Sickie

I've thrown a sickie today. I got up this morning & decided I couldn't be arsed. So I've been surfing the net and avoiding the usual daytime TV pap, preferring to watch re-runs of Ellen and the eps of Uni Challenge & Buzzcocks I recorded the other night. I must say I've been getting a bit bored this afternoon but fortunately for the entirety of this week I've been working on a production of Hot Mikado in the evenings to keep me out of trouble. Nothing spectacular - just working a spotlight - but at times its rather complicated. Ever tried to spot three people, all singing with only two spotlights and stood too far apart to get them all at once? My, that gets fun. Apparently the stage manager, listening to mine & Jasmine's (the other spotlight operator) conversation of "Oh wait he's moved again...... which one's going to sing again?.... stay together so I can just.... oh damn, don't move over THERE!" over the theatre headsets, was pissing himself laughing. It seems me & Jas are a comedy double-act and we didn't know it. So we've been keeping the backstage crew entertained with our conversation, one-liners and singing songs from Grease over the headphones. Not that we're anything less than completely professional...

*cough*

Geektastic!

I got home from work this evening to find a card behind the door. My package had been left at 220. Not that I'm stupid or anything but it took me ten minutes to figure out that it meant at house number 220 not 2.20pm. D'oh. I called round for my parcel which was discreetly wrapped in brown paper and huge. I giggled.

I got it home and giggled maniacally, ripping off the paper and opening the box. It had arrived. At least 12 inches long, white & gold & knobbly. And it came with the batteries included. All 7 of them. I searched the house for a screwdriver. Once found I screwed frantically and inserted the batteries and screwed some more. Once turned on, I grasped the control with both hands and started to play, this way and that, backwards and forwards, round and round all the while with some lovely noises coming out. 15 minutes later, fully satisfied I put it down and grabbed a bite to eat to recharge.

God these remote control Daleks are great.

Shhhhhhhhh!

I'm blogging at work. Don't tell anyone. My boss has gone out to a meeting taking with her the woman who trained me up & who seems to think she's now my boss too. Ha Ha! I've logged in to various message boards, checked out the weather photos on the BBC website (lovely pics - do check them out if you like that sort of thing) and now I'm here. I still feel a bit guilty that I'm not working though. I'll give myself another 10 mins or so then get back to it. Ooh I feel so naughty!

Gadgets and bargains

Was absolutely gutted today when browsing in Sainsbury's to find that they're selling a Goodmans DAB micro system for exactly the same price as my Pure Evoke digital radio. I could have bought digi radio *and* a cd player for the same price. Bah! I'm not sure the micro system would've fitted on my bedside table as nicely as the radio though.

I made up for my disappointment by finding a suede skirt that I'd admired for the bargain price of £10 in the same store. Originally £35 then gradually whittled down to £10ish but when I paid there was 20% off as well so all in all I only paid £8 for it. I also bought a red hoodie (I have a future as an ASBO yob) and a Peter Gabriel best of cd. As well as a pile of food shopping.

And in addition, I've ordered myself a white & gold, radio controlled Imperial Dalek from Play.com for £40. Sad fangrrrl that I am.

Spending money like it was water? Me?

Purely exciting

How excited was I this evening when I arrived home from work. Behind the door was a card saying that my brand spanking new Pure Evoke digital radio had been delivered. Er, left under our green bottle recycling box outside the house. On the one hand I was glad I didn't have to faff about picking it up from the Post Office but on the other hand WTF WERE THEY THINKING??? Our house is on the border of a very dodgy area of Bolton. Anyone could have seen them putting it there & nicked it. Harumph! Grateful for small mercies I picked it up from underneath the box and practically ran to my room to set it up. Oooh and how lovely it is. Small, compact and bijou. I have now got more room on my bedside cabinet since the new radio has replaced my old, clunky ghetto blaster that I only used to listen to Radio 2 in the mornings anyway. I just have to find a home for it now. I'm thinking of taking it to somewhere like Cash Converters but I know they'll offer me a pittance for it. Well I suppose everyone has iPods these days don't they? Everyone except me that is. Not that I'm behind the times or anything.

So. Next on the list of gadgets to buy is a digital camera and then an iPod (or similar doohickey). Lets not rush things though, eh?