Current mood:	tired
Current music:	Skin and Bones DVD
Entry tags:	computer issues, harry potter, music, work

update
I haven't updated in ages so I thought I'd cover off some stuff that's going on.

Work: my manager is leaving soon and naturally being the 2IC I figured I'd put my name in the hat for the job. However I found out yesterday that the job is most likely going to an existing manager whos transferring down from another store. I suppose it makes sense to take someone who's already a manager over someone who needs to be trained up that little bit but I know some of my staff'll be angry because I've had a few of them tell me there's no reason I shouldn't get it. My current manager told me to not to take it personally and try to look for another job to quickly because a new store is opening up in Northwood soon which will of course need a manager. I'm not really a fan of travelling that far for work everyday (my commute is already close to an hour as it is) and I've tried twice now (counting this time), while being with the company, to get promoted in an environment with a staff that I know and trust but everytime I've been promoted thus far I've had to transfer between stores. I've now worked in four different branches in the space of three years (it's my anniversary on June 1st...I know, scary), I'm like a kid growing up and going through to many schools: It's so hard to make friends.

Technology: My in-home surround setup is more or less complete thanks to this little bad boy I bought off Trade Me for a cool $350. My movies finally sound proper, and when there's an absence of sound on any particular speaker my new amp doesn't pump a buzz through it that could wake a dead guy, which is so refreshing. Now I say that my setup is more or less complete because for reasons only known to Microsoft Service Agents my Xbox 360 is playing up with it's whole Three Rings of Doom thing. A Windows Computer at least sometimes has the decency to tell you what it's error is, a 360 just freezes lots and then displays three red lights and expects you to go "oh dang, I guess it's off to Australia for service for another month." I can't understand the logic behind making such a flawed machine so dogged by production faults right from the get-go. Y'know I wouldn't mind if they had make the Xbox 360 even bigger than it already is just so the Ram and Motherboard weren't cooking each other all day. I've heard reports that the first thing the service centre do with a 360 when it gets to them is simply move the ram module so this stops happening. You get it back and for a while everything's hunky-dory but then the Ram module naturally shifts back into place and then the whole process repeats itself.

Social: I discovered an awesome area of Christchurch last night: S.O.L Square with the lights and bars and couches and stuff. Fat Eddies is a great bar! 48Hours was not as fun as last year, but I think we ended making a better film than last year. Fuck my friends Mark, Pete and crew made an awesome movie! I just can't wait to find out whether both of us go to the finals or not.

Music: Linkin Parks new album is disappointing. But Linkin Park are a silly band so I never really expected all that much. I'm going to go out today and buy LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver becuase they are my new favourite band. I shall tell those of you that are uninformed what it's like.

My quest to finish all the Harry Potter books before Deathly Hallows comes out is not going to well. I think I need to put in some time outside of bus trips. Goblet, Phoenix and Prince are really long books.

- Danny