12 December 2012

Ravi Shankar - RIP

I was going to post a video here. But really, you should just go to YouTube and watch them all. Hours of them.

An amazing talent. He was generous enough to share his skill and passion with us all.




I've...well, we've made a light up halo. Sherlock seems happy enough. I think it's reasonably  Sherlock-proof, and can easily have all the glowsticks changed when those ones run out of glow.

Tis the season to kill people at the moment, so work is busy.

I've taken New Years night as my 'shit shift' as they're known.

And now, I need to go and tuck Sherlock in, and pretty soon, tuck myself in. I'm knackered.

53 comments:

pandabob said...

Well done on the halo :-)

sleep well when you finally get to tuck yourself in or be tucked in by your doc ;-)

Greg Lestrade said...

we'll see if it survives a day of rehearsals - if not, it'll need reinforcement!

And thanks. Dragging myself and the doc off to bed soon, I hope. Just got to get off this sofa...

REReader said...

Rehearsals are there to work out the problems, in the performers and their halos! (But I bet it'll be plenty sturdy enough, and I'm sure it's beautifully glowy!)

Have a good night, guys. :)

Anonymous said...

Did Sherlock take his glowy halo to his room for looking at until the glow fades, or did he put it in the refrigerator in the hope it would stay glowy till tomorrow?

Sleep well. It sounds like you'll need the rest. I hope there aren't any new bodies for you tomorrow.



rsf

Greg Lestrade said...

Apologies to John... last night, don't know how, was all tucked up tight against the cold and I think John rolled over, dragging the duvet with him, but I was holding it against my chest.

End result - duvet tried to strangle me. So I woke up feeling strangled, went a bit wild, sort of...flailing about. Which made John wake up very abruptly, obviously, and basically scared the shit out of both of us.

We managed to laugh about it in the end...but my heart was going a million miles an hour. Adrenalin all over the place. no good for sleeping.

pandabob said...

that sounds horrid Greg, its awful when sleep is disturbed in such a way because you have no control at all over your reactions :-(

I hope you're doing ok and that coffee is getting you through the tiredness and work is diverting your mind :-)

Greg Lestrade said...

Yeah, well, at least John understands and we can both find the funny side once we've got our breath back and stopped feeling too idiotic about our reactions. It makes such a huge difference, having someone who understands.

Anonymous said...

Why is it that kind of interruption always seems to happen on the nights when you're really tired? (That's a generic "you". I typed "one" and it looked really pretentious.)

Glad you had each other to be awake with in the middle of the night, though. Good luck to both of you for staying awake through the day!

rsf

Greg Lestrade said...

Danger, don't text or call my mobile. It got run over by a bus. Going to be in interviews this afternoon anyway.

John H. D. Watson said...

Well...I'm glad it was your phone and not you. Can't wait to hear how that happened, although apparently I shall have to.

Don't worry about last night, really. I think we were startled in pretty much equal amounts.

pandabob said...

oh no your poor phone :-( John's right though better the phone than you :-)

Are you having a good day John?

John H. D. Watson said...

Yeah, pretty decent, thanks. Just picking up Sherlock now and watching his classmates hug the dogs of war, to the disquiet of some of their parents.

pandabob said...

I'm glad its been a good one John :-)

Have fun with the boys and try not to freeze any more than necessary

REReader said...

Sounds like you've had a Not Good start to the day, L--I hope things have looked up considerably since! (For you too, John. :))

How did the halo hold up in rehearsal, Sherlock?

Greg Lestrade said...

To be honest, I don't know what ran it over. Chasing a suspect down a road, it fell out of my pocket, someone picked it up and gave it to another officer. Probably just a car. Bus sounded more dramatic.

Annoyingly, the LED that tells me if I have missed call/text/email still works. But I've no idea which it is, because it was on silent when it smashed...

Mycroft said...

Do you have to turn it in at work to get a new one, or can I take it apart?

REReader said...

Is this MET -supplied phone, and if so will they replace it quickly? It must be so inconvenient not to have one, being out and about so much.

Greg Lestrade said...

You can have it, Mycroft. It all still works except the screen - I just accidentally called Nicky on it, messing about.

