Feeling nervous about next week. It will be one of the very few times I spend time away from my wife, more than just going to work that is. She has been a constant presence in my life for over 2 decades now so being physically apart from her is going to be strange. Sure we both have phones and the internet etc to keep in touch but not being able to just reach out and touch her is weird.
Sigh, with it getting close it just feels more and more weird. I'm not going to be that far away but far enough that to drive home just to say hello and sleep is a large waste of time. Should find out which hotel work is putting me up in today, a lot of the places in SF are quite expensive since you are staying in the actual city. Gah, pain in the arse all this.
At least it will almost be over and done with by this time next week. These kind of one off breaks from routine really throw me.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Scary
Played some more of Assassins Creed 3 last night and did quite a few of the missions where you are a captain on a sailing ship, firing cannons, hoisting sails, that kind of thing. As part of one mission you are sailing at night, in a torrential storm, riding these huge waves. Looking at it it makes you wonder how the crap did people back then sail around the world. You are in these relatively flimsy ships in weather that ships nowadays do their best to avoid and you are sailing somewhere that you potentially have no idea what is in that direction. Just playing it in a game and seeing how the ship could be tossed around gave me the willies. Doing it in real life I simply can't imagine it.
The other thing playing that part of the game last night brought up is my insistence on doing everything right if given an option. I was doing one mission that had an optional objective to do it within a certain time limit. Normally I get annoyed at that kind of thing since it forces you to play one particular way rather than the way you want. However for some reason with this game I'm determined to get everything exactly right. I kept failing and restarting and after enough times my wife told me to just finish the damn mission. I did just finish it in the end but it niggled at me that I hadn't done it "right". I then did a couple of other missions and went back to that one and did it a couple more times and actually managed to do it within the time limit. Somehow I then felt that I had played it right and got that sense of accomplishment you get. It seems weird to me that theses games I play for fun can also force me to do something and I am happy for knowing that I can do what they ask of me. Not everyone bothers to do it or can do it but most of the time I can. Yay me?
So now I just need to get work to have their arse in gear for this course next week and sorting out where/what I will be doing and today might have actually been ok. Until I get home to my wife though and the world is right again today is just being annoying.
The other thing playing that part of the game last night brought up is my insistence on doing everything right if given an option. I was doing one mission that had an optional objective to do it within a certain time limit. Normally I get annoyed at that kind of thing since it forces you to play one particular way rather than the way you want. However for some reason with this game I'm determined to get everything exactly right. I kept failing and restarting and after enough times my wife told me to just finish the damn mission. I did just finish it in the end but it niggled at me that I hadn't done it "right". I then did a couple of other missions and went back to that one and did it a couple more times and actually managed to do it within the time limit. Somehow I then felt that I had played it right and got that sense of accomplishment you get. It seems weird to me that theses games I play for fun can also force me to do something and I am happy for knowing that I can do what they ask of me. Not everyone bothers to do it or can do it but most of the time I can. Yay me?
So now I just need to get work to have their arse in gear for this course next week and sorting out where/what I will be doing and today might have actually been ok. Until I get home to my wife though and the world is right again today is just being annoying.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Traffic
Going to have to deal with some traffic next week. Normally I can commute at times where traffic isn't too bad but next week I need to spend 4 days in San Francisco for a training course on a code analysis tool we use so I can create more stringent analysis of our code and catch more issues before they become bugs customers discover. Unfortunately this course runs 9am to 5pm which sucks for my usual work day of 5:45am ish to 2:30pm. I really don't see the advantage in forcing a fixed 9 to 5 work day that some companies have, it will be interesting to see how many other people are on the course and what kind of work times they expect. So few technology companies enforce a strict time in the office, we simply have a requirement that you do the correct amount of rough hours and be in the office during the main period of the day. This is especially useful since we have offices in several time zones so it helps to create some overlap between most of them.
The worst part about this course thing? I will not see my wife much at all. If I try to drive there and back each day then I'll get barely any time. If I stay near the place where the course is I won't see her until Thursday evening when I get back. Bloody annoying. Nice that the company is willing to spend this money on me, I just wish they would get a move on and move me and my wife.
As an aside it is funny to see an uptick in traffic to a certain blog post that always has had the most views now that Nigella Lawson is on a TV show again. The search terms used to find it are very definite about what people are interested in :| .
