Day 327 - app-ropriate?

I just never know where to put these wee mini rants. This adds to the very point I'm making below actually: How we have specific boxes for specific activities, experiences and feelings. Is that really a healthy thing? Read on:

So there must be some iphone app for Facebook that lets people say "I'm in X greasy spoon ordering fish" or "I'm at Z bus station", considering some updates I've seen recently. This seems somewhat disturbing. Is it because of the automated nature of these updates or the way the destination is highlighted for closer inspection, inviting people to pry into more of your real life activity? Is it just an utterly pointless way of giving free advertising to establishments? Is it just a tacky promotion of consumerism, tying it more tightly into social networking? Consuming = status! Is it just too much fucking information? It's one thing to tell me you're catching a bus, it's another to have some generic link attached to the fairly unimportant information, as though making it "formal". Is it that these people are making mundane activities sound important, as though that satisfies the human condition to share achievements or goals: "I ate a potato, now I'm complete!" Thus in turn making people actually very lazy and dull and uninterested in taking part in anything ACTUALLY interesting or challenging or anything that questions their world of banal little daily activities that have now become some sort of milestones? ... Is it all of the above? Am I just jealous I don't have an iPhone?

Day 327

It's a great feeling when you are engrossed in a story, blindly travelling up that roller-coaster of suspense with no idea what is around the next bend, not expecting anything, only knowing that you're enjoying the ride, when suddenly you are hit with the MASSIVE UNEXPECTED PLOT TWIST!

I don't want to spoil it for anyone, so I won't name the book in the hope someone else will get the same pleasure I did, but I was so ecstatic I literally giggled to myself on the bus just now. I couldn't wait to wade through the rain and jump on this here blog, just so I could go "isn't it class when a book totally fucks with your head?"

While we're on the topic of great plot twists: It appears I might be getting the sack on Thursday!

I've a big formal hearing and a letter that says, "...because you're still within your 6 month probationary period we may terminate your contract."

It's weird how mutha-fucken Zen I am feeling about all of this stuff lately.

I guess I am just glad something is happening. It might not be so good for me to be fired, certainly it won't look good on my CV (then again, why would I want to mention this job on any future CV?), but I am glad changes are coming.

I feel like, well, just like... Fuck it. I guess, I know that they know that I know that I just don't really care, so instead of worrying that people are pissed off about this and pissed off at me all the time, we're going to get it all out in the open.

It has to be said, a year ago, I'd be a mess trying to deal with the reasonably sized, Shit Mountain that's been looming over me of late.

Anyway, other than using my laptop in work and surfing-dem-darn-internets I don't see what dirt they've got on me. I was given a written warning for the laptop incident and never brought it into work again.

Which makes me actually think "no but really, what are they going to try and fire me over?" General bad performance? Surely not.

General bad attitude? Hmmm...

So maybe this is just going to be one of those final warning type meetings? Ach, I'll be disappointed if it is. I won't have my chance to be all righteous and flounce off into the sunset.

On the other hand, not getting fired might be a slightly better career path at this juncture. Then I can get the finger out and find something else. Tout suite.

Maybe I will get fired though.

In other news, somebody move into my house please? Go on. It'll be a laugh!

http://belfast.gumtree.com/belfast/31/65850431.html

[ps. sorry about removing yesterday's blog entry, I'll put it back depending on how the meeting goes on Thursday]