Be Excellent To Each Other

Yeah, I get the imposter thing quite bad. In that I naturally believe in the worst person who ever lived. With the possible exception of Hitler. And Trump

Don't be silly Mr Dave


You're WAY worse than Hitler and Trump.

He's better than Piers Morgan, however.

Who isn't, who isn't

I knew it.

I don't get this at all. I've always believed in my skills and have often said that if you don't believe you're great, then no one else will. I used to apply this theory a lot when I was drumming in bands. People would ask if we were any good and I would always say "Yes. We're the best"

I imagine a few people thought I was a prick but that don't bother me.

Part of it is learned behaviour. If you continually feel criticised or mocked, over time you internalise it and use negativity as a defence mechanism. At least I did.

[Edited for clarity, but probably works for positivity too]

Appreciate the interlude, Grim...

I'm surprised he got it at the right time this year.

I missed it. But I had turned everything off

Don't blame me, blame international time zones.

[Insert Drummer joke here]

Remember this then.

You are far far better than Myp.

You're setting a low bar there.

That's so Gaywood can retrieve his drinks

Yeah, I think that's it with me as well.

I think it's quite common.

Whereas I rather suspect that I'm utterly crap at drums, bass guitar etc. Except that people I've played to have thought I was excellent. And I trust their opinion more than mine.
I am rather rusty on the drums right now though, which is troublesome.

Haven't played bass since my brother took his Rickenbacker back, ages ago. Would love to play a bit again. Not much chance of getting my own Ricky though, much as I'd like to. Really unique sound, those basses. An absolute struggle to maintain properly though.

When I get a new house with room you're going to have to come around so we can make sweet music together.

Also play guitar.

I'm not entering the office secret santa this year.

"Why? " I hear you all ask.

Because I have more than a sneaking suspicion that I would get a bag of 10 Bull penises.

Ever feel like you're not actually in the real world?

Shit. Rumbled. Scarper, boys!

I'm not entering the secret Santa at work either. One of the directors thinks it's a good idea to put all the presents in one pile to be pulled out one by one. You're then allowed to swap with a previously pulled out present.

I've seen the American office when they did this and I know it's a bad idea.

"I don't want this bag of Bull dicks, give me the jar of pigs balls instead."?

What? So I've pulled out a cool remote controlled car or something, and then fucking Trevor in accounts gets a box of bull penises and can just take my car off me?

Keep your hands to yourself, Trevor!

We do this 'Bad Santa' in our office. It's brilliant! Only allowed 3 swaps per gift then it's locked.

Maybe get a job that isn't at The Bestiality Warehouse?

No, you get to 'draw again' from the pile of unopened presents.

Wait, sorry. Rules coming!

Well, that lead to embarrassing giggling fits in a quiet office.

That isn't what Vision is describing.

"Bad Santa Rules"

Everyone who is taking part in Bad Santa will pick a number out of a hat. If there are 20 players the numbers will be 1-20.

The person who draws number 1 will go first, pick a present and open it.

Number 2 then goes and has the choice of stealing number 1’s present or picking a new one. If number 2 steals number 1’s present, number 1 can pick a new gift from the table.

Number 3 then goes they have the choice of stealing number 1’s or number 2’s present and so on. The higher the number the better choice you’ll have, but a present can only be stole a maximum of 3 times.

Yeah, it's brilliant.

Makes annual reviews at work suck ass.

That sounds terrible. Still, not quite like what our boss is proposing. I shall stick to my original thoughts of not taking part. I've already made my excuses for the Christmas do even though nothing has been organised yet.

I've played it where all the presents in the pile were wrapped so you had to choose whether to take something that's open or gamble on a mystery box. I made sure I wrapped my gift in a far larger box that was necessary.

You are Amazon.co.uk and I claim my five pounds.

I did not get the job...

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that Kovacs. Maybe next time.

The company we shall call BAE, wanted a solution architect. I went, turns out they wanted an engineer, said i was too high level.... fuck wits.

So they want an architect on engineer wages. Simples.

Bad luck, chap. Maybe next time.

No they were offering £60k. So not a bad shout

Just treat it as interview experience. They just gave you a free course and assessment on interview techniques.

And a day out!

Yes sitting on the M40 was a joy. Wish I had taken a picnic.

Went to the Olympic Stadium today to see England v Australia. I'm a Union man so I don't know much about rugby league, but I really enjoyed it, and was impressed by the stadium (half-full at 35,500). As seems to be the norm for me whenever I attend games, for most of the it the action was at the far end of the pitch from where I was sitting, but I still had a good view, aided by the big screen. A fun day out.

Crafter. You are an evil man

Yeah, Crafter!