There is no time in the thesis-writing schedule for this

Admittedly, it was a very rickety old chair that used to come apart quite frequently in an oh-that's-not-a-problem-you-just-push-the-legs-back-on way. And then there was the incident the other day during a flying thing removal from the bedroom (I was on my own, it was late, and I really didn't want to have to sleep on the floor in the study). While I was very brave with the capturing of the flying thing, I took no prisoners in removing it from the flat, and if that included knocking over a rickety old chair, it included knocking over a rickety old chair.

Luckily I have been able to pinch Matthew's office chair. And I was quite thrilled with the idea that maybe having a 'proper' chair would mean I'd no longer have to sit on these



to be at the right non-RSI-inducing level at my computer.

Sadly, I am a short-arse, and even with the office chair pumped up to its maximum...



(and yes, I do need to rest my feet on another block *coughortwocough* in order to reach the ground. Reason number #276827165b why RSI sucks).

In other news, today is Matthew's birthday, and it is also International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Sadly I am crap in the arrrr-me-hearties-ing stakes, but Matthew has written a pretty nifty program for his website that automatically turns it into pirate speech on International Talk Like a Pirate Day. You have about 4 hours to check it out, otherwise you'll have to wait a year.