and there's more
i've heard back from warner village, they gave me 3 more free tickets, which was really helpful, although my comments have been passed to the centre manager, reading borough council and the fire service have not got back to me either, but from experience i know that if they have investigated it then they usually make a list of improvements which the come and check on after some time!
me, i'm fine, tired, and recovering from a nasty cold, i was coughing so hard the other day becaue of it i was sick, i phoned in sick for work and felt guilty about missing 1 day, felt like i was letting the team down, which is just silly...anyway i'm feeling better now which is good
the flat is going great, with the minor problem of the oven seems to cut out every now and again, but it might be something to do with the timer system on it, i would read the manual, if i had one that is... and the fridge is almost sorted, my sister's got one going spare that i can use for a while, provided i can get it from hers to mine, shouldn't be too hard i guess, just the 2 flights of stairs that i'll need to get it up
my birthday was good, except for the training bit, which wasn't bad, just not the best way to celebrate a birthday!
anyway, i'm sure i should have more news than this, but i can't think of any at the moment, so i'm going to bail on y'all
take care peoples
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a continuation
so i went to the Warner Village website and put in a comment to them regarding the incident on the 8/11, they sent me the obligatory "thank you for your comments" email as an immediate response. I also went to the Reading Borough Council website and submitted a comment to them, they have responded by saying that my comments have been passed over to the Environmental Health Department, so at least something is happening.

in other news...
...i've got a cold that has got on my chest and seems to want to stay there for the moment, which is a bugger!
...the flat is fine, i'm getting used to the being alone factor
...it's my birthday tomorrow and ive got to go on a training day for work that i can't get out of...typical
...everything seems to be going well

ok take care peoples
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"Can you say FIRE?"
right lets get down to business, the above relates to something that happened last night when roger, martin and myself went to the cinema with every intention of watching the new Matrix film. we'd got tickets, we'd got there early, we'd had a beer in a bar beforehand, everything was going well. the lights dimmed, the adverts started rolling and we settled ourselves in for the long haul as it were. everyone was quiet when the honda advert came on and we all watched it in silent awe as the various parts of the car did their thing...it's a very cool advert. during said advert the was a faint smell coming through the auditorium, a faint smoky, electrical smell, a faint smoky, electrical fire type of smell infact. some people had started to leave the auditorium as more and more people became aware that there was something not quite right, i had stood up with martin to see what the commotion was all about. still the adverts rolled. we watched in awe as some people left the cinema to find some staff to sort out what the problem was, but this time there was some smoke in the room, but no other visible signs of a fire. an attendant came in, climbed the stairs to the area that seemed to be where the problem was. he then wondered, in no obvious hurry, to get a fire extinguisher which he then discharged as a second member of staff turned up. it should also be noted that at this time the adverts were still rolling and there had been no actual detection of the fire apart from what people had seen, ie no fire alarm, no smoke detector, nothing. a third member of staff arrived, apparently this is because the projectionist had told him that there was something wrong, and called out to all the people in the screen that they should leave the building via the marked fire exit, and proceed to the front of the building and wait for him to give further instructions. we did this, still without any fire alarms being sounded. we, like many others, milled around out the front of the cinema, in the cold and without further instruction. some of the people had made their way back inside and back upstairs, unheeded, and still we waited. eventually we got cold and went back inside ourselves, and upstairs we went and then we milled around for a while. i decided that things were not good enough and went to hunt down the Duty Manager, who turned out to be the third member of staff that had come into the auditorium, he was busy dealing with the fire men at the time, but i was allowed to stand, unattended, and wait for him, by unattended i mean that if i had wanted to i could've walked back to the screen in question without anyone asking me anything. by this time there was a large crowd of fairly miffed people wanting to know what was going on, they were alleged to be in an orderly queue, but it was so obvious that few of the staff actually knew what they should be doing in this situation and fewer knew enough about what was going on to be able to provide us with any information as to what options we had. Finally when i got to speak to the DM i found that when ever i had something to say, he would interrupt me, a big failing in someone who is expected to be a manager, in fairness he was under enough stress without me quizzing him on the company and site policies and emergency action plans, with specific regards to fire and evacuation procedures and the training and testing that had taken place. he was flustered and kept interrupting me to say that he had made the decision to re-open the screen providing the fire brigade had cleared it to open...it was with this that he made a mistake by telling all the people waiting that he was going to re-open the screen and show the film, so that it would start 1 hour late, he did this without further consulting the firemen to check that it was safe to re-open. at this point we decided that, because i was on an early start at work this morning, we would rather take a refund and go and see it another day. we then had to queue for a while to get said refund, which instead we decided to take vouchers so that next time we could see it without having to pay.
now that's about the long and short of it, but considering we spent £17.70 on three tickets, £10.20 on popcorn and drinks and the like, £2 on parking, and the petrol to get there, we didn't see a film, and the only compensation that we got was three vouchers, that we can't use online or over the telephone to make a booking. there was no other offers of compensation, there wasn't even the offer of a free drink whilst we waited.
needless to say i am still not to impressed with the way that things were handled. but there are still a few things that i will be doing to try and get something sorted about the incident. Firstly there is this blog, i'm hoping that if you're reading it then you'll have a think about the procedures that are in place and the people that are there to look after you. Secondly, if anyone out there is going to the cinema, make sure that if you are going the WARNER VILLAGE at THE ORACLE in READING, ask them if there have been any changes in their fire and evacuation procedures as a result of the incident on SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER. Finally, I shall be writing a series of letters to Reading Borough Council, Warner Village at the Oracle, The Fire Brigade in Reading and finally i'll be writing to the Warner Village main UK offices. I'm not after compensation, although some sort of gesture towards covering the costs that we incurred wouldn't go amiss, i'm doing this because if next week, or next month, there is a bigger fire there, i want to know that i've raised my points and grievances with the right people, in the hope that it will prevent a big fire there.

