I am around, and reading, but just... not posting. Dunno why - I just don't feel capable of interesting comment.

Dress Down (But Not Too Much Just In Case Clients Come In) Day For [Charity] yesterday at work. Fun, actually – cakes and balloons and raffles and such. Quaint. Like a school fête. For the raffle, my manager decided that, instead of selling one raffle ticket for £1, it’d be five for £1. I tried to explain how they were failing at logic, but to no avail. So, of course, they ran out of raffle tickets, and had to go buy more. Ah well.

I went to a craft evening the other day, and learned to purl (I could only do plain, before), and I went home, and – completely involuntarily – went on the Net and bought knitting needles and wool (made from bamboo!). It was like my fingers had a life of their own, and they'd decided they liked knitting, dammit, and wanted to do more of it. Nooooooooooooooooo! But this bamboo wool is gorgeous, and now I’m attempting a present for my great aunt, and I thought I'd try ribbing, only it looks like I've managed to do moss stitch instead, and omg I've learnt some knitting terms! Also, this may have inspired me to finally get around to sorting out a dress I bought from a charity shop a while back. It’s silvery, shot with purple, and I made a purple net underskirt to go with it, ages back – now just need to adjust the dress so it fits properly.




I've bought several films recently. Spaceballs (with the Dinks commentary), Aliens, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, X-Men 3, The Importance of Being Earnest, Terminator, Hero, Spider-Man 3, Jarhead, and The Iron Giant. I don't know why, but I'm in a film mood. A bought Kung Fu Hustle and Rocky Horror Picture Show (including Shock Treatment). Perhaps I should invite people for films (and possibly knitting) night...

And I've booked a punt for A's birthday on Tuesday. Apparently the trick is not to hang on to the pole, if it all goes wrong....