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Monday, June 30, 2008

Last week was crazy - every day something happened - something major and something to put the spanner in the 'ol works.

This weekend was also very eventful (not to mention me suffering from a horrendous bout of hay fever).

Did I blog or pod cast about it - no. I was too busy surviving!

Hopefully this week will sort itself out. At least during his birthday on Wednesday, Richard and I get to escape to Paris for the day ;0)

I could ramble on and one but I choose not to - I do however have to ask what is up with the sick bastards in the world these days?

I'll sign out for now with a photo I took whilst waiting for my train this evening. I love London when it's sunny...

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Waddling 'round London

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Well this photo is proof that even when I am at my busiest we can still manage some time to have fun at work!

We have just finished a two day intensive workshop and I was charged with the task of finding an activity (you may remember I had us all ice sculpting last year). Anyway as I knew a number of the team were coming from South Africa, Asia and Argentina etc i thought it'd be nice to have a tour of London. Of course I booked something out of the ordinary.

We went on the Duck Tour which takes place on an old amphibious WWII vehicle which does the standard tour around the roads before heading into the Thames!

I wasn't sure what to expect but as you can tell from the photographs it was a fantastic experience and everyone had a great time.

Sadly Paddy and I didn't win the quiz but we came close - I think the other teams were cheating anyway. I know my boss was getting the answers from her husband via her mobile - she still came second though (although Paddy and my marking might have something to do with that ;0) ).

If you want a fun way to see London I couldn't recommend the Duck Tour highly enough (although do it on a nice sunny day to get the best benefit from the land and the river!)

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What a week!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

I have not had any time to think or barely breath this week - it's been f*****g chaos! Thankfully tomorrow is Friday. That said it will be a chaotic day as I am spending the day with a film crew.

I did manage to record a series of Releases which I am most grateful for - it means I can produce Release 4 without worrying about having to record something! This Release features the last video pod cast from our recent trip to Spain. I hope you enjoy joining us on the drive along the coast.

There has been the odd bit of news I wanted to cover this week but I have come home so tired I simply haven't had the energy. I'll break it down to a digest.

Janet is touring (should put Grandma-donna in the shade), I feel the natural catastrophes in Burma and China are shocking and upsetting, we want to visit Pompeii, people updating their Facebook profiles with inane crap annoy me oh and it's Eurovision this weekend (not sure whether that's a good think or not!).

Anyway it'll probably quiet over the weekend as it's a public holiday here in the UK and Andy and Rob are visiting so I doubt there will be time for blogging etc - please let there be some nice weather so we can get out and about!

Adios amigos - until the next five minutes when I have a breather to write something!

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No money?

Saturday, May 03, 2008

I always find it amazing how my company says it needs to cut costs and be more economical and yet it throws up constant surprises.

I was away on a two day workshop Thursday and Friday at Four Acres in Kingston-upon-Thames. Imagine my surprise (and delight) when I pulled up outside this place!

Typically English and rather splendid in the spring sunshine.

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Going Ape Sh*t!

Monday, April 21, 2008

What a crazy day!

Our factory in Liverpool and the Head Office where I work in the City of London was today targeted by Greenpeace protesters.

They were dressed as orangutans and managed to scale to the first floor balcony of 100 VE (formerly Unilever House), jumping around like apes, playing jungle noises and basically being a nuisance!

They are protesting about our use of Palm Oil in our products and they fact that it is destroying the Apes natural habitat. Of course Greenpeace want to be partly impartial and have said Unilever itself is not just to blame.

The company issued a statement today informing the markets that we head a coalition whose role it is, to find alternative solutions for the use of Palm Oil. It's a mammoth task as lots of products that we all make and consume contain Palm Oil.

I only took the photo below from the railway bridge on my way home (you can see the anti-Dove protest hoardings on the road junction). There are plenty of other photos online as the events have been well covered by the media. Follow this link to find out what the BBC are reporting.

The orangutans were still there when I left and admit they won't go until we stop using Palm Oil - I think they may be there a long time!