ok no that's off my chest...
i'm doing ok, not sleeping very well, work has been ok this week. Flogging Molly were amazing, saw them on wednesday for the second time this year, it was very cool. everythign seems to be going pretty well at the moment. couple of teething problems with the flat, but nothing major, which is good.

anyway, i think that's about enough from me for this week, i doubt i'll blog again until next sunday now, hopefully i won't have a major rant for you next time.
take care peoples
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i'm free
i've moved out of my folks home so i'll not be blogging very often anymore
i'll email people with the new address
take care peoples
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je suis tres tired
i only do a little bit of french so that'll do me for this week
it's true though i'm absolutely knackered at the moment, something to do with seeing kill bill pt1 last night and doing the early again this morning
it's been a funny old day at work, we threw out over £900 worth of frozen food, mainly because it wasn't frozen anymore, and the boss phoned in sick, then the other boss phoned in sick too, then the big boss phoned and i took his call whilst i was lifeguarding, not the cleverest thing to do, but it's not like he knew what i was doing and basically there was no-one there today...and i still couldn't be bothered to do anything
i've not done any packing for a few days either, i'm either going to do some tonight for a little while, ie before i fall asleep, or i'm just going to leave it all until friday when i've got to sort it all out and pack it all up because i move on the saturday
i've got a really nast taste in my mouth too...ate some raw onion today, it was in my sandwich, but seeing as i asked for a bacon sarnie with cheese and onions i assumed that i'd get a hot sarnie, but i got a cold one, with raw onion and cold precooked bacon...obviously i still ate it, but it's the principal of it
i've not had a shave for a while...must have one before tomorrow really
i'm off to watch tottenham play tomorrow, mentioned that yesterday, but i'm mentioning it again because it's cool...although spurs'll probably lose
i'm having troubles with my hotmail account at the moment again...it keeps telling me that "this server is too busy"...you'd think that one of the most popular sites in the world would sort out it's server problems...i mean what's the server too busy doing? do servers go fishing? do they have sideline jobs as cyber pimps? do they blog? do they think i have nothing better to do with my spare time that sit here complaining about them and not reading my email?
i think i'm going to just log off in a minute if i can't get my bloody emails and go to bed, it's not like i've got anything really important to do, honest
take care peoples
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Tiny secret agent spy hamsters with giant guns and rockets packs
well it made me chuckle to myself
it's starting to hit me that i've only got a few days before i move out which means i've really got to do some more packing, except i still really can't be bothered at the moment! How bad is that?
going to see kill bill tonight hopefully
not much is happening in my life at the moment, it's all quiet on the western front, not to mention the eastern, northern and southern fronts as well...
going to see tottenham play west ham on wednesday, its a cup game apparently, not that i care, it's a football match and i've not been to one since i was 11, which seems like years ago...considering i'll be like 25 soon i guess it is years ago!
i've been granted my annual leave request for the 5th of november which means i can go and see Flogging Molly again...hint hint you know who you are!!!
and what's this i hear about a certain mr roger conversing with my lady about my birthday present?
"what should i get him, he's got everything?" her
"he has now he's got you" him
what's that all about??? that's what she told me anyway
only kidding
must go, going to try this packing jobbie again, but i'll probably end up doing something else. take care peoples
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still...
...here
...bored
...alive
...moving in under a week
...hungry
...feeling a little low

