Okay. I just survived 5 internetless days, then caught up, and last couple of days we've been seeing speeds bottoming at 24kbps. Yay.

Things that have happened over the last couple of weeks include:  read more »

At work we had a bad-busy stretch, and I am sharing a desk and phone with a woman on the edge. We had a day where her one genuine laugh (that I witnessed) seemed to be after she said that she didn't know where her time had gone. I explained that losing time is one of the signs of alien abduction.

Later in the week I could smell sausage rolls - but other people could not. That led me to wonder whether I was having a stroke, because that could be one of the signs. There really were sausage rolls though.  read more »

Not having to go to work is awesome. But it's better when you still have money, so the plan is to get another job.

I did explain to CD store guy that, if I get another job at the last rate, I would be happy to work three or four days a week. Then I bought a stack of CDs and a Skinny Puppy t-shirt.

Then I went and bought some books. And some expensive chocolate.  read more »

A short while ago, there was much parental shouting. Then Mum knocked just to let me know - she is going to buy rice.

I'm enjoying being unemployed so far, and today I feel like my brain is starting to spin up. I've also had this awesome realisation... with multiple desktops and imitation post-it-notes, I have a cool magnetic poetry equivalent.  read more »

Shorter observation, which made someone sad. When people talk about Michael Jackson and say "I loved him when I was little!", they don't want to hear why that makes you think he's like Hi-5.

I was disagreeing with someone about foyer furniture. I stand by my position, that it is orange, and generally hideous. Funny thing is that... in the 60's, people thought that furniture of the future would look this way. Joke on mankind is that, with retro style, furniture of the future DOES look that way!

I had a great lunch today! Sometimes I just want desert, and the guys pick on me - but I think they're jealous. Today I got Apple Crumble Pizza. It's like a thin crust pizza with a slightly sweet dough. And then on top there's apple, and cinnamon, and sultanas, with oats and biscuit crumbs on top. And ice cream. AND - they had this massive beer list, I couldn't resist "Sexy Beer". When it came, there's a bikini chick on the bottle. The guys thought she would lose the bikini when the bottle was empty, but I had a look... and it was a scratchy! I must have lived a sheltered life, but that was so entertaining.

What really surprised me was - that was a great beer. Kind of reminded me of some wines I've enjoyed.

I placed a fairly large CD order a little while ago. I am already pining.

Lots of other crap going on. What I learned along the way... don't send an SMS to multiple recipients with really big news. The response is impossible to keep up with.

Also today, someone was saying they would love to be a postie with one of the little motorbikes. Then they drifted off into hitting kids. We all agreed that one of those dinky little cycles with a cow-catcher would be awesome. Further agreement was that the kids would get airborne in entertaining ways

I got my stimulus, and today part of it went to:
Covenant - Europa
Haujobb - Vertical Mixes
Seabound - When Black Beats Blue, and Beyond Flatline
Foetus - In Excelcis Corruptus Deluxe (DVD)
Ultraviolence - Killing God
Compilations, Dependent Club Invasion, and Hymns  read more »