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Perks of the Job

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Thankfully Richard reminded me that the Red Arrows accompanied by the Eurofighters would be flying down the Thames today to mark the 90th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force.

The bridges in the city were packed with spectators - thanks to our wonderful new building we got a birds eye view.

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Kindergarten

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

You know sometimes I wish I did work with Children, that way things might actually get done, people might listen and things may get actioned without running off to mommy.

Still I promised myself I wouldn't crib about this so I thought I would share possibly the funniest LOL Cat piccy I have seen in a while ;0)

Thankfully I have Cheezburger to help me get through my day.

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Athens/TGTC127

Friday, March 14, 2008

I had a very busy time in Athens - there's lots to tell but too much to write. Listen to Trunk Cast 127 to find out all about it.

See all my photos on Flickr

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Too busy to think of a title?

Saturday, March 08, 2008

It's been an interesting day. We popped down to Brent Cross today as I wanted to get some things for my conference trip to Greece on Monday.

I got myself some shirts and the odd pair of trews. I must confess to man handling a Mac Book Air but to be honest I prefer the Pro. I did get some new trainers too but that was during another shopping trip in St Albans. Our big purchase today was our new 32" LCD TV. Richard has been pestering me for one since Christmas and to be honest we got such a good set at an excellent price, it was too good an opportunity to miss.

Think we'll have a quiet day tomorrow. I am staring down the eyes of a chaotic week... I need to pack etc (and we all know how long it takes a gay man to do that!). Not sure I am going to get a Trunk Cast together either, it's yet another things on the list. I'll see what I can do ...

At least I can spend some time at the airport watching BBC iPlayer on my iPod Touch. Thanks to the fab beta and unrestricted access through the Cloud network I can watch whatevers on iPlayer whenever I want. Don't you just love technology (just avoid mentioning the SDK launch delay to me!).

Update: I have uploaded Trunk Cast 126, just a brief update but a show nonetheless.

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Aaaggghhh!!!

Thursday, February 07, 2008

No time
Little sleep
No internet
No phone

No hope of a Trunk Cast or blog entry this week!

No this isn't an apology ;)

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Office Narcolepsy

Saturday, January 05, 2008

It is safe to say that only a fraction of the staff have returned to work this week - which (as I mentioned in Trunk Cast 118) is probably to be expected. The majority of the people in my building are foreign and therefore have gone home for Christmas - this means these people have taken longer breaks in order to go home.

This has meant that the three days I have been in this week have gone very slowly as there hasn't really been that much going on. I think everyone who came in made reference to how the time was dragging. There is however a flip side to this as we have all managed to get all those niggly little jobs out of the way and I am sure the time was spent wisely as next week things will get back to there normal rate of chaos as I am sure everyone will return to work.

If you listened to show 118 I mentioned the Christmas decorations, well they came down last night and now the house looks rather bare and less festive without them. At least it's done, Io think I hate taking decorations down ass much as I do putting them up - only because of the amount of time it takes (and care as 70% of our tree decorations are glass).

Photo a day

You may recall I used to have a pic-a-day gallery on Flickr which I featured heavily on here - this was a gallery of anything that caught my eye, but principally just one picture a day.

Last year I took it further and joined the 365 project on Flickr taking a photo a day of myself - but to be honest I only got half way into the year after having run out of ideas.

I am thinking of resurrecting one of these ideas as it's a great way to generate content but what I would liek to know if what do you think?

Please fill in your response here so that I can gauge visitor opinion.

If you would like to make further comment about this please email me

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Busy on both sides

Friday, November 02, 2007

This week has been busy both at work and socially which has been rather nice (well the social bit at least).

Thankfully this is due to continue through the weekend to. It's Guy Fawkes Day on Monday which means that the weekend will be busy with firework displays. For once we are going to a local display tomorrow. We don't normally as we stay home to look after B. We are going tomorrow though and we will do everything to make sure she is not scared by all the commotion.

Sunday has us visiting friends in Cambridge which will be lovely as we have not seen Steve and Robin in ages.