Oh well, time to get on with some more work. Lots of fun ripping apart other peoples code at the moment since a lot of development is getting finished up and heading in to test. With the new ways I'll have of using this code tool I'll be able to automate some of that as well. Automated telling other people how stupid they are, how much more fun do you need?
The worst part about this course thing? I will not see my wife much at all. If I try to drive there and back each day then I'll get barely any time. If I stay near the place where the course is I won't see her until Thursday evening when I get back. Bloody annoying. Nice that the company is willing to spend this money on me, I just wish they would get a move on and move me and my wife.
As an aside it is funny to see an uptick in traffic to a certain blog post that always has had the most views now that Nigella Lawson is on a TV show again. The search terms used to find it are very definite about what people are interested in :| .
Oh well, time to get on with some more work. Lots of fun ripping apart other peoples code at the moment since a lot of development is getting finished up and heading in to test. With the new ways I'll have of using this code tool I'll be able to automate some of that as well. Automated telling other people how stupid they are, how much more fun do you need?
Monday, January 28, 2013
Silly fun
Saw a film this weekend, Hansel & Gretel, something that was clearly not meant to be taken seriously. Both my wife and I enjoyed it, despite the efforts of the idiots sitting behind us. Sure the film is nowhere near a serious drama and had an obvious plot but the end result was a film that is fun to watch. No need to stress your brain working out what is going on (even though people around us were determined to try and guess what the obvious thing happening next was going to be and getting it wrong some times) and just enjoy the spectacle happening on the screen. Just goes to show you should ignore what reviewers say most of the time since so much is relative from what you are expecting from a film.
I suppose that goes for all forms of media and entertainment. I've seen a lot of so called nerds and geeks online complaining about The Big Bang Theory recently. It has become trendy in those circles, due to the fact the show pokes fun at the type of person, to complain that the show is bad TV. So what? You can't take a joke? The jokes actually make sense and understand what nerds and geeks enjoy. People need to stop being offended by things that poke fun at stuff, everyone can be made fun of. My wife has a habit of taking a seemingly normal sentence someone says and making it sound dirty. She can do it with just about anything. It is possible to turn anything in to anything else intent wise. People take these things far too personally, just because you identify with some character and something happens to that character that you personally wouldn't like doesn't mean it is a bad thing. If you don't enjoy it so what, you are becoming as bad as the people that complain about and ridicule the nerd/geek culture in the first place. If you can't recognise that you are an intolerant fool.
I suppose that goes for all forms of media and entertainment. I've seen a lot of so called nerds and geeks online complaining about The Big Bang Theory recently. It has become trendy in those circles, due to the fact the show pokes fun at the type of person, to complain that the show is bad TV. So what? You can't take a joke? The jokes actually make sense and understand what nerds and geeks enjoy. People need to stop being offended by things that poke fun at stuff, everyone can be made fun of. My wife has a habit of taking a seemingly normal sentence someone says and making it sound dirty. She can do it with just about anything. It is possible to turn anything in to anything else intent wise. People take these things far too personally, just because you identify with some character and something happens to that character that you personally wouldn't like doesn't mean it is a bad thing. If you don't enjoy it so what, you are becoming as bad as the people that complain about and ridicule the nerd/geek culture in the first place. If you can't recognise that you are an intolerant fool.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Fiddler
I'm a fiddler, when I'm sitting still or doing something I like to have something to fiddle with in my hands. My wife knowing this has got me necklaces, bracelets and other stuff so that I can do so, generally without annoying her too much with the noise. Today though I keep reaching for my wrist where my bracelet is and finding it not there. It fell off sometime during the night in bed and although I noticed when getting ready this morning I didn't want to go back in to the bedroom and turn on the lights or make lots of noise and end up disturbing my wife.
The annoying thing is though I keep reaching for my wrist and finding nothing there. It has become an automatic reaction to me I do it so much and when I realise my bracelet is not there my brain goes "Huh?" for a second. It temporarily throws me and I have to pause what I'm doing to get my brain back on track. Doesn't take much does it? I must be such a creature of habit by now although if you ask my wife I suspect she already knows every little habit I have by heart like I can name hers. We all have these little things we do unconsciously and my fiddling is one of the more visible ones.
