5 February, 2010

“It’s always the good ones that go crazy the fastest”.

A recent Simpsons episode, Bart gets a Z, struck a chord with me, in particular the last part when the young teacher gets drunk, notifies the students that they are wasting their time at school, and rants about the school being a “glorified hamster wheel run by incompetent bureaucrats”. I laughed, I cried. It was pointed out that the young teacher had spiky hair, a red tie and left under duress. I still found it funny … ‘cos I’m not a teacher at the moment and don’t have to care about the sorry state of our education system. If I ever come back though, oh boy, there will be hell to pay … in a good way.

The kitchen renovation is imminent. We have a plan, we have the appliances, we have a BBQ. We are both looking forward to this particular project being over. Not long now until we have the house finished and we can sit back for a bit.

This weekend the South Island Tattoo Expo is on. Some friends have offered to put my camo shorts on sale there. It’s a bit nerve racking waiting to see if anyone wants them but hey, if they don’t sell there I guess I’ll try another approach … or have 10 pairs of camo shorts in various sizes. Either way I guess I win, although I would like to get another style running and that is a bit reliant on clearing the cost with some sales.

The web design job is still fun and a lot of challenges still to be had. The coffee is still better than in the staffroom, the pay is better and I am enjoying working with customers again. So far, so good.