Awwwww nuts

• 11th July 2003 at 01:08

Tomorrow (or later today for some people) will be the start of the 6th week of my holiday, I believe.

I have got none of my pseudo-work done.

Not done my package manager, or a new usml core, or started on any usml packages.

That, of course, means I haven't started on the re-do of this site or of planetriscos.

And although I've made a start on some of the stuff I'm writing in risc os (namely I got a module to compile), none of it's working yet.

Nuts.

Well, at least I haven't been completely unproductive; in vice city, I have collected 100/100 hidden packages, done 36/36 unique jumps and 35/35 rampages, and held up 15/15 stores, not to mention completing level 12 paramedic, vigilante, fire and pizza delivery, bringing my grand total of percentage completed up to 91%.

And then holiday courses start in a couple of weeks.

Please god, let me win the lottery tomorrow, or at least find a rich woman to marry and divorce and take half her money, so I can avoid the screaming kids. I don't even have a week off this holiday; they're telling me each of the 6 weeks is booked up full, with the exception of week 6, where they only have the morning course, but not to worry, they're pretty sure the afternoon course will fill up by then.

Sure, I can't compare this job to an office job like Nat, Tristan or Mark are doing, and whoever else has started their placement by now (ie Andy, Tom?), since the only experience of it I've had was a week of work experience in London Transport Busses, where I think I caused more problems than I solved. I also believe I fell asleep during meetings. But I would imagine that in such jobs you have responsibilities, tasks due by certain times, people you can ask questions of, and the only person you need to keep happy is your boss.

Whereas when teaching, I have to entertain (but keep under control) 15-20 screaming unruly children, usually aged 7-12, for 4 hours a day, to such a degree and in such a way that they don't go home and complain to their parents. It is very exhausting. And the longest I've taught in a row was 3 weeks of courses. I have a feeling that this is going to be hell.

And the two hours of break I am supposed to have, and that I take so much pleasure in ramming down all of your throats, is usually more like 1 and a half (after you take into account getting the kids to/from the room etc), and I usually have a list of problems that the kids have caused on their computers, but which I can't get the kids to fix because it would take too long. Sure, I get paid more per hour than you guys working in an office, but I reckon I earn it.

My work experience at LTB was in the same office as tech support, which is supposedly one of the worst jobs in IT. Pfft, if LTB were anything to go by, you guys have it easy compared to what I go through.

Oh, and by the way, I have now completed my A-Z collection of DVDs, with X-Men and Yakuza Graveyard. Think I'll watch one of them now.

Good night.

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