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hathycolFor those who don't know me well, I'm a scan reader. I have a scary knack to speed-read whicgh is why I'm one of life's natural humantieis students - I can scan a book and lift out the important bits and know which bits to go back to for thorough study. So, I am now very slowly studying HBP and enjoying it much more and picking out stuff that's making me Think About Stuff.
I found this and nearly howled in pain. God, dramatic irony.
Snape, who was sitting on Dumbledore's right, did not stand up at the mention of his name, merely raised a hand in lazy acknowledgement of the applause from the Slythrin table, yet Harry was sure he could detext a look of triumph on the features he loathed so much.
"Well, there's one good thing," he said savagely. "Snape'll be gone by the end of the year."
"What do you mean?" asked Ron.
"That job's jinxed. No one's lasted more than a year... Quirrell actually died doing it. Personally, I'm going to keep my fingers crossed for anoth death."
Scary biscuits.
Back to work today, except three people are out with three service users on holiday. Well and good. What I didn't know was that my first act was to park in the spot where the mini-bus taking them was. Oh, god. I then sturggled trying to get out, got stuck and had to reverse down the drive. I'm sure people were laughing. Other than that my only problem is laundry.
There is on washing machine and one dryer and they both need to be one pretty much full time because otherwise THERE IS JUST A SACKFUL OF LAUNDRY. Two sackfuls, to be precise - there's always something, whether it's bibs, bedding, towels, mats, clothing...
It's an easy system, though - I do it when I'm in, and it's on an as-and-when basis when I'm not in. Easy. There are two bins - one is dark green and one is light cream. The former is labelled, in permanent marker "Lights" and the other is marked "Darks". It's not rocket science, and it makes my job easier and means the washing gets done quicker if I'm not sorting stuff out. However, staff just wilfully dumped stuff in either basket. I got more frustrated by this as the day went on.
Driving to work is good fun, but I can't listen to Radio 1. I love Radio 1, I more or less detest the local radio stations, and yes, I like like Radio 2 and 4 too, but I can't listen to chatty radio. Not yet. My concentration goes on following the show rather than the road. Music is fine - I can absentmindedly sing along and drive with ease. So, a CD would be the logical conclusion.
Except my car is old skool, and uses tapes, of all things. I can't afford the CD converter oojy-whatsit until Big Payday in two weeks.
So, I am making a tape. In fact, I am making a mix tape. I'm so proud and feel like I'm eleven again. It involves BLur, Suede, Placebo, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Futureheads, RHCP, and because I'm macochistic, Dexy's Midnight Runners. I think I might try and dig out some of my old tapes and even make some new ones...
Hee, old skool.
Spent the rest of my dy with Andrew today, because he is home from London. We wemt to Pizza Hut and ate lots and lots of terrible food and I've not eaten since. I'm stuffed. We then watched Extremem Makeover: Home Edition and laughed at how awful it was. I like silly afternoons like that.
Bites are still itchy. *scratches like mad* They are on my heel. It's beyond a joke, it really is.
Right. Onward with typing up Susan!fic. Anyone out there want to be a beta? No particular indepth knowledge of Susan required, it's more of a Nine fic. *is mysterious*
[ETA: Whilst I have lots of songs that are Really Cool in my CD collection, I have surprisingly few that are good for driving. Quick dug through El Parento's CD collection (Dad has some good stuff) and have now put the Pulp Fiction theme on my tape. I think this might be a little dangerous if only because it will make me dance like an idiot in the car in traffic lights. I want to drive people around now, because my ride is well and truly pimped. Oh yeah. And now 'Little Green Bag' is on there too. Appropriate, given that my car is called Starbug. I want to drive people around now just so I can have my inappropriate music on it. Hell, I want to go to work tomorrow just so I play silly music.]
~Hathy_Col~
I found this and nearly howled in pain. God, dramatic irony.
Snape, who was sitting on Dumbledore's right, did not stand up at the mention of his name, merely raised a hand in lazy acknowledgement of the applause from the Slythrin table, yet Harry was sure he could detext a look of triumph on the features he loathed so much.
"Well, there's one good thing," he said savagely. "Snape'll be gone by the end of the year."
"What do you mean?" asked Ron.
"That job's jinxed. No one's lasted more than a year... Quirrell actually died doing it. Personally, I'm going to keep my fingers crossed for anoth death."
Scary biscuits.
Back to work today, except three people are out with three service users on holiday. Well and good. What I didn't know was that my first act was to park in the spot where the mini-bus taking them was. Oh, god. I then sturggled trying to get out, got stuck and had to reverse down the drive. I'm sure people were laughing. Other than that my only problem is laundry.
There is on washing machine and one dryer and they both need to be one pretty much full time because otherwise THERE IS JUST A SACKFUL OF LAUNDRY. Two sackfuls, to be precise - there's always something, whether it's bibs, bedding, towels, mats, clothing...
It's an easy system, though - I do it when I'm in, and it's on an as-and-when basis when I'm not in. Easy. There are two bins - one is dark green and one is light cream. The former is labelled, in permanent marker "Lights" and the other is marked "Darks". It's not rocket science, and it makes my job easier and means the washing gets done quicker if I'm not sorting stuff out. However, staff just wilfully dumped stuff in either basket. I got more frustrated by this as the day went on.
Driving to work is good fun, but I can't listen to Radio 1. I love Radio 1, I more or less detest the local radio stations, and yes, I like like Radio 2 and 4 too, but I can't listen to chatty radio. Not yet. My concentration goes on following the show rather than the road. Music is fine - I can absentmindedly sing along and drive with ease. So, a CD would be the logical conclusion.
Except my car is old skool, and uses tapes, of all things. I can't afford the CD converter oojy-whatsit until Big Payday in two weeks.
So, I am making a tape. In fact, I am making a mix tape. I'm so proud and feel like I'm eleven again. It involves BLur, Suede, Placebo, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Futureheads, RHCP, and because I'm macochistic, Dexy's Midnight Runners. I think I might try and dig out some of my old tapes and even make some new ones...
Hee, old skool.
Spent the rest of my dy with Andrew today, because he is home from London. We wemt to Pizza Hut and ate lots and lots of terrible food and I've not eaten since. I'm stuffed. We then watched Extremem Makeover: Home Edition and laughed at how awful it was. I like silly afternoons like that.
Bites are still itchy. *scratches like mad* They are on my heel. It's beyond a joke, it really is.
Right. Onward with typing up Susan!fic. Anyone out there want to be a beta? No particular indepth knowledge of Susan required, it's more of a Nine fic. *is mysterious*
[ETA: Whilst I have lots of songs that are Really Cool in my CD collection, I have surprisingly few that are good for driving. Quick dug through El Parento's CD collection (Dad has some good stuff) and have now put the Pulp Fiction theme on my tape. I think this might be a little dangerous if only because it will make me dance like an idiot in the car in traffic lights. I want to drive people around now, because my ride is well and truly pimped. Oh yeah. And now 'Little Green Bag' is on there too. Appropriate, given that my car is called Starbug. I want to drive people around now just so I can have my inappropriate music on it. Hell, I want to go to work tomorrow just so I play silly music.]
~Hathy_Col~
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Date: 2005-07-19 12:51 pm (UTC)