An overdue update…

November 12th 2005, 0630B

Maybe I should get hold of that doc that Gareth F had resus his blog, ‘cause this one hasn’t been too healthy lately either. He at least had been really busy lately, whereas the best excuse I can come up with is that I’ve been seriously NAAFI lately, & that there’s been bugger all going on for me to talk about here. It’s been very much the “same shit different day” for the last few weeks, so chances are that this is going to be a fairly short post for a change.
The last few weeks also haven’t been my happiest in awhile, & I’d rather not bother typing anything up for this at all if all I’m going to do is bitch & moan in it, as it seems that I’ve done little else in this the last few posts. I seem to have regained some of the sense of humour lately though – mostly through the consumption of large quantities of beer :P – so I thought it might be an idea to update this thing before I completely lost the habit.

One thing that has gone a long way towards restoring my happy thoughts the last few days – and also about all news I have – is that the long awaited package with the new camera bag & external drives finally arrived on Wednesday. I’ve hardly moved from in front of the pc since then, & I’ve been having fun going through all the new stuff that Rob put on the drives for me. I reckon he could have sent more porn than he did – I could have made a bloody fortune selling copies to the guys here :P – but he did include a large collection of History Channel documentaries which will probably keep me amused & occupied far longer than porn would have anyway. It seems that he forgot to put a copy of the Sin City dvd on the drive though, which I’m disappointed about, but he did put a bottle of whiskey & a shit load of peanuts in the package, something which is always guaranteed to improve my disposition, so he’s forgiven ( There are a few other things he either forgot, or ran out of space for – and we’re talking about two 250gb drives here lol – but he can send that up on a few dvd’s in the next package, so it’s hardly a train smash.
One thing I was very happy to see on the drive was the install files for WoW, & with a little luck I’ll be able to sort out a connection of my own in a few weeks & can start to play. I had Brendon send me the account key from the copy I ordered from Amazon, so once I’ve sorted out the connection all I’ll need to do is update the game – not a small endeavour apparently – and I’ll be in business.
I was also very pleased to get my hands on the new camera bag, and I’m very impressed with it now that it’s here. I only have two problems with it, both concerning the size. Firstly, the camera section of the bag is too big for what I have here, so the Cannon & lenses look a bit lost in there. Also the notebook section is likely going to be a bit small for the new computer I want to buy, as that’s got a big bastard 17” screen & full size keyboard, but getting a tailor to modify the bag so it’ll fit shouldn’t be too much of a challenge. So far as the too large camera section goes, that also shouldn’t be too difficult to remedy as it’s starting to look very likely that both my extension is going to be approved, and also that our allowances have indeed been increased so I’ll be able to easily afford that big zoom lens I’ve been drooling over for so long. I’m going to wait until it’s confirmed that I’m staying and that we’ll be getting more money before I order either the new notebook or lens, but I should know long enough before I come home for a break in Feb that they’ll be waiting for me at home when I get back. The thought of another 6 months here is still not a very happy one, but I’ve pretty much adjusted to the idea now, & the likely increase in allowances just serves to vindicate the decision to apply for the extension.

Anyway, that’s about it for now so I’m going to end off here. With a little luck next week will be a little busier & I’ll be able to add to this a little more frequently in future. I certainly hope I’m busier than I have been lately, because this sitting around twiddling my thumbs has been getting seriously on my tits lately & I could really do without the aggravation.
Comms here have been decidedly iffy the last few weeks, but I’ll be calling as many people as I can while I’m in town – there’s nothing quite so good for the happy thoughts as hearing a friendly voice after all (

Till next time though ;)