Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
Hi Guy, I don’t know your name, or what your business is. Except that it requires you to answer your cell phone. A lot. Then take it for a wander past my office door into the hallway. Which is also adjacent to my office. And the walls? They are thin. And the door from the … Continue reading Dear Guy in the Office Next Door
Work is currently devouring my soul. And all of my time. Instead of providing any real content I shall ask you, dear readers, to share your favourite way to de-stress. Ready? Go. Continue reading Kaboom
I have yet to get a decent night’s sleep since before I left for Korea. I have a lot of work to do as the busy Spelunking season gets fully underway. I have a very important test to write in just under 3 weeks. I don’t feel like I’m making progress on any of those … Continue reading And on and on
I have just discovered something very, VERY upsetting. Having not used Windows 2000 for a number of years, it took a bit of getting used to at this job. But no matter. I keep plugging along on the inferior OS because I’m stoic like that. But I just came to a startling realization: Windows 2000 … Continue reading Discovery
54-40 T-Shirt Originally uploaded by peechie. At the Spelunking Club, there are a number of private events that take place. Last night there was a “win to get in” concert and wine tasting sponsored by one of the local radio stations, and 54-40 were the feature entertainment. Of course, I didn’t win to get in … Continue reading Perk
I have no internet at work. I can’t connect to my work email at home. My job is about to spontaneously combust. Help. (UPDATE: Aug. 24 5:45pm – things are finally fixed. Fscking technology. Continue reading Broken
Back at it after a gruelling and ultimately awesome long weekend. But not until after I stopped by my old place of employ to say hi to some of my old co-workers. The conversations went a little like this: Former Coworkers (FC): Wow, you look fantastic! The new job must agree with you! Me: Yah, … Continue reading Grind
There’s a film crew shooting a commercial at the Spelunking Club today. From what I’ve seen of location sets, the crews seem to be pretty used to having the run of the place, and not worrying much about anyone else while they’re there. At least, that’s how this crew is acting about the club. They’ve … Continue reading Lights, Camera, Action!
Rude Cactus mentioned he’d like to see some Monday Haikus in his comments. I’ve left one there, but thought I’d share it with everyone here as well: two short days away returning, what do i find? shit happened. uh oh. And now, in the spirit of the haiku, I must to and try to clean … Continue reading Monday Haiku
Things are still going well at the Spelunking Club. I’m having a great time, meeting great people, and even finding time to do a little spelunking myself. Not having a spelunking background at all, it’s nice to find out that I seem to have a bit of a knack for it – which really helps … Continue reading Firefighting
Great thing about working independently #412: Having NSFW conversations on msn between phone calls. Continue reading Things I love about my Job
I have always been a believer in things happening for a reason. The same day I was starting my new job, my ex-co-workers were finding out that their contracts (which expire at the end of this month) are not being renewed. Why yes, that is a horseshoe up my hoo-hah… thanks for asking. Seriously though, … Continue reading Kismet
Seeing as some of you are starting to ask, I figured I’d take a few moments to fill you all in that the spelunking coordination is all falling into place. The craziness I knew I was getting into from having people who were more into the spelunking than the coordination thereof doing this job for … Continue reading Update, or something…
Today’s my first official day as Spelunking Coordinator, and I must say, it’s as bad and as good as I expected. Things are freakishly messy and disorganized, which I expected. But I’ve got an action plan to get it all under control. Now if only I knew what the heck I was talking about when … Continue reading Let the Craziness Commence
The sale of the company I’m about to no longer work for closed as of this morning (if you’re just tuning in, I just quit – so the sale has zero bearing on me whatsoever). And the lemmings, they are ANXIOUS! And also FRIGHTENED! Which means I am currently very, very amused. This is the … Continue reading Raise Your Hand if You’re Absent