So much spare time...

I've been pondering what I should be doing with my spare time.  

I've given up on the cat plan.  Pets are a bad idea - even houseplants die just to spite me.

So, what should I do?  Perhaps it's time to invent something or take over the world.

Given the options, I think I'd go for inventing something. Taking over the world SOUNDS fun and all, but it's so big it would take AGES.  I have a very short attention span.

So, ideas for inventions?  

Um... 

Damn.  This is harder than I expected.

Balls to it. I'm taking over the garden.

That Upland Sandpiper in full

Here's a better video of it :)

http://youtu.be/BNqKSSkSfPU

Time on my hands

So, I'm back home from a week on Scilly.  That was nice.  HOW cute is Upland Sandpiper?  (http://youtu.be/y8q2oJ0QPok (not my video, btw).  Possibly my third favourite scilly bird.  I'm sure you don't want to be bored with a list of birds I've seen, so I'll move on!

It's an awesome place to relax - I had a great time with the other half, and his mate is possibly the only person to ever make me laugh so much at a weather forecast.  Anyway, I've come back chilled and chipper.

I've not really been up to much else, just trying to decide what I'll do with my time when my current job ends.  Maybe time to find a new voluntary position and get some new skills.   Not that I have none - I'm not completely  useless.  For example, I make a great bad example.  Maybe I can build on that.

Then again, maybe I'll just get a cat and film it until I've got somethng funny to post on youtube.

Slush Puppy's thought of the day 9th october 2011

What if the Hokey Cokey really is what it's all about?

Head spin

When did life get so busy? I'm so confused I don't know if I've lost my horse or found some rope.

I won't talk about work.  I'll annoy myself and bore you. Neither of us wants that.

Probably the highlight of the last month was seeing the Black and White Warbler on Scilly.  It's a warbler. It's black and white. But moreover, I've been waiting about seven years to see one. And I did. Which was nice.

ANYway, I've been thinking about people.  You know, those other two legged things that wander around and get in our way.  Strikes me some of them need to get over their hang ups.

I get particularly annoyed at those who get all uppity about swearing.  Ok, yeah, there are nicer ways of saying it, but seriously "Gosh, I don't like you. You're really not a very nice person" just does not convey the message I am trying to put across.

So I was reading Take a Break, a little while ago (I didn't buy it, I found it on the train. Honest).  There was a woman who called her daughter Chimera.  Seriously? How much effort does it really take to find out what a word means before you inflict it on your child?   

So I read a few more issues. 

I have calculated that the average TaB reader has three girls called Lillet, Chlamydia and Sushi.

You may be forgiven for thinking that I don't like people very much.  But it's not all people.  It's other people.  You, I like. I reserve judgement on me.