http://www.normanralph.com Musings, News and Achievements Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.normanralph.com/2012/02/05/what-i-have-been-up-to-this-week-2012-02-05/ http://www.normanralph.com/2012/02/05/what-i-have-been-up-to-this-week-2012-02-05/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000 Norm http://www.normanralph.com/2012/02/05/what-i-have-been-up-to-this-week-2012-02-05/

At Leeds Uni to watch Don giovanni #

Not long til #6nations kicks off #

Pie and peas is such an awesome combo #

So it looks like I've found @rolpheroo on twitter! #

Pished. It's all Natalie's and Amy's fault. #

Going blind reading technical specs. I wish someone would write these with some humour! #

“Buffalo River Home” by John Hiatt is my new jam. ? http://t.co/GFymFG1l #thisismyjam #

Leeds, sweet Leeds. I do miss you when I'm gone. #iaminyou #

"It's hard to argue when you won't stop making sense" – snow patrol lyrics sum up what people often say to me :-p #

Don't you hate it when you have an awesome idea but don't write it down! Now can't remember the idea, other than it was awesome. #

Surprised that iphone battery has lasted from london to wakefield before dying. Started journey with about 10pc battery. #

Dammit. Got power point but in aisle seat and my window seat friend has refused to swap #

Really hope the train back to Leeds has power points! #

Good day in London today some great work by @ahsstudents with societies across the country. Really excited about 2012 for atheist socs #

Last tweet is an example of people jumping the gun. #

Natural history museum in london's entrance is still one of most striking I've seen. #

Getting my geek thrills on at the science museum playing with möbius strips. #

Wellcome galleries closed on Mondays. Fail. #

Finished my @ahsstudents board meeting, any ideas for killing 5hours? #

Anyone know anywhere good for breakfast near Goodge Street/tottenham court road? #

Made the train in plenty of time. Leaving guildford and @GodwinsLawyer and heading to London and @ahsstudents board meeting #

Watching tv whilst @GodwinsLawyer ignores me :p #failsasahost #

A lovely afternoon with @GodwinsLawyer getting my private Taylor swift concert #

Have girls just stopped wearing clothes this season. About 5 girls on this train have got tights on but nothing else on legs.. #

I think my lyric of the day is "she's a child of the wild blue yonder; born in the tear of an angel." For some reason seems quote cool image #

Made my connection despite being 40mins late into London #

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At Leeds Uni to watch Don giovanni #

Not long til #6nations kicks off #

Pie and peas is such an awesome combo #

So it looks like I've found @rolpheroo on twitter! #

Pished. It's all Natalie's and Amy's fault. #

Going blind reading technical specs. I wish someone would write these with some humour! #

“Buffalo River Home” by John Hiatt is my new jam. ? http://t.co/GFymFG1l #thisismyjam #

Leeds, sweet Leeds. I do miss you when I'm gone. #iaminyou #

"It's hard to argue when you won't stop making sense" – snow patrol lyrics sum up what people often say to me :-p #

Don't you hate it when you have an awesome idea but don't write it down! Now can't remember the idea, other than it was awesome. #

Surprised that iphone battery has lasted from london to wakefield before dying. Started journey with about 10pc battery. #

Dammit. Got power point but in aisle seat and my window seat friend has refused to swap #

Really hope the train back to Leeds has power points! #

Good day in London today some great work by @ahsstudents with societies across the country. Really excited about 2012 for atheist socs #

Last tweet is an example of people jumping the gun. #

Natural history museum in london's entrance is still one of most striking I've seen. #

Getting my geek thrills on at the science museum playing with möbius strips. #

Wellcome galleries closed on Mondays. Fail. #

Finished my @ahsstudents board meeting, any ideas for killing 5hours? #

Anyone know anywhere good for breakfast near Goodge Street/tottenham court road? #

Made the train in plenty of time. Leaving guildford and @GodwinsLawyer and heading to London and @ahsstudents board meeting #

Watching tv whilst @GodwinsLawyer ignores me :p #failsasahost #

A lovely afternoon with @GodwinsLawyer getting my private Taylor swift concert #

Have girls just stopped wearing clothes this season. About 5 girls on this train have got tights on but nothing else on legs.. #

