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The bloody air conditioning is on in here. Luckily I wore a giant jumper.
Belgian Bier Cafe with @shanea, Snook, and @Timmay83’s missus… Beer and sausages were enjoyed.
Preparing for Guild and #WWKIP day. Decided against Feb Lady Sweater in favor of Road to Golden, since I don’t think I’ve shown her off.
@Bex_the_Femme I have one in Feathers you can borrow. 😛
Anybody know of a good QA contractor available for a couple months? (No recruiters please, want real recommendations!)
I think I officially have shin splints. Run has turned into a walk. At least it’s a pretty day. #fb http://yfrog.com/18lqxj
Just completed a 4.10 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/EgfXn #runkeeper
@bellsg Oh, I’m there! I assume we’ll all be wearing our uniform of Feb Lady Jumpers? 🙂
Toodledo has been down all day. I am actually experiencing To Do List Withdrawal. This is pretty pathetic. OCD GIRL NEEDS HER LISTS.
Going to skip knitting. Stupid shin is aching, & I think I need to start ice and massage. Will see you all on Saturday for #WWKIP anyway 🙂
@misswired Yeah. Old shoes and pounding on pavement are taking its toll. Time for rest and new kicks, I think.
@misswired It’s the lack of bicycle that’s the stumbling block!
Baking cookies. (Hey, @venks79, you better be recovered for work tomorrow if you want some!)
@venks79 Big box of ’em, all packed up and ready to go. 🙂
Malicious incompetence of 480 drivers worked in my favour. I would’ve gotten on bus w\out the cookies! But luckily jerk didn’t stop. Again.
Phew. Meeting went pretty well, despite the conspicuous absence of sickie @venks79!
@DDsD Heh. I actually organised the Sydney WWKIP event the first 3 years. This year I handed over to my friend Sally. Gonna be WICKED, MATE!
Oz has screwed with my cold weather calibration. 39F is positively BALMY for Indiana winter, yet here I am about to FREEZE TO DEATH. #fb
@shanea Hmm. I could knit you a Snuggie. Of course, it would take me all winter.
Lego Star Wars was commenced. I cut off Jar Jar’s head multiple times. It was very, verrrrry satisfying.
Hm. Effects of last bus rant have worn off. 461 driver just sailed past Broadway w\out stopping. I feel a strongly worded letter coming on.
@Bex_the_Femme Treetop! I NEED cabled zigzaggy knee socks!
@knitness I like it. Reminds me of glamorous red lipstick. But man, it’s pricey!
Yahoo Mail doesn’t allow you to apply filters to messages already in Inbox. Which means I have to manually delete like 10K emails. ARGH.
@wookie_man Only works for incoming mail, not mail already in your Inbox.
@wookie_man That was Snook’s idea. But would have to pay $20 for paid account to get POP, I think.
@wookie_man “only available to customers of our premium Yahoo! Mail Plus service. ” http://bit.ly/TRpLp
RT @knitness So Wicked is coming to Sydney! http://bit.ly/18BbjH And quote “EMERALD” :D. <- What does EMERALD get you??
@runkeeper AWESOME. My husband told me about the builtin Nike+ in the new iPhone, and I was like, PSSHT, WHATEVER. Who needs little sensors?
Coworker is practicing Sweet Home Alabama on acoustic guitar in an unused meeting room. Fingers are twitching to play along with GH bass…
Quoth the Snook: “The Funcooker is real!” http://bit.ly/dGBM4
@venks79 Uh oh! THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS. (And don’t you dare leave me alone in that meeting tomorrow!)
@shanea Ours were very cuddly tonight. I think it’s the cold. Makes them nicer towards the warm monkeys.
The older I get, the more likely my tweezers are to be used plucking grey hairs off my head rather than my eyebrows. #fb
Just completed a 6.01 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/NThLD #runkeeper
@misswired Did I look frickin’ frozen? Because I was!
Good run this morning in spite of the cold, but I still feel like going straight back to bed.
@RTRR You don’t really need 3G while running, I think, just GPS. 3G is just for maps and syncing, right @runkeeper? http://bit.ly/EXina
Bought Lego Star Wars Complete Saga for Wii for half price at EB Games. Aaaand that’s pretty much it for us for the week…
I always feel guilty about having a cleaner until I see she’s folded the end of the TP into a decorative triangle. I friggin’ LOVE that.
It’s not so much toilet paper origami as just a fancy little hotel-like touch. Makes me feel more classy and less like a lazy pig. 🙂
@RTRR Ugh. I should’ve gone too, but couldn’t get out of bed. Perhaps lunchtime.
Went to Eveleigh Artisans Market. Wasn’t terribly impressed; a lot was just posh frippery. Couple knitting stalls, but no wool.
