6 February, 2000

The Louis Vuitton cup went right down to the wire. Best of nine races, Prada and America One went into todays ninth and deciding race four all.

New Zealand holds The America's Cup, one of yachting's most prestigious competitions. Apparently, the yacht club that wins the America's Cup can make the rules up for each challenge. Good old America used to have groovy rules such as each challenger had to sail their racing vessel to America before they could race, and other not-so-fair type rules. Sheesh, no wonder American's have the reputation they have. So, I was saying, the Louis Vuitton Cup is raced to find who will be the challenger for the America's Cup, presently held by the Mercury Bay Yacht Club, in New Zealand - where the Louis Vuitton and the America's Cup will be raced.

So today, I can't say I wanted America One to win. They raced really well but their Captain has been a bit surly and a bit snotty at times, enforcing the arogant american stereotype. The Italians on Prada have as much to gain or lose as the Americans, but they seem to be able to be nice to people at the same time. When they crossed the line today, 00:49 seconds in front of America One, I was pleased.

Luna Rossa, sponsered by Prada, sailed by Italian sailors will challenge Team New Zealand for the America's Cup.



We love this stuff down here. The entire country is behind our Team. Fabric has gone to all the towns and cities and people have signed their good wishes for a great challenge on the cloth, now it's being made into a sail for our boat. We all wear red socks for good luck. Sir Peter Blake was the skipper of KZ7 when we won the cup and he wore red socks everyday because he didn't want to jinx the outcome by changing his socks. So now, we all do too. The money made from selling the socks goes towards the challenge - it costs mind-blowing amounts of money to race this race.

Today I worked. Today I worked for 9 hours straight. Today I finished a website. I hadn't started the website, but I spent 20 hours finishing it. Including a password protected area. I have another 2 or 3 websites to finish up. Those will come next week I suppose. I am looking forward to being able to design and make our company web site though. That will be a challenge.

Tomorrow I am off to Hamilton and the Dairy Plant thing/place (I will know more about where I have been than where I am going). It's going to be a long day. When we get back (after 6pm I believe) I have to upload previously mentioned webpage. That'll take a wee while. Quite a few pages in that puppy.

So this is work. I am finding my rhythm. I am feeling less like a newbie and a little more confident. That always helps. Thankfully, that might also mean I can stop talking about work as it becomes part of my life and not this new thing. thing. I miss everyone. Am missing everyone. I don't get the time I like to be online (am not online at work and it sucks). I just have to.. find my groove. I'm getting there.

10 February, 2000

I have been feeling crappy all week. Not that sickly kind of crappy, but that "I think I made a mistake" nagging kind of crappy.

Gawd - I just read Sander's entry in my guestbook and under his kem's and under his kate's and under that kate's other post and now I feel like a bitch for what I was gonna say. So I won't say it.

I am a grown up right? I don't have to like the people I work with, if the works good and I can do it and find it interesting/stimulating/rewarding at times it's worth doing, isn't it? Even if the environment isn't all it could be? right? right?

Okay, so althougth I didn't have a lot to do with the design, I did fix some of the code of the frames up and the links and provided some password thingy and finished this site and its up online if you wanna see. Please eMail if you find any bits that don't work or fail to load or take ages or whatever. It's loading pretty well here at home but at work it's a dog.

God, I hate links that say Click here.

February, 2000

Today I actually had a good day at work. For those of you who don't realise, my new job has been proving to be less than I had imagined. Not the work, that's great - or will be - but today was okay. I miss the Web, that's a problem. Parts of the job are really good and some will be even better once I am 'trusted' and it's been proven often that I am not. I hate people who say one thing then do another. *scrunches one eye shut*

February, 2000

OH dear.. I could moan and moan and MOAN about today.. but I won't.. because you just never know who's listening. Needless to say I read the Situations Vacant Adverts EVERYDAY.

Did you like the transition thing as you entered this page today? what do you mean you missed it? reload and sit and watch the page load.

DHTML rocks.

Day Two of the Defense of the America's Cup. Prada had a SHOCKER of a race (apparently, I didnt see it all but thats part of why I am looking at want ads). They had to have a guy lifted off the boat after the weedwacker doohicky smacked a hole in his head.. blood all over Prada's side. They had a bag snagged on the hull so had to come to a full stop up the first leg to take care of that. They tried to pull it together but they were rattled. They lost Race Two. I don't think we want to win it that way, but its all about handling pressure isn't it? and team work. We rock.

I am tired. I sleep and I sleep .. well 7 hours.. but wake up so tired I can't get up. I hope it's just some sort of seasonal weirdality and not that liver thingie flaring up again. Thats all I need. NOT.

It was Mags' Birthday yesterday.. Jo's too. I phoned neither of them *eek* I kept forgetting. they understand how useless I am thank god. Mags is having a party not a party party on Saturday night. That'll be good cos I will get T O T A L L E D and I don't CARE how much work there is to do at work I am NOT WORKING SUNDAY this weekend *humpfs*

I miss the Internet. I miss updating my page. I miss checking my mail. I miss Sander, I miss Freya, I miss Mike, I miss Adam, I miss Bob. arg. I need a proper job with people who live in the '90s arg. oops *L* i mean the 00's *L*

oh god.. i am gonna go and cry myself to sleep now.. the truth is, I am miserable.

27 February, 2000

Busy old weekend it has been. Started on Saturday morning with an early drive into the city to have my hair cut short. It looks great. I like my hair cut very much. I will biff a pic up soon for you to agree with me that it suits me very well.

Popped over to see Sue in the afternoon and catch up on all her gossip. I haven't seen her very much lately so I got the low down on everything that's happening in her life and in the lives of those she knows. Then home to throw together a bread dip plate to take over to Mags' house for her 40th birthday party.

That all went very well, even if a few people there knew me and I couldn't place them for all the tea in China. I felt good, and had a good night. I slept over there and came home around lunchtime. Sleeping in my clothes and feeling hungover, made for a very unattractive Mish this morning. But I have showered and dressed and although I don't feel great (mostly due to smoking rather than too much vodka) things are pretty damn nice today.

I can feel work getting better.. or I am getting more used to it. John mentioned on Friday that he was thinking of putting me on the big Huntly Project full time, which would mean he would have to hire another person to do my job. He asked if Rachelle could give him a ring so wouldn't that be groovy. She's really keen and coming in at the end of the week to meet with John and then we will see what happens next.

I bought some makeup yesterday. I really shouldn't have, because it was so expensive, but I did. Lipstick, mascara and powder. It's all lovely. I bought a chocolate plum lipstick that is dark and striking. Jacqui told me I should wear more colour on my lips, so that's what I did.. marched out and bought the chocolate plum for night and a clear gloss coral for day. She also growled me for wearing the same lipstick too often. She rocks. She's also very right most of the time so I do as I am told. I wore the darker shade last night and it just brighted up my skin tone and my eyes and I looked nice.