More about that in a minute.
So, as of Friday, the world at large knows about Microsoft’s latest weapon in the war on consumer choice, and they’re calling it Windows Vista. They’ve decided to emphasise all kinds of “Clear, Confident and Connected” marketing mumbo-jumbo in the presds-release video clip on the website, but what they aren’t Clear about, is just whom and/or what you’ll be Confidently Connected to. Not much more about the evil initiatives of the TCPA. Sort of quietly sidestepped amidst the din of fanfare and the standing ovation of the crowd of marketing drones and purchased press.
I’ve also just awoken after a 12-hour slumber following a taxing weekend. I helped the neighbours downstairs move on Saturday, so I ent up working 5 days last week after all. Sunday was trying in other ways, beginning with the ATM at my bank eating my card when the power ‘blipped’ (due to a local storm) in the middle of a transaction. I thought those things were supposed to have battery backup? Well this one was probably a first generation model (tiny monochrome green text-only screen), so maybe not. The day was finished with me in a state of dizziness and near-delirium severe enough to prevent me from leaving the couch last night. Needless to say, my dreams were strange. Dark ‘magick’ rites, echoes of my past, or a possible past, and dissonant music (upon waking I remembered enough of the tune to recall that it was something from FFXI) that I remembered playing on my abandoned instruments, which were for some reason discovered in a graveyard.
Posted by Ron as Computers at 11:44 AM UTC
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So Thursday rolls around at work, and my foreman tells me that Friday will be my last day. I don’t really care, because, I’m moving out of town anyway, but it was still a bit sudden.
After work, I began to think that a nice little ‘vacation’ before moving would be nice. Then, on Friday, they say, “well, we found more work for you, so can you stay a few more weeks?”
Sheesh. I wish they’d make up their minds…
…which brings me to the fact that I still have no clue where we’ll end up, how we’re getting there, or what I will do when we do find somewhere. But I’m still a young man, my life before me; this is an adventure. Or at least, that’s what I keep telling myself.
Posted by Ron as Work at 8:49 PM UTC
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I’m still here in Limbo, not knowing where things are going. I haven’t been posting much, because I haven’t got much to post about.
Sure, I could talk about current events, like the tragedy that recently befell London, England, but I’d rather not right now.
I could ramble on about my Average Joe life, but really, why? If I had something interesting to say, I’d say it. Okay, that’s not entirely true. I often write great entries while I’m in the shower, but they exsist only in my head, unfortunately. I’ve learned lots of interesting things lately, both on the internet and on the job, but again, I don’t feel like talking about any of those things right now.
When I get a new job, I often want to buy more stuff, especially cars it seems, and that’s been on my mind a bit lately. Though in the grand scheme of things, it’s kind of a petty desire to have when people all around the world are dying. That’s my guilt talking, and my empathy I guess. But us folk in the western world have to have hobbies, I guess. I might want to talk more about this later, once I know where I’ll be moving, and what my finances will be like. In the meantime, no new toys for me, I suppose.
Posted by Ron as Miscellaneous at 5:49 PM UTC
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