16 November, 2001 - 8:00 p.m.

I just realised that I'd set up my email link to a non-existent email address, or perhaps one that is in existence, but simply isn't mine. Which effectively means that should any of you kind old souls out there have clicked on the link to email me .. I don't think I received it, but in actual fact, some other poor sod out there has. My bad.

On another note, (although not much of a better one) I am absolutely knackered. I had the longest day at work, where it seemed that no matter how much work I did, and how quickly I did it, there just never seemed to be an end.

On a much brighter note (yay!) our office wrote over $100,000 in brokerage today, which means a Christmas bonus could quite possibly be in the wings. I mean, I realise that one good day doesn't make up for all the other days when we were barely breaking even .. and I'm not trying to make excuses for the brokers, but I do know that it's a tough market at the moment, and I admire them for pulling their finger out (I really, really, really hate that saying incidentally) and doing so well. Also, as much as I hate to sound greedy, but I could really do with the extra cash. I idly glanced over my pay slips the other day, and oh boy, my bank account total does not even closely resemble what I've been paid.

Sometimes I think that that character out of A Christmas Carol had it the right way around. Being a miser must help in some regard, right?

Mmm .. nah. I think I like being slutty with my money :D

I'm meant to be meeting up with some friends from uni for a couple of Friday night drinkies and some good old fashioned clubbing, but really, my heart and soul aren't in it. And unless these boots were made for walking all over people, I don't think it's where I should be tonight.

I think I may have a quiet night in instead. Just me and my .. Harry Potter books. Yep, you heard right. I have been sucked in by all the hype, and have devoured the books hungrily. I'm up to the third one now .. which is kind of a shame, because that means I only have one more left in line to read because they've only released four of them in Australia thus far.

I had a lot of other stuff on my mind to rip out and put down in here, but I just spent over 15 minutes looking out of the window into the darkness, and now I've forgotten everything.

Thank God for small mercies, eh?