A broad abroad

So, I've started watching Breaking Bad, after countless recommendations from friends. First episode done now... I'm impressed. Bryan Cranston's a good actor, and it's entertaining. I'll definitely keep watching that.

What else is new? On my way to work this morning, my bike starts humming "I want to break free" by Queen, and my chain, for some stupid reason, decides to join in. One brisk jog later, and I'm late for work. Tomorrow, me and quite a few people are going out, should still manage despite being busy... My gaming mates won't be let down.

Also, the bringer of awesome music - the one known as the German Girl,or Zera - has a blog, apparently. About belfast. It's not got much stuff on it, but it's getting there, so I think you should read that one as well. (Why she didn't pic this blog entry as a name I will never understand) She takes good pictures, and can draw.

Alex, the firebender, after I showed her the video of me poi-ing. I think that's awesome. She DID also draw a picture of me, regular... And then added boobs. I need to work on my manliness, apparently, because it looked natural. >.<

No, it's past midnight, and I have friends whining that I should sleep. So I'll do that. G'night y'all!

The ties that bind you.

Thursday was Hat and Tie Day in the office. What the hell do I do then?! I mean, do I wear one, two, none, all of them?

Solution:

My tie is wearing a tie.

What has happened since last time? My housemate has gotten into a fight with a turkish pimp (regular thursday), I've gone back to training at work, and gotten my ass handed to me in a pub quiz. My accent is getting irish, at least the sayings are starting to slip in. What's the crack? Yeah, that's grand. Happy days, mate!

It's a bit of a shame that I'm back in training - thursday, I got a reply from a customer I'd helped. They claimed that I was a genius who should get a raise, and that they had other issues currently being handled by other agents, that they wanted me to help them with instead. I felt very honored, but... Given I'm in training, and not handling any calls or emails right now, there's not much I can do.

Training is fun, as well (trainer is great, he actually makes me want to learn more about it all), as we can try out the products we'll help people with - the Ultimate Ears headphones Logitech sells are ridiculously expensive. We're talking Rockstar salary price on the expensive ones, the site doesn't even list the price. If you have to ask, you can't afford them.

A free trial for me... Two Steps From Hell is awesome that way. The German girl who just happened to have that band on her phone made the day that much better. She's been there for a while, but wanted to get moved to the Logitech branch, which I think is a good thing - while tough at times, it's worth it. Who else do we have? A few people I started with here, great people I've partied with, and the new recruits are nice as well, from all over the world. An unsual amount of germans. We're all having a good time while the remaining swedes - we're supposed to be 6 working, but right now, 2 working, 2 sick, 1 on leave and me - toil away and do their best with all of this. The newest guy has been working for 1 week now, I feel sorry for the amount of work he gets already. I'll be back to helping them in 2 weeks, though.

Then the week after that, my mom's supposed to be visiting. Will be fun showing her around. :D Belfast has plenty to offer for just a weekend - nice people, the Titanic Museum, Game of Thrones set, booze, more booze...

Feels like I've missed something, so expect more updates within a week. Bye mates!

No fire, but action anyway.

I am currently the leader of an evil cult controlling a merchant barony consisting of roughly 800 lycanthropes. I've convinced all of them that the HUGE crocodile lurking in our swamps is an aspect of the evil god of chaos "we" are worshipping. I am a shapeshifter currently assuming the form of the (now dead) leader of this... Okay, now it counts as a proper religion. This is the least exciting thing that happened in our RPG session today.

My bike should be repaired tomorrow, so wee. :D I'll finally be able to get to places other than getting a taxi, or walking. Sure, this will cut a bit into my audiobook sessions, but... BIKE!

I'm apparently doing an unusually good job for a beginner at my job, some of my scores are actually higher than the more experienced agents. I'm just happy I'm not terrible. :D

My lovely and very excellent mother has bought me a new camera, which should be able to take pictures when I get it in about a month. Canon EOS 450D, will be absolutely brilliant. She's bringing it when she's visiting in about a month. All is well.

I have also gotten business cards:

Nothing TOO fancy. Want to stay classy, after all. And no, not everyone on the internet is going to get my personal phone number. If you know me, but do not know my current phone number, just ask.

"You nimbly dodge their beards."

