hey wow! just finished a nine hour day and i really don't feel that bad. I admit the first few really long days were absolute killers but my feet are starting to get used to the daily abuse they endure. My shoulders are getting used to the angle the computers at work are at. And I'm even getting used to working with Katie and Nige. Katie's not that bad but Nige took a little getting used to with his really bad jokes and his extremely pointless ramdom facts that he seems to think is absolutely imperative for me to know.

It was kind of stresfull today also-only because Katie thought it was necessary to have all 3 new members of staff in the store for a 'training' day. Dan and Jo were ok. Well actually they better than good. I'm absolutely loving how fast they are picking up the new work. James, hoever, was the cause of much of my stress today. If you tell him to do something a different way because its more effective or takes less time he'll be fine with it but when he thinks you're not looking he reverts back to the other way. It was kinda funny the first few times but after that it just got really stressful because things that should have taken about 10mins to do took him about half an hour.

Apart from that my day was great. I managed to get a lot done and if the night staff get all that they are supposed to get done-finished, I will be able to get even more done tomorrow when Nige comes in to finish up the stock.

I'm free tomorrow night so all of us absolutely have to do stuff tomorrow night because I don't think I can stand another night home with the family. The only reason I work so much in the holidays is to get out of the house-long story short I hate spending time there.

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WORTH READING 6 Dec 2005
The Man Who Didn't Like The Sun
The man hated the bright burning thing in the sky. It hovered over himallday long, no matter where he went. He hated the Sun's harsh light, theheatit created and the shadows it cast on the earth around him.He felt likethesun was stealing something from him, separating him from things whenwhat hecraved was unity.
"At least at night everything looks the same," he thought. hat's why heliked the darkness. The Sun had become his enemy.
One day, unable to stand it any longer, he decided to dig a hole toprotecthimself from the intolerable rays of sunlight. His skin, which had beenburned a deep brown, began to turn white again, and the shadows of dayceased to annoy him. But then, sitting in his hole, he realized that thesuncontinued to flood his hiding place with light from above, and that hisshelter was even brighter than the land outside.
He went back to work and had soon dug himself a tunnel and a cave. Andtherehe finally found protection from the Sun. He spent years in his hole,meditating in solitude, in the coolness of the dark where the Sun neverpenetrated. Up on the surface other men grew food and warmed themselvesinthe heat of the all-giving star. They saw the Sun as a good andprotectingGod. The Sun was their ally as they learned to tame its extremes. Theylivedthrough the seasons, one after the other.
All were thankful for the Sun's presence, all except for the man whowantedto avoid the light and the contrasts it created. In the end the poorhermitperished in his cave, in darkness, in the calmness and unity of theshadows,but desperate and alone.
And after he died the people didn't even have to dig a grave for him.
It was already there...
Moral of the Story:
Accepting people's differences, living with others and their strangehabitsand sometimes incomprehensible behaviour, can be difficult. We are oftentempted to retreat like a hermit into the calmness of home, into theshadows. But life is composed of diversity, of exchange and of change.Whenyou cut yourself off from your friends, your neighbours and yourcommunity,you also lose a part of yourself.


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Why is it so damn hot and why do we not have air con in the store??? I swear that place was likea bloody sauna last night. As long as i don't have to work too many nights it should be ok. Good thing i'm doing 10 hour days for the next 3weeks! My feet are killing me and it's only been 3 days. Ok, now I'm just complaining because i'm sick of the weather and work-where is the winter? And someone please bring him back!

Anyways-i'm bored so if anyone happens to read this before a decent hour-feel free to msg me. My house is free tonight but i'm not allowed to have too many people over so...hence the lack of collective msg sending that i usually do.

Hey, does anyone remember a movie that was out around the time I went to New Zealand called A Love Song For Bobby Long? It has John Travolta in it-he played the really old guy...Anyways it's kind of an arthouse-sey kind of film. If you haven't seen it I would really recommend it if you like arthouse. It also has Scarlett Johanson in it.


One last thing-does anyone have a dvd burner that i could borrow? I have a copy of the new Family guy movie that I'd like a copy of. Let me know.

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ok-just got back from my work christmas party and it was brilliant. As tradition has precedented Nige had way too much to drink and by the time Chris and Em had turned up at 10 he was up to discussing how if he is working byhimself and he really needs to go-he uses the sink. Needless to say they were a little scared. Being their first xmas party with us I can completely empathise. [Been there done that and wouldn't repeat the experience sweethearts.]

Katie was a little worse for the wear too by the time it came to dropping her home. Sorry for embarressing you Em sweetie. But I guess its the little perks that make the huge load of crap that go along with working at a video store bearable. Btw betty was fired despite popular belief that no one gets fired after the initial training process. And we have a new person working for us. [though we are still looking for anothher person] and he is a male.

So we have some eye candy around the store-don't believe that will do much for productivity-which we have had problems with lately. [so i've heard-i haven't actually met Daniel but i have been informed]

For the record i haven't been drinking [just 3 lemon/lime bitters] although apparently the bitters part is enough to throw p-platers over the BAC 'O' limit. Which I had no idea about until I took a breathaliser at the end of the night. ANyways i'm sure none of this is making ne sense because i am uber-tired so...

Laters


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some body save me!!!!!!!!!!

Speaking of doing new and interesting things more often [last comment on last blog]...who wants to go to a foam party? Also being held at the tav on wednesday night. I have to work but one of my friends from work has invited me and friends to join her afterwards.

Apparently she went to the summer one and it was really fun!!! Yes...anyways I would like to go regardless of whether anyone else is interested in going. But wouldn't someone like to join me if not for no other reason than to make sure i come home safe? [hint]

ok-so i've just come home from work and have to do the religious day thing again tomorrow so I should get some sleep. Of course things could be made much easier if i just told my mother I don't believe in religion...but i know that that would possibly kill her. [my bad...anyways...]

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Hens Night last night. Interesting experience really. Dinner at Hog's Breath followed by dancing at the Tav. Hehe-btw Laura's not really getting married-she just likes meeting people. :)

Nah not really, but certain people reading this will understand the sentiment.

Anyways, I hesitate to write too much because of other certain people who will be reading this- i don't want to give it all away.

All in all it was fun and i hope we can do it more often-well maybe minus the hens night thing. The going and having fun bit was good.