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In limbo between man coming to collect DVDs and receiving funds for le beast. Keep having odd moments where I wonder whether I've been ripped off in some cunning scam that has been running since 2001 and requires the scammed to actively seek out the scammers by remembering the name of the organisation from years ago and go scanning the backs of respected film journals for their full page ad.

Then work out a) that this would be an inefficient scam at best because b) a full page ad in the back of several periodicals every month would be worth much more than the collected price of many DVD collections mine included.

Feel dumb and paranoid for a bit. Then feel the lack of money AND lack of many comforting DVDs around me back to point one.

Now for some other news. There is a possibility, although not certain, that my work will be paying for me to attend the London Office once every five weeks and hence paying for a London weekly peak travelcard for me in that week. Thus making it possible for me to attend FAR MORE LONDON MEETS

Unfortunately everyone except my line manager s who has discussed the plan with me thus far see it as unworkable and impractical. This leads me to believe that it is entirely possible that the wrath of the Partners on high may descend upon my dickweed line managers and the voice of the gods will boom:

"NAY HE SHALL NOT GO TO LONDON! HE IS A WEB DEVELOPER AND WILL BE NAFF ALL GOOD AT MANAGING A BUNCH OF PROCURVE NETWORKING SWITCHES WINT FACE AND BOOBIE BREATH"

or words to that effect.

I think the major stumbling block to this scheme is the fact that were I to be despatched to London once every five weeks they would be forced to issue me with a laptop and as I saved the company 17k earlier this year (and it's only Februrary dudes!) I would be expecting a decent one.

So all my appendages are crossed.

Hope yours are too for whatever you're looking for in life.

Countdown to Beast: 4 and a half weeks, give or take.