hi everybody,

i keep meaning to update, but then something distracts me and my attention diverts and suddenly i've forgotten all about it again. then i remember again when i'm no where near a computer, and then i forget until after i've been near a computer and gone away again, and the circle completes and repeats and rinses.

whats new since last time?

* my rent went up from 230pw to 340pw. strictly, according to the law of the land, it wasn't kosher and i could have fought it at the tribunal, but then i'd have had to find a new place to live, and pay all the moving expenses, and have to deal with real estate companies (who i hate and avoid), and have to pay at least $340pw anyway, so we elected not to fight it and are happy we don't have to move. the house is being done up slightly too - mostly a bad coat of paint and covering the garden in woodchips - and we'll get a new stove eventually. i've signed the lease for another year, with a year option at the same rent. my housemates now on the lease. just less risk to me, and it means he's not looking to move.

* i've added more hdd's to the system. i've got 2.5TB connected to this one now, and i think there's still 1TB connected to the other machine. there's maybe 700Gig free spread across both machines.

* i've misplaced my camera battery charger tore the house apart but it hasn't surfaced yet. can't post more photo's till i find it, so that's a great incentive for me to search harder.

* i tried to meet someone from here in person but she failed to turn up at the appointed time (or for the next hour) so i gave up. not sure what happened there really. she hasn't been in touch since so dunno. pity, she was a cutey (and considering she initiated it, i was *very* lucky). maybe it'll work out in future. it did lead me to lots of thinking and reflection, and i think it was good for me because i started to realise how much i've let somethings slide since breaking up with the ex and so now i'm trying to rectify those things (and succeeding in some of them). i just kinda became less interested in actual physical sex and meeting people. had too many other things to worry about and sort out and i just didn't see the need to complicate life further by getting involved with someone again, even if that involvement just meant putting in the effort to get to know someone. whilst my life isn't perfect still, i think that perhaps its organised enough where i can start to consider it again. not much of a ground breaking decision i know but its probably an important decision.

* related to the last part of the babble above, my depression started playing up again a few months back. they've changed the medication and that seems to be mostly working mostly all of the time. yesterday was one of the worst days for a while but i still made it through the day. i think the biggest difference this time around was that rather than just ignoring the signs, i decided to act on them *before* they became really big and so because i was dealing with them while things weren't critical it was easier to deal with, and i didn't go as off the rails as last time. and in fact this time i barely went off the rails at all.

* i found out a friend of mine who i thought now she had her baby had got it out of her system, wants to have another child. i shouldn't object, after all its not mine, and nothing to do with me and everything to do with her and husband. but i'm running out of friends to drink with and hang out with late at night, and she was always up for a late night drink before the baby, even to the point of we'd drink till the first train home in the morning because that was a better use of the money that the taxi would cost her to get home (i just walk/catch a $10 cab). i'm just a bit sad because "all my friends are getting married" lol well they are all married already, or having kids and skipping the marriage bit, and so to drink late at night (because i don't like to drink alone (start of the slippery slope (and i've already got skates on))) i have to drink with my few remaining younger friends. which isn't that bad, don't get me wrong. even if they do have a heap more energy than me. and they don't get my references to things before their time. but its nice too to talk with people my own age. and since i don't like strangers and don't like talking much to people i don't know, that means if my friends my own age are staying home to look after kids, i only have the young ones left to talk to. i had noticed this kind of thing occurring in perth before i left it. a lot of my friends stopped going out clubbing (because i was a lot younger back then and still going out to clubs regularly (i had a lot of friends who managed/worked in clubs which made it easier to go out regularly)) and started getting married and having kids. so then when i moved to this side of the country, and met new people who didn't have kids, i kinda hoped/assumed they were over the kid phase and would just continue to be there if i wanted to drink late at night. its selfish of me i know. i should be happy for her in that she's able to have kids (cos it's been proven with the first one) and that her and her husband think they have the means to support a 2nd child, but i was also looking forward to her being a bit freer to come out and drink. i didn't expect her to come out every time of course the child being under a year old does need some time with the mother i'd never stand in the way of that but also her husband really dislikes going out and prior to the baby encouraged her to go out and so he's more than happy to babysit when she goes out with myself and the others (its not a couple thing, there's a group of us of varying ages (but she's the one closes in age to me and we do get along well)), and so he babysits now when she comes out and i just assumed that those instances would continue as the child got older, not that she'd have to spend another 9 months not drinking while pregnant. its kinda another way of life telling me i'm getting old i guess, and i'd prefer not to listen.

