Month: January 2004

I don’t know why I thought of this now but I remember an incident from a few years ago which pretty much killed off a lot of extra effort I had been trying to make.

I heard some news, a piece of technical news which I was told by someone on another team and I also read it in a document. I don’t remember exactly what it was but I was excited and it was going to affect the team. So I drew up a quick email about it and I sent it around the team. As usual it was ignored, I was completely expecting this…until I got an email back from my boss containing a forward from his boss saying that the information was wrong and rumours like that should not be spread (words to the effect).

I wasn’t very happy to say the least. I have no idea why his boss ended up reading it and why it would provoke that response when the information was true and indeed within the “rumour” came to pass and is still going now.

I didn’t get it, I still don’t.

Anyway work these days is a much better place than it was then, there are many of the same issues but they are more easily worked through.

hmm, now where did that come from?

So I’ve been thinking about something for a while and it’s been bothering me. It came to a head yesterday and I spent a while thinking about it last night. So this morning I went for a chat with my boss where I said nothing he was not aware of and it all went well.
Yay, all that bother for nothing.

Watching…well more listening to Steve Job’s keynote speech at MacWorld SF. Quality is shit but given how many people are actually streaming it, it’s not that bad. Please please please cheap low spec iPods.

It has been yet again another shitty day. Again not going into any details but ya know some people are real assholes.

So I got home from work today and for some reason I just felt off. I don’t know what it was. It wasn’t that bad of a day overall, well maybe it was. Anyway so I came in and pretty much put my stuff down, went to my room, closed the door, turned on some music and read for an hour or so. It helped a lot. Just some quiet time with a book I’m enjoying a hell of a lot.

And then of course I come online, check my mail, read the V and log into Eve. A couple of quick missions before I hit the sack and the first one is a kill mission. No big deal, the last one was tough so this one will be too. I show up fairly well armed for a frigate to be met with two high level threads and one significant. So I keep my distance and start hammering I take about 50% shield loss and knock out one high threat. This is all well and good…except I’ve just gotten into range of the significant and I’m getting hit. Taking a hell of a lot more damage than I can afford to, I turn to get the hell out of dodge to find that I’ve just encountered my first NPC with a warp scrambler. 30 seconds later I’m floating in space in an escape pod. Not good. Anyway I really need this mission or my standing and my wallet are gonna take quite a hit so I’ve got a missile boat I’m gonna kit out and then go hunting.

*sigh*

Being back in work was lots of fun of course. A couple of good things, the resolutions are still going well and I did actually start using the diary as I had planned. It’s been about 6 years since I wrote in one like I’m doing now and it’s bringing back a few memories. Course I wasn’t keeping track of bugs and stuff to be looked at way back then. Still if I can keep it up, it will be a good thing.

Got a last bid to get the pool nights up and running again with one setup for Tuesday week. Wonder how all that will go, hopefully get a few people show up this time around.

hmm I should send an email, I’m in a typing mood…kinda.

Right so two emails out of the way. Guess it really has been a long time to getting around to letting my parents know where I live *shrug*
Got one off to and old friend who sent on a joke today which reminded me I owe her an email so off it went.

Work has quietened down a little, I have stuff to do and deadlines but the work isn’t all that major…well most of it. Some issues on that front, there have been for a long time, I don’t know whats going to happen…no scrap that. Not the place.

Dove’s Pounding has been stuck in my head all day and I’ve listened to it four or five times while typing stuff out. Damn good intro, damn good use of drums. Not really sure on their stuff. Was not impressed with them live at Glastonbury last year and won’t go out of my way to see them again. Spent the afternoon listening to some more live Sigur Ros and I really can’t wait to see them live again. Roll on the festivals!

Place is fairly clean now with most of the stuff been put away and the floors washed and surfaces etc etc. It still needs some organising but that is certainly not one of my strong points.

It’s a strange evening, I’m sure something else will come up. Getting to work on time today was almost a joke. I left extra time to make sure I would be on time no matter the delay and of course I get a straight trip and end up 20 minutes early.

Now I’m really annoyed. That’s the fourth ship I’ve lost in Eve. This time I bring the missiles.

Alex and I went to see American Splendor this evening. It was highly enjoyable. A quick comic shop trip beforehand brought a couple of things too. Priest from Tokyopop was excellent and the third Ultimate X-Men HC was quite nice and had some fun in it.

I have three times tried to write something and come up with nothing so here is a short list.
– The flat looks a hell of alot better. Most of the clearing up is done.
– The latest Starman trade was disapointing.
– I still feel tired despite having more than 12 hours sleep the past two nights.
– Yesterday feeling mainly better Alex and myself headed down to the local comic shop around 1.30…shortly after we had both gotten up. A few comics, a sitdown in Starbucks and some reading set the day off nicely.
– The rest of the day was Eve of course, some comic sorting, a viewing of Bad Boys II and a pretty big turning point in mid season 2 Alias
– Today was also quiet. We ordered in pizza and watched Once Upon A Time in America…that was a long movie.
– I’m really shit about emails, I know this. Work ones I generally stay on top of, personal ones go so far by the wayside.
– Why is there a complete lack of people from my past on the internet? Are we not Generation Net? Where are you all?
– Enjoing The Farseer Trilogy a whole lot, flying through them at a good rate. Will try and finish The Live Ships this time around.
– I still need to unpack the last of my books and to get my cd collection into order. I will get around to it sometime soon. I’m missing a few cds which I do really want to listen to and that will probably drive me to sooner.
– I have as usual made some new year resolutions. Unusually I have been quite good in following them so far. Hopefully this will continue.
– Tomorrow I need to go and buy some milk at the very least and there is talk of a cinema trip in the evening.

I know feel vaguely human again.

The panaramic view of London from Primrose Hill with fireworks going off all across the city at midnight was really impressive and the first time I actually ever thought that it’s nice to be in this city. It was really really fucking awesome. A beautiful sight. I was grinning like a madman.

The party was excellent and the word of the night and more so first thing when we woke up this morning was: cunted.

The last people left at 3pm today. Around 3.30 after making an effort to get the place a little sorted out I went out to sit in Starbucks with some music and a book and a couple of coffees. It helped a hell of a lot.