i'm moving next saturday, so after a couple of blogs this week don't expect that many after then...certainly not anything regular like there has been in the past. i'm actually looking forward to it now...not excited yet, but looking forward to it. I think i've got everything redy for it, but i'll not know until i'm there and want to use something only to realise that i don't own one
got work later today, should be ok, better than yesterday anyway, unless the dodgy "new" receptionist phones in sick again, which she seems to have a habit of doing at the moment, either there;s something really wrong with her, or she's not big on being reliable, personally i think it's more of the latter, but i shouldn't doubt her so much, she might be really ill!
anyway yesterday at work, during the naturist session, one of the old blokes collapsed, ambulance was called, he didn't want to go with them and said he felt fine, needless to say he decided against going for a swim, but when it came to him leaving, he collapsed again, another ambulance was called, and again he decided against going with them, but at least this time he wasn't naked!
and we were short staffed yesterday too, which made it all good fun!
enough with the work type stuff...everyone has left me this weekend, all my mates are elsewhere so i've been bored as sin so far this weekend, my fault partially i guess, i should've given some other people a shout to see what they were up to, but i was working so i shouldn't have been socialising that much anyway.
i was very glad of the extra hour in bed this morning, and i made the most of it by rolling over and going back to sleep.
watched the rugby this morning, glad we won, disappointed in the general performance of the team, there were a lot of scrappy passes and the throw-in's were awful, still a couple of good trys and it was all good in the end.
i've still got loads to pack before i move, i just can't seem to get motivated to do it, everytime i think about doing some more i just can't be bothered.
Monsterous Regiment, the book i'm reading is superb and i'm liking it a lot, not sure where the stories going, but that's a good thing, i'm not a fan of really predictable storylines, obviously you can make a rough guess as to what happens in the end, but it's when you can guess what's going to happen in the next few chapters, that's when reading stops being fun
anyway, i'm going to hide and read some more of my book now that i've got it in my head...take care peoples
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i'm losing sight of what it all means
i'm back again today because i'm bored and online...
i'm having on of those days today where i just can't seem to get myself up and with it, i know it's a bit late in the day to try and start getting up and with it, but i've been like it all day and it sucks, in fact i could feel it starting yesterday, i was feeling a little down yesterday for no readily apparent reason and today it just seems to have got worse. part of it might be that i know that there is going to be a lot of work coming my way, mainly because of the seminar that i was at today, part of it is that i always seem to get the work come my way. it would appear that i'm in line for a change in job title, so along with the titles of Duty Manager and SwimSchool Co-ordinator, i'm going to become the Site Health & Safety Co-ordinator, it doesn't mean that i get any more money of course, that'd be silly to pay me more just because they're changing my job role. i wish i knew why i was feeling low, but it just seems that i'm due a little down time, as it were. it's probably a combination of things:
the stress of moving, everyone knows that moving is one of the most stessful things that one can do;
the possibility of additional work, although i don't have a lot on workwise at the moment, i get the impression that this is going to add more work than i've got space for, thus leading me to neglect one of my other responsibilities;
i'm still ill, and having other things to worry about isn't going to help me get better, and finally;
trying to do too much, at work, at home, everywhere...it's not good.
i've changed my mind about my general feeling for the day from ambivalent to down.
i think that's about it for today
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wow...that was good!!!
i'm not talking about anything dirty people...i am in fact referring to a "really interesting" seminar i attended today on Health & Safety, still as boring as it was, at least i didn't have to go to work in the normal sense of the word...

