First day of what will likely be my last assignment for North Somerset. This involves working about six feet from where I started back in 1995. The office has changed a great deal, no walls, new furniture, a forest of huge black Dell monitors, and even watercoolers. This alone reminds me how much Local Government is changing. Much GNOME2 building today, though its refreshingly fast on the Duron. Looks like notebook might not be back from Compaq in time for trip. Finally purchased Euros today. Strange, crispy and tiny!
A bot on monkeytalk.ximian.com said "MikeGTN is nothing but a culturally-unsound mound of contemptible pods.". How incredibly appropriate. Wasted a lot of time today, but did achieve a morning visit to Burnham and dealt with the early part of what will likely be a tide of paperwork as I thunder toward financial ruin. Reasonably good job opportunity arises. A bottle of the vodka containing gold flakes has finally been located!
Woke up the household way too early today, and wandered around Bristol a bit - purchased a map of Brussels in preparation for next weekend and picked up a second-hand Philip Larkin novel for the journey. Lots of decent coffee for a change too, and a longer than planned wait at Temple Meads which I didn't mind since it's been a while since I frequented railway stations regularly. Missed Lord of the Rings on the radio though, which was regrettable.
A difficult day. Left the ex-Russell House team once again. Everyone was incredibly nice too, which made it very hard to leave. I suppose this left me feeling bitter towards work and work-related issues. Did a whole lot of loose-end tying today too. Tried to integrate with the real world a bit this evening, but ended up feeling old and tired, which is a bit sad. However, it was good to be out and about for a welcome change. Briefly (and suprisingly) met ex-colleague from the dark days, but was really not awake or focused enough to be very sociable by that time. Overall, I was probably kind of annoying today.
Lost::MikeGTN
I've had a home on the web for more years than I care to remember, and a few kind souls persuade me it's worth persisting with keeping it updated. This current incarnation of the site is centred around the blog posts which began back in 1999 as 'the daylog' and continued through my travels and tribulations during the following years.
I don't get out and about nearly as much these days, but I do try to record significant events and trips for posterity. You may also have arrived here by following the trail to my former music blog Songs Heard On Fast Trains. That content is preserved here too.