Here's to a wonderful, relaxing and fun weekend.

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No Cast this week

Thursday, July 26, 2007

I have been thinking about when I can get a show recorded this week and I am afraid there is no opportunity for me to do so.

It's been another unbearable week and I really do not have the time or the energy.

I am sure when I do record my next show there will be plenty to say.

For now I am focusing on making it through this week and heading towards the weekend. At least Richard has invited some friends over to help him belatedly celebrate his birthday.

I have by some small miracle managed to keep up my 365 days set in Flickr although this weeks photos are a little sporadic in style - I think they reflect my mood perfectly though!

Oh if any of you are on Facebook, keep an eye out for me and Brandy too as she now has her own Catbook page ;o)

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WaTcHoUt!*

Friday, July 13, 2007

It's been a more than unusual week at work as we moved into our new premises this week. I say new as we have moved back into our old building but it has been completely refurbished. So much so the old name has been removed and it's been renamed to 100 VE.

You won't be able to miss it on the bank of the Thames it's an imposing 1920's Art Deco building but now the interior is a swish technical heaven!

I took some snaps when we first went to view it and today whilst enjoying my lunch on the roof over looking London. I think we have a better view than the tourists who go up in the eye (and we get paid to be there!)

Vanessa has been a complete star today and has managed to come up trumps for the Prince concert we are attending on the 4th August. Not only are we going to see the MPLS genius at the 02, we have also managed to secure tickets to the After show Party! I have been fortunate enough to attend some of these in the past and it feels odd to be acquiring tickets before the event but I know it's going to be worth it.

I think it will be a very late night on the 4th (giving me just about enough time to recover to do it all over again on the 7th ;o) )

* this was meant to sound like Prince's opening scream from Gett off

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Maybe...

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Maybe the course wasn't so bad after all...

I think the great thing about this week has been the other attendees and our excellent tutor. It was kind of awkward to have all those nationalities in one room at first (English, Swiss, Russian, German, French and Belgium), but we soon all relaxed and thoroughly enjoyed one anothers' company.

I would like to think I have made some great new friends this week and learnt a great deal in the process.

Roll on our next get together in September!

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Pimm's o'clock

Last night ended with a bang and this morning started with a hang over of sorts.

After dinner last night we capitalized on the great clear evening and socialised in the grounds of our training centre. We introduced our foreign team mates to Pimm's no 1 and it was well recieved.

By 1230 we were out of booze but all much more relaxed and familiar. It's a great group and we're all looking forward to meeting again in September.

note: there are photos but I have yet to find the time to upload them. Keep an eye on Flickr.

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Delayed start

Monday, June 18, 2007

Well I wasn't looking forward to my weeks training and starting it feeling so rough wasn't very encouraging. I think the driver thought he was Lewis Hamilton as he drove like a bat out of hell. I choose to try and get some shut eye on the way.

The centre reminds me of Cranfield where I used to work so it's pretty much my idea of hell.

The fellow attendees are very nice and come from places such as Switzerland and Russia. It's just a shame I am not currently that focussed on the content. I am sure I will settle in though!

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Recovered!

Friday, June 08, 2007

Well I have just about recovered from the work conference. It did seem to be very intense and I think actually organising the event as well as attending just adds to the pressure.

I am really pleased that everyone enjoyed the team activity I had arranged. We were shown how to sculpt with ice and were given the challenge to pair up and come up with a wine cooler.

Lawrence and I took the challenge of keeping the exterior of the design minimal whilst focusing on the inside of the block - placing the bottle in the opposite way to normal whilst making a feature of the shards etc inside.

I think we achieved what we had set out to do and as everyone else seemed to knock the hell out of their blocks, we were certainly the only ones to follow this route.

That's not to say the rest of the team didn't do well, there were some great designs.

I am not sure I would arranged an activity which gave Lawrence control of power tools though. If you follow this link you will see the other photo where he is brandishing a saw - scary!

I look at this photo and I still hate my hair - I look bloody awful. I am certainly going to change my barbers as that's two terrible hair cuts in two visits.

