Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Joys of commuting
Eating on the train has to rank as one of the most obnoxious
activities available to man.
activities available to man.
Sure my fellow commuters rammed on board are tired, irritated and
stressed out, I know just what will set their day up-they can watch,
listen and smell as I chew my way through a six pack of bacon sarnies.
Hey you in the pinstripe, pass the ketchup!
Correction-most obnoxious is the builder who sat down to me after six
months hard labour who appears to believe showers are doscretionary....
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Blogging from my iPhone
Isn't that cool!
Basically blogger provide an email addess you can post directly
through. I can use the iPhone email app to create and post blog
entries. I could also use the blogger site but this is easier.
In other news despite the best efforts of the government I got a bonus
and have done my bit to stimulate the economy by purchasing a shiny
new iphone. You may question why given my poor track record with macs
but I just couldn't resist the geeky appeal of being able to listen to
led zep, surf the web and watch repeats of family guy all while
sitting on the train.
I am acually looking forward to my commute on Monday!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Timewasting feels like self improvement
The Times online Spelling bee. A great way to waste time.
http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk/Default.aspx
Very fun and very addictive!
http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk/Default.aspx
Very fun and very addictive!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Snow problem
So London is covered in snow, whats worse the train from Cambridge to London is absolutely screwed up. Worse still no cycling-roads too icy and trains to packed and infrequent.
Really annoying. Hopefully either it will become too inclement to get to work at all or the weather will clear up entirely and I can get back to my old routine.
Really annoying. Hopefully either it will become too inclement to get to work at all or the weather will clear up entirely and I can get back to my old routine.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
One week of cycling
Cycled the entire week, (with the exception of Friday). Really glad I did it, enjoyed every moment, had a couple of run ins with bendy buses and white vans but arrived safe and sound.
Actually took no longer than the underground would have and was much more enjoyable. Wont be cycling tomorrow (we are experiencing a snow storm at the moment plus I need to get my shirts to the office), will be cycling the rest of the week and will update you on how it goes. If anyone is reading this and thinking about cycling to work then just do it!
Actually took no longer than the underground would have and was much more enjoyable. Wont be cycling tomorrow (we are experiencing a snow storm at the moment plus I need to get my shirts to the office), will be cycling the rest of the week and will update you on how it goes. If anyone is reading this and thinking about cycling to work then just do it!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Cycling to work!
Used my new Dahon folding bike for the second time, will post pictures soon.
Cycled to the station in Cambridge and then from the station to the office. In the evening did the same. Getting up at the same miserable hour as normal (5.30) I actually got to the office a good 45 minutes earlier (I caught the 6.15 instead of the 7.15 train!!!!) It doesnt take an hour longer for me to walk to the station, but usually I arrive about five minutes before the 6.45 and am so depressed at the prospect of actually getting on board that I stand outside gently sobbing until the 7.15 comes.
In the evening leaving my desk at 5.30 (which is a little early for me) I comfortably made the 6.15 train. I'm going to experiment tomorrow leaving at 5.45 and see if I can still hit the station on time.
Anyway feel so much better than normal. Loads of energy both in the morning and the evening, really happy and quite alert. Normally I get home and ignore my wife for 2 hours then fall asleep so this is a big plus!
On the downside was terribly sweaty all day (tomorrow will change into shirt at the office) and nearly got hit by a car at Picadilly circus. I think with time both of these aspects should be mitigated.
Lets see if I'm still cycling and or blogging this time next week.
Cycled to the station in Cambridge and then from the station to the office. In the evening did the same. Getting up at the same miserable hour as normal (5.30) I actually got to the office a good 45 minutes earlier (I caught the 6.15 instead of the 7.15 train!!!!) It doesnt take an hour longer for me to walk to the station, but usually I arrive about five minutes before the 6.45 and am so depressed at the prospect of actually getting on board that I stand outside gently sobbing until the 7.15 comes.
