Work update
I've been doing some good work on the training stuff that I've been doing, with some excellent feedback on my progress and what I'm doing for the training material. However, I've done both a good thing and a bad thing … Read more …
OLD (1998-2012)
The glare
I was walking along the street one evening a couple of weeks ago. There were some teenage boys in front of me, blocking the sidewalk. People were walking on the road in order to walk around them. I'm not one … Read more …
Happy anniversary to me!
Today is the day that I've been here in New Zealand exactly 4 years. I arrived here on June 14 2000, and it's now June 14 2004. Happy Anniversary to me! Happy Anniversary to me! Happy Anniversary dear Alan… Happy … Read more …
Lost In Translation
I just watched a movie called Lost In Translation, starring Bill Murray. It made me sad. Do not continue reading if you haven't seen it and plan on seeing it, as I'm giong to be telling you all about it. … Read more …
Ongoing laptop jokes
I asked for a USB keyboard yesterday at work, so that I could connect it to my laptop and work more ergonomically. You'd think it'd be a simple thing in a computer company, wouldn't you, but nooooo… Within the space … Read more …
Cruelty to animals
I was reading a message board last week that caters to cat owners, reading what others experience and advise. There was an 18 year old girl in America talking about her cat that was sick, it needed an operation. She … Read more …
Live YOUR Life
"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose … Read more …
The politics of… me!
I was having a conversation with a friend by email about my political views (according to the political compass entry here), and I thought I'd put my comments here because they tell a lot more about me and my views. … Read more …
Yawn…
I'm tired. I've been tired a lot lately, of evenings when I get home. It's because work has been so full-on in relation to the number of calls I've had to take, and the workload that's increased. It's all since … Read more …
Investing in my future
Ever since my recent holiday with Mel around the north island of New Zealand, I've taken to being a lot more serious about money, and the spending of it. I overspent my budget on the holiday, and it's annoyed me … Read more …
Compromising positions
I worked the graveyard shift on Saturday morning, from midnight to 8am, so that the guy who normally does it could go out and get drunk at the pub crawl sponsored by work. At around 3am, I received a call … Read more …
A new flatmate at last!
I finally got myself a new flatmate today – she moved in this afternoon. Thank God! I was starting to get frantic, as Penny’s rent payment was about to run out on the 15th, so I only had a few … Read more …
Affairs with married women
I was talking to someone the other day (I can't remember who it was!) about how I've been involved with a number of married women over the years. They, like many others, felt that it was a bad thing being … Read more …