Ice Cream Anyone?

Its raining/snowing/hailing/winding and the ice cream truck arrives. All three customers are male between the age of 15 and 25....

Dreams

This is a post I wrote ages ago but somehow didn't get round to posting it up...so I thought I might share it with you all

Dreams are interesting things, there are so many different ways of interpreting dreams and so many different meanings. My dreams boarder on insane, they're usually extremely vivid and extremely weird.

I dreamt the Triffids attacked Earth, as in "Day of the Triffids" by John Wyndham, using Lakeland Plastics as a means for infiltrating every home in the UK. They've attacked Earth before, in my other dreams (weird huh?) but this time instead of hiding, or trying to knit lots of blankets for everyone to keep them safe (!) I decided to visit my friend Debbie, where I swapped gardening tips and tomato plants before narrowly escaping the power-hungry Army, who had turned and were taking other humans hostage. I then, with the help of who I think might have been Michael McIntyre, snuck into the Army base and started snooping about. Armed with disguises, we walked among the army effortlessly and just before I woke we were given an assignment. We were to play every Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 game ever written, because the secret of the triffids was hidden in one of the games.

I woke up with a headache

Other dreams I have had have included major arguments with friends where I've woken up angry at them and spent most of the morning wondering why!

Am I the only person who experiences weird dreams like this?

Oh and Facebook-ers...

I can't see the comments you write on my facebook page, people keep asking if I can, so here is the link to this blog...so you can happily entertain me while I work...click below...

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See you in a few weeks!

Hello again!

I've been absent from this for a while now, but I'm back, with nothing much to say except that when making Chicken in Red Wine sauce, careful how much sugar and paprika you add. Too much can lead to a really sweet, really "zingy" red wine sauce, which can not be the happiest of parties on the taste buds.

Oh, and a note to any other weird men who want to call at my door, don't just say "Hi" and expect me to know who you are. Especially if you're at the wrong door.

Identity Crisis' and Giant Rabbits!

As I'm sure I've previously mentioned - we have a cat called Einstein. Problem is he thinks he's a dog, and actually I think he has ADHD, though I'm hoping its cos he's still 8 months old just.

Every morning I am woken by him with the same two demands. The first demand is "feed me". Our cat seems completely controlled by his stomach and could eat all day if let! The second is "play with me!" and starts with him nosing my hand until I wake enough to stroke him, he then continues the waking process with a light nip, instructing my pain receptors to wake the rest of me. Upon opening my eyes its clear to see that he has actually brought his small soft ball up with him and deposited it on the bed in between Phil and myself. Ears back and body low to the floor he dares me to throw it for him.

One of the earliest signs was that he will actually play fetch, to the point where he is panting (like a dog)!

On Friday night we left the house to walk over to Friends house, they live very close to us, and decided to leave the cat out for the evening. He followed us from a distance, and when he realized we had spotted him gave in a walked beside us to the front door where he let himself in.

There is already a cat residing at this house, and so we held our breath to see how the encounter would turn out. Phoebe (friends cat) sat watching carefully from the arm of the sofa while Einstein wandered about the living room for a good 10 minutes checking things out, it wasn't until he turned to walk out again that he suddenly noticed the other cat watching him. Well noticed Einstein, well noticed.

Problem is that our friends cat is slightly scared of other cats, and while Einstein is only 8 months old, he is much bigger than Phoebe is and she's over 4 years old. The fact that he's half fluff makes him seem even bigger...

So we let Einstein out and thought that he's bound to find his way home again. Two hours later we hear a sound at the window and discover that he's been waiting outside for us to leave and wants back in again to see us.

OK so thats probably not anywhere near as interesting to you as it is to me, but I really want to check Facebook and Phil suggested I write a blog to distract myself. So there you go, a very uninteresting story about my cat.

Oh - my sister told me today that her and her friend (whom she lives with) decided to buy a rabbit one day on the way home to their student house from somewhere (impulsive student-type decision) and got it home and, after a few days of growing and poo-ing everywhere, and having doubled in size in a week they very reluctantly decided to take it back to the shop, where the owner asked them did they know it was a giant rabbit they had bought...and that the fact that it was bigger than an adult rabbit at 2 months old should have given that away slightly...logic kicked in and my clever sister decided that she definitely wanted to keep it now...

I'm pleased to say that she does not own a giant rabbit anymore.

No Facebook for lent

Lent 1 - 0 Productivity

I miss facebook. Yes, its true. Skype and iChat are pathetic replacements, even though I still sign in to them. The only people likely to be on them are my sister and my dad. This blog has provied an excellent distraction at times, though no one seems to read it!!

MATLAB and my PhD

Don't worry...I won't bore you with the details, the easiest way to describe it is to say that my PhD is on Physical Modeling of the Harp. I did an undergraduate degree in Maths first, followed by a masters in Sonic Art, and on to my PhD (which, interestingly enough is officially in Engineering, I get around).

MATLAB is a handy tool for engineers and mathematicians torture technique developed by mathematicians years ago, where you can learn the proper use of the phrase 'Grace and Patience' and develop your skills in deep breathing. She is tempermental (yes, she - men are too simple  to need this much attention ... simple-er), she requires a lot of coaxing and sweet talking. If she were a real girl, she would require chocolate to function properly, as she is prone to mood swings. MATLAB senses my frustration and laughs in my face, because she knows that I rely on her to complete my PhD, and while at the moment she has the absolute power, she knows our affair is due to end soon and so she relishes in making my life a living hell while she still can.

One piece of advice for anyone thinking of using MATLAB...play nice, and don't p*ss her off...

How's the PhD going today?

How to blow your head off with one bagel...

OK, so anyone who knows me knows that I love anything spicy, hot, chili, etc etc. Today I made the worlds best spicy bagel for lunch, the idea sprang out of the leftover contents of my fridge:

1. A Bagel (this was actually not in the fridge but was leftover
2. Bacon (streaky!)
3. Cheese 
4. Philadelphia Cheese
5. Jalapeno Peppers

Toast your bagel lightly

Put the Phili Cheese on first, this acts as a sort of buffer for the burn

Then chop up your Jalapeno Peppers but do not de-seed them unless you're a big girl's blouse, spread them evenly across the bagels, so that you have a complete layer of them

Chop up the bacon and put it on next. You want it to have a taste, don't you?

Then add a bit of sweet chili sauce, and some hot sauce. I have one I brought back from Malawi, but tabasco can also be used

Grate the cheese and put it on top and grill

Enjoy!!

Optional Extras:

Add a layer of red chilis after the bacon and before the cheese topping

Put chili seed layer on

Life