I think my lyric of the day is "she's a child of the wild blue yonder; born in the tear of an angel." For some reason seems quote cool image #

Made my connection despite being 40mins late into London #

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Train broke down means top speed is limited so running an hour late already. #

Oops, totally slept through alarm full on sprint to the station and made the train by the skin of my teeth. #

You know it's bad when going to bed at 5.20 and I'm not the last one in!! #

It's official! @GodwinsLawyer is my new best friend after she sent me a tiny @profbriancox http://t.co/RizwIvt4 #

Watching mrs doubtfire. Hi-larious! #

At this rate I will still be working at 10pm! #

Gah, this document is killing me… #

Giants – Pats in #superbowlXLVI should be a good game. Revenge for 2008? @chrisworfolk misses out on his shirt choice #

“Sanvean” by Dead Can Dance is my new jam. ? http://t.co/GFymFG1l #thisismyjam #

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A night of shenanigans all round. #

Getting drunk… #

So @citychurchleeds are following me. Wonder if that means I will get invited for tea. #

I wish early stats converted to early finishes. #

Nothing quite like porn with your friends. #

Apparently @christopherowen has been signing our furniture http://t.co/sUYULKkI #

Well that was one shit of a day #

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“Teardrop” by Massive Attack is my new jam. ? http://t.co/GFymFG1l #thisismyjam #

Do late night record stores exist? #

Can I manage 3 full weeks at work til my next day off? Spoiled having not worked a full week in a while. #

Lol, the house on location in #sherlock was on a relatively recent episode of location, location. #smallworld #

"Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival is my new jam. Listen: http://t.co/OiZ1k1OO #thisismyjam #

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Just watched the #Sherlock pilot episode. Glad they reshot it. #

Half 1 is not a sensible time for me to be going to bed. #

Will be hitting up Radio Leeds to talk about #resolutionrevolution #

Halfway through first week of the year. Not been too bad. Got theme hospital to get me through til sporty summer #

Right, I think I am going to have to dump all my friends in couples. Just too depressingly icky. #

"Local Boy In The Photograph" by Stereophonics is my new jam. Listen: http://t.co/OiZ1k1OO #thisismyjam #

Recovery steak consumed got some ice cream and wafers to watch prince Caspar with and then it's #sherlock #

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Last tweet should say screwed not whatever I drunkenly wrote. #

Looks like all the people that ever a tweed me over are all in one place this year. #newyearirony #

How many technophiles does it take to sort out shared desk topping between a MacBook and a Linux media centre? #

Tickets booked for @ahsstudents Biard meeting and visiting @GodwinsLawyer #

Great night at the ballet with @christopherowen and Cara not a bad way to finish an otherwise crappy day. #

Just had a tooth out. Not fun stupid abscess and high pain threshold. #

Ballet tonight with Cara and @christopherowen #

Worlds most pointless cheque… http://t.co/rebAyTdD #

Captain America, rise of planet of the apes, theme hospital, civ 1 or original tron when I get home? #toughquestion #

Or it would had I not left my tickets at home. 17 quid lighter and I can start again, lol. #

Journey home starts now. #

"Keep It Simple" by Delays is my new jam. Listen: http://t.co/OiZ1k1OO #thisismyjam #

Last day at home today. Drinks with friends later then train back to Leeds. #

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Carols from Kings, mince pie baking and prepping the bird. Fun times. #

Last leg of the journey and my iPod serendipitously shuffles on 'home for christmas'. #

Surprise surprise its fucking freezing on Preston station. 15 min wait for connection to Kirkham. #

On the train back across the Pennines. Feels odd that Lancashire is starting to feel foreign #

"Wolves" by Josh Ritter is my new jam. Listen: http://t.co/OiZ1k1OO #thisismyjam #

I may have gone a bit extreme… http://t.co/0B6FJH5G #

Off for a Christmas hair cut, lunch and then off home for some festive cheer. #

It's Christmas Eve Eve. The best night to get rat arsed as you have a whole day to recover before seeing family. #

