Desk Moves, Twitter and Gigging (Oh My)

As part of our move into Cable & Wireless territory, our building is being compacted. Not the building, obviously, that would involve engineers and scaffolding, but the floors the staff is distributed amongst. Instead of being spread over 4 floors, we're being moved into 2. It's not that big a deal, but it did mean we all got shifted around up here on the Seventh. It was a hassle and I lost the chair I wanted to keep (despite me going to great lengths to ensure it had a label!) but it's not so bad.
That said, I do appear to be sitting next to the most Obsessive-Compulsive person I've ever known. And I know ME. He has two lights on his monitor (which were shining in my face but aren't any more). He got his old monitor replaced by a newer flatscreen job because he "couldn't move the big one back far enough" and now he leans forward all the time. He also takes two cups of water to his desk (fair enough) which he places an identical distance apart every time. He moves his keyboard back to being square with monitor every hour or so. After he eats, he wipes his desk down as if it's a surgical implement. A sandwich does not spread that much! And he regularly checks his phone is not diverted; a process which requires the receiver going to both ears just in case he's suddenly gone deaf in one - I don't know, you tell me.

It is slowly driving me mad.

In other news, I took up the social networking thing and signed up for Twitter. It's actually quite interesting, getting real-time feeds of what people like Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross are doing; stuff that you might not hear about otherwise. We're also getting titbits here and there from Robert Llewellyn about the new Red Dwarf series (although nothing more than spoilerific than publicity shots so far). I keep pimping the band out as much as possible without risking Wossy blocking me, but you never know - he might give in and send an invite for us to play on the show. At least that's the hope. You can follow my updates in the Real-Time Rants section on the right.

Speaking of which, the band has a whole load of gigs coming up over the next few months. I keep updating the list on here, despite nobody actually reading the blog any more. Never mind, it gives me an outlet and saves a load of innocent people getting murdered.
Seems to be the Midlands mainly, with gigs around Leicester and Bedford already on the cards. The first one is this Friday and I'm looking forward to a fairly long drive since I'll be dropping off Stef at her grandparents on the way. Add to that I keep getting offers of extra work and you have a recipe for some good breaks from the norm and a bit of extra money in this time of need. Score!