Well. I had the four professional stage exams. I worked 10 hours a day, every day for the last three months. I did the exams earlier this week. Now I feel depressed. I feel depressed because I may have failed one or more. I will get a chance to retake, provided I didn't fail all four, but I'll have to live with the stigma of failure. I did ( Read more... )

Today is my birthday. I am 28.

It's the NEW YEAR! 2007! The Future! Robots have taken over the world!!

My New Year's Resolution is to be more FAT

(FAT being a slang term for 'good, cool, alright, etc...')

I had friend once who, when frustrated with the limits of his mind, took to stabbing himself in the head with a biro to tell his brain to 'quit messing him around'. Whilst that is far more extreme than anything I am likely to do, I do sometimes share the feeling of frustration that my brain is not working as well as I know it can. Last week I ( Read more... )

The best things are always only half-planned. If you work things out too much they will almost certainly deviate because you can't control everything, at which point you'll feel bad because your plans have gone awry ( Read more... )

It never rains but it pours at work. Having been twiddling my thumbs for the last two weeks I get given a correspondence folder this morning and told we (I) need to draft two letters and a Minute about contingent liabilities addressed to the public accounts committee. To put that in English, I have to go from not knowing what the hell a ( Read more... )

I did a personality test thing. Didn't really tell me anything I didn't know...

My Personality

Neuroticism

86
Extraversion

66
Openness To Experience

84
Agreeableness

54
Conscientiousness

86
Test Yourself Compare Yourself View Full Report

Bebo, MySpace Codes and hi5 by Pulseware Survey Software

And that basically means that...

You are neither a subdued ( Read more... )

My brother came to stay at my place in East Finchley. We took the train to Hampstead and took the lovely walk back via the Heath. It was very nice, and so good to show my brother a nice part of London. My brother works in Italy usually with his long-time girlfriend. They've recently bought their own flat (it is unusual to own property in Italy ( Read more... )