The Grim Peter

I've been shaving every day this week as I'm on holiday and want look presentable.

However usually I only shave every second day as I'm a delicate little flower and my face is a bit sensitive and tends to go a bit red and hot.

So told my wife i wasn't going to shave today.. had my shower, came out, dried off, then in a half-asleep fugue .. started shaving on autopilot XD i started so I really had to finish.

So my face looks like I've been slapped and my cheeks are radiating XD

Hmm.. best pack my razor away today lest I accidentally shave again tomorrow.. the glow would be visible for MILES !! 😆

Well.. it's spooky month. The *Temp* profile change seemed appropriate ;)

Just for October "For Pete's Sake " is temporarily renamed to "The Grim Peter"

And yes, that *is* me ;)

#halloween #spookyseason #October #profileupdates

Top tip.. Keith's coffee and tea suppliers in Cirencester.. one (well two actually.. it was that good) of the best cups of coffee I've had in a long time.

Positively spiritual XD

I was at serious risk of turning into Kyle MacLachlan's Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks XD

https://youtu.be/KxwcQ1dapw8?is=r2T6t2beCcDiqooq

OK, let's do this

#OneBadThing

Didn't sleep at all well last night. Was awake for toilet at midnight and again at 1:30 then up from 3am to 5:30am, got up at 8am.

However

#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings

1. Had a good cooked (veggie) breakfast
2. Got out of the house for a 2hr walk.
3. Treated myself to a coffee and Danish pastry when out.

#3goodthings

1. I cleared a lot of things off my to do list.
2. Got my Sunday chores all finished early.
3. Had some game time (Skyrim modded) on my PC

Good? Well, alright then three ok moderately pleasing things XD

I keep pondering the "3 good things" hashtag but I rarely post under it.

I find it very difficult to actually find three good things to mention each day.

Not that I'm suggesting my days are all bad but what exactly IS good and what is what it should be?

Ie ""Had something to eat" is that good? Or is that baseline expectation? I hope every day I have something to eat!

"Slept" ..again is this a good thing or baseline expectation. The mere minimum expectation?

At work we have a HUGE document that is called the "Definition of Done" that is, it specifies EXACTLY what steps and processes have to be completed for a piece of work to be considered "Done".

Code written, documented, tested, peer reviewed, loaded to internal test server, loaded to external test server for clients, source checked for potential exploits and weaknesses, etc etc etc.

it's a big, technical document, signed off by us developers, the testers, management and the client.

I think , for personal use, I need a "Definition of good"

Good should be something positive above that which I expect naturally. Achieving the bare minimum of rest, food, fun etc does not make a day GOOD per se. Instead NOT reaching these bare minimums make a day BAD.

Perhaps I need to start a #3BadThings hashtag :D

ie.

1. Forgot to eat
2. Had a rotten night's sleep.
3. Had all my internal organs harvested by a low flying UFO.

You'll be surprised how often that last one happens! :)

Am watching a documentary on Prime called "Woodlands dark and days bewitched" which is about folk horror (Witchfinder General, Wicker man, Psychomania et al) and I noticed a talking head on the commentary wearing a rather familiar t-shirt ;)

A little promotion for @Richard_Littler@mastodon.social and @scarfolk@mastodonapp.uk ;)

They're now talking about "The Stone Tape". That scared the bejeezus out of me as a kid!!

Pre LLM limerick

"I have a little computer,
I think I'm going to sell it,
For it doesn't do
What I want it to
Only what I tell it"

Post LLM limerick

"I have a little computer,
I think I'm going to keep it,
Because it takes prompts I type
And though it feeds me tripe
At least it generates something I can pass off as my own and I know it doesn't scan or follow the usual limerick layout but it says my input was the bestest idea ever and really strokes my ego and makes me feel productive even though my silly little prompt probably cost more energy than an average house would do in day, at least I didn't have to think about what to write!!"

#LLM #ai #joke

(No ai/llm used in this post btw)

I've been seeing a lot of adverts online advertising Fi. (short for Fiona I assumed)

Turns out it was actually advertising F1 .. as in Formula One,

And, as someone who used to work for McLaren, ..... D'OH !!!

So I have a day off work tomorrow and a day in London planned with a trip to the cinema at the end !!

I'm pretty excited as I don't get to have a "me" day very often but despite knowing I have "A day in London" I actually have very little idea what to do !!

I'll be mostly around the Southbank (my fave area and since I'm going to the BFI Imax later it seems appropriate)

I plan to visit London Fossils and Crystals down from Waterloo. (cos I collect fossils and minerals!) but other than that I have several hours to kill.

I don't even know where to eat :D hehe

I don't want to just default to a cr*ppy high street burger from the usual "Kentucky McKings" etc ;) but I also don't want a full blown restaurant meal.

Was thinking Giraffe or Wahaca for lunch.

But I imagine overwhelm will be an issue so I'll need some space where I can sit, relax and watch the world go past.

perhaps even I'll fit in a little retail therapy from the Bookshops and BFI store when I'm there.

However if anyone has ideas? let me know.

#London #TouristInMyOwnCity

When I'm I'll i tend to fall back on my childhood comforts. Comfort food, Comfort clothing and Comfort viewing.

Scrambled egg on toast, my big voluminous hooded dressing gown and my fluffy socks and The Dark Crystal on TV XD

#illness #comfort