NASA just lost the shuttle Columbia over Texas: CNN (via BBC).
The shuttle appears to have disintegrated while travelling at over 12,500 miles per hour at over 200,000 feet. Toxic debris are raining down over Texas.
Fuck, that’s really bad news. The video and footage is a little hard to watch too. There were seven people sitting there.
No snow after all that. Damn. It is very cold but that does not really make up for anything.
Eminem tickets appear to have sold out after just a couple of hours in England and Scotland. I had thought about getting one and going along, I guess not.
Apperently the manager of Tatu said yesterday that he designed the girls to be appealing as underage-entertainment. Some of the news programmes picked up on this and were of course quite outraged. I can see their point, the video for the track was certainly designed that way but the news went as far as to say the only reason they look likely to make the number one spot this weekend was because of the video. Funninly enough they didn’t mention that the song is actually pretty good and I suspect was going to hit number one anyway. It is also worth pointing out that at 17, the girls are not underage although there are rumours the video was shot two years ago which would spin a new light on it…and um not be good.
I might go and see Catch me if you Can this weekend, ITV are showing some interviews with the people behind it at the moment and it looks really fun. Or see if anyone wants to see it next weekend when it goes on general release.
Today was not a good day. It started off really badly but luckily enough that part recovered nicely. Played some more chess at lunch, two good games both of which I was lucky to win. I’m enjoying playing a hell of a lot, it was a really good idea.
Then the afternoon hit. It wasn’t like a bolt out of the blue and umm I shall just leave it at that. Not a good end to the week. I feel like I’m not on top of things and that I haven’t been for a while and that maybe we would not be in this position had I been. *sigh*
Having said that, getting home to find an email reply from pretty much a perfect stranger noting that the company I work has been upgraded to “mostly a shower of cunts” not only cheered me up immensely had me laughing for several minutes. It’s very much a line that will make sense to none of you but I thought it worth noting.
It does lead nicely into another topic. I don’t actually like that word. It’s gaining a lot more usage recently, at least that I have noticed. The phrase ‘shower of cunts’ is a meme over at the V and in work, its pretty common in usage. I’ve found myself using it a few times recently too. I don’t think I like that.
It is suppose to snow again overnight and in the morning. That would be good. I want to actually take some photos. It is cold outside, below freezing and due to stay that way for while. That is a good thing in that when I get out of bed there should be lots of pretty snow on the ground to take some photos of, but bad in that I have to get some comics (that Hellblazer and the X Force hardcover are worth noting) and really should walk there and back.
And finally a good link from the ever lovely Alex: The Geek Hierarchy. I fall into a lot of those catagories.
Oh and another lastly, my sister has now managed to get to Korea with the help (read: pity) of three embassies.
Awesome photo from Mr Wheeler of the Velvet admin.
Thank fuck. God I love my job at times.
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If it is too late, this could be a real hassle.
NEVER EVER use autofill for anything.
Buffy was ok, Angel was excellent with a really good ending, roll on more.
I do have a cold of some sort, but it seems pretty mild. I am pretty convinced my sore throat is way more due to second hand smoke from Tuesday night. Perhaps a quiet weekend in reading and watching stuff would be better than the loads of sci-fi movies intended. But I do really want to see Westworld in the cinema
Going back to what I was saying earlier today about pool, I’m lead to think of an episode of Star Trek. I have no idea which one it was (nor even which show) but there were bubbles of something floating around and different things happened in different bubbles. Well, what if there were bubbles of skill dotted throughout the world. When you stand in one of those bubbles, you have the skill. That’s what it felt like. I am such a geek.
Had a nice lunch with some of the guys today, while there might not be a lot of um enthusiasm for stuff going on, I do work with a lot of good people. I did have to smile as one person did extol the virtues of a certain girl. I think I’d noticed that one 😉
It snowed again, not much. Just enough to make it a little dangerous walking up the road to get the bus…and the bus late.
I’m going to watch Buffy and Angel and then I’m going to go to bed early.
bollocks.
I feel like shit. Were there not builders ripping my flat apart at the moment I would have given some consideration to not coming in today.
Last night was the tech floor pool night out. As per usual the numbers dwindle at about a quarter to six. On Monday we had 12 people going along, last night there were four. Still it was fun. Had a really good pizza in Pizza Express and played for the night. The usual stuff, some moments of brilliance in between many moments of shitness.
‘The Zone’. I had some thoughts on this late last night. There were a couple of stages last night where I was in ‘The Zone’. I don’t know how to describe it other than I knew I was going to make the shot and I did and there is just this amazing level of confidence moving onto the next shot and again it goes in. I wonder if that really does affect play, knowing that you will make the shot and striding around to behind the white, not even having to line it up, just knowing your spot on. Hit the ball and it goes in. simple as 1 – 2 – 3. It was kinda like walking into a bubble of skill or luck. Once you hit ‘The Zone’, your unbeatable. Man if I could play like that all the time, I would be a damn good player. More on this later, I just don’t feel like typing now.
I’m not just actively using Meeting Maker to keep my social life in order, I’m completly relying on it. Something new going on next week and it goes straight onto the calendar.
This morning was bad. I did not have a single drink last night nor will I tonight. I am actually going to exercise some willpower for a while. Anyway I had some food in the pool hall last night and it was bad to the point of where I threw up first thing this morning and I feel like shit. For the first time in a long time, I also woke up feeling like I had just closed my eyes and had not actually had any sleep. I was very disoriented for a moment.
In other news Dave and I have been playing online chess for the past few days and last night we were talking about how we both played. I’ve been winning most of the games (we have not played many) and I was quite surprised by this as I’m not that good of a player and I have not played in years. I use to play a lot in school but that was 8 years ago or so.
Anyway one thing which we talked about was how we both looked at the game. I’m better at online chess I think because I can look straight down on the pieces and it fits together better than trying to look around them on a chess board and Dave feels the exact opposite way.
So I get into work this morning to find that not only has Dave cleaned his desk but there is a chessboard fully set up. I wonder what I shall do for lunchtime.
I have no kitchen. There was nothing there when I got home last night. The room is bare, just the walls an the floor and the ceiling.
At 23rd Street Station, Train Comes With a Gown.
Awesome story, all the more seeing as it is true and I know the guy from a few forums.