* i've booked a flight home to perth in november actually because one of my best friends from high school is getting married. i wont make it for the bucks night unfortunately but the wedding will be a big drunken affair. they (the bride and groom) want their friends to get drunk with them, so we're getting up for a morning ceremony in a park somewhere and then do a pub to drink and make with the merry. anybody want to meet me in perth for the weekend? i'm trying to work out a way to get to see my grandma but i'm going to be so rushed for time, and since i don't drive, and she lives 2.5hrs drive from perth, its going to be difficult. i had thought of asking a friend to drive but i suspect he's going to be involved in the wedding in an official capacity so he prob won't be able to assist. which is fair enough too. but i'm not sure who else i could ask. its a few months away yet so i'll think about it some more when its closer.

* i've started drinking cocktails almost exclusively now (when i drink alcohol anyway. otherwise i'm still drinking water mostly). i'd rather pay good money for a good cocktail than normal house spirits and mixers. i have a big mouth and can drink a lot when i gulp so standard drinks don't last long. a cocktail on the other hand i'm taking the time to appreciate and sip. partly because of the strong contents but its easier to sip and appreciate when some efforts been put into the creation. so far i seem to be drinking lots of rum based ones, which is strange cos rum isnt my first spirit of choice. in fact its probably 5th or 6th. um...wild turkey liquer, vodka, frangelico, tequila, rum. so fifth then. by the way, wild turkey liquer is a whole lot different to wild turkey. please dont confuse the two. so yeah, mojitos, vodka mules, capricosa? capricinah? black blazer (which i think is exclusive to 1806 in the city. its rum and chocolate, served hot) - so far they're the drinks i keep returning too. oh a midas touch. i remember a few of those. lime features heavily too in my drinks too. there's so many made with gin though, i'd never have thought it. pity i don't like gin. seems like every 3rd cocktail on every menu i've looked at is made with gin.


well there's another essay. i'm gonna end cos i want to go chat and look at the pics hope everybody's well.

peace.

hi everybody,

well there's no more denying it. i'm definitely closer to 40 now. while i was 35 i could pretend that i wasnt but as of tomorrow, i'm heading into the territory i used to call "old". of course, now i'm here, its no longer "old" its in fact quite young but i'm sure there are heaps of 20yo's who would care to disagree with that.

i'm actually home sick today. i went to bed yesterday afternoon with fever and woke up this this morning to call work and say i was sick, and then back to bed till an hour ago. i dont feel too bad at the moment but i expect its just a temporary thing. i still have quite a headache and i'm starting to shake again. i didnt feel that well on friday when i woke up but i put it down to the time (5:30am). Sat wasnt too bad but just thought i was tired from the day before. then sunday when i woke up i knew things weren't right. at least i'd organised to have my birthday off work anyway so i'm only using one sick day.

in other news...

* the landlord has mentioned that he's thinking of selling the place. that'll suck big time.
* a friend from perth is moving over to melbourne at the end of march. that'll be good i expect. she's not my bestest friend ever, but i've known her for years so it'll be good to get to know her better.



peace

hi everybody

today was a strange day. a payrise out of the blue. the boss has decided that i've been contributing and decide to reward my efforts with a small raise. its not much, but hey i wont say no. wish i knew what i'd actually done though. i'd do more of it its kinda odd though cos just recently i'd started to think i really should get on to moving on and finding a better job. i hadn't told anyone this, because i've kinda looked for work a few times while at this job, and mostly after a little while i get too unmotivated to continue to apply (because no one responds and no one offers me interviews) and so revert to trying to be happy with what i have. so now with a surprise raise, i feel a bit more like i better give them a few more months out of me at least. so yeah, today at work wasn't too bad.

