And finally … Saturday, 23 Dec 2006
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… it seems there is a flaw in the mobile bloging – you have a limited number of characters, though i’ll have to wait to count and find out.
So to finish as i intended:
Wishing you all a merry christmas and a happy new year 
Going cold turkey … Saturday, 23 Dec 2006
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… well almost. Am now at my mum’s new house, which i’ve not seen before and that she only moved to on tuesday! Unfortunately she won’t be connected to the phone or cable tv till wednesday. So I’m testing out mobile internet services. I’m already used to gmail on my phone but i’ve never tried mobile bloging before. I’m pleasantly impressed.
Well i’m probably not going to post again till i’m back at the internet proper but it’s just reassuring that i’m still connected to the digital world somehow.
Christmas approaches Sunday, 17 Dec 2006
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It’s that time of year again, switch on ‘pre-programmed enjoyment sequence X’ for however long it takes to pass through the wonderful emotional joy that is the festive season.
For some reason it’s not seemed like Christmas is at all approaching, though to spare me the obvious evil that Thursday night shopping this week or even shopping next weekend I decided yesterday to go and buy all my shopping. Although I had to go again today to get two more presents, but yesterday I did manage to buy almost all my presents within two and a half hours including wrapping materials and avoiding the majority of London crowds. I have reaffirmed my love of Fopp. And as you can see I’ve spent today wrapping them, I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed wrapping – maybe I should open a shop that sells cookies, apple tart, chocolate torte, and offers a deluxe present wrapping service.
Walking along the streets of London at this time (and no doubt many other towns of this fair land) of year the smell of roasting chestnuts whafts about, and it’s a really beautiful smell which makes me feel all wintery. But I started to think that you don’t get chestnut roasters in summer – so where do they go? Is there a chestnut roasting equipment storage area/graveyard, or do they convert into those mobile hotdog/burger people that stand outside clubs??
Talking of food I got very disturbed today when buying my paper – creme eggs are already on sale!! It’s not even Christmas, some people probably haven’t even bought all their presents yet!
Oh well off to bed where I shall dream of present wrapping, roast chestnuts and having nightmares about three months of easter commericalism.
A whole new world Monday, 11 Dec 2006
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Sorry for the dodgy post title, but the flatmate is threatening to buy me Jordan and Peter Andre’s album for Christmas and for some reason this title came to mind (For those not aware of the musical stylings of such angelic voices they reproduced a rendition of the main song from Disney’s Aladin film at their wedding reception).
Anyways, so it’s been the first week of the new job (well it’s now technically the second). And the intial reaction seems to be good so far. More glamorous surroundings, a nice supportive group of people (who can actually help when I’ve technical problems), and less unnecessary stress, oh and a better salary.
I’ve also acquired a digital projector, so we now have a home cinema set up, yay! (though not yay to the dodgy paranormal solider investigation game that the flatmate wants me to play).
MyFirstJob™ Monday, 04 Dec 2006
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So I’ve finally left MyFirstJob™, which gainfully employed me for 15 or so months, of which 14 have been spent working as a social researcher for an inner London local authority. It’s been an ‘interesting’ year to say the least – its certainly had its good times, but there’s been an awful lot of bad times (usually soothed by consumption of copious ammounts of alcohol). I’ve had a number of good opportunities (and to some extent have actually been very lucky) but I also feel like I’ve not been treated very well and that my previous job really didn’t provide any opportunities for development (both in career terms but also in skills/professional terms).
And so without any more cathartic bitching (in the blogosphere about my last job that is, for I am naturally a bitch to some degree!) tomorrow I start my new job as a sparkly social researcher proper.
