Tremendulent!

Honestly. I've been doing basic website admin for years now, at this job and at my previous one. I had the following conversation with my boss earlier today:

Boss: I just want the links to the external websites to be the heading of the article.
Me: Okay.
Boss: You know how if a sentence is a link, it changes colour?
Me: Um, ye-ah?
Boss: Do you know how to do that?
Me: Do I know how to make a link? Yes. Yes, I do know how to do that.

I was aware of this before, but it's always interesting to see how much my boss has no clue how things work. Like, none at all. But, she's really, really good at bs-ing her way through it, I often think she gets it.

She really, really doesn't.

Anyway.

How much do I love my flist? Honestly! You guys are awesome. Thanks so much for the comments and ideas yesterday about the TARDIS. I know where I'm going now, thank you!!

I also mainlined Lewis yesterday, thanks to ITV, which I hadn't seen before. Hello, James Hathaway. I really, really like you and your tallness and dreamy, dreamy voice. Goodness.

I'm now seeing Lawrence Fox playing either Albert Campion or Lord Peter Wimsey when he gets a little older.

Movie Quote Meme Time!

'Cause I'm bored and I can't actually do any, you know, work at work until people get back to me with a go ahead. Dear lord, I hate working with committees and steering groups. Just make a decision already, for the love of God! Perferably one that is steeped in logic and reality and will not cause me to tear my hair out.

*ahem*

01. Pick 10 of your favorite movies. (I'll be honest, I went for my favorite comfort/fun films.)
02. Go to IMDB, and find a quote from each movie.
03. Post them here for everyone to guess.
04. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
05. No cheating!

1. "Hey bank robber! Hey, want some advice? Next time keep the engine running."

2. "A bit of musicality, please!"fringedweller - Strictly Ballroom

3. "There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into the Madame Curie look-alike contest and he was disqualified later."

4. "'For all eternity,' idiot." vega_ofthe_lyre and shirleyann66 - The Mummy

5. "You'll become one of those hunchbacked, lonely old men, sitting in the corner of a crowded cafe, mumbling to yourself, "My ass is twitching. You people make my ass twitch." gabby_silang - French Kiss

6. "I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else."

7. "I mean, not many girls in contemporary American society today would give their underwear to help a geek like me." silveronthetree - Sixteen Candles

8. "The guy was killed in an auto accident! I looked it up! He was driving in the Yukon, in a pink convertible, to visit his brother who's an ex-con named Frances, when a tractor trailer comes along and decapitates him. You know what that mean, it means he doesn't have a head. How am I suppose to write for a guy who doesn't have a head?" fringedweller - Soapdish

9. "Martin Sheen? That's President Kennedy, you idiot!" fringedweller - The Goonies

10. "I told the truth, Lord. How can I learn any moral lessons when you keep confusing me this way?" robanybody - Ladyhawke

Why, oh why, must I get interested in actors/tv shows/movies that have no fandom whatsoever to speak of? I'm this close to writing fic for movies that probably only two people on earth have seen.

Darn you Robert Carlyle with your charming Glaswegian accent and dodgy career choices!

*head desk*

I got caroled last night! It was lovely. I believe it was Come All Ye Faithful, but sung in Welsh. Thank goodness husband was on the ball and had money ready. I didn't realise people caroled for charities here. The main fellow had a lovely voice and thought whatever it was I was cooking for dinner smelled wonderful. (Kedgeree! And it was pretty good) I've never been caroled before!

I'm almost done with my Yuletide fic. I've gotten over 1000 words, so the minimum has been reached. I was going to do more today, but people, once again, invaded my office. My supervisor is the perfect example of a workaholic. Seriously, the woman doesn't stop and thinks that everyone else thinks about work when they go home.

Trust me. I don't.

I have Hatter/Alice plot bunnies. Well, not so much plot bunnies as 'moment' bunnies: the plot bunny's little, kid sister that's very cute and only a few lines long.

I'm considering baking a pie this weekend. An apple pie. I haven't baked in a very long time and it's such a good recipe and I love pie. A lot.

When will this day end?

1. Clean my living room. I mean really clean my living room. Sort books and throw crap away. Well, mostly.
2. Paint the little wall that separates the living room from the kitchen. It's orange! Which I wanted. It looks awesome.
3. Make black bean soup. Simmering as we speak.
4. Write at least 6,000 words for NaNo, because I am woefully behind.
5. Watch as much Stargate SG1 that I can get my hands on. -- Well, I read a lot of fanfic. Does that count? I think I'm a Sam/Jack shipper.

I did not get in enough writing. I am a very, very bad bunny in that respect. Oh the plus side, I did have a breakthrough for one of the fics I'm doing for an exchange. Which makes me happy.

I would dearly love to do NaNoWriMo this year. ( Seren's new idea for original fiction )

But, I have no time. My father is coming to visit me at the end of the month. Which is just a whole new bag of conflicted emotions. (Yay, 'cause he's my dad! Boo, 'cause he's my dad.) Not to mention the neverending list of WIPs I've managed to construct over the last, oh, FIVE YEARS.

Yeah, I think Nano will have to wait until next year.

Bummer.

I also currently have a headache the size of Montana. Tea is not helping. Why isn't the tea helping?

I've discovered that I have a default setting; which is curled up on a comfy chair with a book. Whenever it rains, my psyche automatically begins to crave cushions and words.

This is not particularly convenient when I'm at work. Darn it.

My next life I'm coming back as one of my mom's cats. Seriously. They get to laze around on a bay window in Florida and she feeds them the good cat food.

Trying desperately to write the next chapter of my McCoy/Chapel and the darn thing keeps changing around. I have one goal for the chapter. One thing that I want them to do, and all this other stuff keeps creeping in.

It doesn't help that we have this new bookeeper who is the quietest man in the world and is just tapping away somewhere behind my desk and it's kind of freaking me out. Which it shouldn't, but it does.

And why won't my chapter work???

*goes to make a cup of tea. will beat the chapter into submission after i have a bikkie*

PS Does anyone have any recommended novels that feature doctors and nurses? I'm open to any genre. I'd just like to see how medical jargon can be used. (Three guesses as to why I'm asking :)