So I finally aspired to my life long dream of being able to play Dire Straits - Money for Nothing. Today I am told that I have been given the shove by my new employers.
The irony is that I might be moving Microwave ovens, refridgerators and colour tv`s now for a living.
I'm so frakking pissed off - well and truly shafted!
I seem to be experiencing a few problems with deliveries recently - firstly some flowers for valentines day did not arrive at their destination due to a mechanical failure on the van!
They wanted to deliver them again on the 15th - where is the point in that, the day is over - and i'm the one that has to mop up those tears!
Then I had to deliver some work to a client - when I got there, there was no one around to receive the package so I had to post it through the door - when I got to work there was a ranting email asking where the frak was the package, oh my dayz not again, apparently the client had not looked for it - instead decided to rant on email about the tightness of the deadline to all involved - great thanks!
Finally, today I was having a package to be redelivered from the day before - I was told it would come with the mail, which normally arrives at 8:40 - I waited till gone 10 and it still hadn't arrived!
Argggh!!!
Same usual day at the office, same unusual journey on the train home!
You know those really irritating young boys on the tube who play accordians - the same tune over and over, thank Ken for the fiddle man and his banjo playing friend!
Tonight we were blessed with three tunes, a jig, a barn dance and an Irish folk song!
Bliss!
Emma is due back from Atlanta tomorrow cannot wait to see her - good times ahead, good times ahead!
I'm back in business got a new blogging device T-mobile didn't want me to leave them so they gave me a free pocket pc and half price line rental. Oh my days this is damn good can even use msn on the train!
Ill never be out of chars again as I now have pocket word at my disposal as well as an array of neat tools - like wi-fi!
I haven't read the instructions yet but this is one hell of a phone and has a built in qwerty keyboard!
I feel so at home being able to blog wirelessly anywhere again, yeah baby yeah!
It's so troo, I'm disconnecting from my faithful blueberry service, therefore my train blogging will be kept to a minimum or absolute non.
I have been told I can have a company mobile, however when I saw the Nokia 1100 (hope that's right) I quickly started to doubt my blogging capabilities, just hope we get the Qtech's... Watch this space.
It's coming round to that time of year when I need to start promoting my book again, Valentines day, as I now work in Covent Garden I'm going to try and hand out information to passers by, let's see if that drums up any interest, I have also applied to BBC Radio 3 to appear on their show the Verb, let's see what happens here...
Exciting times ahead - yeah baby yeah!
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Its great at my new job, got an extremely nice package deal and a nice 17inch PB - felt a tad gutted when I heard about the MacBookPro - however it will probably crash and explode before too long... So I'll wait for a new version in the coming years, as my grandma would say beggars can't be choosers.
Hope your all having a good new year, I'll try and log on more to write you guys, I'm thinking of writing a new book soon - I did try comedy but could only come up with one chapter - I am now toying with an idea sci-fi horror... See where it takes me.
Lot of things going on at the moment - work, editing wedding videos, planning a wedding video and a "maybe" money spinning idea for some pocket money so that should be good!
Just bought a digital camera it has an 8 smega pixel ccd and built in wi-fi so I won't need to hunt for a usb cable if I need to offload some images - good eh! Its the Nikon P1 incase you are interested!
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My last day wasn't that bad after all - I gave myself a hard task to complete and managed it - so that put a smile on someones face, a few nice parting words were said to me, and a nice phone call was received!
Happy Christmas and New Year!
Dan :)
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And so it begins the final chapter of life at Databiz (ODS). I'm heading in late today as I was up at the crack of dawn yesterday. I was creating a DVD that was going to be hand delivered by one of the Oxford crew on ODS's lear jet *cough* "easy jet" from kidlington airport! Not really but it was going on a plane - until we found out, much to my disappointment that it didn't need to travel up north and could go to the clients London office, which is what I initially suggested on Friday!
I'm doing a hannover *cough* I mean hand-over today, I'm going to try my absolute best to dilute 8 years of experience and knowledge into half-a-day haha yeh right, I might see if I can get some extra wonga out of it, by offering a consultancy fee!
Just had a call from the lovely Lesley in Oxford about what has been the bain of my life at Databiz, Redemptorist Publications - I so wish I never offered to help Si out with that project - its like (God's) way of telling me to believe or be punished. I'd rather get punished any day, than worship something that I cannot see.