In the evening leaving my desk at 5.30 (which is a little early for me) I comfortably made the 6.15 train. I'm going to experiment tomorrow leaving at 5.45 and see if I can still hit the station on time.
Anyway feel so much better than normal. Loads of energy both in the morning and the evening, really happy and quite alert. Normally I get home and ignore my wife for 2 hours then fall asleep so this is a big plus!
On the downside was terribly sweaty all day (tomorrow will change into shirt at the office) and nearly got hit by a car at Picadilly circus. I think with time both of these aspects should be mitigated.
Lets see if I'm still cycling and or blogging this time next week.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Blocked
Trying to write a script (again), massively blocked (again), hugely disappointed (again).
Still-write a little each day and eventually it will work itself out. Right?
Still-write a little each day and eventually it will work itself out. Right?
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Meh
financial crisis continues-weather sucks-got tonnes of work I havent done-mac is broken
might try to blog a bit again.
might try to blog a bit again.
Monday, October 20, 2008
TILAE: Great Indie bands
One of the first things has to be the great Indie bands we have or have had in this country.
Hefner were one of the best when I was a teenager-enjoy!!
Hefner were one of the best when I was a teenager-enjoy!!
Things I love about England
So I'm trying to re-condition myself into loving living in England again. I'm going to post a random list of things I love about England, as an when they occur to me.
Friday, October 17, 2008
I just can't wait for the weekend
Its Saturday morning about 6 o'clock. My face is covered in boils for no apparent reason. I have no milk in the house which means no coffee and no cereal and plenty of stress later. I don't want to wake my wife so I'm can't turn on the light in the bedroom and have to pick my clothes in the dark, making me look more gooberish than normal. The financial crisis continues which means this years bonus and my future earning potential are shrinking by the second.
I have CFA training all day so have to go to London on my day off.
DAMN IM GLAD ITS THE WEEKEND
I have CFA training all day so have to go to London on my day off.
DAMN IM GLAD ITS THE WEEKEND
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
How I work
Not particularly well it seems. I’m a classic procrastinator-I’ll leave any task no matter how big or small to the last possible moment, then if there really is no way to avoid getting started, it absolutely must be done and done now.
Then I’ll take a quick walk to think about it.
I have been tempted in the past to think that this is only because I don’t really enjoy or care much for the work that I have to do. However the unpalatable fact is that I have not yet got round to doing the work I’d really like to do i.e. writing, despite spending many an hour reflecting on how much I really would lit to.
I suppose if I carry on in this fashion six months before my death, a switch will click internally and I’ll churn out some passable first novel, screen play or similar and then on receipt of the first royalty check pop my clogs.
Herein lies the procrastinators real problem.Whilst putting off work(related to employment) is fine provided you remain in employment and able to feed yourself-generally there is an eventual deadline you must meet and the work gets done, or senior management changes and the work gets forgotten.
Putting off life ambitions though is exceptionally dangerous. There is no deadline for realising our real goals except death itself. Unfortunately we don’t know when this day will come and spend a great deal of time attempting to trick ourselves into believing that we are in fact immortal. The real risk is that the deadline will hit one day unanticipated and, well, that’s it, failure, we never even got close to doing what we set out to do. Of course even if are a lifetime of devoted procrastination we manage eventually to realise our goals we still will have spent most our lives putting off the one thing we actually wanted to do.
Perhaps I should get on with that first novel / screenplay / whatever. Well maybe tomorrow.
Then I’ll take a quick walk to think about it.
I have been tempted in the past to think that this is only because I don’t really enjoy or care much for the work that I have to do. However the unpalatable fact is that I have not yet got round to doing the work I’d really like to do i.e. writing, despite spending many an hour reflecting on how much I really would lit to.
I suppose if I carry on in this fashion six months before my death, a switch will click internally and I’ll churn out some passable first novel, screen play or similar and then on receipt of the first royalty check pop my clogs.
Herein lies the procrastinators real problem.Whilst putting off work(related to employment) is fine provided you remain in employment and able to feed yourself-generally there is an eventual deadline you must meet and the work gets done, or senior management changes and the work gets forgotten.
