missing california
Saturday, October 29, 2005

I went to a mexican restaurant for a friend's birthday tonight. The food was ok, not like Cali-Mex (the chips looked scary and the guacamole was brown but tasted ok) but it was so smoky in the restaurant I felt a bit ill by the end! Miss the whole 'non smoking restaurant' thing. Hope it happens soon here, but can't imagine it very soon. Would rather have been poking the giant whoopie cushion at D's Halloween party!

Posted byKarma at Saturday, October 29, 2005 2 comments  

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quick bite
Thursday, October 20, 2005

I have been catching up on the Incurable Insomniac's blog and clicking on just a couple of links, feeling absolutely overwhelmed by the amount of blogging that goes on in the world. Linking to one site led me into this world of retiree sites, fascinating. Wish I had more time (I have about an hour every few days) or made more time for this. It really puts things into perspective and helps me crawl out of my self involved cave!

Stolen (again) from the Insomniac's games:

Three things:

  1. what you like about yourself: my sense of humour
  2. what others like about you: my eyes
  3. what you don't like about yourself: my harsh self judgment

Posted byKarma at Thursday, October 20, 2005 1 comments  

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driving license
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

To celebrate that I have held a California driving license for 20 years in January, I am going to get a UK driving license! That way, when we get a car (which is happening very soon) I will legally be able to drive it. Get this, when you first live in the UK, you are legal to drive with a foreign license for the first year. Thereafter (unless you are EU, in which case it is fine) you must have a UK driving license to drive legally. So the first year, when you have no clue what the signs mean, how to manouvere roundabouts or which side of the road to drive on, you are cool to risk life and limb. Thereafter, no go.. bizarre.

I started reading one of the DSA (Driving Standards Agency) manuals today. This test will largely be a matter of learning British english. For example, there are at least 4 different names for a crosswalk. Like most British names, they are really cute and twee:

  1. Zebra Crossing - marked by zig-zag lines
  2. Pelican Crossing - a signal controlled crossing (flashing amber lights)
  3. Puffin Crossing - like a Pelican but no flashing lights
  4. Toucan Crossing- like a Puffin
I was just looking for a picture of a zebra crossing and discovered that there is logic behind the twee-ness, two of the crossings are anacronyms:
  • Pelican = Pedestrian Light Controlled Crossing (sort of)
  • Puffin = Pedestrian User-Friendly INtelligent

Posted byKarma at Wednesday, October 12, 2005 0 comments  

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broody
Saturday, October 8, 2005

Ok. I am going to find us a proper apartment because I want my cats now. I have been waiting for years and years to have a cat family and I am ready now.

I want two boys, an abyssinian and a blue russian. Aren't they adorable?

Posted byKarma at Saturday, October 08, 2005 1 comments  

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googling around
Friday, October 7, 2005

This was fun! Stole this idea from the Incurable Insomniac's weblog. You google "(your name) needs" (put it in quotes) and see what comes up. This is what I got. Unravel the cosmic message...

  • YOUR KARMA NEEDS ADJUSTING
  • Karma needs a nudge
  • Karma needs to be solved
  • Karma needs to be plugged into USB port and show as active
  • Karma needs to be redirected
  • Karma needs to be met and dealt with
  • Karma needs to eat his own deep fried penis while singing the Canadian national...
  • Karma needs to be understood in the context of rain formation
  • Karma needs to be 1/5 higher than your age, also be at least 60 days old
  • Karma needs the agitation of the mind to stick
  • Karma needs to be connected
  • Karma needs surgery to repair his ailing heart
  • Perhaps "karma" needs to be replaced with the words "narcissism health meter"?
  • All karma needs to be dissolved in divine love

Posted byKarma at Friday, October 07, 2005 0 comments  

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Grandpa (29 January 1911 - 13 September 2005)
Monday, October 3, 2005

Ah, leave me not to pine, alone and desolate
No fate seemed fair as mine, no happiness so great
And nature day by day has sung in accents clear
this joyous roundelay
He loves thee, he is here
Fa La La La
Fa La La La
He loves the he is here
Fa La La
Fa La, Fa La

from Pirates of Penzance

I miss you grandpa. I thought of you all during this song at rehearsal. I wish you could have heard me sing it. I wish I could have seen you one more time before you died. You will always hold a warm place in my heart. Thank you for loving me completely and unconditionally, and for believing in me.

Hug you and kiss your precious hands.

Posted byKarma at Monday, October 03, 2005 1 comments  

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