I have plenty of blognotes from today that I'd like to hit up before I get down to some guitar playing and uploading more ideas for the other. Can't be late tonight, I have an important meeting tomorrow.
I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, why the hell is there always someone hot when I go to eat at a restaurant? If it's not serving staff, it's fellow diners. It's really disconcerting! Today's waitress was amazing, reminded me of a girl I used to work with. But think about it! What are the odds? Sure, my city has the most restaurants per capita, but look at other factors here. The city is only 300 thousand people; let's halve that for females; then a quarter of that who would be age appropriate, then probably 10% of that who would be attractive - that should be 3,750 who would qualify, and at least one of them who would be dining out, or working at a restaurant that I am eating at. That's quite uncanny I have to say!
I had a hilarious training session at work the other day. It was being held by a HR rep (i.e. a specialist in nothing). But she told us she had a background in Psychology. This almost made me erupt in laughter, as she had labelled everything meticulously with her name and contact details, and made sure it was all returned to her after the session was over. Talk about anal retentive, and you're meant to be a Psychologist??! Hahaha, absolute irony I say.
The new episodes of 30 Rock (season 4) are absolutely brilliant! Monday night tv is going to kill me now that ratings period is back on. Let's see, we have Malcolm In the Middle, Mythbusters, Good News Week and 30 Rock all on the same night!!
I have a new boss at work who is quite different to the last 2 that I've had since I've been here. Seems to be tough but fair, which I am ok with. Now it seems that everyone my age has left my Branch! What am I ever to do??! Oh well, it's just work. The latest one is going to a private firm, similar to the one I used to work at. Am I jealous (especially given the themes of my more recent posts)? Not really, but it has piqued my interest! Today was a damn busy day, which is certainly a change from what I've been getting used to lately. Interesting no doubt! It's going to see how things turn out here. I will divulge more on that later.
I work for the Government. This means we work for the Minister of our portfolio. Therefore we tend to get a lot of letters from the public asking questions about various topics, as well as imploring the Minister to do something, or complain about something. This would seem to be a fundamental facet of democracy if you ask me. However, most of the time the Minister never sees these letters. Ministerial advisers tend to look at them, and will only allow the Minister to see the letter if it is from some powerful lobby group, or involves something incredibly damning or controversial. That is blatantly unfair if you ask me. The remainder of the responses are written by people like me and signed off by my superiors with some lip service. In doing this, the Minister is definitely not doing their job. I think that this should be a fundamental part of any Minister's role - engaging with the public. No matter how mundane or silly the query, the public deserves to be heard by their elected representative. You should not have to belong to a powerful lobby or anything like that in order to deserve a response from the person in charge.
Those who have followed our blog for a decent amount of time would probably get the idea that I am an elitist. That is true to some extent I must say. However, I have to say that some of the best conversations, where I have felt intellectually stimulated, have been with people who on paper would not be considered smart. However, it should be noted that university is where I, and the other will certainly vouch for this, have met some of the dumbest people I have ever come across in my life. The level of stupidity is mind numbing at times. There are inherent problems with literacy and numeracy testing - a LOT of people are falling through the cracks and even getting to university level studies without basic spelling/grammar or arithmetic skills. In my opinion, rate the schools. Pull your kids out of the crap schools and give them a bloody fighting chance at life, please!
That's it for now folks. Have a nice day! Joaquin out.
