Tomorrow night is the end of redesign bash for AOL UK’s channels. I don’t know if the process is all done, I’m not really in the loop on that anymore, but nevertheless the party is on. We have a local club booked for a private party before it’s normal opening for everyone invited. However from 10pm it’s open to the general public and seen as my other half is coming to London for the weekend she will be joining me there. So I have just spent about 10 minutes giving her details on how to get there. It’s not all that bad, fairly simple and hey mobile phones are wonders. I am looking forward to the day off tomorrow, I have alot of stuff that I can get out of the way and then tomorrow night should be quite good 🙂 Lots of free drink, hopefully some food arranged and some of the good folk that I work with. Saturday it gets bad 🙁

I never did choose a word of the day yesterday, today I believe will be maturity. It’s a strange thing and I don’t know how you can go about quantifying it. When I first moved to London, it felt really strange, as there was quite a gap with everyone that I worked with and I younger than all. I wouldn’t say that I was hung-up about it, but every now and then it was obvious and not just to me. It’s kinda strange how it all worked out.
I have very few friends my own age; in fact I could count it on one hand and have change left over. There are some more people my age (ish) in work now which is nice and one of my closer friends is actually younger than me, which is somewhat unique. She has the dubious pleasure of the nickname “kiddo”, I’m not sure that she doesn’t hate it…but it is of course meant well and actually meant with affection On the other hand my boss has the same first name as me and as our desks are together it can be fun. I did suggest Old Dave and Young Dave (as there was Ol Mags and Young Mags in AOL Dublin) but that was kinda shot down. I tend to just ignore my name being called now. It’s mainly for Dave. But that’s just a couple of examples of a related topic.
Can maturity be determined by age? I would have to say no or at least somewhat, but mainly not. I think that experience plays a far bigger role than actual age, but I guess that can also be quantified by time.
I am often surprised either during conversations or meetings by people that I work with. I don’t know quite how to phrase this, but sometimes I can just suddenly take notice that the person talking knows 100% what they are talking about and is comfortable in that knowledge. It can carry across very well in his or her entire demeanour even when it’s not someone I would normally expect it from. But it can make me look at someone in a completely different light. I tend to leave conversations like that with a lot more respect for that person even if I don’t like them. It’s a nice skill to have, well I guess it’s not really a skill it’s a comfort level from knowledge mixed with self-confidence.

t noun [MASS NOUN] the state, fact, or period of being mature: their experience, maturity, and strong work ethic | the delicate style of his maturity.
n the time when an insurance policy, security, etc. matures.
—ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin maturitas, from maturus

I can’t write for shit. Meg can Go read her blog instead. I’m gonna sit here and be jealous.