Abigail Brady

Stamfordshire continues apace. Apart from being punchier and having more gags, it has acquired sections on politics and demographics, culture, sport, and goth clubs (thanks to reddragdiva). Also I found a home for the most offensive flag ever.

Living on own is good but odd. Have pretty much totally unpacked now. Building seems to be approaching full occupancy - I can hear people above me and on Monday when I got back was following the chap opposite me into the building, and was followed by a woman who seemed to be going further down the corridor than me. But of course we have no idea who we all are. Maybe I should go knock on some doors and see if anyone needs sugar?

SMS:

I now have a key
to the main front
door.  Apparently
the computer 
has crashed!
Around half the
fobs are not
working and
they will have to
issue new ones

cafe scientifique went a bit over my head really. oh well. after this, riak, lost_species, grim_tim and drjane came round to admire my blinds. they are cream and i indeed took photos of them (and of the flat with all the furniture in) but don't have a USB cable with me.

they do not keep the light out sufficiently, so will have to beg to be allowed to install curtains in the bedroom as well. with the blinds closed, there is still enough light in the room to read by! i did manage to sleep there overnight, but brokenly, waking up at 2am and then 5am and never really getting back to sleep again.

hurrah! i shall have blinds tomorrow! meaning no more taxis back from town ever again! yay!

I want a rug with the Mandelbrot Set on it. Any idea where I could get one from? Google tells me nothing.

still no blinds! possibly monday or tuesday now. in meantime i have taped curtains to the windows, which let me sleep there after intelekt.

The blinds people are coming round this evening to measure up. Hurrah!

update: they did. yay!

cafe scientifique tonight. will be taking my copy of The Science of Discworld 2 along to get signed.

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My flat is progressing nicely. Furniture has been assembled, and the big TV moved there, in my absence, by family. I now have a sideboard that nicely seperates the kitchen area from the living area and provides me lots more storage. Now have pigeonhole keys and the inventory of the flat to go through. My first two pieces of post are spam, including one that seems to have been hand-delivered.

Ikea trip went very smoothly, brought back a couple of low shelving units and a small chest of drawers which we built, and the remaining stuff was delivered about 6pm. In the meantime maxiie, sparklejess and Erin (livejournal-less?) came to keep me company.

BT still haven't phoned me back so I will try to kick some telco ass tomorrow morning, and maybe go hassle letting agency some more. Met the person who is moving into room 216 briefly today, first living person i've seen in the corridors (although i'm pretty sure there is someone at the end of my corridor now).

Going to Reading tomorrow! Huzzah!

i now have a proper old-fashioned coatstand! i looked all over leicester for this, before finally finding it in Habitat. And then carried it all the way to my flat (in the rain). Apparently I can collect my mailbox key from letting agency tomorrow. I also now have a licence to be brainwashed recieve television broadcasts. so will be taking my telly to flat and getting a freeview box and a splitter and an extension cable. bloody knackered.

pub quiz tonight at the Marquis! If you know about sport or geography, please join our team. tomorrow should be a bit more of a quiet day, with Charli visiting the flat. Then Wednesday will be another Ikea trip, to buy shelves shelves shelves and possibly a sideboard.




Update at 7pm: Now have temporary television (until we can be bothered to move the big one) and a reasonably inexpensive freeview PVR. I can rewind live TV! Wardrobe now done (apart from the handles), and good progress on bed.