I love the quote by Moby on how he could have prevented the attack on him by three obviously very cowardly assholes:
“warning: tonights show will at time be comprised of cover songs poorly played by moby, a skinny bald musician”
I like Moby‘s stuff in small doses and after watching Frank Skinner interview him I kind of thought he was a pretty cool guy. Hopefully he’ll get over his cuts and bruises in time for Xmas :o)
Almost too quickly my six day weekend was over and I don’t feel any more rested than when it began.
Granted, six days of PlayStation, beer and indulgence can sometimes take it out on you, but I had hoped to feel a little more relaxed and recouperated afterwards.
Could be that cousin Iain’s arrival on the scene tempted me to the dark side! I mean, two o’clock in the afternoon on a Monday isn’t really when you should start drinking beer!
It was fun, though, and as a parting gesture I handed over my original PS2 for a meagre sum. (a sum that has yet to find its way into my bank account, let it be noted!)
Anyhow, a quick call to Iain tonight confirmed that the PlayStation virus has been swiftly passed on – he was already in the early stages of a season of LMA Manager 2003, punctuating the conversation with “Ooooh – that was a close one!” as his virtual teams’ simulated game took place in the background.
I hope Iain gets more sleep over the next few days than we got over the weekend. :o)
Today was a complete non-starter. I felt like crap from the moment I got up and by the time I got to work I was just hoping to survive the day without any friction with anybody.
This lasted until mid afternoon when I was reminded yet again in another example of inverse motivation, of how I should know my place and because I don’t have any graphic design qualifications I shouldn’t really be speaking out on design issues with the stuff I work on.
Turns out that five years producing web sites counts for nothing if you don’t have a graphic design degree. I think I’ll have to disagree quietly on that one.
Truth be told, I’ve produced so many corporate intranets in the last two and a half years that I’m starting to get pissed right the way off with it. Hell, even going back to being an electrician has more appeal than another five years of doing this.
Trouble is, I’m doing some Very Cool Stuff ™ at the moment, it’s just that the environment I’m working in means that there is little in the way of praise but plenty of the stuff that makes you want to go postal.
I really cannot wait to take all that time off at xmas.