I have a feeling I'll be listening to my “music-to-slit-your-wrists-by” playlist today. There's nothing “major” that's wrong; just a bunch of little things that are adding up to make me less-than-happy today.
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Why does this remind me of somebody?
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That's all I'm going to be good for today, I do believe. Had a rough night last night. Woke up at 1am when Katy was coughing up a lung, or so it seemed, then got caught up in a loopy dream that kept my CPU usage in the redline and prevented me from getting back to sleep. I hate that sort of fugue state, where you're kinda sorta awake but still dreaming and you know you're dreaming, but you can't do anythign about it. Then dinner came back to haunt me and I started burping like an idiot – dead sexy I was. I finally managed to get my mind off of what was keeping me up and I got a few hours of decent sleep, but I'm braindead today and my shoulders and chest are stiff. Not good.
Booklist, as of Oct 31 2005.
- Alexandre Duman, Trois Mousquetaires
- Andre Norton, Beast Master's Circus
- C.S. Friedman, In conquest born
- C.S. Friedman, This alien shore
- C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
- Caleb Carr, The Alienist
- Caleb Carr, The Angel of Darkness
- Caleb Carr, The Italian Secretary
- Carl Hiaasen, Eager Beaver
- Carl Hiaasen, Lucky you
- Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight
- Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip
- Charlaine Harris, Dead to the world
- Charlaine Harris, Dead until dark
- Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas
- Chris Moriarty, Spin State
- Christopher Moore, Bloodsucking fiends
- Christopher Moore, Coyote Blue
- Christopher Moore, Fluke
- Christopher Moore, Island of the sequined love nun
- Christopher Moore, Lamb
- Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping
- Christopher Moore, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
- Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel
- CJ Cherryh, Chanur's Homecoming
- CJ Cherryh, Chanur's Legacy
- CJ Cherryh, Hestia
- CJ Cherryh, The Chanur Saga
- Craig Nova, Wetware
- Dan Brown, Angels and demons
- Dan Brown, Deception Point
- Dan Brown, Digital Fortress
- Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code
- David Webber, Ashes of Victory
- David Webber, Echoes of Honor
- David Webber, Field of Dishonor
- David Webber, Flag in Exile
- David Webber, Honor Among Enemies
- David Webber, In Enemy Hands
- David Webber, More than Honor
- David Webber, On Basilisk Station
- David Webber, The Honor of the Queen
- David Webber, The Service of the Shield
- David Webber, The Short Victorious War
- David Webber, War of Honor
- Dennis Danvers, Circuits of Heaven
- Dennis Danvers, End of days
- Dennis Danvers, Wilderness
- Douglas Coupland, Microserfs
- Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
- Eric Flint, Forward the Mage
- Erica Jong, Fanny
- George R. R. Martin, A clash of Kings
- George R. R. Martin, A game of thrones
- Iain Pears, An instance of the fingerpost
- Ian Caldwell, The Rule of Four
- Ian Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkhaban
- Jack L. Chalker, Exiles at the Well of Souls
- Jack L. Chalker, Midnight at the Well of Souls
- Jack L. Chalker, Priam's Lense
- Jack L. Chalker, Quest for the Well of Souls
- Jack L. Chalker, The return of Nathan Brazil
- John Irving, The World according to Garp
- Jonathan Lethem, Gun, with occasional music
- Jules Verne, 20,000 lieues sous les mers
- Jules Verne, Cinq semaines en ballon
- Jules Verne, Le tour du monde en 80 jours
- Jules Verne, Les enfants du Capitaine Grant
- Jules Verne, L'ile Mysterieuse
- Julie E. Czerneda, Beholder's Eye
- Julie E. Czerneda, Changing Visions
- Julie E. Czerneda, Hidden In Sight
- Kirsten Bakis, Lives of the Monster Dogs
- Larry Niven , The Houses of the Kzinti
- Laurell K. Hamilton, A caress of twilight
- Laurell K. Hamilton, A kiss of shadow
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Blue Moon
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Burnt Offerings
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Cerulean Sins
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Circus of the Damned
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Guilty Pleasures
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Incubus Dreams
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Narcissus in chains
