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[tinyjo]

I seem to have lots of half formed thoughts these days. I must get better at putting them down on paper. Or electronic paper, anyway. Otherwise, how will I know when I look back what I was doing? I've been thinking about doing that "what were you doing x years ago" meme, partly because several of those dates are important years of my life. The trouble is I can only think of about 1 thing for each year so far.

Archie and Ellen came round for lunch on Sunday, which was a rather nice afternoon, I thought (despite the fact that given the weather the actual cooking stage was not great for me really). I hope they managed to enjoy themselves - I got rather drunk on white wine so my hostessing skills may not have been firing on all cylinders I'm afraid. By the way, if either of you read this before Ellen leaves the country, I found a black sweater/jacket with a skull on this morning that I don't recognise and suspect belongs to one of you two. Alex is at home today so you could pop round any time to pick it up.

I really need some music today but have discovered that I've managed to leave my mp3 player at home :( I'm not sure where it is in fact - when I couldn't see it this morning I assumed it was here but it clearly isn't so I need to search my home. My living room is becoming rather squallid again at the moment. I need to hoover more regularly and get rid of that damn TV. Any takers?

Only a month until we head off to France for our 2 week holiday. I hope Alex isn't regretting agreeing to come - we'll be missing quite a few social engagements while we're there but on the other hand we'll be relaxing and reading so I'm still hugely looking forward to it.

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This was written yesterday, in bits and bobs, but as usual I forgot to post it before shutting down the PC. Thank goodness for auto-save, eh? I did manage to find my mp3 player, you'll be pleased to hear.

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to get rid of the tv

[jinty]

you ought to sign up to Freecycle:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OxfordFreecycle/

[Plays Devil's Advocate yet again]

[t--m--i.livejournal.com]

How much does it matter whether you can remember stuff - given that it's past and you can't change it?
Obviously remembering stuff like where you put your mp3 player, or who is dead / not dead, or that you have fed the cat already, stuff like that, is useful. And happy memories that you can relive in dull moments are cheering.
But no-one remembers much to speak of before they hit eight or so and it doesn't bother anyone. What counts as an "important" memory anyway? Surely as our priorities change as our experiences accumulate, the particular memories we value change too...
[continues for another n rambling paragraphs]

PS been brave enough to put the pre-alpha of Rockbox on your H140 yet?

Re: [Plays Devil's Advocate yet again]

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

It's not a matter of life or death but it's a way of storing up pleasure for myself in the future - I really like wandering back and re-reading old bits of my journal. It's probably the only memory related thing I do - I rarely get round to looking at old photos for example - but I do seem to do it quite frequently.

I'm afraid I don't keep up with the firmware updates availalbe for the old iRiver - what's RockBox?

Rockbox?

[t--m--i.livejournal.com]

Rockbox is the future! :D




Not the present, sadly ...

Hey Jo!

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Jo! Finally got round to looking at your blog! It's a great way of seeing what you're up to. It's also kind of cool to get a mention :))) anyway, life here is going well, if a bit quietly. The freelance journalism isn't giving me enough to do so I'm looking for a part-time job and have also volunteered at a local homeless shelter. More details on my blog (now you have to check it! Wahaha!)
Loads of love, Suz xxx

Re: Hey Jo!

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Yay :) I added you to my contacts on Messenger, btw (can't remeber if I already told you...)

[art-geek.livejournal.com]

teh jumper is Archie's...