Random ramblings and ravings of Richy B
Ok, what’s the odds of guessing somebody’s birthday *exactly* on your first guess? 1 in 365? Well, if you know their star sign, it’s more like 1 in 30, but I still achieved it! I don’t know how I did it myself, it just felt right but…. It freaked her out and it freaked myself out! Proceeding to guess her mothers name on the first guess as well (just based on my friends initials) makes it doubly so!
Now I just want to know why I haven’t won the lottery yet….
From Les:
1. Taken a picture completely naked? Yes, but not of a person.
2. Danced in front of a mirror naked? Nope.
3. Told a lie? I’d be lieing if I said no.
4. Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back? Yes, but who honestly hasn’t?
5. Been arrested? No, but I’ve spent a night in a police cell.
6. Seen someone die? No.
7. Kissed a picture? No.
8. Slept in until 5pm? Yep – IIRC, I’ve managed a 36 hour sleep before.
9. Had sex at work (on the clock)? Nope, but thank’s for the idea 😉 …
10. Fallen asleep at work/school? Yes, but not when I was meant to be working.
11. Held a snake? Yes, I’ve had a pet snake.
12. Ran a red light? Myself, no – but I’ve been a passenger in a red-light jumping car.
13. Been suspended from school? I’ve come close, but no.
14. Pole danced? Not that I recall.
15. Been fired from a job? Not technically, but I’ve been “let go” before.
16. Sang karaoke? Yep – I love it, but I sound like I’m signing along with the local cat chorus.
17. Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t? Yep.
18. Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? Yes. And I’d just like to suggest it is not a good idea with hot tea!
19. Laughed until you peed? No.
20. Caught a snowflake on your tongue? No.
21. Kissed in the rain? Not that I can remember.
22. Had sex in the rain? No
23. Sang in the shower? No, shower is too loud and I normally have a shower when I’m too rushed to enjoy a bath.
24. Gave your private parts a nickname? Nope.
25. Ever gone to school/work without underwear? I’ve tried it once, but just found I worried about it during the day (what happens if my trousers rip, what happens if, when I zip myself up – ouch!) etc.
26. Sat on a roof top? Yep
27. Played chicken? Yep.
28. Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? Nope.
29. Broken a bone? Nope – which, especially when you consider how thin I was when I was younger, is surprising.
30. Flashed someone? Nope, darn’t risk it with the driving instructor next to me. But maybe once I get my own car…
31. Mooned someone? Nope.
32. Shaved your head? Not the top of my head, no.
33. Slept naked? Yep.
34. Blacked out from drinking?
35. Played a prank on someone? Yep
36. Had a gym membership? No
37. Felt like killing someone? Yes.
38. Cried over someone you were in love with? Yes
39. Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? Food as pets? Nope.
40. Been in a band? Nope
41. Shot a gun? Yes
42. Shot a bow and arrow? Yes.
43. Played strip poker? No
44. Donated Blood? No
45. Ever jump out of an airplane? No
46. Been to more than 10 countries? I’ve been to France, Germany, Wales (technically a seperate country from England so it counts!), Malta, Greece/Corfu, Portugal, Japan – so technically no, but if you consider flying from the UK to Japan, I’ve been in the airspace of a lot!
Yes, I’ve finally joined the collective and have been assimiliated into the Rupert Murdoch Borg being known as “Myspace”. I can be found at the URL (sigh, since myspace readers may find their way back to here – that’s an “internet address” people!), http://www.myspace.com/119685198 . Nice and catchy isn’t it. I’m now just a number….
Gotta go – a big white weather balloon is chasing me….
I’ve just realised something….
When I was in Japan in September 2004, I brought a Japanese DVD. The DVD was in Japanese and since it was intended for the Japanese market, it was entirely in Japanese. I watched the DVD on the plane back and I’ve seen it several times since.
Laying in bed just now, it just occured to me…. The Japanese DVD is in Japanese: i.e. there is no English. How on earth did I manage to watch and understand it and how come it’s taken me over 2 years to realise it was in Japanese?
I’ll now have to find the DVD and re-watch it and see if it still makes sense. If so, somehow, magically, I know Japanese without knowing it… Either that, or I’m really really slow off the mark!
Sunday night/Monday morning: I didn’t sleep very well so I didn’t get much sleep. Therefore looking forward to Monday night. Unfortently, I’m “on call” until 11pm, but I should be able to stay awake until then.
Monday 10.50pm: We start receiving issues via our online Kayako helpdesk that some people are having database issues. As I don’t want alerts beeping me at night, I start investigating.
Monday 11.15pm: There’s a lot of Linux quota checking scripts running. Most odd – the maximum I normally see is 1 – and there’s pages full here. And I can’t “kill -9” (terminate) them faster enough. Only one thing for it – server reboot.
Monday 11.30pm: Server hasn’t come back up yet. Hmm, perhaps it just stalled on the reboot. Try again.
Monday 11.45pm: Not good, it still hasn’t come back up. I’ll have to alert the datacenter for investigation.
Tuesday 12am: Data center tries a reboot with a console attached
Tuesday 12.30am: Server is undergoing a file system check (fsck)
Tuesday 1.15am: Still undergoing the fsck. This normally takes around 20 minutes, but the datacenter is reporting lots of “inode faults” being reported on the /var/ parition on the server
Tuesday 2am: Still waiting for the check to finish
Tuesday 3am: Datacenter states it is unlikely to finish, but we agree to give it an extra hour
Tuesday 4am: I ask the datacenter to stick in a new hard drive and mount the old one as a slave.
Tuesday 8.30am: I’m already in the office having had less then 3.5 hours restless sleep. I start copying over the data from the old hard drive
Tuesday 5pm: Still copying, but only an hour to go
Tuesday 6pm: Most of the data is copied and no corruption
Tuesday 7pm: Nooooo! The entire datacenter goes down for nearly 45 minutes – when I had 6 SSH windows running to the server
Tuesday 8pm: Looks like everything is working, but let’s wait for customer responses.
Tuesday 9pm: Hmm, the email system doesn’t appear to be working correctly. It appears the the cPanel system can’t decide whether to use the “old mbox” format for emails or the new maildir format. The data from the failed hard drive expects to be read in the old format.
Tuesday 10pm: Email appears to be mainly working
Tuesday 10.30pm: Nope, still got minor problems with IMAP authentication
Tuesday 11pm: All is checking out and responding.
Tuesday 11.30pm: I head home
Wednesday Midnight: I’m home!
Wednesday: 0.15am: I expect to have dinner
Wednesday 1am: I expect to be able to fall asleep
Wednesday 8.30am: Gotta be in the office again.
I’m going to be a sleep-deprived zombie by the end of today (Wednesday!)