tenancy agreement arrived today, need to look through it at some point before tomorrow when i should go down and hand it in signed and with the balance on the account, which i mentioned yesterday was totalling £1441.13 which had better be in my account tomorrow seeing as i get paid at some point between now and when i get to the bank

everything else is ok, i'm tired, still not sleeping very well, i'm still not feeling very well either, but i really can't be bothered to see the doctor about it, it's nothing major after all. my teeth hurt, i think that i've got one cutting through, and it's not the most comfortable of things.

general feeling for the day is ambivalent

take care peoples
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so much to do, so little time to do it
it's like 10 days until i move
and it's like 3 weeks until my birthday
and i'm feeling really ill to go with it
i was thinking of phoning in sick today, i've not done it yet, i've managed to struggle through, and i know that i'll do the same today, it's only 5 hours today.

i should get my tenancy agreement in the post tomorrow, i had the notification of costs today, a total £1441.13 is still needed, but at least i know that i'm now due to meet the check-in clerk on the day to get all the keys and the like, which is cool. i'm still not getting really excited, but i'm looking forward to it

didn't sleep very well last night, seemed like i was in bed for ages, everytime i looked at my clock it was like 20 minutes since i'd last looked, everytime i wanted to roll over i woke myself up, which just sucked, anyway i slept in until about an hour ago, and now i'm up and doing nothing before i go to work

i forgot to mention that i went to see The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen on monday, went to wantage because it was cheaper and easier to get to and there was only about 14 people in the cinema. it's a good film, not believable in the slightest, but very good none-the-less, well i enjoyed it, but that's not saying much! i thought it was funny in places where i don't think other people got the joke, but again that's just me!

going to blog off now, tkae care peoples
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knocking on kevin's door
i think G'n'R would've had more success if this was the title, but i guess they'd have to find a kevin then...they could always have used kevin from roland rat fame, i think he was a gerbil, errol was a hamster with a really thick welsh accent and a thing for leeks and i've got this feeling that there was someone else, but i can't think who...if you know, tell me!

getting some more paperwork in the post tomorrow about the flat, the bloke phoned me this morning about it...i started packing yesterday, i successfully packed up 4 boxes, mostly with cds, tapes, videos and dvds, and that's not including the ones that i have in racks and holders and what not!!! i did the really clever thing of packing the case to a cd i was listening too, better than that, it's at the bottom of the box!!! also did he really clumsy thing of knocking a near full can of coke into a box that i had filled over half full with cd's...how clever was that!!!

did some shopping yesterday, got some of the more essential things, iron, ironing board and the like, i spent about £120 in argos getting it all and i had to make 3 trips from the shop to the car to put it all away, and unfortunately i was parked on the 2 floor and on the wrong side of the car park, still it'll get me fit...if i was doing it everyday and not using the lift all the time!

i'm not feeling very excited yet, but i am looking forward to it, come thursday next week i won't be able to sleep through excitement, it's like going on holiday and not having to worry about coming back, but it does mean that i've got a lot of things to sort out and take with me...speaking of which i've got a day off again today so i should crack on...
take care peoples
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12 days to go and counting
must quickly thank alison for correcting the quote...thank you alison! i wasn't far off

finally started reading the new Terry Pratchett book, Monsterous Regiment, last night after finishing Valhalla the other day...first impressions...it's terry pratchett, definately pratchett material, i've not read enough to give it a full evaluation yet, probably won't give it a full evaluation until i've finished it, hopefully i'll have finished it before i move.

it's my day off today, but i'm not doing anything constructive with it at the moment, might pop into argos and get a few of the things i need to get before i move, seems like a good idea...but i might not bother doing that either...might even start packing, i've been talking about it for ages, but not done anything about it yet!

