Misty

misty_girl @ 2010-01-01T03:16:00

2010-01-01T11:16:35Z

I hope everyone had a brilliant New Year!!

My first resolution is to learn how to make a pancake!!

misty_girl @ 2008-11-12T08:42:00

2008-11-12T08:43:57Z

Thankfully, it turns out that my computer is just incredibly slow at doing anything.

Still don't trust Vista though.

misty_girl @ 2008-11-11T08:03:00

2008-11-11T08:05:55Z

I wish I'd never brought a computer with Vista on it!!

I shut my computer down last night and came back to find it was installing update 1 of 12. 12 hours later it hasn't progressed at all.

I've only just had the damned thing fixed due to a previous Vista update causing it to be stuck in a continual loop.

I just want a computer that works!!

misty_girl @ 2008-10-26T21:45:00

2008-10-26T21:46:42Z

I really should start to pay more attention to what is going on around me. For the second year in a row I have done myself out of an extra hour in bed.

Darn Daylight Savings Time!!!

Damnit

2008-09-28T17:39:30Z

It looks like I will be watching Merlin afterall!

I was determined to resist it but it appears that my willpower isn't the best (hardly surprising). It crumpled in the face of lingering looks and the dragons speech!

But I know who I will blame for making me watch this!!

misty_girl @ 2008-03-28T12:34:00

2008-03-28T12:34:54Z

I've managed to survive another end of year review and prove that I'm competent enough to do my job!

I love this time of year.

misty_girl @ 2008-03-24T20:41:00

2008-03-24T20:47:09Z

I've had a very enjoyable Easter.

I saw the New York City Ballet over the weekend which was a lovely evening.

Since it was a Bank Holiday, I also assisted my dad with some DIY, assembling a cupboard and minor reshaping of his kitchen. The instructions for the cupboard, were as always, interesting. They kindly informed us that only a competent person should undertake assembling this piece of furniture!
We weren't entirely sure if this described us but we carried on regardless and managed to do it without any injury to either of us!

I've eaten far too much than can be good for me, so it's back to the gym with a vengence this week before my trousers don't fit at all.

Meme

2008-03-09T18:05:49Z

Just because eviltish said I wouldn't do it!

1. You've just died. What happens?
Nothing. Life is it

2. What is your most guilty pleasure?
Straight porn.

3. A film or TV show that traumatized you as a child?
Nightmare on Elm Street. I've never seen the film but I couldn't stand the posters for it when I was younger.

4. What goes in your hotdog?
Nothing, but don't tend to have them anyway.

5. What was the last movie you saw, for pleasure, and would you recommend it?
My Beautiful Laundrette. Hmm, yes.

6. On balance, are you happy with your life as it is, would you change it a little or change it a lot?
I'm generally happy with it. There are bits I would change but nothing worth worrying over.

7. What's the one possession you USED TO have, but don't anymore and wish you did? What happened to it?
Can't think of anything.

8. You (as you are now, not a fictionalised you) are a FC in an episode of SPN. What's your role?
I'd be the villian of the week and be died by the end of it.

9. Name one person for whom you'd definitely take a bullet, and one for whom you definitely wouldn't.
My dad. No-one for the second part.

10. Worst case scenario?
There's not one in particular.

11. What's on your fridge?
A picture of Legolas (nothing to do with me!)

12. What's your greatest frustration?
Me

13. For you only, not as a broad political statement: life imprisonment or death sentence?
Life, as I don't believe in the death sentence.

14. Who's standing next to you as the world ends?
My dad and my best friends.

15. You discover you've been drafted into military service (to a country to which you hold a citizenship). What do you do?
Get on with it.

16. Which fictional character could you most see yourself marrying?
None of them. Marriage never enters my thoughts when it comes to fictional characters.

17. Which TV show / film / book 'verse would you quite happily live in?
Discworld

18. Do you have a motto? If yes which one?
Don't have one.

19. What's in your pocket right now? Conversely, if you have no pocket, what are the three items closest to your right hand, excluding computer hardware?
Tissues

20. What place most speaks to you?
The sea.

Phew

2008-02-17T21:33:05Z

I'm back home over what seems to have been an extremely busy 10 days (though i'm sure many people will think it quiet!).

Spent last weekend at my dad's, which included a flying visit to London to see Buenos Aires Tango - a tango company. If I ever manage to dance with a fraction of the skill they had I would be a happy woman!

Monday evening saw another trip to London (unfortunately it was to minute a six hour meeting on Tuesday!).

Spent Friday morning making a four hour drive to Cornwall for a 11am meeting :(
Still got to spend the weekend at a friend's with her family. Went shopping for her wedding dress and now have orders as to what I need to buy as my bridesmaid dress!!
Spending time with her family makes me think I could cope with children, until they start screaming at the same time and then I change my mind!

I'm looking forward to next weekend when I plan on doing fuck all apart from lying on the sofa watching tv/dvds.

I've just started watching Skins and it's far better than I was expecting. However, I did feel like a perverted old woman when I found out the age of one the actors I thought was cute so it may be better for my sanity if I stop watching it.

misty_girl @ 2008-02-04T12:53:00

2008-02-04T12:55:11Z

I think there may be something wrong with me - I watched Primeval and enjoyed it (I think I laughed at the dramatic bits). This is scaring, plus I also watched an episode of Smallville for the first time in ages and didn't switch off.

Finally

2008-01-27T17:37:01Z

I'm back on-line!!

I now have a nice new shiny computer :)
It is a nice feeling.

misty_girl @ 2008-01-07T08:47:00

2008-01-07T08:52:53Z

My first post of the New Year!!

