16 Dec 2008
Posted in Life, Self-indulgence, Work at 11:35 pm by alby
Got a call from my boss this afternoon. It seems that I can’t go back until after I’ve been cleared a: by the fracture clinic and subsequently by b: the occy health dept.
My fracture clinic appointment is at 3pm on the 31st December (aarggh!) so I can’t inform my boss until the 2nd which means I might get the occy health appointment at some point the week beginning the 5th.
So hopefully I’ll be back at work on or around the 12th Jan.
Problem is what to do in the meantime.
Christmas Day is pretty sorted but the rest of this week will be a pain as I’m still not able to manage basic jobs, such as washing up, with any real success.
Oh and the other depressing thing about today was seeing an entire section in WHSmith this afternoon with book covers depicting faces of misery. Looking up I saw that the section was entitled “Tragic life stories”. Blimey. I didn’t think there was quite that appetite for unrelenting misery. Maybe I should try and get Lilya 4-Ever in that section. It might shift a copy or so more.
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09 Dec 2008
Posted in Life, Self-indulgence at 3:43 pm by alby
I love December. It’s a month full of wonders.
Highlights include it being cold, it being wet, it being dark, crappy Christmas music in every shop, crappy Christmas lights outside every lower class filth’s house for a month, and no doubt more I can’t be bothered to think about any more.
Last year I had a good trip to South Africa and returned to a burgled house. Clurb had her bike nicked as well.
This year P&C have had a brick thrown through their window and I’ve now managed to get myself a fracture at my elbow (radial head).
Really not best happy.
Bad end of year.
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Edit: what happened:
I was standing on the end of a rola-bola facing some people whilst chatting. Someone then stood on the other end in an attempt to balance the board. The first I knew about it was when I went flying and landed on my left arm. It did hurt rather a lot but I didn’t think anything was broken as my hand didn’t go numb.
But this morning I made it to work but couldn’t put any pressure through my left arm. One of the doctors I work with more or less insisted I go to A&E. Quick trip there and a couple of xrays later I have confirmed fracture.
So now I’m off work at least 3 weeks. This is seriously annoying. I have teaching to do. I’m supposed to be interviewing next week. And patients won’t be getting seen. Until it’s mended I can’t drive either.
Damn.
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03 Dec 2008
Posted in Life, Self-indulgence at 7:38 pm by alby
Today hasn’t been a good one.
Started in a filthy mood after very little sleep. Wednesdays are long days for me too. Loads of patients, bang bang bang one after the other.
I was so tired that I did seriously consider going home at lunchtime.
But I stuck it out.
I’d driven as well, normally I’d cycle as my German class is tonight.
But after toying with the idea of skipping the lesson to get more sleep I decided to go after all.
Drove through horrible traffic and at ridiculously slow speeds only to find that there’s no parking at the uni tonight. Assumedly because of this.
So to try and find a parking space anywhere near.
Failed.
So I gave up and came home only to hit even worse traffic.
So I’ve been an hour getting home in traffic I’ve not experienced since I lived in London to find a cold house and no company after what was, again, a spectacularly shit day.
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28 Oct 2008
Posted in Blog, Self-indulgence at 6:46 pm by alby
I decided to stick some pics on Flickr. No particular reason except thinking I should have a “best of” album comprising the pics I think are my best.
So here they are.
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17 Oct 2008
Posted in Self-indulgence at 7:33 pm by alby
I haven’t formally studied maths for about 20 years but a discussion on IJDb chat made me dredge some old stuff up from somewhere.
Ben and Ali were discussing maths.
Ben wrote this equation:
(X+1)^2+(Y+2)^2+11=0
And as far as I know that’s an impossible equation. At least assuming you’re not using complex numbers such as the root of -1.
Woohoo. I’m reet chuffed with meself.
Have fun.
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15 Sep 2008
Posted in Games, Self-indulgence at 8:02 pm by alby
Aargh! 119. And I’m stuck. No no no no!
Breath!
OK. Super Mario Galaxy.
You have to get stars. 61 (most certainly NOT 60) to beat the main game. But there are 120 in total.
The first time round.
And I’m on 119, and I can’t get the last one. I just can’t do it.
I need someone with killer 1337 ski11z to help out.
The level I’m stuck on is “Luigi’s Purple Coins“. Monster hard. I’m regularly dying within 5 seconds and I’ve never once got more than 50 coins (you need 100). It’s SO unfair! [hurls controller to the floor, slams door and stomps off upstairs]
Well it isn’t fair ok?
Sigh.
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08 Sep 2008
Posted in Juggling, Self-indulgence, Work at 9:18 pm by alby
Way back at the EJC I had a strange encounter with Luke B.
He’d asked me ages ago if I’d be ok to do an interview with him re my PhysioMonkey work and that.
Well he went and interviewed me and has now only gone and stuck the interview out on his podcast. And I’m quite pleased. I don’t actually sound too much like an idiot. Well not too much.
Some over-usage of one or two phrases and a bit of unclarity at one or two moments but generally not too bad.
Pleased.
Have fun.
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01 Sep 2008
Posted in Blog, Self-indulgence at 11:16 am by alby
Well done you lot. Not one of you noticed.
In the “Duct Apes” post (last week) I put in 15 references to metals and none of you bleedin’ noticed.
Well there was a prize (which I have now eaten) for whomever got most of them. Pah.
NB On mentioning this to Clurb she spotted a 16th.
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11 Aug 2008
Posted in Life, Self-indulgence, Travel at 10:04 am by alby
Back from EJC with the usual array of post-fun deficits.
I ache in lots of places, some more sore than others. I have 2 blisters on my feet. I have tonsilitis. I have a cold.
Bleargh.
The car, however, did excel and managed the 1175 mile (1880km) journey with no complaints.
Total cost of journey wasn’t too bad either. Ferry was only £90 between us and petrol worked out at a touch over £140. Incidentally fuel efficiency worked out to around 40mpg. Not bad.
I’m done with the nerdy details now and would write a review of the event but I haven’t got home net now and don’t have the time to do it justice at work.
But for now just let me thank P&C for being total stars throughout.
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16 Jul 2008
Posted in Self-indulgence at 2:09 pm by alby
This may be slightly gross.
I’ve just had my dinner. I bought a chicken samosa earlier and was looking forward to it. I’ve just eaten it and nom nom…
Exciting eh?
But then I needed to blow my nose. Not uncommon I suppose. Hot food sort of does that to me.
So blow it I did.
Suddenly I feel like I need a proper “clear the sinuses” blow rather than the expected simple “stop the dribbling” style blow. Deep breath and blow.
Out plops a chunk of spicy onion into the tissue. Hmm lovely.
I now have slightly irritated sinuses prolly cos of the spices.
This really has never happened to me before.
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