Just one quick bitch, part two

[renaeden]

Being stuck at home without any money sucks.

[Lestat]

That was sudden, unexpected and annoying....

Just had a brief power cut. Don't know why. But RIGHT as I was preparing a microcapillary sample tube to take a melting point assay of a starting precursor material to a little something I've been working on; just as I'd begun to heat the tip of one end of it in the flame of one of my blowtorches, the lights went out, the timer on everything from cooker to microwave oven cut out, everything not battery powered, the router went down, no internet connection, although the laptop  of course remained on on battery power.

Didn't last long, seems like something tripped the breakers, or might have, as resetting the fuses sorted the problem out. But was thinking 'fucking hell...ain't that just TYPICAL! right when one is in the middle of something, the faecal matter has to hit the air-recirculation apparatus. Thought it was going to stay down, right when i needed to be sat in front of a small flame on the stove top, slowly warming the oil bath in my Thiele tube, which means being sat there for a fair while watching the heat on a thermometer slowly, slowly climb, watching a mere few milligrams of material in a tiny thin glass tube's internal bore, no more than 1, maybe just about 1 1/2mm wide inside under a magnifying glass until the sample begins to melt.

Would have been sod's bloody law that would, the moment you need something to go right, and do so consistently, the fucking power went out and took the lights with it. Thankfully it only lasted a few minutes. Still, annoying time to start, whilst I'm wielding a bloody blowtorch, trying to make a seal at just the very tip of the microcapillary sample tube without damaging the rest of the delicate, thin glass tube. Not that it'd be a major problem, they come in packs of 100, and I only need a few flakes of material for testing a sample, out of what's probably a couple of ounces at least, of material, but still...in the dark, with a blowtorch near my face, trying to carefully watch the end of a little tiny bead of molten glass...great.

[Queen Victoria]

I opened the kitchen cabinet door to put something away and it gave me a nasty scrape/scratch on my cheek.

[Phoenix]

I opened the kitchen cabinet door to put something away and it gave me a nasty scrape/scratch on my cheek.

Ouch. I've done that to my shoulder.

[Lestat]

I think my at least two of my kitchen cabinet doors are just biding their time until my head comes within range for them to spontaneously slam shut with my neck in the middle. They probably decided they owe me one, after one particular incident that left the wood around the bottom edge and of part of the door charred to ashes and blistered. Plus a white pattern on the ceiling that looks as though someone unleashed a shotgun blast at it using shells loaded with quicklime.

I can't remember how I did either of those, but the marks are the kind that no amount of cleaning will EVER get rid of, not unless it's done with sandpaper and a fresh coat of varnish. So chances are, they are pretty pissed with me. Kitchen cabinets are meant to hold the things to make a sunday roast, not BE the sunday roast

[Parts]

Filburt ripped my notebook that I use for work to shreds.

[renaeden]

Filburt ripped my notebook that I use for work to shreds.

Oh no. That's pretty serious if there's important information in it, which I assume there was.

[Parts]

Filburt ripped my notebook that I use for work to shreds.

Oh no. That's pretty serious if there's important information in it, which I assume there was.

It was fairly new and had measurements for five additions I had not done yet but I was able to tape most of those pages back together enough to be able to get my numbers.  He loves paper goods for some reason

[odeon]

Coming down with something.

[Phoenix]

I meant to put a roast in the crockpot today and completely forgot until dinnertime rolled around. Taking the easy way out and ordering pizza.

[rock hound]

I meant to put a roast in the crockpot today and completely forgot until dinnertime rolled around. Taking the easy way out and ordering pizza.

The path of least resistance...works for me!  Been there, done that.

[Queen Victoria]

I didn't have the $ for the property tax which was due by 12/31.  Got my check on 1/1.  Couldn't find the tax bill to pay it on 1/2 or 1/3. Finally looked up the bill today on line.  Found out I can pay
  directly from my checking account without a charge.  (Charge for credit cards.  Understandable because of the cc merchant fee.  Taxes have to be paid in full, so the tax collector would be short $".) 

I wish I had known that earlier.

[renaeden]

Went to Big W to buy a bra. They are the only ones to have a particular brand I wear. Only this time they didn't have any.

["couldbecousin"]

I meant to put a roast in the crockpot today and completely forgot until dinnertime rolled around. Taking the easy way out and ordering pizza.

The path of least resistance...works for me!  Been there, done that.

  Pizza is festive and delicious, enjoy! 

[renaeden]

I didn't get the bank scholarship. They said it was because they didn't think they could give me the level of support I'd need. Wondering if they mean it being an autism thing.