a note for first-timers

If it's your first time here and you're new to blogs, the first post you'll see is the most recent so that's where you should be ending, rather than starting. Otherwise, carry on...

Please, feel free to comment - you know you want to.

almost there

Just thought I'd let you know... only "5 minutes" until Windows Server 2003 finishes installing. Apparently. One can only assume it's female and is struggling to find shoes to match the rest of its outfit. Or something. *ahem*

a quick update

Windows Server 2003 has only 45 minutes remaining! Yay!

Oh... wait... that can't be right. Surely.

a special day

Why, you may ask, is today a special day? What's different about today? Yes, why today - of all days - am I "blogging"? Well, frankly, I'm bored. I'm waiting for Windows Server 2003 to install on a Virtual PC instance I've created (please excuse anything remotely geeky or techno-speak about that sentence) and it's taking ages. It claims it'll take another 39 minutes to complete the installation but I could've sworn it said it'd take 37 minutes about half an hour ago. Stupid bloody thing.

So... news. Hmmm... what can I tell you about? Or, perhaps more accurately, what inane thing happened that I can exaggerate and elaborate on to make it sound like I lead an exciting life; the sort of life you wish you led? I don't think my trip to Suffolk a month ago and my upcoming return trip is quite going to cut it. Nor, I fear, is my telling you how close I came to winning an XBOX 360 earlier this week. Mind you, that would be a perfect example of an exaggeration - my team came eighth out of eight.

I think I'm left with shamelessly making something up or claiming credit for something someone else did. Did you know I was selected in England's World Cup squad and look set to be the youngest ever player to represent them at the age of 17? Well, I was and I am. Did you also know that I was in the Big Brother house and that I hid everyone's food before walking out like a big girl's blouse because people in there were bullying me? Not to mention the fact I was on a flight that crashed on what appeared to be a deserted island, only to find there were some icky people living there already who started stealing the other survivors in the middle of the night? No? Well, I was the bad-boy, heroine addict doctor of the bunch with floppy hair and lottery winnings of roughly $156 million back home. And I saved everyone's life. And they all loved me.

There, I think that just about covers everything I've been up to recently. I must confess, though, that the Big Brother thing never happened - I just thought it sounded better than saying I saw it happen... because watching Big Brother is really rather sad. Shame on you all. Yes, all of you - I know you do.