24: Time grows short…

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Well it has been a week tuesday that I last posted what’s been happening in Funkytown. It has been indeed another interesting one to say the least…

Well now first off, I took some time finally to stay at home for a change and have a tiny bit of rest. You see I have been feeling burned out for a couple of weeks, and it appears that the whole summer is catching up to me. I have been feeling tired all the time, i have been waking up later and later, and there have been a couple of times where I have been almost asleep at the wheel of the car, only slapping myself in the face (a pleasure which many people want but will never get) has kept me going. I have been wondering what the hell is wrong with me, and I have yet to reach a conclusion.

Is it true, that doing so much will eventually take some sort of toll on the body. Sure I have reached the real-time action clock-ticking showing what else is happening age of 24, but this doesn’t happen overnight. If anyone has any tips for staying awake more efficently, please please post a comment!!! I would be eager for any solutions. Even considering starting to gulp huge amounts of Red Bull (tastes like sick to me, but times may become desperate) and become a caffine addict if only to stay awake long enough to finish things i need to do.

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Previously on 24…

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Scene: Warehouse, Southside Oswestry

Int: Paul Hughes, Space Adventurer restrained with copious amounts of rope, while looking like he has been through hell. A shawdowy figure walks around, keeping the face out of the light.

Paul: You think you can get away with this?
Shadowy Figure: Of course I can, I already am in fact. Even as we speak, the tides of war are hovering over this land, and a new order will reign. Humanity will finally face the consequences of its actions.
Paul: There are so many innocent people out there! Why would you do this? After what i have been through, at least tell me why.

The shadowy figure steps into the light, the space adventurer’s heart quickens, as the awful truth is revealed in the strangers face. It was….

Ah, well that’s a story for another time! Hello campers, Naturally I can tell you have all been dying to know what the weekend held for me as of course, twas the day of the second coming, either that or my birthday, but the jury’s still out on that one.

I have turned 24, which means for the next year, I will live like Jack Bouer, fighting bad guys, in real time with a clock bit which will reveal what other people are doing at the same time etc etc….Hence the opening sequence of suspence. You open big on things like this!!

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You win some, you lose some, then you win some again?!?!

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Wow three updates in one night, god I must be bored!! Nah fact fans, the space adventurer is mearly taking time out from his busy schedule to bring yet more pearls of wisdom and rays of sunshine out of his arse!

The weekend has provided an awful of closure on events past gone, such as the Mini-Saga, which I now know can’t be a mini-saga, as it is more than 50 Words. Thank you Sian for that contribution!! LOL! Yes, it’s true, I have patched things up with the woman, and we are friends. Perhaps you are wondering why?

Well the fact of the matter was that I did over react, and besides, if you keep in touch with colourful past girlfriends, the future always seems to be nothing if not interesting. I don’t mean that in a bad way btw. I like interesting. Just Interesting can mean so many different things to people. Then again I could spark the whole debate of what’s normal and how normal means different things to people, but I will save that for another entry.. : )

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Fujitsu: Part of the Evil Takazuki Corporation

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Well friends, now it has been a few days into my new job at Fujitsu, I thought I would enlighten, well mainly the geeks who read this page on what has gone on so far:

So far I haven’t screwed up anything big, which is really surprising actaully as it appears I have forgotten so much of my previous knowledge it is borderline: What the hell am I doing again? 🙂

But I have begun learning new things again which I wanted to look at for a long time, like Active Directory, DNS, (WINS is still used for the time being until it is all fully swapped over from NT to 2003) and this has been the very first job where I am using new OS in a working environment and I have been made very welcome by Mr Comaish, my new boss, who seems to have made sure I have everything I need to get going. Becuase I have known a lot of people from my Backup & Recovery days there, it has taken next to no time in settling in. Which was nice.

The way you work is different to DTS. It seems you are left to your own devices providing you are maintaining the service expected, and that is fair enough. Your own initative very much comes into play, and it is a welcome change. Now if only I knew what to do….. : ) And the best part of it so far, has been telling Desktop Support on Live how to change things, instead of doing them yourself. Work Slaves, Work!!! WOOOO, I have power, bwahahahaha!!!

What a Difference a Day Makes….

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The last few days have been eventful and eye opening on a few personal fronts, which won’t be discussed in any real detail, except to say I am completely and utterly gutted at some things I have found out, for the first time in years. Perhaps It is one of the few times I wish I could go back in time and change things with what I know now for the better. (even events after one fateful night back in febuary 2003, but c’est la vie, I know things will never change).

