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A few sobering thoughts

Happy 2008 to those of you whom might be browsing here - although I'd imagine that anyone checking this will be pretty unlikely. I know I said I wouldn't write this again, but I have changed my mind: as the ex-Mr Whitney Houston once sang, it's my perogative.

The last six months have been interesting, but they have also been extraordinarily dull. I didn't get out much, and that's an understatement: closer to the truth is that I became a bit of a social reject. I have some fun new workmates, but I miss my old ones. Every time I pass near my old building, I feel nostalgic.

On the employment front, I can emphatically say that I don't enjoy my new job. I think I was mis-sold it a bit, possibly. I have also discovered that I don't like to people-manage very much, which is a bit of a problem when that is pretty much 100% of the job. Also, for a large corporation, it is badly organised (I thought my old place was a shambles...). So, this was a big change that hasn't turned out nearly as well as I had envisaged it would. Put it this way: my subscriptions to all the job websites are being re-activated as I type.

In true blogger spirit, and inspired by Afraid of Ducks, I am going to cobble together some end of year lists to start things off.

High points of 2007
Walking to the bank with my settlment cheque on my final day at my old job. I was solvent - for the first time ever!
Spending some time in New York, the world's greatest city
Playing with Bailey on his second birthday
My redundancy party
Opening weekend of the Royal Festival Hall
The magic of Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii

Low points of 2007
Realising very quickly that my new job was rubbish
My nephew's arrest, subsequent bail problems and all that went with it
My mother's illness

Some favourite things
TV
Heroes season 1
The Mighty Boosh series 3 (after a dodgy start)
The IT Crowd series 2
Books
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The Every Boy by Dana Adam Shapiro
Films
The Walker
Casino Royale (which surprised me by being both funny, violent and intelligent)
Albums/Songs
Transparent Things by Fujiya and Miyagi
Worried Noodles by David Shrigley and pals
We are your friends by Justice vs. Simian (thanks to that bleedin' camera ad!)
Wooh! Alright, Yeh Uh-huh by the Rapture

And that's it. I was going to put a list of stuff I didn't like, but I feel negative enough at the moment and I don't want to overdo that.

At any rate, I guess it's good to be back here.

posted by deafdisco @ 3:30 pm