DIY shopping and other strangeness
May. 3rd, 2006 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fluffymarkSo, just for a change, I tried out Tesco’s self-service checkout. And it felt surreal and strange. A delightful sense of childish joy waving food over the scanner with feelings of YAY every time it went beep when it finally found the barcode. It felt more like playing with a fun new shiny gadget than actually paying for things. Something was certainly missing from the shopping experience here. It even accepted a quick swipe from my Chip+PIN card without PIN or signature, which was somewhat disconcerting. Like, that’s all? I can walk out of the shop now? *meeep*
Am still coming down off the Ardgour-holiday high. It feels really odd eating meals all on my own. Or in fact, being on my own. I guess I’m missing people, and I’m looking forward to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
atreic and emperor‘s wedding ceilidh immensely now, so I can see all the pretty people again. Work doesn’t seem to be work at the moment, it’s just a place with people and things to do that doesn’t seem quite real. The mad window-attacking bird vanished while I was away, so that’s something. I wonder where it went? Will it be back? One of those unanswerable mysteries I suppose. *wonders*
Life is looking good. May is here (happy belated Beltaine to those who celebrate it), summer is spreading its first wings, and for once I’m enjoying the warm outdoors (I’ve just started filling the freezer with my summer survival kit of icecubes, just in case - too much heat and I go wah!!). Lots of people have been giving me chocolate (always a way to make a happy fluffymark) so I’m bouncing merrily. Oh yes, and I’m suddenly feeling rich - just got paid today, also certain people have finally paid back some debts to me, and I just had a peek at some investments and I’m laughing. A year ago I dropped a pile of savings into a fund with strong exposure to the Russian stock market, which has since skyrocketed. So, when do I sell? *excitedbounces*
Tomorrow is a polling day. For the first time ever, we’ve been flyered to death. I just scooped up the mountain of flyers that had been accumulating under the front door, and had a look what they actually say. Labour and the Lib Dems both launch into a scathing attack of each other, pointing out all the faults of their opponents, and say nothing about what they stand for, other than vague “make things better!!” statements. Respect appear to be subtly rebranding themselves from anti-war to anti-Blair, so they actually have something to campaign against (but it’s supposed to be a local election, surely? ah well). And the Greens are at pains to point out how much more green they are than any other party encroaching on their green-ness. All of which leaves me wonderfully confused!!! No sign at all of the Conservatives, BNP or UKIP here, I suspect all the right-wingers have gone into hiding. Don’t you just love election campaigns? *amused*
Anyway, just for the hell of it, a poll! *curioussmile*
[Poll #721886]
Am still coming down off the Ardgour-holiday high. It feels really odd eating meals all on my own. Or in fact, being on my own. I guess I’m missing people, and I’m looking forward to
atreic and emperor‘s wedding ceilidh immensely now, so I can see all the pretty people again. Work doesn’t seem to be work at the moment, it’s just a place with people and things to do that doesn’t seem quite real. The mad window-attacking bird vanished while I was away, so that’s something. I wonder where it went? Will it be back? One of those unanswerable mysteries I suppose. *wonders*Life is looking good. May is here (happy belated Beltaine to those who celebrate it), summer is spreading its first wings, and for once I’m enjoying the warm outdoors (I’ve just started filling the freezer with my summer survival kit of icecubes, just in case - too much heat and I go wah!!). Lots of people have been giving me chocolate (always a way to make a happy fluffymark) so I’m bouncing merrily. Oh yes, and I’m suddenly feeling rich - just got paid today, also certain people have finally paid back some debts to me, and I just had a peek at some investments and I’m laughing. A year ago I dropped a pile of savings into a fund with strong exposure to the Russian stock market, which has since skyrocketed. So, when do I sell? *excitedbounces*
Tomorrow is a polling day. For the first time ever, we’ve been flyered to death. I just scooped up the mountain of flyers that had been accumulating under the front door, and had a look what they actually say. Labour and the Lib Dems both launch into a scathing attack of each other, pointing out all the faults of their opponents, and say nothing about what they stand for, other than vague “make things better!!” statements. Respect appear to be subtly rebranding themselves from anti-war to anti-Blair, so they actually have something to campaign against (but it’s supposed to be a local election, surely? ah well). And the Greens are at pains to point out how much more green they are than any other party encroaching on their green-ness. All of which leaves me wonderfully confused!!! No sign at all of the Conservatives, BNP or UKIP here, I suspect all the right-wingers have gone into hiding. Don’t you just love election campaigns? *amused*
Anyway, just for the hell of it, a poll! *curioussmile*
[Poll #721886]
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Date: 2006-05-04 03:00 pm (UTC)Most flyers are indeed giggle-worthy. I mean, even those parties that have good ideas often don't put them acrosss properly in a flyer. The presentation is usually horrible. Badly photocopied leaflets in broken english with blurry photos of the candidates just put me off voting for people. Respect even attempted to do cartoons (of all things!), and they were just laughable. :)