anyway, i guess i should do something...take care peoples
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all systems are go
we have a green light
the move is on
1/11/03
i had an email confirming everything is ok to go ahead with the move so i'm going to maybe start packing this week, but you know me, i doubt it'll happen, but i really should start getting things organised

i did go out in the end last night, to the cinema, and i'm glad i did because i went to see Finding Nemo, and i loved it! it was a corking film. it was really busy too so i did the sneaky thing of going into the cinema to check times and availability then standing outside to book tickets using my phone because the ticket hall bit was packed and there was a huge queue...it's not really cheating, but it was a hell of a lot quicker than standing in the queue to get a ticket, then having to stand in another queue to get into the screen...but we got pretty good seats in the middle of the auditorium (?) and everything was cool

not really got much to say now, there was something that i wanted to go on about, but i can't for the life of me remember what it was

if you go to see finding nemo, watch the credits, mike from monsters inc can be seen swimming across the screen at the end, just so you know ;)

anyway, take care peoples
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Mother is the word for god on the lips and hearts of all children
knowing me i've got that quote wrong, but it's cool none-the-less, if anyone can correct it, let me know and I'll re-edit it so it's right...that is assuming you know where it came from in the first place and seeing as i haven't told you, you'll have to either guess or work it out!

it's from a film

my poor woody is getting irritating, he went to the vet's today to have the dressing removed, but he's doing all the things he's not allowed to do, things like jumping up onto the chairs in the kitchen, he shouldn't be jumping at the moment and i've told him that i'll laugh at him if his stitches burst, but he just won't listen...

one of my favourite films

on the home front things have been fairly quiet...apart from the dog... been feeling very tired and not very well for a few days, i've put the former down to suffering from the latter, seemed like a good idea to me...

a man died in the film

i'm in a not really bothered type of mood today, in other words i can't be arsed with doing anything...i'm supposed to be going out tonight, but i don't really feel like it, i just wanna sit in and watch telly and just chill basically...i'll probably end up going out for a while though, don't want to go out for long if i do go out though...

it's a dark comicbook film

right i'm going to have a look at a last few websites...argos mainly...to see if there is anything else i can get or need for my move

take care peoples
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my poor woody
woody is the name of my dog before anyone gets the wrong impression! i know what you're all like and i know what you were thinking!!!
and it's poor woody day because he had his bit's lopped off yesterday, no longer should he be shagging legs, cushions, bags or anything else he can lock his little legs around and start pumping against. he's walking a little funny this morning, and he's not allowed to jump up at anyone or anything like that which is good. he was very quiet when i came in last night, he just sort of laid there looking pityful and ridiculous with his tail curled between his legs covering what wasn't there anymore.
i'm still not feeling great, but better than yesterday, my throat is still really sore, but at least i don't ache like i did yesterday and although my head is still a little fuzzy, it's clearer than it was last night.
I got one of the girls at work to go to the shop last night and get me some soup, she got me chicken soup and although i'm not a big soup fan i really enjoyed it and i felt better for it, it was about the most i'd eaten all day though so that might have something to do with it too...bizarre chicken soup and tlc is the remedy for everything!
dad's got the things down from in the garage that i took to uni, pots and pans and that sort of thing so we're having a look at those this morning, anything that i don't want the bin is having.
anyway, that's about all for today, take care peoples
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"bullets and bombs might break his bones or even vapourise him completely, but vern could do him a nasty injury"
taken from Valhalla by Tom Holt

that's what i've been reading at the moment, reading it like mad because i've got the new terry pratchett book sitting on my desk glaring at me, darig me to start reading it before i finish the book i'm on

things are going fairly well at the moment, although i'm feeling fuff as ruck, i think i'm coming down with a cold...throat's very sore, feeling cold and i ache all over...still not calling in sick though because if i call in sick there's no-one to cover me, might have to call it in tomorrow though if i don't get better today

other than that, like i said, things are going well, looked in the argos book last night for the essentials and i've picked out a few things that i'll need that are reasonably priced, migt start getting them at the weekend, but might be better to leave some of it until after i've made the move, that way i won't have to move it twice

