unabacus

Your personification of "life" sounds like the ghost of Christmas past. Maybe you should try a different visualization. Try life as a young David Bowie or Bugs Bunny.

My life is one of those Bruce Willis movies that are supposed to be funny but really aren't.

I think everyone gets the staring thing to a certain extent, I get stared at a lot when I eat too. Probably because I stuff my face and am a total foodie, yet stick thin.

Your family sounds a lot like mine. My mother and sister are obsessed with the notion of being 'normal'. I had an arguement with my dad a few years back where he claimed there was only one right way to live your life and if you didn't follow it then you're screwed. I'm a huge believer that there is more than one way to do anything, so I our philosophies clash more than just a little.

I'm still stuck in a rut. I don't even think I have the tools to get out of it. I'm sure that things would be a little easier if I wasn't so damn negative, but I like to think I'm realistic at the same time.

"Life keeps getting it's small little victories, tricking me into thinking a
decision is the correct one and then providing me with just enough information
afterwards to show me how ridiculous what i just did was, and it is now sitting
over there on it's little stool cackling at me and rubbing it's hands - it
knows that i can't do anything about it, and i have no choice but to carry on
and play it's game."

This is all part of the learning experience of life. You might make the same mistake several times before you eventually learn the lesson, but you'll get there eventually. Looking back when I was younger, I used to make the the same mistakes over and over again and every time I'd think I'd learned from the mistake, but hadn't. I only now think I did learn my lesson as I haven't made those same mistakes in years.

Of course, in the future I'll probably find that I still haven't fully learned those lessons.

Life, eh?

I like toast.

Comments that include "jam" remind me of Eddie Izzard.

You changed your photo *again*
It's good.

So, totally off topic for SG, but what the heck.

I have recruiters sending me positions in London and wonderig If I know of anyone who is looking for positions there.

Some company called InQuira
Product support Lead
Professional Services Engineer
Senior Project Manager

The quote you meant to use was "Scrubbers!"

Well, I've dabbled in the past, but it never really felt right. Whatever it was I was looking for, I don't think I found it. I suppose I'm still interested, but non-practising!

You're right about filters; as well as the one you mentioned, I think I'll get a polarising filter and a UV filter. And probably others too, when I know what I'm doing!

Glad to hear you put that Green Day guy in his place! I mean, my god!

Well...I hope you get your cards on Monday. That should still give you time to get something for Haloween! I hope we're going to go out that night. There's a club here that I just LOVE on Haloween! (And New Years Eve is even better!)

late... as in the late phil glanville... but not all english worship the sun... some of us see through her cunning disguise. although this reply is also very late - so maybe i'm just late full stop (or period for non-english persons)

Happy birthday, happy birthday!!!