RR - yeah, from the Met. Although I'm going back to having two after this - too much hassle not having one at all.

pandabob said...

A bus running over it sounded like we might have a great story coming up but I'm still of the opinion that its better the phone than you however undramatic the story ;-)

I turned my phone off for 24 hours a couple of weeks ago and only then did I realise quite how much I use it!

I hope you're heading home soon for a relaxing evening :-)

Mycroft said...

Thank you, Lestrade. Are you playing at the pub tonight?

Greg Lestrade said...

Did you want to come along?

Mycroft said...

If it wouldn't disturb you, yes.

Greg Lestrade said...

you'd be welcome. Want me to drop by and pick you up? Or are you bringing the kids along with you ;)

Mycroft said...

They're coming along, yes. If you felt like picking me up anyway, I wouldn't object, but I know it's out of your way.

Greg Lestrade said...

no, it's fine. I'll drop off my paperwork and pick you up. Maybe we can persuade those tube-dwellers to pick up pizza on the way home for us all?

REReader said...

Having two sounds like a very good idea for you. (It's why I have a second pair of the eyeglasses I use most often--some things are just too important to not have backup for.)

Have a fun time at the pub, guys! (Yay, pizza!) *now wants pizza for supper*

John H. D. Watson said...

I think we can be convinced.

Greg Lestrade said...

Well... think that went fairly well. Fingers didn't entirely work as ordered, but, yeah, not bad.

My rent-a-crowd behaved very well.

Mycroft and I are home. Waiting for our pizza delivery boys.

John H. D. Watson said...

Almost there. We'll expect a tip.

REReader said...

:)

What songs did you play this time?

Greg Lestrade said...

Danger - don't eat yellow snow.

RR - Streets of London, Lyin' Eyes and He Ain't Heavy.

John H. D. Watson said...

I'm pretty sure Sherlock and I could eat this all by ourselves...

Greg Lestrade said...

but you haven't :)

John H. D. Watson said...

It's a good thing we like you so much, that's all I'm saying.

Greg Lestrade said...

I'm thankful for that every day. And night. EVen if you do try to strangle me in my sleep.

REReader said...

Lyin' Eyes is a classic--and Streets of London is new to me but I love it a lot.

Did Sherlock approve your performance of He Ain't Heavy? :)

John H. D. Watson said...

That was the duvet. I had no part in its plot.

Greg Lestrade said...

Mmm...it's always liked you better. It tries to hug around you as much as I do. Maybe it's jealous of me...

John H. D. Watson said...

It's probably in league with the wallpaper.

Greg Lestrade said...

yeah. And on that subject, I think our washing machine has a foot fetish - I swear I'm missing socks.

John H. D. Watson said...

You are missing socks. There's five down in the laundry room without mates. I have no explanation. Well, I have no realistic explanation.

Greg Lestrade said...

Well I think my explanation is realistic - if you're serious about the fnug having it in for me, then why can't the washing machine have a thing for my socks?

John H. D. Watson said...

I was thinking more of an inter-dimensional sock eating portal at the back of the dryer.

Greg Lestrade said...

Like some sort of Narnia for smalls?

John H. D. Watson said...

Exactly. Your socks are off having grand adventures with small woodland creatures.

Greg Lestrade said...

can't say I blame them. Nicer than being stuck on my plates all day long.

Anon Without A Name said...

I managed to read that as "your socks are having it off in grand adventures with small woodland creatures"...

John H. D. Watson said...

Socks have a hard life.

Greg Lestrade said...

Nameless - knowing my socks, I wouldn't be surprised!

John H. D. Watson said...

Nameless - then you don't want to know what I accidentally typed instead of socks the first time!

Greg Lestrade said...

right, this paperwork is going nowhere. I'm going to bed, reading my presentation for tomorrow and then pretending I'm going to get enough sleep to be vaguely coherent to deliver it. (for the more observant amongst you, I got the date wrong last week. Wishing my life away.)

pandabob said...

good luck with sleep Greg and with the presentation tomorrow, I hope it goes well :-)

John H. D. Watson said...

I'll join you shortly; I was just finishing a post.

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