nastybun

I feel I should write something here, so here goes…

something

Ahh, that feels better.

How much do I like juice? A lot. I’ve been drinking Morning Start juice.. I think it’s Berri.. by the pint. It’s tasty stuff, and it’s good for me! Probably. I’d vary the flavour, but the others I’ve tried don’t cut the mustard. It’s not the cheapest juice on the shelf, but it is super tasty. Is it weird that it seems to make me sleepy?

The CD that the track I’m listening to is from has the second best CD name ever. To Hell With You I’ll Make My Own People. If know what I think the best CD name is, you deserve a cookie of some description. Except you JJ, because I know you know.

The nice thing about tragedy is that sad people give better hugs.

I hate that when when one is shopping for one’s lonesome, you have to think of getting things that will last a week. Or is decidedly dividable and feasibly freezable. I age old lament I know, but now it is affecting me. This time, it’s personal.

The nice thing about working from home is that I don’t have to wear pants. Unfortunately when it’s a bit warm, leather seats get sticky. To the t-shirt that sacrificed itself to be my chair liner, I salute you. You will be remembered.

If you want to stir fry some meat/veg, try spashing some olive oil and soy sauce in the wok, cook your meats (I prefer beef strips, but chicken works also..), add your veg with some more soy and some mirin (cooking sake, cooking rice wine… whatever the bottle calls it) then either add some prepared hokkien noodles in at the end (with a little more soy and some oyster sauce if you like to) or just chuck it on some rice. If going the rice route, mix some cornstarch into a cup of water and chuck that in near the end. This thickens the sauce up. Tastytimes.

I’ve nearly finished watching Twin Peaks. I started it when series one came out on DVD (years ago) so I started from scratch. It’s been super great. I’ve two discs to go.

Lately I’ve been playing Audiosurf. It’s terrific. Essentially you show it your favoured songs, it thinks for a bit, then presents you with a music/rythmn game based on that song. You use your mouse to swerve left and right to collect the coloured blocks, matching them up in chains for more points. The different characters present different play styles, which means that you can play around finding the one that suits your song best. I can’t tell you how awesome this game is, you really need to try it. It’s ten US bucks, you have to purchase it through Steam but there’s a demo available. Not sure what’s in it, I just bought the whole thing. I’ve mostly been playing fast trancy/beaty tracks in mono mode (two kinds of blocks, one to avoid and one to pick up) but it works with most styles of music. Try some Bjork. For beats, try London Elektricity’s The Great Drum + Bass Swindle and DJ Zinc’s Umbongo. Or if you can find it, Area51 - Sunrise on Goa. I’ll get it to you in fact… it’s a little mental. So much fun. So very much fun.

A coupla weeks ago I bought some chopsticks. The box says that they’re disintegration proof, so in the event of a nuclear holocaust, I’m confidant that I’ll be able to eat noodles. Assuming I can find some disintegration proof noodles. That could be a challenge…

My new work phone is a Nokia E65. It’s a slidey one, and has a wonderfully irritating habit of switching off when it’s slid open as someone is calling. It’s very anti-good. Speaking to the internet, it seems that’s a bit of a design flaw with the unit. If you’re in the market for a new phone.. beware. Shame really, otherwise it’s a great phone.

I can has proper internets now, so that’s nice. I’m also real close to the exchange (not as close as Bird Flu though…) so I get over 19meg down… handy!

That’s kinda it for now… I’ll blather more as it comes to it. And just between you and me, it will come to it… oh yes…