wow, somehow everyone else in my section is gone, and i'm now sitting at my desk watching the world cup (a thrilling match, too) on my TV (yes, I am equipped with a TV with basic cable channels and a five-CD player at my desk), while eating Ritters chocolate and drinking cafe au lait.

decadence.

I'm listening to Jason Collett and falling asleep at my desk.

So said the Big Boss (the Quebecois one, the one who hired me) at work ( Read more... )

I am having the whole four-day Easter weekend off, and its serenity is really making going to work at 6am on Tuesday more difficult ( Read more... )

To my surprise I discovered tonight that since the last time I was bored enough to investigate this (which was probably almost a year ago), Livejournal has added quite a few things to an un-paid basic account including new blog styles, number of user pictures and number of links (! no more trimming down the sidebar links of friends to the alloted ( Read more... )

I need to be at work in two hours (no you did not read it wrong) and I'm now up and awake cos I got up to go to the bathroom and was too jittery and antsy to go back to sleep anymore.

aarrgh 6-2:30pm work schedule. By the time you see this I'll probably be really to get off work. I will now be on senior citizen time for the next 12 months.

Argh! can't concentrate!

Watched seven episodes of The Office last night, six from the UK version (Series two), one from the NBC spin-off ('Dwight's Speech'). In lieu of forever being five years behind when it comes to hit TV shows, I've finally come around and am now officially smitten. This good-hearted, shy, wavy-dark-haired English boy thing ( Read more... )

To keep my spirit up I've decided to start reading more and going to little movies. Was talking to this guy who I'm doing language exchange with and who is working at the French Consulate as a "career consulor" for French immigrants, of which there are abundant in Montreal. We talked about how when you're looking for jobs, it almost makes you ( Read more... )

Oh well, the third day into my 'officially unemployed' period and I was already going stir-crazy at home today. Had to keep reminding myself that I seemed to always have these bouts of feeling unproductive and sort of loserly every winter, even when I was in school. So I went out, took a walk in the balmy 4C weather and bought jasmine tea shower ( Read more... )

So my sentiment towards my two-day-old job has gone from 'not too bad' to 'erm, I want my dignity back and I want to be out of here'. It's still not the worst retail job I've had, but this is really not what I had pictured myself doing when I turn 25 (which is in two weeks ( Read more... )