selfish livejournal usage
ok, so i'm using livejournal in a selfish manner - updating without replying to posts. i'm so behind that i haven't even replied to comments to me, and it's rude and selfish but i'm going to update AGAIN now too. yes yes, i'm a bastard.
fwiw, i DO read every post. i just get so behind on the commenting....and my inbox is bulging and i've got work to do....igg.

a webpage i'd set up for somebody before had some serious problems i've been trying to fix, and it took FOREVER. i was wading through so, so much code and running debuggers and nothing was finding the problem for me, and then i finally found it myself and it was some totally stupid tiny little error in a number that had changed and was screwing everything up. should've taken 30 seconds to fix, but took me hours to find it. i could've kicked myself.

i'm also working on a webpage for a client right now, and laurie texted me this morning to see if i wanted her to tattoo me today.
so i went down there and she redid the star and heart behind my ears, and then she had a random "surprise" for me.
she'd bought these beautiful spiral tapers, so we stretched my ears up today too. look pretty much like these.
OMG IT HURT SO MUCH!
apparently it was quite an impressive stretch for a first stretch (from just a tiny hole for studs to about 8 gauge laurie reckons), so that made me feeling better about being a wuss with the pain. also, despite such a large stretch, there was no tearing and no blood. huzzah! still, it looks tiny for how much it hurt...
they're bright red too. putting my head on the pillow tonight is going to suck - i have a fresh tattoo and a fresh stretched earlobe either side. ouch.
still, they're nicer tapers.
when my ears aren't so bright red i'll take photos.

then, in a fit of "damnit i'm working really hard and there ain't nothing wrong with warm clothes - especially if they vary from the rest of my wardrobe by not being black", i put my beloved green jacket on layby.
i'm doing a shiteload of work on this website, seth's getting student payment for uni soon, and damnit, i'm always cold. i'll pay it off. it's worth it. it's so cushy and warm...it feels like wearing a featehr doona. mmmmm. plus, i just plain look hot in it. so there. it'll be mine.


and now is the end of my rather pointless and self indulgent post. time to get back to work. but first, a panadol for the old ears!