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Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-06-29)

louisa — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:59:00 +0000

@xbaz us too! now i have to walk to the shop before i can have my cereal. boo. in reply to xbaz #
can’t wait until her desk and printer are in the same room, not two floors apart. #
loves the smell of wet cat. #notaeuphemism #
suspects she’ll be upgrading her OS this evening. what fun! #
changes her application and desktop fonts to comic sans just to see @johnleach grimace #
is trying to get used to her long-awaited ubuntu upgrade - suspect i won’t notice the changes that benefit me, just the annoying niggles #
has her bookmarks from a year ago instead of her current list after an upgrade snafu. funny how much it’s changed. #
adds twister ice lollies into the deliciousness hall of fame, alongside vimto and encona sauce. #
is waiting, impatiently. #
is now riding a giant wave of frustration. #
worked out her frustration by trimming the fuchsia bush. trimming it with a big saw. #
has not found any mindmapping/brainstorming software that comes close to beating a pencil and big piece of paper. #
feels cleaner after restyling a messy document. #
finds it very strange writing formal, serious work-related emails to people she’s met socially #
is decidedly unimpressed with lloyds tsb fraud prevention efforts. #
had a charity shop win. took 6 bags of stuff in & got a complete set of ugly-ace 1970s crockery, which matches our existing set, for £3.80. #
got a tshirt&comic from liz prince (http://lizprincepower.com/) the other day. post from an internet famous person! http://twitpic.com/8kquw #
“enjoyed” a modern day re-enactment of Romeo & Juliet last night between two drunk, repugnant neighbours. #
That rock through yonder window breaks. It is my house and Juliet has locked the door…. #
… Arise, fair Armley, and kill the ugly bitch. Who is already sick and pale with hangover. #
[POLICE enter. ROMEO is manhandled into a police car. Exit] #
declares the ankle to be the funny bone of the foot, ie, it hurts disproportionately when you bang it. #
has spent years trying to woo @johnleach with intellectual humour & wonderpuns but made him laugh more than ever today with a silly walk. #

Summer in Armley, part two

louisa — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:25:19 +0000

(As originally posted on my Twitter thingy.)

louisa_ “enjoyed” a modern day re-enactment of Romeo & Juliet last night between two drunk, repugnant neighbours.

ROMEO: That rock through yonder window breaks.
It is my house and Juliet has locked the door.
Arise, fair Armley, and kill the ugly bitch.
Who is already sick and pale with hangover.

[POLICE enter. ROMEO is manhandled into a police car. Exit]

(This follows on from last year’s “Summer in Armley” post.)

Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-06-22)

louisa — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:59:00 +0000

is delighted that for the first time in nearly 4 years, she doesn’t have to read any tabloid newspapers for work today. hoorah for change. #
doesn’t mind thunder but dislikes lightening. after years in a dark house with @johnleach, super loud noises don’t scare me but light, eeek! #
dries her cat after he, evidently, chose to stay out in the rain. #
has had an interesting evening but shall leave it at that for now because it’s so much fun keeping Katherine in suspense. ;) #
is glad she woke up fractionally before the pneumatic drill started. #
and @johnleach have a new streetlight outside their house - will be strange for nights to be white-lit, after a lifetime of orange. #
tends the oregano, basil, mint and rosemary growing in the garden - my hands now smell great :) #
now has hands smelling of vinegar rather than herbs - shiny clean (albeit a little streaky) windows though! #
hopes to fall asleep before the caffeine from her ill-advised evening cup of tea kicks in. had it with good cake though. #
starts the day doing something she usually leaves until last - wonder how that will affect procrastination/productivity… #
watches a magpie eating cat food left out for the stray cat. Sili’s watching too and imagining a cat food-filled bird - chirp! chirp! #
would like to know how SEOers justify charging a monthly fee for a site with static content. not being aggressive, I’d really like to know. #
saved 12p on a tshirt order from the US because of an exchange rate change between adding it to my cart & buying it 2 days later. score! ;) #
is frustrated: in the last few weeks, I’ve tried to offer two companies my b2b custom but they have no contact details on their websites. #
had an awesome time at GeekUp. Talked about absolutely everything and put the world to rights. Solution to all problems: I’m put in charge. #
listened to her snooze alarm beeping for 40 minutes then had to eat her cereal in the car. #
@IdleSi yep, http://tinyurl.com/bradford-listed - i had it bookmarked because we nearly bought one ;) in reply to IdleSi #
watches a big cat lapping milk in time with @johnleach’s ukelele playing - they finish at the same time too. #
is going for curry. hurrah! #
and @johnleach are going to look around their new house again today. excited! excited! #
is now even more excited about the new house now. we’ll have windows! and trees! and secret cupboards! and secret windows! #
and @johnleach have a new cunning idea that could make the new house even more exciting and awesome. perhaps too exciting. #
@Squiggle ok, now we have two possibly too exciting ideas for the new house. ;) in reply to Squiggle #
is having her first Sunday off in 3.5+ years. been to the farmers’ market and the pub so far - wonderful. #

Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-06-15)

louisa — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:59:00 +0000

discovers an ink blotch on her forearm from last night’s late night diary writing. #
listens to @johnleach make cereal/serial jokes. is not amused. #
is presently particularly partial to pickled peppers. #
has crossed everything off her to-do list for today and @johnleach is making paneer and chickpea curry for tea: double win! #
had a lovely meal at Cooper’s in Guiseley with Katherine. Had a bad driving lesson before then: better driving backwards than forwards now. #
dreamt of salty sea dogs. #
can’t wait to be working in our new office in the new house - craving music and space. #
reads some comments that don’t help her mood one bit, even though she knows the remarks are just trolling. sigh. #
feeds the cats a big pile of meat to celebrate it being 10yrs since Carla, Carbon & I adopted each other. Gave a short unappreciated speech. #
had a surreal 1930s themed trip to the cinema this evening. Probably ate more crap than they did in the 1930s, laughed more too. #
got “chased” by two horses on the way to the hairdressers - they were running, I wasn’t. i will miss armley. #
had to bite her tongue several times at the hairdressers. Everyone repeating myths about nutrition, diet & sex education as the truth. sigh. #
hasn’t done as much work as she should have done this afternoon but nevermind. been a good, busy week all in all. time to sit in the sun. #
had a lovely day in Harrogate with @johnleach. ate lemon & lime cheesecake and bought binoculars from oxfam & fabric for bunting. #
can smell the neighbours’ bbqs and now has super-mad bbq cravings. #
is having to work today because PastLouisa_ was slack on Friday but is getting ahead on some stuff too so FutureLouisa_ likes her tomorrow. #
has another wonderfully long conversation with @johnleach & @thattommyhall. world not put to rights, just decided everyone is confused. #

Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-06-07)

louisa — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:59:00 +0000

woke up feeling perfectly rested this morning. a novel experience. #
finally gave Recycle This the long, long, awaited redesign that it very much needed. New features to follow. http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/ #
has a re-pinkened arm after a driving lesson and wonders if having a truckers’ tan will help her pass her test. #
wonders how she could implement blog-style tags in her offline pen & paper diary for easier categorisation/browsing… any suggestions? #
thought maybe coloured tabs in specific positions on the side of pages would work - would limit the max. number of tags but that might be ok #
woke up two minutes before her alarm for the second time in a row this morning, very strange. #
is too hot to be proactive at the moment. #
spent the afternoon doing some quite major pruning in the garden. got a blister and very very sticky. showered now and feel ace. #
is keen to point out at @johnleach was not being euphemistic in this tweet - http://twitter.com/johnleach/status/2007077575 #
watches a cat trying out different plantpots for size: “this is a little small but the foliage is more cushioning than in the other one”. #
feels like screaming. #
wonders which will break first @johnleach or her unicycle. #
thinks it’ll be both, at the same time, spectacularly. probably a good thing i don’t want to have children too. #
is glad the afternoon is ending on a high note - some great news after hours and hours of stress. #
@tim_waters we’ve got an 850W and all the instructions i read are for 800W. perhaps we should swap food. in reply to tim_waters #
hasn’t drunk nearly enough liquid today. my brain feels like a raisin. #
is feeling strangely low despite an awesome lunch and it being the weekend tomorrow. swimming this afternoon though. #
can smell rice. mmm. #
enjoyed fish & chips with @johnleach in horsforth park last night then went to @thattommyhall’s for tea, wombling & discussion of everything #
is listening to @johnleach serenading the cooking sausages with his ukelele & falsetto vocals. a day of nothingness awaits, hurrah. #
is stuffed after a lovely meal at little tokyo. should do something productive this evening but probably won’t. #

Recycle This redesign

louisa — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:48:31 +0000

Pretty much ever since we launched (How Can I) Recycle This three years ago, I’ve been wanting to redesign it - to freshen it up and to make better use of the available space.

I finally got around to doing it last month and with John’s help, we launched the new design on Sunday (and moved it onto being hosted on Brightbox).

