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[changeling]

A nothing sort of day. Called Target, as last shift I completely forgot what my four-digit code for the timeclock and inputted my code for the registers instead (they both began with the same number). The reason I forgot the damn number is because my shifts have been so sparse on the ground. Damnable things. Anyway, C (the delightful lady who does the rosters) is going to call me back at the very civilised time of 3 p.m. (she must realise I'm a student) and may even tell me what my timeclock code is.

Watched a bit of UKTV. Saw my first episode of the Benny Hill show. It was, surprisingly, very funny. I have this terrible mistrust of most things claimed to be classics, but I did enjoy it, and could recognise some of its influence on Python &co. Also saw an episode of At Home with the Braithwaites. I seem to recall having seen an advertisement for it some time back, but had never given it a look-see before. Was quite pleased to see Amanda Redman, who was in the crime series New Tricks, in it, and finally understood the whole Miranda Otto thing in reference to a brunette called Sarah Smart, who looked startlingly like her. (I saw Miranda Otto in a 1998 movie called Dead Letter Office, which I was forced to study for school. Her character was as strongly willed as a piece of cooked spaghetti. And her hair colour does nothing for me.)

Got distracted, as I am apt to do, and didn't get around to thinking about Coffee Group until about 4 p.m. Since neither Steph nor Liam were picking up their phones, and I had no guarantees that people would still be around at 6, I didn't bother going.

All in all, it's the sort of day that convinces me that my natural state is hiding in a cave with a pet rock called Rodney, picking twigs out of my matted hair.

Comments

[darketherdream.livejournal.com]

I once had a desire to work in the dead letter office, it seemed a mildly romantic career.

Ah, UKTV. They gave me my first taste of The Young Ones, and The League of Gentlemen. I will never be the same again.

One day, your pet rock Rodney should come over and meet my wonderfully interesting rock collection - they're a wild bunch, and some of them are snobby europeans with high opinions of themselves, but surely it would be fun....

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

*nods* Movie sucked, though.

Still haven't seen The Young Ones. *ducks* Saw League of Gentlemen on SBS some time back...

Hee! I agree.

[darketherdream.livejournal.com]

Yesterday, coincidentally, there was a documentary on the people who work in dead letter offices. It has greatened my desire to work in one. Though I will take your advice, and stay away from the movie.

[davidcook.livejournal.com]

Aha ! Read a bit about the Coffee Group (in the community info). When I lived in Adelaide, a group of us met in coffee shops and went to movies regularly at the Mercury Cinema - so we called ourselves Caffeine and Mercury, and had a mailing list to coordinate ourselves. I always wondered if there were other little groups running around, either in Adelaide or other cities, doing the same things - and it looks like there are.

(meanwhile, don't know if you're interested, but I posted some photos of Melbourne and Glasgow in a few posts in cityscapes.)

[notfudge.livejournal.com]

My phone is still somewhere in lula_bazula's house, as she wasn't home at the time we agreed upon so I could pick it up.
Liam is a silly boy.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Ah, well. I'll be there next week.