SpaCeMonKeY UK

Aaargh it's way too hot for me... I think the only thing that makes me consider moving countries is when it gets hot and I think about moving somewhere colder. :) I don't know how hot it was today, I'm guessing it must have been nearly 30 degrees, it's just... too hot for me. I was stuck in a training room all day learning about Mapinfo. I already knew most of it, though I didn't always know WHY I did the things I did, having used the thing without training for 5 years (might have been handy to have it a bit earlier!). Anyway, it was hot in the little room with all those training PCs. And there weren't even any cups to take water from the water dispenser! I stole someone's mug for the day. I don't think they like people using their training room. :(

Anyway, more training tomorrow, so that'll be fun...

It certainly is a heatwave, the weatherman was right... Not really sure why people are so happy when the weather's this hot. I'd rather have to put jumpers on than be sweltering in the heat. :)

Went to a 'Prayer for our city' meeting in Wigston last night, in the church opposite B&Q. It was good, though I'm always scared of things where I get mixed up into groups and have to pray with people I don't know. I did get to stay with Rob, though. And I'm glad I went. Don't have anything to do tonight (this is a very busy week) - maybe I'll have time to put some more blue plaques on Flickr!

Oddly excited about Lego Rock Band - very cute. But is it rock? Maybe not if it's child friendly... Guess it has to be a lower age rating. In other gaming news I gave in and I've been playing Sims 3 a bit. My Sim is called Cassie Starr and she's going to be a rock star. Woo!

Had a pretty good weekend - went to Creswell Crags and (whilst doing boring housework) particularly enjoyed the second Formula 2 race of the weekend.

We went to Creswell Crags because they were opening the new visitors' centre. We saw David Attenborough (who was opening it) but mainly we went because Rob's dad was doing flint knapping there. Not only that, but he made the knife that David Attenborough cut the ribbon with! The new centre was good, the exhibition was nicely done. I particuarly liked the interactive touch screen thingummy that showed you all the cave art. The crags themselves are always a little disappointing since there's little interpretation there and the caves have grilles over the openings to stop you going inside. I'm not complaining about that, but it's hard to understand why they're so exciting!

The 2nd Formula 2 race from Spa was particularly memorable because it was Alex Brundle's best finish of the season so far - 5th. It might be fun to go and watch the races at Donington in August. :)

Apart from that, not really looking forward to the predicted heatwave this week. I hate hot weather...

Took some more photos last night - one my my pics is now on the front page of Open Plaques! Can't find some though, annoyingly - so far I know 2 have been removed, so they're not around, and I can't find the East Gate plaque, the Unemployed March one that's supposed to be at the Corn Exchange or the Conduit plaque. I've now taken photos of 17 plaques, which you can see in my Flickr set and there are apparently 37 (well, 35 with the two that definitely aren't there at the moment) in total. So I have 18 to find. There are still some easy ones to take pics of, but I think it will only get harder...

Today's headlines: looks like F1 is safe, there was a big article about Dan Black in the Metro and I took 7 (or 8) pictures of plaques in Leicester for the Open Plaques project. Hooray!

It didn't seem that Max Moseley really won many of the points he'd been arguing about (he says they reached a 'compromise') but at least it's all sorted. Was looking a bit serious for a while there.

Dan Black? He was the frontman in 'The Servant', who I really liked (but few had heard of). I've pre-ordered his solo album, out soon, and it sounds really good. It's good to see him getting some press coverage.

And plaques, well, I took pictures of 7 blue plaques and 1 other plaque (did take some other pics of buildings, too, which may get onto my Flickr/Google Earth thing at some point). The plaques are on my Flickr account and mapped here, if you're interested! If I've done it right they'll also be integrated into the Open Plaques site before too long.

If the weather brightens up maybe I'll take some more pics later. :)

Another hot and sunny day - brought my camera with me, hopefully the sun will still be shining when I leave work (though not too hot!). Will either take pics of buildings in the city centre, plaques, or both (the plaques project is a new thing, will say more if and when I manage to take some photos).

We had a church meeting in rooms at the Church of the Nativity in Aylestone last night - two of our homegroups met up together. Our church's homegroups meet during the week in people's homes, usually, but this was a 'special occasion'. It was ok but I felt a bit ill when I went and by the end I felt awful. I've been headachey lately (think it's hayfever related) and sitting in a hot fairly noisy room that smelt of paint didn't really help. The meeting itself was ok though I don't really like large groups of people so (as usual) I didn't talk to anyone unless they made an effort to talk to me (I'm rubbish, I know). Ah well.