take care peoples
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all my people come on choose your side you're a long way from home, but not alone
dunno why i'm putting that as my title apart from it's on the song i'm listening to at the moment
having a good day again today, i think all this positive energy is justified after the last few weeks and a lot of negative energy, that and i'm moving out, that's probably making me cheer up too
mum got me the 2nd matrix film on dvd yesterday, to go with the first one and the animatrix dvds, watched it this morning...understood it some more time round, watched the MTV Movie Awards Reloaded too, an extra on the bonus disc which parodies reloaded...it's all good!
i've been to get an argos book today so i can start pricing up the essentials, things like an iron and ironing board, that kind of thing, probably do that at work, people seem to be offering me things for the house which is cool...gonna have a look at the argos book tonight at work, mark a few things that i'm going to have to get hold of...saucepans for a start
i'm really tired at the moment too, and i've been sleeping really well, no idea why i'm tired though...it's weird i really need a decent night's sleep and i'm sure i'll feel better, either that or i'll have to stop reading before i go to bed or something
anyway i'm on lates again today so i should get ready to go seeing as i'm due in in 20 minutes
take care peoples
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flat's the way uh-huh uh-huh
i like it uh-huh uh-huh
it's been confirmed...i now have a shag pad and i can move in from the 1st of november, the money for the deposit is in my bank account and everything is go! i've already got the weekend the i'm moving off...flukey or what!
everything else is hunkydory
got to start the packing thing sometime soon, i've got a couple of boxes from work and i'll start bringing home some more now that it's been confirmed, not sure how i'm going to move all my shit yet, but i'll get everything sorted before i move
that's all for today
take care peoples
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Must stop all the quizzes
ah to hell with it...here's today's quiz


Bondage Bear


Which Dysfunctional Care Bear Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

BONUS
my lovely dad's going to give me an early birthday present which will cover my deposit and give me a little extra cash for the new flat, still not heard as to if i've got it yet, but i'm sure it'll ok.
Also on the up side, dad know someone who's getting rid of a 3 piece suite which i may be able to get hold of, it's pink, but pink is better than nothing when it's a sofa...am i right?
haven't done the haircut thing, but i'm going to go and wash it in a minute so i might get the clippers out afterwards, i am in desperate need of a shave too, so i'll do that at the same time.
i was that bored last night that i sat and watched the last session of the LG cup, it's snooker, it was actually pretty good, but the winner got like £82500 for it and that's just wrong, i know he's good, i can see that he's good, but is he really worth that much money when it comes to hitting lots of coloured balls around a big green table? it's the same with footballers, some of them earn in a week what i earn in a year, some earn more than that, it's ridiculous, especially when they ponce around when they're not playing and get in all the papers for all the wrong reasons...i'm worth more than they are morally and i don't have any morals! just think if i'd have been pushed into playing football i could've been a highly paid jerk like them, instead i'm just a jerk.
thankfully my parents didn't push me into playing anything, i think i would've ended up resenting them if they had done. sometimes i wonder though if they had pushed me more if i'd have been something special, or made something more of myself, but like i said i'm glad they didn't push me.
i had a good night's sleep eventually last night, spent some time catching up with a few freinds via the wonder of sms, but as is always the case, i fell asleep mid text and i woke up at 6 this morning thinking where the hell is my phone, and what's that digging into my ear???
i've noticed i'm blogging more frequently again, not sure why, everything is going well, i haven't been to work yet though, just kidding even work is going well at the moment, although i get the impression that the receptionist that shold be working tonight will be phoning in sick again, she's been there 3 weeks and so far she's yet to work a monday on her own...sounds promising doesn't it!!
just thinking what i could buy with the remainder of the money that i'm being given, might have a lok at the cost of tv's as i'm only taking the little portable that's in my room, but i guess i should really look at buying in the essentialt first, like pots and pans to cook with, that kind of thing...argos here we come!!!
anyway, better be off, i wasn't expecting to blog so much again today
take care people
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yay verily it doth sucketh
i'm trying to find where i can go and see house of 1000 corpses without travelling millions of miles, so far slough is about the closest i can find it and that's too far...damn my quest, damn it all to hell again
i've decided that i can't be bothered with the dodgy hair, so i'm going to cut it off...just as soon as i can be bothered, which might be later today, but then again, it might not be, we'll see...
you'll be pleased to note that i've avoided doing any quiz things today, but that means it's just me...uninterrupted, it's up to you as to whether that's a good thing or a bad one...
actually i havent got much to say
i watched cradle 2 the grave, with jet li and DMX, the other night...tis very good, loadsa action and nice fight scenes...a little wire fighting, which i prefer to all the CG stuff that is appearing in action movies these days...example blade II or the matrix reloaded...wire fighting, although unrealistic, keeps all the body's natural movements, you can do somethings on a wire that your body can't physically do anyway, ie sustain a jumping kick for longer, but the body still moves in a natural way because it's actually doing it, as opposed to the movements of Spiderman when he was web-slinging in the most recent movie when the body arches in a very "flexible" way...a little too flexible at points, it looked like that guy could kiss his own arse. I like CG movies, bu only when the whole movie is CG, like toy story or final fantasy, but movies that are using CG because they don't want, or more likely can't get, the actors do the stuff that is needed of them, it looks wrong and unnatural and silly...enough with the ranting about films...for now
work is going freakishly well at the moment, i think it's probably got something to do with the idea that i could be moving out sometime soon and therefore i have something to look forward to at the moment...it's an adventure, i was thinking about starting to pack up a few of my things ready, but i don't want to be too keen, it's not like i've definately got somewhere to go yet
i need some new tunes...anyone got any recommendations? you know what i like!
i've been looking for some growling mad scientists stuff...but i've not found very much, only a couple of tracks online, very cool though...trance or something like that...it's all good
if anyone wants any ideas for what to get me for my up coming birthday...1 month today...i'd like some little things that will brighten up my new flat if i get it, i'll keep you posted as to if i get it
i've apparently downloaded messenger plus! which is cool so if i see you online, now i can piss you off with some stupid sounds...mwhahahahahahahahahaha!
anyway, take care peoples
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more stupid quizzes

