Month: February 2001

Painful Ponderings

Ouch. Twisted my back a few days ago, still have dull throbbing pain, so I can’t sit down for too long at a time. Still, it has meant plenty of time to think about stuff. The way my life is headed, professionally, mentally, physically, socially and all the other something-allys that consistitute life as we know it.

Hanging on

Stationary, moving fast. That’s my current state of mind. It seems things around me are moving fast, and I’m clinging on. Professionally this is a good thing, well a good thing as the company is moving fast. What this does mean is that everything is reactionary, I can no longer plan my work. I fully realise that this is because my role is so fundamentally different from previous jobs, and in a way it makes the whole thing exciting.

Downside is that a lot of my time seems to be spent doing things for other people, adding items to my ‘To Do’ list (Yes I do use one), and leaving less time to do the things I need to do for my team. Could I have prepared better? Anticipated the upcoming workload better? Maybe slightly but not much. I feel a bit like I’ve just grabbed onto the end rail of a fast moving train and I’m hanging on for dear life. My grip is OK, so I’m not going to fall, but there’s that constant feeling that if my foot catches on SomeTHiNG substantial I’ll let go quickly. Question is: do I want to let go?

Lisa Snowden

BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Cruise and Kidman to separate – so that’s why Louise is so happy. Now I just need to get hold of Lisa Snowden or Lisa Nicole Carson and I’m happy!

Muse required

Anyway… I’m looking for inspiration for my skins, I would really like to develop the whole package, icons, Tclock BMPs, WinAmp, Wallpaper, colour scheme, WindowBlinds (maybe I don’t run it anymore)… but then the Professor and Thredz already do that kind of thing so well… stiff competition. Hmmm

Progression

Back on the skinning/custo thing. Been downloading wallpapers and skins like mad. My hard disk is getting seriously whacked and I really need to back things up. So I should really be saving my pennies to buy a new power lead for my ZIP drive, but it’s so damn slow and a lot of the stuff I would quite happily dump onto CD. So I should really be looking at getting a CD rewriter, but I don’t think my PC could handle it, so I should really be looking to get a bigger harddrive, not sure I’ve got room, so maybe a new PC… damn that was too easy.

Brainiac

BBC News | HEALTH | Brain scans spot ‘happy thoughts’ – So that explains it, or rather it doesn’t…