Apocraphylbiped

(not written by me but saved because I liked it)

I have the urge to butt in on the 'drifting along' question. It's something I've been doing all my life. I've had a decade of drifting along between my early twenties and now, and I can honestly say that I have no idea how I ended up where I am and have been.

After school I had no idea what I should do with my life, apart from getting a degree perhaps. Unfortunately I couldn't quite decide on what degree, so I drifted around at uni for a couple of years before I dropped out. I went off to work as an au-pair for a bit, and then continued as a nanny for a decade, simply because I could easily get work, and because it was quite a nice job.

At some point I went back to uni, because I figured I couldn't look after kids forever. I pretty much drew my choice of degree out of a hat, and ended up on a CompSci course without knowing anything about computers at all. I think I learned how to switch one on a couple of month before I started my degree. Have I mentioned that I am a technophobe when it comes down to it?

After I finished my degree I didn't even bother filling out job applications, assuming (rightly so) that I am pretty much non-employable with a CV that had slacker spelled all over it. Oddly enough, I am now working in a computing job, solely because my supervisor recommended me to someone at the university where I studied. My boss has a soft spot for hopeless cases. If that hadn't happened , I probably would have gone for another nanny job and sooner or later embarked on a Masters in a completely different field.

Now I am in a job where I feel like a bit of an impostor (it's proper tech stuff, how did that happen and aren't there some nerds who are supposed to do this stuff?), but being the quintessential drifter, I drift along with it quite happily and actually enjoy my job (when I'm not worrying about being an impostor with a huge void of knowledge).

At the back of my mind I'm already wondering what I will be doing in ten years. I always wanted to be a librarian, just not enough to actually do anything about it. Or perhaps a therapist, I can see myself dispensing valuable advice like "I'm bored of your story now, get over yourself and please pay the receptionist on your way out".

So, I guess what I'm saying is once a drifter, always a drifter. But it does have its advantages. You get a some nice surprises, you discover that you can do things that you thought were alien to you and when serendipity comes your way, just grab it. It works. And you never have the disappointment of having worked your butt of for your dream career to then find out that you hate it. If things are not great, you can move on and find something better. Always.

edit: spelling

Milestone 7k

There's No Business Like Milestone Business

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Ladies, gentlemen, werewolves and aliens, please show your appreciation in an appropriate manner for the Amazing Milestone Ballad of Keppet and skittledog:

I'm the master, you're the minion
I'm the big cheese, you're the Babybel
I'm the hot shot, you're the small fry
I have a residence over the mouth of hell.

And that's a good thing?
*shrugs* Keeps the heating bills down.

Anything you can do, I can do better
I can do any thing better than you
No you can't, Yes I can, No you can't, Yes I can
No you can't, Yes I can, yes I can

Anything you can watch I can watch later
Sooner or later, I'll watch everything you know
No you can't, Yes I can, There's a lot, Yes I can
No you can't, Yes I can, yes I can

I can write a post that contains the most
But no one but you will read it
I can do most anything
Can you tell a lie?
No! Neither can I…

Anything you can sing I can sing louder
I can sing anything louder than you
No you can't.... wait, I can't sing at all.

Anytime you can skip, I can skip higher.
I can do-si-do faster than you
swing your partner, ladies chain, strip the willow...
No you can't, Yes I can, yes I can

Any BAD I play, you'll guess me in minutes
but I'll guess you better than anyone else
Souffle demon, evil nurse, fairy and Robin
No you can't, Yes I can, yes I can

I can dunk my Tim Tam better than an Australian
I can do it quicker and get even sicker
I live on tea, not on chocolate and sweets
Only on tea? Yes. You're weirder than me…

Anyone you can lick, I can lick faster

[pause]

huh?

I can lick anyone faster than you

Is there something you want to tell us?

I would be Kaylee, not River so crazy,
Angel and his swishy coat are all mine.
I would marry Mal today
Do you think you ought? Yes! That's what I thought, you freak.

Although your name is skits, I'll be more schizo
I've more personalities than you'll ever know
Evil Kepp: No you don't; bob: You're just dull!
You may have a point… Yes I do, yes I do…

You were the master, I was the minion
But you’re the one who turned it all on its head
Small fry? Potato chip! And I'm the potato
I have a UoD which killed yours stone dead.

Anything you all do, we can do…just the same…
We have fourteen thousand posts to our names!
How on earth? We don't know… Were they good? *mocking laugh*
Can we write more? Yes we can, yes we caaaan…

America

I am here, here am I. I am at SLAC and not actually doing much work at the moment... I will start tomorrow, honest. Well, I did do a presentation last Tuesday (at 6am no less) so I have done something. And there were meetings... and training... and, well, faffing to be done.

But hey. All that has gone now and I can concentrate on the LO phase adjustment... Don't ask.

My place is rather nice. And here I will cut and paste from emails.

You enter. There is a small kitchen to your right. Large fridge-
bigger than any fridge I have ever seen and it is all mine. Sink and
drying rack and gas cooker. No working surfaces alas. But there is a
breakfast bar (with two suede covered stools) that I can use. On the
other side of the breakfast bar and straight ahead as you walk in is
the living room. Black two seater sofa with two cream cushions in
front of a small white table with a large candle on it. The sofa is
facing the wooden shelving that holds the tv (free cable, about 100
channels). Half way down this room are some white curtains that are
currently open but can be closed to separate the living room from the
bedroom (living area from bed area I should say as everything has all
been in the same room so far). The bed is a double with a creamy white
quilt and large pillows that match. Sort of sharing the living and bed
areas is a small wooden table with chairs and a vase of lillies.
Okay... there are two more rooms. One is just a closet, storage room.
It just has cuboards and shelving. The other is the bathroom. Small
sink, toilet and shower. Can't really say much for those rooms...

Is that enough?

I have spidey magnets on my fridge door.

My place is called chezbob by the way.

Why am I having problems posting this entry?