but then i went to the hospital to see the ex. i don't want to reveal too much about her condition in order to keep things anonymous. she has a eye problem and today she had part of one replaced. when i saw her she was drugged up to the eyeballs. at first she would say a few sentences and fall asleep again only to wake up a few minutes later. mostly complaining about how she thought she couldn't sleep (because the nurse wanted her to), and wanting a cigarette after an hour the drugs kicked in and she finally slept. the nurse would come and check her pulse/pressure every 30mins so then she talk a bit before falling asleep again. i actually stayed later than visiting hours because i stayed to assist the nurse take her to the toilet lol. she didn't want to use the pan so we (the nurse and i) argued with the bed that didn't want to lower, and then had to make sure the drip didn't get caught up, and tie up the back of the gown cos she wanted to look decent for the 5 meters to the bathroom (i laugh but i'd want to look decent for that short a trip too), and then direct her completely (blind at the moment remember) to the toilet, sit her down, get her paper, help her back up, back into bed, mask back on, tubes to drips and mask not tangled. we finally got her settled back into bed and it was time for more drugs, so off with the mask again lol. i had to hand feed her the tablets (blind remember) and then literally put the glass to her mouth. and i was happy to feel (and then thought it was bleeding obvious) that the hospital used glass's that looked like glass but were plastic. i haven't been to hospital in so long i think they were actually glass glasses the last time. but yeah, the weight said definitely plastic. and so by the time i left it was 30mins past visiting hours.

and while i'm here talking about hospitals, i know they generally feel the need to be educational with their choice of posters for walls, but a huge poster full of different ways the eye can be damaged, with colour example photos - not what i wanted to read while waiting for the elevator. i want to read stories like "person who was blind now sees cos we're good doctors" or "another persons sight saved" or "here's what it looked like before and here's it fixed" or even "before the operation they had x/y sight, now they have 18/18 (or whatever value was better than x & y). something happy, upbeat. not "if your eye looks like this you're fucked".

anyway, the point of mentioning all this stuff about her and the eye is i guess just to remind everyone to be thankful they have their sight and can look at the pictures on nn. i have a blind aunt, and a blind uncle but they've been blind since i was little, and i've never really had to stop and think about my own eyesight because of their blindness. but the ex - she's gone from 20/20 to blind to eye replacement (kinda mostly) in 6 years. and i've seen almost the entire thing first hand and how its affected her life. and that makes me think about my sight. its been perfect the entire time even though i spend hours looking at computer screens. i get them checked now each year and they're stable and nearly perfect. its really tough for her and it sucks cos its a random freak of nature that she has the condition and it just seems so unfair. since i got home its been on my mind and i'm partly writing it here i think to help my head get clear enough to allow me to sleep. and looking at the time, i sure hope thats soon. if i wanna keep this raise i better try and be at work on time a little more lol so yeah, everyone reading, just take a moment and thank whatever deity/force/object you like to thank for these things, and say thank you for your sight. lol i note that i don't really have any of the above to thank, so i'll just be thankful


in other news.....

* i did some geek stuff over the weekend. linux.conf.au was on last week, and so there were a lot of little conferences squeezed in around it. i couldn't afford to go to the real conf so settled on a an afternoons worth.
* i thought to look up an ex on facebook and while her profile is private, the photo looks like she's a mum now. don't think i'll msg her. not really interested in anything to do with her. i don't wish her ill or anything negative like that, but we quickly worked out that 'us' was a mistake. i sometimes even think it'd have been better if we hadn't met the way did and at the time we did. i'm not unhappy we met the way we did, but if we hadn't, i would have ended up meeting her later anyway (circle of friends), and then maybe it might have worked but the way we did it was a disaster.
* i have a friend visiting on the weekend. he has to be in melbourne for work on monday so he's flying in sunday morning. looking forward to that. haven't seen him in a while. he wants to go buy comics so it'll be a day of walking from obscure store to obscure store.

its late its late i really should be asleep already.

peace

hi everybody,

well as predicted i haven't updated for a while. nothing really exciting to report. we've got a long weekend for australia day so thats good. 3 days off work is always good no matter the reason.

i spent new year with friends at a friends apartment. we had an excellent view of the fireworks - he lives on one of the upper floors of a block in docklands facing the city. we could see maybe 5 launch spots, and the reflections of the fireworks in docklands behind us. it was aircon'd too which was great as i think it stayed above 30 degrees all night. we didn't do anything exciting. played poker and playstation3 tennis. nobody got drunk. nobody threw up. caught the train home at 5 in the morning. at 6 am the ex turned up because she was on her way home. that was kind of meh. she just wanted to see me i think to satisfy some checklist of things that made it a good night for her. we didnt have sex or anything like that. she just came over cos she had parked her car at her work (which is around the corner from my house) and knew i would be up and said happy new year, and then got in the car and went home. i think she has a new bonk which doesnt bother me so much as her trying to hide it from me does. i dont particularly approve just cos she could do better and she should do better (she deserves better). i'm just worried this wont particularly make her life better/easier. but then again i try to remember its not my problem now but its hard after 7 years of it being my problem to ignore it.

