This is late

She works hard for the money, so hard for it honey...

It's been an entertaining day so far. It's now 1pm and I've had a chicken kebab which was mega. Watched some vids. Worked out Mail Merge in Pages (it is SO easy once you work out the first two steps - which is Inspector>Info). I still love my Macbook Pro. It is wonderful. Been printing off envelopes that I've mail merged (which is far more fun that printing labels, and looks neater). About to fold up 100 envelopes and send them out. Then have to spend the next two weeks calling up stores. Sigh. Not happy - am rubbish on outgoings, but we'll see.

FINALLY got the PES store orders done, AND I got a prize sent out that's been bugging me for a while. Life is good. I am going to be poor this month though - expenses taking ages to pay!

Right, so, after a long day's work, I'm back on the train gang, and of course, I'm playing battery game. It was reading at 6:22, but then I turned the brightness to nothing and dimmed the keyboard and it climbed to 8:44, and now it's saying 9:29, which is so blindingly amazing it doesn't actually bear thinking about, really. It's not so dim I can't read it. I'll give it a minute and see if I can screenshot it again, but I've got to be quick. Thing is, I'm using absolutely nothing to get that kind of usage - WI-Fi is off, drive not being used... oh, 9:22. Going down. Best use screenshot now. Be fast!!!

Wasn't fast enough. Went to 8:20 too quickly. Daft thing. It's like rare birdspotting. The Lesser-Shotted Battery Life. Lol.

DAMN 9:29 again. Ok, let's go again. GAH. Missed it again. This is so funny! Ok, I give up. I've seen it at tiny use. It does mean that the trackpad must use a mental amount of power 'cos it spikes the usage whenever I try to do it. Just sitting on the keyboard typing into Evernote uses so little power it's unbelievable.

Engadget got their 17" Pro today to unbox and review. Theirs was the absolute max version - kitted out with the massive 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM and of course the anti-glare screen. I am glad I didn't get the anti-glare screen - it's just the same screen as the previous iterations. Don't like it. Don't really care that I can kinda see my fingers in the screen while I'm typing, love it anyway. Will wait to see what they say about the screen. Hope they'll be pleased by the battery life - I am so far. Although less happy that I've used up 2 cycles so far out of the guaranteed 1,000, and I haven't even let it get below 50% yet. Also that it came with only 98% health. Although some people who got theirs that I read already had 3 cycles out of it. Thanks, iStat Pro :D

I made a tactical seating error - I'm in the same kind of place I was this morning, being crushed by the stupid overly-large coffeecup thing. Why did First Great Western think a triangular table was a good idea? Silly FGW. I could have sat in a corner seat but I thought then I couldn't make observations on the rest of the people in the carriage. Boooourns! Although if my Macbook was a littler one, it would be a LOT easier. Lol.

Just pulled out of Slough, train very crowded now. Well, I'd be squeezing in to get out Slough if I worked there too. Lol.

Mailbox! Open Mailbox!

Not a fan of the sweatmarks that pool under where my palms rest. Grrr.

The two people opposite me are reading the Lovely Bones (read by the girl with the fantastic eyeliner) and a book whose spine I can't see 'cos he's to my right and has only just start the book, but the back has an American flag and proclaims loudly that it's a Pulitzer prize-winning booke (read by the slightly good-looking bloke). Oh, Pulitzer has been put away. Wonder if he caught me looking at him. Meh, so waht.

Can't get into comfy position. Will remember NEVER to sit in this position when want to type again!!!! Hopefully train will emptty towards Oxford and will be able to sptead out.

Wonder if could write Bridget JOnes-style book involving man sat in corner of train blogging on his commute to work. Might consider it. Obv would have some girl comment on it and have their romance grow. That would be such a good idea! OMFG! What a good idea. Might do that! Might start it now. Will start idea and write for fifteen mins. Must not mention Macbook.

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Well, didn't quite mention it. Is now forty minutes later. Enjoyed it so much couldn't stop. Got to write morning and evening story every day, but for first few weeks will put both up as one post every evening. Will also register several false accounts to make comments with, as part of storyline. Very proud of self.

There was a bloke with a black Macbook looking like me - comfy and groovy, not a ThinkPadMan. Was happy about that. Felt less left out of scary ThinkPad group. Integrated into story. Very proud. Caught Macbook man looking at my Macbook with face of jealousy. Muahahahaha. YAY! FIRST!

She works hard for the money... too hard for it honey! Just about to get home so will turn off Macbook now. On way back to Morecambe tonight so probably won't post this until get home and have time. Until next time!