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I'm now __officially__ a geezer. I've got my first pair of bifocals....

Vinyl! oh wow, I had no idea old vinyl would be such fun. I've started a massive project, archiving flatmate's collection. I figure a year and a half, and a good 80G (flac, what else?)

I really should update more often, I should have things happening. Work is. I'm still in the same place there, though I have managed to shift things a bit, making the hell a bit more comfortable. This month I really need to finally get myself a camera and put up a pic, hopefully of me climbing, or falling off, a wall. Yes yes,

GRRRR. Seems my hopes of a career change are on hold for a bit longer, nothing I'm doing seems to be working. I need a direction that will actually get me somewhere. I can't stand being where I am, and I don't know where to go from here. Sometimes dispair sets in, sometimes apathy.

Tentative first steps on the job search....a place that sounds perfect told me to call back in a month, and a month has gone by, so at least a letter and a visit later today, we shall see what we shall see. Hope hope hope!

Stess and sillyness at work, foolish people strutting about as if they really are important when they, as the bard said "aid the storm"

The begingings of a half-harted job search, a new direction, something new, something involving learning. It would be nice if I was more confident and/or had someone who could "get me in" and I didn't have to cold call, go through...
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Christmas was wonderful. Got woken up far too early by my nephew, but he is eight so what else could you expect but a wake up call when you comming over when when when?

Wading through data sheets learning way more than I ever wanted to about bearings. A work project that may just have gotten a bit out of control, or maybe I'm just trying to distract myself from missing someone who abruptly left. At least I'm being productive.

A bridge burnt open wound
sad look across the chasm
foolish barbs of life

Computers are wonderful when they work. When they stop working, they become money pits. Mine just stopped printing a few days ago, I traced that to the motherboard. Yank it out, put in a new one, kiss $150 goodbye. Then, since so much changed, reinstall two OSs. Now I've just got to do the final installs of all the extras that I had, and I'll...
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