Speedlimits
There is something that boggles my mind. I usually drive a bit over the speed limit, the exact amount depending on what the speed limit actually is. On my way to work the speed limit is 100km/h, so I drive about 115km/h. However, there's a part where the limit is reduced to 80km/h due to roadwork. So I go down to 90km/h for that.

Here's the part I don't understand: Almost all of the drivers go 100km/h, so I end up going past them. When we hit the slower part, these drivers continue to go the steady 100km/h, as if the reduced speed limit did not exist at all, and thus they end up passing me in turn. When the speed limit returns to 100km/h, I again end up passing them. I end up looking like one of those people who just can't stand it when somebody passes them by and will do everything to get ahead again. If these people are against going over the speedlimit, then why do they do it when there is construction and a narrower road of all places?

I realize I am rambling about the stupidest thing ever, but this whole thing does baffle me every single time.

Posted 20:37

My work
Six workdays to go. I am already getting anxious, in a worried sort of way, about going to work tomorrow. It already started Saturday night, making it hard for me to fall asleep. I am really looking forward to the day when I am finally free and I can feel like myself again.

A big boss (one of the owners) came to see me this week. He wanted to know why I was quitting. I told him that I was really tired and desperately in need of a vacation. I said that I was going to take at least August off, before starting to look for a new job. Here's the flattering part: He said for me to take as much time as I needed and if I wanted I'd have a job waiting for me, because people like me are sorely needed. He even went as far as to say that they'd give me enough of a raise that I would surely be satisfied. Wow.

There goes my ungrateful self again, but I am just not sure about that. Right now I feel like 'absolutely no' about going back, but perhaps after a month off, it won't be so bad. I'll just have to wait and see. It's great though to have at least something to fall back on if things go really badly on the employment market. Still, regardless of a raise or anything else, I cannot picture myself working in the warehouse business for the rest of my life.

I seem to be made for jobs like these. When I worked in the restaurant in England, they too offered me a raise if only I would stay. Not to brag about myself, but apparently I am a bit too smart for the low-end jobs. I end up making supervisor quite quickly, but the problem is that I get really bored. Now when I was working on the computer job in my previous life I was stressed out all the time, because I felt far too dumb for the job. I had to struggle constantly to keep my head above water and it felt like at any moment they'd catch on to me and fire me as the useless employer that I felt like. I need to find something in the middle. I wish I had a clue what that could be.

Posted 17:51

Episode III (Star wars)
Looks like it is going to be called Revenge of the Sith. A far better title than The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones were, although it sort of looks like Lucas ran out of ideas even when it comes to movie titles. (Episode VI originally Revenge of the Jedi -> Return of the Jedi).

I have huge expectations when it comes to this movie. I try not to, knowing how badly episodes I and II disappointed, but III is the one where everything should come to a conclusion. Episode III is the one that should make I and II worth it.

May 2005. Less than a year to go.

Posted 17:44

Kick me
"You ungrateful b*****d!" the Universe said to me the other day. "I got you a nice enough job that pays alright and it's not enough for you huh? You dare to quit it? Well take this!" And bam, my car broke down. Of course it's serious. Of course some major component needs to be replaced with a brand new one. Of course it costs 800€. Money that I could have surely spent elsewhere as I am soon to be unemployed. Oh the irony of it all.
Posted 19:51

Spiderman 2
There's something wrong with me, but I absolutely hated Spiderman 2. I couldn't wait for it to be over finally. The villain was the only cool thing, but they had to go and kill him at the end! He lasted a heck of a lot longer in the comics. I don't know. There were just far too many over the top moments. Charlie's Angels has its ridiculous moments, but those are obviously done tongue in cheeck. In Spiderman 2 they seemed to be really serious about it all. There was waaay too much dwelling on the whole should he or shouldn't he be spiderman after all. It was like there was a huge billboard flashing 'alert alert big meaningful talk about the meaning of life coming up... again'. It was all so predictable when they were doing their tricks trying to manipulate the audience to feel a certain way. I'm just getting tired of seeing that in so many movies.
Posted 23:00

It didn't offer me an apple
I saw a snake yesterday. I think it might have been the first snake I have really seen properly, out in the wild. Finland only has two types of snakes, one poisonous (not terribly so) and one not. This was of the non-poisonous kind, I'm pretty sure.

I was at mom's house and the snake was right in the middle of her lawn, so I knew she was going to scream the moment she got home. So I got a stick and went to poke at the snake. All this while it had never moved anywhere. When I got really close I noticed that it had the most humanguous frog stuck half-way into its mouth. Those awful legs still sticking out. Gross, but fascinating. Spiders freak me out, but never snakes.
Posted 22:38