What did you achieve today?

[Brendan]

Built a database, appointed an adjudicator, wrote 2 articles, procrastinated about another 2, walked around St James park twice and posted a bit on the forum.

[KalamityKel]

Avoided doing work by posting on here :))

Sadly I didnt manage to avoid working ALL day... spent the first hour at work working solidly on event messages. Felt like I was typing out lines "Kel must b a good girl. Kel must b a good girl. Kel MUST b a good girl" ;-)

[rifleman harris]

I ate a carrot cake at lunchtime

[Ant]

Not enough perhaps - although given the baby's 'sleep = fail' attitude I think I can count waking up and getting to work on time as an achievement. What else though? Hmm... I have successfully refrained from buying unnecessary crap at lunchtime; attended a union meeting on pay negotiations, made my feelings known and cast my votes on various motions; identified a fifth introductory essay to commission for the next edition of the book wot i editt; issued guidance to freelancers; procrastinated and posted rubbish on the internet.

[Jah Lush]

That's hardly an achievement is it?

[Brendan]

I dunno Jah. Eating a whole carrot cake in one sitting is pretty impressive.

[mockney piers]

Today? Absolutely nothing, zip, nada.

[rifleman harris]

It is Jah cos i usually eat two!

[Keef]

Today I acheived not going to work.

[Rolo Tomasi]

Nowt! But there is always tomorrow.

[LostThePlot]

citizenED Wrote:

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> LostThePlot said "Oh, and planned my runs for this

> coming week."

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> planned diarrhea - that's pretty anal. ;-)

Forewarned is forearmed.... ;-)

[Michael Palaeologus]

Got up EARLY,

Got the train to the New Forest,

Gossiped with colleague all the way

Meeting in New Milton

Froze my parts off on New Milton station

Train back - long journey

Used time to compose a highly amusing and lengthy email

Sent email

Battery on laptop died

Got home

Read replying email reminding me that some people have work to do

Did work I should have done on the train

[SeanMacGabhann]

oooh I do that train journey every other week Mike - I usually catch the 7:35am... I don't mind the morning but on the way back I start to ponder if 6 hours travelling is that life-enhancing

[Michael Palaeologus]

The boredom stimulated my creativity, that and being surrounded by accountants, loud accountants.

[SeanMacGabhann]

The worst trip back was around the Labour conference in Bournemouth this year - a whole carriage of junior lackeys simply hugging themselves to death. But making lots of noise too

[annaj]

Had to resurrect this thread to say I painted my front door today!

I've been meaning to do it for ages and now I'm really pleased with myself, but MrJ is out so I had no-one to share my satisfaction with.

Mind you, it's come out a funny colour, nothing like the picture on the tin. Oh well.

[atila the gooner]

I didn't change the course of history, I didn't make a fortune on the stock exchnge, but I did add to the the numbers of sad gits commuting in and out of London Bridge to go to an office and do 7.25 hours of mind numbingly boring work. What a mark I've made on the world!!!!:(

[Cassius]

Oh goodness Atila - that's just how I feel (apart from it being 8 hours) - true mediocrity..........

[SeanMacGabhann]

London Bridge is by far the worst of all of the bridges to cross as part of the commute - sooo many people it really does make one feel like an automaton. I'm lucky in that I'm now by Blackfriars bridge which is much more sedate by comparison. The hours of tedium however remain the same.....

[Jah Lush]

Snap.

Hope your other half likes the paint job though Anna.

[SeanMacGabhann]

let;s not get carried away in our self-pity - let's congratulate Annaj on actually doing something

reminds me I need to paint mine as well

[annaj]

Hey, what's with all the depressed commuter stuff?

I'm trying to share my acheivement here!

I'm hopeless at DIY and today I've done two coats of gloss, cleaned the brushes, only spilt a small amount of blue gloss on the floor and managed not to paint my cats.

[SeanMacGabhann]

darn it - I tried to pre-empt that last post annaj ! But you're right... and well done again

[KalamityKel]

Darn I wish I had me glasses on 2day I really didn't read that as "paint job"... altho saying that I may also be still thinking of the office convo just taken place about solid plastic rubber johnnys and the lack of stimulation for both parties... my achievement? Corruption of innocent young girls! :))

[annaj]

Oops. Cross posted.

Thanks Sean.

Jah, if he doesn't maybe he should've done it ;-)