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Having moved my computer downstairs the new HomeHub thing then decided that even 6 feet was too far to successfully broadcast a signal across - clearly the brief period when it did work was an utter fluke - and so I have now resorted to the ethernet cable. Which is great because it's apparently giving me 6Mb, but may spoil me utterly for ever going back to wireless when I get around to buying another router.

In other news, there is the reorganisation. Can I just say that while I've revelled at times in being a team of one, particularly since it lets me out of tedious team meetings at ungodly hours, the downside of it is that when they draw up plans for reorganisation it's very easy for a post like that to drop off the map. As mine has. Hmmmph. Anyway, I'm already due to be meeting with one of the senior managers on Friday and who knows what bollocks she is going to come out with. Not that I think I'm really for the chop, but who knows what asshattery can happen?

I've also given up on the concept of moving house, even though it vexes me to get up before the sun rises and get home long after it's set, but that's a winter problem in general. Frankly, I hate moving house - there was a three year period where I moved annually and I loathed the experience every single time and vowed not to do it again for as long as possible - and while I hate the commute, I hate packing up and moving (not to mention the idiocy involved in actually selling the house) even more. Plus within walking distance from my current house I have a convenience store, a library, a pizza place, a chip shop, a shop that sells ferret food and a bus stop to town. Within 5 minutes drive I have a 24-hour Asda and a post office and another library. I'm currently of the opinion that if I cannot replicate this set-up to some significant extent, I don't want to play. ;)

Lastly, is tonight's SG-1 a Daniel-free episode? Because if it is then I'll just rewind the tape...

I can walk and chew gum at the same time, not that I chew gum that often, but it's disconcerting to discover that I'm still apparently the world's least coordinated human being.

Or at least that's the impression I've gained from attempting to go along with an exercise dvd I rented, more out of curiosity than hope... it seems that, as I was in the days when my mother used to call me 'Calamity Jane', I am incapable of managing a sequence of actions without dire consequences. Single actions, yes, but anything that involves doing one thing, then doing something else and something else after that in quick succession, not so good.

So much for that version of Plan A. At least my use of the Amazon dvd rental system allows me to discover this cheaply! ;)

And speaking of dvds (hey, nice segway!), I probably shouldn't mention to a couple of people on my friendslist who're bound to get overexcited that season 2 of Judge John Deed is out in February.

LJ is compensating paid account members for last week's downtime - go here for details.

Oops. The Wordmeter website appears to have been suspended, this is not good - somehow I suspect it's probably due to a NaNoWriMo-associated bandwidth spike! ;)

In other (non-NaNoWriMo) news, so therefore this post can be unfiltered, I was supposed to be moving offices tomorrow. I've been after a permanent office - or at least as permanent an office as a local government employee ever gets - for a while since I've been peripatetic and I'm getting bored with it. Since I was passing the building I'm supposed to be moving to, I thought I'd drop in and see where I was going to be.

G: me, hello there!
A: admin flunky, not the one I've been liaising with...

G: Which one's my desk?
A: That one. *points*
G: Where's the computer?
A: Oh, aren't you bringing one with you?
G: Where would I be bringing one from since I've not had a permanent office before?

*headdesk*

I got hold of the larger version of the latest episode of Heroes and the sound is buggered up - I can get one channel, the background music, but no dialogue! :(

So I'm forced to acquire another version (oh, how my ISP loves me...) and am now watching Boston Legal instead... not that this is a particular hardship, but since half my friendslist were enthusing about Heroes, it's annoying!

Though Asda is my closest supermarket (less than 5 minutes drive, or 15 minutes walk if I'm feeling virtuous) there are lots of things I prefer to buy from other supermarkets - Asda's guacamole, for example, is just vile slop.

However, one thing they seem to do well is ready-made trifle and their chocolate trifle is my particular favourite. It's cream, chocolate mousse and chocolate cake and is utterly nummy. It also makes a big mess when you drop it in the middle of the aisle. Oops! :P

So now, after the saga of 'BT doesn't know what Livejournal is', we have 'BT's mail system is shot to buggery'. No mail for me, not all day and who knows when it will be fixed...

Just wondering if it's messed up outgoing as well: moonlettuce, did you get the email I sent you about the hotel? ;)

So, yesterday I couldn't get into livejournal at all, not on any browser, though I was reliably assured (waves to cycnus39) that it was working. I even uninstalled various things that I thought might be interfering with it, since the problem had started soon after I got an update on something but still no joy.

Then I had a brief email exchange with my ISP's 'help' people:

Me: Everything else is loading but not livejournal, in any browser, are you guys blocking it?

Them: No, it's your browser, here's how to tinker with it. If that doesn't work, talk to livejournal.

Me: No, I told you it's not my browser, but I tried your idiotic suggestions anyway and guess what, they didn't work. Livejournal is working, the problem is with you.

Them: ....

And this morning it's working. Except for danielpix, which I can post to but which won't load in Opera but it will in other browsers. And apparently my friends pages will load but I can't read comments on any posts in that browser either. Grrrrrr.

Went to see the quack this morning - he looked at my throat, listened to my lungs and then declared that I'd picked up a bug and that he couldn't give me anything for it anyway, since it would work its way out.

Well, that was worth it. I hope you guys are all happy now! :P

*wonders if booking doctor's appointment for Friday morning will stop people nagging her*

Probably not. ;)

In other news, my season 1 Slings and Arrows dvd set arrived this morning...