thanks george

well, first off, obama had his inauguration and that means george bush has finally gone. thank god!, or more accurately, thank the constitution of the united states that doesn't allow more than 2 terms. saying that, he was unlikely to get elected for a 3rd term given the current state of things. he would probably have had to steal another election, even if he had been running against osama, let alone obama, given his current approval ratings.

obama moved into the white house yesterday and upon walking into the oval office for the first time, i wouldn't be surprised if he found that george had done a big shit on his desk. he may as well have, seeing the state of things he has handed over to obama. obama must be thinking to himself, budget deficits, 2 wars, economic meltdown, thanks for that george, you may as well have done a big steaming turd on my desk as well, seeing as i have to clean up all your other shit.

i heard that my boss from my first contract gave me a really good reference. i haven't been in contact with him for around a year since i left that place, but i sent him an email to thank him and wish him and the team well. compared to all the people i have worked with in banks, he was the best boss i have had in any of them. there are some nice people in banks that don't have an inflated opinion of themselves and who are just genuine, hard working, gracious people. don't get me wrong, the job was dull, but he was a good boss.

my impending resignation seems to have got the other 2 guys i work with, thinking. they both seem a little more frustrated at things and i know they are envious, in a nice way, that i am moving on. resumes are being written and sent off by them.

will tell the bank people officially tomorrow or friday that i am going. will be nice to have it all out in the open and then its only more week after this one. have been feeling particularly demotivated this week, but thats not uncommon given my situation.

am going out tonight in shoreditch to meet a bunch of friends i used to work with from the internet company a few years back. will be nice to see them all.

thats it really. feeling a little subdued recently. i always get like this around january/february. the long dark winter just wares you down after a few months and its hard to be chipper all the time. there is also a project manager thats sits just across from me and he talks exactly like sylvester the cat from the cartoon series. first time i heard him talk i nearly laughed. i am telling you, he talks exactly like sylvester. am surprised the people here haven't given him the nickname, sylvester. its so obvious people. come on!!.

for the first few weeks it was funny but now after 4 months of his slobbering, saliva gargling lisp, its beginning to grate a little. thats what a long winter will do to you. even funny things don't seem quite as funny any more. will be hilarious again around april, i reckon, but thankfully i will be long gone by then.

still reading the heroin diaries by nikki sixx. will finish it probably by the weekend. its awesome and almost as good as the other book, the dirt, which was more about the band as opposed to just nikki sixx slowly going insane as he battles with heroin addiction. some really funny stories in there aside from the stories of paranoia, psychotic girlfriends and injecting smack into his dick. one bit did make me laugh when he is trying to get clean and give up heroin as they are about to start a tour. after a couple of weeks he says he is really pround of himself for staying off the smack, though he says he is still drinking heavily, taking handfuls of pills and doing blow. ha ha ha!!. rock'n'roll.

anyways thats all for now.

today i have mostly been listening to does it offend you, yeah? - dawn of the dead. i still think its a shit name for a band but the song is very good.

miss you V.

xx