Christmas and New Year were great, even if I did spend New Years dressed as a dalmation! Things you will do because of family.
I got some wonderful presents and had a lovely relaxing time off.

Unfortunately I have started the New Year with a cold :(
So, whilst I've dragged myself into work I would much prefer to be in a nice warm bed.

We now have broadband at the flat, which is very impressive. Unfortunately our poor computer is too old to cope with it and can't seem to open any websites. So I've had no LJ over the weekend which I have just about managed to survive!!

misty_girl @ 2007-12-21T12:54:00

2007-12-21T12:55:57Z

Ok, so I've now met with my new Director and I have a somewhat better idea of what I'll be doing as from the New Year.

I will now be acting as a kinda PA for her and still being team co-ordinator for my current team, plus a little bit of whatever for her existing team. Have to see how it all pans out in January.

As it's my last day in the office for the rest of this way I plan on not doing a lot this afternoon.

misty_girl @ 2007-12-20T08:08:00

2007-12-20T08:14:29Z

So besides having our team Christmas lunch yesterday, my boss officially announced that he is going on for secondment for at least six months as from January.
So it will definitely be New Year, new changes, as the only thing we know for sure about what will happen to us is that we will now be looked after by another director in our group. Any of the finer details haven't been discussed yet. Which isn't exactly end of the world stuff but a bit worrying considering that 75% of my role is looking after a person who isn't going to be around.

A bit of good work-related news is that our annual pay rise has been agreed and will start this month (backdated to July)! So I see a minishopping spree in my future.

I have decided that next year there will be no Secret Santa for the team, given the level of confusion this has caused them this year - whether to put a label on the present if it's meant to be secret, what to write on the label and so on.

misty_girl @ 2007-12-06T08:51:00

2007-12-06T20:54:09Z

I somehow don't think my wish to wake up tomorrow and it be Saturday is going to happen :(

I can't face another day of filing.

misty_girl @ 2007-11-18T08:55:00

2007-11-18T20:59:00Z

WTF, it's snowing!!

Glad my holiday finished yesterday when it was still sunny.

misty_girl @ 2007-11-11T10:52:00

2007-11-11T22:54:35Z

Right so I'm deciding what to pack for my holiday and I've realised I have nothing to wear!!

I need a new wardrobe but that is going to have to wait until the New Year since I didn't win the Lottery yesterday!

Finally

2007-11-03T16:54:29Z

an episode of Heroes that I liked all of. Up to now I've been watching with a mild interest. I think this just confirms that the lack of Peter in an episode is always a good thing for me.

In other news, Christmas shopping isn't going as well as I had hoped. I'm obviously not meant to be one of those people who gets their shopping done far in advance!

Saw Carlos Acosta and the National Ballet of Cuba dance last Friday which was amazing. I am totally in awe of their ability. Hopefully I can manage to see them when they dance again next year.

So another year older

2007-09-19T08:45:11Z

I have already received some lovely presents (including Gordon Ramsey chocolates!!)and it's only early in the day.

I'm glad I decided to have my birthday off for once (and the rest of the week). I need to catch up on some sleep after the work's away-day. Which was spent in a nice hotel on the outskirts of Nottingham and was an overnighter.
I drank far too much and sleep far too little to be able to cope with the drumming activity yesterday! However, it was a surprisingly good time. Though I want to know why all the attractice men work in the Sheffield office?

misty_girl @ 2007-09-16T03:43:00

2007-09-16T14:47:50Z

To date I've really like having an automatic garage door. It's nice not to have to lift it up and down every time I go out.

However, it's not so good when the fucking thing goes kaput and my car's stuck inside it.

It looks like it's going to be the train for me tomorrow.

Ok

2007-08-25T15:46:23Z

So watched the BBC coverage of Reading and Jonny and Andy from Razorlight were being interviewed. Now have I missed some slashy gossip about them? They spent the whole 5 minutes or so huddled up on the sofa with hands clutching each others thighs!

Also, the story of how they met their physical masseur (with 'magic hands') in 'one of those bars' in Hamburg sounds like a good one to hear in full.

Crap

2007-08-01T18:43:37Z

MCR are back in the UK during November and I can't make any of the dates.

University Challenge must be getting easier,

2007-07-30T20:19:18Z

as in the 10 minutes I caught of it I got 6 questions right rather than the usual one. And I don't think it's case of my intelligence improving!

misty_girl @ 2007-07-29T08:39:00

2007-07-29T19:45:09Z

I think I may have found a new show - The Wire.
I'm only 4 eps in but I'm hooked and if it keeps up to the current standards then I am going to be very happy for the 4/5 seasons I have left.

I've watched the first 2 episodes of Heroes and although I enjoyed them, I can't say that I'm hooked yet.

I'm currently under the influence of a couple of glasses of wine. Which considering how much wine turns me into a total lightweight is probably not the best plan for a Sunday evening. I totally blame the wine I had yesterday for eating 4 Cornettos in under 12 hours (though to be fair, I had eaten 3 before I started drinking!). Still it was definitely the wine to blame for the dreams I had about my work colleagues. Nice enough guys but do not what to think of them in relation to anything sexual!

misty_girl @ 2007-06-29T14:34:00

2007-06-29T13:36:57Z

Joy of joys, the new Cabinet shuffle means that the Government department wehich my organisation currently reports to is being split into two new departments. So, yet again, there is much undertainty over what will happen to us.

I seriously must consider getting out of the public sector. It can't seem to go a year without some kind of re-shaping going on.

Still at it is Friday.