T'was the night before Christmas...and my freakin' laptop died a wheely death.
I was able to get to the "Genius" bar at Apple yesterday only to be told they're refurbish my laptop for free (which I'm taking to mean that this sudden death happens a lot with this particular generation of Macbook) but essentially the disk won't mount and all data is not up for recovery.
I'VE LOST EVERYTHING.
I was crying in the Apple shop. Not a tantrum - just really really REALLY sad that the last 3 years of photography (holidays / gigs / randoms / Coco's puppydom), music that I couldn't fit onto my iPod, my beloved shows, and all my miscellaneous links on Firefox - pfft! All gone!
OH MY GOD I JUST REALISED ALL MY DS GAMES ARE GONE TOOOOOO.
*sob*
I'm not entirely sure how big a tetrabyte is but I'm very much interested in the 2TB storage drives that Amazon has if it means I don't have to shed any more geek-tears in public again.
E.T.A. KS pointed out to me last night that I must have Zelda on my mind as it's actually a TERAbyte, not tetrabyte...hehe...
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
On the 4th Day Of Christmas...
...my true love gave to me - the gift of our freakin' first home!!!!!
How do I top such a gift?
Why - with The Legend of Zelda : Spirit Tracks of course! =)
Coco is, of course, thrilled by all developments.
How do I top such a gift?
Why - with The Legend of Zelda : Spirit Tracks of course! =) Coco is, of course, thrilled by all developments.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
It's Snowing!
So - Coco's reaction to her first bit of snow (gentle sprinkle of, not really settling) was to sniff, slip, shake herself and pee.
Business as usual then. ^.^
In other news - we've been trying to sort out a Christmas e-card to send out seasonal goodwill to our clients and came up pics like:
And my personal favourite:
Business as usual then. ^.^
In other news - we've been trying to sort out a Christmas e-card to send out seasonal goodwill to our clients and came up pics like:
And my personal favourite:
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Bzzz
Though imagine how much unwanted attention Coco would get if I were to take her out like this on a daily basis...
Commuting with Coco
And the crabbiness continues...
Coco was sleeping blissfully with her little tongue poking out and then some annoying woman sat next to me on the train home last night and proceeded to stare, wiggle fingers and make those annoying sounds that agitates Coco to a frenzied state.
I spent the best part of 20 minutes trying to make Coco stay put and not bite my hair / ears / chin or climb onto this horrid woman (though secretly I wished that Coco would take a bite of her chunky arm).
Having a pug, and an adorable one at that is akin to what I'd imagine being a celebrity is like. You get unwanted attention - people stop, stare, point, nudge each other, make stupid noises and generally invade one's personal space. As far as I know, no one's tried to photograph the little miss yet but oh my god the number of people who feel it's their right to be able to touch her.
There was a man in the newsagent that I popped into yesterday who, as I was lining up to pay for a banana, stepped out from behind till really slowly and in awe and proceeded to use not one hand, but BOTH HANDS to basically molest Coco's face and coo over her. Then he said "aww can I keep her?" to which I literally went "Ha. Ha. NO." Idiot.
Perhaps it's because having all the attention that comes with having a pug isn't a novelty for me because we have to deal with it EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Most people probably just get it when they take theirs out at the weekend when they have the time and patience to say "Yes, she is darling isn't she", unlike our situation whereby people literally try to stop me as I'm late to the office / for the train.
Another examples was some flyer girl at West Brompton tube station the other day. There was a queue of about 3 people in front of me waiting to go through the ticket barrier and the silly cow came rushing forward "ohmygodit'sSOcute!!" at the same time as trying to touch Coco. And I didn't want to be vocally abusive by telling her to "f**k off can't you see I'm trying to get HOME?" so I just ended up giving her a withering evil (getting good at it!) and going through.
Yes people think I'm mean and bitter and angry but I just LOATHE it. I'm generally tired and grumpy on my commute! Don't try to talk to me and don't try to talk to my dog in that ridiculous voice! Especially do NOT touch her unless you have asked me first!! ARGH!!
Coco was sleeping blissfully with her little tongue poking out and then some annoying woman sat next to me on the train home last night and proceeded to stare, wiggle fingers and make those annoying sounds that agitates Coco to a frenzied state.
I spent the best part of 20 minutes trying to make Coco stay put and not bite my hair / ears / chin or climb onto this horrid woman (though secretly I wished that Coco would take a bite of her chunky arm).
Having a pug, and an adorable one at that is akin to what I'd imagine being a celebrity is like. You get unwanted attention - people stop, stare, point, nudge each other, make stupid noises and generally invade one's personal space. As far as I know, no one's tried to photograph the little miss yet but oh my god the number of people who feel it's their right to be able to touch her.
There was a man in the newsagent that I popped into yesterday who, as I was lining up to pay for a banana, stepped out from behind till really slowly and in awe and proceeded to use not one hand, but BOTH HANDS to basically molest Coco's face and coo over her. Then he said "aww can I keep her?" to which I literally went "Ha. Ha. NO." Idiot.
Perhaps it's because having all the attention that comes with having a pug isn't a novelty for me because we have to deal with it EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Most people probably just get it when they take theirs out at the weekend when they have the time and patience to say "Yes, she is darling isn't she", unlike our situation whereby people literally try to stop me as I'm late to the office / for the train.
Another examples was some flyer girl at West Brompton tube station the other day. There was a queue of about 3 people in front of me waiting to go through the ticket barrier and the silly cow came rushing forward "ohmygodit'sSOcute!!" at the same time as trying to touch Coco. And I didn't want to be vocally abusive by telling her to "f**k off can't you see I'm trying to get HOME?" so I just ended up giving her a withering evil (getting good at it!) and going through.
Yes people think I'm mean and bitter and angry but I just LOATHE it. I'm generally tired and grumpy on my commute! Don't try to talk to me and don't try to talk to my dog in that ridiculous voice! Especially do NOT touch her unless you have asked me first!! ARGH!!
Friday, 4 December 2009
Like I Care...
But I do admire the funny side of it...
Boss lady is in and was standing chatting to colleague on the next desk and Coco is attacking her lunch Kong, wearing a hoody and with her butt facing the world.
Boss lady is in and was standing chatting to colleague on the next desk and Coco is attacking her lunch Kong, wearing a hoody and with her butt facing the world.
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
My Top Ten Christmas Movies
- A Muppet Christmas Carol
- Love Actually
- Elf
- Uncle Buck
- Home Alone 1 & 2 (forget the horror that was number 3, and I discovered a number 4 was made today...wtf?!)
- Edward Scissorhands
- The Grinch
- Any of the Harry Potters
- Babe
- It's A Charlie Brown Christmas
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