International book week apparently, find your nearest book, turn to page 52 and quote the 5th sentence. No telling which book, though. "Ser Robin raised a hand, and his archers lowered their bows." is what I got. I bet you can guess...

Fire spinning has started again, will post video as soon as Matt gives it to me. The oil I got works excellently, will try something a bit different out later... Expect a cool video by the end of the year.

My bike's in the repair shop, so I still have to walk to work. At least I'm getting something out of it. Going to start listening to audio books on my way. Downloaded Atlas Shrugged, because I cannot for the life of me read it on my own. Each part is half an hour, phone says: part 1 of 115. This might take a while.

In other news, Logan the Lab is gone now, found a new owner. He was nice and all, but too energetic, and we're all stressed enough as it is.

I am having the time of my life gaming with friends. The title is NOT the weirdest thing I've done so far, and I've only been there 2 sessions. :D It's a buttload of fun.

Nothing else new, see y'all!

Bikecurious

That's right, I bought a bike. We had a small accident on the way home...

That's right, it's picture time! This week, very little has happened, apart from getting the bike. I have a new computer mouse, so there's that... Otherwise:

There is this one song, I keep forgetting the lyrics, though... We all occupy a 570–590 nm uboat?

My room. It's small, but it's home.

Just watching a film with Matt, he falls asleep halfway through. I'll just turn off the lights, the TV, and sneak o- Like hell I'm touching that.

HAIL TESCO.

Rather elegant solution to how to do phone lines. I just keep thinking spiders.

Speaking of which... One has taken over my room. It was nice living here, but I guess I will take my leave now. I hear the park's nice to sleep in.

"I love penis"

-- Lisa, my housemate.

So it's all getting better. My firepoi have arrived, and I can't wait to try them out. But I saw armored police cars not long ago, and a 20-something guy walking by with a bottle of lighter fluid in the middle of a rough night might attract the wrong kind of attention, so I'll wait with getting that.

Today, I had a good day at work, nothing too stressful, and we went down to a café afterwards, a group of 5, mostly swedish people. Just nice relaxing, making jokes, discussing other coworkers. It was good. Today was supposed to be ju jutsu night, but last session, I landed wrong, and my shoulder's been sore since. Didn't want to tempt fate too much, so I'm having a calm week from now on. Otherwise I like ju jutsu - the teacher's always saying "you might recognize this from karate", things like that, it's not that different. Except more throws. Hip toss is so much fun!

We also have a new dog. Logan, a lab, just like Molly. Really nice and friendly, but way too forward, barking, playing, jumping around and licking anyone he feels like. Molly has some company now, and they're adorable together.

It is also nice to know my cooking is appreciated, Lisa wants me to make "that tasty salmon thing" again, which just limits it to most recipes I know... And Matt eats just about anything you put in front of him. So I feel like I'm right where I'm supposed to be right now, I've got a busy life and good people around me. I'll post some fire pictures later, I think. And the dog, of course. Now, sleep... Take care, everyone!

Pizza? Pizza.

Oh boy it's been a pretty good week. Started full of drama, due to the dog situation, but other than that, it's been all good. Monday, I'm going to start martial arts again, I think. Tuesday, going to join a group of people playing games every once in a while, thanks to a work friend, or alternatively spinning fire. We'll see.

Either way, I'm making the company I work for money now. I'm out on the floor, answering emails and answering calls. First call I got was over a bad phone, with a client with an accent and speech impediment. Could have been easier, as I was also SUPER NERVOUS, but at least I helped them in the end. Otherwise it's been pretty boring, VERY few swedish people have problems with their universal remotes.

I am rather proud of yesterday, though. A customer calls, angry and frustrated, having previously talked to someone who took about an hour and a half of his time, and did not fix their problem. Ten minutes later, xe's showering me in gratitude over fixing the problem. So I could get around to solving another problem that weren't fixable before since the first one was in the way. And another after that... Long story short, I had an hour of unexpected overtime that day. But now another client loves us. And I took care of it without having to ask anyone else. Hell yeah I'm awesome.

And Lisa, my housemate... Her sister just had a baby! :D She and Matt could possibly be dancing to Shania Twain right now. Not going to confirm. Matt can't dance.

I have been eating way too much pizza these days, though, need to start cooking on my own more. But I should be getting my bank card next week, so I can use my first paycheck. :D Aww yiss.

Now I'm going to party. See ya!