Weekend catch up

Saturday: we found our new flat! Have to wait till the end of november, then the fun really begins... All that packing and moving and unpacking... Getting new furniture and sorting out he phone line..
But it will all be worth it.

Sent a few CV's off for my Lady's new job hunt. Shouldn't be too long till we hear back from them..

Poor Stitch is all affeared of the fireworks... He has spent most of the night tucked away in the smallest nooks and crannies he can find.

Sunday: A nice relaxing day with nothing to do. Talk, reading, eating out and making love.
Beautiful ... Every day should be like this :)

Have not wrote a single thing for my story this weekend but i don't feel bad about it .. I'll catch up later.. I had more important things to do with my time.

Electricity improves memory: Link - Note this does not mean you plug yourself up to the wall.

Fire! Flats and People Watching

One day left until I subject myself to the cruel and unusual punishment of NaNoWriMo.
I wonder if i truly understand what i have decided to try .... It ain't going to be pretty but at least i can write complete crap without having to worry about re-editing. There will simply be no time!

Things not to have hgappen to you when in the dark trying to light a bonfire:

• Your torch stops working
• The wind blows out the candles
• Your lighter decides to play silly buggers
• The rain completely soaked your long burning wood
• the nice quick burning wood gives of enough acrid smoke to make your head spin
• Your Seat keeps sinking in the mud
• You almost loose your hair to the blaze
• You forgot the marshmallows
  

Well even after that i had a nice blaze for a while and sat down for a few beers and toasted the dead ... At least the moon came out to help me find my way around otherwise i might have been calling for help from the middle of a Bramble Maze.
Over all - partial success and enough lessons learned to make the next attempt more successful

Other happenings today:

Found a flat. Simple and easy. Knock and you shall be answered, ask and you shall recieve.

Met the Ex for lunch, The conversation went something like"I'm fine, Were better as friends, I'm happy you found someone else, Be sure before you move in."
Well I'm sure as sure can be and maybe a little more:) Things have a way of working out don't you think?

Reading: People Watching by Vernon Coleman

Interesting. I like the act of People watching and do it whenever i get the chance. Nice to see that I'm not alone:)

Hmm not too cryptic today i feel...I must add something more metaphorical...

Oh yes, Smoking is a Bitch .. it always creeps up on you and pounces at the worst time...
You never get over it. I am Smokings Bitch. *Bark bark*

Have you ever noticed how some people keep eating food that they know is no good for them just because they like the taste? Or it comforts them?
Addictions are hard things to master and they Lurk unsen when beaten, only to creep up on you again.
If only we could tell ourselves that these things are bad ... but we still insist that they are good...even against out own experience...

Anyway enough ... catch you round.

Quick Fix?

News links:

• Suicude rates at lowest
• Free speech on the internet?
• Googles answer
• Irrepressible.info
• Tower of Babel

Just a few pieces of news that stood out for me this weekend.

I have been thinking about how most modern day fixes are about stopping the symptoms and not really dealing with the cause.
Ok it may be harder to work out the cause and more work getting to the root and addressing it but in the long run you save time and energy by not going over the same ground again and again..

My lady and I are looking round for a place to live. That's going to be wonderful; waking up together each morning. But first to find the place..

Hmmm.. is there a word to sum up hopeful longing with a dash of impatience?
How about Yearning ... that seems to sum it up..

and one more link for a chuckle:
who needs crimewatch?