IgorMina, I was going to comment on your M experience (m'experience?), because the Belleville Randez-vous is one of Brad's and mine favorite YouTube videos...

...

..but then you mentioned tigernuts. How they taste good. Inna drink.





All SORTS of visuals are bouncing through my head now!

Ummm... what about tigernuts? What sort of visuals?
*Is very confused*

But yes, I do love the Belleville Rendez-vous song, I just rediscovered it recently. And then I discovered his song Qui de nous deux? And then I discovered that I liked M as a singer in all songs!

*wanders off wondering about tigernuts...*

M definitely rocks, even more so live, he has amazing amounts of energy... Unfortunately for most people here you won't get how great his songs are, even if you youtube them, because they're in French and the lyrics are as good as the music, if not more. But I guess even if you don't get the lyrics, the songs still rock, after all, the French listen to loads of songs in English and enjoy them despite the sometimes extremely dumb lyrics, so what the hell.

1. I saw War of the Worlds for the first time today. (that's kind of a lie. I saw the end of it a few weeks ago. But technically I saw the whole thing tonight)

2. Watching War of the Worlds with my wuss of a sister is a lot of fun.

3. My sister is such a wuss. She's seen it several times and still hid behind the cushions for most of it.

4. During the lightning bit in the movie (can't really be a spoiler) realising that your camera is in your bag next to you can lead to a really, really cunning plan.

5. Setting off the flash on your camera during the lightning bit in War of the Worlds will scare the living sh*t out of my sister...and lead to an empty pizza box being hurled at you while she tries to stop having a heart attack

*****

6. Interviews are not fun.

7. Having an understanding Team Leader in the interview with you is a real bonus. Especially when she answers one of the questions for you when she sees you have completely blanked out.

6. Scaring the sh*t out of my sister is one of the most satisfying things in life. Almost makes up for her drama queen 'moments'.

This might banish me from any sort of "adult" conversation in the future, but to me, "tigernuts" means "a tiger's nuts". As in, bits of a tiger that he'd be really loathe to part with, regardless of how good they taste in a drink!

Also, things learned yesterday - when Photoshopping the "red eyes" out of photos, try to remember what color your friends eyes are in real life...also, try to be consistent!

Ohhhhhhhh!

It's probably me... I'm very slow at getting that sort of thing unless it is being spelt out very clearly to me.

Learnt today: My sort-of-boss is either invisible, or scared of me, or possibly both.

I also learnt how to design a whole new filing system, and write the computer program without any help or prior knowledge about computers.
I feel like lieutenant Blouse.

Learned today: life sucks.

::discovered via the joys of desktop voice recording::

I thought I was a soprano. I was wrong. When I try to sing bass, I sound like a soprano. When I try to sing soprano, I sound like a mosquito on helium.

P.S. ::hugs Katcal::

Thanks Mowgli :( Not feeling too great right now, one of my best mates lost her baby yesterday, she was six months pregnant... We had tickets to a food fair this evening, so we went, and although it kind of took our minds off it for a while, now we are on our way home we're back down in the dumps again. What sucks even more is that she's so far away (Geneva) so we won't even see her when we go back to Toulouse in a few weeks. All I want right now is to give her a massive hug and tell her things will be ok...

Kat, that seriously sucks. Big hug for you too. Not much else I can say, but I'm so sorry to hear that.

Oh! That's terrible news. :(
Have a hug Kat.
I'll try to send comforting vibes round Geneva on your behalf when I'm there.

Thanks guys, nothing much anyone can say, really. She is at least physically fine after her time in hospital, no complications, so that's at least one positive thing. Life goes on I guess.

Well, over the last two days I’ve learned that wisdom teeth suck, even if you only have one. Stitches suck. Recovering from general anaesthetic sucks. When a nurse walks off with your glasses, it sucks because you might not get them back for another five hours because they leave you to recover on your own and don’t come near you other than to stick their head inside the cubicle to make sure you are still breathing and then walk off. Which also means if you need to go to the loo you had better have pretty good bladder control. Ummm…being on a drip sucks, as does the huge bruise you are left with.

I love my parents even though they drive me crazy and make me watch things like Bargain Hunt, Cash in the Attic, Judge Judy and other really, really bad and annoying daytime TV shows. And Falcon Crest is as bad today as it was when it was being shown initially. At least, that’s what the guy in the bed next to me says…

Also, it is a very, very small world. The guy in the bed next to me (and incidentally, sitting next to me in the waiting room) just happens to be the guy we bought our house from. Who also works with my brother Paul. I think everybody works with my brother Paul. After the last 2 months, that’s the conclusion I’ve come to.

But on the bright side, painkillers are wonderful!

And I’m still bone tired.

And I’m off work until next Thursday!

I will laugh at anything with a Benny Hill soundtrack...::shakes head in shame::

How Not To Shoot A Gun

Yesterday I learned that jellyfish are very strange things, and most probably of alien origin.

Also, if you tread on one on the beach, you're gonna slip...