From many of my friends: this video. This man. Who says the things I would only flail and rant in attempting to say myself, and who makes me want to cry until I realise it's Proposition 8 itself that makes me want to cry, and this, if not consolation, is validation. A voice. My voice. Here.

From kyryn: November is G.E.D. Month! Which stands for 'Get 'Er Done' month. I am hereby signing up.

Since I got home on Friday I have:

• done 6? 7? loads of washing and visited the laundrette twice to get it all dried*
• done a 'proper' shop at Morrisons (and gone back twice to get 'just a couple more things' I forgot
• cooked up a monster batch of lamb stew
• cooked up a large batch of bolognese sauce
• finally cooked up the bag of apples my sister gave me into apple sauce (eaten by ravenlas), a crumble and a pie
• cleaned out and cleaned the fridge
• cleaned out the main food cupboard
• started work on the Pseudopod slushpile

Which I think is a pretty good start to G.E.D. month. Hurrah! I'm taking a leaf out of kyryn's book lj and planning on working on one thing every day. I'll be putting up a post-dated post with The List, which I'll mark up so I can keep track of what I do. Everything may not get finished, but at least it'll get worked on. Maybe I'll be so busy I'll forget just how grey, cold and depressing November is. Meh.

ravenlas and I also spent a very enjoyable (if somewhat jet-lagged) Halloween round at alasdair1076 and Kate's, watching suitably spooky films and Dead Set.

And tomorrow, it's back to work... *le sigh*

*Bendix launderette has awesome dryers: 11 minutes to dry 3 loads of laundry in one dryer? Wow! I think I'll be going there every week. Much, much easier than trying to find places for things to dry around the house (no radiators).

ETA: The List is up. Feel free to come round and give me a hand. Or shout encouragement. Or throw things. Your choice... Yes, you can vote on what you'd like me to do next, but I reserve the right to do something else instead. :)

( In which I expound and pontificate on my sleeping habits, among other things. )

Have a great day, y'all. Shabbat Shalom (technically that's later, but it's so darn gloomy out there...)