Fairly busy day today, at least partly because I got up slightly later than planned. (Which in turn has something to do with writing late into the night last night.)
Anyway, I got a bunch of stuff done, and then I popped back home to have lunch with the ever-suprising Amphigory. Well, by "lunch", I mean finishing off a cheesecake, and having a glass of mulled wine and shortbread while we watched Sneakers, which she hadn't seen before. She also tried the blackcurrant rum - I would have given her more than a taste, but I knew she had to go to work afterwards, so it seemed unwise. It was a nice break, and she seemed to enjoy herself; hopefully, we'll do it again in the near future.
I was planning to stay late, but Mum texted me to see if I can get to the hospital by 7pm for cake with Louise. But as soon as that's done, and I've eaten, it's off to bed I go - gotta get some good shut-eye before Friday.
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I had real problems setting up networking on my flatmate's laptop - I tried everything I could think of, but I couldn't find the solution. Now I know what was going wrong, I can't decide whether it was layer 8 or not - but it was really obvious once it was pointed out, and weirdly enough, it was a mistake that only a person very familiar with computers could make.
French keyboards are not QWERTY.
Having the keys in the "wrong" places means that you may think you're typing the right password, but in fact you're typing some other random string - something that a non-touch typist would never do. Argh.
Posted by svend at May 12, 2005 4:24 PMI had an awesome, awesome time! I'm only sorry we had to rush off to our responsible lives.
You're quite the generous host. Thank you very much! And, boy howdy am I pleased I saw Sneakers. I really enjoyed that a whole lot very muchly thank you!
One question ... what exactly earned me the title of being 'surprising'? Did I say "boo?" ;)
Posted by: Jackie at May 12, 2005 7:26 PMYou are a person that seems to have lived (and be living) a rich, varied and meaty[1] life; I don't think that there's been a time that I've met you that I haven't had an unexpected facet of Jackie revealed, from the range of your publishing career to your involvement with private investigation industry.
Anyway, "Ever-Surprising" isn't a title - more a sorbriquet. Which would mean that your formal title would be something like "Her Distinguished Eminence, Grand Vizier Amphigory the Ever-Surprising." Or something like that - I can't give your *full* title, since I don't know what other honourifics you've had bestowed. :)
[1] Other words I tried in this spot were "flavoursome", "textured" and "intense". :)
Posted by: Svend at May 12, 2005 9:25 PM