Ubuntu.

I am currently running it through its paces. I downloaded it to a cd and booted my machine from it.

It's the first time I've ever used a different operating system from windows. It's a refreshing change. However, I am a fish out of water and have no idea where all the more intricate things exist. I am going to do a lot of digging around.

The desktop is pretty slick. I like the way you can switch between workspace's. Although I wonder if there's any real need. Although, I suppose that would probably cut out clutter on one work space. I could browse the web on one and work within the computer on the other.

There's the gimp image editor that I've had a brief look at. It looks to be fully suited and booted.

Firefox is there. Fabby.

There are some nice little games in the applications. There's an Ekiga softphone, that I will need to find out about and lots of other bits and bobs. All of which I will need to read up about.

The only thing that bothers me at the moment is that I can't yet use all the hardware on my machine. My memory card reader doesn't work. I tried loading up some pictures to the machine via it, but nowt happened.

It's refreshing to use something new. I don't know that I'll make the switch just yet. I need to find out much more before I do.

Which I can. I'll post the pictures once I'm back in old familiar windows. I really hope Ubuntu and other os's start to make their presence felt. It'll be good for computing.

慢慢来 (man man lai)

Which means, slow slow come. Or go easy.

Which is what I spend most of my time doing nowadays. Easy does it.
While the days are filled with feverish activity, I do it with an air of calm within myself.
I am still learning lots of new stuff and it's going to be a while before I fully get my head round it. On my second month over I think I'll have it down. Which is generally how long these things take anyway.

My life, at some point, will be loaded with all the possibilities I thought about for so long last year. It's starting to look rosier anyway.

I have real practical things under foot. I have real things to work with. I have real things to achieve. It's not all just up in the air undefined.

So slowly slowly easy does it.

A little heart on my sleave honesty.

Just before I go to bed this evening. Although, now that I'm faced with the reality of my decision. I wonder if it is so wise...

But this blog is anonymous, so ultimately, what harm?

The only person in the world I am attracted to right now, is a married russian lady. A bit younger than me.

Before anyone cries out "Don't touch that, leave it well alone."

I'm well ahead of you. It happens to be someone I work with. Why oh why, for the longest time, am I left up and dry and then a lady comes along, and she's taken already.

Hey ho.

I know she's in the building even if I haven't heard or seen her. I can smell her from miles away. I think that's always a dead cert that I find a lady attractive. I love the smell.

I might pull this when I wake in the morning...

Lastly, I'm happier keeping it friendly than mixing it up and going nuts. As would happen if I were to do anything naughty. Because it just ain't worth it.

Too much hassle.

Dang aloo dool.

I'm up really late.

I went out this evening, a friend invited me to a regular meet up of actors and writers. The writers take along there work, the actors read it out, then they discuss it. The good and the bad.

I think I fell asleep once. Simply by it being way past my now normal bedtime. I'm still up and it's 10:37pm! Late indeed.

I mainly went to see my friend, who I rarely get to see that much these days. He lives just outside of London. But I said I'll pop down to see the old boy in a couple of weeks or so. I want to do some writing and improvising on camera and stuff. Have another creative ball rolling along.

One of my main ambitions for this year. All in good time though.

I'm happy at the moment to have a day off work. Not another 6 day run, by the end of which I'm feeling a tad overworked. Especially last week. Over time and the extra day. Quite trying it was.

But that's the past now.

Funny the things not said. A little snippet of what I think behind my writing. I've been doing that a lot lately. I seem to have lost my sparkle, perhaps it's something else.
But a part of me no longer feels able, or right, to speak of certain things in certain ways anymore. Strange. I suppose I'm just getting older.

Anyway, before I malaise over that. Time for bed and looking forward to things. Good things.

6 days.

I've not posted. I didn't realise. I've tried writing some stuff the last few days, but the air escapes right out of my balloon.

What's been happening to me the last 6 days. Lots of stuff. The predominate thing in my mind at the moment is trying to do all the admin stuff that's been dumped on my lap.

The lady I would usually work with is on holiday next week. Which means, with my two weeks of training, I'll have to do all the admin stuff. It's going to be really hard. It would have been impossible, but she's given me her phone number and said to call her up. She'll give me an over the phone guide as to what to do. The most trouble comes with trying to remember which bits of paperwork to fill out, put where, input on the system, send off to head office and all that stuff.

It's a bit of a headache. Thankfully, it's only one week. Thankfully, she'll be back. Thankfully after this week I might get to have a standard 5 day week and not a 6 day week as I've currently been having. It'll be a month now that I've been doing six day weeks. I should have a few days extra off or a bit of extra money in the bank. So either way, I'm pleased with that. But I'll be more pleased to not have to do all this stuff on my jack jones, with barely enough training to hand to do it all, when the lady gets back.

Well, this week will be tough and it's starting to feel like blerk again and not work. Although I still love finishing at 2pm. Fantastic.

My sleeping patterns have changed now. I wake up at 5:15am without my alarm now, which means I get very sleepy after 8pm. Which has made me realise I will soon be falling asleep when it's still sun up and waking up when it's sun up come mid summer. I wont see a dark sky for ages. Hope it doesn't bother my sleep...

Although I'm tired as a consequence and I'm looking forward to my holidays. I hope I get to keep my holidays that I was supposed to have this month. But, we'll see.

I'm feeling a little bit trapped at the moment, but with new responsibilities come new things to learn. I hope this current hemmed in feeling I have will go as things get back to normal. I'll have earned a damned fine holiday soon enough I think.

I'll have a good long week off up in Ireland. Away from all the hassles of home at the moment.

I'm tired and want to see the back end of this week already.

Very interesting.

Ray Kurzweil, I've never heard of him before, but I thought I'd give this a listen. It's all about the exponential growth of technology and other stuff.

It's about 20 minutes. But well worth a watch.