As you can see the name of this blog has changed. Or rather, it now has a name. I always thought that ‘mnoo blog’ was a bit boring and hardly inspiring, even if to begin with it somehow seemed the logical choice. Over the years I got used to it, even blind to it. But tonight I was looking at my tag line and thought, yes, that should be the name of this blog. I’ve always loved the quote from a song that John Lennon wrote to Sean when he was born. It’s so profoundly true and I feel like it’s important to see those words every day in order to remind yourself that this is really it. This is the ride you’re on.

It’s 3am and I’m still planning to watch Ugly Betty. I’m starting to panic about the prospect of once again having a 9 to 5 office job. For the last 5 years I’ve more or less set my own schedule for most of the month and the hours after midnight always seem like the most productive ones for me. Well, after next week late nights are pretty much history… I hope I’ll get back to the so called ‘normal rhythm’ soon enough and that it won’t be too painful.

Still, there are positive sides to an office job, the social aspect being quite high up there. Working from home has the tendency to alienate you from the rest of the world, so I am really looking forward to some office gossip etc. And getting dressed (properly) every day! :D

Can’t start soon enough from a financial point of view. Seeing that in the last week I’ve already spent more than a month’s wages on a new camera and computer… Umm. But these upgrades were necessary, and both of these things should last me for quite some time…

For some time now I’ve been regretting the fact that I didn’t start tagging my entries when I started this blog. I didn’t really have a clear idea of what I wanted to do with this, and I don’t think I ever imagined I would stick to it for very long. But yeah, tagging just seems like such a convenient way to find content on a specific subject, or even locating specific entries, say for example if I wanted to go back and see what kind of haircuts I’ve had over the years (serious business), that it seemed like such an inconvenience to not be doing it. Well I finally bit the bullet. Paul made the categories work for me (as he’s a magician) and all I have to do now is go through five+ years worth of entries and add tags to them… I’m doing it year by year, as it seems little less daunting a task that way. I’ve now completed tagging everything back to the start of 2006. Only three years to go… :D

I didn’t get the job I wanted. :( Have two new interviews tomorrow.

Evening Flower
Originally uploaded by mnoo

I actually wrote another blog entry yesterday. On my mobile… And sent it to the blogger email address which was supposed to magically make it appear here. And what happened… An entry appeared that said ‘You have received a new multimedia message’… Erm. I’m a bit disheartened. Yes, I could send it via email from my mobile, but that costs more money to me, so I wouldn’t want to start doing that in case I get really addicted to mobile blogging or something. I don’t quite get why it didn’t work. Humph.

Summer is full-on here. The sun is hot and tickly and the nights are warm and light. It’s lovely. Of course this is also the dangerous time of year when I start thinking ‘Why would I want to move away from here…’. The winter is such a distant memory at the moment that it’s hard to really remember just why it was so awful. Well, I suppose I’ll just try to live this summer to the max and when the autumn arrives with it’s darkness I might start feeling more focused about the move again. Besides, of course there are other factors, not just the weather, that affect out decision to move back to England. But yeah, I sure hope this gorgeous weather lasts for a while.

Oh and hey, it’s Friday as well. Can a day get better than that. :D

Feeling a bit blah. Spring is backtracking and I can’t quite get my head to stay focused. There’s a lot I could write about if I could concentrate long enough. Soon I hope.