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10:57am 02/10/2007
 
mood: tired
We've been in the home 2 weeks now, and for the most part it's great. However, there's so much work to be done I'm getting so tired. Every day after work we have something else to do, be it putting stuff away, or fixing something else to the wall.

Last night I was was doing some wiring with the bedroom light. I've already wired our new lights in downstairs without too much hassle (save for finding, when I took the old light out, an UNLIT MATCH being used as a wedge right by all the wires. Words escaped me). But for upstairs, I couldn't get the wiring to work, so I borrowed a line tester from Shell's stepdad. It's like a screwdriver that you touch against wires and it lights up to tell you if it's live or not. As he handed it to me, he pointed out that the end had a big chunk missing. "That's from when I touched a wire once and the end blew right off!" he exclaimed cheerily. That didn't set things up well, as the idea of fiddling about with these wires while the power was on was really beginning to unsettle me.

Then as I walked out of the door, he took the time to recite an old rhyme he knew:

"Boy, pliers,
Electric wires.
Blue flashes,
Boy, ashes."

You can imagine how reassured I felt.

Once home, I plucked up the courage to go for it. With the power still on, Shell and I set about unscrewing the light in the ceiling to once again look at the wires. As we undid the last screw and brought the light fixture down, there was a BANG and a large spark. Well, after all that, that was it. I refused to touch anything live anymore. Shell's stepdad had to come over and sort it all out. As it turns out it was pretty complicated and I probably wouldn't have worked it out anyway. Meanwhile I cowered by the doorframe convinced he was going to get electrocuted at any moment.

I'm glad to report all the lights in the house now work, and all family members are still breathing.		  
     
 
You know you've been watching too much Prison Break when...   
02:21pm 01/06/2007
 
mood: thoughtful
I've been watching Prison Break recently. I can't believe I never checked out this show before! It's awesome; I can hardly go one episode without wanting to get my teeth into the next one. I love it when I find a show like that. Since hearing about Dexter Season 2 being made, and with The Shield Season 3 just out on DVD (over here that is), I'm gonna have plenty to look forward to in the coming months.

But yes, Prison Break. My dream. Wentworth Miller and I were being chased by the FBI-type guys from the programme. We ended up being caught in a house somewhere. Wentworth said something like, "Hmm, there's a problem with the electricity. See if you can find the power box and kill it." He emphasized the words "kill it", as there was a lone guy in the room with the power box in. I knew he was telling me to go and take that guy out so we'd have a chance to escape. I left the room with Wentworth and the FBI-guys in, and went to the other room. I found the other guy and asked him to have a look at the power box. As he turned around, I rushed up behind him. Even though it was a dream, loads of things went through my head. I couldn't believe what I was about to do, and yet it was sink or swim, fight or flight. It's amazing how strong the urge self-preservation really is when it comes down to it. I came up behind the guy, and put one hand over his mouth, the other tightly around his neck and squeezed. I kept twisted until I heard a cracking noise (I've no idea if this is a 'realistic' method of breaking someone's neck, but that's how it happened in the dream. I woke up immediately afterwards, feeling more surprised that Prison Break has now entered my dreams than the fact I'd just dreamt of killing someone!

In other news, my fiance and I (we got engaged 1 Jan 07, our 3 year 'anniversary' to the day) have bought a house. It's a 1 bedroom cluster home, but it's a great starter house. It's got a really nice big bedroom that we'll easily fit our king-size bed in, it's got a lovely spiral staircase (sensible use of space) and really nice decor throughout. We've also got a drive long enough to fit both our cars on, and a little garden area where there's a shed and where we can hold barbecues in the Summmer! Just getting the details and paperwork sorted now, so hopefully in a few weeks' time we'll have moved in. Can't wait.		  
     
 
Saturday Night...   
11:25pm 13/05/2006
 
mood: thoughtful
What awesome nights they are. You have a great day, then just chill in the evenings, knowing you can stay up doing whatever the hell you like, and it don't matter 'cause there's still no work tomorrow!

My girly is getting better; today was a much better day than it's been for her during the week. She got a bit frustrated when trying to use Photoshop on my computer, a. 'cause it was going so frigging slowly, and b. 'cause my mum's dodgy iron keeps tripping some switch that makes everything electronic in our house die, which is just great if you haven't saved your work in a while (ouch!)

Finished reading Infinite Crisis Part 7 today, and finished off all the sub-series I've been collecting for that. Awesome stuff. The guy also got in the Nyx graphic novel I've been waiting to come out, so I'm really looking forward to reading that. Added to the list of comics I've got to read at the mo, along with several vol 1 mangas (Cowboy Bebop, Dears, Battle Royale, Ai Yori Aoshi and Princess Ai) and a pile of books longer than my arm (my girlfriend just text me while writing this to say she's just read Princess Ai and thought it was shite!), I've got plenty to keep me busy over the following months. Not to mention my DVD 'pending' list...gah!		  
     
 
It starts...   
10:50am 12/05/2006
 
mood: happy
And so it begins... gotta put something on here so I don't have a completely blank page. I'm at work at the moment, and considering whom I work for, I guess I'm pushing my luck posting from work, during work hours. It's all good - I have to do something to fill in the minutes before hometime.

Now I need to go away and figure out *everything* about LJ, how to use it properly, how to customize it, etc. And come back with my new skills.

I'm also balancing looking after my girlfriend, as she's off work stressed at the mo.

I shall return interphrastically.		  
     
 
 
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