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The Lord Giveth and the Lord taketh.

What a day yesterday. It deserves its own blog entry. First I had a major presentation to upper management on my project. This was my first presentation as project manager of a major project. I've made presentations where I've been a manager of a subset to a major program, but this is my first where I'm in charge of it all. And this is in the top three or four developement programs we have going, and so there is a lot of high up visibility ...

as you all know a new Backstreet boys album is out by the name .Unbreakable. and so I'll put a lyric from the song .Unmistakable.:
[Brian:]
Anytime, anywhere, anyplace
You could be anyone today
Maybe I would recognize you On a crowded street

[AJ:]
Maybe you'll take me by surprise
Will you be the one I had in mind

[Chorus (emphasis on AJ):]
There'll come a day
When you'll walk out of my dreams
Face to face ...

Today I felt like answering a question that you may have been wondering, if you didn’t already know (As I already wrote this up somewhere else).

How did Blue get her name?

Alas, ‘tis not a great tale, it’s rather dull and kind of odd (I think), rather like the stories of how I got my scars (I have two, but that’s for a later date).
You see, it all started with that notorious pain in the arse, Tom. Tom was always a bit strange, like me, that’s why we clicked ...

I haven't got suicidal feelings, just in case anyone thinks I'm having a repetition of my 'gloom' from a couple of weeks ago. This was a bit of an exercise in word play, and fun to write. It was a good exercise to mentally walk myself through the journey to work, losing little pieces of myself along the way
(poem deleted)

Do I feel guilty that I've only been on here long enough to post my stuff? Yes. That's why I don't even visit when I've no time, cos I hate feeling like a self-centered bastard.

Nevertheless, today is an exception. I took 2 hours (on and off) writing these opening paragraphs for my paper. It feels akin to pulling teeth - pulling words to be succinct when, in fact, I have so much to say I could ramble on for 2 pages regarding my "thoughts on madness, genius and creativity". ...