Just completed a 9.79 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/2FAmBF #runkeeper
“Yes, I am well aware this is clean laundry. Why do you ask?” http://yfrog.com/58dx1hj
The sudden appearance of Yellow Face is freaking me out a little bit. Going to go for a run and soak it up while it lasts…
Just completed a 8.91 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/lx5i8 #runkeeper
Ha! Slight #runkeeper GPS fail there. Actually only 6.55km run. Starting point was off. Still, I felt pretty good out there!
Thanks @runkeeper, I did! The editing ability is so great. Just didn’t want folks to think I was so fast. 🙂
They told me it was thick, but I was still surprised. Bring on #infsum! http://yfrog.com/751atj
At SSK in Newtown. Usual crowd is here. Lovely day for knitting and Chai latte…
@redambition No worries, done! About 10 people there in the end. You were missed! And mrs_sockvictim too.
@sharre Poutine?? I’ve wanted to try that forever. Even emailed dairies trying to find cheese curd! Where do you get it from?
Dinner: Welsh rarebit with fresh sourdough and beautiful leeks from the veggie box. Dessert: vanilla creamed rice with rhubarb & apple.
Neighbours have been partying for 24 hours straight. Torn between hating them for the noise and totally envying their awesomeness. #fb
“Edward is fast, can read minds, and is into underage girls. There’s really no contest.” http://bit.ly/Gduil
Just sent company-wide email asking if anybody wants to run City2Surf as a team. Co-workers seem quietly horrified.
@redambition Running the whole thing is highly overrated!
Thinking that the best way to start a long weekend is to go to bed extremely early and sleep off the entire week. Ohhhh, yeah.
@coach_chris I got maybe four positives (inc. @venks79) out of like 40 people. Disappointing! And they’re all seemingly fit 20-somethings.
Am now obsessed with idea of artisan home canning. My hipster tendencies are showing themselves… http://bit.ly/ie9HG
And web-goddess.org IS BACK! We had to use the Snook’s card to get past the stupid Verified by Visa errors.
Just completed a 4.08 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/9EFks #runkeeper
It’s definitely running season. I bet I saw over 100 runners in the Domain just now.
@knitness Wow, they’re really strict about it, huh? Sorry to hear it!
@shanea Does she scratch the corner? We put double-sided tape strips on the corners/arms of ours. They really don’t like that.
@shanea We found some fairly wide double-sided somewhere. Check this out: http://bit.ly/OhTcU. Something like that.
Torn between nostalgia for “our song” and embarrassment over the fact that it’s by Wheatus. *cringe*
@brodrigu I SAID I WAS CRINGING, DIDN’T I? (Shut up. It’s an awesome song.)
Finally heading out to knitting… I can’t wait for the 3 day weekend!
@knitness I’m heading out but there are still 5 people here…
It has been decreed that M&S SnB – once the Sale is over – will officially leave the shop @ 6.30 and retire to Grace Bar every Thurs. 🙂
@jokercom Thanks. It was the Verified by Visa. I had my bank de-enroll it and then it worked.
@knitness Oh cool! I’ve been meaning to check out that market for a while now…
Um, attention @twelveeyes, @imdominating, and @Justacogitating: Twilight Fan Cruise. http://www.twilightfanscruise.com/ That is all.
@rhagern Ooh, I was reading about that online. It looks good! Let me know if you like it.
@shanea Wait, what? Is this RT? (Judging by Wikipedia) I haven’t seen it…
Came back from lunch to discover a fat box of my brand new business cards on my desk! Now I need to knit myself a holder or something.
If a requirement is pretty much IMPOSSIBLE, why wouldn’t you tell me that right away? Why just ignore it? Gah.
RT The Snook: When your site only has three sentences on it, you really should check them for spelling and grammar. http://foll.me/
@misswired The plan is to mention him constantly until he gives up and joins in. It worked on my blog. 🙂
Ah, so this is what we were stuck in this morning: http://bit.ly/ltXO4
Okay, I’ve suitably atoned for my late start and long lunch. Going home to relax and knit (and boycott the footy)!
@witty_knitter I noticed. Quadrahosting status page says all is fine, but clearly not. 🙁
My site is still down. Very annoying. Quadrahosting, we were having such a good run! Why you gotta hurt me like this?
@SupFarn UGH. I can’t even SSH to the server. Yet the stupid Quadrahosting server status page still says all good. WTF?
OH CRAP! IT’S MY FAULT! I MISSED THE DOMAIN RENEWAL LETTER! Lucky I caught it in time. Should be back soon.
Not quite. Now I can’t get joker.com to take my renewal payment because their stupid “Verified by Visa” third-party is down. ARGH.
@jokercom Having trouble getting renewal payment to go through. Sent support request but nothing yet. Is something wrong with VbV handler?