May 2009
19 posts
Sitting alone, eating cheeseburgers, waiting for Star Trek. I could only look more like a cliché if I was wearing an actual cape.
“It is not excess of thought but defect of fertile and generous emotion that...”
– C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (1943)
WatchI hadn’t heard of Chris Milk until today, when I followed a link (via Daring Fireball) to a great 42 second short film he had made. I quickly moved on to music videos he had made for Modest Mouse & Gnarls Barkly (also excellent), and this one above, for Audioslave (a song I hadn’t heard before today either, but which I now pretty much love).
The clip - in my very humble opinion -...
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I met my boss for the first time today…despite the fact that I’ve been working for him for the last 9 months. It will likely be the last time I see him for the next 12 months, too.
It’s funny that that situation doesn’t feel nearly as strange to me as it sounds, though it does remind me that I have a pretty enviable work situation (well for the most part anyway). ...
Procrastinating to the point of self-loathing? ... →
I have a massive work project due in 18 days. The culmination of 6 months work and over 3 years of pre-planning and petitioning. A project that should deliver significant benefits for my employer and which potentially has huge implications for my career also (albeit in a fairly narrow sphere). There’s probably 300 hours yet to go on the project - a fairly ludicrous 16.6 hours per day...
Hell hath no fury like four consecutive episodes of “In The Night Garden”. #whothehellismakingthiscrap?
Who knew this “Australian Standard AS4068-1993 Flat Pallets for Materials Handling” technical document would live up to all the hype?
15kgs ago, wearing this “Champion” tshirt seemed marginally less ironic.
April 2009
7 posts
Friday night.
Playing Kerplunk. Fo’shizzle.
listening to “Let Down - Radiohead” ♫ http://blip.fm/~5bpi8
