I have come to the conclusion that I really cannot draw, but I need to be able to represent outfits that work, so I came up with a mathematical version of a human figure (dubbed Polly Gon by Bex). I have been able to dump it into "paint" and scribble on it. Here is the outfit for the wedding.
Went to see Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince. Enjoyed the film but didn't enjoy the running commentary from the couple sitting next to me. I had to ask them to stop talking and got a filthy look for my trouble. Waited until they had exited before leaving in case they attacked me on the way out. (They didn't).After attending a "Mythodrama" CPD event, have an urge to see "The Tempest". Will ask Bex to borrow it from the library. Made a second trip to Westfield - didn't enjoy it as much as the first time. Had a fairly basic burger which was enhanced by the waitress knocking an entire bottle of coke over a small child at the next table (he got a free ice cream as compensation).
Bought a hat for a wedding I am going to on Saturday, but otherwise it was pretty much a non-event. Will have to change the trim on the hat from red to turquoise. Hope it looks ok.
Probably won't go again. It was a murderously long hot DLR/tube journey there, and another murderously long hot bus journey home.
Was surprised by the inclusion of XKCD as a question on University Challenge. That was one I could definitely answer!
Had a fabulous three days of mathematics last week. (Yes, it was fun!). The only thing that spoiled the experience a little bit was the rain - an incredible downpour on the first day and squalls and showers throughout the whole three days meant that I wasn't able to go on any of the "maths trails" around places of interest. I still have the maps though, and might do one or more of the trails as a summer outing.Great conference dinner at Vinopolis Cantina with so much wine that I don't know how I got home safe. I haven't laughed so much in ages. Went to some really interesting conference sessions and met some old friends from around the world. Back to work feeling really refreshed.
There was a party going on yesterday. No idea where, but fairly local. They had a band. An Elvis tribute, with backing singers and a pounding bass guitar. It was ok at around 8 pm...Jailhouse Rock, Heartbreak Hotel etc, but when it got to 11.00 and it was Jailhouse Rock again, it got a bit wearing. It was so loud it could have been in my own house. Thankfully, it wound down before midnight.Discovered that the satellite breakup over the last few days was caused by my own ceanothus waving its leaves about. Snip snip with long-handled secateurs and all is well again in the land of CSI.
Came across this cartoon while searching for something else. It highlights the popular perception of mathematics in this country really well. (It also amused Bex for the library context).Have a thumping headache this morning. Hope it isn't the start of anything flu-like.
A woman on my bus this morning decided to eat a huge Sharon fruit. These are big, orange , tomato-like things that are really juicy and so really messy and wet. We were sitting in the "bunch of four" seats at the front of the bus. She was facing me. She slobbered the fruit for about 10 minutes - picking off little black bits and flicking them on to the floor, dripping juice... then realised she had nothing to wipe her hands with. She got up, staggered over to the wheelchair bay and picked up a USED baby wipe that some inconsiderate slummy mum had dropped, staggered back (still dripping juice). Naturally the bus lurched at that moment and she went flying with both hands out into the lap of the poor man sitting next to me. Sharon juice and bits of Sharon fruit skin ended up in a huge mess over BOTH of the poor guy's trouser legs. I was so glad she got him instead of me. She followed up by dropping the re-used baby wipe into the puddle of juice and bits to make sure that the guy (who was on crutches) would slip over as he got up. Why are people so inconsiderate?
On the way home a teen girl had one of those bilious-looking drink-in-a-cup things that they sell in sweet shops. The smell was unbelievable - a mix of passion fruit, cough mixture and something chemical and throat catching. The smell filled the (really hot) bus. Why are people so inconsiderate?It is hot and I hate it. They promised that the heatwave would break today. It hasn't so far, but the satellite signal is breaking up, making it hard to watch Numb3rs. Satellite breakup usually means a storm, so maybe there is one on its way. At work I would normally have my french window open in hot weather, but we have workmen in tarting up the outside of the building, so it's too noisy. The only way to get air into the room is to have the corridor door open. Of course the hot weather and builders have to coincide with the foreign-language summer school. Overseas teenagers shrieking in many languages outside my room. Why are people so inconsiderate?On Monday Bex and I went swimming for the first time in ages. Wonderful cool water. Bliss. But when I got back to the changing rooms what did I find? Mud on the floor (where the leisure centre have obviously cut back on cleaning staff) and DIRTY NAPPIES on the benches. Why are people so inconsiderate?
