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Right, fuck it. I’ve been trawling the internet for ages trying to find inspiration for something to write about. I really want to write here but I have no particular topic, so I’m taking a leaf out of Kerri’s book and doing some of that freeflow stuff.

So…. OH MY GOD I AM SO BAD AT SAYING THINGS.

I like work. I love my job.

Well, that was a controversial topic.

Seriously though, my job is pretty damn awesome. My boss is away for a few days and so everyone is coming to me with their questions. Most of the time it’s fun but some of the time it’s terrifying.

Example:

Product Developer: We just got sent these drawings for the new chino button but it says the shank is 3mm below the surface which doesn’t seem right does it? But they said this is the only non-movable shank they manufacture. Then they said they would have to make a new mould if we want a different one which is going to cost a lot. But maybe we can just ask them to raise the central metal work. See this yellow part of the CAD? That looks wrong to me.

Me: ERRRRRRRRRR. OK?

PD: …..

Me: *desperately tries to draw upon knowledge of button manufacturing, only to find THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE*

PD: ……

Me: Ummmm…. Ask them if they can make the middle part bigger?

PD: *Blank look*

Me: Ahem. Yup. Let me know when they get back to you. ANYway, better get on with what I was… er…doing…………..

 

Urgh, I really hate talking about things I know NOTHING about. I don’t feel qualified to give advice on things like this. But there’s also times that this whole responsibility thing makes me feel big and important. Today, we had some coloured fabrics come in. We had asked the factory to match the thread colour to the colour of the fabric. For some reason they couldn’t do this. And for some reason, neither could a product manager, a developer, or a finish specialist. It seemed I was the only one competent enough to say "Yes, this red is the same as that red.". I know that sounds really dumb, but the fact that three people who are all above me needed me to figure that out was pretty cool.

 

Going to Amsterdam on Saturday to see my sister. She’s moving to Australia for a couple of months because she’s going to be a "visiting scholar" at a university there. Wow, that sounds so fancy. ALMOST as fancy as being a designer living in Antwerp.

Antwerp is quite a twerpy word though, it sounds like a dork town. But it’s not! It’s cool.

It’s my birthday soon, and Dad was asking me what I want. I was like "I have no idea, I’m so non-materialistic and wonderful that I am above birthdays, I have need for nothing *zenzenzen*"

So he was all like "Just try updating your Amazon wish list, it’s been the same for ages."

So I reluctantly began to browse Amazon and found A MILLION THINGS I WANT.

To sum it up: Shoes, books, hair care products. Not girly shoes; LEATHER CONVERSE, ohhhh yeah. Horror books, mostly of the Matheson variety. Hair care products because even though I don’t own any makeup except an eyeliner (in black AND brown – I’m maturing!) I LURVE looking after my hair. It’s such a well behaved barnet that it deserves love and attention. I wake up in the morning and it’s like "Hi! I’m looking good today, because I’m your well behaved hair! You have no need for straighteners or styling products!"

Hmmm I have interests down the side of this entry. Let’s see…. I don;t think I;ve changed these since I joined this site. Hm, A Clockwork Orange is pretty good, though not good enough to warrant being one of only 9 things that are my interests. Chocolate, cigarettes, Family Guy, Pixies, Quantum Physics. No change there. Sex? I mean, yeah, i suppose you could call it an interest but it’s pretty tacky to advertice it like that. Urgh. Sin City?! Whenever I think of that film, I think about the first time I ever saw it and how awful that day was. The Twits?! A really random way to end the list, but hey, it is pretty good. Roald Dahl is always awesome.

Roald Dahl is actually a massively weird name. I never thought of that until now.

 

Well, that’s all that’s floating around my head today (well, there’s more, but it’s not suitable for a public entry) so CONSIDER YOURSELVES THOROUGHLY ENLIGHTENED.

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