The decor in the hotel and the total lack of hair did allow me to take a cool 365days photos yesterday which I titled "Red Letter Day".

Can you see me in the shot? I think it's very subtle but I like it.

BTW whoever thinks that the new Maroon 5 album sounds like Prince - or picks up on his influences needs their head read. It's fucking awful!

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Do I Have To?

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Well today has been bloody manic and I feel my away days won't be very restful.

I find it odd the I have a marketing role and I appear to be doing anything but that.

I am so tired I cannot wait for the weekend to arrive. I think it'll seem to take forever to arrive though.

There was a small highlight in my day (which I almost forgot!). A number of us went to the Bridewell Theatre again for lunch time theatre and enjoyed a very jocular version of Twelfth Night.

I honestly don't know how the production company put on such great plays and turn them around in 45 minutes but they do. It was a very welcome break from work.

I doubt I will have any time to podcast this week which is annoying. Increasingly I appear to be loosing track of what I would like to do with my time.

As I have a course coming up I don't think pod casts will be happening any time soon. Maybe things will pick up when Richard and I go to Paris at the end of the month.

Oh well, I am going to sign off as I need to pack, I need to unwind and I want to catch the final Ugly Betty.

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Going downhill

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Well today started well enough. Sun was shining, Richard treated me to a bacon bagel, my morning smoothie woke me up and I was still elated following last nights gig.

I decided to get my hair cut and the day went down hill from there. To start with my request was simple enough: grade 1 sides with a trim. Sadly the barber was more interested in telling me about his move to London rather than paying attention. I now have a very short hair cut and I hate it.

I returned back to the office to an unpleasant scene and within 5 minutes wondered what I was doing there.

A 'chat' here and a 'meeting' there soon left me royaly fucked off. My whole day had been turned on it's head within a matter of minutes. Now I am heading home wondering why I got out of bed this morning.

The prospect of two days away with the team doesn't make me too happy. At least the weekend will arrive sooner.

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I/U Noticed

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

I noticed that there have been very few comments lately :(

U may have noticed that there hasn't been any blog entries or pod casts this week - being back at work has zapped away all my time... I don't know if I am going to record a Trunk Cast this week either as we're away this weekend!

I am just about managing to produce 365 pics though!

Hang in there...

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Out on the lash!

Thursday, May 03, 2007

It's certainly been a busy week. At least for once it's not all been taken up with work though!

To start with their was the Tony Bennett Concert on Monday. Last night I attended a leaving party for Gordon. A colleague of mine who is leaving my company after working there for 13 years. He's jacking everything in to travel around the world and I really admire his guts.

He's a nice chap and he has an oddball sense of humour which I am going to miss amongst our team.

There was a nice group of us in attendance last night and we started the evening by making the most of the warm weather by enjoying the local beer garden on the Thames. We made out way along the South Bank to Wagamama where we had a fun evening scoffing and joking around.

I could have done without getting back so late though.

With all these late nights and early morning this week I will need a holiday. Oh hang on a minute, we're away next week! ;¬D

Note for those of you waiting for this weeks Trunk Cast, I am afraid there may be a further wait as I am too busy enjoying myself!

Anyway I mus come offline and vote - someone has to get Phony Bliar out of power!

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How Tartly That Gentleman Looks!

Friday, April 27, 2007

Well it's been a week of contrasts. A week of travelling and emotions.

Thankfully Friday seemed to bring things back to normality - but with a cultural interlude at lunch...

I spotted a flyer advertising Shakespeare in a lunch break at the Bridewell Theatre so I went along today with two guys from the office. It was really nice to sit down, take some time out and to enjoy some real culture - especially in the middle of a busy working day.

Bridewell is a very small theatre in the City of London but is only 5 minutes from the office. The Lunchbox Theatre productions feature a number of Shakespearean productions and a 45 minute rendition of works is perfect.

The cast were very good and incredibly fluid. It's been a long time since I have been to see a Shakesperean production. I think it's been even longer since I have read any Shakespeare.

