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Town takes longer than it really feels like it should.

I've been quite busy this week. Mostly I think I just shouldn't get involved in fandoms that have fic written for them. That way only leads to madness, and no sleep. Though it turns out coffee helps with that.

The job is going pretty well. I'm working for an NHS Mental Health clinic, and it literally is just answering phones and transferring people, and typing up letters. And dealing with people in reception. Sometimes it gets a bit hectic when all those things happen at once - and they keep trusting me to come in a bit early and unlock all the gates and fire exits (fools). And sometimes people call up and are crying, but mostly it's all easy enough to cope with, if you know what to do. We only get a half an hour for lunch, which is annoying, but the area's quite nice and my work when I'm in there is mostly to be near the phone. And the people there are really nice, and friendly. Apparently the temp who was there before me, on Monday, came in the morning and then walked out at lunchtime, so mostly they think I'm great for still being there. There is a fire exit right next to the toilet though, so frankly I think they're asking for it. But I have no intention of escaping. I've only got the job for another three weeks though, which sucks a bit.

Otherwise I have mostly been learning that my "independent" life doesn't involve a) cleaning, b) posting on LJ, or c) sleeping. The bathroom quite powerfully needs a clean at this point. That might be this evening's job. And there was an issue on Thursday when K texted me to ask a 'big favour' - could I put her up for a month in November. Now, most of you haven't seen my flat because I can't work a digital camera (or at least keep it supplied with batteries), but it is essentially a room. It's a fairly big room, but a room nonetheless. And I don't have guest bed, she would be on the sofa, which is uncomfortable for me, and she's taller. For four weeks. While she was assumedly working on a project she's trying to set up here, and I was probably trying to keep out of her way. Mostly I flailed a bit, asked for more time. Then on Friday we talked about it, I explained that I thought it would be a bad idea for 4 weeks, though 1 or 2 would be fine, but that she could stay for 4 if she really wanted to and needed to. Because it is going to be important to her project, and she and J did it for me. Which she seemed happy with. Nothing's really set in stone at this point though, so we'll have to wait and see how it turns out.

This Wednesday I have to pay my rent, and it'll be the last month I have to pay rent for this flat. It's sort of freeing and nerve-wracking at the same time. I don't think I'll leave the flat any time soon, if I don't have to. I quite love it, even if the heat is a bit variable. And I love Nottingham. Yesterday I discovered the joy of Pumpernickels, which is a sandwich bar with armchairs and tudor benches in the back. There's a bar in town that does a teapot of shots, and the Ted Baker has a spiral staircase. Probably lots of cities have things like that. I quite like this one.

Other things:

• I'm a bit in love with the the_sc_files. OH GOD, GABRIEL. OH GOD.



• I'm watching myself for Heroes spoilers, because people have started to watch it. But I'm planning to watch it myself on BBC2, as a kind of catch-up. But BBC2, WHAT IS THE POINT OF REPEATING IT REALLY LATE AT NIGHT ON WORKNIGHTS?



• I'm thinking of swapping out a bunch of my icons, but also thinking about not renewing my paid account when the time comes.



• The Simpsons Movie, which I saw on Friday with K and J, is very very good. I laughed quite embarassingly loudly. And we had doughnuts. That was win.



• I'm still mostly in love with Draco Malfoy.



• Some other things, probably.