Lucky socks, Lois Lane and Lesbians

i have a cold - its not fun but im being a man about it
thats right im whingeing constantly and making a big fuss
its karma you see, well twisted doug karma. ill explain:

this week has been hectic
after a weekend of stationary contemplation of the televised media, monday saw the beginning of the article prep

The Article is 4 pages of the magazine thats being made for writing science and has been the focal point of this week.
I am working on it with Joana (of course). Its very odd that we keep getting paired up, but shes probly reading this so i am glad that keeps happening i have absolutely no complaints :) honestly its getting helpful, we are starting to develop systems for working together, Clark Kent had Lois Lane, so having a female sidekick is helping my superman delusions and i need writing partner to complain in an amusing way. Plus shes a much faster typer than I am.

tuesday was 5 hours of sitting at my desk writing without a subject - surprisingly difficult, but i stung together 450 words into something useful - give an infinate number of monkeys an infinate number of typewriters and theyll write you the works of Shakespeare

but wednesday was a huge day
now i knew it was going to be tough so naturally i wore my lucky socks (they're hairy on the outside - gear)
it was an uber lucky day

we blagged our way past clare and the university by not saying anything (no clare we had no idea those short people in our brainstorming session were children)
we went down into the basement to book a good quality video camera, we listened to the keeper of the cameras give us a half hour list of suggestions for how to shoot a brainstorming focus group of short people in a library type setting, and then we left with a booking for 2 cameras, a tripod and an external mic - nice (we complained for the rest of the day about that but if we have to complain at least its about someone being too helpful)
they also just handed over a tape machine and tape for the interview later - so much easier than warwick where i had to get the girls in the group to start crying to get a tape machine out of the techies
then after lunch we interviewed Dr Darren Reynolds - what a cool interview subject. his stories were interesting and at the end science communication style quotes just fell out of him, and i made it throught the whole interview without making a fool of myself - very proud
4 swift hours later and we had the article done
then i got back found a 70 word article i thought id lost and sprinted to sainsburys to pick up wine for our flats james and oz's wine adventure session (they drive round france tasting wine while we sit in our flat realising our wine tastes of feet) but noooo ive missed the start - no not in these socks, in their final act of the day the program starts half an hour later and im eating dinner and drinking wine as they discuss which wines go best with food - lucky
then in a bonus act torchwood had lesbians in it. - all hail the power of my socks

now thats a full and well rounded day. covert dealings, deceit, surprise, lunch, fear, surprise, enjoyment, relaxation, torture, physical exertion, alcohol, lesbians
dear santa, this is how I'd like every day to be.

of course in my universe such a fantastic day is going to cost me big in the karma stakes
the universe maintains a balance, if im going to get a day like that im going to get a massive amount of not good to keep it stable. so naturally ive got a cold :( its sad but im not going to mention it that much.
i got a good day for it.