Out of Chars!

I have been trying to keep my mind occupied by writing my new book - I'm going for a feature length book - which has comedy in it - drama and romance of course!

My Blackberry has been my writing friend, until I was halfway through Chapter Three when I received a message Out of Characters - Field Full GDI - my creative flow was interferred with!

It would appear that I am only allowed a limited number of Characters (Chars) per memo - which is GAY! with a capital G!

So now Chapter 3 is split over memos! - I may have to invest in a PDA or something - I sold one recently for a PSP, now I need it back again!

I hear you - "Why Can't he just use pen and paper" answer: 1. I'll no doubt loose it for a few years - beating myself up about it, like what happened to my next poetry book which is to be released later this year, thank you Emsy for finding it! 2. My writing is terrible, it was once said that it is like a spider that has a pen attached to each of its legs / arms whatever you want to call them... and is writing simultaneously with all of them! 3. Doesn't have an automatic spell checking facility!

What a quandary!

Bored!

Emma my love Queen is in Atlanta at the moment - training with her new team! One whole week of luxury accomodation. I'm feeling a bit lost without her at the moment, the house feels so empty - I know I have Cookie and Muffin to keep me company and Geoffry and George, however they don't talk to me - It's driving me insane!!!

I suppose that's what real love is, when one goes away for an extended period of time, the other is left wondering what that person is doing. It's true - you really don't know what you have got till it's gone!

Missing you Emsy!!!

The last word

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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Bells and whistles

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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Chilled out!

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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End game!

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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Jesus H Christ

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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Ludacris Speed

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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“squeal” a mouse ran down my leg!

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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New book on the horizon

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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Haven't blogged for a while

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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Lookalike

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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Christmas is cancelled!

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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Harmonics

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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Long time - no blog!

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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Martial mutants of the underground vision!

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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Little Grips

1. Do you hate it when someone tries to educate you on a subject that you obviously know more about?

2. Do you hate it even more when that person tries to imply that they know what they are talking about by adding some technical jargon into the conversation to try and make you believe that they "DO" know what they are talking about and they are not "BLUFFING" their way through a conversation and looking like a prat at the same time?

I do. (Hate it!)

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Okay, I now need some answers, any mind reading, future knowing all seeing eyes out there need to listen up!

1. Several years ago I wrote what I think is an amazing collection of poems, that maybe the world is now ready for, however I have misplaced the book, it was typed and bound with a yellow cover. I remember placing it in a safe place (that ole chesnut) and seeing it again recently, yet I cannot for the life of me find it anymore!

So my questions are where has it gone?

Where did I put if for safe keeping?

Who stole it and is now making money from it?

Who chucked it out thinking it was. a bunch of paper?

Did someone burn it?

Was it an accident?

Thanks, I look forward to receiving your comments and spiritual guidance!

Peace out!
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Criminal Damage

I witnessed something shocking today involving a clamping truck and an employee of Islington council.

They were collecting and towing away a car that had been parked illegally. I would say they had instructions to clear the car and take it to the pound, not to pick it up, smash the window in, drag the chain across the car scratching the paintwork off it, and then crush the front of the car with the crane!

Word of advice don't park your car in the borough of Islington and collect is late as you might find it fubar when you come to reclaim it!
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Raid of the last ark!

I think my worst nightmare has happenend, the 5g at work lost its connection to the raid drive, and I could see a blinking light on all of the drives sequentially - please god of silicon heaven don't let the sun go down on me!
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Suit you sir!

Noel what were you thinking wearing that suit today?

First day on the new job went a bit wrong, woke up 17mins before my train was due to depart, how I managed to get washed and dressed and on the train in time I'll never know - one thing I do know is that I must have sworn at least 50 times!

Then sat on the train, I forgot an important cable imperitive for a job, as luck would have it Noel brought his cable in on request, which was nice of him!

Got to work, arrived opened the iron door and then realised I hadn't picked up my key fob, so I had to wait like a lemon for someone to come and open the main door!

Grabbing some of my time back now, heading to my guitar lesson, missed it last week due to my appraisal, hope I didn't miss all the best bits!

Re-designed my site - fresh new colour, check it out and leave comments etc - www.dansheridan.co.uk

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