And I can't sail my yacht

[myz_lilith]

Things I should have been doing this lunchtime instead sitting in the sunshine:

• Rewriting my CV
  
• Designing a new portfolio
  
• Doing new exciting artwork for my portfolio
  
• Setting up sponsorship page for Race for Life
  
• Actually doing some training for Race for Life (although that's a bit redundant as there's no way I'll be able to run the bloody thing now)
  
• Replacing the paper bit of my driving licence (at one point that was 'finding the paper bit of my driving licence but it's a bit late now)
  
• Renewing prescription prepayment certificate and stocking up on medications
  
• Shopping for holiday clothes
  
• Shopping for veggies in the market
  
• Working out where to go and what to see in San Francisco (including where to take my Dad for birthday meal)
  
• Writing postcard 'from London' to my extra Nan
  
• Writing up London trip
  
• Writing. Stuff. In general
  
• Making all kind of life-changing decisions

Things I have to do this afternoon instead of sitting in the sunshine:

• Work

I'm going to go and sulk now. And maybe see if I can hire a flunky to do all the boring stuff...

In other work news NASA replied and thanked me for bringing a broken bit of their website to their attention. From now on I shall be referring to myself as their technical consultant.

Also, may have to write an iPhone/iPad app for work. Should be easy, right?

Also, went to the races (with work) on Wednesday and managed to back a winner in every single race by the simple tactic of betting on nearly everything running. Obviously this means I still ended up losing money overall, but I did get to dance around the place waving winning slips at mpore sensible people who had bet and lost in the more conventional, one-horse-a-race manner. Which is after all the point of racing. Also, in monetary terms consumed far more free food and booze than I actually lost on the horses, so I count that as a win overall.

Oh, and I will be in London on Saturday 19th (and possibly Sunday 20th) June, as work are shipping me down for the award ceremony on the Friday night (and paying for a hotel too) and have kindly bought an open return ticket so I can stay down and play for the weekend. We're going elephant hunting, so they'd better still be there!

That's a lot of free work stuff, isn't it? Still not given me a payrise yet, though. Or a pony.

Comments

[attack-monkey.livejournal.com]

In order to write apps for ipad/iphone, you'll need a Mac, and a decent knowledge of C I think.......

[myz-lilith.livejournal.com]

Macs are not a not problem - we're a design studio, so PCs are shunned and shunted off to internet services (who for some reason seem to like them.) The decent knowledge of C is on my To Do list (but admittedly it's quite a way down it... somewhere below learning to fly a light aircraft and visiting Borneo.) I'm hoping it might be relatively simple; the intention is currently for an app that's not much more than a glorified photo gallery - it's the content that would be unique, rather than the delivery system. So I did hope I might be able to find a template or tutorial or something that would cover most of it? Failing that, I could do with learning enough about building apps to be able to properly brief someone who does know what they're doing with C.

[thene]

THE ELEPHANTS ARE AMAZING. I was sad that I only had time to meet eight of them when I was in town last month - most of those in a long string along the South Bank rightaround Westminster Bridge. I am so in love with them <3

[myz-lilith.livejournal.com]

I saw a few of them last time I was in London but didn't have time for a proper hunt - I am strangely exciting about the prospect of hunting pottery elephants (or whatever they are made of...)

[thene]

I think they're made of some kind of plastic - there's several different elephant poses. My favourite of the ones I found was the stupidly happy-looking one in Soho Square (which is just off the St Giles Circus end of Oxford St).

[smoke-rising.livejournal.com]

Hello new friend! Again.

It's just occurred to me, upon casting my mind back, that you know Sel. I met her on the bus to M'era Luna and she is SO awesome.

Elise :-)

[myz-lilith.livejournal.com]

Hello again - NOW it all makes sense who you are :-) And yes, Sel is indeed awesome - she keeps threatening to drag me to M'era Luna and one day I'll give in...