Writing in a New Direction

Well I've just brought a Google/Asus Nexus7 and after a rocky start I have to say that I'm glad in purchased it.

Why did I purchase one you may ask? Well the first reason is that when I was visiting a friend the other day he showed me his and got my hooked. While I do have an iPhone and an iPod touch, I'm by no means a fan boy.  But playing with the Nexus7 the other day showed me how simply awesome it is. Very user friendly to use and not to mention how was it is to have apps anywhere on the home screen.

Secondly, I'm a writer. Admittedly I haven't written much lately because of the work situation , but I still am one. So the fact is having a tablet to write and essentially go paperless was a second factor.

The third factor is frankly just good timing. Working for a major corporations allows me a staff discount card. And I discovered that a technology company was having a staff sale which made me save  $35, which is quite a saving.

Hopefully this shall help me to write more. For example I can easily take my Nexus7 when I go to the movies and jot down notes afterwards before then writing up a review. Alternatively I can do the skeleton of the review immediately afterwards before fleshing it out on my laptop.

As mentioned earlier, I'm not a fan boy in terms of one company or another;  I'm a fan of awesomeness and easy to use. And so far the Nexus7 is proving to be a worthwhile investment- hell even the autocorrect on here is much better then on the iPhone.

Anyway it's now three days later and I'm still enjoying it. I've watched the latest episode of doctor who on here and it was a perfect fit for the 7 inch screen.

In summary its a handy little tablet. The only real downside is that its only  available in a WiFi only model; though there are rumours a cellular one is imminent. Though with the availability of WiFi- both free and paid in major areas its only a minor drawback. 

Bombshells

Well, I just received a massive bombshell from my best friend today and I'm still in shock.

They've announced that they're going to be moving up to Gold Coast at the end of August. I knew it was coming, but frankly I have never experienced being shell shocked before in my life. It's a cliche to say that one could feel their jaw drop and find it hard to recover, but I did.

I've given the impression that it's all about me but it isn't. I mean I could lie and say I understand why they are moving but that's both an insult to everyone and most importantly our friendship and frankly that's one thing i will not do. The main thrust really is they need to be happy and if circumstances in this "fair" city of Melbourne isn't conductive of it, then by all means I am happy that they are moving.

It's really hard to say how I feel about it; I am totally happy for them and their partner. I suppose the biggest question this raises is how does one cope with bombshells of any kind? For me, it feels like I've been hit with two in as many days and while I thankfully am nearly over the first one (again, thankfully without the need to hit the prescription drugs so yay go me!!!), this one will be interesting to see how I cope with.

Is there such thing as the best way of coping with bombshells?

Random Thoughts #298

It's Friday and I've finished one week of doing broken shifts at my job on the trams, as well as juggling my other job at Big W and I'm glad it's one week done.

The good thing about this particular deployment is the fact that I have no set shift per se-rather I have been given suggested shift times and a finish date of Friday the 13th. Basically I need to do 5 AM and 5 PM shifts at this godawful  place known as Domain Interchange.

The downside to all this is trying the best to juggle your time and appointments etc. For example; I've now realised that I've double booked myself next Monday so I have to ring up and cancel my haircut (it's getting waaay to shaggy).

But I'll be honest; what I do like about this deployment is seeing if I run into anyone I know and I have. People often say when I chat with them when they are at their work it breaks the monotony down and I can understand it.

In the last 3 days I've seen this one particular guy go through (I have no idea who it is came to think of it) the stop and he always gives me a bit of a way. Lately- with the cold weather- I've been pretending (or not) to be freezing; and he's been pretending to be boiling hot.

Little things like that breaks the time and it makes the day go faster.

Update

So I've bene slack.

No writings of lately or uploads of previous writings etc.

But I've finally think I've found inspiration to start up agian; which is great. Will be a slow process but bring it on I say. Hopefully in the next month more stuff will be coming up