atlantic city

had confirmation that my start date at the new contract is monday, which is good. downer is that i wont be based in the city but somewhere else. actually it might be good to work in another part of london and its still quite central. also it appears i will be working on a specific project, whatever it may be. all will be revealed when i go there on monday. dont you just love surprises.

weather was nice this week and for the first time in about 6 months i rode back from the gym in just my t-shirt. it was a beautiful day on wednesday. went out last night with a few of the guys from football and had a really good night out. i dont know what was the occasion but there were some ridiculously good looking women out at the bar we were in last night. always good to go to a place with some nice wallpaper. we got out the place just after 2am and trains weren't running so had to walk home about 40 minutes last night. no bother as it was nice and peaceful and much better than getting a night bus.

managed to get hold of a HD copy of the documentary, inside job, and it was very good indeed. it does make you feel slightly embaressed to work for these investment banks that have very little morality in the way they seem to clearly rip clients and institutions off, but i work in technology and dont sell toxic derivatives telling people they are a good investment, so i am not directly implicated. anyways, if you have the means i recommend a viewing.

today i have mostly been listening to bruce springsteen - atlantic city. there are lots of concerts bootlegged on youtube and most of the time the quality is flaky but the sound on this is very good. this is one of my favourite springsteen songs ever. this is also one of the reasons i go to the US every year. growing up i used to listen to a lot of springsteen and it really struck a chord with me. enjoy.