Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Distractions

When on 2 days holiday from work, over and above what you would normally take, and if you would like to spend that time constructively, here is a small piece of advice.

Don't dress as a bumblebee and shake your stuff at a disco in cork, far more energetically than your poor body is really capable of. This will lead to the following ill effects. Your legs and arms and neck will think you have climbed a mountain (while moshing), and will complain loudly about such tasks as climbing the stairs or standing up. You will contract pneumonia from the walk home in the cold, sweat freezing to icicles by the time you land back to your lodgings. Resulting in a furry sore throat, and an inability to concentrate long enough to make a cup of tea, let alone finish your masterpiece.

Other things to avoid include doing online jigsaws. Reading blogs. Writing blogs. Playing with your new camera. Playing with your new nintendo ds. Making lemsips every half hour. Repeatedly checking the website of the nightclub you were in for proof that you were actually there, and getting frustrated when they haven't put up the pics yet, lazy feckers.

The new camera is still blurry at night - (it'd be upsetting if it wasn't really) - but takes hours longer to download the pictures, and is an attractive shade of pink. See below a particularly fetching one of me looking like the guy from "the Goonies".








5 comments:

Anonymous said...

sounds like a great night out. I've just recovered from the horrible flu here's a guaranteed cure for your sore throat. the tip of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper in warm water, gargle every fifteen minutes, feels a bit hot on the tongue afterwards but your throat will thank you for it. Hope your better soon.

Joan B

Niamh B said...

sounds good - thanks Joan, worth a try anyway!!
Sorry you had the flu. Have a very happy new year.

Anonymous said...

Another thing to avoid is combining hot whiskeys with the lem-sip. It does relieve the pain, but only because one becomes comatoase. Definitely to be avoided.
On the plus side, at least you were able to enjoy the gig! (I think!)
And now you have a scene for your next masterpiece. - Drama Queen

Anonymous said...

I think the 'atomic second' has distorted the Blog Clock - it is definitely not 3.46am as I wrote my comment - more like midday.
Perhaps the 'global freezing' syndrome strikes again.
D.Q.

Niamh B said...

Tried the cayenne pepper, v interesting, reacted kind of explosively with a new lipgloss though. I think it did help overall.
Didn't have any lemsip to hand, and too lazy to stir from my writings yesterday, had heaps of tea and coffee instead. Why does it take 2.5 days to edit out the same number of words that only takes about 2 hours to write?

Anyways - Happy new Ears y'all, hope you like the new background colour, might revert back to grey; after the initial optimism that a new year brings has faded....