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thelibraniniquitySo I've been struggling for a few days now as to what to get my dad for his birthday next week. Being a grumpy person who doesn't work or do much of anything except go fishing, he is not the easiest person to buy for. He finally deigned to prod me in the direction of some fishing tackle online last week... and my sister promptly stole the right to give that to him as she doesn't want to have to think about what to get him.
So I ended up whining at the Mother this morning that most things people usually buy for their dads' birthdays just don't apply in my case. She promptly suggested something based on hot chocolate, which she knows he likes, and something to keep it in for when he goes early morning or late night fishing.
I ended up buying a Thermos and two jars of slightly different flavoured hot chocolate. He'd better like at least one of the flavours!
In other news... actually there isn't much in the way of other news at the moment. I'm writing in fits and starts, but when I do knuckle down I'm getting decent amounts done, which I'm quite pleased with. I've got my desktop PC almost constantly re-ripping and encoding various TV series for vidding purposes, as re-encoding everything without the audio makes using Pinnacle a heck of a lot easier. And I am all for easier at the moment!
I've also impressed myself in that I've so far managed to avoid signing up for three Christmas-themed ficathons and exchanges. I've got enough WIPs and bunnies on my plate at the moment, plus the promise of the inevitable pre-Christmas MANIC RUSH ZOMG EVERYONE REDECORATES FOR THEIR SODDING IN-LAWS WHYYYYYYY? at work. Last year I only got Christmas Eve off because I was a walking mess of streaming cold and snot. This year looks to be much the same, though hopefully without the infectious diseases floating around.
Customers have already started asking whether their curtains are going to be ready in time for Christmas. At least they're not entirely delusional anymore!
So I ended up whining at the Mother this morning that most things people usually buy for their dads' birthdays just don't apply in my case. She promptly suggested something based on hot chocolate, which she knows he likes, and something to keep it in for when he goes early morning or late night fishing.
I ended up buying a Thermos and two jars of slightly different flavoured hot chocolate. He'd better like at least one of the flavours!
In other news... actually there isn't much in the way of other news at the moment. I'm writing in fits and starts, but when I do knuckle down I'm getting decent amounts done, which I'm quite pleased with. I've got my desktop PC almost constantly re-ripping and encoding various TV series for vidding purposes, as re-encoding everything without the audio makes using Pinnacle a heck of a lot easier. And I am all for easier at the moment!
I've also impressed myself in that I've so far managed to avoid signing up for three Christmas-themed ficathons and exchanges. I've got enough WIPs and bunnies on my plate at the moment, plus the promise of the inevitable pre-Christmas MANIC RUSH ZOMG EVERYONE REDECORATES FOR THEIR SODDING IN-LAWS WHYYYYYYY? at work. Last year I only got Christmas Eve off because I was a walking mess of streaming cold and snot. This year looks to be much the same, though hopefully without the infectious diseases floating around.
Customers have already started asking whether their curtains are going to be ready in time for Christmas. At least they're not entirely delusional anymore!