Miriam Parkinson

Colin upgraded my computer whilst I was away so now i have a 160gig hard drive and a one of these things (Intel Pentium 4 520, 2800MHz (14 x 200) ) and whilst I have no idea what that means NWN loads a whole lot faster now

Also it has a sound card which actually supports microphones so I’ve managed to set up my headset – Clever me!

Anyways this doesn’t really make me any more likely to actually use my Skype account because, well, I don’t know anyone on Skype and I’m still somewhat afraid of talking to people I don’t know on the phone. But still, one step closer.

Errm. Oh yeah. Also, apparently I’m now a god. Hooray for me!
Actually, since there’s like 30 comments in there and you’ll probably get bored before the important one…

Miriam. You are my new personal God. I am building a temple to you. I’m still no clearer about what energy actually is, but your ability to answer every question with a seemingly solid answer is truly a gift to be admired.

So there you have it. A god. Who would have thought.

Amazing the treasure you find when you search through all your old junk. I found my old view-master from when was a kid with a whole lot of reels including these classics.
I loved these when I was a kid

Yes I know the photos are crappy, I took them through the viewfinder of the damned thing.
Also, you don’t get to see them in all their 3d brilliance because the camera only has one eye.

Best thing is I just brought my old desktop down from Syd and instead of a Pentium III its a Pentium IV and it has twice as much memory on it too.

I can actually play those damned G’day World video editions!!

Plus after over a week of dialup you have no idea how much faster adsl feels.

Actually I’d better not say the best thing is that I have a new computer because that will upset Colin somewhat… My excuse is that I haven’t yet seen him… Then he’ll be the best thing

A friend I was out with last night is bedridden with an acute fever and virus-like symptoms and this morning I woke up with my entire torso feeling bruised… This does not bode well for me. I have virtually no immune system.

Wish me luck. I don’t want to come home to Colin all sick and feeling sorry for myself!

That last post was written under the influence of 2pm and no breakfast yet…
My brain was in a seriously weird space…
Anyways I’m going to take a nap, find the exploding whale video and then try to think of something interesting to talk about.

My brain won’t let go of a topic for my next post but its important to me and I want to get it right so you’re all just going to have to wait for my mind to clear enough to allow me to represent my views with absolute accuracy

I’m carrying around a notebook today so I’ll do my best to jot down everything I want to say and get something happening tonight.

If that doesnt work, I’m having lunch with Tors tomorrow and a chat with her never fails to get my mind in order so I promise that I will have something to say for myself tomorrow.

Been thinking about it some more and if I can think of something interesting to talk about I’ll do one…

But only if I’m convinced that I can make a proper show about it. I’m not interested in doing it if it only ends up being a couple of shows and then I run out of stuff to say.

And I guess another requirement is being able to figure out how to actually get it onto the internet. Video is actually a far easier medium on the net for some reason…

I never really considered this an option before mostly through a combination of what’s the point and ack! its a camera! sort of vibes, but that confounded Cameron Reilly, personally responsible (along with Richard Giles) for this atrocity of a blog you are currently reading, has got me thinking about the whole thing.

It is in some ways an interesting idea and I’m sure it would be a load of fun. I’d even most likely be able to get the hang of the whole camera thing and stop being self-conscious about the sound of my own voice on tape. But there is one major stumbling block. I don’t really have anything to say. I mean yeah I could pad out a couple of shows with discussions about bisexuality and the changing social views towards bdsm. But I don’t really think I’m capable of coming up with interesting content on a regular basis.

See, I’m one of those people who self-censor (yes I know everyone who was at the TPN dinner are currently rolling on the floor laughing at that). What I mean by this is that I censor my creative ideas. When I was a musician I would take ages to write a simple melody because I’d only get a bar in before I decided it was crap and deleted it, in english creative writing I would decide that every idea I had was bad.

Just unconvinced that I’m up to the challenge and being a perfectionist, I am hence reluctant to try.

I haven’t come home sober since Tuesday. Or been to bed before 2am for that matter either. Then my sister/her cat/mum wakes me up at 7 or 8 or even worse, like Wednesday night, I simply don’t sleep at all (except in 1 hour intervals) because of an overly rich french meal involving of all things pancreas and snails in a sort of garlicky stew and a cheese souffle as my starter and far too much red wine. Very nice but not exactly sleep supporting.

Anyways the point of all this whinging is that I got to sleep in this morning… Well sort of… minus interruptions from Nay with her panics over an ill-advised home hair-dye attempt.

So I feel relatively human