well here am i on the train back from glasgow and ibm hq, very bored so i thought id see how long it takes to update lj from my mobile. my conclusion? gprs aint broadband.

four bin liners and two cardboard boxes filled with rubbish and taken to the tip, and my place looks absolutely no different! It's a very strange reality we live in.

No - I haven't won the lottery or anything, but one of the guys at work has left and I've got his place on the on-call rota. This means just over an extra two hundred full pounds per month (before tax ...grrr...) and I only cover one week in six. Not a bad deal methinks! Plus I get a bit of exposure to some of the stuff I don't normally get to play ( Read more... )

I haven't been feeling very cheerful just lately. You know when you can't be bothered with all the pointless little niceties? And you're completely intolerent of stupidity from people who have done it all before and should know better? I'm talking mostly about work here but it's not as though I put on any sort of false personality for work so I ( Read more... )

Well, not a bad xmas all said and done. I was only off work for 3 days (plus weekends of course!). Since everyone else in the department has partners/kids I decided to stay in to cover work. There were just three of us - me, one of the IT trainers and a girl on the helpdesk ( Read more... )

Not sure If I'll be online again until after xmas so MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MY LITTLE POSSE OF LJ FRIENDS!

Not that I've spoken to any of you in ages :( but hey, you deserve a great christmas just for still having me on your friends list! :)

Dan

Just missed the deadline for an assignment that counts for 25% of my current course. And why? because the fucking website is down ( Read more... )

Think I'm coming down with something, felt really weak all day and my chest seem somehow light. I'll probably call in sick tomorrow ( Read more... )

Off to London for the weekend, catch up with a few friends (most of whom have abandoned this lil town I live in) and maybe even put up with my brother for a few hours. Got to see a west end show on saturday - hasn;t got very good reviews but a friend is working as a stage techie so free tickets for us! Otherwise no real plans expect to do some ( Read more... )

Well I am still alive and well. Haven't been active in my old online haunts much lately, been too busy with work and study (ugh ( Read more... )