I hate titles.

I find it hard to think of one for each post, unless I'm inspired... wee woo...

While my fingers are typing here my eyes are wandering over to the tv set and to the dvd I'm currently watching.

Critters.

I've not seen it in years and I have fond memories of it. I also have 2nd,3rd and 4th movies to watch.

This is my small treat to myself, I buy myself lots of small treats. I s'pose that's cause there ain't much else going on for me. Yet... (sounds more optimistic if you allude to possibles beyond the currently stated, don't it?)

In the movie at the moment it's the two bounty hunters in the ship watching the video about Earth. There about to copy the appearances of the rock stars. Nice effects. It's like their faces are un-melting.

Anyway, lets have a look at me horoscope, I think it's apt at the moment.

What's the point in going all the way to one place, just to turn around and go all the way to somewhere else? Unless, that is, you are making deliveries. Or, perhaps, collecting things. We must be very careful before we ever allow ourselves to conclude that a venture or an expedition has been 'a waste of time'. If we have acquired but one small piece of information, it may all have been worthwhile. Don't focus too hard this weekend on the destination. Try to enjoy the journey.

That's apt, very apt. I have found myself on where I want to go, rather than where I am. I do often wonder what the point is of all this, it does feel like a seemingly pointless back and forth. Maybe there's something other that I'm missing?

Hmm, whatever it is, I'll have to put my eyes more on the ground beneath my feet than the horizon far ahead. The future will come, whatever it holds. So I might as well make the most of now.

Supposed to be asleep.

I've been up for two hours, or at least awake for two hours. I'd have prefered to have been sleeping, but my back is hurting and it's kept me up.

Plus the stress of that stupid 80's hair cut women.

They say one thing, then another. As and when it suits them.

Stinkers. I don't want to work today and I'm hopinh I'll be able to see my line manager. I really don't want this admin post anymore.

Bleurgh.

Lot's of coffee today I think...

Although, on the bright side 4 days work left before holls. Less than a week. Hope it goes quick.

Right, my alarm went off, it's 5:15am and I gotta go to work.

bleurgh.

Xbox.

I took my xbox thoroughly wrapped up with the UPS label on front to Tottenham court road drop in place.

I had a little difficulty finding it at first, it's tucked away in the back end of several shops. I just saw the signs at the back as I was walking by for the second time.

I approached the counter and there were several people gangling about, probably working while I stood and waited. Eventually a guy turned to me and mumbled "I'll be with you in a minute."

I was about to get all cross, but thought 'nah, they've probably had a hard day. Let it fly.'

He finished what he was doing looked at me and said "How can I help you?"

"I've got a package to drop off for UPS." I plonked said package on the desk, he looked at it and his very first word was...

"Xbox?"

I just laughed.

"That's the 10th one this week" he said.

"I've only had the bloody thing two weeks" I replied.

I wish I'd have asked him now if he'd had many ps3's come through. I guess he'd have said none.

Microsoft, Microsoft Microsoft... you hurt me at work and you hurt me at play...

Uurrghghurggh...

Yeah... That's how I feel right now.

I've gotta get off my jacksie in a minute and drop off my xbox to ups so it can begin it's journey to be fixed. Still can't believe I only had it 10 ish days before it died. That has to be the worst record ever for a piece of hardware.

I had an ok-ish day at work. We have that lady back who used to do the admin before I arrived on the scene. She must have gotten off to 4 wrong foots with me this morning. She's a nice person, she was just frantic with worry and shooting bullets off all over the place.

"You haven't printed them out yet!?!" She insisted at me, having only been sat there 60 seconds and still waiting for the piece of cr*p that is the computer to boot up.

I sat there and raised my hackles "I'm still waiting for the computer..."

Then there was another few things she went on about, but I think I've blocked them from my mind.

Trying to get the paperwork done with her was a nightmare. She seemed oblivious to the most obvious things and would speak in terrible generalities.

"Have you finished them yet?" She asks.

"Finished what yet?" Thinking of the three possible parts that that could refer to.

No answer.

"Finished what yet?" I asked again. I then trailed off into my "'Rrrr...' aggravated I'm going to sit by this computer and get very shirty with you now" mind set.

In any case, as far as I know, we got all we needed done. I think...

I had to laugh this morning as they weer trying to find the keys for the wallbox, which holds all the other keys. Including the ones for the safe which hold the keys for the cash office, which we need. Great.

The new section manager from another shop and herself, 4 foots wrong lady, were trying to find out where the keys were for the wallbox. They did scramble about the place in a frantic worry. It resulted in our 80's haircut boss being disturbed in bed at 6:15am and she'd gotten to bed at 2am. So that came round to bite me in the arse.

"I'm very disappointed with you Red Robin."

"Well, as I understood it, I'm not supposed to hold keys to that box." I replied. "The managers and shift leaders are the ones who do."

"Yes, but the white Russian holds a key so you should have done a clean swap over. This is very disappointing"

... and blah blah blah. I really don't care. Too many rules and too much bureaucratic mumbo jumbo.

Looking forward to my holiday. On the 6th. Should've booked it so I skipped the Monday. That's going to be the real hell to pay day. It really will be. It's the day with the most things to change within admin.

Bleh!

I need to do something else within the shop.

By the way.

It's finally happened, well, gradually. I now go to bed when it's still light and wake up when it's light. I no longer see stary skys.

Not that I could really see that many stars here in London in the first place.

Nice day.

I know I had a nice day, because work flow by very quickly.
I didn't even notice it.

I have to talk about how I currently feel, because I'm all excited now. The big kid in me wants to play and I must indulge.

1. Holiday soon. Yay! A week today. I'll be at the airport for about 5pm. All ready for the flight at about 8pm.

Cannot wait.

2. Xbox will be fixed soon enough. Phew, although it's a bit rubbish the way it only lasted ten days before the red ring of death showed up.

3. That touch screen stuff got under my bonnet. The future's gonna be so cool.

4. I'm making money and I will be travelling or doing something fantastic with my life in under a couple of years.

5. I might start swimming again. I've missed it and am looking foward to getting back into the groove. Better yet, the pools a minutes walk from work. Swimming after work, it's like I used to do in China.

6. Well, I'm just all excited generally. Had a good day. Things are far from perfect, but things will change and move on.

So, now to take a deep breath.... annddd... relax.

Mmm... I feel all warm and fuzzy.

Microsoft surface.

I'm not a huge fan of ms most of the time, but, I will give them this. They have the clout to do some pretty amazing things.

Also check out this link.

Give it five years or so and these things will be common place. The future's gonna be nuts. Can't wait!