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May 2004

31st May 2004

I feel incredibly depressed today... I can't work out exactly why... This morning & afternoon I was in at work... Maybe it's because I was doing something new/ different and I found it daunting? Maybe I did not get that 'flow' - 'feel-good-factor'... But I suppose it takes time before a new thing becomes second nature...

Yesterday, I kind of wasted a whole day because the anti-histamine I took for my hayfever made me very sleepy - I hardly got anything done...

Things to do Today:
- pump up air in car tyres
- iron enough short sleeved shirts (4) for this week
- watch DVD Mulholland Drive ?

I feel very tired today... perhaps the anti-histamine has not worn off...

29th May 2004

This evening I went with a friend to see 'Lost in Translation' on at the cinema. Bill Murray did himself justice in this film! It was really interesting!

28th May 2004

Happiness does depend mainly on external references.
The Human-Being is a sociable animal.
It's our reward for complying, 'fitting in' with society.
We could argue that Happiness comes from within.
But if in isolation we are naturally content & happy, then is there something wrong/ self destructive here?

What use is it to the human race if we are all content/ satisfied to be alone?"

26th May 2004

Hee,hee,hee. Do you ever get the thought that those you work with are all flawed in some way? As if you work with a bunch of defective people (yourself included)? Maybe it's because we are all in so much close proximity for prolonged periods of time that we see the faults/ abnormalities in these people called our colleagues. I would even go as far to wonder if they tried to get employment elsewhere, would anywhere else take them? Hee,hee, it's so mean but comical...!

Time to use up... Ten minutes... Early morn... Waiting for cup of tea to cool down...

"If loving you was right,
Then I don't want to go wrong."

... Was working late today, just got in... I thought today was Thursday but it's not it's Wednesday... I got a lot done today.

25th May 2004

Things to do Today:
I am going to finish reading 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'

24th May 2004

- oh the 'Miseries of being Human'...
- a cackle from the witch
- falling in love with people who don't give a toss about me
- ignoring those who care, to say: "sorry, I'm too busy at the moment, (shuts the
  door)..."

23rd May 2004

Google! I missed out Google in the list! How could I? Well, not really, I already registered with Google a few days ago...

Please ignore this strange girl, that gets so strange once in a while...

To a friend - I have to say that entry: 21st May 2004 was not quite accurate... I expanded on the idea, to make it more interesting/ theatrical.

22nd May 2004

There has to be a system... A system where we don't have to go through the dogmill - & expend only half of our worth, before we reach retirement & die... It's too long & only proves that we could comply... (knuckle down to the system & comply)... Is a life worth more than this? I could say, I will keep things to myself in the future - & take them to my grave. Or that I resign... I will take my child out of the system & educate her in a more wholesome/ organic a way.

21st May 2004

Feel a bit depressed at the moment... Yesterday, I wore strappy sandals and now have a blister on the side of my foot :(

... It always catches me unawares! = being a bit bullied in the absence of the boss & partner... - I was bullied into taking a role that will place me down as a menial worker - this time: answering the phones all the time, (when there are at least 2 people in the office being paid less than me & less busy - but their 'man in charge' likes to delegate it to me. Should my salary be reduced to the lowest in the company just to suit him? (- I think he would if he got the chance to become a partner and had some say... :(

And to top it all I got a Penalty Charge Notice! And it wasn't even for speeding! It was for being in a bus lane in Camden - £50! - feel like putting on a sad face forever...

Well, other things! It's the weekend... This weekend I am not working! I just sent a Last Chance Cafe! text to a friend re the previous diary entry... Well, it looks like it's just me on my own this weekend - I've been dying to have this time to myself.

I need to add this web address to search engines - let's see... There is:
Lycos,
Ask Jeeves
Excite!
Internet Explorer
Netscape
AltaVista
I can't think of any more. I might end this entry here...

Mental note to oneself: Recognise the basics eg. whe I am cold & shivering, go and put a jumper on.

20th May 2004

I hate it when people do the emotional blackmail on me - it got done to me yesterday evening... Why am I enraged? Because I am so hurt that they didn't play a fair game (?) Or someone hurt them, and now they want to hurt someone back? It really gets my goat!

It's something to note; what one gets thrown back at oneself, when in the midst of an argument - does this person argue fairly?

Friend/ Foe: "You have really let me down!"
Annie at Project-X-Architecture would like to say: "Well, you shouldn't have put all your eggs in my basket."

... Wow! Feel like celebrating! As if I got rave reviews.

 - should I stay or should I go now... Should I do the dastardly deed/ cave in to the pressure... or do what I really want to do (my gut reaction) and that is to leave it...

Yippee! I've been given a PJ (Private Job), though with supervision & support throughout from my boss... Am looking forward to it.

19th May 2004

I am happy with my lot! It is 7.30pm, this evening I did the Excel sheets after realising that last night I emailed and copied onto disk the wrong file! Anyway, now I am free... Need to rest - recoup... I could write about lots of things but this evening am quite worn out - was in office at 8am this morning... am sorry, going to end it here for now - wow, I've written a few consecutive days on the trot... Oh, yes I want to add another bit of information on one of the other pages - bye for now!

18th May 2004

Delayed reactions: 'You Bastard! How dare you!'

That's all for today, folks...

... well, will be updating Excel sheets for work this evening, bye!

