FRIDAY! About Time You Showed Up

Oh dear friends, I missed you today. I got trapped - trapped I tell you - in a terrible day at the office. But it's Friday. Two extremely large cups of tea into the day and I'm starting to feel slightly more alive. Apologies if I seem a bit murky...you see, it was a shitty day overwhelmed with absolutely frustrating labour without a break. I won't bore you with work stuff but have you ever had one of those days after which you feel wholly and entirely overpowered? That was my day today. In any case, that's ended and, since I've pulled so many epic days recently, I'm glad tomorrow is an off. Needless to say, there's been no Friday happy-dancing going on this evening. But that’s only because I'm way tired.

What's today? Well, okay, yes, it’s Friday. But really, the answer I'm going for is De-lurking Day!
Today is the day for my readers to come out of hiding for a couple minutes to comment and say hello. And for all of you who quite regularly comment here? I want to hear from you today too.

And since it’s the whole Friday music thing I figured I'd better give you something good. I was thinking about the whole acoustic thing a little while ago and remembered an old song that I love. Just hit play if you don’t want to read a little bit about the artist...
Joshua Radin released two albums: We Were Here (2006), and Simple Times (2008). They’re both essential. Just buy them. I’d like to think that, in 20 or 30 years or so, when the musical wheel turns and the world reassesses all that has been overlooked, these albums will be recognized as the stunning successes they are. Joshua Radin is a comparatively new artist has been making music for four years now. If you like Acoustic and Folk music, you might like him. His albums have been critically acclaimed and have received an ardent listener comeback. It’s an incredibly amazing body of work. Do yourself a favor and check him out now, before the musical wheel turns. Joshua Radin with ‘Only You’

Maybe i should get myself one of these -

Any sort of hubbub you might have heard today around town was probably the sound of hell opening up, trying to suck me in because this morning I got placed in another new process in the same company. And the new supervisor told me I’d like it and I said “Maybe I won’t?” and he said, “No, no, you will!” and I said “Okay, fine I will!” I probably shouldn’t say that here, like I’m ungrateful about the opportunity I’ll have to work with the new team, but I’ve been happy for so long in my current process that the things-to-shut-your-mouth-about-with-supervisors has sloughed right off. Granted, I’ll miss my 3 troublemakers who pose as my colleagues, especially the ones who say to me every morning as I step into my cubicle, “Breakfast"?? and "Squish you” and I’ll even sort of miss having to see those cases in my inbox. I dont know if this is a good thing and the timing couldn’t have been worse, since I'm about a day away from singing karaoke to Celine Dion.

Notes to self when working with a new team:

• Do not allow yourself to feel inferior by someone who says “a gay” instead of “gay”.
  
• Enjoy your own company even when it appears others are not. You are confident and positive; they are on anti-depressants.
  
• Third: I won’t miss my old job. Not one single bit.
  
• I say more power to whatever helps you make it through the day. Unless it’s porn, you sad twat.

I’m not exactly sure why I’m writing about this here, especially since I typically make it a point not to write about my job online. Maybe because it’s not a big deal, it’s sort of just part of my life. Plus, I feel like it’s easier just to write about that then to try and come up with a post. Anyway, I’m not anywhere near depressed yet. Maybe it’ll skip my body this year. If it does make an appearance, I’ll wear white all month and wait it out. I am okay. I am loved. But everybody probably does wish that I wouldn’t talk quite so much.

The other day I wrote a bit about the band 30 Seconds to Mars which is one Alternative rock band that’s a bit like all the good parts you love minus all the annoying songs you don’t appreciate quite as much. Well given the things that happened today and that I really wanna play another song from this band, here’s ‘A Beautiful Lie’. This album has some absolutely stunning moments of pure post- grunge in it and it’s worth listening to every song. Because today is Friday, and we’re all loving the fact that yet another weekend is beginning, I thought I would throw up yet another slick track I’ve heard from these boys. Stream it, download it, whatever you do listen to it. Listen. To. It.