I have given up buying and selling on ebay (click the link - it's funnay) for lent. Fairly easy so far, sure to get harder in a couple of days now that I've got my spending money for the month.
Alison has given up caffeine, which means no coffee or chocolate. I'm not sure I could do that, especially as I'm sleeping terribly at the moment, and need all the help I can get at the moment.
I've also given up drinking, for the second time in my life. Not one of those "Oh, I'm never drinking again" things that happen when you're brutally hungover, though I was brutally hungover when I decided to quit. I got hideously drunk last time I was in London, lost an hour or so of the evening (how did I get back to my hotel?), was sick, and woke up feeling ill as anything. So, I've given up again. This might be permanent. We'll see. I've kinda just got fed up of drinking... I don't think it makes me any funnier, and I get all loud and sweary and rude... It doesn't really help much. So, that's off the agenda for now. I'm not averse to going out for drinks with anyone who cares to go out sometime, but I'll be on the J2O's.
In other news...
I led worship at our cell group the other night. It's the first time I've done it in forever. I've not even played my guitar since we moved house and that was 6 months ago. It was good to do it again. I'd not forgotten how to play, so that was a good start! It was weird doing it again after so long, but it kinda felt right, like it's something I'm maybe meant to do. It felt... comfortable, in a way, and familiar, and I wasn't nervous about singing in front of a room of people or about how I was playing. It was like it was me and God, and the other people were a bit peripheral, sort of, though obviously they're pretty integral to it being actual worship leading. It was good, because I've been feeling really distant from God for I don't know how long, and like I'm not doing anything for him, and that while I believe, it doesn't really mean anything for how I live. It's hardly a huge step towards sorting stuff out, but it was good to at least feel like I was in the same room as God, doing something for him.
So, I'd quite like to do that again. Partly because it made me feel close to God, and partly because I'd like to actually be doing something for him again.
Right. That's enough for now. Catch you later.
Platoon was on TV the other night. I watched it while trying to fix my computer, which decided to take a nosedive last week. I'm not sure which was the bloodier battle, to be honest. I didn't succeed with fixing the PC, so I'm now forced to pick up some new bits and bobs. Curses. On the plus side, the film was damn good, if you like war films, which I rather do.
I've not written for a while, largely due to the aforementioned PC death. I've got a post planned which should provide significant amusement, but again it is contingent on getting my home PC up and running again, so for now you'll have to make do with a generic news type update. News follows:
- I'm not dead, in spite of two weeks of not blogging
- Beth can now pull herself up into a standing position. If you leave her sat next to the sofa, she'll stand up and lean on it. She did it like three times in the bath yesterday. She's also got about a million teeth (or maybe it's closer to six) which is pretty cool.
- Work is OK. It's pretty busy, and pretty crazy at times. I feel out of my depth quite a lot, and I'm often having to learn stuff on the fly with no real clue what I'm doing. I usually get the hang of it OK though, so that's a mercy.
- I played through Zelda: Link's Awakening again the other week. For a game that's about 15 years old, it's awesome. I'm also trying to play A Link To The Past on my DS, and failing to see what all the fuss is about, even though it's supposed to the best Zelda game ever in the world, bar none. It's too hard and it makes no sense. Or perhaps I suck at it. Hmm.
- I'm selling a whole bunch of junk on ebay. Someone buy it. Go on. Please.
- I still suck at Fantasy Football, but not as much as the 5 people below me in the league. Unlucky.
- Life On Mars is back on the TV, and this is a good thing because it is awesome. Now, if I could just muster one computer in this house that works, I could set up my magical TV recording box and record it, on account of how I will be out at Bible study this week. Bible study good. Missing Life On Mars not so good.
That's about all I can think of right now. I haven't bought anything exciting lately, so I can't witter on about music or films or whatever. The most exciting thing I've bought lately was a hard disk which caught fire, which is not a good thing. Anything that runs the risk of burning my house down is generally deemed to be crap, so I wasn't too impressed with that. On the whole, 3/10 for surprise value alone. Even The Killers album was better than that.
Right. It's supper time, so I'm off. Bye!
OK, so the line works better when it's sung, but there you go.
So... I'm back in London for more tax training, complete with an accounting test. Joy! I was kinda looking forward to heading back down again, until about an hour before leaving when I figured I really didn't want to be away for a week. Sure, I could do with a break from the office, and it's nice seeing people here and eating out and stuff, but I guess I'd just rather be with Ali and Beth when it comes down to it. Ho hum. Maybe I'll get into it when I see everyone again.
Beth is doing well. She's babbling like crazy at the moment, and while she's not saying anything coherent, she's getting close. She seems to go from one consonant to the next, just saying it over and over e.g. "Dadadadadadada", "Mamamamamama", "Babababababab", etc. She is trying out "R" as well, which usually manifests itself in her roaring at whatever is nearby, be it a soft toy pig or her dinner, whatever. She's also laughing like crazy, which is the cutest thing ever - FACT. So cute it should be on Cute Overload, and that's pretty damn cute. So, that's all good.
So... what else? Nothing much really. I've been busy at work, and busy at home, though mostly wasting time which sucks. I don't know why, as I've so little of it these days, so it seems stupid to spend so much of it wasting time on the web. Ironic, given how much I despise mindlessly channel surfing in front of the telly, huh?
So... I'll leave this short, rather than banging on about how little is going on. As I say, I'm in London this week, so if anyone fancies a drink, let me know.
Bye bye.
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