work

just a quickie before i go to bed. i have been doing nothing but work this past week... working 6 days a week now, from 9:00 to 5.30; and 9:00 to 9:00 on Thursdays. i've settled into something of a routine lately - wake up, go to work, come home, have dinner, take a bath, sleep - oh how mundane life has now become! i'm not complaining, though. it pays the bills, and it's so reassuring to not have my bank balance in the reds anymore. speaking of my bank, i'm meeting with my bank manager this week, to discuss upgrading my account. i'm crossing my fingers and praying to the divine powers that that'll mean a big overdraft, and a credit card! cos i have tasted the plastic, and know that it is good. amen.

mickle

the word of the day from The Free Dictionary is mickle (n.) a large number... as in, on Saturday, i threw out a mickle of trash from my flat, after i spent the entire morning spring-cleaning. on Saturday afternoon i hosted a baby shower for my friend Sharon, who is due at the end of the month. here is a tip, from me to you... when hosting a party, don't leave cleaning and clearing to the morning of the event. because guests will probably start arriving just as you are setting the food table.

i recently started work at a clothes shop in town. i shop-assist, as shop assistants do. the job is a bore but the money pays the rent. this week i prepared stock for display, which meant i placed alarm and price tags on the clothes for the shop floor. after about three dozen pairs of jeans and tops i started wondering about the 10-year old Bangladeshi children sewing the very clothes i was about to put out. sometime last week a lady, i'm guessing in her early 70's, came in. she didn't have the right glasses with her and needed help reading the sizes on the clothes tags, so i assisted her around the store, as shop assistants do. we came to a rail of T-shirts, which she thought were pretty. she couldn't make out what the detail on the front of the shirts were, so i had to tell her: "it is a pile of skulls with silver glitter around it, and the words 'rebel punk' above and below."

it was my birthday a week ago tomorrow. i bought myself a new camera, which i am very pleased with. only thing is, i don't really know how to use it. it's chock-full of functions. good thing it's digital, so experimenting with different settings and such won't cost me a cent.

i met up with Heather on Wednesday for dinner and a movie - we saw Zach Braff's latest, The Last Kiss. which, i guess, wasn't that bad. but it wasn't great either. bit of a drag, actually. and quite predictable. but if you just like to admire Zach Braff and his pretty lips, i say go see it anyway.

my internet hasn't been working at its best this week, but let's hope the connection works enough to let me publish this!