9 more days of work till i finish. i cant wait. the last week at work was really long and a couple of the guys i used to sit and have lunch with have also left so its been particularly solitary. what with a couple of the guys in our team being away on holiday its been surprisingly quiet but also boring. still no bother. 9 days.
i also got a call about another contract going at a swiss bank and i am going to see them tomorrow at lunch time. i already told them i was going on holiday straight away, just so that they dont fake surprise later on and then try and pressure me into cancelling it. i need to go away. its not just a holiday, its medicine my soul. i didnt even apply for the job, it was just something that came up and i got the call. why is it whenever i need a break, i cant get one, and when i dont need a break and want a contract, i end up waiting weeks/months.
will see how it goes. they might not give it to me anyways.
aside from that, not much going on. gym, work, home. weather has been a bit up and down as we have gotten used to this summer. have just been trying to catch the occasional sunny spell in the midst of greyness and nothing. have got a ton of stuff to sort out with regards getting my dads stuff all in order. i can see a mountain of paperwork and meetings with banks and lawyers ahead of me. i will have the energy for it once i back from cali, but i cant even bring myself to think about it now. i just feel run down.
today i have mostly been listening to the verve - history
Monday 27 August 2012
Tuesday 21 August 2012
no church in the wild
hottest weekend of the year just passed. it was what summer is supposed to be like. i cycled to the gym both days and it was lovely. even got me a bit of a tan. although i suspect i will get more when i get to cali. the sunshine even made me train harder when i was at the gym.
have booked my hotel in LA and tickets for the galaxy and new york red bulls in new jersey. its been a couple of years since i have been to new york and although i am only there for a couple of days, i am really looking forward to it as its a great city.
nothing else happening. am keeping my head down and just ticking the days off till i finish up at work. 12 more days and thats me done.
today i have mostly been listening to jay z and kanye west - no church in the wild.
have booked my hotel in LA and tickets for the galaxy and new york red bulls in new jersey. its been a couple of years since i have been to new york and although i am only there for a couple of days, i am really looking forward to it as its a great city.
nothing else happening. am keeping my head down and just ticking the days off till i finish up at work. 12 more days and thats me done.
today i have mostly been listening to jay z and kanye west - no church in the wild.
Monday 13 August 2012
running up that hill
i was at football on a thursday night a couple of weeks ago and there was a guy being helped off to a room for treatment for an injury. i didnt pay attention to it until i heard a familiar voice and then i looked at who it was and it was the chancer . it really is a small city sometimes. he was whining about how his achillies had gone which as usual i suspected was horseshit. if your achillies had snapped you would be in slightly more distress than he was in.
i texted a guy who worked with him a couple of days later who confirmed that the chancer had told everyone that his achilles had snapped but that he was fine at home. he wasn't in plaster and he hadnt had an operation, like snapped achillies tendons just fuse together naturally and just need rest. i suspect he sprained his ankle but that makes you sound like a pussy so he has built up into something it isn't to get symapthy and also an excuse to 'work from home'. still, it couldnt have happened to a nicer fella. i did chuckle to myself seeing him limp along.
speaking of chancers i also heard from a guy that bumped into one of the other chancers i worked with last year. he said the guy hadnt worked since being let go at the end of 2011. 8 months of nothing. dont feel too sorry for him because he was getting 14 grand a month for a year before that. you would think that someone who got paid 14 grand a month would have some really good skills and there would be others willing to pay for that kind of skill. turns out he wasnt worth the 14 grand and no one wants to go anywhere near him. see, i told he was a chancer. i have been in this game a while and i can spot them a mile off.
back to my own contract, i am just counting the days down till september 7th which is my last day. its a struggle to motivate yourself at a time like this but i just need to get my head down and get through the next few weeks. dont break anything, come in and leave on time, keep your trap shut and just get through it.
i booked my ticket for new york and california and am planning on doing the itinerary i posted before. i have a few days at home before i leave which will be good. i have got some paperwork and lawyer stuff to deal with about my dads stuff and i also have a tree to chop down in the garden. chopping down trees is proper work, not what i get paid to do which is to fix computers so banks can defraud tax payers and governments.
weather was good for the last couple of days of the olympics. sunny weekend just gone and i cycled to the gym. am increasing my training which has been a bit sporadic recently. its quite likely i will be hitting a few beaches so thats motivation to get in shape. will book my car and sports/music tickets over the next few days. cant wait. its been a bad couple of months since my dad passed. i am gasping to get out of this town.
today i have mostly been listening to kate bush - running up that hill. awesome.
i texted a guy who worked with him a couple of days later who confirmed that the chancer had told everyone that his achilles had snapped but that he was fine at home. he wasn't in plaster and he hadnt had an operation, like snapped achillies tendons just fuse together naturally and just need rest. i suspect he sprained his ankle but that makes you sound like a pussy so he has built up into something it isn't to get symapthy and also an excuse to 'work from home'. still, it couldnt have happened to a nicer fella. i did chuckle to myself seeing him limp along.
