They Say What They Say

Note to self: it is not a great idea to watch Jerry Springer's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, wherein he traces his long lost grandmothers, both of whom died at the hands of the Nazis during the second world war, and then start reading the section of Lee Miller's biography where she photographed the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau just days after they were liberated. No wonder it took forever to get to sleep and you had very odd dreams when you did.

Back to work today. It wasn't too bad, although I am so incredibly vague that I have to double and triple check myself just so I don't let some glaring error pass me by. I also wrenched a muscle in my neck while I was brushing my hair this morning and I can't turn my head very far. Didn't make for the most auspicious return to work, I can tell you. I was so exhausted by the time I got home and I couldn't be arsed cooking the chicken I'd defrosted so I scrounged up some leftover curry and rice instead. God bless my deep freezer that allows me to freeze extra meals for those days when cooking is way too much to contemplate.

I've been watching the latest series of City Homicide and it's actually been quite good. It's good to see Aaron Pedersen back in the thick of things after his character spent most of last season in a coma, and it ain't half obvious that they're trying to pretend that Nadine Garner wasn't on the verge of giving birth during filming. Why else would Jennifer be spending most of her time doing 'research' behind a computer or only be shot in close-up during interrogation scenes?

The other fun thing about it is playing 'spot the local landmark'. For some reason the area between my flat and work is a very popular place for local film and TV productions to do location work. I'm always cycling past a line of production vans near Yarra Bend Park or watching them go through their paces outside some down-at-heel terrace house in Clifton Hill. I'm sure there's even the odd scene where, if you look hard enough, you can see in the distance a cyclist on a black and silver Giant, wearing an ugly yellow jacket and a red helmet :~)

Hey, is anyone else hating the new Firefox update as much as I am? It's made my connection so frigging slow it's almost at a standstill. Grrr!