Work is strange - generally it's fine, but occasionally a crashingly boring day comes along. Almost finished The Guardian crossword as a result (I wonder how Telsa did with today's?). Later, a rare and unexpected chance to catch up with an old friend. A chance, I suppose for reorientation too - which was probably more necessary than I thought. Also, a sharp reminder that this daylog is used for many things by many people - again, I reconsider its existence in a web full of far more interesting material.
Finally set about getting the contact page working again. A series of silly spelling mistakes in my work drove me to near distraction in the process. Finished last week's big project at work today and triumphantly plopped it into the lap of Senior Personnel Officer. Otherwise, the quiet bit of the week passes uneventfully.
Decisive weekend - turned down the job offer. After taking advice and weighing up my options, decided that the timing was lousy and the prospects limited. Not without regrets, but pretty happy with my thinking on this one. Feel like I've been away from work for weeks rather than a few days. Spent much of today playing catch up. Some work on the little tool for writing this diary, but trying hard to avoid feature creep! Moved the gtranslator and associated gal snapshots over to SourceForge because of space concerns. Uploaded a new daily snapshot with associated gal 0.11.99.2. Tonights "A Small Summer Party" (a prequel to the wonderful "Marion & Geoff" monologues) is easily one of the darkest comedies I've ever seen. Quite unsettling, in the way that TV probably should be, but usually isn't.
Finally went public on my interesting but scary job offer. Still unsure what to do, but tending to think that the grass is always greener and that since I'm comfortable and happy where I am for at least a year, I should see how that progresses. Early start - off to Bristol to buy shoes, but was thwarted by the lack of Converse products in the entire UK! Appearance of new Virgin Voyager train at Temple Meads seemed to astound staff and passengers alike - it looked like they always said the future would be - all sleek and silver. Picked up a couple of CDs and the latest Douglas Coupland novel. Later, attended a Barn Dance in honour of a colleague's 60th Birthday.
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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.
