Another thing I encountered today that filled me with joy.

In Bb 2.0

It is perfectly safe, as far as I can tell, but needs sound. Really really needs sound. It will also temporarily stream a lot of stuff, so your network connection may be stressed and your computer may groan a bit. But it's worth it.

Tags: art, collaborative, music
Current Mood: mellow

I encountered this today. I think it's lovely.

I do not love Thee

I do not love thee!—no! I do not love thee!
And yet when thou art absent I am sad;
And envy even the bright blue sky above thee,
Whose quiet stars may see thee and be glad.

I do not love thee!—yet, I know not why,
Whate'er thou dost seems still well done, to me:
And often in my solitude I sigh
That those I do love are not more like thee!

I do not love thee!—yet, when thou art gone,
I hate the sound (though those who speak be dear)
Which breaks the lingering echo of the tone
Thy voice of music leaves upon my ear.

I do not love thee!—yet thy speaking eyes,
With their deep, bright, and most expressive blue,
Between me and the midnight heaven arise,
Oftener than any eyes I ever knew.

I know I do not love thee! yet, alas!
Others will scarcely trust my candid heart;
And oft I catch them smiling as they pass,
Because they see me gazing where thou art.

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

Current Mood: content

My alarm clock pipes up with Radio 4 whenever it is time for me to wake up. This morning I was greeted with the words "... Senator Obama said in his victory speech ...". What nice words to start the day with, I thought.

Metaphors involving eggs, chickens and enumeration spring to mind, but today feels like a good day.

Current Mood: cheerful

A friend of mine has a webcomic at http://comic.socksandpuppets.com. Please go and look at it, it is good and I want him to keep doing it.

Thank you.

I've formally (ie, in writing) accepted the job at ARM. I'm going to start on 7th April, so I get a little bit of a break between jobs. As seems to be becoming traditional, I shall be going into London for a mooch on Thursday or Friday.

I'm so very pleased about all this. What seemed - and was - a disaster a few months ago has resolved into something of a dream outcome: a new job starting just after my old one finishes, at a company that pretty much everyone I've spoken to reckons is a very good company to work for, and I'll be doing some really interesting work (which I sadly cannot talk about).

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it all turns out as well as it seems to promise.

Current Mood: cheerful

So, yeah, there is quite a bit of it - a couple of inches at least. It looks lovely, but I'm glad I'm not out camping in it, as many of my friends are right now.

Merry Easter :)

http://www.matchitforpratchett.org/

Contribute to research into Alzheimer's disease. I have.

Jumping on the bandwagon ...

1. Choose a few of your own characters.
2. Make them answer the following questions.
3. Feel free to go ahead and add some questions yourself!! (I haven't)
4. Then tag three people.

( Francis McDee, CUTT (LARP) )

( Evelyn Brightworthy, CUTT (LARP) )

( Fergal Marshall, Maelstrom (LARP) )

I'm tagging anyone who fancies doing this :)

My general levels of stress are fairly high at the moment - understandably, since I'm doing some involuntary job hunting and I hate doing that at the best of times. This stress manifests as general emotional up-and-down-ness, and I seem prone to getting wibbles about stuff much more than I usually am. This state of affairs is likely to persist until my job situation is sorted out. I just want to ask people to be tolerant if I seem miles away, inattentive, forgetful, etc. It's just things on my mind, nothing personal.

Thanks.

Current Location: home
Current Mood: nervous

So. It seems my employer is making major cutbacks and it seems I'm to be laid off. I learned this on the day that I'm laid up in bed convalescing from minor surgery this morning. Great timing. Oh well, at least I have time to buff up my CV again.

If anyone is looking for a senior lowish-level systems engineer with a strong background in things like programming language implementation, browser development and system emulation, I'd be very happy to hear about it :)

Current Location: Bed
Current Mood: annoyed