We have a winner......
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Picture of the day
This is the largest x-ray generator on earth - Teh Hadron Collider
is now live but this machine imho is just as impressive
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you’ve always been.”
I like the title of this thread - I've listed it to act as a reminder that I'm meant to be in a new pattern of thought and action. However, after a visually stimulating yesterday I barely slept last night and am like the walking dead this morning. Inside my head last night was a scene of torture as it dug up and put on the walls my every perceived failure, incidents where I've been the bad guy, the stupid guy or the guy who just didn't get it. It made me want to wail loudly, thump my pillow and throw myself out the window into the cool night air. I didn't do any of that,, just quietly wish that I could turn a new page and start anew.......... this however has got to come from me.
Last night England put together an unexpectedly superb performance against Croatia and won 4-1. As I've described on emails since it was Rooney as the composer and Walcott the arching violin solo. Those two bode well for the future although we must bear in mind that England did beat Germany 7 years ago 5-1 and while we sunk with failure clinging to our coattails Germany progressed to a world cup final.
I was meant to be out tonight but I've cancelled. The reason? I have a spot on my chin that seems to want to co-exist with me. I'm 35 and still getting spots. Is this a good or bad thing? I'm not sure, but I'm going to subscribe to the line of thinking that states this is indicative of my skin still being young! Now I just need my brain and it's thought processes to return to it's scene of youth....
Last night England put together an unexpectedly superb performance against Croatia and won 4-1. As I've described on emails since it was Rooney as the composer and Walcott the arching violin solo. Those two bode well for the future although we must bear in mind that England did beat Germany 7 years ago 5-1 and while we sunk with failure clinging to our coattails Germany progressed to a world cup final.
I was meant to be out tonight but I've cancelled. The reason? I have a spot on my chin that seems to want to co-exist with me. I'm 35 and still getting spots. Is this a good or bad thing? I'm not sure, but I'm going to subscribe to the line of thinking that states this is indicative of my skin still being young! Now I just need my brain and it's thought processes to return to it's scene of youth....
Monday, 8 September 2008
Zen and the art of Monday 8th
I've struggled today to remember the date. Somehow I seem to have lost the first week of September - I can't tell you where it 's gone. All I know is that it's a week today that the football transfer window closed and I was up until 1am watching United secure Berbatov. I'm very much looking forward to watching him make his debut against Liverpool (it would seem).
Today as previously mentioned, is, I'm hoping a new beginning. I've been very down recently and I really want to attach a more positive vibe to myself, my outlook and my life at the moment. I caught sight of a website with zen based advice and it seems to have wiped the cobwebs off that strand of thinking for me. I love the whole idea of zen - it's simple and right, a perfect system of thought, minimal if you like. So I'm taken a few new pointers.
Write everyday
Be Kind at least one a day
Think positive
Believe in myself
Keep a clear mind
Four things to bear in mind at all times. Doesn't seem so complicated does it?
Today as previously mentioned, is, I'm hoping a new beginning. I've been very down recently and I really want to attach a more positive vibe to myself, my outlook and my life at the moment. I caught sight of a website with zen based advice and it seems to have wiped the cobwebs off that strand of thinking for me. I love the whole idea of zen - it's simple and right, a perfect system of thought, minimal if you like. So I'm taken a few new pointers.
Write everyday
Be Kind at least one a day
Think positive
Believe in myself
Keep a clear mind
Four things to bear in mind at all times. Doesn't seem so complicated does it?
Quick round up
This morning while in a state of new calmness I read my previous postings, and I laughed. Jeez, if nothing else I find myself amusing. So in the spirit of the new Positive me I've taken that as a good sign.
My other postings related to football and in all they turned out to be quite truthful. We were ruthless, while Arsenal were prettier up until a rash of ill timed injuries derailed their campaign. The European cup night was a splendid affair. Rich, Ade, G, Bish, Paul and I (plus one mystery girl whose ID I never really got and certainly can't recall now) encamped in a great bar, the sheer tension of the penalty shoot out, calmly accepting out immient defeat, Rich not looking as John Terry slipped and put wide his kick and aside the dreams of Chelsea. Magic moments as VDS made the winning safe from Anelka. I've watched it since, many times, on Youtube and it all seems so unreal. It's like it never really happened. I blame the alcohol consumed. One of my fav memories of that night is my brother and I stood at a bar (I've no idea where) reeling around, so happy, drunk as you like knowing that in 4 hours I had to be on my way to work... That Thursday was a torture...... Fabulous times....
My other postings related to football and in all they turned out to be quite truthful. We were ruthless, while Arsenal were prettier up until a rash of ill timed injuries derailed their campaign. The European cup night was a splendid affair. Rich, Ade, G, Bish, Paul and I (plus one mystery girl whose ID I never really got and certainly can't recall now) encamped in a great bar, the sheer tension of the penalty shoot out, calmly accepting out immient defeat, Rich not looking as John Terry slipped and put wide his kick and aside the dreams of Chelsea. Magic moments as VDS made the winning safe from Anelka. I've watched it since, many times, on Youtube and it all seems so unreal. It's like it never really happened. I blame the alcohol consumed. One of my fav memories of that night is my brother and I stood at a bar (I've no idea where) reeling around, so happy, drunk as you like knowing that in 4 hours I had to be on my way to work... That Thursday was a torture...... Fabulous times....
A new day dawns at last
Haven't written on this for quite a while. Life turned good and the need to record thoughts for me anyway has always been when I'm stuck in negative times. I think now is the time to reverse that particular trend.
I jacked in my last job on July 11th due to weird working conditions, my uncomfortableness with the role (I subsequently turned out to be real good at it would you believe) but most of all because I was working for a guy I wasn't going to learn anything from. That sucked.......
So for the last 7 weeks or so I've been talked to by recruitment consultants, had one horrific interview and one mis-briefed interview and stated to fill down about myself, my life and all that. Well from today that stops........ I've got a lot going for me - more than I can write. But since the ol' memory isn't up to much I'm going to start recording all that is releevant one a day by day basis here on in.
Zen
I jacked in my last job on July 11th due to weird working conditions, my uncomfortableness with the role (I subsequently turned out to be real good at it would you believe) but most of all because I was working for a guy I wasn't going to learn anything from. That sucked.......
So for the last 7 weeks or so I've been talked to by recruitment consultants, had one horrific interview and one mis-briefed interview and stated to fill down about myself, my life and all that. Well from today that stops........ I've got a lot going for me - more than I can write. But since the ol' memory isn't up to much I'm going to start recording all that is releevant one a day by day basis here on in.
Zen
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