Random Stuff when I can be bothered

I had a dream From midorikaeru in Disentangled (222 days old)

Me and Ex-Occasional Housemate were in one of they wee yellow diggers. She was driving so it was all under control on the roundabout, except it wasn't; we got squashed by a big white lorry and it was … more

Long Moanday, and it ain't over yet! From midorikaeru in Disentangled (398 days old)

Dead hard getting out of bed this morning so it was. Dark and post-weekend murky and glrrrrgh. Cold at work in the half-built house with nae doors or windaes; even colder after kneeling in the post-le… more

Short From midorikaeru in Disentangled (398 days old)

- so y'know how people say, "a face like a duck's arse"? Well he got it muddled up and accused the lady in question of having "an arse like a duck's face". Laughed so much picturing it that I woke me… more

Trousers of the day: Hungarian From midorikaeru in Disentangled (398 days old)

"Nodrag" (pron. nod-rag) Thanks to Hungarian neighbours for that. (This whole trousers project isn't interesting me quite as much as I thought it would. Oh well.)… more

Library blogging From midorikaeru in Disentangled (412 days old)

Put your fucking phone away. Go and have your "meeting" outside. Preferably on the A9. Stop breathing like that. Jeeeeeeeeeeeesus. I need the internet at home. … more

|Slighly cruel, but oh-so-quick From midorikaeru in Disentangled (412 days old)

Lecturer: "Did I give yez out that British Standard?" Fat boy: "Aye, you gave it to me, eh." Lecturer: "And what d'you do with it, eat it?" … more

Trousers of the day - Austrian From midorikaeru in Disentangled (412 days old)

"Hose" (pron. ho-se Apparently, it's a sort of dialect of German. Thanks to the pair of Austrian tourists who were looking for the library for that one. ( - and just why is it, by the way, that … more

T-shirt of last week From midorikaeru in Disentangled (417 days old)

Spied at college, in white block capitals on a black tee: BAW BAG Ye-es. I should imagine you probably are. … more

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Tattoo of the week From midorikaeru in Disentangled (417 days old)

Emblazoned across my neighbour's chest in fading DIY black ink: SUCK IT "And how izzat funny, darlin'?" he enquires in his smoked-out Central Belt rasp. Oh Fraser. It just... Is. … more

They wrote it for me, y'know From midorikaeru in Disentangled (417 days old)

" - drifting apart like a plate tectonic - " Thank you, Kaiser Chiefs, for that neat wee summary of undone college work, a home unprepared for winter, a probably-unfaithful partner and farrrrrr too… more

Trousers of the day: Polish From midorikaeru in Disentangled (429 days old)

"Spodnie" (pron. spod-ney-ah) Courtesy of Painter Mannie fae work. (It strikes me that I maybe ought to be noting whether they're masculine or feminine nouns where applicable. But start that and I… more

Some inside info, ladies!!! From midorikaeru in Disentangled (431 days old)

(overheard at college) "... 'course, you cannae get too pally wi' y'r bird's da', in case you have to give her the boot, eh?" Dear God. I bet half the lesbians in construction were perfectly str… more

Trousers of the day: Gaelic From midorikaeru in Disentangled (433 days old)

"Breakish" Now, I've got two pronunciations for this one - Site Agent fae work assures me it's brekk-eesh, and he's a native speaker so he ought to know. But wee Whats'is-name fae college reckons i… more

Trousers of the day From midorikaeru in Disentangled (433 days old)

Wellllll, it's that time of year again, innit? Midsummer's but a distant memory; the dark and cold are closing back in; colour's fading to grey and the prospect of a bleak, endless Highland winter's d… more

I said it! From midorikaeru in Disentangled (482 days old)

"Do ya need to shout? She's right next to you." Take that, you ignorant, trumpeting, library-infesting bastards!!! *smirk*… more

Still alive From midorikaeru in Disentangled (554 days old)

- aye so I moved house and haven't got the internet up and running yet. Thought it would be like losing a limb but it's nae that bad really... spend an awful lot of time sitting under the trees in my… more

Quickly before something else breaks down! From midorikaeru in Disentangled (608 days old)

My poor wee laptop is on its last legs. Cramming this in quickly as poss before the bloody keyboard goes again … more

There's an ominous smell coming from the fridge - From midorikaeru in Disentangled (623 days old)

- and I've emptied it and got halfway through cleaning it, but now I've sat down and can't be arsed getting up again, and I don't reckon it would be too far-fetched to just learn to live with the ste… more

I said it!!! From midorikaeru in Disentangled (625 days old)

" - a hard time? No, you're getting on my tits actually, because everything I say you either can't hear me or you don't understand me, and I'm tired and I'm finding it irritating" "Right, okay, bye… more

I'm back! From midorikaeru in Disentangled (628 days old)

(What do you mean you never noticed I was away?) The keyboard stopped working on Sunday night. Probably something to do with the cat sitting on it. I phoned my wonderful friend Martin tonight and h… more

Quote of the day From midorikaeru in Disentangled (630 days old)

" - yes, but when you live here it makes you slightly more of a minger than other people, that's just the way it goes." (Occasional Houemate) … more

Subtext: You are a twat. From midorikaeru in Disentangled (630 days old)

Dear Ms Midorikaeru Position of Maintenance Operative We refer to your application received at the office today, 9 May 2007. We regret to advise that since the closing date for applications w… more

At attempt at poetry (is there no end to my procrastination skills..?) From midorikaeru in Disentangled (630 days old)

(Title..?) Dog-eared and coffee stained, last July's Ullapool News. I mind reading it in the beer garden, waiting for the bus the very first time I visited you. It spent most of the summer i… more

And another fucking thing - From midorikaeru in Disentangled (630 days old)

- 30-odd copies apiece of Jobs North and Ullapool News, each with two relevant pages, tops; many with none? Any special reason why we're lovingly hoarding these, hmmmm? *prods former self with pointy … more

Hrrrrrrrgh part 3 From midorikaeru in Disentangled (630 days old)

WHY, in the name of all that is fucking ridiculous, do I have the following: - every single one of Estranged husband's bank statements for 2005-6? - a receipt for a tub of bio-yoghurt from Tesco… more

Hrrrrrgh update From midorikaeru in Disentangled (630 days old)

The top layer of shite's not been too bad really... the summer's worth of paper-mess, so rejections from jobs I didn't want, nice friendly here's-your-new-card type letters from the bank, and countles… more

Hrrrrrrgh. From midorikaeru in Disentangled (630 days old)

I am going to attack my paperwork today. It is going to be grim - awful, in fact - documentary evidence of the last joyless, teeth-grinding, silent-screaming year of my marriage, compounded by the rep… more

Decisions, decisions From midorikaeru in Disentangled (632 days old)

The washing's done and there's half an hour's daylight to hang it out. But there's a cat sitting on my shoulders purring away; we're having one of our rare moments of harmony in the post-rainstorm lul… more

Sorry, what?!? From midorikaeru in Disentangled (633 days old)

I just took a peek at a survey on MySpace. It had these questions in it (alongside, to be fair, some normal-ish ones). 5. What is your hairy doing today? 8. Have you ever had a black and white … more