Tuesday, April 12, 2005zen and animalsI think I need a certain zen-like mindlessness to get through another day in this job. Here I am, first thing in the morning, faced with a pile of paperwork. Is there any difference between my experience of cleaning up this pile and the experience of a zoo-keeper cleaning up a pile of dung? I guess... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, April 11, 2005a confession before the sun goes downAnother day in the dysfunctional realm of the public hospital system; another day of tackling the intricacies of document handling and data management; another day of not needing to invest in an ipod because the music never stops in my cerebellum; another day of watching people rush past my office... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, April 10, 2005JLo's entrance to my third birthdayI indulged in some further birthday research after yesterday's blog and came up with the following: JLo was coming out the hatch when I was wearing a party hat, getting overloaded on cake and fizzy red cordial and scampering around the backyard on my third birthday. I was hoping for a few more... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, April 9, 2005plane crash conspiracy theories/simultaneous womb exitIt's another beautiful weekend. I intended going bushwalking yesterday but the trains were all out so I ended up jumping on one of Sydney's rare trams and going to Glebe. The main reason I like Glebe (an inner-city suburb of Sydney near the university) is that it feels like an inner-city suburb of... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, April 7, 2005Taj MahalIt’s been a relatively peaceful week here in the trenches though we’ve been understaffed in the office. Last night I bought the original self-titled cd of Taj Mahal: very cool bluesy music, smooth slide guitar and great bursts of blues harp. He was in Sydney recently and I now regret not going to... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, April 1, 2005writing, job advertisements, the absence of the promised landThis morning I managed to complete the first draft of a short story. In fact I've got a few ideas on the boil at the moment and I am absolutely determined to move them from the vague mist of my imagination onto the page. I like the idea of writing a collection of short stories. It's a manageable... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, March 31, 2005ferry to manlyIt's been a fine and sunny day in Sydney. I needed to get away from my increasingly tidy and ever simpler living space so I jumped on the ferry across the harbour to Manly. It takes about half an hour to get across and it's worth the trip. I have a thing about ferries anyway. I used to catch them... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, March 30, 2005fleeing from work to wander and writeOn Tuesday I turned up for work and immediately asked to have the rest of the week off as annual leave. Luckily I have an understanding boss who agrred to it straight away. I had reached the point where I had enough of my job, felt run-down and stressed and just couldn't stand it. So I went home and... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, March 23, 2005easter plans, abuse and maniacal laughterI’m so glad this working week is just about over. It’s been a bugger of a week involving the unending mundanity of data entry and a splash of verbal abuse from a moronic employee just to add a certain zest to my life. I haven’t sorted out much for Easter other than going to a football game on Sunday... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, March 21, 2005misty headed pondering of global changeMy head’s in a misty state and I’ve settled into a boring methodical morning updating a data-base. Last night I watched a document on a phenomena called global dimming. It seems that in the past 30 years the strength of sunlight hitting the earth has decreased in various areas between 10 and 20... Sign in to see full entry. |