I am sure Patrick and I will go again - especially as Twelfth Night is coming up in a couple of weeks.

I often wonder about what other people do and the way their lives pan out - a bit like Sliding Doors. Richard and I had very different days - even hours today. In the time it took me to watch the production, Richard jetted off to Holland for a music festival.

This leaves me at home alone this weekend but I have plans for Sunday. Tomorrow I think I will chill out - maybe get some new plants for the garden and make the most of the forecasted nice weather.

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Bureaucracy Gone Mad

Friday, March 23, 2007

I know that the Labour party has well and truly fucked up this country and I know that breaking apart government run businesses was a bad move but I never realised that simple tasks could be so damn complicated to correct.

My annual season ticket (which costs me £2,500 a year), started to jam in various gates at stations. As this is my main ticket and it cost so much I decided to get a replacement.

I went to City Thameslink today and asked for a new ticket.

I thought this would be a simple process of man takes ticket, man checks my ID, man puts blank ticket in machine, man gives me shiny new ticket. Boy was I wrong!

First off the ticket man said my ticket was playing up because the gates at City Thameslink were playing up.

I stipulated I have never been through this station and that this was happening in various stations.

He then said I couldn't exchange my ticket as I'd have to do that at the station where I got my ticket.

I informed him that was online.

He didn't know what to suggest.

I stated that the ticket had proof of my ID (including my photo and signature) and that it was arranged through my employer.

He still stated I'd have to go back to the original place of purchase (a web site) and talk to them.

He then corrected himself and told me to contact my HR department. At this stage I walked away for fear of loosing my temper.

When I got back to the office I logged into the First Crapital Disconnect website to find there was no way of getting a replacement ticket online. So I called them.

Only to be told that they don't issue tickets. The TrainLine does.

Thankfully FCD gave me The TrainLines number as they do not advertise any number online.

I called them several times before getting through.

They informed me they would have to mail me a letter which I would take to any station to get issued with a new ticket.

I asked why I couldn't just do this anyway and she couldn't answer the question.

Considering the woman on the phone only asked for my photo id number and my post code I was bemused as to why this could not be done at any station counter.

So my ID was confirmed (!) and I was informed that a letter would be with me within a couple of days!

By chance I checked my email and it had actually been emailed to me not posted.

I printed and went back to the station (a different one this time).

The guy at the counter tutted, sighed and took my letter (which contained more information than he could possibly need about me and my season ticket).

He then proceeded to produce a set of forms which I had to fill in in order for him to issue my replacement (remember he has the letter of authority already!).

I started to fill them in when he then asked if "I could leave a mobile number and come back as it would take some time...".

I think the look on my face said it all. I wasn't moving for anything.

He eventually processed all the paperwork (after asking several questions which were all answered by the letter and not me), which only took a couple of minutes.

I now (eventually), have a new season ticket.

I still don't know if it's correct though as it states something my old ticket didn't. The counter guy assures me it's right.

I cannot believe so many people, so much time and effort was needed to issue me with a replacement ticket.

What the hell is wrong with this country?

I pay more than enough to go the minimal distance to work each day and when I have a problem with their flimsy tickets, I am treated like dirt.

What is wrong with these companies and this country?

(The icing on the cake - I read in the letter that I am only entitled to three replacement tickets in one year. How do they work that out?).

No doubt (when I have calmed down), I will be sending a letter to the various rail bodies with my grievances.

And why won't Blogger display the £ porperly?

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After Hours

Friday, February 23, 2007

It is not often that I socialise outside of work, especially not straight after work. Today was an exception.

I went out with a few members of the conference team and we had a really pleasant evening. Not sure cocktails are my thing but I do like Pimms and Champagne :)

I also got really good recognition from one of my 'managers' today which spread much further than expected as another global lead really like my work.

Days like this are worth getting out of bed for, and it's not just the champagne talking!

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Trio of Trouble

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

OK so today we had David Beckham, Tony Blair and George W Bush in the office.

Just an average day at the office for me.