The annoying thing is though I keep reaching for my wrist and finding nothing there. It has become an automatic reaction to me I do it so much and when I realise my bracelet is not there my brain goes "Huh?" for a second. It temporarily throws me and I have to pause what I'm doing to get my brain back on track. Doesn't take much does it? I must be such a creature of habit by now although if you ask my wife I suspect she already knows every little habit I have by heart like I can name hers. We all have these little things we do unconsciously and my fiddling is one of the more visible ones.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Burp
Kind of full after lunch, went with my wife to the mongolian barbeque and had a huge bowl of food. As usual my wife couldn't finish hers which means she gets leftovers tomorrow. Considering the amount of food you get and that you can have whatever you want in it the value for money is pretty good. Not to mention reasonably healthy as well.
Weird day working from home, mainly helping other people out and checking on their work. Most of mine I've managed to get done and I'm not looking for huge amounts of new stuff right now, had enough to do the last couple of weeks. It comes in waves like that, suddenly huge amounts of stuff to get done and then not much to do. Despite it all I'm expected to work at something all the time even though a lot of my time is spent thinking or advising other people. Lucky that I don't get paid by the hour but rather a fixed salary really. It is amazing how much I can get paid for what I do when I get stuff done quickly. Just a shame that sometimes there is too much.
So another trip out in a bit, shopping and then doctors for my wife. I suspect nothing much will happen at the doctors, we already know the test results are good so this is just a pop in and say hello trip really. Doctors seem to like doing that.
Weird day working from home, mainly helping other people out and checking on their work. Most of mine I've managed to get done and I'm not looking for huge amounts of new stuff right now, had enough to do the last couple of weeks. It comes in waves like that, suddenly huge amounts of stuff to get done and then not much to do. Despite it all I'm expected to work at something all the time even though a lot of my time is spent thinking or advising other people. Lucky that I don't get paid by the hour but rather a fixed salary really. It is amazing how much I can get paid for what I do when I get stuff done quickly. Just a shame that sometimes there is too much.
So another trip out in a bit, shopping and then doctors for my wife. I suspect nothing much will happen at the doctors, we already know the test results are good so this is just a pop in and say hello trip really. Doctors seem to like doing that.
Good husbands
Good husbands are always in the wrong. As in they always apologise for something they didn't do, such as in a wife's dream, something they didn't and couldn't do. They know the mere act of saying sorry is enough since their wife knows them well enough to know they wouldn't do what they actually did in the dream. Seriously, I've never played bridge in my life.
You get the idea. Making your wife feel better, even for something totally unrelated to you, is a sign of a good husband. It isn't the fact that you had nothing to do with it, it is the fact that you are willing to make your wife feel better for something completely out of your control. Just that is enough and it makes the apologies for things you do actually do wrong mean something in a strange way. Your wife will know you are truly contrite about what happened.
So now I just need to find something to mess up today and apologise to my wife for it. That is how it works isn't it?
You get the idea. Making your wife feel better, even for something totally unrelated to you, is a sign of a good husband. It isn't the fact that you had nothing to do with it, it is the fact that you are willing to make your wife feel better for something completely out of your control. Just that is enough and it makes the apologies for things you do actually do wrong mean something in a strange way. Your wife will know you are truly contrite about what happened.
So now I just need to find something to mess up today and apologise to my wife for it. That is how it works isn't it?
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Smells
Normally I smell a bit. Part of being a man I suppose and something the cats seem to really like about me :| . My wife though always smells really good, to me the most. At the moment though she is on some antibiotics for chronic sinus problems and the cats are treating her differently. To me she smells exactly the same but something about her has changed enough that the cats are unsure of her, so much of their affinity to us is based on our smell it seems. The only one who is immune seems to be Fudge, the real mummy's boy of the cats given how young he was when we picked him up and how he latched on to my wife right away.
It makes me wonder what it would be like to discern smells as much as cats do. Be able to tell things from smell and just have that heightened sense they have. I'm not sure how useful it would be but to be able to experience it would be interesting I think. It would give me new ways to appreciate my wife. Being able to rely on it more than I do right now and maybe even find more smells pleasant that the surprising number of bad smelling things in the world that I can currently smell.
Just a strange thought I had today I thought I would share. It would be cool to experience new things like that.
It makes me wonder what it would be like to discern smells as much as cats do. Be able to tell things from smell and just have that heightened sense they have. I'm not sure how useful it would be but to be able to experience it would be interesting I think. It would give me new ways to appreciate my wife. Being able to rely on it more than I do right now and maybe even find more smells pleasant that the surprising number of bad smelling things in the world that I can currently smell.
