Sure it was a lady shaver...

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Crazy Fins! (Theri, Linda) I'm sure you can let us all know what the cause of this fluster really was!

Dr Pepper!

Did you know that Dr. Pepper is a 'Sparkling fruit flavour soft drink' ? Well, that's what my can says... I swear, it's right in front of me!

Wow, now all i need to do is discover the fruit it is supposed to be desgined after, and I'm set!

The day was long yesterday...

Tube strike this morning and the city was a sea of pedestrians and angry people trying to push their way onto buses.

Is anyone else in the world having problems getting their bookings to work on Ryan air? I'm trying to book our mini holiday to France in November but all I get is JavaScript errors on the last page... Dan tells me I can ring their tech support line and pay 1£ per minute. What monkeys, no way. I'd rather not, thank you very much.

Jeffie and Annick are here and seems like they're having fun. They've decided to stay in today and avoid the madness of London with no tube. Smart!

Oui OUi weeee

Aujourd'hui je ne peux pas suprimer mon désire de parler en Français... j'ai aucune idée pourquoi, mais, j'ai que des mots Français sur la langue et dans ma tête.

Tout tranquillement je prends l'habitude de mon trajet en autobus le matain. C'est facinant comment ça me prends une heure au complet pour me rendre ici ce n'est pas si loin que ça! C'est que le fait que c'est l'heure du point, c'est tout. Peu importe, je'n profiterias du temps pour reprendre a lire. Ahhh Il me faut des romans, peut être j'irias pendant mon lunch pour en achèter des nouvelles!

Mon Français écrit est vraiment pittoyable, je m'en sers presque jamais… Avec ma nouvelle poste ici, je suis repsonsable pour deux sites Françaises, ansi que des sites Bèlgues, Autrichien,Hongarien, Suèois, Norvègien, Hollandais et Polongeais.

Le reseau est en panne et pour un compagnie internet, ça veux dire qu’il a absolument rien a faire! Comme prevue l’autre jour, j’ai bien plus de temps a écrire maintenant…

Hier soir je suis allée souper avec Kim et sa copine Charlotte. Hazel et venue aussi, et nous étions alleés à notre resteau préferé Don Zoko près de la rue Carnaby. C’etait tellement bien de la voir. Elle était en bonne forme et plien d’esprit, elle avait meme chanter deux chansons Kareoke au Candy Bar. En éstit que j’étais saoule! Mon dieu, je ne me rends même pas compte comment on c’est rendu chez nous, ni comment j’ai monté les marches pour aller me coucher!

Ce soir c’est ma petite fête de depart pour mon ancien poste… un peu tard, je sais mais c’est la vie des fois. Je ne sais pas exatement comment je serais capable de boire même une verre… j’ai toujours la gueule de bois!

Ah bon. C’est tout, pour l’instant.

Why yes... it is a...

So apart from wearing my favourite trousers under the fleeting hope that they still fit me and clearly, do not... This day has gone alright so far. Note to self... never buy clothes after spending the 3 months previous, going to the gym for an hour every day... this does not allow room for lapse in fitness regime and the corresponding extra inches... Who am I fooling, It's a mystery still how I ever managed to slim down to the equivalent of a Canadian size 6! I shall resolve to pack them away without any hesitation, in wait for the next fitness blitz before ever trying to wear them again.

I had a really nice soup for lunch today from Mash (I'm always surprised how the place is actually a chain) We had one in Ottawa for goodness sake! Anyhoo, they served me up a great sweet potato, red pepper/ tomato soup today for lunch. It came with toasted cibatta too, all for the low low price of, 2£! Well I never! Mmm!

All our sites are currently down, so my afternoon site maintenance is now on hold (thus the reason for having time to blog)... Jeffie and Annick arrive on Friday, did I mention that? Will be nice to see them... although we have no furniture in our new flat, at least we have a futon for them to sleep on!

Impromptu meeting... more later

blogging time is certainly on the rise...

the bus took over and hour and a half this morning. it's unreal. I think I could have seriously walked faster.

I'm waiting for software installs so I can get started on working... it's all about waiting today.

It's really kind of neat here. I'm fascinated by the TV production area of this company and think that maybe if I'm a good girl one day I could be a TV producer instead of an Internet one. Who knows, I'm sure I'll probably learn about it and then run away screaming!

So, yea I just had the HR meeting that I was supposed to have yesterday but was cancelled due to an overflow interview thingie... Turns out that there is apparently a bar here on the ground floor that is being renovated. I jokingly asked the HR lady if people sing like on Ally McBeal.. To my shock horror, she said yes! Hello? I sincerely hope she was taking the piss! Regardless, it's quite funny really.

So my clackity keyboard is also a repository of filth. I can't imagine what's on it, but lets just say it's not pretty. I think I might just be the crazy new lady and wipe it down using some strong anti-bacterial wipe of sorts... trust me, it needs it!

So happy to hear that Jeffie and Annick are booked and due to arrive in London on Friday morning. Will be so nice to see them!

