Thunderbozz

Last week was extremely busy at work (as predicted), but I'm pleased that it went much smoother than I was expecting. The spectre of having to finish things off on Saturday was hanging over my team for the last part of the week, but – despite the odd hiccup – we managed to get the job done and dusted by Friday evening. This was an extremely pleasing development, and I took full advantage of the situation by sleeping away most all of Saturday morning (and a considerable chunk of the afternoon to boot). Feeling suitably refreshed , it was time to embark on an evening of (dangerously) alcoholic cocktails and (dangerously) alcoholic dancing. Fuelled on a combination of Black Russians, White Russians and Sexes on the Beach, Sheffield's Leadmill was our destination. As tends to be the case, it was a fantastic evening, thoroughly enjoyed by all. Until around Sunday lunchtime, that is. Next week at work has much more hard graft in store, but if it leads to another weekend ...

I have a few basic ground rules about blogging. The executive summary is "don't assume that other people are as keen for their stories to be posted as you are; don't talk about work". With the latter in mind, I can't go into details about what I do or where I work, because frankly it's unprofessional. What I can say is that it's been a very busy month for us, and next week is set to be the most frantic of them all. So it's early nights for me, starting tonight. Last week was my birthday. I always tend to make a big fuss about other people's birthdays, but aren't actually all that keen when mine comes round. I'm always dead miserable in the days running up to it (and intolerable on the day before), but then cheer up considerably just in time to go out and celebrate. This year, my housemates and I went out for tapas on Friday night at La Tasca. It was the first time I'd ever eaten at a Spanish/tapas restaurant, so I wasn't re...

Hello everyone, happy new year! Better late than never, eh? Sorry about the lack of blog posts. I haven't written a "regular" blog post since July (and that was a semi-rambling embittered rant about the government). There are two reasons why: 1. I get bored very easily. Which means I blog for a few months, then I get a temporary obsession with photography , then I become an insufferable music buff for several weeks, then I go and buy a load of gadgets... it's just what I do. Anyway, I'm back in a blogging mood at the moment, so enjoy it while it lasts. 2. We don't have 24/7 broadband at the flat. We have one mobile broadband dongle to share between three laptops. Coupled with the fact that I have a nifty internet phone (great for checking e-mails, a bit fiddly to write anything longer than 140 characters on), this means going on the internet to casually surf and submit various missives to a blog is a bit of a rarity these days. But now I'm b...