Just a strange thought I had today I thought I would share. It would be cool to experience new things like that.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
A long way
Well the trip down to San Diego was a success. We got there with no real problems and only a little traffic through LA and to our hotel fine. Then a decent dinner in the evening with my lovely wife at the hotel and off to the room to watch SGA on blu ray. Ahh the wonder of my wife making sure I had the HDMI cable with my laptop so we could hook it up to the TV in the room (which for once was on a nice swivel mount on the wall so we could watch from bed easily). Clearly my wife thought of most things, we had pack lunch on the way down, all the wash stuff we needed and clothes to spare. Unfortunately my wife didn't remember everything for herself as we found out when we had a shower but for a 2 day trip we did remember to bring a lot of things.
As for the zoo itself it is pretty damn big. We managed to be the 3rd people in line to see the baby panda at the opening and that only took 40 minutes of queueing and getting there 45 minutes before the place opened. When we got there there was maybe 30 cars in the car park. When we left later that afternoon the car park was full and had easily a thousand plus cars in it. Astounding how busy that place gets. It was all worth it though since the panda was incredibly cute. Not anywhere as near as cute as my wife but still. Definitely something you are not going to see more than once in your life unless you are lucky. If you think that the panda was only on display for just over a week before we got there we timed this trip incredibly well since we were planning on going even before we knew the baby panda was going to be shown.
The rest of the zoo had a lot of animals on show. We took a bus ride for 40 minutes around it, saw far too many animals to list but the polar bears were great and they had a lot of big cats in various places. Not to mention some animals we have never seen before. The only real downside to the trip was the fact that the zoo is on various hills and requires a lot of walking. Both of us had tired legs at the end of it but my wife did extremely well with it all. Very proud of her handling the crowds and steepness of the walking.
So now I get to do yet more work, things didn't slow down it seems and I have stupid piles of stuff to do. Oh well, just glad I got to go somewhere with my wife and enjoy it with her. Even the driving of 450 miles each way was nice and easy with her with me.
As for the zoo itself it is pretty damn big. We managed to be the 3rd people in line to see the baby panda at the opening and that only took 40 minutes of queueing and getting there 45 minutes before the place opened. When we got there there was maybe 30 cars in the car park. When we left later that afternoon the car park was full and had easily a thousand plus cars in it. Astounding how busy that place gets. It was all worth it though since the panda was incredibly cute. Not anywhere as near as cute as my wife but still. Definitely something you are not going to see more than once in your life unless you are lucky. If you think that the panda was only on display for just over a week before we got there we timed this trip incredibly well since we were planning on going even before we knew the baby panda was going to be shown.
The rest of the zoo had a lot of animals on show. We took a bus ride for 40 minutes around it, saw far too many animals to list but the polar bears were great and they had a lot of big cats in various places. Not to mention some animals we have never seen before. The only real downside to the trip was the fact that the zoo is on various hills and requires a lot of walking. Both of us had tired legs at the end of it but my wife did extremely well with it all. Very proud of her handling the crowds and steepness of the walking.
So now I get to do yet more work, things didn't slow down it seems and I have stupid piles of stuff to do. Oh well, just glad I got to go somewhere with my wife and enjoy it with her. Even the driving of 450 miles each way was nice and easy with her with me.
Friday, January 18, 2013
A cuddle
Had a great but all too brief cuddle with my wife last night. She was feeling vulnerable after a stupid annoying person living nearby decided to leave their music on really loudly and then go inside. Talk about inconsiderate. Still holding my wife like that, being so close physically and knowing this is the person I love being so near to me was amazing. It made the stupidly stressful day all disappear right there and then. Now just to get through today so I can put this bad work week behind me and enjoy a weekend away with my wife.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Talking talking talking
So much talking on conference calls today. Out just over 5 hours in the office I've spent over 3 talking to people. In fact it has taken me almost an hour to write just this due to having to talk to people. Considering I really don't like talking to people much this is annoying as hell. Just typing that last sentence took 10 minutes for fucks sake.
Just want to get home away from this crap, not enjoyable, not that productive and bloody stressful.
Just want to get home away from this crap, not enjoyable, not that productive and bloody stressful.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Ugh
Naff day today it seems. Woke up late (for me), got in to work and got bugged by someone in another office at freaking 6am and spent the rest of the morning looking at an issue where the complaint is "it's slow". Shoot me now. Even more annoyed since I didn't get a chance to make a sandwich with the kick arse baguette my wife made last night. Intend to eat some this evening with dinner though. Can't wait for this work day to be over with so I can be where I want to be, home with my wife.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Too cold
Having a bit of a cold snap here at the moment. As in getting down to freezing temperatures at night and not getting that warm during the day. Still no real clouds or bad weather but just no temperature. It is making me consider keeping my shirt sleeves rolled down during the day, something I don't like doing since long sleeved things generally annoy me. I prefer to keep the sleeves of my clothes away from my wrists and hands for some reason. At the moment though I'm keeping my sleeves down until almost midday at work in order to keep warm (being so early in to the office has the downside that it isn't up to full temperature yet).
