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blamebrampton) wrote2010-05-05 01:04 am
blamebrampton) wrote2010-05-05 01:04 am
Points, short and mildly deranged
* You know, Diana Gabaldon, one thing that 'International Copyright Law' (by which I assume she means the Berne Convention and similar agreements) fully allows fanfic writers to do is to create parodies. Having suffered through the first three chapters of Cross Stitch (I think it's Outlander in the US) several times in a bid to read the bloody thing, I find myself thinking your opus is ripe for satire.
* We went for a walk tonight and found many cats to pat. One of them was on a pillar and basically lost its mind with glee, it ended up half-off the pillar, leaning its head into Mr Brammers's chest while it was patted and scratched, and left a 20cm-diameter drool puddle on his T-shirt. Disgusting, but strangely charming.
* The other month I bought a phone. I talked to two people at the phone shop, saying: 'The one thing I want is a phone that works. It needs to be reliable above all else.' Going on their advice, I purchased a model that is apparently the one tradies like because it is tough and survives anything and gives good constant performance. Except mine turned itself off randomly, usually in the middle of long texts.
I took it back to the shop, ranted a little, was told 'Maybe if you just add a memory card', informed them that a memory card was unlikely to help the random cutouts, which occurred when nothing was being done to the phone as well as when I was trying to use it. It was sent away, came back with a new motherboard, and I was assured it was fixed. Just to be on the safe side, I added a memory card. It is still switching itself off, though at least the additional memory means it reboots faster. For those wondering why I have not texted you back: I have tried to, but generally give up on about the third attempt.
I will be back at the 3 shop in Wynyard tomorrow: if you are passing and see a short woman ranting in a very polite accent, do stop and say hello.
* I'm working my way up to a political rant. The Australian government, which went to Kyoto pointing out that we were going to screw both the environment and our long-term economies if we chose short term political gain over long-term action on climate change has just ... do you even need me to finish this sentence?
* We went for a walk tonight and found many cats to pat. One of them was on a pillar and basically lost its mind with glee, it ended up half-off the pillar, leaning its head into Mr Brammers's chest while it was patted and scratched, and left a 20cm-diameter drool puddle on his T-shirt. Disgusting, but strangely charming.
* The other month I bought a phone. I talked to two people at the phone shop, saying: 'The one thing I want is a phone that works. It needs to be reliable above all else.' Going on their advice, I purchased a model that is apparently the one tradies like because it is tough and survives anything and gives good constant performance. Except mine turned itself off randomly, usually in the middle of long texts.
I took it back to the shop, ranted a little, was told 'Maybe if you just add a memory card', informed them that a memory card was unlikely to help the random cutouts, which occurred when nothing was being done to the phone as well as when I was trying to use it. It was sent away, came back with a new motherboard, and I was assured it was fixed. Just to be on the safe side, I added a memory card. It is still switching itself off, though at least the additional memory means it reboots faster. For those wondering why I have not texted you back: I have tried to, but generally give up on about the third attempt.
I will be back at the 3 shop in Wynyard tomorrow: if you are passing and see a short woman ranting in a very polite accent, do stop and say hello.
* I'm working my way up to a political rant. The Australian government, which went to Kyoto pointing out that we were going to screw both the environment and our long-term economies if we chose short term political gain over long-term action on climate change has just ... do you even need me to finish this sentence?
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[Edited because I originally wrote fascia: apparently my brain has decided that random body parts beginning with the same letter are interchangeable. Sigh.]
Hey, that reminds me! When I have more than two minutes, I want to do an Iron Man review here and wanted to mention what we were talking about because I think you make an excellent point about the lack of change. Is that all right?
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Also, I had to check what fascia is, and I still don't get it. I get one idea, but have to check the Polish translation of the word to make sure that what I think isn't wrong.
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