speaking of chancers i also heard from a guy that bumped into one of the other chancers i worked with last year. he said the guy hadnt worked since being let go at the end of 2011. 8 months of nothing. dont feel too sorry for him because he was getting 14 grand a month for a year before that. you would think that someone who got paid 14 grand a month would have some really good skills and there would be others willing to pay for that kind of skill. turns out he wasnt worth the 14 grand and no one wants to go anywhere near him. see, i told he was a chancer. i have been in this game a while and i can spot them a mile off.
back to my own contract, i am just counting the days down till september 7th which is my last day. its a struggle to motivate yourself at a time like this but i just need to get my head down and get through the next few weeks. dont break anything, come in and leave on time, keep your trap shut and just get through it.
i booked my ticket for new york and california and am planning on doing the itinerary i posted before. i have a few days at home before i leave which will be good. i have got some paperwork and lawyer stuff to deal with about my dads stuff and i also have a tree to chop down in the garden. chopping down trees is proper work, not what i get paid to do which is to fix computers so banks can defraud tax payers and governments.
weather was good for the last couple of days of the olympics. sunny weekend just gone and i cycled to the gym. am increasing my training which has been a bit sporadic recently. its quite likely i will be hitting a few beaches so thats motivation to get in shape. will book my car and sports/music tickets over the next few days. cant wait. its been a bad couple of months since my dad passed. i am gasping to get out of this town.
today i have mostly been listening to kate bush - running up that hill. awesome.
Friday 10 August 2012
countdown
my team leader got back from holiday and i told him i would not be able to do any on-call support. judging by what the other guys go through, it looks horrific and i have done it before and so i paid my dues in previous jobs. its not something i want to go back to. i told him now, a month before my contract ends so that they can find someone else who will do it.
aside from that i am just counting the days till i finish on september 7th. i feel worn down and tired. both my contracts so far this year have been pretty lame and unsatisfying, but also the most lucrative i have ever had. go figure???. if all goes plan i will have 6 days at home where i have want to do some things (chop down a tree in the garden thats getting too big) and also tidy the garage, that will take me a few days. i will then look to go to new york for a couple of days and then head out to california for a week. will look to go san francisco, LA and maybe san diego as well. will book my ticket in the next few days and then get everything else like the car and hotels booked over the next few weeks.
i can watch new york redbulls play in new jersey and also the film i posted in my previous post, the master, is released on sept 14th in new york so i might go see that as well. will also try and get tickets to see maximo park in LA and also catch a LA Galaxy game as well. rest of the time i will be going to the beach, driving along the pacific coast highway, eating, relaxing, reading. i know i will also be free of the dull pain i carry around constantly in my head. cant wait. i was going to ask a couple of guys from football again if they wanted to come, but i cant be bothered. i already asked them twice. i think they prefer going to the same shitty pubs every week.
itinerary so far
Thursday 13sept - fly to NY
Friday NY - see 'the master'
Saturday NY - game at RedBulls Arena
Sunday - fly to LA, Pick up muscle car, drive to San Fran
Monday - San Fran
Tuesday- drive Pacific Coast HWay - stop overnight somewhere??
Wednesday - drive to San diego
Thursday - Beach time in San Diego
Friday - Drive to LA Maximo Park in the eveinng
Saturday - LA, Galaxy game in the evening
Sunday - fly home to shitty London
inbetween seeing games and bands i will also be doing sightseeing, shopping and going to the beach, but this is just an overview of events.
will see how it all pans out. if i was with my friends they would just want to get drunk till 3 am every morning and wake up at 2pm in the afternoon and not get much else done.
today i have mostly been listening to richard ashcroft - new york
aside from that i am just counting the days till i finish on september 7th. i feel worn down and tired. both my contracts so far this year have been pretty lame and unsatisfying, but also the most lucrative i have ever had. go figure???. if all goes plan i will have 6 days at home where i have want to do some things (chop down a tree in the garden thats getting too big) and also tidy the garage, that will take me a few days. i will then look to go to new york for a couple of days and then head out to california for a week. will look to go san francisco, LA and maybe san diego as well. will book my ticket in the next few days and then get everything else like the car and hotels booked over the next few weeks.
i can watch new york redbulls play in new jersey and also the film i posted in my previous post, the master, is released on sept 14th in new york so i might go see that as well. will also try and get tickets to see maximo park in LA and also catch a LA Galaxy game as well. rest of the time i will be going to the beach, driving along the pacific coast highway, eating, relaxing, reading. i know i will also be free of the dull pain i carry around constantly in my head. cant wait. i was going to ask a couple of guys from football again if they wanted to come, but i cant be bothered. i already asked them twice. i think they prefer going to the same shitty pubs every week.
itinerary so far
Thursday 13sept - fly to NY
Friday NY - see 'the master'
Saturday NY - game at RedBulls Arena
Sunday - fly to LA, Pick up muscle car, drive to San Fran
Monday - San Fran
Tuesday- drive Pacific Coast HWay - stop overnight somewhere??
