Hello all!
I always like to keep busy - but life is a little ridiculous at the moment!
Work is quite interesting! There's tons to learn - so it's taking quite a while to understand the current systems before I can start improving things. On Monday we start a big project, so that should give me a little more direction!
But it's a bit of a mad week to be starting something big - it's production week next week! I have a rehearsal tonight, then rehearsals all the way from Sunday, and through to the final performance Saturday evening. If you're thinking of coming then *please book online* as then we're not so stressed about selling tickets!
But that's not all, folks! It was Steve's birthday yesterday, and tomorrow I'm going to party with him and Katie in Reading (err or is it Windsor? I should really remember where he lives!!). Tonight Katie and I book our skiing holiday online (in early Jan, we're going to Val Thorens in the 3 Valleys region, France). On Saturday I might go to see a football match too... will have to speak to Pete tomorrow.
Phil's back from Thailand too! Tis nice to have another guy in the house! We went out for dinner at Nandos last night, and met up with Beth (who we hadn't seen in ages!). Andrea (my new housemate) came along too - it's nice to have a social house thing going still, even after Lee's gone. Although he was back last weekend - we went out for an expensive dinner on Fri night, and on Sat we went to Claire's birthday/bonfire night party. In between, I went on a really nice hike with Stephan, Martin & friends. There were 2 Germans, 5 Dutch people and me... I had to be at Paddington by 9am (on a Sat... arghh!) and we caught the train to Henley (just over an hour away). We walked for about 3 hours before lunch, ate a *glorious* meal (not your average pub food!) for 2 hours then walked for another 2 hours. It was such a nice day! It's quite rare for me to be invited out to stroll the countryside - something that I hope will change.
More about work and the City later - but for now lunch is over! Back to the more programming...
Posted by Sam at November 11, 2004 02:17 PMHello! Still no news about Steamboy / Innocence screenings. Film screens in France on December 1st, no news on London release. Apparently Innocence is meant to be very existential. Steamboy's meant to be really good, and it's set in England... :P
Where can you book tickets online for the performance? I may be dragging several Aussie friends along! *Laughs like an evil villain*
Posted by: Caith on November 11, 2004 09:48 PMheyheyhey!!
Good to see your getting into some IT work eh? I've just got a job myself working on finance systems in sunny Perth. It's mainly translating a nasty old 4GL language called ProIV to something a bit nicer.
What are you doing at Mintel?
Richie.
Posted by: Richard B on November 28, 2004 04:35 AM