what bubster said...
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
mobility
'You're at an airport,' I said. She had rung me as they called her flight from Sydney to LA, for the beginning of a two week vacation after which she is returning to quit her job and then again travel the world. She wasn't ringing me to make me jealous - and her life has been pretty much obstacle-filled for a while, so I don't begrudge her the trip - but sometimes: well, sometimes you just have to call someone a bitch. So I did. |
Damn, there's a lot of fat in a latté! This is something I was vaguely aware of, but which has now been brought to my attention in actual figures. Figures. Appropriate word really. Anyway, the guys at the coffee shop - they can produce any sort of coffee I want. I want less fat? Sure! I want to be healthier? No problem. A decaffeinated soyaccino is, apparently, the answer. Not in my world, fellas. Not in my world. |
I may be the most selfish person in the entire world. It looks like my boyfriend might have a new job (fingers crossed!). He would love this job because it would be a good step career-wise and it would remove a lot of the pressure he currently gets being the only qualified service technician in a small company. This other company is much larger - part of a huge international conglomerate, yada yada yah (apologies to my old Institutional Economics lecturer) - with scads of technicians running about the place. I should be happy about that - and I am. But the thing I'm really excited about is that the new company makes digital cameras (among other things, duh). I'd really like a digital camera. Can everyone say 'staff discount'?PS: HE GOT THE JOB!!! |
You may find it hard to believe, but not every activity in my house is food-related. Certainly the puppies find this idea hard to, ahem, swallow, and so we had the spectacle over the weekend of the dogs optimistically eyeing off an open paint tin, some lint from the dryer and Black Pete, the goldfish.Note to self: put fish bowl on higher shelf. Dogs have simple wants: food, shelter, companionship and precious objects to destroy in lieu of a complaints department as regards the food, shelter etc. We people, on the other hand, have far loftier goals. I have this new job-thing happening, for example. 'Great,' I thought, 'A new challenge, a new opportunity to explore different perspectives on familiar territory, a chance to dust off the old brain cells and reinvigorate the...' Well. Turns out what I really wanted was the pay rise. So much for lofty goals. For some reason this makes me think of a picture someone sent to me recently, under the heading 'Aim high in life', of a toddler standing in front of an enormous toilet bowl and, well, aiming high. Hmm. Further note to self: a much higher shelf. |