I’ve got loads of ideas for new features - and finally got some space to fit them on the page now. Just got to find the time to implement them now…

Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-05-31)

louisa — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:59:00 +0000

does not appear to have magically improved on the unicycle during its year of rest in the cellar. strange. #
has been looking through old photos. lots of me as a kid then lots of other people when i got behind the camera at uni. #
very much enjoyed learning about leatherworking last night - can’t wait to get some tools ourselves and finish our belts :) #
crosses a bazillion fiddly little things off her to-do list. An evening of sewing and Mexican food awaits. #
wonders why she always hits the snooze button three times when generally that jarring waking/sleeping is a horrible way to wake up. #
used to have amazing, elaborate dreams filled with danger and excitement; now i dream of reading letters from the bank. #growingupsucks #
always gets intrigued when she sees someone change their mind at the garden gate about delivering a leaflet to us: what’s on it!? what?! #
is feeling anxious about being somewhat behind with things today. Probably just tired. #
loves it when the cats sleep in plant pots in the garden. so very round, so very furry. #
discovers she can make @johnleach’s phone bleep by sending twitter tweets #
@davidsmalley the birds are tweeting? what are their usernames? i want to follow them. ;) in reply to davidsmalley #
thinks it’s time to go swimming. Also had a frickin’ awesome cross-stitch idea which I shall have to implement this evening. ;) #
has a sore throat from doing a death metal version of @johnleach’s new Ukepedia.com song (which he shall debut at Barcamp Leeds tomorrow) #
has been reading in the sunny park with the cats. Now we’re all back in the shady garden cooling off and rehydrating. #

Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-05-25)

louisa — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:59:00 +0000

notices the garden is hyper green like someone fiddled with the colour levels. This side is dark, grass green, the other side almost lime. #
has calculated how much stuff - furniture, boxes and bags - we’ll have to move over to the new house. It is, precisely, a lot. #
wishes she hadn’t started looking for a new phone. #
likes making @johnleach laugh, even if it means her best ever game of Hexic, which was paused while we went to see Star Trek, times out #
has a sensitive uvula today. #
can hear @johnleach muttering to himself. #
thinks she’ll work from bed today. It just feels like one of those days. #
has booked herself and @johnleach on a leatherworking course at fabrication in leeds next week - should be fun :) #
welcomes @Threebt to twitter - hi Clare :) #
is nearly done for the week: another pretty good one. Got some exciting stuff in the pipeline but more importantly, curry tonight, woo! :) #
had an awesome curry. Can’t wait until we live nearer :) #
went to Southport & Crosby yesterday. Ate an ice cream with Andrew Gormley’s men on the beach then fish with mum & dad at The Forge. #
meant Antony Gormley, obviously. Was thinking of @sugarquay and mistyped ;) #
has spent the day tidying the garden and being clumsy. sometimes both at the same time. #

Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-05-17)

louisa — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:59:00 +0000

regrets consuming caffeine late in the day. has retreated to the living room after being taunted by the snores of @johnleach and the cats. #
can’t decide where to go to dinner with katherine - all my great “let’s try somewhere new!” ideas are closed on mondays. boo. #
end up in Salvo’s - excellent as always. @johnleach is having SFC. #
has had a productive afternoon - got lots done while procrastinating about doing something even less desirable. #
watches a giant cat scare himself with a swivel chair. #
hears some bad news about a big yellow dog. who will dry-hump my leg now, who? #
wonders if we can expense the milkshakes we always *have* to have on the way home from the accountants. (today: oreos & fry’s mint cream) #
is finding it hard to concentrate today - it’s too easy to slack off when I’m home alone. #
has been redesigning an old site today. Actually have too much screen real estate for a change, have to think of ways to fill it… #
has had a bloody good week. Done lots of good work, more than I imagined, in a timely fashion and not been stressed at all. Aceness. #
is tempted to collect two of every animal. well, the cute ones anyway. #
started her collection by catching a wet dog that was loose in the street. had to give her back to her owner afterwards though, boo. #
had lots of fun at the gillroyd parade gig last night. drove home via morley, nearly hit a dog - that would have put an end to my driving… #

Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-05-10)

louisa — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:59:00 +0000

has got biscuit crumbs *everywhere*. only upside: realising that “cleavage crumbs” is lovely to say and sounds pleasingly euphemistic. #
watches the postman try to camouflage all the spam he’s giving us by slipping it inbetween letters. #
had chorizo, smoked cheese, dill pickles and cream crackers for lunch in the sunshine. yummo. many cats were present also. #
is getting disheartened with driving lessons. unsurprisingly my main problems are meeting people & preparation/organisation. #
@johnleach no, you’re not. you’re laid down on the sofa, i can see you. or i would be able to see you if i wasn’t TOO HUNGRY TO SEE STRAIGHT in reply to johnleach #
is eagerly awaiting chickpea and paneer curry. #
is clicking and typing softly while @johnleach tries to nap on the sofa. #
thinks she’s far too clumsy to carry out the plan she has in mind. #