Tired... but getting better

I would like to start by apologising for the huge gap between posts again. However I have a valid excuse... my boss has been over... and he is the only person in the office who sits behind me and can see my computer screen. I therefore feel bad if I start writing my blog which I do in about 5min bursts whilst waiting for people to e-mail me back over the course of the day. Also the fact that he has been here for two weeks has meant me pulling some very long hours and is the main reason for my title.

Things are looking up however, I finally managed to shift a persistent cold/bug that I have had for about a month (in all probability it was actually several different bugs that happened to follow on from one another). My fiancé Gemma is also back in HK now after being absent for two weeks to finalise some wedding plans, woot!

I am now another year older probably not a lot wiser but I certainly feel like I have been round the block a few times at the minute (note to self: get to Gym more often). I can foresee that I might not get much sleep on account of the fact that one of my birthday presents was Little Big Planet. I have heard that this game is fascinatingly addictive and as you can create virtually anything has an almost infinite lifespan as a game. An example of the possibilities in this game is the infamous calculator someone created. I have not picked up the game yet owing to the fact that I am still playing Metal Gear Solid 4 which could take a while seeing as I am only on Act 2 of 5. I have one thing to say about this game... best ever (its like being in a movie its shockingly good).

However in the spirit of creation and customization that Little Big Planet brings I have done some tweaking with my work desktop today to make it look like this

There is a point to the layout it means I don't have to browse to anywhere else to look for the weather, news updates, blog updates, my cpu usage or a calender. This is a modification of the Enigma desktop that was featured on lifehacker.com follow the link if you fancy trying something similar. This is helping with the tiredness as it makes me more efficient which hopefully means I should be able to get home at a reasonable time and get some better sleep.

Music:

Because I have been tired recently I have been reverting to comforting or relaxing/ambient music. So I thought I would give you an example of each. Unfortunately the main example of the ambient music  is very difficult to find online and I had to order the album direct from the artists website. The whole concept is basically that it is a music soundtrack that uses ambient noise instead of conventional instruments, its very relaxing.

I have also been listening to some punk again, particularly Rancid and for some unknown reason this song. I hope you enjoy as much as I do.

I think I like this song because its about being in a band and wanting to succeed so much... but it not working out. I know how he feels, and I always get chills whenever I hear that opening base line because it reminds me of how much I wanted to succeed like that... but also didn't.