fight!

the other 2 contractors i work with are really struggling to work together in any capacity. ozzy is in a mood all the time and just sits silently at his desk zoned out to the rest of the world. the other contractor, i think i will refer to him as harry, is still his same hyper active, short tempered impatient person as before. they are just very incompatible personalities and tension was inevitable. they had another little argument this morning over email. both of them were wrong though in this case, ozzy was a little bit more wrong than harry.

me, i am just sitting here not getting involved and doing what every contractor should do, which is try and get on with everyone and at the same time not make any waves. i think there will be more fireworks between ozzy and harry in the not too distant future. i hope i have front row seats for when it all blows up as i have never seen a fight take place at work before. :-).

ozzy mentioned to me that he felt like punching harry in the face, because he was so rude and pushy. i did the mature thing and said he should take a deep breath and just walk away next time he feels like that. i should have said, dude don't hold all of that anger inside, punch his lights out......just make sure i am there to see it.

3 weeks till the end of the year. all things taken into account its been a good year but i just want to get 2009 started now. this time last year i was at a bank i hated and a year later ........i am at another bank and i hate it even more....., but in a strange way i am able to cope with it better. i do find my discomfort and frustration at work quite amusing in a strange kind of way. shit!, you have to laugh about it, even if it is happening to me.

on the postive side of things it does mean i have worked for 3 of the largest investment banks in the world in the last year, and banks that all survived the credit crunch and didn't go under like bear or lehmans. my resume is the shit!. i also did my trip across america which is easily one the best things i ever did in my life uptill now. i think about it everyday and things i saw and the people i met and it really does help me get through the day.

had a couple of calls from recruiters about jobs but nothing solid. one of the recruiters said i had a really impressive cv which was a nice boost for my ego and it shows its not completely a constant stream of rejections for me. just most of the time its rejections. :-). anyways, it looks like they are just getting things lined up for the new year and hopefully some roles come up. thats fine by me. i can wait another 3 weeks.

watched the film tropic thunder last night and it was hilarious. tom cruise is in it and plays one of the funniest parts i have ever seen anyone do. i was literally laughing out loud and had tears streaming down my face.

thats it really. got football on friday as long as no one drops out. forecast is for the temperature to be 3C during the day on thursday. at 10pm when we start playing it will be at, or below, freezing. ouch!.
am thinking of taking another exam soon. its just that i am so bored and i am looking at maybe doing the hyper-v exam or sql. will see how i feel. there are usually lots of good films on tv around christmas so i might not do the actual exam before the new year and just do some study till then. lame excuse but its true.

today i have mostly been listening to ladyhawke - delerium.