{"id":2025,"date":"2009-09-19T05:36:44","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T04:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2009-09-19T05:36:44","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T04:36:44","slug":"so-im-awake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=2025","title":{"rendered":"So I’m awake"},"content":{"rendered":"

The laptop, you’ll no doubt be pleased to hear, not only survived yesterday’s open heart surgery, it’s out of bed, doing press-ups and power-lifting the hospital bed.<\/p>\n

It’s 04.47, I’m downstairs on the couch with a mug of tea and a laptop capable of running NASA’s next re-entry programme for the space shuttle.<\/p>\n

The question ‘Why?’ hovers in my mind. Why am I awake, not anything laptop related.<\/p>\n

Also: Why did I not bring my book with me when I tottered downstairs? I don’t want to do nerdy things (and right now even touching the laptop is classed, in my head at least, as a nerdy thing), I’d much rather be reading a proper book.<\/p>\n

But I can’t go and fetch it because I might disturb Soph. Arse.<\/p>\n

Not disturb Soph’s arse. That would be a fearsome event to be avoided at all times.<\/p>\n

The laptop repair (which I really should refer to as ‘the software repair’) was,thankfully, effected before the podcast<\/a> was recorded last night, but as a result of spending 14 hours unscrewing someone’s shoddy work, the podcast was, ahem, a tad under-prepared.<\/p>\n

Massively under-prepared.<\/p>\n

Soz.<\/p>\n

Conversation items this week include the correct pronunciation of ‘Illinois’ because everyone says it incorrectly, some Frenchisms which include Bof, Merde and Zut; spanking Intel with a cricket bat; Bren putting on Soph’s bra; someone at Soph’s work having trouble putting on Soph’s bra; the film ‘500 Days of Summer’ (stupid title); weird noses; Grosse Pointe Blank; Minnie Driver; William Shatner (being an actress) being referred to as Shatters; a gratuitous reference to The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and Monty Python’s Flying Circus; Soph going to the cinema only to watch the trailers;\u00c2\u00a0 Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story; Roald Dahl (and how he got his name); having bits waxed and wondering if Anne Robinson has hers waxed (eew!); Bren wants to do the waxing job; Bren’s new game-show concept using his inside knowledge of the Equestrian world: Gay or Not Gay; Bodger and Badger being transformed in to a sitcom called Boris and Badger, featuring the current mayor of London; a visit to the dentist… And three distinctive but very excellent pieces of music that are too good for your mainstream radio station to play.<\/p>\n

Is it any wonder that over 100,000 people now subscribe to it? Well, yes, it obviously is a massive wonder. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n

It’s time for another cup of tea. And maybe some toast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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