Best feign working a bit...

no doubt there will be more later...

well it seems like it's drawing closer and closer to the end of the first day here. My keyboard is indeed getting louder and I can't remember a day, where I've spoken so little, I think I've said about

15 ' excellents'
25 'sures'
20 'that's a good idea'
29 'greats'
3 'thank yous'
1 'I'm the silly new girl, how do you get out of here?'

beyond that it has been total silence... apart from at lunch when I went to buy a one month bus pass and the silly man was unable to listen to me as all requested a bus pass and he then proceeded to try and give me a 74£ tube pass... when he finally finished huffing and puffing he managed to forget that I needed it issued for tomorrow not today... dang you mr. ticket man!

so I'm wondering if it's possible for my keyboard to make louder clicking sounds when I type... or if I can stand this first day at new job feeling... My chronic yawning disorder has reared it's ugly head again... I think It must be all the silence that generally goes with corporate environments... I'm the quiet girl today, can't imagine that lasting for long.

My new desk is right next to the window which is nice. It looks right out onto Great Titchfield st. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't exhausted. Moving sure does take a lot out of you. Change is good but I've not experienced change this big since I moved to London a year ago. I'm sure by the end of the week I'll be so tired I'll just sleep all weekend long... Oh wait, Kim's in town so I guess that won't work!

Everyone here seems very nice, can't say I remember anyone's name yet... but I've always been lousy at that.... Mum and KJ sent me a lovely first day of work parcel. It was so sweet of them, they are truly too good to me!

Tick toc

The hours are drawing to an end for a lot of things in my life right now, all positive things of course. I've but one day and four hours or so left at this job, followed up swiftly by our move on the weekend. I'm so excited!

The weather has taken a big turn and it's bright, sunny and hot here! I zipped down to oxford circus today at lunch and bough a few bits for miss H and I... it's already proving a challenge to H to find clothes to wear to work to make her look smart every day... My new dress code is smart casual... I'm hoping that trainers with trousers will just scrape under the radar... I'm going the distance.

Dearbhla informed me that I bought an obi... I saw it as a cool belt thing but apparently they are the in thing this season at Gucci... Let me tell you, what I bought, was certainly not from Gucci! It's black on one side and denim on the other... obviously the black side is what I'm going to go for but it's just too cool (yes I am an old lady still excited by fashion)

I've been speaking to a lot of lost friends in the past two days as I've send out my change of address e-mail. It's so great to chat with everyone. Funny how you seem to forget just how many people you know sometimes because you see so few of them on a regular basis. I feel special... and yes speciale like in French.

God I'm going to miss Dearbhla when I leave here... it's such a joy working with her and the team here. What ever will I do?

Some yea the fatalist in me is thinking... great. I find a new job and a fab new flat and what's gonna happen? The world is going to end, that's all! Politics, shmolitics our PM is a wanker and as dim as the yippy lap dog that which the media addresses him as... Gosh darn it. How selfish could I be? well I'm obviously more concerned about this Iraq situation beyond my freaking job and flat but goodness me, in this day and age I can believe that democratic society allows for such tyranny from the leaders... no one asks the low prolies what we want... Guess all I get to help choose is the mayor of Hackney... Now that's going to change the world! *scoff*

bitterness, oh how it pleasures me!

Bzzz bzzz

So much has happened this week... I think mar getting married, or having children I've almost squeezed in life's stressful events!

We've found a new flat. I'm really excited about this one... it's a beautiful loft with two double bedrooms, huge fully fitted kitchen security gates parking and a tiny private garden! We're moving next weekend I just can't wait! It's not far from where we live right now but much quieter so it will be nice to have some peace and some space!

Adding to the excitement I've found a new job! How excited am I? I'm quite saddened to leave this job as I love the people I work with and the office and the fun but it's time for me to move on. More money will certainly help too! weee!

Spoke with the lovely Sean today, oh how I miss him. I just wish that the ocean didn't keep my family and friends so far away... but such is life!

Looking forward to a quiet weekend doing the best to keep a wrap on the finances so that I can afford to move!

*flutters home*

A late fifty word fiction submission!

From no other than Miss Hazel! Enjoy!

" Look past the aesthetic and more at the structure".

Time slowly curved itself through a new space.

Sari drifted in and out of yet another lecture.
Her yawn grasped at passing mouthfuls of rhetoric, expelling them into a room
full of grazing sleepers.

She grinned at yet another late night.

It's Friday!

And I'm wrestling with the dilemma of what to do as soon as I escape from the reigns of the office. I know I'm heading to town, but when is the question... I fear I may just need to fulfill some of my shopping urges. If I get on the tube right after work I may just have enough time to spin to Oxford circus and pick up those new trainers I've been lusting over... but do I really need them? Of course not... but need is so subjective... Like for instance, today at lunch while in the second hand designer clothes shop... I found this gorge pair of Helmut Lang jeans for 35£!!!!!!! But did I buy them? No, no... so they were a smidgen too tight... but I gracefully passed them over to my slimmer co-worker in the next changing room. They fit her like Cinderella's slipper. Of course she bought them... so with that in mind, I'm convinced... I shall accept the fact that I need to go to town... and if I happen to fall victim to my retail need, I deserve it! I did do a good deed after all... sure I did!