i do have some news about grandma. i've decided to take a week off work after easter and go see her. i'm using frequent flier points to come home, and the parents are paying for me to get there (as we couldn't get a good flight using points). so i'll fly in easter thursday, go to see her on friday through till sometime the week after, then back to perth to see some friends before flying home sat night on the red eye. means i touch down in melbourne about 6am and sleep all day sunday. already it sounds like my time in perth will be filled catching up with friends. which is nice. good to be wanted i guess. better than having nothing to do though i do prefer doing nothing.

work has been annoying. just little things. more reminders (as if i needed them - i see/experience them all the time i just ignore them) that i should find somewhere else to work before it gets dreadful again.

i caught up with some cousins before xmas. that was strange. one of them i hadnt seen in maybe 20yrs. they're now married with children. turns out they stopped attending the family gatherings (where i saw them) about the same age i did - as soon as we were old enough to say we didnt want to attend. they love it in melbourne, and dont want to return to perth, which is pretty much how i feel these days. i dont miss perth. i miss knowing where places are, and i miss my friends, but i dont miss perth. anyway, i just expected the dinner to be annoying because i dont get on with most of my cousins, so it was a pleasant surprise to find out that i might be able to get along with these ones.

in other news...

* i'm boring and still dont really exhibit signs of life
* i still miss demonoid and oink.
* i need to work on a plan for the birthday
* i need to save my money for the next few weeks cos i spent too much on crap. no unnecessary cocktails for me



peace

hi everybody,

i just don't know where the time goes. its been 4? weeks already. well at least there'll be some news even as boring as i am. where to start... xmas is well and truly upon us. my work xmas dinner (it wasn't a party) was last weekend. a necessary torture i must endure. i mostly hate my job most of the time. occasionally i forget i hate it and just dislike it a lot. and i'm too unmotivated to look for work because its always depressing for lots of reasons that i'm too lazy to go into now and hey its a blog not an essay. so yeah, i don't look for work very much or very well, and thus going to the xmas dinner keeps the boss happy and shows team spirit and all that. he at least is starting to give me more to do. probably because there's less people to give it to now. but i was trying to talk about news not bitch about work. thinking thinking there really isn't much you know lol it was the x's birthday last week. haven't caught up with her yet. she lives far away (well 1.5hrs? by tram/train/bus or $60 taxi each way) and i haven't had the time or money to spare to go see her. not that i should have to but she keeps saying she wants to see me for her birthday. its a little weird not seeing her because for the last 9 years i have seen her on her birthday, but i figure that since we're broken up now, we shouldn't have to see each other specifically 'for the birthday'. and we didn't. yet. i guess i'll prob expect to see her at mine, but i generally meet a whole heap of people out somewhere for yumcha or mexican or alcohol and so i'd expect to see her there, but maybe not specifically again 'for my birthday'. sorry this is probably really boring for the reader but i'm still trying to train my head to think single and not couple and sometimes it helps to write things out. and it'd help if i had a more exciting life to talk about. i really can't remember anything particularly exciting. i went to a(nother) friends birthday and i'm semi certain i was the only straight single guy there. lots of couples (mf/mm/ff) and lots of single gay guys. but i didn't see any single 'straight looking' guys. i suspect i look straight, though i've never really asked anyone who's fit to judge such a thing. trying to come back on track, it was the birthday party of a friend who found me recently on facebook after 15? years apart. we live literally around the corner from each other now. he was best friends with an old ex gf of mine. one of my first girlfriends. and i was an idiot. but thats another embarrassing story for another time. he was also good friends with another of the xgf's friends (they all went to school together) who lived with a good friend of mine (who didn't go to school with them)(neither did i for that matter). so i used to see the birthday boy several times a week around my friends house (which to keep things complicated i'd actually been one of the first residents of that particular house and lived there for 9 months) and got to know him well (i don't remember him as being out then, but he was *very* flamboyant) and then i stopped going to the house every couple of days and my friend split up with his friend and then i moved state and moved state again and we lost contact. yay facebook. its kinda cool cos we know stuff that others around us don't, and it wasn't like we stopped being friends, we just stopped seeing each other. so went we caught up with each other it was really cool we just kinda picked up where we'd left off. we're not catching up often but just when life enables it and its pretty cool. a lot less stressful than i first imagined it might be. i probably shouldn't have worried.

