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Day 3: The End of an Era
My tenure at TK Maxx has come to a more than welcome end, yay. Unfortunately, I was unable to go ahead with my plans to screw them over, as I ended up being in the middle of it all, and they'd gone and ordered some change anyway. Nevermind, it's the thought that counts.
OK, so I still haven't taken an MGS4 picture, and I don't think I'll bother now. To be honest, if you look on eBay you can find a picture easy enough anyway. It's already doubled in value, so the £80 is most definately money well spent now. I think it might settle around the £100-150 mark once the initial rush has died down. Not a bad investment at all.
I'm going to tell you about Overdose. A few weeks ago, I was sat in the cash office at TK Maxx, thinking about how I wanted to try my hand at some heavy metal tracks. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realised that heavy metal was never going to be a genre that suited Living Sedative, so my thoughts started to drift towards starting a new project to cater for it. And that's how Overdose was born. Unlike Living Sedative, there's no set release date for any music as yet, though I'm looking at having an EP out early in 2009. I'll tell you more as and when I'm able. There's only the one track produced as yet, which is the one I told you about yesterday (A Sombre Introduction).
Today's been a pretty slow one. I actually finished eating around 20 minutes ago. Dad said this morning that he'd ring me when he was finished at work/boozing, and then he'd go to get tea. I found out at around 6 that he'd gone to the pub, and was about fed up of waiting and was starting to get ready to make food around 10, which is when he called me. I spent the next hour or so listening to him babble on about shit I didn't care about, and trying to explain to him that there wasn't any football highlights on because they show the highlights of the first match after the second one. This didn't sink in at all, and he must've spent around 5 minutes scrolling through every channel he could think of trying to find highlights. Idiot.
Work was surprisingly good natured. It was confirmed that nobody had bothered to get me a card other than Sam, which I will be going to pick up tomorrow. Quite looking forward to seeing what they are, actually. But yeah, Tash couldn't even find in herself to say bye. I even had to walk past her twice to get my coat and MP3 player and stuff. Still doesn't bother me, because I was never expecting her to say anything, but it would've been nice had she just said "Bye", or "Good Luck". Everybody else was kind enough to say one or the other. Dad, in his drunken state, reckoned I should write a letter to TK Maxx's upper management. Not quite sure why I'd want to do that, but ah well, I can't be bothered to argue with him. It wouldn't get me anywhere.
Right, I'm gonna be shooting off now. Not really got an awful lot to say today. I bought myself some new clothes, figured I best put my staff discount to use one last time before I lost it, but that's about it really. I'm sure tomorrow will be more eventful. Pressies and driving lessons, and stuff. I'm gonna try and get some more music done as well, though how likely this is depends on what ideas I can come up with.
Ten days tomorrow until my baby comes back :D Yes, I am counting down the days until I get to speak to her on the phone again. Call me sad, I don't care.
G'night people.
-=Gavvie=-
OK, so I still haven't taken an MGS4 picture, and I don't think I'll bother now. To be honest, if you look on eBay you can find a picture easy enough anyway. It's already doubled in value, so the £80 is most definately money well spent now. I think it might settle around the £100-150 mark once the initial rush has died down. Not a bad investment at all.
I'm going to tell you about Overdose. A few weeks ago, I was sat in the cash office at TK Maxx, thinking about how I wanted to try my hand at some heavy metal tracks. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realised that heavy metal was never going to be a genre that suited Living Sedative, so my thoughts started to drift towards starting a new project to cater for it. And that's how Overdose was born. Unlike Living Sedative, there's no set release date for any music as yet, though I'm looking at having an EP out early in 2009. I'll tell you more as and when I'm able. There's only the one track produced as yet, which is the one I told you about yesterday (A Sombre Introduction).
Today's been a pretty slow one. I actually finished eating around 20 minutes ago. Dad said this morning that he'd ring me when he was finished at work/boozing, and then he'd go to get tea. I found out at around 6 that he'd gone to the pub, and was about fed up of waiting and was starting to get ready to make food around 10, which is when he called me. I spent the next hour or so listening to him babble on about shit I didn't care about, and trying to explain to him that there wasn't any football highlights on because they show the highlights of the first match after the second one. This didn't sink in at all, and he must've spent around 5 minutes scrolling through every channel he could think of trying to find highlights. Idiot.
