10:23 p.m., 23.08.05
Mood Control

I've been so desperately despondent at work lately that I've taken to plugging myself into what I've dubbed "mood control."

I wait as long as I can without getting too shitty to function, and then pick up a pair of headphones sitting on my desk and put them on.

These headphones are connected to the computer, which quietly plays the Benny Hill theme tune, on repeat, all day long. And I've discovered it's actually impossible to feel sad while you're listening to that song. My feet start bouncing up and down, my head bobbing side to side and I start grinning.

Give it a try, just leave it there playing until you need it.

There may be an end in sight - I've been taken off the project I'm on and might be moving to a new site, where I'll be doing something far closer to what I signed up to this damn consultant job for.

We'll see. In the meantime, Benny's playing away at work even as I type, but I've got a feeling I won't need to plug in for these last three days... :)

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