Still on me holidays

ByGwyn Fisher

Sita and I stayed in last night and watched all of the first series of Peep Show. It is fantastic. Thank you Bethan and Ali for that one. It’s bloody brilliant, we were in stitches. Televisual find of the year.

I got hiccups 5 different times yesterday. And since someone googled “necrophilic photos” and arrived at my book reviews page. I’m going to list my favourite hiccough cures here and try and encourage some healthier traffic to the site.

1. Drinking from the other side of a glass. Which involves bending right over and resting the far side of the glass on the inside of your top lip with the other side nearly over your chin. Drink the whole pint of water. NB Beer won’t work.

2. Get a pint of water (beer sometimes works). Take a deep breath, don’t exhale. Take a gulp of yer water, say “Hiccups I have got”, don’t breathe, take another gulp, say “Hiccups I don’t want”, another gulp, “Hiccups go away”, gulp, “hiccups are no more”. Slowly exhale and resume regular breathing.

3. When all else fails: Relaxation technique. Lie down, listen to your breathing. Point your toes far forward, breathe in, hold, then exhale as you relax them. Then again, this time pointing them towards you. Then yer thighs, tense, hold, exhale, then legs, then hands, then arms, then stomache, head. Stop once your hiccups go away… This can take 10 minutes or so.

Oh, and click ‘more’, below, for the results from the latest meme I found on Flash’s site

I get most of my news from the interweb and the radio but I’m still shocked by the lack of coverage on US TV of the Tsunami which at last count has killed 23,500 people. It puts your own problems into perspective that’s for sure.

Trait.low scorehigh score
Sociability51%socially reserved, detachedfriendly, open
Aggressiveness18%mild mannered, uncompetitivepredatory, domineering
Assertiveness27%introverted, lonercontrolling, aggressive
Activity Level77%relaxed, laid backvigorous, high energy
Excitement-Seeking22%sedate, restrainedadventurous, wild
Enthusiasm68%somber, pessimisticcheerful, optimistic
Trust79%suspicious of otherstrusting of others
Submissiveness40%rebellious, lawlessdutiful, obedient, compliant
Altruism90%selfish, cold, austerehelpful, selfless, indulgent
Cooperation73%argumentitive, confrontationalconflict averse, meek
Modesty46%arrogant, self-satisfiedhumble, unassuming, doormat
Sympathy77%callous, heartlessempathetic, warm
Confidence70%not confident in workconfident in work, egoistic
Neatness87%disorganized, messyplanner, clean, anal
Dutifulness85%dishonest, derelicthonest, rule abiding, proper
Achievement78%lazy, unmotivateddriven, goal oriented
Self-Discipline89%procrastinatorresponsible, efficient
Cautiousness72%spontaneous, daring, recklesscareful, controlled, safe
Anxiety18%relaxed, fearlessfearful, worrier
Volatility24%calm, cooltouchy, tempermental
Depression55%content, balancedemotional, self hating
Self-Consciousness76%confident, assuredlow self esteem, shy
Impulsiveness57%high self controllow self control
Vulnerability12%resilient, unphasedconfused, helpless
Imagination2%practical, realisticdreamer, unrealistic
Artistic Interests60%artistic indifferenceart, nature, beauty lover
Introspection2%not self reflectiveself searching
Adventurousness80%conventional, safespontaneous, bold
Intellect70%instinctive, non-analyticalintellectual, analytical
Liberalism94%conservative, traditionalprogressive, open
Advanced Big 30 Personality Test Results

Sociability||||||||||||||||||51%
Aggressiveness||||||18%
Assertiveness|||||||||27%
Activity Level||||||||||||||||||||||||77%
Excitement-Seeking|||||||||22%
Enthusiasm|||||||||||||||||||||68%
Extroversion|||||||||||||||43%
Trust||||||||||||||||||||||||79%
Morality||||||||||||40%
Altruism||||||||||||||||||||||||||||90%
Cooperation||||||||||||||||||||||||73%
Modesty|||||||||||||||46%
Sympathy||||||||||||||||||||||||77%
Friendliness|||||||||||||||||||||67%
Confidence|||||||||||||||||||||70%
Neatness||||||||||||||||||||||||||||87%
Dutifulness||||||||||||||||||||||||||||85%
Achievement||||||||||||||||||||||||78%
Self-Discipline||||||||||||||||||||||||||||89%
Cautiousness||||||||||||||||||||||||72%
Orderliness||||||||||||||||||||||||80%
Anxiety||||||18%
Volatility|||||||||24%
Depression||||||||||||||||||55%
Self-Consciousness||||||||||||||||||||||||76%
Impulsiveness||||||||||||||||||57%
Vulnerability||||||12%
Emotional Stability||||||||||||||||||60%
Imagination|||2%
Artistic Interests||||||||||||||||||60%
Introspection|||2%
Adventurousness||||||||||||||||||||||||80%
Intellect|||||||||||||||||||||70%
Liberalism|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||94%
Openmindedness||||||||||||||||||51%

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It takes a while to get used to…

…like when you have your hair cut (or so I’m told). So I was in the mood for rejigging things, and thus, BEHOLD! “Un inglés en Guanatos”‘s latest encarnation. It’ll probably change some more because I’m using an out of the box template (called “I feel dirty”) with some minor revisions. Anyroad, hope you like it. Since my other blog now has the agave theme I thought I’d do summink completely different with this one.

