Weekend deconstruction

Another weekend done and dusted and a pretty decent one it turned out to be too. Nice and cheap and cheerful yet I was fully entertained for most of the weekend.

Friday: Cheap and cheerful one round Casa Don Fringe - although the Don half of Don Fringe was nowhere to be seen. Fun was had by all playing Wario Smooth Moves on the Wii - one hell of a wierd and crazy game may I add - and also Guitar Hero 3 on the 360. Had never played any of the Guitar Hero games before but thought it was quality. I do consider myself addicted now and will be purchasing it WHEN my XBOX is mended - which may be never, i am having to come to terms with the fact that it may have to be put down. Myself and Ant also took great delight in beating Aaron and Vikki on Pro Evo. He hates losing, that boy.

Saturday: Saturday started off rather slowly due to alcohol consumption the night before. Eventually I pulled my head out my backside and headed into town to get set up for our night. We set ourselves a reasonable target for the takings for the evening and I was delighted that we hit them. Considering it’s the last week before pay week - and it’s January - we were happy with how many people showed up to the night. Not quite as busy as the birthday event in December, but not far off none the less. Feeback has been excellent and early interest in our next night in February - Jackin Off: The Pirates of Chi Town - has been phenominal. We have very high hopes of another capacity night in February. Great to see Jay Marks and Euge made the trip over on Saturday too. All in all, a top weekend.

Oh, and to start the week off, I just ordered 2 of these……

and 1 of these…….

Weekend deconstruction

Another hopelessly short weekend has flown by and here we all are back at the grindstone for another weeks toil. The only positive I can take at the moment is that next week will be my last full week of work until the New Year. Which is great news. Time to eat, drink and be (very) merry (and turn 25).

So then? What to report from the weekend? Well…..

Firstly, I was woken at the crack of dawn yet again Saturday morning by hayawatha downstairs. I swear to God this woman doesn’t know how to communicate quietly. I’ve been trying to work out where she is from - because it certainly isn’t England - but I can’t work out the crazy language she rants on in at 7am every morning to all and sundry. Imagine a turkey through a megaphone, that’s what it sounds like. Still, nothing some Jason Hodges or Derrick Carter through my very loud and bassy speakers at 4 o’clock in the morning can’t cure. Yes, I can be an anti-social scrote too.

My new PC is broken - already. Well, saying that, it never actually worked. Spent hours Friday night trying to ge the operating system on it but could not do so for love nor money. It is now in the capable hands of a superior geek for an expert diagnostic before making the decision whether to have it put down or get it fixed. I suspect it will have to go back to be replaced as one of the RAM slots appears to be broken. but we’ll have to wait and see. Following these hours of ball ache i ventured out for a few light ales in Oakengates then Cats.

Saturday I managed to get out of doing a big shop in exchange for doing the washing up. Excellent business there if i may say so myself. Saturday night was a messy one round Dean The B******s. I was even in bed before Midnight. How sad.

So Sunday was to decide our fate for World Cup 2010 qualifying. To tell you the truth we could have come out of it much worse. Ireland and Scotland have much tougher groups again. We have said it before but i’m going to say it again, we should easily qualify from this group. No if’s or buts this time, no excuses, we need to get out there and put these teams to the sword. Croatia are mediocre at best, Ukraine are a step up from a pub team and Belarus, Andorra and Kazakhstan are glorified pub teams.

Much gossip was mongered and much bile was spouted in the red tops over the weekend about the England manager situation. I still maintain that I have sufficient experience with Championship Manager 2 to warrant at least an interview.

3 Day Weekend?

Now, on a normal weekday morning, it takes me about an hour to drive the 30 mile journey to work. This is mainly because of traffic on the Stafford Road and round Wolverhampton Ring Road. This morning - like any other Friday morning - it only took me about 40 minutes. Normally, once i come off the M54 at junction 2, it is solid traffic from the traffic lights by the cash and carry, right the way to the island on the ring road by the Novotel. Friday mornings the road is always clear from the M54 all the way to the ring road, where i may get held up for a maximum of 5 minutes in traffic. Why is this? Do people just simply not work on Fridays any more? Where do I apply for one of those jobs?

For the few that do actually make it to work, Friday seems to be a stroll in the park day. From my desk I look right out over the car park for our office block. Come 3pm, the only cars remaining on the car park are the ones that belong to people working in our office, and ones that have been left by the early finishers who have gone to the pub.

These people can’t argue flexi-time either. When i arrive at work in the morning, the car park is deserted. When i leave at the end of my days work, it is deserted. These people are simply working about a 13 hour week! Is this now the norm? Are my company simply being slave drivers by expecting us to work 5 full days a week? I don’t know, but what I do know is that i am very, very jealous.