First eye test in 20 years where I dont need new glasses. #

Hoping that Verdi's Requiem Mass will cheer me up. #

Now the stupid bus is late worst day in ages. #

Stupid floods in Thailand causing consumer electronics to be twice the price!! #

Can't believe @o2 is claiming that Apple's 12 days of Xmas is their own idea. #

Literally feel like I've just had the spanking of a lifetime. #

Lol first bus broke down and second bus is driven by a guy that makes the driver me and @andrew_gibney had one time look sane. #

1.5 days of work to go! Heading home to finish some calls. #

Only a week to go now until this Christmas nonsense is all done and dusted for the year #

Win. @ProfBrianCox is on tv tonight. According to the Radio Times he is not sat astride a Peruvian temple… #

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Awesome times @ShinyPyroGirl and @theblindking have rocked up #

Hitting up #Wendy with @MR_OJR @chrisworfolk @TeeEssEll @thealchemist88 @elanlei and some new faces #

How hungover do I need to be to get out of Christmas shopping? #

Why is no one awake to entertain me #

Off to Xmas party. In shorts. #

Work done for the week. Time for a nice chilled out weekend with the #wendy crowd @ShinyPyroGirl @chrisworfolk etc #

So it looks like @O2 are screwing over my Christmas plans. #

Last call of the day now done #

Looks like work massif has found me on twitter – say hi to @chandler_liz and @jamiex #

Fun night out with @leedsatheistsoc and always a bonus to see @christopherowen and Cara it is however 2am on a school night. #

Do I risk it and watch series 9 of scrubs? #

Got a present for @elanlei today. #

Didn't know that Stephen Jay Gould was an honorary Doctor of Science at university of Leeds. #

Just seen that I've got 9 and a half weeks leave next year (inc bank holidays). Sweet. #

First Christmas card of the season. Thanks Janette! http://t.co/FuohrS3d #

I think I'm going to have to risk another brothel finding a physio to look at my shoulder. #

Better dig out the loose pants for tomorrow as I'm hitting Spice Quarter with @leedsatheistsoc . #

#mindblown @elanlei is using leg warmers to actually warm her legs… #

No Chinese for me @chrisworfolk @elanlei and @BinaryMage forgot about me. The D it is then. #

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So @BinaryMage found £20 so kebabs on him #

Doing the #safetydance at @fabcafeleeds with @binarymage #

Cara getting her grin on. http://t.co/3lx1RLNo #

Big bag of chillies for tea tonight #

I do love finding random pics of folk I don't know on my phone. Give me a shout if this is you? http://t.co/AyzONzIs #

Today's advice: Do a little dance. Make a little love. Get down tonight. #

Oh god. http://t.co/IZWPb8ff #

Beer good. Food good. Company good. Work Christmas do is over and now time for me and @BinaryMage to hit up @fabcafeleeds #

My first official Christmas pint taken with Pencil Illusion as recommended by @kieranohea http://t.co/I8ET2WQl #

Twitter crowd, is there more than 1 pub in Leeds referred to as 'the taps'? #

Work Christmas lunch today. Traditional Christmas Thai food. Tho Liz missed the bus. Was it wrong for me to leave anyway? #

At least I will be able to get bit more excited about itv4's Europa League coverage. #

Only half way through the day and im counting down to home time. Not feeling at all well #

My twitter topics tonight… Teen promiscuity, fave geometric shape, @ProfBrianCox and integration (calculus) #

Mind blown. @ProfBrianCox and @timminchin duet!!! #

A little bit emotional after the space shuttle video montage. #

At @O2 Apollo for #uncagedmonkeys with @aislinfrancis and @theblindking . @timminchin playing some ambient music. #

So excited about #uncagedmonkeys #

Tickets for tonight printed now @theblindking and @aislinfrancis better remind me to bring them home :p #

Also got tickets to Beauty an the Beast ballet at Leeds Grand for 30th December #

Excited about #uncagedmonkeys tomorrow with @aislinfrancis and @theblindking #

Today has just been shocking. Started badly with me pulling a hammy running for the bus the got worse! #shouldhavestretched #badday #

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