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Obsidian Butterfly
- Laurell K. Hamilton, Seduced by moonlight
- Laurell K. Hamilton, The Laughing Corpse
- Laurell K. Hamilton, The Lunatic Caf
- Laurie R. King, A Letter of Mary
- Laurie R. King, A Monstrous Regiment of Women
- Laurie R. King, Locked Rooms
- Laurie R. King, Justice Hall
- Laurie R. King, O Jerusalem
- Laurie R. King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice
- Laurie R. King, The Game
- Laurie R. King, The Moor
- Lisanne Norman, Between darkness and light
- Lisanne Norman, Dark Nadir
- Lisanne Norman, Fire margins
- Lisanne Norman, Fortune's wheel
- Lisanne Norman, Razor's edge
- Lisanne Norman, Stronghold Rising
- Lisanne Norman, Turning point
- Luke Rhinehart, Search for the Dice Man
- Luke Rhinehart, The Dice Man
- Mark Simmons, One foor in the grave
- Martin Amis, The Rachel Papers
- Mercedes Lackey, A cast of corbies
- Mercedes Lackey, Bardic Voices
- Mercedes Lackey, Bedlam's bard
- Mercedes Lackey, Beyond world's end
- Mercedes Lackey, Born to run
- Mercedes Lackey, Burning water
- Mercedes Lackey, Four and twenty blackbirds
- Mercedes Lackey, Lammas night
- Mercedes Lackey, Spirits white as lightning
- Mercedes Lackey, The chrome borne
- Mercedes Lackey, The eagle and the nightingale
- Mercedes Lackey, The fire rose
- Mercedes Lackey, The robin and the kestrel
- Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
- Neal Stephenson, Diamond age
- Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
- Neil Gaiman, American Gods
- Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere
- Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors
- Orson Scott Card, Children of the mind
- Orson Scott Card, Ender's game
- Orson Scott Card, Ender's shadow
- Orson Scott Card, Shadow of the Hegemon
- Orson Scott Card, Shadow puppets
- Orson Scott Card, Speaker of the dead
- Orson Scott Card, Xenocide
- Paul Cornell, Oh no it isn't!
- Peter F. Hamilton, The Naked God
- Peter F. Hamilton, The Neutronium Alchemist
- Philip Jose Farmer, The other log of Phileas Fogg
- Phillip Pullman, Amber Spyglass
- Phillip Pullman, Golden Compass
- Phillip Pullman, Ruby in the smoke
- Phillip Pullman, Shadow in the north
- Phillip Pullman, Subtle Knife
- Phillip Pullman, Tiger in the well
- Richard Morgan, Altered Carbon
- Richard Morgan, Broken Angels
- Richard Morgan, Market Forces
- Richard Morgan, Woken Furies
- Robert Harris, Enigma
- Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a strange land
- Robert Heinlein, The door into summer
- Robert J. Sawyer, Frameshift
- Robert J. Sawyer, The Terminal Experiment
- Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Identity
- Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Supremacy
- Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Ultimatum
- Roger Zelazny, A Farce to be Reckoned With
- Roger Zelazny, Bring me the head of Prince Charming
- Roger Zelazny, Changeling
- Roger Zelazny, Chaos and Amber
- Roger Zelazny, Isle of the dead / Eye of the Cat
- Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light
- Roger Zelazny, Madwand
- Roger Zelazny, The dawn of Amber
- Roger Zelazny, The Dream Master
- Roger Zelazny, The Great Book of Amber (Complete Chronicles)
- Roger Zelazny, To die in Italbar
- Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
- Spider Robinson, Callahan's key
- Spider Robinson, Callahan's Lady
- Spider Robinson, Callahan's Legacy
- Spider Robinson, Lady slings the booze
- Spider Robinson, The Callahan Chronicals
- Susan Kay, Phantom of the Opera
- Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum
- Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
- Terry Pratchett, Eric
- Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
- Terry Pratchett, Guards Guards
- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times
- Terry Pratchett, Jingo
- Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms
- Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment
- Terry Pratchett, Mort
- Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
- Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
- Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
- Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic
- Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant
- Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
- Terry Pratchett, The Last Hero
- Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic
- Terry Pratchett, The Night Watch
- Terry Pratchett, The Truth
- Terry Pratchett, Thud!
- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens
- Tom Clancy, Clear and present danger
- Tom Clancy, Executive order
- Tom Clancy, Hunt for Red October
- Tom Clancy, Patriot games
- Tom Clancy, Red rabbit
- Tom Clancy, Teeth of the tiger
- Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon
- Tom Clancy, The Cardinal of the Kremlin
- Tom Clancy, The sum of all fears
- Tom Clancy, Without remorse
- Tom Godwin, The Cold Equations
- Vernor Vinge, A deepness in the sky
- Vernor Vinge, Fire upon the deep
- Vernor Vinge, Marooned in Realtime
- Vernor Vinge, The collected stories
- Vernor Vinge, The Peace War
- Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
- William Barton, Alpha Centauri
- William Barton, When we were real
- William Gibson, Neuromancer
I've just come to the conclusion that I've only bought about 4 new books in the last 3 months. This is bad. This is very bad. I need more reading material!
[Recipe] Tomato Chutney
2.5 kg tomatoes (blanched, peeled and grossly chopped)
1 head of celery
6 onions, chopped (I like to mix white and red onions)
3 granny smith apples, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup salt
Mix everything together and let sit for 2 hours, then drain to remove as much liquid as possible. Once that's done, add:
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp ground black pepper
Mix together 1 cup and 1 cup white vinegar in a bowl. Add just enough to fully cover the veggies. If you need some more, mix up another batch of sugar/vinegar in a 1:1 ratio. Once the veggies are just covered, add another 3/4 cup sugar.
Bring to a simmer and cook for 3 hours, mixing regularly. Adjust sweetness/tartness to taste while it's cooking. Once it's done, put in sterilized pots.
To sterilize pots (I use jam jars, but mason jars work just as well), wash in warm soapy water, rinse with very hot water, place upside down on a baking tin and leave in a medium oven for 15 minutes. Boil lids. Fill while warm and cover promptly. Tighten lid and Bob's your uncle.
PS: For a bit more of a kick, you can add one or two finely chopped chilies.
One thing I miss about Montreal
I miss cabs. In Montreal, if you want a cab, you usually just have to walk to a semi-major intersection and wait for about 2.37 seconds and you can just hail one. The UK is a cab boondocks. I went for my first phobia therapy session this morning. It ended at 10am. I had to wait a solid friggin hour to get a cab. Oh, and the receptionist charged me 10p to make the call to the cab company. Bastards. Is the NHS that broke???
DVD List, as of Oct 30 2005
* 25th Hour, The
* Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the (box set)
* Alegria
* American Beauty
* American History X
* Animatrix
* Any Given Sunday
* Babylon 5 – Two volume Set – The Gathering
* Babylon 5 (Season 1)
* Babylon 5 (Season 2)
* Babylon 5 (Season 3)
* Babylon 5 (Season 4)
* Babylon 5 (Season 5)
* Babylon 5 (The Movies)
* Being John Malkovich
* Ben Hur
* Big Lebowski, The
* Blown Away
* Bourne Identity, the
* Box of Moonlight
* Bulletproof Monk
* Caligula
* Carlito's Way
* Contact
* Corruptor, The
* Corsican Twins, The
* Couch in New York
* Count of Monte Cristo, The
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
* Cyrano de Bergerac
* Daredevil
* Dark City
* Dark Crystal, The
* Dead Poets Society
* Enemy at the gates
* Fifth Element, The
* Fight Club
* Frank Herbert's Dune
* Freshman, The
* Full Metal Jacket
* Ghost in the Shell
* Gladiator
* Godfather, The
* Good Morning Vietnam
* Good Will Huunting
* Great Escape, The
* Grosse Point Blank
* Hackers
* Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone
* Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
* Heat
* Hero
* History of the world – Part 1
* Hithhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
* Hoodlums
* Hustle – Season 1 Box set
* Hustle – Season 2 Box set
* Hustler's Barely Legal
* Incredibles, the
* I, Robot
* Insider, The
* Italian Job, The
* Kill Bill, Volume 1
* Kissing Jessica Stein
* Last Man Standing
* Last Samourai, The
* Law & Order (Season 1 – 6 DVD Box set)
* Leathal weapon 1 – Director's Cut
* Leathal weapon 2 – Director's Cut
* Leathal weapon 3 – Director's Cut
* Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
