The Patent Dragon's Zone of Soul Retraction

Still waking up at 0600, even at weekends - I hate this crap, but I'm not going to waste the time. I typed up some stuff I've been writing (both in bed, still), and worked beyond the limits of that before doing a netbook update or three, and some web-stuff (including this!) Sadly, the problems with "The Bug Menace" are still getting on my nerves, it seems, and I find it hard to really enjoy anything - or make good on my "ten Tasks advanced in a fortnight" thing. My Mission 101 has really suffered this "summer" (ha!), which is even worse when it should be the time I do the most towards it.

Also, when I try to relax and watch something - fan-Trek, mostly - I find myself falling asleep at the computer! I've twice tried to watch the feature-length Operation Beta Shield - featuring our own "local heroes" from Dundee, Star Trek - Intrepid - but I still don't think I've seen it all.

*sighs* Getting up now. Not particularly breakfast-hungry. Or "Sunday-hungry" either...

...and there's plenty more Babylon 5 where that came from. I've also managed to complete my download of the full story inventory for Star Trek Hidden Frontier, weighing in at 50 or so episodes - thank you, Soon To Be Ex-Broadband Supplier.

Yup, we're bugging out and switching. This wasn't the deal I'd been after, and it could have been suitable had it not been for the goofed-up phone service that came with it - just what we'd wanted to avoid. This "trial period" is almost over, and the moment is approaching for me to regain control over the situation, securing the broadband-only deal I'd been going to get before *ahem* someone went and got suckered into signing up... but enough of that.

In the meantime... My lie-in was aborted by a call to be a good neighbour, so I'll try again tomorrow. Plans to get some writing done suffered as well, partly as a result of that, and most of the evening was devoted to getting my system up to spec. The current chapter of MoN-202 "Mane-of-Night And The Watcher From Beyond" is being rather problematic, and that's just the kind of log-jam that's hard to shift by just banging your head against it over and over again.

A quiet week would go down nicely just about now. Any chance of that...?