A bit of real life (it does exist!)

[vilakins]

I suppose I'd better make a post that isn't for naarmamo.

Good Things

• On Friday I finally got a colour printer at work, a nice fast laser which should handle what we throw at it a lot better than the old HP inkjet.
  
• A new and very classy-looking Indian restaurant has opened up in the next suburb. I'm so trying it when I get my appetite back.
  
• My Spaced DVDs arrived last week. Thank you to all who recommended this show; it's quirky and funny and clever and very geeky. :-D
  
• I volunteered to take part in a kids' puppet show before I got this cold and it was on today. It went well though. I was a dog and a French lamb, and I got heaps of compliments on my accent. :-D I think five people behind the stand was about two too many though. It was like a rugby scrum back there at times.
  
• Today I watched the SG1 200th episode today; another of the meta eps SG1 does so well. The return of Wormhole Xtreme! References to Star Trek, Farscape, Thunderbirds (!!!) and many more. And there were zombies! So much fun.
  
• It looks as if the "What If" prompt will win for the Freedom City fic party, so I'll get to knock off two of my unwritten stories in the next couple of months (the other in the Finish-a-thon).

Bad Things

• I have a cold. My head hurts, especially when I bend over or lean forward. My chest hurts. I don't feel like eating (but this is probably a Good Thing).
  
• I have to go to work tomorrow despite this because we're doing a major project and I'm the only one who know how to do one part of it.
  
• I've also got a review tomorrow since I've been there three months. This worries me. I always fear that I'm not good enough. I know I am technically, but I don't think I always come across well.
  
• The fic party mentioned above overlaps with the Finish-a-thon and I know at least one of the stories will be quite long. [worries a bit]

Oh yes, the SG1 ep reminded me; check this out: Cartoons by Leah Rosenthal. They're mainly SG1 and I've seen the older ones before, but the more recent ones at the top cover newer fandoms like Lost and even crossovers of Boston Legal / House and My Name is Earl / SG1. :-D

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Aww, I really do hope you feel better soon!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I want to stay in bed and read do nothing. [snuffles] :-P

[kerravonsen]

They should appreciate how devoted you are to duty!

Get better! Rest! Dream of Vila! 8-)

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I hope that you soon get over your cold.

I'm looking forward to a review of the Indian restaurant.

I hadn't realised till now that you were a puppet. :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the review will go fine :) and hope the cold goes away.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon, especially as it seems you can't avoid being at work tomorrow (don't you hate it when that happens?).

I'm sure the review will be fine. :-)

I haven't seen 'Spaced' but I've heard lots of good things about it. Must look it up some time...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Not a sock one though!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The collectors' edition (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0002LXU6I/202-1200533-1477458?v=glance&n=283926&s=dvd&v=glance) came out this month on Amazon UK and I thought it was reasonably priced enough to take a punt. :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it will eventually. ;-)

Yeah, fingers crossed.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm. Now that would be nice and rather more restful than the ancient Roman chariot races in cartoon form I got last night!

[matildabj.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon. Colds are horrid and linger-y. *makes you soup*

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Soup is what I crave. :-)

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I hate colds. If you don't get a good review there is no justice in the world. Shall send Good Review Gypsy Vibes.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-) You get colds in Florida? I only catch them in winter. And I thought I'd done well this year too.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I don't get colds very often myself, but mainly that's because I don't go out & mingle with germ-carrying folks very often. :^)

There's a particular time of year that's 'cold and flu season', but I don't know what the weather has to do with it.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Well, cold and flu season is winter here, and it's also winter in the UK and Germany and that's different time of year altogether. I never caught anything in Israel and I'm sure that's because it was dry and hot. Kids in Fiji don't get colds. Diarrhoea and stomach bugs, yes, colds no. I have to say it goes with cold and dampness.

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

SG1 at 200! We won't be getting it in the UK till about October. I'm really looking forward to it.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I don't think it ever gets *really* cold here, but our flu germs have adapted to liking it here anyway. Definitely gets damp, and sometimes we get a cold snap.

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

Ergh. Slight RL interuption there. I also meant to wish you well. Begone, foul cold!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I downloaded it. I wasn't waiting to see that. No spoilers, just heaps of jokes and taking off other SF shows.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Well, my headache's gone which makes a huge difference. I think my voice is going too though. :-(