at the same time.

I really wasn't up for getting a puppy, but they called me from the vet's and said they had one needing a home, and talked me into at least going in to meet her. Obviously as soon as I saw her I was doomed, really!

New dog = me happy, though.