i thought i needed a new paragraph

i wish i had some more exciting news to report then i wouldn't have to waffle. you're probably all glad you don't have to actually listen to me waffle on about crap. i don't care how many times i'm told otherwise, i'm still sure my accent (australian) still sounds like shit when its waffling about crap. boring crap is boring crap no matter the accent.


ooh i remembered something. i went to the new contender for worlds most boring film - electroma by daft punk. its very, very 'arty'. and parts of it made me laugh. but most of it made me very very bored. i dont know if i can embed urls so here it is - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800022/ - just in case you also want to be bored. i won free tickets and so took with me a daft punk fan who liked them very much. he was happy and excited about seeing the daft punk film for the first time on the big screen (as opposed to a divx on the computer monitor). he came out of the movie wanting money from me for making him see such a crap film. the only good thing about the movie was seeing the final credits at 9pm instead of the 11pm we had been told it ended at.

see! even my news is about a boring film. i lead a boring life. thinking thinking....i have managed to spend several fridays at a nice cocktail bar called Polly on brunswick st, fitzroy. that was good. i'm not really a drinker and very rarely drink to get drunk, but i'm not adverse to the taste either. a well made cocktail, sipped gently over good conversation from comfy chairs is high on my list of things i don't mind doing. and the bar is so close to home - 10 min walk if that. its easier to justify in my head spending money on alcohol when its so nice, as opposed to $7 basic spirits + mixer that seems to be standard in the bars when i go out (on those rare occasions). that reminds me - i went to a sneaker magazine release party one saturday. caught up with some old friends. made some new friends. might have found someone to help paint my back fence (provided i get motivated enough to follow it up). had a really nice dinner at a close by chinese/hongkong/fusion place and then ended up in a bar (that sold those $7 drinks) and i made the smart decision to not spend my money on crap alcohol, went home and did my washing.

in other news...

* i have to work every day except xmas, boxing day and nyd. it sucks.
* my house mate has been slacking off from his job and called in sick, and so i haven't been online with the cam much at all.
* i miss demonoid. and oink
* i also miss my gran. thats one of the negative things about living on the wrong side of australia. she's a long flight and many hours drive away. she's 98 in feb and i doubt i can get home to see her for it.

so based on my last effort, the next time i post it'll be 2008. i hope you all stay safe and have fun during the silly season and new years

peace

hi everybody,

i had a moment so thought i'd try and ensure i didn't go two weeks without a post again not much has happened since monday. i did say i was boring. i've been tired all week. feels like i haven't had a proper nights sleep for ages. i wake up early and then cant get back to sleep, and at night i don't feel tired till way after bedtime. surprisingly i have made it to work almost on time every day so far, and once i was early even (for me anyway). due to the randomness of the trams in melbourne, i'm generally 9-12 mins late anyway. sometimes i'm on time more likely i'll be early rather than on time. it seems like its some master annoying plan - on the days i run late, the trams are on time or early (so that i miss them by meters and have to catch the next tram and arrive late). on the days i'm early or on time, the trams are not on time and arrive very late and i end up waiting at the stop for ages (and consequently arrive at work either on time or late). could be worse i guess. at least its a tram and not a train or bus.

the household cat (actually barely not-a-kitten) is still trying to making friends. its now allowed outside for most of the day (and up until cat curfew) and has spent less time running back inside the house. we think that the main cat we see (and the kitten runs from) must be a female and is thus not trying to kill him when it approaches (cos we hear no howls or cat war noises). however the kitten (cos its small and timid and a scaredy cat) sees this quite big fully grown cat coming towards him, freaks out and runs inside and hides next to us or under the coffee table or behind the tv. then it waits a few minutes, and slowly creeps back outside to see if the situation has changed. the other cat i've seen around the neighborhood for years and its never really wanted to talk to me, but now because of the kitten it rolls around on the floor in front of me trying to be cute enough to force me to let the kitten outside. they meow to each other though the door for an hour or so after the kitten is locked in each night. its quite cute but a little annoying to be honest - they're loud.

in other news...

* i got a pay rise from work. yay me. its not much but at least its slightly better than the cpi.
* work also agreed to get me a new computer after 18 months of saying no. we priced it up at around $900 so its not like its gonna be the worlds best but it'll be a heap better than the antique i use currently.
* i still have the hdd cooler installed but have managed to make it a bit quieter by removing the grill. i need to do better though.

