Be Excellent To Each Other

WTB's going to spend a lot of time photocopying and paginating.

Well done, document monkey.

Once the bogs are clean.

And his boss's helmet is well polished.

ACTUALLY, wise-asses of BEEX! It's a very involved role with very little office monkey work, or so they say. They're also quite big on serious spinal personal injury and death cases. Can't wait!

But yeah, I'll be polishing that helmet to a blinding sheen.

So, my phone just rang. "We don't advertise the pay scales of jobs, internally, but I can tell you the pay would be lower than what you are currently on" he said. Which was in some way helpful.

You'll be slopping out the autopsy room then?

And of course they'd say that. They say that to trainees, too. And all trainees end up doing at least 6 months of photocopying and tedious document work as the partners had to do it when they were trainees, and they had to do it when they were trainees as their supervising partners back then had to do it when they were articled clerks and so on and if it was good enough for me it's good enough for you and it's a tradition you bloody communist etc. I made all my trainees empty my bins, too.

"If we're paying you bottom dollars, we're not trusting you with anything important" is the order of the day. Still, you'll get to totally boss that hole punch.

So we'll be seeing WTB as the face of one of these 'have you been injured at work' adverts.

In all seriousness, I'm sure it'll be great though, personal injury litigation is interesting and often entertaining stuff. Well done sir.

Sounds dangerous to me. Do you have life insurance?

Luckily, there's another 5 internal jobs I might be interested in applying for.

I'm my own echo chamber.

Hmm. I need to buy another suit or two. How many is acceptable?

Accounting for spunk stains, obviously.

minimum 6.

You'll get away with just trousers, shirt and tie. I'd have two suits max, just in case you need to go to a meeting with a client. Alternative is a tweed jacket that will go with all your trousers, and that also handily means you can wear it about town.

I already have an suit. I was thinking maybe another one or two. But yeah, I need a fair few different shirts and tie combos. Also, new shoes. Christ.

Make sure you keep all your receipts and try expensing it on your first matter.

Jesus. He's a photocopier jockey not a supply teacher from the 70's.

I have a tweed jacket, and I am not a supply teacher from the seventies.

There's never a wrong time for tweed. You're thinking of corduroy. Which is also awesome, as it happens

Durable cloth, that. I approve.

Beex weex is late

I hope it's a text version this week. I'm getting a bit fed up with the Web 2.0-ification of yet another sacred cow.

Fancy dress, eh?

I look very smart in it. There's a photo here somewhere.

EDIT: Mind you, I look good in most things. Especially your mum.

I wouldn't say fancy.

More semi-formal.

Off to hospital tomorrow to have a couple of wisdom teeth out - the first part of my orthodontic treatment. Going to all be worth it though, I think.

I've had one out before! Pretty painless procedure - leaves a hell of a hole in your gum for a while though!

And good luck, obviously. You'll be fine though!

Wuss... I had four out once! And then I had a spicey curry whilst sitting on a washing machine.. and I STILL managed to put my bins out.

Fuck it, I'm going to the pub for a beer or 12 before the football starts. Had a really, really shitty day.

I'll send you an imaginary round. xx

That doesn't take much imagination.

I'll tell you at the cottage. We had beer. Was OK. Northern people still seem to hate me, but the barmaids like me as I tip them. Such is life.

I think Green sounds gorgeous. I'll miss her, definitely.

I missing having a car right now as I try to buy all the things one needs to live in an apartment.

I hauled three curtains, a pillow, and a curtain rod up from Sears on the subway.

Then I hauled (in four bags) a comforter, two sets of towels, cutlery, mugs, glasses, a frying pan and more back home on two buses from HomeSense. The second bus was very busy and TEENAGE BITCH PRINCESS was standing haughtily by the luggage area at the front, using it to support her cute little girl backpack. Poor Perkies with his four enormous bags was left with no choice but to struggle down the bus (with monthly pass held in teeth) to stand near the back in everyone's way with four fucking bags because TEENAGE BITCH PRINCESS couldn't possibly have sat down with her backpack on her lap like every other person on the bus.

Also, HomeSense doesn't seem to like selling things in sets. You want a plate? Buy them individually. You want a set of pots? Buy them individually. They then get wrapped in paper at the checkout. What? No. I want my plates to get home intact, thank you.

It's amazing that you moved from Wales to a less developed country.

I think part of it is that I need all this stuff NOW, whereas if I wasn't rushed I could just order online and have it delivered. Hence I have to go get it and carry it home.

I don't ignore you, though I am polite.

You unvite me to things. 'Come to our house! Well, not this one', and 'my girlfriend has hot friends - shame you missed them'. I must admit the hippin and hoppin documentary was my bad.

Only kidding, man. I'll sort some things out for us soon.

Drinking v. spenny wine right out of the bottle is the height of decadence, I reckon.

Apropos nothing whatsoever, clearly.

I have just made flipping excellent peppermint, chocolate chip cookies. Nom.

Whee, happy birthday, Gaz the Chap!

After 4 years of doing the job I asked if I could have my job title be "Project Leader" instead of "Software Engineer". It happened.

I got my new business cards this week.

Interactive doodle on google today of the Star Trek variety.

Cheers dude.

29.

According to my doctor about 15 years ago, that means I've got about a year left.