Wednesday - drive to San diego
Thursday - Beach time in San Diego
Friday - Drive to LA Maximo Park in the eveinng
Saturday - LA, Galaxy game in the evening
Sunday - fly home to shitty London
inbetween seeing games and bands i will also be doing sightseeing, shopping and going to the beach, but this is just an overview of events.
will see how it all pans out. if i was with my friends they would just want to get drunk till 3 am every morning and wake up at 2pm in the afternoon and not get much else done.
today i have mostly been listening to richard ashcroft - new york
Monday 6 August 2012
olympics?
have been watching lots of the olympics. britain has been doing well if you cant horseriding and sailing and rowing, which i dont, because they are not proper olympic sports but merely a way for rich priveleged people to get a sense of achievement.
were it not for these events, the olympics consists of running, throwing and jumping to which there is a lower barrier to participation which means its open to nearly everyone, and so privileged people are not able to use money and resources as a barrier to participation and filter out 93% of the potential competitors, which is what they can do with horse riding and sailing.
who knows i might be the best sailor in the world but the closest stretch of water to me is the grand union canal, which runs past the grocery store i used to work at when i was university. its probably not great for sailing in, as there are lots shopping trolleys and furniture dumped in it. in my opinion its a travesty that someone trotting around on a horse in the dressage competition will get a gold medal identical to Usain Bolt, the fast human being ever. someone sailing a boat will get the same medal as Mo Farrah who won the 10,000m last night.
there is a debate going on as to why a disproportionately higher number of medals are being won by those who have been privately educated. horses and boats are the reason. when i was at school we didnt do any of that shit. we played football and we ran. thats what we did. our heroes were and still are athletes and footballers. i dont care how many times they try and celebrate ben ainsley on tv for him winning the gold medal in sailing, none of it resonates with me or anyone i know. we look up to footballers and athletes. there is a purity in the achievements of the greatest in those fields because they include everyone and the the best is really the best and not merely the best person who happens to have stables and horses or the best that happens to have access to a boat and a lake.
lionel messi didnt get to where he is on the back of his rich parents. mo farah is a fast runner. everyone can run but he can do it faster. wayne rooney came from a council estate in liverpool and it was his own talent and hard work and he is just better at football than most people. his achievements have a purity of integrity. i dont see eton boys playing for manchester united or arsenal. i dont see privately educated athletes beating kenyan and ethiopian runners. the olympics is about the purity of sport and should celebrate champions and all those that participate equally. i think its not doing this in many 'sports'.
aside from that, the real olympics has now started with track and field. we bow in respect to bolt and gay and blake and farrah and ennis and all the athletes.
work should be interesting this week. i dont think i can continue avoid being on overnight and weekend on-call. i wrote before that i dont want to do it and i think i might get asked this week to go on-call. i will tell them i am not going to do and they will have to find someone else to do it. i will work my contract out till september 7th and that will be me done. have done on-call in other jobs and its not fun being awoken at 3 am to fix something.
havent listened to much music today, but i did see this trailer for a new film. it looks epic.
were it not for these events, the olympics consists of running, throwing and jumping to which there is a lower barrier to participation which means its open to nearly everyone, and so privileged people are not able to use money and resources as a barrier to participation and filter out 93% of the potential competitors, which is what they can do with horse riding and sailing.
who knows i might be the best sailor in the world but the closest stretch of water to me is the grand union canal, which runs past the grocery store i used to work at when i was university. its probably not great for sailing in, as there are lots shopping trolleys and furniture dumped in it. in my opinion its a travesty that someone trotting around on a horse in the dressage competition will get a gold medal identical to Usain Bolt, the fast human being ever. someone sailing a boat will get the same medal as Mo Farrah who won the 10,000m last night.
there is a debate going on as to why a disproportionately higher number of medals are being won by those who have been privately educated. horses and boats are the reason. when i was at school we didnt do any of that shit. we played football and we ran. thats what we did. our heroes were and still are athletes and footballers. i dont care how many times they try and celebrate ben ainsley on tv for him winning the gold medal in sailing, none of it resonates with me or anyone i know. we look up to footballers and athletes. there is a purity in the achievements of the greatest in those fields because they include everyone and the the best is really the best and not merely the best person who happens to have stables and horses or the best that happens to have access to a boat and a lake.
lionel messi didnt get to where he is on the back of his rich parents. mo farah is a fast runner. everyone can run but he can do it faster. wayne rooney came from a council estate in liverpool and it was his own talent and hard work and he is just better at football than most people. his achievements have a purity of integrity. i dont see eton boys playing for manchester united or arsenal. i dont see privately educated athletes beating kenyan and ethiopian runners. the olympics is about the purity of sport and should celebrate champions and all those that participate equally. i think its not doing this in many 'sports'.
aside from that, the real olympics has now started with track and field. we bow in respect to bolt and gay and blake and farrah and ennis and all the athletes.
work should be interesting this week. i dont think i can continue avoid being on overnight and weekend on-call. i wrote before that i dont want to do it and i think i might get asked this week to go on-call. i will tell them i am not going to do and they will have to find someone else to do it. i will work my contract out till september 7th and that will be me done. have done on-call in other jobs and its not fun being awoken at 3 am to fix something.
havent listened to much music today, but i did see this trailer for a new film. it looks epic.
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