Work was surprisingly good natured. It was confirmed that nobody had bothered to get me a card other than Sam, which I will be going to pick up tomorrow. Quite looking forward to seeing what they are, actually. But yeah, Tash couldn't even find in herself to say bye. I even had to walk past her twice to get my coat and MP3 player and stuff. Still doesn't bother me, because I was never expecting her to say anything, but it would've been nice had she just said "Bye", or "Good Luck". Everybody else was kind enough to say one or the other. Dad, in his drunken state, reckoned I should write a letter to TK Maxx's upper management. Not quite sure why I'd want to do that, but ah well, I can't be bothered to argue with him. It wouldn't get me anywhere.
Right, I'm gonna be shooting off now. Not really got an awful lot to say today. I bought myself some new clothes, figured I best put my staff discount to use one last time before I lost it, but that's about it really. I'm sure tomorrow will be more eventful. Pressies and driving lessons, and stuff. I'm gonna try and get some more music done as well, though how likely this is depends on what ideas I can come up with.
Ten days tomorrow until my baby comes back :D Yes, I am counting down the days until I get to speak to her on the phone again. Call me sad, I don't care.
G'night people.
-=Gavvie=-
Goodbye TK Maxx - I Kept My Promise
A few months ago, I made a vow that I would be out of TK Maxx by the end of August, shafting them the way I myself had been shafted.
Today, I can happily reveal that this is indeed happening. I'm handing my notice in tomorrow, and should be starting at Specsavers by the end of June. I'll know more on Monday, so I'll let you know then. I'll also go into more details about how all of this came about. Don't have the time to write it all right now.
In other news, Tuesday will see the launch of a new series of blog entries. Basically, I'm gonna be writing daily for two weeks, so that Mena can read them all when she comes back from Egypt. Tuesday'll count as Day 0, because that's the day she leaves, but yeah. They'll have individual blog titles, based on the day's happenings, with the day number at the start (Day 0: Goodbye TK Maxx - I Kept My Promise, for example).
So yeah, I'll update on Monday about my new job, and what I know, and then Tuesday should be an emotional one. Two weeks without Mena, how the fuck am I gonna be able to cope? :(
Goodbye TK Maxx. Sept 2006 - June 2008.
-=Gavvie=-
Today, I can happily reveal that this is indeed happening. I'm handing my notice in tomorrow, and should be starting at Specsavers by the end of June. I'll know more on Monday, so I'll let you know then. I'll also go into more details about how all of this came about. Don't have the time to write it all right now.
In other news, Tuesday will see the launch of a new series of blog entries. Basically, I'm gonna be writing daily for two weeks, so that Mena can read them all when she comes back from Egypt. Tuesday'll count as Day 0, because that's the day she leaves, but yeah. They'll have individual blog titles, based on the day's happenings, with the day number at the start (Day 0: Goodbye TK Maxx - I Kept My Promise, for example).
So yeah, I'll update on Monday about my new job, and what I know, and then Tuesday should be an emotional one. Two weeks without Mena, how the fuck am I gonna be able to cope? :(
Goodbye TK Maxx. Sept 2006 - June 2008.
-=Gavvie=-
Done, Done, Onto the Next One
Quoting Foo Fighters seemed apt for this blog.
Why?
Well, I applied for two IT jobs the other week. One of the companies got back to me last week and said that I was unsuccessful. The other one hasn't got back to me yet, but I think it's fairly certain that I didn't get that job either. Still, it would be nice to know for sure, and I could be surprised.
In other news, I bought a hoody for a pound today. Brand new. Should've been £60. TK Maxx does have its perks on rare occasions, though they are happening more frequently now Mark's buggered off. Buggered off without actually saying goodbye...not that I'd say goodbye to the fat fucker anyway, he doesn't deserve it.
Am I bitter? Nah, not really. I just don't appreciate that he took all the credit when we did all the hard work, but then that's managers for you. They all do it. Harry did it at Game, and Mark's done it here.
To keep changing the subject quickly and for no apparent reason, I'm seeing Mena tomorrow :D We're going to watch Sweeney Todd and Cloverfield, which should be fun. I've been hearing good things about Cloverfield from the US, and Sweeney Todd just has to be awesome, doesn't it? After all, it's a Tim Burton film, and I haven't seen a bad Tim Burton film yet.
Speaking of awesome, Lost Season 4 starts tonight in Americaland, so I'll be watching that tomorrow night or Saturday, I imagine. Depends on how quickly I can get hold of it. That said, I might wait until Sunday night so I can watch it with Mena, as she'll be watching it on Sky One.
On that note, I hope the writer's strike ends soon. It's been ages since I've watched any decent telly, though I should really start watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, as that looks pretty good. Dunno how many episodes got done pre-strike though. Not many, I'm imagining. Oh well, the quicker it ends, the quicker Heroes comes back on.
