Diary of an up and coming sociopath

After two days off everything seems to be going really fast, probably because I’ve got so much to wade through and rapidly approaching deadlines, with my brain trying to trick me all the while into thinking that it’s Tuesday not Wednesday. We found out today that Nikki can use the google talk client at work, and obviously I’ve got the GAIM linux client which supports it, so we’re finally able to IM each other at work, in betwixt actually doing our jobs, which is cool.

Then as if by some fortune, we got onto the same train home which is like the first time it’s happened ever. Of course, it was so crowded I didn’t see her until she texted me at Acton to tell me, but at least I got to walk home with her. Once I saw her get onto the same bus as me and I decided to see how long until she noticed, and we’d gone all the way from the station and gotten back OFF the bus before she turned around to see me, so the odds really work against you even when the transport is shared.

Yesterday we met up deliberately and went and bought fish & chips for dinner. It’s fucking extortionate to buy Fish & Chips in London. In Oxford, our designated chipshop “Posh Fish” (I hate the name. So much.) gave us more chips than we could realistically eat for the same price as my local in Whitnash, the “Heathcote Fish Bar” which was awarded best chip shop in the country three years running or something. So paying twice as much for very little food of dubious quality means we don’t actually bother that much. The woman did give us a little extra chips free, though, so it’s not all bad around here. It just concerns me that the going price for a piece of cod is £4.

Tomorrow, some of you will be aware, is new comics day. Brain Wood’s third comic in as many, er, bi-months is released. I will undoubtedly be reporting back. I want you all to go and buy a copy. If possible, pay extra to get the 1/15 split Brian Wood variant cover, because it’ll make me feel better about my horrible willingness to do so, should the chance arrive. It’s sick to find myself in the position of wanting to buy a variant like that, but I just know I won’t be able to refuse if the chance comes up. And hey, I am getting my massive February bonus soon. I can justify it. I don’t have to like it though.

Oh yeah, I also finally paid for Genshiken Vol 3. DVD and Sin City: Extended because they came into stock and shipped from Amazon. I’d actually forgotten I ordered them, so it was an unpleasant surprise to see $80 disappear from my account. Then it was pleasant to discover I was going to get this stuff I’d forgotten about. Then it was unpleasant to see the shipping was listed as “9 to 36″ days. That’s be the Amazon “Donkeyback” shipping option at work. How is a donkey expected to swim the Atlantic, especially when he’s only got 34 days to go.

*Shut up. The time for good post titles has long passed. I almost duplicated one the other day, I just discovered. It may be time to start a new paradigm in post naming, if only I could figure one out..