The Castle of Hassle

Okay, a couple of things.

Firstly, I found the official Shadows of the Damned full soundtrack (which still doesn't feature all of the tracks, sigh) and stuck it on my mp3 player to listen to on the way to work. Which was totally cool until I hit a track called "The Bird's Nest" at which point I did a double take and had to check whether I was listening to the right soundtrack.

It's basically the same track as "Witchcraft" from Silent Hill: Homecoming. I'm not even sure if I would hazard calling it a remix, it's so similar. I love Akira Yamaoka's music but wow, that's kind of lazy.

On the upside, "Different Perspective" is amazing. I tend to like the Mary Elizabeth McGlynn tracks anyway (I love SH4's "Tender Sugar") but this is a particularly good track from her. I reckon I'm going to be listening to it when I write this story for Walter - it's such a melancholy track and when I listen to it, I think of a misty, moonlit forest in summer, crickets and cicadas chirping. Perfect for writing about the Forest World and what happens therein. :3

The other thing is that early morning work should not be allowed. Ever. My boyfriend left for work at 5am this morning. This is a regular thing (he works for Greggs part time and he opens and sets up the shop as part of his role) but normally he is such a light sleeper that he gets up before the alarm goes off. Alas, it was not to be today. I feel like a zombie. To top it off, I have to minute a two hour long meeting this afternoon with a bunch of senior managers! ... This is not going to be fun.

FFFFFFFFF-- WORK!

It's lunchtime and I'm starting to calm down now but I've had a rage-worthy morning. All made up of first world problems, of course, but still rather frustrating. I won't bore you too much with the details but the gist of it is this:

• Got into a fight over something stupid and embarrassing with my mother and brother five minutes after I woke up
• Ended up being too late for my first train because of this
• When I went to catch the late train, traffic was so far backed up that a trip that normally takes 7 minutes by car took me about 40
• Caught the late train by the skin of my teeth, the late train is then delayed less than a minute's distance away from my stop because of tresspassers on the track
• Finally get to work an hour and a half later than usual and urgent work is piled up ready to ambush me
• My work colleague is on leave this week so I am covering her workload as well as mine, and I am also covering the role of someone who has moved jobs as well
• RAAAAGE

I know, I know, I should be happy to have a job and be able to pay my mortgage. But when I see other positions out there where they're asking for similar or fewer skills and experience for more money, it's highly agravating (needless to say, I am applying for aforementioned jobs). There are more cuts planned for next year so things are only going to get worse before they get better. It's a bad time to be a public sector worker.

On a lesser note of annoyance, the work computers can't view animated gifs and have issues with various things so I can't actually add comments on these blogs while I'm here. I know I'm here to work but man, that makes lunchtimes such less fun. :<