I saw Linkin Park last Thursday. They were awesome, it was a great gig to start the year off with, though because of the merchandise queues I missed half of Biffy Clyro's set ¬_¬ I also thought I'd missed the entirety of Julien-K's set, but found out later that they had to cancel their support slot, so that helped. It does help to explain why there was an hour's wait inbetween acts. Next gig I'm going to now is VAST, which is the 29th March. Yay.
Let's see, what else can I ramble on about? Living Sedative's second album isn't really doing too great. I've whored it on pretty much every forum I'm on, bar AWFF (nothing personal, but I'm never setting foot there again), and it's only garnered 3 downloads, so more promotion might be needed. Once I've finished blogging, I might jump on Facebook and see if I can finally add music onto the band's profile. If I can do that, that might help a little bit. Hopefully they liked the somewhat shakey pic of my passport that I took. Still, it's a start. Can only really rely on word of mouth, I guess.
This month saw the newest milestone in my relationship with Mena. 2 and a half years, and it still doesn't feel that long. Some days it feels longer, other days it feels shorter. This month also marked the 3rd year since Grandad passed away. I didn't dwell on it as much as I usually do, but he has been in my thoughts the past week or so. Still wondering whether I made the right choices. It's too late to change them, but I hope he forgives me for walking the path I chose. It just hurts sometimes that I never did take the chance to really say Goodbye, and that's something I think I'll be living with for a little while yet.
I think this is a good place to end the blog on. Until next time,
-=Gavvie=-
Why?
Well, I applied for two IT jobs the other week. One of the companies got back to me last week and said that I was unsuccessful. The other one hasn't got back to me yet, but I think it's fairly certain that I didn't get that job either. Still, it would be nice to know for sure, and I could be surprised.
In other news, I bought a hoody for a pound today. Brand new. Should've been £60. TK Maxx does have its perks on rare occasions, though they are happening more frequently now Mark's buggered off. Buggered off without actually saying goodbye...not that I'd say goodbye to the fat fucker anyway, he doesn't deserve it.
Am I bitter? Nah, not really. I just don't appreciate that he took all the credit when we did all the hard work, but then that's managers for you. They all do it. Harry did it at Game, and Mark's done it here.
To keep changing the subject quickly and for no apparent reason, I'm seeing Mena tomorrow :D We're going to watch Sweeney Todd and Cloverfield, which should be fun. I've been hearing good things about Cloverfield from the US, and Sweeney Todd just has to be awesome, doesn't it? After all, it's a Tim Burton film, and I haven't seen a bad Tim Burton film yet.
Speaking of awesome, Lost Season 4 starts tonight in Americaland, so I'll be watching that tomorrow night or Saturday, I imagine. Depends on how quickly I can get hold of it. That said, I might wait until Sunday night so I can watch it with Mena, as she'll be watching it on Sky One.
On that note, I hope the writer's strike ends soon. It's been ages since I've watched any decent telly, though I should really start watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, as that looks pretty good. Dunno how many episodes got done pre-strike though. Not many, I'm imagining. Oh well, the quicker it ends, the quicker Heroes comes back on.
I saw Linkin Park last Thursday. They were awesome, it was a great gig to start the year off with, though because of the merchandise queues I missed half of Biffy Clyro's set ¬_¬ I also thought I'd missed the entirety of Julien-K's set, but found out later that they had to cancel their support slot, so that helped. It does help to explain why there was an hour's wait inbetween acts. Next gig I'm going to now is VAST, which is the 29th March. Yay.
Let's see, what else can I ramble on about? Living Sedative's second album isn't really doing too great. I've whored it on pretty much every forum I'm on, bar AWFF (nothing personal, but I'm never setting foot there again), and it's only garnered 3 downloads, so more promotion might be needed. Once I've finished blogging, I might jump on Facebook and see if I can finally add music onto the band's profile. If I can do that, that might help a little bit. Hopefully they liked the somewhat shakey pic of my passport that I took. Still, it's a start. Can only really rely on word of mouth, I guess.
This month saw the newest milestone in my relationship with Mena. 2 and a half years, and it still doesn't feel that long. Some days it feels longer, other days it feels shorter. This month also marked the 3rd year since Grandad passed away. I didn't dwell on it as much as I usually do, but he has been in my thoughts the past week or so. Still wondering whether I made the right choices. It's too late to change them, but I hope he forgives me for walking the path I chose. It just hurts sometimes that I never did take the chance to really say Goodbye, and that's something I think I'll be living with for a little while yet.
I think this is a good place to end the blog on. Until next time,
-=Gavvie=-
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