What ever happened to MC Hammer wot a tune, I am listening to my mix of leaving work tunes, looking forward to 5:30 when I play out with "Europe - The Final Countdown".
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The smelly man is on the train again, and there is a spare seat next to me - I might have to pretend I've gone mad and start talking to the empty space - he might respect that as he sees invisible people and holds conversations with them on the train!
The carriage where he is, is absolutely rammed full of people - I wonder how long it will be until people start moving into this carriage!
I'm looking forward to an ice cold beer when I get in!
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Faster than light travel... Well not quite but Mr. Branson does put on a good spread - just finished my afternoon tea on my Journey South from the North West of Preston.
The joys of proper work will be resting on my shoulders tomorrow - but it will only be for four days and then I'm finished - the sad thing is that I have to leave my precious behind (powerbook) however I'm told that I will receive something better a nice new technicolor dreamcoat - which will be fun, complete wth bells and whistles! (Gadgets my dear Watson Gadgets)
Just leaving Crewe next stop Rugby.
Adios amigos I'm sure we'll meet again very soon!
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Is what my work colleague Noel spouted in the office today, a little mouse ran down his leg - no doubt look for a new abode!
It was diddy and brown, Noel reckons there is a nest of mice behind his desk - don't think they have nests do they?
I think it was Danger Mouse as it was sitting on the AC power supply to Noel's computer... Penfold where art thou!
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Not sure if I mentioned it, I wrote a book of scary poems and chilling tales a few years ago - and then lost the manuscript. Anyhow found it again - well I didn't my lovely Emma found it - and its going to be another book - hopefully will make me rich in 2006!
Details and release date to come soon - mean while checkout www.dansheridan.co.uk for a sneak preview of one of the poems - indestructible!
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With the potential cull of staff taking place at work, I have finally found new work and refuse to board a sinking ship for the second time, already done that and walked the plank first!
Looking forward to my new position and all its challanges that lie ahead!
So I finish on 21st December and start a fresh sometime in January!
Happy days!
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I'm currently sat opposite a guy who looks like the current American president!
I wonder how many times he is offered a pretzel!
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Seems only 5mins ago when I thought that I would not be home for Chridtmas, now I am faced with unemployment and a potential loss of pay!
We got the news on Friday that we are possibly being bought out by one of our creditors, based in Germany!
Most people are thinking it will be business as usual, yet from past redundancy experiences, it only goes down hill from this point on - all I can say is that, I have my eggs in more than one basket at the moment!
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Great its now getting meaty!
Guitar lessons we are now learning harmonics, the art of pressing the strings lightly over the nut between frets and then plucking the string followed by lifting off the finger over the fret board... Get a very cool sound from it - I feel like rocking already... Just need that flying v now!!!
BTW - get Texas's new album Red Book its cool electro tunes!!!
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Hello world!
A very gay starting point for all programmers of various languages, why?
Discovered the other day that Microsoft are giving free editions or cut down versions of their development softwares to hobbyists and students - so I quickly grabbed the whole caboodle in order to boost my knowledge. I have set myself a personal challenge to build on the quake 2 engine and make a office / stress relief game, not sure how long it will take or how far I can go with this software before I have to shell out some more money!!!
Fingers crossed I'll be leading the development team for Quake 10 before you know it!
I'm considering turning my new poems into songs and trying my luck at sending demos to record companies either as a band or a song writer, might have to find a voice other than mine, any takers or volunteers?
I'm quite interested in acquiring a new electric guitar - I fancy a Jackson flying V or something similar, I owned one once many years ago - that I won off a friend in a stupid bet, but then lost it again in another bet where the odds were stacked up against me, subsequently I don't believe in betting or make any references to it - just lands me in trouble, I miss my axe :(
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I'm not sure how long I can sit on this speeding train until my back does that awful spaz and I jump out of my seat like a red hot poker has been shoved up my ass!
I wish these painkillers kicked in early!
Got so much work on, and such little time to get them done by, and not many people that can help either - other than a time-lord and a TARDIS.
I'm going to use some army language now (my grandads term for swearing) don't read this para if you disapprove, it helps me to vent my anger vocally! Fuck shit bollocks, fuck shit bollocks, fuck shitty bollocks!!!
That's better much more relieved.
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