The other annoying thing is that I get fed up with shoes on all the time. However I then get cold feet. I really can't win it seems. It would be nice if some of the expended energy in my brain would spread out to the rest of my body to keep me warm. Keeping warm via thinking hard would be cool no?
The other annoying thing is that I get fed up with shoes on all the time. However I then get cold feet. I really can't win it seems. It would be nice if some of the expended energy in my brain would spread out to the rest of my body to keep me warm. Keeping warm via thinking hard would be cool no?
Monday, January 14, 2013
Autopilot
Been a very automatic kind of day today. Haven't really had to do anything out of the ordinary since I got up this morning. Really going through the motions so far. Sure it makes it easy enough to get on with things but it could get kind of boring. Luckily our trip this weekend is coming up so should be a little different than usual. Plus the chance to see a baby panda is always welcomed since they are so uncommon.
I suppose being on automatic will also help just getting through this week to the more interesting weekend. Kind of frustrated with work at the moment and the inaction of people around here. Just don't expect any great musing or writing this week if today is anything to go by. Not sure my brain wants to do anything but get the dreary work bits over with so it can concentrate on the more fun being at home with my wife bits.
I suppose being on automatic will also help just getting through this week to the more interesting weekend. Kind of frustrated with work at the moment and the inaction of people around here. Just don't expect any great musing or writing this week if today is anything to go by. Not sure my brain wants to do anything but get the dreary work bits over with so it can concentrate on the more fun being at home with my wife bits.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Cursory thpbbbt
Just did a bit of shopping and cooking type stuff. Well mostly my wife, I made a mess chopping up a pineapple with our fancy tool for doing so. Clearly my brain doesn't work quite right sometimes since I dripped pineapple juice all over, upset my wife, then did it again :| . Still all the good stuff to eat now is worth it.
Oh, a quick note to clothes makers, women have boobs. My wife wore her new shirt today and it fit nicely. Unfortunately (or if you are a man fortunately) the boob area was a bit tight. Not something for me to complain about but if it barely does up when the rest of the shirt is loose and baggy you have got something wrong with a shirt for women. Just saying a bit of wife comfort would be nice even if the lack of it does lead to husband drooling over boobs.
So lets see how many other ways I can annoy my wife this weekend shall we? Usually through inapplication of my brain or just general men type behaviour but still. Oh and the blog post title? My attempts to clean stuff up are apparently that.
Oh, a quick note to clothes makers, women have boobs. My wife wore her new shirt today and it fit nicely. Unfortunately (or if you are a man fortunately) the boob area was a bit tight. Not something for me to complain about but if it barely does up when the rest of the shirt is loose and baggy you have got something wrong with a shirt for women. Just saying a bit of wife comfort would be nice even if the lack of it does lead to husband drooling over boobs.
So lets see how many other ways I can annoy my wife this weekend shall we? Usually through inapplication of my brain or just general men type behaviour but still. Oh and the blog post title? My attempts to clean stuff up are apparently that.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Yay Friday
Another Friday is here already. Dunno why but this week has flown by. It had a slow start but another few hours and I'll be driving home to be with my wife. The only strange thing is with the new pay schedule at work I won't be getting paid today but in the middle of the month. Still throwing me a bit that but I can cope. I've gotten used to the new twice a month instead of every two weeks method, it just means I do the whole bill paying in a differently staggered approach. Not that I really don't pay something as soon as the bill arrives to be honest, other than the mortgage. That is a nice position to be in rather than the panic that used to be in trying to make the money survive until the next pay day when we were much poorer. It is weird to think my salary now is so many multiples of what it was when I first started working 19 years ago (eeek.)
So I think I will get on with a few more things and then a little work, a bit of lunch then the best bit of the day, arriving back at home again. See ya for now.
So I think I will get on with a few more things and then a little work, a bit of lunch then the best bit of the day, arriving back at home again. See ya for now.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
What if?
