I don’t think it would quite work to start a post off with a smiley. It would look too weird and besides, do you end the sentence there or do you continue it?
Anyway, I’ve just come off what turned out to be a little over a 9 hour shift. I was expecting 10 as I started at 5 and was working till close which is pushing 3 a lot of the time but we got out at 2:10 which was cool as it’s the earlier close I’ve had (not that I have done many, this is only my third).
It was quite a wierd shift actually, though we had quite a few people in when I first got in at 5, it wasn’t ultra-busy. Enough to have a few of us working grill though. Then it just died, it was like a ghost town. I didn’t get my break until 8:36 which was cool as I like my breaks as late as possible so that I have less to work in the second half. Although when you’re doing 5-2, I still had 4 1/2 hours when I got back, I’ve had my break as early as 6:15 and given we didn’t finish until nearly 3 that was like an 8 hour block.
We had people right up until the last minute though. At midnight when we close we got a drive-thru order. Quite a good thing we hadn’t thrown everything out and shut down like we did on my last shift :p. So it was quite an impressive close time given we were cooking so late.
But relating to what the post was actually about (well it was about my shift two, it’s a combination hybrid post), I’m quite a fan of Carpie Diem (the phrase not the place, it’s Latin for “seize the day”). I don’t often practice it because of my neurotic and generally unconfident personality but if I had the guts to I would practice it more often. I finally did today so I no longer have to spend hours every day beating myself up over my recent failure to. Those who know, know, those who don’t, sorry it means that I secretly hate you and resent our friendship. Ok, that’s obviously not true :p. I was quite touched by the concern actually. Please consider yourselfs absolved from worry :).
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August 15th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Well to not be concerned would just be plain nasty, lol Glad things are now ok
August 17th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
If you want to advocate ‘Carpe Diem’ but you don’t have the balls to reach out and grab it, see the Peter Weir picture ‘Dead poet’s society’ starring a very young Ethan Hawke. The central theme revolves around seizing the day, this might open your eyes, enlighten you, and present you with that one pivitol opportunity to make those changes and revisions. Check it out.
August 22nd, 2006 at 9:46 pm
And of course Robin Williams, I know it well.
September 3rd, 2006 at 3:10 am
[...] So certain information came to light today that was infavourable to the sitation aforementioned in this and this post. I’m a little unsure of what to think at the moment. I think I need a little time to think it over. I haven’t really had chance yet which is probably a good thing for the moment. I’m going to stop blogging now before this turns into an emo whine. [...]