Freedom From The Mundane

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It’s been a busy couple of days with not much writing done and that’s not because of day job work or anything, but purely personal choice.
On Tuesday I took the evening off and spent any spare time catching up on some reading, and last night, after being taken out with a couple of colleagues [...]

February 24th, 2010 | Tags: Cambridge Bar, computing, Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, I.S., I.T, management, Reading, Reward and Recognition, Scotland, snow, Weather, Writing | Category: Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, I.T., Reading, Scotland, Writing | Comments (1)

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I was forced to log on to the day job network at half past eleven on Tuesday night (after I’d written up and scheduled yesterday’s blog post), because of the downright arrogance of one of my colleagues – the contractor. Despite an earlier agreement made within the team, of which he was part, he [...]

May 21st, 2009 | Tags: alcohol, Amber Regent, Armadillo, beer, Chinese meal, Clyde Auditorium, computing, concert, Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, electronic music, Family, Freelance, gig review, Glasgow, guest list, I.T., Jean Michel Jarre, Music, News of the World, Press tickets, synthesisers, Travel, wine, Writing | Category: Day Job, Family, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, I.T., Music, Scotland, Travel, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (1)

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Yesterday was the day from Hell. I came into work and felt like I’d been ambushed, such was the problems I fond myself embroiled in.
By half past eight one of the new systems we support fell over entirely. I went through an hour of major blood, sweat and espressos to get it all back [...]

May 14th, 2009 | Tags: computing, Day Job, Hell, I.T., pressure, stress | Category: Day Job, Film & TV, I.T., Writing | Comments (1)

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Exhausted.
Up early and working by 7:30am on The Company’s network. It was almost 3pm before I was finished. A full day in other words, and it wasn’t the most stress-free of occasions.
By the time it (part 1) was over, it was almost time for the Grand National at Aintree. I had a tenner [...]

April 4th, 2009 | Tags: Aintree, Betting, computing, Day Job, e-books, exhausted, gambling, Grand National, horse racing, Hotel Rwanda, I.T., movie, Sleep, tired, Twitter, working | Category: Day Job, I.T., Sport | Comments (1)

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Another terribly long couple of days. Finding the time to write is proving to be increasingly difficult. There’s no shortage of motivation inside me, but early morning and lunchtimes are the only really productive times of the day I am managing to bag just now. Evenings are a struggle because I am so [...]

February 4th, 2009 | Tags: computing, Day Job, Internet, New Zealand, rat race, Travel, Writing | Category: Day Job, Editorial Comment, Film & TV, I.T., Travel, Writing | Comments (1)

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Laura and her pals never woke until later in the morning. Not surprising given the time they were up to last night. I eventually fell asleep around 1am, though it wasn’t easy.
When I got up this morning I made some lovely fresh Columbian coffee, ate a bagel, then went round to the shop [...]

January 18th, 2009 | Tags: albino, Aquarium, Blood Ties, coldwater fish, computing, Fiction, goldfish, mini-lops, novels, poems, Poetry, Rabbits, TFT monitors, wireless, Writing | Category: Animals, Family, Fiction, Poetry, Writing | Leave a comment