all out to get me 2 July 2008
If I believed in conspiracies (and I may after this) I would have plenty to go on at the moment. anything that can go wrong is doing so…with a little help from it’s friends.
eg number 1 – Richard is sharing my old laptop at home, by way of a house computer. I made the terrible mistake of commenting that he could change the language to Russian at the mere touch of a button, so he did. He was delighted and i was delighted for him but pointed out that everything was to be left as he originally found it as I use the thing when he’s not there and am a luddite. All understood (very much so as pain of death etc was mentioned, as usual, and he knows I mean that) So all should also have been well. Seems the computer has had other ideas, though. In spite of a little Irish flag symbol top right to signify that English is the preferred language (and believe me in Ireland that’s contentious enough as a statement, as officially our native tongue is Irish, or Gaelic, if you will) the system has decided to leave some sites in Russian. As a result my instructions for getting into a site that has opted to stay in English, largely, may be in Russian till I have logged on. You’d‘ve thought this might be beneficial to my slipshop study of the language but as I cannot read or pronounce the cyrillic alphabet very well it ain’t helpin’ much.
eg two – the electricity for the downstairs area is tripping off every few minutes. I cannot run two appliances at once, nor (crucially) the dishwasher by itself – DEAR LORD IN HEAVEN ABOVE, should there be one, NOT MY DISHWASHER! – I love my white goods, I really do, and will go into decline altogether if anything stops the dishwasher from making me happy every day of it’s working life. I dare not even think of what life would be like if it barred the washing machine from working. An electrician will be summoned toot sweet.
eg three – my email systems on both sides of the Irish Sea are fecked and I am having to invent ever more twisty ways of getting into them.
eg four – the fake tan is still hangin’ around in patchy areas and like the FOOL that I am I actually bought a different make today in the supermarket as proof that experience will never win out over hope in my stupid life. I will never learn. I deserve all I get.
On the plus side, did some okay-ish writing today (that is also to say I did actually get some writing done which is of itself a good thing – huzzah). Doesn’t quite balance out the mania of the rest of things but it was welcome all the same.
