manliness

we got the keys to our house yesterday evening, hurrah! having looked round the empty shell for a few minutes, it became obvious to me that this was a ‘blank canvas’ crying out for life’s delicate design. so having gone home to pick up my tools, i proceeded to rip out a built-in wardrobe, pull screws out of the wall and fill the holes again with manly polyfiller. nice to know my ‘life art’ is clearly in the style of early-learning poster paint.

that’s better…

house buying

we're buying a house today after almost five months of courtship (providing those funds clear...come on!). house buying is one of those funny things where you find one you like and then lovingly spend hundreds (if not thousands) of pounds, with no promise of return, to find out whether you're 'compatible' before you actually buy the flippin thing and finally become united in joyful harmony. to top it all off, in the meantime there's a chance that someone else will come along and tempt the house away from you with a better offer.

remind you of anything? ;op

i've landed

so blogs. thats where its at apparently. and for someone who is a qualified software engineer, you might wonder why blogger.com has celebrated its 7th birthday before i've blogged my first...er...blog. well to tell the truth, i never did it before for a number of reasons, apart from the fact that i never really got around to it.

• it seemed boring
• i didn't have anything interesting to share with the world
• it seemed boring
• if i started, i'd probably get bored after about 3 weeks. like a new years resolution
• i spend my whole day in front of a computer already
• it seemed boring
  
• who would read it anyway?

so what changed? well, on some level nothing. but i know i'm not very good at keeping up with people, so maybe this will be a good communication device. and spending my day in front of a computer might turn out to actually help with that. and while i still may not have anything interesting to share with the world, and nobody might ever read it, only time will tell. and i suppose i'm not too bothered either way :op

the older you get, the more you think. if that's true then i can only look forward to more 'thoughts' to share. so as a place to vent those thoughts, this'll do. (that's as philosophical as it gets at the moment)

so yes, i've landed in the twenty first century. hit the ground running. and yes, i'll be sure let you know the next time i do something pioneeringly earth-shattering ;o)