gordon gecko

had my interview yesterday. it went pretty well, but what the fuck do i know!?. have been in this situation before with these exact same people and i didn't end up getting an offer. am quite optimistic and hopeful though and had a nice chat with the whole team and then went for a drink with the guy who i would be working for.

had to dress down a little yesterday for the interview. you usually you have to wear a suit but they are not a suit and tie company and i didn't want to go meet them dressed up like some gordon gecko, michael douglas, wall street wannabe, amongst people wearing converse trainers and faded jeans and make them have doubts about me be able to integrate into their environment and work culture.

will find out on monday or tuesday next week if i get it. god i hope so. it will be such a relief to be out of this place and start something new and not be at work checking my watch every 15 minutes calculating how long is left till the end of the day.

ozzy, the contractor who i work with got politely warned yesterday after he responded to a request that someone had mailed the wintel engineers with a problem. wanting to be helpful he responded back even though strictly its not part of our job to deal with those types of problems. our teamleader asked him not to respond back in future as it had upset the other department that usually deals with it. ozzy quite fairly argued that no one responded to the mail for ages and so was just trying to be helpful. with out actually saying the words, the team leader asked him not to be helpful in future and just to get on with his own shit. oh dear. this is what it is like working in a place like this.

i usually meet a friend of mine who i used to work with a few years back, for lunch on fridays. he is not really enjoying his job since he has started working in a financial company either. he said the measure of how much you like your job is measured by how much you look forward to fridays. i can remember a time when it made not much difference to me but now fridays are golden. he said it was the same for him and its just so nice knowing its the last day of the week. you also get the opposite feeling as well and mondays are just horrible. :-)

a new guy started in our team this week and he is waiting for all his accounts and for his pc to get set up. i told him he should bring in his laptop or something to read because it could take weeks. i can see he is already bored after 5 days. he just came over today to say hello and we got to talking and he said that there was a guy that sits next to him who is a linux sys admin and who has been waiting 8 weeks for his accounts to come through. 8 weeks and still nothing!. thats broken my record of 7 weeks. i jokingly told him thanks for pissing on my chips by telling me that my only achievement in this place, waiting 7 weeks for an account, has now been beaten by someone already. :-)

had the first football of the year last night. it was cold and foggy and it was hard work getting into it. because of the bad weather i have not cycled for a few weeks and so my fitness is not what it should be. have been going to the gym regular but weight training is not much help when you need to run around. actually felt really weak last time i went to the gym as well. this long winter is wearing me down and its been extra freezing cold for around a week now. everything feels like hard work this week. even my job where i do very little and have no stress has been hard work this week.

look after yourself flower. have a lovely weekend.

today i have mostly been listening to ian brown - illegal attacks
Does not a day go by Without the Israeli Air Force Fail to drop it’s bombs from the sky?