Rain, misery and lack of enthusiasm, that was the order of the day, not unusual but sometimes it can be sunny I suppose. Having problems at work with these poxy transducer modules, I won’t go into it as it really is boring as hell, certainly isn’t helping. I’m really trying to grasp at something that will help me look forward in a more positive vain, I’m beginning to believe I may have made a mistake by changing jobs as money has certainly become an issue now. Barry, a guy I used to work with, told me I should have taken on the role as Commercial Heating Engineer as I could now be earning £50 per hour! Yeah, thanks for that… I needed that information like a red hot poker up my arse!
April 14th, 2008
It’s been a bit of shit week all in all, I was hoping for a visit from a little green man offering me superhuman powers and the ability to forsee the National Lottery numbers, but that didn’t happen. I was given a letter yesterday by the Human Resouces Manager (a pointless title for a position invented to fill the Appointments section in the newspapers) and told to open it there and then… Oh shit I thought, maybe I’ll be reading that Appointments section myself very soon, but it was a letter to say I have been taken on permanantly following a review with the Head of Electronics. And I was emailed a job locally in a similar role offering me 10K more!! Hmmm… Tomorrow I drive off to see Julie, I will take some photos if I remember and upload them at some point.
April 11th, 2008
Had a reminder through yesterday for an appointment at the Metabolic clinic in the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, very efficient I thought, noticing the time and date to be a little beyond my means, I decided to phone and alter it. I rang at 8.30 am today and the phone rang and rang, well guess they’re not open till 9am so I rang back at 9.15am, Bingo! 2 rings and a very polite lady answers the phone and wishes me a good morning, I asked if I have the wrong number but no, I don’t. My confidence began to grow as I cheerfully accepted her greeting and went about supplying the necessary alphanumeric identification requirements, all that I needed to do was book the appointment at a more convenient time about 2 weeks into the future, but the earliest appointment date was the 1st of bloody September, that’s almost 5 months! I booked this appointment initially 6 months ago as it is… Anyway I had no choice but to accept and promise to ring inbetween to see if any cancellations may bring the date closer. No wonder they have time to answer the phones quickly if they only see two patients a week!
April 10th, 2008
Tired seems to be the common factor from day to day so far this week. Monday I buggered off home from work early because of a power cut, Tuesday I buggered off home early, because i did and today I’m in slow motion once again. Anyway, that aside I’m pretty good, for those of you who are unaware I am now officially in a relationship, her name is Julie and is more or less exactly like me…except female and Welsh. I better get on and do something I suppose.
April 9th, 2008
This is odd, took a couple of photos of the snow Monday morning and look what appeared in one of them.
This is what is looks like magnified in Photoshop.
April 8th, 2008
I Am Superman
Apparently I am mild-mannered, good,
strong and I love to help others.
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Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test
April 1st, 2008
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I believe this was Nature’s very own April Fool’s Joke. With regards to the old wives’ tale it turned out to be a lovely sunny day and the warmest so far this year.
April 1st, 2008
Things are certainly taking a turn…Blimey! Watch this space. Generally though quite samey, work is work, gonna get the bike out today, again, a guy at work was rallying up a team for the London-Brighton bike ride but then gave up, so I’ve missed the deadline… Sucks! I’m not gonna be able to struggle riding 56 miles up and down hills sweating my balls off in the heat of June now then, I’m mortified! Got my payslip yesterday, thought someone was playing a practical joke at first then did the maths, and to my horror it was spot on. So I’m in the shit. And why do Americans say “Math” instead of “Maths?” It just isn’t right, and how comes I’ve only realised this in the past few years, after all I used to watch The Six Million Dollar Man, The A Team, Charlie Brown and several other American programmes as a kid and never heard it before. Maybe it’s just me, is it?
March 29th, 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury warned yesterday against materialist greed and prophesied the collapse of civilisation. No shit! He said that the luxuries we took for granted could not be sustained for ever. So you may own a sky+ digibox, 2 PC’s and a laptop but post-“whatever it might be,” they will be useless. He went on to waffle about how society has grabbed all it can take because of fear of death…! Well that’s one view, I’m not afraid of death in the slightest, mind you I am about materialistic as plankton.
“We as a culture cannot imagine that this civilisation, like all others, will collapse and that what we take for granted about our comforts and luxuries simply cannot be sustained indefinitely. To all this, don’t be deceived: night must fall.”
Criticising modern society’s approach to mortality, he said: “Individuals live in anxious and acquisitive ways, seizing what they can to provide a security that is bound to dissolve, because they are going to die,” he said. “Societies or nations do the same. The individual grabbing the things of this world is in fact the mark of an inner deadness.” So I go out and buy a 42″ plasma T.V. because it fits nicely in between the chimney and the unit in my front room, I am dead inside…? Whatever! I’ve always said I respect the morals that Christianity teaches, the rest though, is a load of old shit! If anybody takes a long hard look at the world today, it is obvious that it is going to go tits up, but the individual can do sod all about it, nor can an entire nation, so all we can do is just sit back and enjoy the ride!
March 24th, 2008
Well we all know the religious meaning behind Good Friday and Easter, but the important thing is the time off work! I often hear people asking the question of why Easter falls on such a variety of dates, so I Googled it:
“Easter Sunday is the Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon (PFM) date for the year. In June 325 A.D. astronomers approximated astronomical full moon dates for the Christian church, calling them Ecclesiastical Full Moon (EFM) dates. From 326 A.D. the PFM date has always been the EFM date after March 20 (which was the equinox date in 325 A.D.).” (source)
So That Clears That Up Then!
Good Friday meant no work so I ended up sorting some odds and sods, drinking tea and nattering on MSN. It was a sunny day so decided to get the push bike out and explore some corner locally I’ve never ventured before, unfortunately I couldn’t think of any where, possibly due to the fact that I’ve roamed every square inch of this god forsaken town or, more likely, I couldn’t think of a place I don’t know exists, so went to the gym instead. Following that I nipped in for some fun and frolics round at Chain’s, Center of DIY for IT Professionals, Rahl was on board offering his share of expertise and enthusiasm. A cup of tea and a promise of return to partake in a session of Guitar Hero on the big screen, I wandered to find prandial satisfaction…
March 22nd, 2008
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