Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Achievements: Blank

In what must count as one of the quietest days in the history of the Office X-Men universe,four X-Men are absent from duty in the hostile environment that is the office.But first,two million congratulations to Jubilee and Colossus,it's their BIG DAY at the ROM and it must be such a joyous occasion.I'd love to have been there to witness the event but knowing myself,after taking leave,I'd probably stay up late till about 6 in the morning and wake up at about 12 noon and find that I've missed the entire event.In which case,I'd wind up SMSing the couple my two million congratulations which I did this morning.Jean Grey IS at the event,however.Offering her psycho-kinetic photographic services to the couple.Now,at least we know the photographs will turn out great.If it was me taking pictures there,you just know that none of the pictures will feature the couple or the family,it'd just be a set of pictures of beautiful females who happen to be present at the ROM on 3 August 2004.Oh,in a non-related story,Shadowcat is away on course.

That has nothing to do with achievements so far,has it?Sorry,I just setting the stage or rather,I have managed to distract myself again.I can't help but talk about the big event,you know.I didn't even do much justice to it by devoting just 1 paragraph to it.Ok,ok,slap me before I slip further.Anyway,back to my story.Rogue just sent an email telling all of us to detail our achievements,performance and erm,abilities since the first half of this year.It's the half-yearly self-marketing exercise again,where we try to reason why we deserve more pay.Well,I am feeding the family,so why don't you just pay me more out of pity???Anyway,I am sorely tempted to ask,does abilities change after half a year?Come to think of it,I am afraid they do.Half a year later at this job,I'm definitely become a LOT more STUPID than I was half a year ago.I have also developed the uncanny ability to sleep with my eyes wide open and decipher and block out bullshit that Rogue and Banshee sprout every so often.These two new mutant abilities have helped me to stay sane in a cauldron of ineptitude.I really want to put my Optic Blast as a critical ability but I rather suspect Rogue will have me bundled into a strait-jacket in no time.At least,I'd be brought to somewhere near my present home.

The real troubling aspect of this exercise is,of course,the achievements portion.When I saw the "A" word,my eyes widened in disbelief and shock and as I frantically thought about what to write,I realised that whatever I put in there will make Dan Brown novels look like non-fiction write-ups.Gee,I am that achievement-less and I only realised it half a year later.Of course,having survived here for half a year is an achievement by itself but I doubt I can put that in.But seriously,it is an achievement.You put any of those Survivor contestants down here and they wouldn't last 6 days,let alone 6 months.Richard Hatch?Child's play.

So while I continue to struggle to pen my work of fiction,I implore all to seriously look at where you are and see if you too,have achieved nuff but grown cobwebs and spiders.Maybe it's time to move and seek greener pastures.Maybe it's time to prep yourself up and make some real difference where you are.Or maybe it's time to grow firmer cobwebs and bigger and fatter spiders.Life cannot be wasted.I know what I'd be doing.Breeding tarantulas at my seat and hammering away at this blog.What about you?