Only thirty years to go! He says. Either I look about twenty years older, or there must some sort of time limit that nobody told us about. I'm in it for the long term, I say and he just smiles.

There is a little office meeting wherein we all have to say what we're doing at the moment. I'm the only person who seems to be doing more than three things at once, of course updating Skip The Budgie and Twitter ISN'T on my list but even I am surprised at how much I am expected to do. We have another changeover of staff and of course they give the job to the person I said I'd LEAST like to work with. He does seem to be doing okay though, even if he is trying to compete with me to see who can be the most cynical. This isn't fair. I want to keep my sarcasm crown! The old guy has left to pursue his dream job at Aardman. I tried my best to persuade him that at some point in your life you have to let go of the dream but he went ahead and got the job anyway!

An invitation to interview finds it's way into my letterbox and I have a couple of weeks to go before I officially stake my claim to the job I've been doing since last March. My boss says that if I don’t get it, she'll resign. She is on the interview panel AND my First referee. I have let it be known that should I not get it, I will go and work for Waitrose for the 10% John Lewis discount instead.1 It will be so tempting to just sit back and repeatedly say I refer to my previous interview for this fscking job, but given that a million newly redundant office managers have applied, I will probably actually have to try.

Before then I have to be on the panel for yet another post in the office and ask my usual boring questions about computer literacy before making life or death decisions about someone's career. It'll be good practice though, as I have to do Jury service in a couple of weeks! Hoping for something exciting but it'll probably be really dull and nothing like Trial and Retribution at all. I wonder if they allow Twittering from the court room. It worked for the Pirate Bay!

There is a Big Moaner in the office, many things are causing problems, at the moment the use of a jetwash outside the office is worse than being in Guantanamo Bay. Of course she would know. I suppose if she's been reading Miss Universe's blog she is probably right, in her own little way. I manage to keep my mouth shut, but I can't help wondering where people get their boundaries of tolerance from. Sheltered lives in a compact lower middle class world.

On a more topical note, the office, nay perhaps the whole University appears oblivious to the G20 on which I was hooked on the updates via Twitterfall although it was going a bit quickly to keep track of, not to mention the fact that I'm supposed to be setting a good example for New Boy.2 Anyway, it's amazing how something as basic as Twitter turns into a live news feed with live updates and opinions from all sides of the confused mess of a demonstration. The info from both the Gruaniad journalists, bankers and police as well as the protesters made very interesting reading...

@despotliz : pleased to spot a "down with this sort of thing" placard in the G20 protest photos

@paul__lewis : Police just intercepted tank. Yes, a tank! ..filled with c.10 anarchists, outside RBS, liv st Now under police escort. #G20

@NicoHines : violence! someone just threw an apple at the police as they dragged away some over-eager protesters #G20

@NicoHines : wow - cracking jump-in punch from policeman outside Bank. that's not in Queensbury rules #G20

@chickyog : O no, O no. thr we have it. A Sky News camera crew have attacked the CNN team who wr ruining their shot! ths is terrible. ...

@chickyog : There's BBC's Ben Brogan stripped to the waist screaming 'COME ON ITN, YOU FSCKING WANT SOME?' Shocking, just shocking. #G20

@danielosmith : Apparently seen in bank HQ window during #G20 protest: "While you are here protesting, we are repossessing your homes"

@britalianblog : Well done #G20 RentAMob for smashing RBS windows Can you remember who now owns RBS? YOU DO, IDIOTS.

@elkx : Love the Englishness of the #G20 feed - ripping off tax payers for billions is unfortunate but smashing windows is REALLY serious

@MrAndrew : The protesters are Twittering en masse! They hate capitalism but seem to be fine with getting an iPhone with an 18 month O2 contract.

etc etc....

• 1. There are still a few things we need to get, the wedding list was very generous though - soon we will have a bathroom floor!
• 2. Think I might be failing in this regard - see cynicism comment, above.