Putting off life ambitions though is exceptionally dangerous. There is no deadline for realising our real goals except death itself. Unfortunately we don’t know when this day will come and spend a great deal of time attempting to trick ourselves into believing that we are in fact immortal. The real risk is that the deadline will hit one day unanticipated and, well, that’s it, failure, we never even got close to doing what we set out to do. Of course even if are a lifetime of devoted procrastination we manage eventually to realise our goals we still will have spent most our lives putting off the one thing we actually wanted to do.
Perhaps I should get on with that first novel / screenplay / whatever. Well maybe tomorrow.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
I need more friends
So spent another weekend reading, watching tv, walking around London. I enjoy all of these things, I also have strong preference for keeping my own company.
Still I've been increasingly feeling fed up with the fact that I don't seem to have many people to talk with or hang out with. I can't believe in a city as big as London there are not more people I can get on with... So how the hell do I find them.
GRRRRRR
Still I've been increasingly feeling fed up with the fact that I don't seem to have many people to talk with or hang out with. I can't believe in a city as big as London there are not more people I can get on with... So how the hell do I find them.
GRRRRRR
30 day trial, day 15
Ok so the trial is going ok.
The last week has been really brutal at work. I actually managed to make myself ill-predictably it didn't hit till the weekend.
Anyway on the trial front-not smoking is ridiculously easy during the week and I'm really glad I've stopped-surprisingly the day goes a lot faster now I don't smoke. This is because (I think) I don't spend half the day counting down the minutes until my next cigarette break. Instead I just get on with my work and the day seems to fly past.
The weekend has proved killer though. I smoked a pack last weekend and this weekend had two cigarettes one on Saturday night and one this evening. I think it is simply because I haven't had as much practice avoiding cigarettes at the weekend.
It quite upsets me because every time I go for a cigarette at the weekend I set back my progress in quitting significantly. Still I hope that next weekend I'll be able to remain firm in my resolve not to smoke. Whats great is that I am absolutely sure I won't smoke all week.
I was feeling really down this weekend. Work was simply so brutal that I was completely beat up come Saturday. To try and cheer myself up I bought a Mocha today-the first the entire trial. I had a sip and I must be honest it tasted like crap. I managed to get through two more sips and I had to throw it away. The strange thing was that they actually had prepared the Mocha perfectly! I think I have just managed to lose some of my sweet tooth.
The illustrative moment will be in a week and a half when I get paid. I'll then have gone a complete financial month without smoking or drinking starbucks (regularly that is). I'm excited about seeing the results.
The last week has been really brutal at work. I actually managed to make myself ill-predictably it didn't hit till the weekend.
Anyway on the trial front-not smoking is ridiculously easy during the week and I'm really glad I've stopped-surprisingly the day goes a lot faster now I don't smoke. This is because (I think) I don't spend half the day counting down the minutes until my next cigarette break. Instead I just get on with my work and the day seems to fly past.
The weekend has proved killer though. I smoked a pack last weekend and this weekend had two cigarettes one on Saturday night and one this evening. I think it is simply because I haven't had as much practice avoiding cigarettes at the weekend.
It quite upsets me because every time I go for a cigarette at the weekend I set back my progress in quitting significantly. Still I hope that next weekend I'll be able to remain firm in my resolve not to smoke. Whats great is that I am absolutely sure I won't smoke all week.
I was feeling really down this weekend. Work was simply so brutal that I was completely beat up come Saturday. To try and cheer myself up I bought a Mocha today-the first the entire trial. I had a sip and I must be honest it tasted like crap. I managed to get through two more sips and I had to throw it away. The strange thing was that they actually had prepared the Mocha perfectly! I think I have just managed to lose some of my sweet tooth.
The illustrative moment will be in a week and a half when I get paid. I'll then have gone a complete financial month without smoking or drinking starbucks (regularly that is). I'm excited about seeing the results.
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