* Lost in translation
* Man in the iron mask, The
* Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 1
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 2
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 3
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 4
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 5
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 6
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 7
* MASH Collector's Edition – Season 8
* MASH The Movie
* Mask, The
* Matrix, The
* MIB
* Minority Report
* Monty Python – Quest for the Holy Graal – SE
* Mulan
* Mummy, The
* Mupper Xmas Carol
* Muppet Show – 10 DVD
* Muppet Show – Season 1 Box Set
* Muppet Treasure Island
* Muppets from Space
* My big fat greek wedding
* National Treasure
* Negotiator, the
* Nightmare before xmas, The
* Ninja Scroll
* Ocean's Eleven
* Office Space
* Payback
* Pink Floyd – The wall
* Pink Floyd – London 1966-67
* Pirates of the Caribbean
* Pulp Fiction
* Pump Up the Volume
* Pushing Tin
* Rachel Papers, the
* Ref, The
* Replacement Killers, The
* Reservoir Dogs
* Return of Sherlock Holmes, the (box set)
* Revenge of the ninja
* Ronin
* Rounders
* Scent of a Woman
* Score, The
* Seven
* Shawshank Redemption, The
* Sherlock Holmes Feature Film Collection
* Shrek
* Snatch
* South Park – Bigger, Longer, Uncut
* Spartacus
* Spawn – The complete animated series
* Spirited Away
* Suicide Kings
* Thomas Crown Affair, The
* Three to tango
* Transporter, The
* Truth about cats and dogs, The
* Two if by Sea
* Underworld
* Untouchables, The
* Who framed Roger Rabbit?
* X-Men
* Barbara Curries Power Packed Yoga
* Benny & Joon
* Big Fish
* Bill Bailey – Bewilderment
* Bill Bailey – Part Troll
* Black Books – Season 1
* Black Books – Season 2
* Black Books – Season 3
* Butterfly Effect, the
* Chicago
* Constantine
* Donnie Darko
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Finding Neverland
* Grudge, the
* Hannibal Trilogy (box set)
* Legally Blonde
* Millenium Season 1
* Millenium Season 2
* Millenium Season 3
* Miss Congeniality
* Queen – Live at Wembley Stadium
* Queen on fire – Live at the Bowl
* Queen – Greatest video hits 1
* Queen – Greatest video hits 2
* Ring
* Ring 2
* Saw
* Shaun of the Dead
* Village, the
* Walking with Dinosaurs (box set)
I'm perverted. Really, I am.
I went to Starbucks this morning and the barista was named Bodil. This made me think of Michel and giggle silently to myself. Unless you khow why, I'm not telling you the reason.
Spent ooodles of money this morning. It's going to cost me 100 quid to get my watch serviced. The good news is that I'll now have another 12 months of warranty. The bad news is that it's going to take a month to do. Did some more xmas shopping. I'm almost done with everybody, only some bits and pieces left to buy.
Weird assed shit
Shit like this freaks me out when it happens. Katy was channel surfing and stopped on Family Guy. My only exposure to that show has been through LJ icons and the random bits that Sara's quoted. I was only half watching the show when I thought of one of those Sara quotes: “I've licked my share of peanut butter”. 5 minutes later, I kid you not, Brian the dog says that exact line. Woah, dude!
Katy and I spent ooodles of money today on xmas prezzies. Yaay! Funfunfun. Pretties and shinies and tasties and smellies. Still have a bit to cover, but most people are well under way. It's been a weird day. The Grogan clan and I spent the day outside and shopping to change our collective thoughts. Other interesting incidents occurring today were Katy poking me in the eye with her finger and being offered a Star wars balloon, finding out that all of the computers we wanted to buy were discontinued and out of stock and me spending over an hour in a bookstore and coming out bookless. How sad is that?
A little taste of home
I had poutine tonight, or the closest British equivalent. We had chip-shop chips (which I have to say are better then their Canadian bretheren), with an assload of Bisto gravy and some grated cheese. That was the only letdown – I can't find fresh milk cheese curds hereabouts :( It was nummylicious! Thanks ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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