The consoling console

I've just returned from being without my computer for a little while and I actually survived. You see I was tinkering around inside it and surprisingly it didn't come back on afterwards. This was fairly late in the evening and so after a couple of unsuccessful attempts at fixing it, I went to bed. I had to work the next few days so it didn't really bother me that much. But I've just had 3 days off and it was only on the last of these days that I really put any effort into trying to fix the thing. As I work in IT, I don't usually like to mess around with technical computing stuff on my days off. Anyway it turns out that one of the sticks of RAM had gone haywire and stopped working. So now my computer runs, but slowly.

I know you're probably wondering how I survived for 3 days of being home without using my computer. Well I just rented Bioshock for the Xbox360 and completed it. Great game by the way. So now you know how a nerd survives without a computer, he turns to his beloved gaming console for support. Oh and my wife was going on about me ignoring my family or something, I don't know I was too busy shooting splicers. Then she complains when I tell her I need more RAM. Sheesh, some people.

A Sappy Post

Sometimes you just have to take a step back and realize how good you have it. Unless you have it really bad that is. But I’m taking about me, so nuts to the rest of you. There are many things I could complain about, such as babies making crying noises at 2, 3, 4am in the morning, or the speeding ticket I got for going a couple of K’s over the limit, or my mounting credit card bill, or the fact that I’m becoming more sedentary as I get older, etc…but I’d rather focus on how fortunate I am. I have a healthy family that I am able to clothe, shelter and otherwise provide for. I enjoy my job, most of the time. I live in a country where I have a lot more freedom than most of the rest of the worlds population, I pretty much have a day off for every day I work….in short I have a lot to be thankful for and happy about. Most people reading this probably have a life that is a lot better than most other humans out there. So if that’s the case, please forward this message to 8 friends or you will die a horrible and painful death. Relax I’m kidding, don’t send this to anyone or they will probably punch you and that won’t be so good.

Farcebook

I have a confession to make...I recently created a Facebook account! But it's ok, cause I could only stand it for just over a week before I deactivated it. A friend in the real world had been pestering me for a while about joining up and I'd told him how I wasn't into it. It was his telling me that you could play chess with other facebookers that finally made me cave and have a look at it (I haven't played in a while and am a geek at heart ok!). In spite of the silly little games you can play, my dislike for the site quickly grew and in a spur of the moment decision (that I stand by), I deactivated my account leaving my many (I think it was 3) friends shocked and dumbfounded.

I'm not exactly sure why, but as soon as I signed up, I just felt really dirty. Aesthetically the site is crap, but that's not my main gripe. It's that vibe that Myspace has, of lots of people desperate to collect friends to show off how popular they think they are that irritates me. I know that not every person who uses it does it for that purpose, but it just seems like a waste of time to me. If I'm dealing with my friends I like to do so in person or verbally on the phone, not through little comments on a wall, or back and forth messaging. I know even blogging gets like that for some people, but certainly no one can accuse me of trying to be popular. ;)

long time no updates.

Due to popular demand and the yelling of a certain triathlon person, I am finally updating this blog. To be honest I just haven't been able to summon the motivation to write about anything recently. When I haven't been working, I've been helping my wife deal with our two babies and getting in trouble for not helping enough. In the few bits of time I do get to myself, writing about what's been happening isn't high on the list.

Anyway....

One work related thing that really annoyed me recently was that we had two weeks of training sprung on us and the block of which I was put down for (with no consultation with me) was during a period where I would normally get 5 days in a row off and also one of the days was on my daughter's birthday. Naturally I complained about this and the so the boss switched my training block with someone else's. Under normal circumstances I would be happy....well not happy as I suspect the training will be a big waste of time, but happier. However the block I was switched to falls on my sister in-law's wedding day. The boss has been unrelenting about any further change as he states that things have already been changed for me. This whole saga really pissed me off and was a big zap to my work morale. But now that some time has passed I've calmed down a bit and may still be able to work things to my advantage, but we'll see what happens.

I'll try and post again sooner next time.