Thanks, Paul and Jesse, for weighing in on the various redesigns.

So last night I went to the Lucha Libre again with Anel, Claus and co, this time in a different arena. We travelled there in the back of someone’s pick up, which made it all the more authentic. It was pricier, mind, the cheap seats were 80 pesos a pop. Still sterling entertainment as always.

Erm… I put up some shelves in me office making use of me new hand drill. I just wanted one of these but every where I went they said they didn’t make them any more and how’s about one of these. Okay, says I and now I’m ready to make holes all over the house. The next project is a new kitchen counter and with my brawn, Daniel’s DIY know-how and my shiny new drill, we’ll be there in no time.

Tonight after deciding there’s bugger all in the cinema (Perfume, Kilometro 32, Blood Diamonds and Borat have all just come out), we’re going to stay in and watch the new episode of LOST and some more Bones… But before that, Sita’s folks are treating us to a birthday meal somewhere. So many thanks in advance, Sally & Quito.

There’s more translation stuff in the works for next week… and I want to investigate an e-commerce plug-in for wordpress. Then my parents’ grand entrance to Mexico on Saturday and our week in Tulum y ¡mucho más!

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Sponsor me little sis

We could all take a leaf out of me little sister’s book. But not in January, ‘cos turning 38 is going to require a pint or three. Plus one for the road. Follow along on her (surprisingly-well-orchestrated) social media campaign and pledge a few quid to help a good cause.

beffOK so it’s not running a marathon or anything, but I’m going alcohol free for January to raise money for Alcohol Concern. Can I interest anyone in signing up? http://www.dryjanuary.org.uk/

Or sponsoring me? here

Or following my very basic blog which I have been unable to sync to my fundraising page? http://bethanfisher.wordpress.com/

AWOL

It’s been a busy week for me and Drsita, though I think S worked harder than I did. She’s had her usual lectures, meetings, office hours & job applications going on and also yesterday gave a 45 minute presentation on tequila and gender involving various Lucha Reyes clips.

Message in a bottle flyer
Message in a bottle flyer

And we’re glad it’s the weekend…

So last Friday I had an interview for a job as a UK English localisation tester and that came through. On Monday I was testing a training program about EU Competition laws and Thursday and Friday I was recording all instances of organization (rather than organisation) and suchlike in a proprietary course management system. A lot like Moodle but infinitely more expensive. There’ll be more on Monday then it may well dry up for a bit.

I’ve been making DVDs for Drs. Sudarat & Sita. Working on theming a Volusion e-commerce site (I’ll post the link when I finish) and a 12′ banner for a friend selling camping gear for festivals. Putting together the first non-WordPress site I’ve done in years (link soon “Marketing Gestalt”…) Updating nourishingnutrition.com , lorrainepursell.com , comfortmattressfurniture.com . Finalising pink-caterpillar.com. And all the while clicking over to the LA Times site (which appears to be down today) to see how Atticus is faring in the popularity contest. He needed 3 votes to overtake the picture of the dead horse last time I checked…and watching my adsense pennies pile up.

Here’s my logo for the camping thing…

Cusifer’s in the dog house after his behaviour over the last couple of days. First off, on Wednesday we barbecued some veggies and while I was sorting them out inside, he made off with two thirds of my baked potato with cheese that was sitting on our garden table. And was very reticent to give it back. I wrested it off him and he sulked for the best part of 3 hours. As punishment, rather than his usual treats I gave him slices of said potato for the next 48 hours (If my baked potato is all that you want, baked potato is all you shall have…) Which may well have been the trigger for finding he’d been unable to contain his bowels on Friday night and gave me a fine way to start Friday.

Changing the subject… I finally finished watching The Wire Season 4. I think it’s been noted before, but it’s the best damn drama available on the planet. I can’t stop thinking about Bubs. Bless him. After season 5 it’s going to be hard going back to normal telly. I’ve found there are presently 4 reasons to subscribe to basic cable. And 2 (possibly 3) of them are freely and legally available online. The Daily Show, Colbert Report, The Soup and America’s Funniest Videos. The first two package US news in a palatable form. The Soup reminds me why there’s no point in watching anything but the aforementioned 4 programmes. And America’s Funniest Videos is perfect for watching while eating. Zero plot, zero thought, and 100% people falling over/hurting themselves. The cream of a country of 300 million all with easy access to a camcorder.

Here’s a picture of the sculpture by the PGE stadium next to where I’m working…

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I’ll try not to let a week go past again before the next post… Here endeth the stream of consciousness.

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To try and salvage this entry, Mum gave me a book of collected Charlie Brooker articles this Xmas and I’ve finished dipping into it. I think I’ll extract bits to pep up boring posts:

As far as I can tell, fashion is nothing more than a handy visual system that gives people with no personality some palpable criteria to judge each other by.

And have a look at what pouring concrete down an ant hill for 3 days, then excavating it will get you. Skip to 2:50 for the good bit.

Thanks, ants. Thants.

This reminds me of the Cat TV

we made for Yoda the kitten way back in university in Swansea… I say for Yoda, but it was blatantly for us. Make your own cat TV with a cardboard box, cellophane and a long stick. Nowhere near as cruel as this though, not even close:

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I think March of the Valkyries would be a better soundtrack than “Under the Sea”…