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*sigh* my email appears to be fucked. An early night tonight, I think. Gonna sign off, read some comics and then go to bed. I could have a call first thing in the morning so I have to be there on time.

good night all

1) I now have the new album Us by the Mull Historical Society

2) I am delighted to report that mini-skirts are back in fashion. You can only begin to guess how happy this makes me 🙂

Met up with Nick last night and we went to see The Ring the US remake of the cult Japanese classic Ringu. For a remake it wasn’t bad at all. It was true enough to the basics of the story and nothing that they changed made a massive difference to the movie. Well, except that the original was far more insidious in the horror and worked much better as a physiological piece. Still it was very enjoyable.

Little bit of a strange night, we met up, picked up some tickets and went for some drinks. Had a couple of hours to kill before the movie and so hence came in the drinks. Well, just lemonade for me, I’m actually going to display some willpower for a while now*. Anyway we get to the cinema about 5 minutes before the movie is due to begin. We walk into the lobby and right then the fire alarm goes off. The cinema is evacuated. After about 20 minutes the all clear is given and eventually the film starts.

* A while now being generally planned to last until Friday. Patrick is having a birthday party in town and that could be quite a night. Cute girls shall be in attendance too.

Listened to The Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Versus the Pink Robots a few times over the past couple of days and I’m really getting into it. I have been trying to think about who they sound like, but they don’t really sound like anybody else out there. Well, worth a listen. I also found out this morning that perhaps the reason I could not find that Mull Historical Society album at the weekend was because it only comes out today. Doh.

The second Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover was excellent. Read it through last night and really enjoyed it. Top Bendis stuff. Nothing compared to his latest two issues of Daredevil but still a great book. Um nothing else springs out has having been really great, but I shall report more later when I have read everything.

Time for some catch up stuff.

Friday morning I was chatting with my mom on AIM. We were just catching up about stuff and I was telling her about my bag. I was just about to go off into a meeting when my phone rang. Picked it up and a girl on the other end asked if I was Dave Bushe. I recognised the accent as being the same as the girl sitting at the table behind us on Wednesday night. Anyway she had my bag and had tried to get in touch with me before. On Thursday morning I had found two blank voicemails on my work phone from about 10 min after I had left the pub. I had business cards in the bag so I was kinda hoping… Anyway she had not wanted to leave a voicemail in case I thought she had stolen the bag and she wanted to talk to me. She works locally and can meet me that night to give me back my bag. She insisted on giving me her phone number so I knew she was on the level.

So I met her and she had indeed got my bag and gave it back no worries. Everything was in there and she was really nice (and as I mentioned before very cute). So all is well that ends well.

We kicked off a mini pub crawl right after I got my bag back in the hope of talent spotting. Unfortunately there was no joy on that front but we were speed drinking and got rather drunk rather quickly. Ended up (as intended) in Bar Cuba for a birthday party for one of the guys in work. The night was kicked off with some tequila (yellow and white mixed) shots brought around by a really cute girl not wearing very much with some holsters for the tequila and various glasses. Everyone was quite drunk at this stage, but some were too drunk to stand and the end of the night was called around 11ish. Well…the end for some people anyway. 3 of us continued onto the Hilton bar where we were again unsuccessful in talent spotting but a double JD ended the night for me.

Today was comics day…but it kinda turned into a lot more. I slept in till late (1ish) and was quite glad and a little surprised to not be hungover. Hit Avalon where I was quite happy to find the second Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover was in, so got that and the usual other bits and pieces. While I was in the shop Coldplay’s latest single Clocks was playing on the radio and I decided I really liked it. So seen as I wanted some new music I figured I would pick up their new album. I was looking for the latest album by the Mull Historical Society but couldn’t find it anywhere locally in Clapham Junction.

I also wanted some dvds, namely the Stargate stuff I was missing but it was £20 per dvd and that’s way too much. So I figured I would get a bus pass and go into town (via the Virgin Megastore on Kings Road). So long story short, I was in two Virgins (hur hur), Tower, HMV and W.H. Smith and there was no joy on the dvds or the music. So I did pick up the new Coldplay and also the much hyped Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by the Flaming Lips. So far so good.

Headed to ‘Eds’ for a hot-dog for dinner. Wander in to a table down the back thinking as I pass the guy at the first table he looks like someone I know. Couple of moments later I realise it is indeed someone I know from work, the head of what I affectionately refer to as ‘production scum’. He was just finished his meal and getting the bill so we chatted for a few minutes and he went off to do his thing and I got my food. Good guy.

Um yes so then hit Asda for some food shopping and came home. Caught up on some net stuff which I’ve missed for most of the week, watched CSI: Miami and here we are. Plan is to now read some comics and then perhaps sleep.

