Resolution #2

Move. Out of the dump that I call home at this particular point in time. South west London seems to be quite appealing. Battersea or Clapham I think. Some new flat mates would be good. Petros, a poisoned dwarf, is my nearest neighbour and is terrorizing me every night by bouncing his basketball non-stop... I've had enough! (At least bullets don't come through the walls I guess...)

Tags: New Year, resolution, move house

New year's resolution #1

I have 70.96% more of this work day left and then I can go home. An Austin Powers dvd has already been put on by one of the guys, solitaire is everpresent on the computer screens and I've been listening in to my neighbour's domestic over the phone. How foolish was I to turn up a tortuous ten minutes early today... I've done next to nothing. It's a toss-up between asking for some work and being given a tedious photocopying task or honing my acting ability and pretending to be busy surfing the internet googling all sorts of things I've wondered about but never got round to finding out... "pest control", "how to get visitors to your website"...

This is a clear indication I feel that I should start looking for a new job. The NASA website doesn't seem to have many job openings. Being an astronaut seems so 1960s anyway. I could try to get into F1 driving, Shuey gets ?2 000 a day after all, but I don't have a driving license yet. Pixar and Lego are cool but probably only when you get into the top jobs where you can be creative. Being a futurologist or a professional competition enterer sound cool. This is my new year's resolution. I'm on a fairly bargain basement wage for living in London, and this job is not very challenging. It could be for monkeys or small children... Don't get me wrong, I don't hate my job, I just don't like it that much. I will get a software development job somehow!

Related: New Year, resolution, job

Surnames

Random thought, presumably people first started giving themselves surnames according to their trade; for example, modern day Smiths actually used to be smiths; like blacksmiths and goldsmiths. Bakers were bakers and the first Mr Butler was a butler. So what about people with the surname King? No need to call youself Henry King VIII is there!? If you're a Henry and a king then you're just Henry the whatever. I think the first Kings had their names changed by deed poll from Princes who had large egos. Nobody's called John Prince are they? (Except of course "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince", now just "The Artist" - sorry your majesty...). Self proclaiming yourself King is fair enough though. Think about it, there have been some great Kings - Martin Luther King, Billie Jean King, B. B. King (B. B. stands for "Blues Boy." How cool is that!)... Tyrannosaurus Rex...

Who would you vote out of the stable?

Well, the Queen's speech was good I thought. Thanks to both of you for voting! But yes, I've got another poll.

Hope you had a great Christmas by the way!

Tags: Queens Speech, Christmas

Everyone seems to be out on the streets desperately buying Christmas presents today. Talk about leaving it to the last minute! It isn't hard to get something really cool though. How about a Buzz Lightyear? Or a Go-ped? Or some Lego (it never disappoints!).

Related: Christmas, lego

[remarks 1]

This is a strangely satisfying game.

Attention! Star Trek fans

If you're a Star Trek fan looking for the website of the new movie Nemesis you've come to the wrong place. This is Nimisis. I called it this because I think it sounds cool, not because I can't spell... like you. This is probably a better film though - Star Wars in 5 minutes.

Related: Star Trek, Nemesis, Star Wars

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