If you want to do something really european, you probably need to listen to Robbie Williams since he’s huuuuge in europe but nowhere else really. Quite random thing to say, but I’m listening to his “new” album right now, so just a thought I guess.

I went to that SEO symposium yesterday, it was terribly long and exhausting. Can’t say I learned much, seeing how it was pretty superficial, but it’s a start I guess.

The day before yesterday I got my amazon package: Ziggy Stardust + vh1 Storytellers CDs, the Labyrinth DVD and a shirt. I like the sirt a lot, I just wish the seam wasn’t inside out (wasn’t on the picture when I ordered it…) but it’s ok, I know what to do about that.

Tomorrow my sis and I are going to see 2012, looking forward to it, haven’t been to the movies for a while!

Today I went out to buy some cloth for a SEO symposium I have to attend next Thursday. SEO means search engine optimization btw. I found the perfect pants but the top was a drag. Anyway, I don’t really want to go, because I’m not really a SEO expert, but since my boss wants me to take on that responsibility in the future, I’ll be going anyway.

And I fear the small talk. God how I fear the small talk. I royally suck at small talk. I generally suck at anything connected to socializing, really.
I mean, come on, how much of a web 2.0 failure is a blog that doesn’t have comments or a proper blogroll? How is a person that writes the world’s most unsocialable blog going to strike up a conversation with random strangers? Well, she doesn’t, most of the time and anyway, that’s not the point.

I’ll be going to that symposium and hopefully come back a wiser and better person…or whatever that means.

It’s Friday today, which means I’ve now officially spent one week working in the new job! I still don’t hate it, actually I’m pretty happy. I have neither been really bored nor have I been bombed with work. I had no problems with any of the tasks either, so everything is great!

I’ve been thinking all week that I’m rather glad about having been sacked at the old job. If I would still be working there I’d probably be depressed and loathing my life. I did pretty much feel like a failure after they fired me (even though it really wasn’t my fault) and I know I would have never quit myself, no matter how bad I felt, can’t quit, never, but turns out getting fired was really in my favour.

I probably shouldn’t rush all the praise since it really only has been a bit more than a week, but I really notice the difference: getting up in the morning isn’t so hard anymore, I don’t feel like I’m an idiot who can’t do anything anymore and I’m generally in a way better mood.

I am really, really grateful for this, cause these last four or three years have been a big fail party for me. I make it sound funny and I never really showed it much, but I had a really rough time. I wasn’t happy and I was slowly loosing the little amount of self confidence I have. Right now the outlook that something might actually work out for me just makes me really happy, even if it might look like I’m hurrying it.

I can really just say that, even though it might look like a mistake to others, if your job makes you feel like crap all the time, you are probably right giving it up and looking for something else, no matter what others might think. Loosing my job was probably the best thing that happened to me in a long, long time.

Anyway, tomorrow my sis and I are going shopping for winter cloth. I seriously don’t have anything with long sleeves!

On Thursday was my first day on the new job. I like it way more than my old one. I’m working as a web developer for a university now, a way cool university at that. They are a media centred university so they have all these cool courses like music management, computer animation, game design and all those TV and movie making stuff, really pretty cool.

I like what I’m doing, too, it’s more php than anything else, and I’m good at php. Of course I’m only getting smaller things to do at the moment, since I’ve only been there for a few days, but it’s better for the start anyway.

And, and, aaand I can leave on time! That’s not normal in my line of work; overtime (massive overtime) is what’s normal.

Liking the people there more, too. They don’t complain that much, it annoys me if people constantly complain about their work. Or their colleagues or neighbours or anything, really, just don’t complain all the time.

Right now I’m having a temporary desk in one of the other offices because the other guy responsible for internet stuff and me are going to move into a new building soon. The new office will only be 5 minutes from the train station! Currently I need to walk for 15 minutes, which isn’t bad either, but still, only 5 min!

Actually the current office is across the street from the Oktoberfest (the real one, not the weird replicas like they have in other countries). I went there yesterday on my lunch break, but it’s no real fun if you are without your friends. I only had half an hour so I didn’t get very far. Bought some tasty almonds though~

The other day I bought some David Bowie DVDs. I just love his stuff and the guy is just so awesomely eccentric while still keeping a good amount of normalcy, he’s really cool. My sister called me a Bowie fangirl…

Post getting too long, will stop now!

Bye, bye, keyboard with the burn marks. Bye, bye iPod promotional poster that threatened to fall on my head at least twice a week. Bye bye work~

People who follow me on Twitter know this already, but well, gotta say it anyway, right?

So I kinda lost my job. Is “let go” the right phrase in english? Anyway, apparently the company, I was working for, is in quite some trouble, since it wasn’t only me being fired, but half of the employees. I’ve only been there for two month so obviously I’d have to go.
They said I was doing a great job though and that I will be getting a “very good reference” from them.

No panicking or freaking out on my side at all though. Actually I had quite a good day Like I told everyone else: As long as I have food on the table and a roof above my head everything is fine. And I do so I’m fine

Still want to find something new fast though