8:42 pm - 29 July 2004
hello hello its good to be back good to be back hello hello hello
sweet baby jesus and the orphans, i'm knackered. thank jesus of nazareth that its friday tomorrow which meaneth no more work until monday. and its a special weekend because Inkysoso turns 21. she still looks 14 though. i've rearranged part of my working week around this momentus occasion, i should've been on my way to madchester again but because there was not guarantee that i'd be back early enough tomorrow, boss unit 2 sent another engineer instead.
madchester this week was good. i learnt a lot, did a helluva lot of cabling (my fingers were red raw after 38 ethernet sockets), and worked one 11 hour day followed by a 12 hour day and a 3 hour drive home. got 3hrs off work yesterday though yay. the people we worked with were really nice, the builder was really funny. "women have enough grief when they're on their period, why do they need to know which tampons to use for bunjee jumping and skiing?" a valid point i'm sure you'll agree.
my cat (the ginger one who has her picture here sometimes) has lost her collar. that collar had a bell on it so her victims can hear her coming. i am one of those victims. she keeps creeping up stealthy like behind me. why am i typing in sentences rather than with proper grammar. i don't know. its bad.
i've been looking at places me & Inkysoso can go on holiday. i started looking on the EasyJet website at places in Italy 'cos she say she like to go there. then i got a bit ambitious and looked at flying to Washington (no, i don't know why i chose Washington) with Virgin Atlantic or (I like the sound of this one) Cairo with BA. i dunno. it all sounds good. if anyone can think of somewhere really nice then let me know and we'll see how it goes. i'm looking at the BA special offers now. i'd like to go to a different continent sometime so i can at least say i've left Europe.
is it wrong to want things other people can't have like air con and an extra portion of chips? i've been thinking about it. i'm saving up for a new car, one with air conditioning and a bigger engine and the like, and i've been thinking isn't it unfair and pompous (i never actually say that word, but Inkysoso tells me i'm pompous sometimes so i thought i'd run with the theme) to say i only want a car with air conditioning? what about the people who can't afford cars with air conditioning, and the people who think i should keep the current Skoda and give money to charity. when i changed jobs, people at the old place said "why don't you stay here?" and i said "well, i've taken a pay rise to leave, partly because my earning potential here was only �16k but is virtually uncapped in IT" at the same time as realising that they're on that. isn't that a subconscious dig at them?
well i've decided there's nothing wrong with it. that is what i want so that is what i will have. at the end of the day, i'm the person driving my car and i'm the person paying it so why shouldn't i choose the extras i want, even if other people disagree. and regarding the money, well, its not MY fault if these people got stuck in shit jobs like my cousin. he wanted an apprenticeship to be an electrical engineer at my airport, but applications were frozen after he applied in late august 2001 (before 9/11 of course). he has now been told he's too old for an apprenticeship so is stuck working as a postman. is it MY fault he didn't apply for other jobs with other electrical companies away from the airport? no. AND he's ginger.
enough for now. oh, speaking of gingers, boss unit 2's wife has had another child this week, a ginger boy called Jared. at least we know its his because he's ginger.
later people.
