October 19, 2008
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It's Oh So Quiet
Ssssh! Ssssh!
It's oh, so still....
Camden is ridiculously still and quiet at 6am on a Sunday. The Tubes are, I think, just about running, but it is far too early for anyone to be considering setting up a market stall. It is far too late for anyone to be staggering home, drunk, from one of the clubs. The baby downstairs is sleeping peacefully, which is a bit of a relief.
A very occasional car drives past, however, it's generally not the sort of car that makes the floor vibrate with the crashing thump of something that sounds like 'Mr Bombastic', but probably isn't. The birds have apparently not yet twigged that morning is on the way (or, in the manner of city birds, failed to twig that it is, indeed, nighttime and they're not supposed to sing). They are terribly quiet as well.
And this little tecchie is heading back to bed (possibly going 'wee wee wee wee' in the manner of the smallest piggy, but more likely rather sedately and clutching a cup of camomile tea), as she's been phoned by India yet again (fourth call this weekend), and the server might be down, but she can't see it.
Oh cruel, cruel fate. Just as I wrote that, they phoned back, with more detail.
Can someone tell me why I can see it, and they can't?
(oh yeah, the clocks have gone back in the US, but not yet in the UK - so it's not 5am, but 6am here. Once again, Xanga has failed to recognise this!)
xxx
Comments (11)
Because it's the way of the world? Help is often needed from those who have the ability to help. :-
Clocks haven't gone back yet. Happens on November 2nd, thanks to the government thinking it'll help us save energy.
Extra hour in bed Next Weekeeeeeeend
My heart nearly stopped there for a minute, thinking I was not due to sing in 14 minutes but rather almost an hour late.
Good luck with India's server troubles.
@toxicned -
Yes, due to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, we have to wait a few more weeks to turn our clocks back. I preferred it when Indiana didn't turn their clocks back or forward at all, it always messes with my sleep schedule.
@fibermom, @toxicned, @redsangria - So it's just my Xanga that's an hour out. It figures. ~x~
I don't like the turning of the clocks at all. Who likes pitch black at 4:00 pm? NOT me.
@redsangria - My part of Indiana has always turned our clocks back and forth.
Everyone beat me to the DST switch. The switch last year wreaked havoc on our Exchange systems, because Microsoft likes to keep us all on our toes, and not produce a fix for the problem.
I want some hot apple cider.
Hey, can I get your foot measurements for Monkey?
I owe you a pair or two of socks...
Holy crap, were we supposed to change our clocks back? Didn't the Anglos defeat the Saxons once by changing all the clocks in town by an hour? Have I left this same comment before? It feels familiar. By the way, a quiet Sunday morning in Camden with a cup of tea sounds like an enticingly romantic time to write the perfect novel. I am truly sorry it was tainted by the whole techgirl thing. And, can I get your foot measurements too. Not for socks, I'm just interested.
-J
@writejaywrite - Apparently, Xanga thinks the clocks have already gone back in the UK (not for another week) so everything is confused.
Particularly me at 6am on a Sunday. ~x~