Of holidays, fests and slebs….

…So, another year over, and new one just begun…
It was very quiet here. We had our usual Yule fest together, and the two of us spent the rest of the holidays around the house, doing bits of work on the computers. Then, my mouse packed up; the spare mouse didn’t work properly, so we had to share the one mouse between us. I did order a new mouse, from eBay, but of course, the holidays have meant we’re still waiting for it to arrive. Rather inconvenient. Then the big printer started playing up, so B had to do some printing on my old laser printer – which is also pretty wobbly.
All in all, it’s been a bit frustrating workwise. But I still managed to get quite a bit done. I set up a website for somebody, which I’m getting paid for (yay!) and got out both the hardcopy and online versions of Transit magazine, for once hitting the deadline for both. On the days when I managed to get on the computer, I worked like fury, keeping up my energy levels with an extra half-dose of Levothyroxine. Besides upping my energy, it also made me feel insanely cheerful (well, insane for somebody for whom mild gloom is the default state). I don’t do this very often, however – it also has the negative effect of making me much more susceptible to heart irregularity. And I already get enough of that. But it’s a useful fallback when I’ve got a deadline to meet.

As I said, we had a quiet time. I didn’t even get drunk last night. Instead, I watched Jools Holland’s music show. It’s always terrific. Not just for the music, but also (for me anyway) the sight of his celebrity guests being off their faces. Last night, for instance, we had David Tennant and John Simm grinning madly and burbling happily to each other and to Jools about how they both adored Kylie Minogue. Either the pair of them were rat-arsed, or it was yet more evidence of the KylieBot’s evil powers.

The only other TV highlight of the hols was Ricky Gervaise and his splendid, splenetic anti-celebrity rant on the Christmas Extras special. Naturally, it’s on Youtube. Here it is – enjoy!