Had another day of what if at work today. Lots of "what if this happened, the code doesn't deal with that" basically. Far too often I hear "but that can't happen" to which I say "why not?" and the blank looks I get more often than not are more than enough answer for me. I then have to explain to yet another developer that if something is outside the control of your code then you should try and cover all those what if cases. Look for all corner cases that shouldn't happen but might and catch them and deal with them. You would be amazed how many developers don't even think of that and cause problems as a result of that.
My only wish is that I could do this kind of thing for life in general. I know I try to make sure nothing that is outside of my control impacts my wife and I's life but I don't always succeed. That is kind of frustrating knowing that if maybe I had done something to deal with it we wouldn't have to suffer it. Of course trying to cover all eventualities in life is pretty much impossible but I think I have all the important ones covered. We stay fed and healthy. We stay happy together. Other than that everything else is extra although reducing the outside influence other people have is a continuing goal.
I just wish there was some sort of automatic life analyser like we have for code. Run it through your life and let it point out the areas that might cause problems in the future and that should be fixed. It would save me so much brain work :| .
My only wish is that I could do this kind of thing for life in general. I know I try to make sure nothing that is outside of my control impacts my wife and I's life but I don't always succeed. That is kind of frustrating knowing that if maybe I had done something to deal with it we wouldn't have to suffer it. Of course trying to cover all eventualities in life is pretty much impossible but I think I have all the important ones covered. We stay fed and healthy. We stay happy together. Other than that everything else is extra although reducing the outside influence other people have is a continuing goal.
I just wish there was some sort of automatic life analyser like we have for code. Run it through your life and let it point out the areas that might cause problems in the future and that should be fixed. It would save me so much brain work :| .
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I types
Back again after going out for lunch. Nice healthy juicy burgers that you had to dislocate your jaw to get in your mouth. Or in my case just open widely. Something about having a cavern for a mouth as opposed to my wife's dainty little thing. Being able to go out during the day with my wife is a great advantage of working at home. Not to mention that I managed to do the important bit of work I had to do today in about 40 minutes. Sucks being efficient at your job, you get stuff done so quickly.
Still we did come out of lunch today with extra loot and some shiny sparkly ear rings for my wife. That and I can throw out one of my old ratty work shirts that has a small hole forming near the pocket. Now I just need to get through this afternoon of arguing with people at work over something that I don't think we should change and we can get back to the more important stuff of relaxing together.
Still we did come out of lunch today with extra loot and some shiny sparkly ear rings for my wife. That and I can throw out one of my old ratty work shirts that has a small hole forming near the pocket. Now I just need to get through this afternoon of arguing with people at work over something that I don't think we should change and we can get back to the more important stuff of relaxing together.
BIG FONT
Just got back from another doctor visit for my wife. This time for an eye check up so she is all wide eyed from the dilation. Hence the super huge font so that it is easier for her to read. Don't worry, tomorrow the font will go back to normal size. Luckily everything is still ok and my wife won't have to go back for another 6 months. By then I hope to have moved us to a new house potentially a long long way away from this doctor so it will be someone else entirely.
Felt slightly old this morning, I had a small breakfast sandwich from burger king for breakfast since we had to leave home early to get to the doctor appointment. I barely managed to finish it, my stomach must be so small now even though my buddha belly says otherwise. Oh well, at least I can eat lots of small nice things instead of too much.
Felt slightly old this morning, I had a small breakfast sandwich from burger king for breakfast since we had to leave home early to get to the doctor appointment. I barely managed to finish it, my stomach must be so small now even though my buddha belly says otherwise. Oh well, at least I can eat lots of small nice things instead of too much.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Blah
Annoying day at work since nothing is really happening. Lots of stupid niggly things that are just annoying me but nothing actually interesting to do. Therefore I've decided today would be a good day for some Fudge since he always makes it a good day.
Monday, January 7, 2013
TV again
I decided after this mornings TV post to see what new TV is coming up this year. Luckily a local paper had a list online of new stuff. However looking through this I really don't see anything that interesting and one thing we've actually already seen since it was shown on Canadian TV last year. Oh and don't forget the 13 new reality TV shows I deliberately left off for obvious reasons. I think when you look at this list you start to realise my wife and I will be just watching stuff we already do and rewatching other stuff we have on disc. I'm hoping that the amazon prime streaming comes up with some other new stuff eventually so we can continue to use that.
To be honest being on the sofa watching TV is something I really enjoy doing with my wife. That lazing around together taking in whatever you are watching with the odd interaction between us as we watch is something I could do every day. It allows us to just be us together and the outside world to be ignored.
