Today is a friday. Friday is the end of a week. A signifier of a weekend beginning. The "end" really means the begining of something good. The start of time off. The start of jovial boozings. Most people have been staggering round the no mans land of work bleeding, in pain, but on friday, at roughly 5pm, someone is there with the morphine. They are drawing a "W" on your head with your own blood, and sending you away from the front for a few days to recuperate. But what happens when you have been of work for the week? It signifies the begining of the downward spiral towards work again. So for me this the END is much more prominant. This end, is the end of my time off, not the end of work. The beginining of the end. I dont like that. Shore leave is almost over, you better get ready to get back on the boat. And what a shitty boat it is.
What have a done with my week off you say? Hark! Time off sir, have you used it wisely? Well take today for instance. I got woken up by a crow sqwarking outside my wind0w and then I got up and watched Dire Straits videos on youtube. Now I think that is a constructive day, but others wont, and I probably shouldnt. Here is a summary of my week off so far.
Monday - Did nothing, didnt leave the house.
Tuesday - Did nothing, watched some football, only left the house to buy 4 cans of eineken.
Wednesday - Went to cinema. Then watched football. Otherwise nothing.
Thursday - Did nothing. Went for a lovely lamb lunch.
Friday - Watched Dire Straits videos on youtube. Was angry at a crow.
I dont think I've wasted any of my time. It was all paid time off as well which is quite nice. Going back to live videos of Dire Straits, I find it really weird that people have spent so much money to go and look at Mark Knopfler and friends and be totally unaware of what song he is playing until the main riff from "Money for Nothing" kicks in. Surely you must know what that song is from the opening chord? Tickets must cost upwards of £10000 to go and see something like that, and you dont know the songs until he is singing "A Love Struck Romeo..." it all seems a bit much.
Other things i did this week. I saw Sherlock Holmes. I would have liked it if it wasnt for this man;
This will only make sense if you've seen it and you know who this man is. You should know who this man is.
So that is what I did with my week off. Is that enough to not think I wasted my week? Who knows? I would have done more if I had money. Instead I have now manouvred myself in to having £108 to last 12 days. That isnt as bad as it could have been. Oh well.
Laters.
x!
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