17th May 2004

'Oooh, I love the way you love me...' - Faith Hill

Yeeheehee! We fixed it! We solved the plan/ building! Business brains take Virgin trains! I shipped it off to the client at the end of the day - just hope they like it!

As a treat for all the hard work I have put in doing overtime, I have decided to buy myself the 6 CD-Changer for my car! Am happy/ content :)

16th May 2004

'Riding in Cars with Boys' - it's really sad... it's really upsetting. I might try to find out about the book... Work is not going very well... I feel like saying 'shit! what is wrong with me today? It wasn't supposed to really hurt & upset me so badly - the wailing/ boohooing - it was supposed to be a light-hearted intellectualised joke.

...it's because I need the printer - I need to print something out & check it lays out properly before I can go futher... it's because the stupid building won't fit/ won't fall into place/ will not fit like the sketch ideas.

... I feel a bit disjointed... I feel things are 'in the air'... as if I have been dealt out some sort of punishment... at, first I thought it was exciting - I agreed with the sentence - the decision... but now I realise it is hell living each day! It's like the opposite of being grounded. I have all the freedom in the world... yet I feel un-free, bound. Until the date I am let out on probation - it's a long time... It's a painfully cruel long time...

... Or is it just that I am in a moment of weakness and not thinking straight...

15th May 2004

I got criticised! - for writing too much about work(?) Question was: But what do you do in your spare time? - spend it writing this webpage, hmmm? Do you go out? Are you a party animal? You seem to write about your feelings/ your moods (don't you feel like deleting half the stuff you write - when it no longer applies - it was just for that moment in time, etc?) Well, I decide to describe my day - today:

9am - 1pm
- drove and arrived at work in the office
- worked on two pressing jobs (/projects)
- printed out stuff and did a bit of email-admin
- instructed boss: how to set up Outlook Express/ email on his computer at home
- left to go back home

1.45pm - 7.30pm
- made a cheese and ham bread roll for lunch (to be eaten when parked car in London
- drove down to London - got stuck in traffic jam on the A41 in London - so ate my bread roll
- arrived in London - parked outside friend's house and walked to tube station
- went to National Gallery to see the El Greco exhibition
- felt I had achieved things today and decide to go to the V & A to see the Vivien Westwood exhibition - but unfortunately arrived too late and it wasn't worth seeing it for half an hour left - (I thought all places opened late on Saturdays?)
- phoned friend and met up with them to have a tea/ coffee.
- made my journey back home, listening to Capital: Party/ Dance anthems - which I always do when driving home from visiting friends in London, but the signs of summer = it's the first time driven back in sunlight rather than nightlight - was more self-conscious, as I drove along as if people outside could hear it.

9.30pm-10pm
- writing this entry in my WebDiary while listening to 'The Eurovision Song Contest' on TV, in my room
- set up the newly bought DVD Player, plus scart lead - am happy it all works.
- going online to update this page on my website
- tidying up/ getting ready for bed

10pm
- a hot bath - to soak away the hustle and bustle of London

10.45pm- 12midnight
- watching DVD 'As Good As It Gets' - everyone says it's good, it's got Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt in it.

12midnight
- if tired, go to sleep
- if not tired read the three books I am in the middle of: 'Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', 'Consolations of Philosophy' and 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' I alternate between reading a chapter or two of each one and then swap.

Tomorrow, I have taken some work home with me and hope to get it done. But then I will also watch my videos/ DVDs borrowed - 'Riding in Cars with Boys' and 'Red Dragon'... I might also do some exercise... or listen to music - I like to try to make up dance steps... I like to slip the beat - or skip the beat - stretch it out but still in time... Then probably I will write a letter to a friend - a continuation... and other bits and bobs... That's how I will have spent my free time...

14th May 2004

Grrrrrrhhh! Too much bloody work! (I want to go & hide under the covers & disappear!) Will be balancing working this weekend and also doing my reading/ video fest. I want to do my work, though... It's like Tetris, you have to clear your load as you get it, because if you don't it gets in the way and is  a hindrance to the work you have waiting for you in the future... but I still feel like crying out and saying 'boohoohoo/ weeping'.

7th May 2004

Feel like having a cosy weekend in to myself...

Things to do:
- finish reading Alain de Botton's: Consolations of Philosophy - though feel I don't need to be consoled, am quite happy/ content with myself as I am... (Yeeheehee!)
- finish watching 'Catch me if you can' and '8 mile'
- tidy up in-tray at home (Yes, I do filing at home!)

It feels so nice to have gone 'global' now... There are still hitches with the site but hopefully it will develop and progress as I gain in experience...

Thank you for all the nice comments back - (to the few of you who replied to me!)

Well, am home now... now starts the weekend - have a good one...

bye for now,

Annie

6th May 2004

Yeeheehee! - feel like a freak - have published my website to everyone...!

oooh! I am a maniac!!! Whenever I get the chance I seem to just like listening to pop music on the radio - turned up really loud & blast my way home from work in my car...

I feel... ok... relaxed... am going now to watch videos - I am having a video fest... I am feeling like I want to be really cultural... Am open to all things at the moment and feel like I should go with the flow and attend to this... Feel enlivened, since I more or less have decided that I can 'go it alone' with most things - ie. I don't need to wait till a friend wants to do this or that... I have no one to please but myself - it's really good  n selfish... hee, hee... I am happy/ content... bye for now