Work has been interesting this week. There is a hell of a lot of stuff going on and I should never have said anything about confidence. I was in a meeting last night where we were talking about some possible solutions to an unforeseen problem and once we had some up with something we were then asked if we had two days ago been a little overconfident. The only answer to this was ‘yes’, so perhaps next time I’ll just say nothing. It was not a nice meeting, while it was not aggressive (much) it was very tense and not fun. More to come on Monday from the looks of it. I can’t wait 🙁

Um there was a joke line I had to share. I don’t remember it. I know I had more than this to write but it’s just not coming together right now. Oh there it is.

Still not sure on this ‘beard’ business but it is begining to grow on me (ha ha ha groan) just rather slowly.

Oh yes I’m reading No Logo. It was the book I picked to move onto on Friday morning so I have to finish it before going back to Dot Con. I picked it up sometime last year and read the first few pages. Must not have been in the mood at the time because I couldn’t get into it. This time around however I’m enjoying it a lot. It has already had me thinking about my brands and relationships with some of them and fits in nicely with some recent recurring thoughts about image and stuff.

Broadband coming this week at home.

Got my bag and all my stuff back. Added bonus, she was very cute and I have her phone number.

wow

I just got a call from a girl who picked up a bag on its own in the pub on Wednesday night, found my business card in it and would like to meet me to give my back my bag. When can I meet her.

This makes me very happy.

Thank fuck it is Friday. That really sums things up. I shall be sitting at home for most of the weekend and doing as little as possible.

I have to admit after everything I said this morning I was sitting on a conference call today (on mute) shaking my head and not understanding. I’m still sure I’m right and I can work with (and/or around) what I don’t understand but its not what I was expecting. I have some more concerns now.

Tickets on sale over the weekend I’m considering include Blur and the Chilli Peppers at one (or two) festivals later in the year.

quick stuff;
Trillian is now being patched. Hopefully this will fix my issues.
Evhead is back.
party tomorrow night, I’m starting to think I won’t actually go.
comics and some dvds and a quiet weekend in.
time off needed soon.
really starting to look forward to 4 nights in Dublin in a couple of weeks.
would prefer a reason not to go … at least I think I would.
pool tonight was fun.
fucking thieving scum. I’m pretty miserable right now

I really hate starting another book. I was reading Dot Con and enjoying it a hell of a lot. I don’t want to read anything else, I want to read it. I’m thinking I shall have to pick up another (fucking scum) copy tomorrow at lunchtime.
fuck fuck fuck.

In the really shit news of the day the following was in my bag which was stolen from the pub last night:
my discman (containing Adore)
my book (dot.con)
my camera (and extra memory stick)
my PDA (a work product)
some very confidential work docs I was bringing home to review

I am more than pissed off about this.

And you sink further into yourself
And you think only of yourself
And you sink further into yourself
When you sink wanting to be someone else

Sinking from the album I to Sky by JJ72

There is some stuff going on and I’ve been lax in my blogging this week. For quite a simple reason too, I’ve not had time.

Work has just gotten a lot better. I never thought I would be happy to have this project come back to me. Long time readers will know of a big project which took a lot of my time and frustrated me a lot for over 2 years. Well, its mine again and I’m happy with that. I have the chance to take it to the next level and I’m quite looking forward to it. It isn’t all that much of a challenge (he says) but I don’t have much time and could be very stressed very soon. Still its all good.

The other thing which has been taking all my time in work and bugging me a lot was not working when I left last night. It is working this morning. I am asking no questions I am just happy. Well, I think it’s down to the time of a reply from a server and I am confident enough to move forward based on that assumption.

god I love knowing what I’m doing. It really really can boost my confidence so much. Give me something to do which I understand and can work with and just let me do it. I can and do promise the world but I have yet to not deliver on it. I rock 🙂

Ahem so anyway, going to Glastonbury and the Download festivals and tempted to see Blur in the Astoria and the Chilli Peppers with the Foo Fighters in Glasgow in August.

This morning is a big JJ72 morning, really love their stuff and I am going to miss Hillary from the line-up.

random conversation snippets
Nick: there is a blah blah command there
Nick: could that be it?
Dave: that’s the one, trace it and see.
Nick: hmm shall play around with that then
Nick: see if I cant break anything
Dave: atta boy

Borrowed the last of the Books of Magic from one of the lads in work today. I had read the first five books or so but missed out on the last three. He mentioned last night he had them and brought them in for me today. Something to read over the weekend.

More later…maybe, I have stuff to do.

Je ne suis pas à mon poste actuellement.

Awesome.