But anyway, Of course camper fans, I do have other things I can write about now, of course the main event of the day was My first day “on the job” (stop laughing at the back!!) with Fujitsu, working the ol’ server management front. It wasn’t actually bad, which was surprising, as most first days at your new job, you just sit there doing nothing, not having a clue what goes on, this of course was different as I knew a fair few people there and they made feel right at home. I even got a goody bag, with an unbreakable (under normal use! Whatever could they mean? 🙂 mouse mat, and company mug. WOOOO! Such joy was mine, I thought I reached it with the Kag in a Bag, but there was something better which shall be reveiled below:

DTS of course, I will miss. I had fantastic laughs and times with them, even though it has been 6 months in the job really, It feels far shorter and I kinda hoped it would last longer. But when oppotunites come to progress, and well being honest, other circumstances come about, you just have to take a leap of faith. They gave me a nice send-off, of which I was speechless (that’s quite an achievement for those who really know me!) and I received the one of the best parting gifts of all time:

A Whoopee Cushion Key-Ring!!

COME ON!!!!!! 🙂

Forget the bottle of Aftershock, the Shots, the nice unsticky copy of NUTS, and the chocs, The Whoopee Cushion was stupendous!!! MY god man, i felt like a 3 year old again, mind you i felt like that last week when I recorded one of my farts with a business dictaphone…..

Well I decided this week to calm down a bit of the socialising front, mainly as I feel close to burnout, so took a few nights off, to relax with some nice wine, Season 2 boxset of Battlestar Galatica, and finally sorted out the front room, and my room, as it had become quite bad again. I have begun to appreicate that staying in is not as bad as I first thought all those years ago. Maybe I am getting old. NOOOOOO!

Tonight Matthew, I am out with Chris and Dave watching some film at the cinema in Cheshire Oaks, haven’t a scooby what though, but hey what’s the worst that can happen? Don’t answer that!! I guess that’s it for now, don’t forget kids:

Stay at School, or pity the fool!! (Which as it happens, appears to be me)

Content Editing

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The last two blogs entries have been edited to remove any mention of people who I have now pissed off past the point of no return.

EDIT FROM EXPORT in 2007
I am in two minds whether to reinstate what was written, It did happen a long time ago and since then not really spoke to the people in question, it’s more of a “bearly tolerate my existance” kind of relationship I seem to have. Who knows? Tis a strange world.

Just a quicky (Edited)

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Well i am afraid This will be a short post.

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On a more happy note now,friday night and the lan party was quite good with a few different games played, beers consumed and shit laughed about till sunday. Friday of course I must say there was a “HOT TUB” Party at Liquid and Diva in Shrewsbury, with ladies striping and playing with each in the tub. I am not joking, and it was so terrible to watch 🙂 (Yes there are pictures, just not sure whether to post them or keep them to myself!!! BWAHAHAHA!!)

Tried ringing glyn on Saturday Night but nein answer. Then spent sunday afternoon with Natalie, catching up on things that had gone on. In the meantime, I caught up with comments and came across that one with eyebrow rasing statement. Also getting confused about whoever chatty is. You may have noticed comments by chatty left behind.

Monday, was a day of dossing about, and today was a complete waste of time at work as the DNS/DHCP servers were down and for some bizzare reason servers were configured for DHCP instead of Static addresses. WOOO!

Well space adventurer fans, that’s it for now, will post more in detail later.

We’ve tasted Matt’s Mum’s Flaps (Edited)

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Hello fact fans, and other people who like things, the space adventurer is back in da house!!
Oh what a night indeed, I will report on mr v festival in a mo but first the headlines:

BONG
It was my leaving doo last night in the place called Telford with loads of workmates, and random people turning up willy nilly, hello to you Georgina and Denise!! My man, Mr Chris Hancock was also on board for a good night out, we started out after work, i failed to bring something to wear on the night so bought some shirt from next and proceeded to look sexy and dashing (It’s my blog I can say complete bulls**t if i want to!!)

We had a hell of a good time out all of us, and I must give a special mention to Sara’s sister, Natalie who was an fantastic, interesting, different and attractive woman who has done very well despite it seems pretty sad affairs that had taken place earlier. We got on very well it seems, we all (people at work + Natalie) met for lunch today and well it was alright again but who knows. I may have frightened her by now.

BONG
This weekend will see me out in shrewsbury most of time with Steve and Matt, basically dossing about on the town, playing games at a lan party, bit of barbique on the go, and drinking far too much. Excellent!! On a rather sad note, this did mean that I miss out on seeing my good buddy and pal, mr Glyn, who i completly forgot about seeing this weekend and i am rather annoyed about that, however buddy I will ring you sat night, so at least i am there in voice alone!

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