Month: April 2001

hmm – today’s discovery…if you clean pieces of office equipment, they tend to work better. You wouldn’t believe the colour of the crap that I’ve just cleaned from the printhead of the thermal transfer printer. But it does now seem to be working.
[this is not the most exciting of blog entries, is it?]

I have a thermal transfer printer here at work. It is a particularly obscure piece of equipment. It is also particularly cantankerous. I hate it.

in other news: I’ve decided to redecorate my bathroom and kitchen. I have most of the materials already, it is just a case of getting on with it! so I’ll be quiet on Sunday, wielding a paintbrush. Any volunteers to help me?

blimey – what a great day yesterday was – it was sunny, warm, I was in a good mood all day, I got loads of work done, including some of my college homework, AND I arranged a second date with Sarah.
yeh, ok, maybe seeing someone who lives five hours away is a bad idea, but I’m willing to give it a go and see how we get on. we had quite a chat last night, and I’m more convinced than ever that she is cool.

in an email conversation with a very good friend today, I have come to the realisation that I need some bedroom action.
of course, I am usually fairly incapable of dealing with BA unless it comes with emotions attached. it’s a terrible affliction. but I deal with it. so the quest continues – to find that elusive combination of head, heart and body satisfaction. any leads?

I knew there was something else that had put me in a good mood – on Friday, Arron said that he thought I had lost weight. I thought he was talking bollocks (we were in the bar, and bollocks is usually spoken in that place). Anyway, last night I stepped onto the scales, and somehow, during the last fortnight, six pounds have gone missing. Now how the hell did that happen?

– this man has too much time on his hands.

compare and contrast:
a family friend recently died. He was cremated. His wife and brother recently collected the ashes – in a plastic bag inside a tupperware type container. They then went and scattered them in a local church, at the beach, and, upon finding some leftover in the bag (“a whole handful” according to his widow), under the rose bushes.
a family friend’s pet dog died recently. He was cremated. The ashes were recently delivered to our friend’s home – in a smart wooden casket complete with brass nameplate. He will find a resting place in the garden he played in for most of his life.

Just received an invitation to a seminar: “Skate parks – the hottest thing in urban teen provision”. Presumably the dress code includes wearing a baseball cap backwards.