2008 #16 - Bullets

- WHAT'S SO GREAT about the prime minister stating his sole focus is the economy? Aren't you supposed to be focusing on everything?

- I REALLY HOPE the line the Virgin Media (NTL) CEO came out with yesterday has consequences for the individual. If you don't know what i'm talking about, it's a shame. Search Google for Virgin and "load of bollocks". I wish I had some faith in DSL. Any real competition this would be more than enough to make me switch.

- I HAVE UNSUBSCRIBED from a few RSS feeds over the last week. Anything I read from Scobie (not interested in vanity searchs this time) now will have to be good enough to hit TechMeme (he'll like that). MediaGuardian also gone. Way too much, nowhere near enough good. My Slashdot click through must now be in the region of 1 story a week, but I can't bring myself to kill it. It was where it all began for me. What it is I have no idea.

- HERE ARE A FEW thoughts on my easy goal list.

1. Slight food slip this week. More wrongly past their best salad items discarded in favour of Revels. Odd to discover that the peanuts have been replaced by raisins. Guess someone must have died from an allergic reaction. I also seem to have gained a bit of weight, which is a shame since I didn't gain any when I was doing no exercise. I think it's pasta related. Gonna keep this in check. I cannot be a fat guy. I refuse.

3. Chances are i'll miss my film quota for April due to my dispute with Blockbuster. I'm no longer convinced that they receive the mails I send through the route I take, but if that is the case, thats just one of several final nails anyway. I am definitely cancelling the account just before the next payment (they won't refund any days, naturally). Trying to milk a few more likely to show up discs in before then. I'll try to find an alternative source to top up a bit. I need 6 more to hit the target.

- NOW FOR A LOOK at the harder part of the list.

1. Song writing is to be firmed up in the latter half of this week as I take a well deserved break from work. No definite idea to work on, but plenty to evolve.

2. Wasting hours on end at work this week trying to build a file of evidence to prove that I am corely competent, even though chances are the two people that will ultimately decide have already decided. Nevermind. It's your money (until it's my money), and raking up positive experiences isn't such a bad thing.

3. Maybe the solution is to knock someone up and have to support a child? Perhaps then i'd be able to derive some meaning from working hard on a job that I feel no passion for in a company that I find questionable. Or, perhaps i'd start hating life rather than just not liking my job. Probably not a great idea. If I throw out a thought a week about career maybe one of them will make some sense.

4. Still swimming. Other swimmers annoy the crap out of me. I must be hands down the slowest front crawler ever. Breast stroke swimmers are faster than me. I can and do ignore them and their occasional "you're in my way" looks, but truth be told I wish just once I could have a lane to myself for an hour. I do seem to swim for longer and with fewer breaks (actually, no breaks anymore), which gives me a slight feeling of superiority. Another crappy weather week has kept me off my bike, but I have managed another brisk walk. These walks make me like Leicester more.

MY REASON FOR STAYING in Leicester however, is almost certainly misguided. I wish I could figure out how i'd feel about staying around with a conclusion on the reason. How suddenly something that wasn't really anything for over 2 years, and still isn't, suddenly needs concluding is also beyond my comprehension. I'm gonna go listen to that Hoobastank song. Hey, he's not a perfect person either!