It's Going To Be One Of Those Days...

-I had a night full of extremely odd and disturbing dreams, including a former geography teacher, a man who blew himself up using hand grenades he'd swallowed, Alex Ferguson, Marie von Eschenau and a jumblesale.
-I should have known then, when I woke up at 3am disturbed beyond reason, that today wasn't going to be good.
-Got into the gym only to realise that I'd left my membership card in the car, necessitating a trip back out into the cold.
-Got to work early with a view to writing some Mistletoe and Wine...only to realise that all my keys (except my car key) were still at home.
-Boss arrives, finally, to let me into the building and we discover that due to a futz up with the phonelines, we can't turn off the alarm!

I should have just stayed in bed.

Except I'd have probably ended up dreaming more disturbing things. Like the details my subconscious created about the grenade swallower - including an 'after' look at his body. Ew.

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As tagged by b_liz...

Seven things to do before I die:

1. Be published
2. Complete a degree
3. See more of the USA
4. Emigrate (probably in conjunction with number 3)
5. See more of the UK...
6. ...with someone else doing the driving!
7. Spend much more time with friends, wherever they are

2. Seven things I cannot do:

1. Spell
2. Avoid being caught up in the minutae of a project (we're talking spending three hours making the *code* look nice!)
3. Clean up after the cat (cat throws up, I have a pavlovian response to throw up in return)
4. Knit
5. Draw (even my stickmen look crap)
6. Look at a sword and not drool
7. Say no

3. Seven things I do ritualistically everyday:

1. Go to the gym
2. Tell the cat she'll have to wait until my mother gets up before she can have breakfast
3. Check emails
4. Write
5. Listen to music
6. Insist that the cat should sleep on her blanket pile and not on me
7. Eat

4. Seven things I say most often:

1. Oops
2. Bugger/Scupper (I use them interchangably)
3. Yay!
4. Huh?!
5. Have fun
6. Do or do not, there is no try
7. Get out of the way ya **** moron

5. Seven books I love:

1. Starfighters of Adumar - Aaron Allston
2. Rogue Squadron - Michael A Stackpole
3. Chalet School in Exile - Elinor M Brent Dyer
4. Martin the Warrior - Brian Jacques
5. The Finishing School - Pamela Brown
6. Cricketer's Whose Who
7. I, Jedi - Michael A Stackpole

5a. (stealthily added) Seven series of books I love:

1. Rogue Squadron series - Michael A Stackpole + Aaron Allston
2. Chalet School – EBD
3. Narnia – CS Lewis
4. Redwall - Brian Jacques
5. Thomas the Tank Engine - Rev W. Audry (sp?)
6. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
7. Erm...

6. Seven movies I watch over and over again:

1. The Phantom Menace
2. Attack of the Clones
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. A New Hope
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Labyrinth

7. Seven people I hope do this meme as well:
ganeris
freespirit127
antigone_ks
weird_bird
aspartaimee
helenprev
jonathlee

A Music Question...

I was at the gym this morning and playing over the sound system was a danced up version of "It's A Wonderful Life" (as in the 80s song by Black). Anyone know who's done it?

And, while I'm asking, anyone know who did the dance version of "Poison" (original by Alice Cooper)?

I don't normally go for dance versions of stuff that I liked first time round, but these two are actually pretty good - and just the right beat for cross training! (so if anyone has an MP3 of either, I'd love you to bits)