Anyway on to the list of stuff. Kind of weak don't you think?
Dramas
"Deception"
-- A wealthy family's dark secrets begin to surface after a young
heiress is found dead of an overdose. (10 p.m. Jan. 7, NBC)
"Continuum" -- A cop from the future (Rachel Nichols) finds herself trapped in the present day. (8 p.m. Jan. 14, Syfy)
"Ripper Street" -- Cops delve into the criminal underbelly of Victorian-era London. (9 p.m. Jan. 19, BBC America)
"The Following" -- Kevin Bacon plays a moody ex-FBI agent hunting for a serial killer (James Purefoy) who has escaped from prison and is rallying a legion of psycho disciples to do his bidding. (9 p.m. Jan. 21, Fox)
"The Americans" -- This Cold War-era saga features two KGB spies (Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell) posing as an American couple in suburban Washington, D.C. (10 p.m. Jan. 30, FX)
"Do No Harm" -- An esteemed neurosurgeon (Steven Pasquale) struggles to repress his danger ous alternate personality. (10 p.m. Jan. 31, NBC)
"Monday Mornings" -- This medical drama, starring Ving Rhames, is from producer David E. Kelley. (10 p.m. Feb. 4, TNT).
"Zero Hour" -- A "paranormal junkie" (Anthony Edwards) is drawn into a complex mystery when his wife disappears. (8 p.m. Feb. 14, ABC)
"Golden Boy" -- An young, ambitious New York City cop (Theo James) makes a meteoric rise to become police commissioner. (10 p.m. Feb. 26, CBS).
"Red Widow" -- A woman (Radha Mitchell) journeys into the world of organized crime to keep her family safe. (9 p.m. March 3, ABC; two-hour premiere)
Comedies
"1600 Penn" -- Bill Pullman and Jenna Elfman play a fictional president and first lady. (9:30 p.m. Jan. 10, NBC)
"Second Generation Wayans" -- The Wayans kids aim for success in Hollywood. (10:30 p.m. Jan. 15, BET)
"Kroll Show" -- Nick Kroll headlines an irreverent sketch comedy show. (10:30 p.m. Jan. 16, Comedy Central)
"Legit" -- Jim Jeffries is an edgy, foul-mouthed stand-up comedian struggling to make it in Los Angeles. (10:30 p.m. Jan. 17, FX)
"Belle's" -- A widower (Keith David) runs his family's upscale soul food restaurant. (9 p.m. March 1, TV One)
"How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)" -- A single mom (Sarah Chalke) moves back in with her eccentric parents (Elizabeth Perkins and Brad Garrett). (9:30 p.m. April 3, ABC)
"Family Tools" -- A bumbling son (Kyle Bornheimer) takes over his dad's beloved handyman business after Pops has a heart attack. (8:30 p.m. May 1, ABC)
Dialogue
Over the last few days my wife and I have started rewatching Stargate Atlantis. It is a good show that got messed about with towards the end unnecessarily but we both really enjoyed it. After reaching almost half way through the second season it is clear for one very good reason why we like it so much. The characters actually have interesting dialogue between each other. Not just advance the plot worthy but they actually talk almost like normal people together. Sure some of it can be cheesy and over acted (especially in the beginning) but once the actors got used to their characters it all works together. Not to mention the glib one liners that some of the characters come out with that are genuinely funny.
It seems that so many TV programs get this basic fact wrong nowadays. Thinking about what TV programs that are currently showing the ones we enjoy best are the ones that get the verbal interactions between the characters right. Sure a decent story or concept works for a while but if the people in that story are boring and lifeless you wander away from it.
I think the only downside of watching it in HD like we are is that you can see some of the seams in the special effects, especially some of the green screen backgrounds in the first seasion, they can be completely static and obviously different from the many scenery and actors. Still it is cool to see something and go "we have that" when you see various props and stuff.
So to all TV people out there, write better dialogue please and more people might actually stick around to watch your show.
It seems that so many TV programs get this basic fact wrong nowadays. Thinking about what TV programs that are currently showing the ones we enjoy best are the ones that get the verbal interactions between the characters right. Sure a decent story or concept works for a while but if the people in that story are boring and lifeless you wander away from it.
I think the only downside of watching it in HD like we are is that you can see some of the seams in the special effects, especially some of the green screen backgrounds in the first seasion, they can be completely static and obviously different from the many scenery and actors. Still it is cool to see something and go "we have that" when you see various props and stuff.
