Now I have three projects on the go. Two bigish and one small. All of course with urgent conflicting deadlines. Well it’s better than the last 6 months and one of the projects actually excites me so it’s fun to work on, which it hasn’t been around here in a long time.

I started reading Greg Rucka’s Keeper this morning. I enjoy his comic work and the Q&C novel was good fun. I was running late for work, I managed to snooze for way too long. It didn’t help that for some reason I got into the book so much that I didn’t realise we were at my stop for changing until the doors started to close. Just made it.

And some stuff that’s been sitting in draft as I’ve not had a chance to get to it all.

– It’s no doubt a very much romanticised thought, but I can think back and pick a single point in my life where if I had done something a little different (indeed a whole lot better), it would have changed my life completely.
– I’m pretty sure I’m going to sell some shares this week, I want a new digital camera. The one I have is fine and it was perfect for Japan but I want something which will fit into a pocket. Ixus look good, just have to figure out how much I want to spend on one.
– Banks are cunts. I’m really fed up with NatWest. The number of errors I’ve had with them throughout the years is disgraceful. Time to actually switch.
– Speaking of switch, avoid Belkin switches for multiOS set-ups. They just can’t handle the change-over.
– Xcode is a beautiful beautiful tool. It’s everything you could want in a l10n set, nevermind a full dev kit. Love it and loving working in it.
– I caught the last half an hour or so of a documentary on Elvis last night. I’m not a fan, but it was fairly sad, you really felt for the guy as he was standing up there pouring his heart out.
– Yay, new Garbage album very soon.
– I did watch the last hour or so of Jerry Springer The Opera, it was funny in places but only mildly.
– I’m reading The Five People You Meet In Heaven and it’s a good read. Resonates a little like The Lovely Bones which isn’t bad thing.
– Reading around the Irish music scene, seems the U2 tour may indeed be on hold as the Edge’s daughter is being treated for cancer. So understandably no big tour announcement.
– Lost, well damn I enjoyed the first few minutes of that. A sholid episode, Kate is hardcore. The locker number being the same as the plane number is disturbing. This is all pre-ordained.
– Stray Batman rocks. I’m more exicted about this than any other series in a good while now! Rucka’s Superman: Unconventional Warfare wasn’t bad at all either.

Movies I’ve seen recently:
The Birds, ITV were showing it late night. It’s a good good movie and hasn’t dated all that much. Fantastic use of sound throughout.
Shattered Glass quite enjoyable little movie about the made-up stories for The New Republic in the late 90’s. Peter Sarsgaard is excellent, one of the most watchable actors I’ve seen in a while.
Heist. I don’t like Hackman and I’m not a big DeVito fan and perhaps this was sold on the Mamet plus star case. Not the best Mamet and not the best cast.
Blood Work, an Eastwood movie from a couple of years ago based on a decent Michael Connelly novel. It was ok, had it stayed closer the book it would have been a whole lot better. Start spoiler commentWhen about half way through I realised they had set the killer up to be a long running supporting character in the books, I got annoyed and it tainted the rest a whole lot. Weak. End spoiler comment.
Miller’s Crossing, not bad at all. Completely made by Gabriel Bynre’s performance alone.

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This week I have to catch Finding Neverland, I’ve not had the chance yet, pencil that one in for Wednesday evening.

Game stuff.
I should cancel Eve. I’m only really doing it to keep training. I don’t want to kill my character tho. I have the same problem with City of Heroes, I like them and I don’t want them to die. I was talking to Mr. Gillen late on Friday. We had both been drinking and after a while of talking about whatever, we ended up on games and slightly onto this topic. Both Eve and CoH have had me storm off from my computer, frustrated and upset. They are of course just games but I have an attachment to my characters. I’ve spent time building them up and I don’t like it when they get knocked down. It’s a big change in MMORPG’s that there is no reset. I can’t load the game and try again, I’m dead or I’ve lost my ship or whatever. It’s not a bad thing, I’m not saying that. I like the idea of death in games but sometimes it’s a killer. I’m off in EQ2 for a while now. I don’t see it lasting. It’s 6 months entertainment, probably not much more than that. Couple of friends playing it so we’ll see how that goes. I’m really not impressed with the graphics in it, I was expecting a whole lot more.

dreams and songs to sing

It’s been a quiet enough day. For the first week of the year and only a four day one at that, it’s been a struggle. I was pretty shattered (despite making a point of getting more sleep) and slept till well after noon. Then a lazy afternoon of doing fuck all before going out to meet a friend for dinner. A couple of drinks then a decent enough steak and home shortly after 10. I caught the last 45 minutes or so of the Jerry Springer Opera and it was allright.

I’ve just finished watching Blood Work, an Eastwood movie from a couple of years ago based on a Michael Connelly novel. It was ok, had it stayed closer the book it would have been a whole lot better. When about half way through I realised they had set the killer up to be a long running supporting character in the books, I got annoyed and it tainted the rest a whole lot. Weak.

I did get some comics while I was in town. Stray Batman continues to rock. It’s the only monthly I’ve been excited about in a while. A whole year of this (I believe) should be good stuff.

I was talking to Kieron late last night. About random stuff and then about games. I saved the whole conversation because I wanted to write something based on part of it. That was my plan for today but I’m having a whole lot of trouble sitting down to type lately. I’ve been planning while walking home on several occasions this week to sit down and type to the point of composing posts in my head as I walk. But when it comes to sit down and do it, it just doesn’t happen.

And so an hour lately, I’ve not even managed to look into this window again. Sleep calls.

I came home with the intent to type and I find it, like so many things in life fleeting.

Right now, I really miss my flat in Battersea. I want to be able to walk for hours alongside the river, there are times and I’m working up to one of them that I just need to.

I have two new year resolutions. I’ve broken one (not to drink for January) and the second (to not be so miserable in work) is going far better than I ever hoped. So um not so bad really.

Is this really going to be the year of fools rush in? I’m making a concerted effort to leave the past behind and it’s really not all that hard so far.

Not going back to Dublin for a while. I thought about sometime at the end of Feb but I think I need to go back to my early naughties of once or twice a year and leave it at that. Moscow has to be sorted this weekend, that’s the priority.

I’m reading Nietzsche, I don’t know quite why.

Last night in the pub (sober, two cokes) was very strange. It was almost vicious at times. Lots of people perhaps not in the best moods ever and some complete honesty. I certainly had never actually said some things I did last night. Strange.

Eve has just caused a “holy shit” or two. Has CA just fallen?

I broke, I bought EverQuest II.

2005 is off to a good start in work this morning.
Firstly, the masseuse, bless her decided to start in the little room my corner of technology sits in. Added to that, was a nice bit of extra time this morning and I feel so much better for it.

Secondly, by the time she got here just before 11am, I had finished 3 meetings, all pretty much sucessfully. My deadlines which were whooshing by me nicely, are whooshing by in general and there isn’t anything I can do about it.