I'm looking forward to the weekend but not for any reason in particular. i think just because i don't have to goto work. sexpo is on but i have no one to go with so i prob won't go. there's an electronic games expo on too but last year it was crap and i'd rather pay to goto sexpo (which is held next door) than go to it again.


peace

hi everybody,

well my attempt at daily updating didn't really work very well did it? can't remember what took my attention away but i'll try. oh yeah, did my tax wednesday night. the accountant was due at 7pm. finally arrived 10pm. left at 10:30pm. thursday i cant remember. friday was drinks with the geeks then late night drinks with another friend and got home at 5am. the sat was pretty much a right off with sleep. sunday i dont remember. i think i might have gone shopping. monday through to friday - nothing that important. i might have posted the new photos then though. i also thought about blogging once or twice even. actually i was recovering a hdd with a heap of data that needed to be retrieved for the first few nights. last sat and sunday i actually did mean to write but then forgot or got distracted. but its not like there's been anything to write about anyway. i'm boring. i rang my grandma and spoke to her for a while. she's 98 and spends most of the call apologising for forgetting which grandson i am exactly and for being old, and then being happy to hear from me. i figure she can say whatever she wants to say - she's 98 and i'm happy to hear her. i only get to see her every few years and i doubt i'll see her again to be honest. she could call me whatever she wants and i'm still happy to hear her.

in other news...

* a friend from the past found me on facebook. he's married with children now
* the household cat is still trying to make friends with others but i think he's a bit too small and is getting bashed a bit.
* i got a new hdd cooler for the pc but its very noisy and annoying me greatly. i dont think it will last long.

peace

Hi Everybody,

well its nearly midnight and way past my bedtime but squeezing in a post. having trouble winding down recently and having to make myself goto bed at midnight so at least i'll rest overnight. i feel like i fall asleep just before i have to wake up, and wake up generally an hour or two before i need to get up so i'm pretty tired all the time. i had to be a knight in shining armor today for the ex and its left me quite flat. i don't mind helping her, but i wish i didn't know that if she called her family for help, they wouldn't. she's one of the kindest, nicest people i know but her family treat her like she has the plague and is infectious. i'll keep helping her in the future, i'm not even trying to hint that i wont, i'm just disappointed in her family. i keep trying to find the good in people but they in particular keep disappointing me.

in other boring news...

* i tried retail therapy to cheer myself up but it didn't work and now i have even less money
* we enabled all the extra channels (bar sport+movies) on foxtel and its distracting
* i cut my thumb somehow and the bandage appears in the photos i did manage to take today

yes i took some more photos its nothing to get excited about. they're boring cock shots from different angles as i tried to take decent photos whilst staying still but still breathing, and trying to keep it hard and keeping an ear out for the housemate in case he came home early. i'll hopefully post them this weekend. might get some more taken if time permits. the nice comments for my pics after so long being online has been really surprising and *really nice* to receive so it inspired me to take some more. hopefully they will judged similarly

oh yeah dinner last night turned out to be home cooked (not by me)(i can't cook) pasta with pesto and bacon and mushroom with a glass of wine. really nice actually.

peace

hi everybody,

i'm now having dinner with a friend after work so might not have time for an update tomorrow. i sincerely doubt my lack of updating will be noticed anyway, but i may as well warn in advance of the outage. i'm not sure what we're having so i better try and think of something. recently we've done mexican, korean, japanese, and several pub meals. might suggest spanish cos that's close to home.

i nearly sat on the housecat earlier he's new to the house and discovering that my seat in the lounge is a good one to sleep on. i'm used to the seat being empty and sat on the edge without really looking. next thing i've got a ball of fur between me and the seat, with one paw out giving me a push. he's going to have to learn that it's not such a good spot to sleep. hhmmm... me vs cat. i'm doomed.

peace
dude

hi everybody,

something different happened today. the boss finally worked out (or actually listened to what people told him) and remembered that i hadn't had a performance review for the year. so now i've actually got to have a performance review i was kinda happy being forgotten because then i didn't have the opportunity to bitch which is probably safer for my job in the long run. but i've got a few days to try and prepare some diplomatic notes so its not all bad, and he's on the back foot already because he forgot about me for 2 months. could be worse i guess.


in other news...

*this daylight saving is taking a bit to get used to again but it was nice to leave the office and find it was still daylight outside.
* there's a fine line between enough cookie dough and too much cookie dough
* the household cat is being affectionate (probably because the back door is closed)
* i have to go out friday night. i'd forgotten until this morning.
* ooh the salesperson who causes me the most grief at work is going on 2 months leave from the 1st of nov. thats great news


peace,
dude