I am so glad to be back at work!

Please don't ask me to explain...

I said don't ask!

Don't forget to pop by Flickr and leave plenty of comments about my Berlin photos ;)

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De mazzel, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye!

Monday, January 29, 2007

Well not for good, only for a few days!

I doubt I will get any time to blog whilst away in the Netherlands for work nor do I plan to be online when I am in Germany for my birthday this weekend so this is my last post for while.

I may try to post the odd photo to Flickr but I don't promise anything as I am not sure I can connect my phone to my work PC! (And I don't want to do it over the air in case my tariff shoots up!).

Anyway, be safe, have a good week and I'll speak you all again soon!

P.S Don't forget to have a browse around my fab new geo tagged photo map on Flickr.

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The Deal..

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

OK here's the deal... As part of my current Transformers obsession I decided to purchase some figures in order to make a profit. I am pleased to announce this has paid off.

Although as I suspected I have been sucked in by my childhood obsession.

I remember having Soundwave as a kid and loved playing with him as he was easy to transform, he was a great item and had lots of little bits and pieces such as the cassettes that also transformed. I don't ever remember what the use of the "stereo" mode was but hey who cares!

Anyway I purchased a Commemorative Edition Sound Wave on Ebay and it arrived via Asia a couple weeks ago. He was mint in the box.

I decided I'd put him back on Ebay and sell him. This didn't quite work as he didn't accumulate the bids as I had hoped. I then realised that the commemorative editions don't fetch anywhere as near as much as the original Transformers and to be honest I can see why.

He's a great recreation of my 80's toy but when compared to the originals I have he still looks and feels a little too modern.

Ebay has become flooded with Commemorative editions and to be honest I paid a good price for him and got an excellent item for very little. I cannot expect to make any more money on him so I did the unthinkable just now and took him out of the box!

He'll sit on the shelf with Ravage and Laser Beak, occupying space with my original Jazz and Optimus Prime. But you know what? I don't care if I have opened him up - I loved this character and seeing him stood there reminds me so much of my childhood.

If he was an original (which are going for stupid amounts of money), I wouldn't feel so sentimental. Still he brings me joy and he looks really menacing.

You know the other thing I could never work out as a kid (and still can't), is how a stereo is bigger than Optimus' truck and the robot therefore ends up bigger than Optimus! Surely this is an oversight from Hasbro ;)

Damn it's been a long week! And still it is only Wednesday - I have not stopped this week and am really looking forward to the weekend.

Of course we're vering towards the end of the month which means the work trip and our holiday. The latter I am really looking forward to but I get the feeling the work trip will be quite tough. Still it's all experience I guess!

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Passion

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Passion, Love, Sex, Money, Violence, Religion. Injustice, Death

Well it's a more exciting way of describing my week so far!

Apart from the normal hum drum at work there was a bit of excitement today as we got to see our new old building (the company moved out, sold it, renovated it and are moving back in in 2007!).

It was very interesting to see what has happened to the innards of this splendid building but I did feel sorry for it's old art deco soul - the guts literally have been ripped out.

I am very pleased that the original facade, the reception and the marvellous marble stair case have been restored to their formal glory.

It's been chucking it down with rain today and I got absolutely soaked on my way to the station this morning - this is one time when jeans are not very practical - it took me nearly two hours to dry off (the hair dryer in the mens was f**king useless!)

Death? Yes. My mum informed me her eldest brother had passed away. I was surprised. I remember him when he was in his 50's, which is the last time I saw him. He died at the age of 71. Funny how people age without you realising.

Religion? Well only in so much that I have been listening to Eddie Izzards Glorious tour on my iPod. It was all I could do to stop myself bursting out laughing on the train yesterday - probably just as well I did though as I got sandwiched between two commuters who had earlier been arguing!

Girls, boys, arts, pleasure, food, cars, travel, New York, New York, New York. Thank you ;)

[Listening to: Paninaro '95 (Tin Tin Out Mix) - Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro '95 (Remixes) (Disc 1) (7:49)]

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