What Walks Down Stairs, Alone Or In Pairs

And makes a slinkity sound?  A spring, a spring, a marvellous thing.  Everyone knows it’s Slinky!

Well, after that last post I just had to write about something fun and light-hearted.  I recently found an old Slinky I bought years ago – I think it’s a Skittles one, it’s all multi-coloured (taste the rainbow and all that crap).  Who would have thought in this age of technological marvel, and with my gadget-loving mind, something as simple as a Slinky could leave me wanting more, and make me run up and down the stairs for no other reason!  No one else seemed to be interested in my family, which I thought was very strange.  Milly shot off like a rocket when she saw it in action, and I think Bruno wanted to eat it (as usual).  Whisky sadly was nowhere to be seen, not that something like this would impress her anyway.

It was a welcome break to relieve the stress I suffered last week in work.  Monday was fine, but from then on it was relentless.  I’m surprised I survived with slivers of sanity left in me!  Every day brings me closer to a stay at Pleasant Acres.  Saturday was great – I arranged to go to Lee’s, and we laughed and talked all night long.  He seems to think I didn’t enjoy myself, but here’s something to say about it – after an incident with another friend, we went for a drive to clear the air.  Not long after I’d gotten in the car I needed to go to the toilet (damn Lee’s water!  And I mean tap water, not his literally!).  Did I say anything?  No, I was enjoying myself far too much.  My bladder could have burst right there in the car and I wouldn’t have cared, and I’ve probably reduced my future ability of getting wood, but it was worth it.  Lee probably wouldn’t have appreciated the mess though.  Or the fact that I might need Viagra in future ;)

Sunday was quiet – watched The Stepford Wives and Sky Captain, both excellent films.  Couldn’t bring myself to watch Envy – one that Lee had recommended – because I noticed Adam Sandler in it.  I’ll give it a try soon, I promise.

Today was an absolute howler in work.  A new starter called Eddie joined the flock, we all had the lights off in the back office, I actually got some work done and we called a few colleagues with hilarious consequences!  Plus it was snowing outside, but by the time I went on lunch it had all but disappeared (.  Ste’s fine, I know he hates me mentioning his name in this blog, so there it is.  I sought his advice on an iPod – I’m thinking of spending money very soon, and I knew he’d come up with an argument against that device.  Currently it’s a toss up between an iPod 5G, GameCube or DivX DVD Player.  Sorry Max, but I haven’t thought enough about a Nintendo DS, and as fun as Mario Kart sounds, I never played my GBA much, so I don’t know if handhelds are my thang.

Finally finished filming my second attempt at a film in The Movies, despite my PC crashing and me losing about half an hour of work on it.  I like the fact I was limited to making it in the 50’s – it gives it quite a look, but it’s been a long process making sure the scenes were bright enough, and coloured correctly!  Not to mention trying to make it cohesive – my first film made no sense at all, and jumped all over the place!  All it needs now is some terrible voice acting from yours truly, and it’ll be a B-move to forget!

Until next time – buy a Slinky.  They don’t crash (well, in the electronic sense) and don’t cause you to lose work!