I have been busy recently - new kitchen installed, and in the middle of having ALL our public spaces redecorated. By someone else, because between the six of us, we can muster one middling DIYer. We just do not have the enthusiasm for it, preferring to live in a bit of shabby chic and devote our spare time to something else.

But finally shabby chic became unbearable when our shower decided to cast a leak, triggering the 3bar pump to try and empty our hot water tank. Without stopping.

So we got a little cash from the Insurers.

And thought - well, we may as well get the kitchen sorted at the same time... which we did,

A friend did a fantastic and cheap job on our kitchen - he installed it for labour only, so made no profit on the units. Which saved us a fair bit. And it is beautiful, this First Kitchen from New that I have ever had.

Our communal bathroom was done by another friend. Who is now known as RipOffMerchant WhoDoesHeThinkHeIs BastardWanker.

But we found a gem of a workman on the internet who was honest, charged a very reasonable price and did a good enough job for us.

And another friend, who has done stuff for us before (decorated our living room and laid the laminate floor) pretty good, is finishing it all off.

All of which means that this weekend has been spenty emptying a 2m x1.8m office space which contains all the routing and wireless access for the house, the mail server, 15 years of junk, diving shit, computer manuals, sotftware, excess hardware... so much stuff! We found some good stuff, too - all Husband's Student Union Cards, a photo of his ex, a letter from his Dad. 

I cannot believe that this Christmas will be spent in a house with clean bright walls, non-creaky floors with a covering not held together by ducktape, hidden wiring for telephones and cabling - I am so looking forward to it.

And, cos I loves ya,a kitten playing Duck Hunt, two corgis on a treadmill, and a spectacular light show from the Ukraine.

Hell is being an a single decker bus, in this heat, which has - I counted - ONE opening window. Fuck!

Random music choice - Red Pill, Blue Pill by Junkie XL And Don Davis. Excuse the FPS (fucking pink speaker) and listen to the music.

11 Red Pill, Blue Pill

OR, you could watch this scene from The Matrix.

Matrix - The pill

And then, tell me.

Given a choice between unknowing slavery, and knowing rebellion, which would you choose? Cos me, I am all for unknowing servitude. I strongly suspect that that's what this life is, anyway, so hey! Go with the flow, right?

Bonus - this is the picture I wanted to attach when I got FPS.

Matrix sexy banano 3rd place

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