Boldly going, then sneaking back in

Well this week has come and gone quickly, I would like to say easily, but I would be lying if I did.
Been busting my arse at work but hopefully I should at least see some reward for it in my pay packet. Mind you since I started back I did make the young lacky I had go from a daily rate to a percentage which is good for him but means less for me but hopefully will make him think about whether he should be taking days off or not a bit more especially after or before weekends. The two guys working for me now are both nice guys and reliable but really even though they are earning a good percentage of the income do not think for themselves. That is not an uncommon thing for young people today though is it? (wow I sound just like my dad there lol) but seriously I think kids coming out of school today would be better off if they were taught 3 things. 1: To be able to write. 2: To be able to do basic math. 3: To play chess. Yep that's right I said to play chess. It is a game that teaches one to think steps ahead and consider the consequences of those actions which is a skill set clearly lacking in the gen Y'ers. It is probably my generation's (gen X) Fault for having such a "Fuck you I care about nothing" attitude but still at least that was better than the "I shouldn't have to work hard to be rewarded" attitude of the kids today. The amount of young guys who have come out with me and after a day think they should be the boss and don't need to do what I say is ridiculous. I even had one guy come out and didn't even last until lunch time, seriously he came up to me and said "I'm not having any fun can I go home now" I just looked dumbfounded and told him I was having the time of my life so off you go. Far out people, work can be enjoyable and a laugh but it is still called "WORK" for a reason.

What else, oh I was a little disappointed with the attitudes of some I thought were friends of late. Seems they now only fall into the category of contact me when they have something to gain but leave me hanging when they don't. Oh well this is life and as they say some people come into your life for a day, some for a season, and some for life. Seems those in question don't fall into the last one. Unfortunately I really detest people playing mental games and saying half truths and being a person that says whatever is on my mind I can see a few are going to get their noses out of joint soon, oh well shit happens and life goes on.

Been fun of late with the weather being so crappy on the weekends we have been staying home and watching movies on the big screen in the shed. Nice to actually use the set up as it hasn't seen much since the kids came along. Nice now they are old enough to start appreciating movies and even better I get to revisit some of the classics from my childhood too. So far we have done the complete 6 Star Wars movies, the first 4 Harry potter's, The first 3 Narnia's, The first Karate Kid, and the first Pirates of the Caribbean. Think I might try them on the Lord of the rings saga next, mind you I can see that will have to have a few toilet breaks in it for the little people.

Nothing else has really happened to me this week, too cold to go out and too tired to stay up. Happy we are all still here after the end of the world this week. So did anyone else in Adelaide feel a little bit of trepidation kicking in when on the day the storm rolled in and those peals of thunder just seemed to roll on for ages? Oh well it was more than likely just me and all those years of having to attend church as a kid messing with my head. Funny the only happy memories I have of those days is the times we got home early enough to watch the wonderful world of Disney and eating pancakes for dinner. Everything else was long, boring and impersonal. As an adult I can see the whole point of needing to know there must be something more to life and the need to believe there is a point to things and we are not just a freak accident and are all alone in this cosmos. Unfortunately, I really detest organized religion and those self-righteous arseholes that run it. They do not even get the teachings of their own doctrines and act just like those their saviour was preaching about, oh well if they are right I am sure they will be the ones getting what they deserve for their actions and lack of compassion and humanity. Funny actually it reminds me of when I first moved into this house and for about a year afterwards I kept getting letters from a church in the Brighton area. They were for the previous owners and after sending them back and trying to let them know they did not live here anymore without success I started opening them and throwing them away. Well this one day I received on letter that basically said if I wanted to be out of debt all I needed to do was work out how much I owe and then send the amount of 10% of that figure to the church and I would be blessed with the whole amount from God. This made me see red as it was preying on the fears of those who we already needy and could least afford to give to an organization who would have no idea of what it meant to go hungry or have to choose what service they could go without for a month. So I sent them a reply and kindly told them what I thought of their actions and ended by telling them that if their god is not only a god of love but of great vengeance and they would be getting theirs for being so inhuman. Funny though coz the letters finally stopped coming.

Ah I have rambled on enough so I'll leave you with what I told the boy the other day. Yes son your dick is supposed to get hard but that doesn't give you the right to wave it around in public. I know many adults that should learn that lesson too.

Jack