Since my last blog work has been really busy. Good really, Dearbhla is away in Rome on her holiday and hopefully getting some rest. I think finally after two holidays but a month apart from one and other I'm feeling renewed and somewhat de-stressed.

Perhaps I've just reached that stage in my grieving process or perhaps the rest has done me some good. I'm quite frankly not terribly phased about the prospect of looking for new work. I've got some stuff in the pipeline already and I'm speaking to a recruitment company... all at the same time I'm not writing off this job just yet, I'm just trying to be realistic.

Miss Hazel's new job seems to be going well. She's now sleeping better at night and everything! I know she's not too thrilled about the hands on portion of the job that she's had to do this week, but I can understand that...

Just had a lunch on the company to celebrate the launch of this image repository tool that we built. It's quite good really, It's a great team here, I'm going to miss them if I have to leave.

Kj might be coming to visit this weekend if she manages to get a flight. I hope she does as it will most likely be the last time until xmas that I see her. Speaking of Xmas, I must start saving for my flight home! Donations are readily accepted!

So it's Friday and it's good.

Miss Hazel has landed a brilliant new job, made the local footie team and all in one day! How most excellent for her!

Yesterday I gave my notice on my flat and am equally excited to report that I shall be moving at the end of Sept. I can't wait, I'm already counting the days till we move, it will be nice to live somewhere with a little less noise and a little less mess and stress from the land lord.

Now it's time to turn my energy to job hunting... anyone knowing of a place in the city that is looking for a fab multi media project manager please let me know, times they are a changing and I must move along from this job.

Radiohead sings the bends and time is still ticking by as slowly as it usually does on a Friday of a long weekend.

tick

tick

clunk

Dolphin games

when I was younger before the dawn of game boy and such, yes there were the wind up car racing games but my favorite was always the water toys.

I remember one in specific, it was dolphin contained in a cylinder of water with a round plunger push button at the base. You would push the button hundreds of times and watch the tiny plastic rings swirl around the inside and sometimes if you were lucky you would have one successfully hoop around the dolphin's upturned snout.

*squish* *squish* was the noise it made.

It was so much fun. I sure wish I had one of those again.

The results!

So the Holiday was great fun marr the last two days of the bug that I managed to pick up... but now i'm back and pleased to showcase the micro fiction pieces that I collected. Thanks to everyone for playing along!


Stephen boarded the train with nothing but thoughts of snowboarding and Adam on his mind. The thought of a week in the alps with nothing but sun and snow filled him with joy and glee. The only thing better would be to have his best lesbian friend come with him.
seantmccann@hotmail.com


She doesn't understand why kids today are so depressed. She's unhappy sometimes now, but she was happy in her youth.

I started to present my view of youth versus age as it relates to quality of life. But, it was too involved.

The short story? My belief: life gets better.
SunlightThruRain@aol.com


Gold Star
I love gold stars! At my previous place of employ, for a short period of time, I refused to complete any project unless there was the possibility of a star-shaped sticker in my future. They make me feel special, like a third grader who has finally learned his times tables.
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once upon a time, a cat went out to catch some mice. Slinking through the bushes, he heard a little squeaking noise and he delicately prepared to pounce, wiggling his ass like cats do, leapt through the air, and found a cat-trap set by snickering rodents and died. the end.
http://nytoo.rumandmonkey.com

just back!

got a couple of great micro stories! can't wait to post them all!

stay tuned!

Since I never did become a teacher...

So I studied four years to become one, but so what...

In the spirit of the career that never was, I'm leaving an open challenge to all ye who venture to my blog while I'm away next week. The challenge is, to write your own 50 word fiction piece and send it to me at this address. When I get back I'll post them all. And if you do it I'll give you a gold star!

Okay, I'll give you a handshake if you find the gold star too demeaning.

Go on, I dare you!

I did it!

I wrote a micro story... 50 words... *claps hands*

Baggage

You get tired of drinking mojitos after a while. Too much mint, not good. This holiday has lagged on 4 days; I'm ready to go home. Ella left me a month ago. She was like a 7-day holiday, too long. Wish I could lose her on the baggage claim.

I just love micro fiction!

Thanks to David for this link to some fly micro fiction , as always he brings in the goods. I think the first time everyone reads micro fiction, they think it's so easy to write and that they too could do it. Just cause it's small doesn't mean it's easy. Try growing a bonsai tree and you'll see what I mean.

Speaking of Bonsai trees... the one Hazel bought for me after my dad died is trucking along like a champ. My new sunflower is also brightening the windowsill at the top of the stairs... so so pretty.

Just had my hair cut by my favorite hairdresser Louise. Bought her a plant on behalf of Hazel and I as a token of sympathy. After losing her mum and dad she's now just lost her step father. Poor thing. Hope the plant helps cheer her up. She sure looked happy to receive it.

So, after much toil and much missed work this morning, I managed to book a last minute holiday for mum and I to this place. The flight times could be better but after two hours of searching with the travel agent, I was ready to explode. We leave on Sunday at 23h45 and arrive there at 5am local time. Here's to hoping they don't lose my tan on the baggage reclaim like they did when I arrived back from Portugal...