Not to be confused with the Nike slogan, the title of this entry refers instead to a conversation I had over the weekend. I was chatting with a friend about a conversation that he'd been part of where people were discussing who they would and wouldn't 'do' given the chance. Apparently my name came up and one of the participants said that they would.
I tend to steer clear of conversations like this because the danger is, and this is proof, that the object finds out about it. More often than not they don't see the funny side of it and offence occurs. However I can state, for the record and in case this person is reading, that I was actually flattered. (Anyone worked out who it was yet?)
I never think of people having conversations like this and including my name and I believe it's less to do with any lack of self confidence (which has been the case in the past) and more to do with not understanding/assuming/spending-time-thinking-about qualities that would make me admired from afar. I know there's a few ex-girlfriends who are very aware of this and there's definitely a few who've been very surprised by my lack of belief in some of their compliments.... but that's another story for another day.
What was very interesting though was actually one of the names that cropped up whom all stated they wouldn't do. I'd always assumed the opposite to be the case. Just goes to show you.
Following on from my last post about it being a good day, these occurences seem to be joining up into weeks which is rather nice. I suspect that this is being aided by my current decision to charge headlong into life and make the most of my current situation. It appears to be working!
Anyway back to todays post and it's brought to you via the Cloud or something similar from Stansted Airport. I'm currently trying to keep myself awake while waiting for my flight back up the road. This has been day two of this weeks roadtrip which started in Newcastle and ends tomorrow in Fife. I'm back down here on Tuesday for the day and, rather worryingly, I've already read this months Easyjet magazine from cover to cover. Must remember a magazine on Tuesday although I'll be flying with Chris from work and he can talk so perhaps there's not a problem.
I write using a laptop powered by Vista and I must confess that this is the first time using that particular operating system. I'm rather ashamed to admit that I quite like it even though I've been reluctant to use it thus far. I suspect that there are still enough reasons, such as this amount of 'Are you sure?' boxes, to deter me from upgrading my home PC from XP. It's more likely that I'll await Windows 7 before making radical changes.
Update: It's taken a few days to get this blog online and as I type this the screen suddenly went blank and the laptop froze for 30 secs. Apparently Vista doesn't like being slagged.
I watched Notting Hill tonight and it features the line "Today's been a good day". Strangely enough it's a phrase I've been saying more recently and, tonight, I realised there was a pattern to its occurence. I've been using it at the end of days where I've been social.
That probably sounds a bit weird. Surely a social animal like myself is always out or spending time with his mates but the truth is that last year I hid from the world. In retrospect it was completely unnecessary but that didn't seem to matter. There were plenty of excuses: working lates on Tay at the weekend, heavy workload, no money, the summer time job shenanigans, etc, etc. I was just sad really. I was wallowing in self-pity and instead of dealing with it I stayed wrapped up in my cocoon hoping that the end of the year would come quickly.
Changed days though and I've been spending more time just going out for the odd beer or, as tonight, to the cinema or spending time with other humans (and less time in the office). It's great! I'd recommend it to anyone.
