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Desperation
Some things have gone right, some have gone horribly wrong. We didn't run the new system as planned last Wednesday, but I did get to Lansdowne to find out what the problem was. Turns out the PageSettings.PaperSize property is... sometimes completely useless. Depending on which printer driver is being used, when printing to a custom (i.e. not ( Read more... ) -
Protraction
Eh, I'm still awake again, so you get a little update. I really shouldn't be, because I need to be leaving for work by 9, but I just can't sleep. I took today off because I didn't feel well, or at least not well enough to take the stress of running the 'new system', which is what I was supposed to be doing. We trialled it again on Monday, at it was ( Read more... ) -
Fragments II
I need something beautiful, something intense. Anything. Pure light or pure darkness, the perfect song, being soaked in the rain, an empty room with a fireplace, undying unconditional love, passionate sex, death and self-sacrifice, honour, loyalty, commitment, pain, loss and longing. Things that are real and things that only exist in dreams. Things ( Read more... ) -
Withdrawal
I forgot that it was a Sunday, and that the usual 11:42 'last bus' does not exist, and so I'm here at work waiting for 1am, because Tasha has offered us a lift home. I am... seriously depressed. Many recent events have contributed to that, but at least they're usually scattered fairly evenly... except the last couple of days, which have had a high ( Read more... ) -
Seasons
These rooms will never change. There will always be that living room, with the table in the middle, my computer in the corner playing music and the monitor casting it's glow. There will always be the dark bedroom, lit only by the yellow artificial light from the hallway. There will always be the memories of every year that came before. The thick, ( Read more... ) -
Obscured By Clouds
Okay, time to catch up on what's been going on. I became twenty-two, but wasn't really paying much attention at the time due to having Shanna around. Graham made a nice chocolate brownie, and Mum gave me two tickets to the Counting Crows concert in December, so all in all it was good. Went round to my parents' the day after for Connor's birthday, ( Read more... ) -
Love III
I'm happy. I just wanted to say that really. I heard what I needed to hear, and only one thing remains. I'd actually forgotten what this was like, but it's wonderful. So much to go still... but it's all okay. I still don't know that she will stay, but she's here for the right reasons. The final piece is somewhat out of my control: I understand what ( Read more... ) -
Strings
I don't do lyrics posts, but this was too good an opportunity to miss.
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Improvement
The last two days were better, much better. Although I haven't actually been into the office, I've been working at home and finally decided to face up to one of the tasks I'd been avoiding: XSLT-based report layouts. It's not even half completed, but I've decided how to do it, created all the classes and implemented the basic source->transformation ( Read more... ) -
Breakage
We didn't do the overnight shift in the end. I think Graham was happy to, but by the time midnight arrived I could tell I wasn't working well, and defintely when closing time came at 3, I knew I didn't want to stay. We would've had to stay there at least another six hours until the morning staff came to open up again, since we don't have a key to ( Read more... )