So to all TV people out there, write better dialogue please and more people might actually stick around to watch your show.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Geeking out
Just had lunch out with the guys from work like we often do on a Friday, a leftover from when we had a cafeteria here at work that wasn't open on Fridays. With 3 guys who are in to technology, games and general geeky things it ends up being in our own little world. It's weird just talking about all these things that the vast majority of people would not even care about but gives you that feeling of a subject matter that is interesting.
Discussed were iPhones, iPhone games, TV streaming (not the content but the technologies) and despair at the current idiocy of trying to create small android based game platforms.
The thing is, even though these are all topics that interest and I enjoy it is not what I enjoy the most. I would rather be having a conversation with my wife about anything. Well maybe not about rectal probes but even then I suspect my wife would make it funny and not gross. Isn't love great?
Discussed were iPhones, iPhone games, TV streaming (not the content but the technologies) and despair at the current idiocy of trying to create small android based game platforms.
The thing is, even though these are all topics that interest and I enjoy it is not what I enjoy the most. I would rather be having a conversation with my wife about anything. Well maybe not about rectal probes but even then I suspect my wife would make it funny and not gross. Isn't love great?
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Never think of the obvious
My wife said something to me yesterday when I got home that totally explained why I felt like I did yesterday. She declared that she missed me being there and it was finally obvious to me that it was the case for me too. Kind of a well duh moment really but being a man or maybe just being me it didn't occur to me. I know I had a big smile when I got home and saw my wife and actually felt happy. Weird how it takes her to tell me these things that I just don't get on my own. Thankfully I do have her to point out the obvious things to me.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Slow going
It is so weird being back at work today. Not to mention bloody cold, very close to freezing driving in to work this morning and frost everywhere over all the plants. Hard getting back in to the effort of doing work, I've done some this morning, looked at old work still there from before the holiday and quickly triaged a new bug that came in. Always lots of fiddly little things to do. That and I need to get my self assessment done for the last calendar year. Ugh, hate those things, so fake most of the time and if management doesn't know how it's employees are doing at any time then they have failed at management, it shouldn't be a once a year thing. I've always gotten great reviews so I see no reason why this one won't be. As long as it actually leads to some form of reward other than worthless stock options I'll be happy.
Finished a game last night, wrapped up the last few bits in Lego Lord Of The Rings. It is amazing that with all the other games I got for Christmas I chose that one to spend most of my time on. It is just pure fun I suppose, something easy and enjoyable to relax during my time off. They really are getting better at making fun large worlds and silly humour in those games. We shall have to see what they have a go at next considering I've played all of them except the Harry Potter and crappy Star Wars ones. The fact that I got my 19th platinum trophy also helps, thats quite a few more than I ever expected to have to be honest.
So now I just need to get off my arse and do the stuff I have to do after sitting around on it for a week and a half. As enjoyable and relaxing as that is the world keeps going and expecting me to do stuff. Onwards with that stuff then.
Finished a game last night, wrapped up the last few bits in Lego Lord Of The Rings. It is amazing that with all the other games I got for Christmas I chose that one to spend most of my time on. It is just pure fun I suppose, something easy and enjoyable to relax during my time off. They really are getting better at making fun large worlds and silly humour in those games. We shall have to see what they have a go at next considering I've played all of them except the Harry Potter and crappy Star Wars ones. The fact that I got my 19th platinum trophy also helps, thats quite a few more than I ever expected to have to be honest.
So now I just need to get off my arse and do the stuff I have to do after sitting around on it for a week and a half. As enjoyable and relaxing as that is the world keeps going and expecting me to do stuff. Onwards with that stuff then.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
What now?
Trying to decide what to do today, my last day of holiday before going back to work. Sad that this time always comes, the day where the dreaded work is just around the corner (or nights sleep really) and time with my wife will be rationed to time I can actually be at home again rather than all day. Being together 24 hours works for us, sure we don't "see" each other when we are sleeping and we go to bed and get up at slightly different times some days but we are there in the same room doing something all the time. We are lucky in that way, we just work together and always get along. Sure I annoy my wife occasionally but that is brief and is soon forgotten.
So what now for this final day? A new year has started again, no real difference obviously since it is just a side effect of a numbering system. Taking it easy I suspect and loving my wife. That always seems to work.
So what now for this final day? A new year has started again, no real difference obviously since it is just a side effect of a numbering system. Taking it easy I suspect and loving my wife. That always seems to work.
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