Another week at work
Monday
Get up. Attempt to get motivated to do web design work. Go back to bed.
Tuesday
Jamie’s back at work in the shop, having taken a week’s holiday directly after my two weeks. As a result, this is the first I’ve seen of him for three weeks. We have an entertaining day, writing fake price tickets for members of staff. Attributes listed include:
- “A Nikon at heart, baby.” (For an ex-staff member whose bias towards Nikon was legendary.)
- “Paints like a pro.” (If the world was fair, our assistant manager would be a professional artist.)
- “Likes his coffee.” (There’s a Caffe Nero round the corner that does very well out of Jamie.)
- “Raindrops keep falling on his head.” (Osman whistles this tune constantly.)
- “Mm, jazz.” (For David.)
Wednesday
The Canon 30D is announced. I discover that the improvements over the 20D are in areas completely irrelevant to me and feel a lot better. (Having your technology superceded is never a nice experience.)
Thursday
A lady from Kenya comes into the shop and asks for directions to New Oxford Street. Poor woman – New Oxford Street is in London, where she’d just come from by bus.
Friday
Jamie and I entertain ourselves with a secondhand Nikon FE2 and some Ilford XP2 film (colour-process monochrome, comes out sepia). We discover some 3D glasses sent to us by Olympus to promote the new 3D feature of some of their cameras. These and some perculiar expressions entertain us for most of the day. The challenge is to sell an Olympus camera while wearing them. Neither of us gather up enough courage to try it, though our boss promises us a cookie if we do.
Saturday (today)
I help babysit an autistic boy whose mother is doing something “boring” in another part of the library. For once, I don’t get out any films or CDs, as I have Spooks season two on DVD (ten hours’ worth of episodes) already. One more benefit of working in a library though: if you forget your reading book chances are they have a copy.
Currently listening to Beck – Runners Dial Zero
Matthew @ 15:34, February 25, 2006 to Diary | Comments (11)
Comments:
Mr E
How many times have you read LotR?
Comment added at 16:43, February 25, 2006
Matthew
Possibly three times, but definitely two. The Silmarillion twice, The Hobbit probably four or five.
Comment added at 17:25, February 25, 2006
Sheepie
LotR 5 times, the Hobbit… at least 10.
And now Matthew has finished all of Spooks series 2… and it’s still Saturday.
Comment added at 19:20, February 25, 2006
Caroline
Reading half the Silmarillion once was enough for me. Did you actually enjoy it?
That reminds me, you really need to look up Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series. It strikes just the right balance between entertaining and geeky… :)
Wearing 3-D lenses whilst trying to sell stuff is so worth a cookie.
Comment added at 21:59, February 25, 2006
Sheepie
The Silmarillion rules!
Comment added at 22:04, February 25, 2006
Rory
Did that question have relevance, or was it just completely random?
Comment added at 03:09, February 26, 2006
Sheepie
You didn’t click the link did you.
Comment added at 11:50, February 26, 2006
Rory
No… In fact, I totally blanked on Saturday, I didn’t read that entry at all… Oops.
Comment added at 13:12, February 26, 2006
Matthew
Seeing as I read it a second time, yes, I enjoyed the Silmarillion. Now I’ve read it twice I can remember a lot more, and there are now bits of LotR that will make more sense. I still don’t know where Tom Bombadil and the ents fit into the Silmarillion though.
Comment added at 15:24, February 26, 2006
Mr E
Rory’s comment just made me realise how random that comment of mine could have seemed.
Comment added at 22:36, February 26, 2006
Matthew
Yes, but it shouldn’t have seemed random :)
Comment added at 10:58, February 27, 2006
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