You are Professor X!
You are a very effective teacher, and you are very
committed to those who learn from you. You put
your all into everything you do, to some extent
because you fear failure more than anything
else. You are always seeking self-improvement,
even in areas where there is nothing you can do
to improve.


Which X-Men character are you most like?
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Congratulations! You're a black velvet!


What Drink Are You?
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My inner child is sixteen years old!

Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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Morpheus


?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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sorry about that, but I think I've got them out of my system for now.
work is going ok, life in general is going ok, the only downer of the last few days has been that work seem to think that they can/should phone me when they want to get my g/f to work...I don't live with her and rarely am I with her at 8:45 in the morning!!! Hello people, we're not joined at the hip and her number is and was in the bloody phone book...Silly people!

I went to the estate agent people and paid them the admin fee and filled in the application for tenancy and all that, got to work today and helped my boss fill in his reference for me, it's not cheating, I just made sure that the answers he put down were the same as the ones I put in...Hopefully I'll hear something about it on Monday as to whether I've got it or not and when I can move in and all that...
if I get this place my blogging days will be limited to when I can get home to use the computer to blog...Same with the whole emailing thing...Although me dad did hint that he might give me this "old computer" and buy himself a new one which would be helpful. Furniture is going to be the very basics for a while...ie a patio table and chairs for a while, although I'm taking all my bedroom furniture with me, so at least the kitchen and bedroom will be worthy of living in...Not sure what I'll do for furniture in the lounge just yet, but I'm sure I'll sort something out
I've been having flashes of inspiration at work, so much so that, I've been working really hard in the plant room to make sure that it's the best damned plant room I've ever been in...This week I spent 4 hours sweeping the floor and generally tidying it up, then I got sticky backed plastic and put up all the procedures and COSHH assessments so that the other staff that go down there can't balls things up and make it all shitty and phone me and get me to sort out everything for them...Now all they have to do is look at the sheets that are stuck up all over the plant room near the relevant bits. Only problem was that when I was sticking the bits up I wrecked about 1/4 of the plastic stuff because it kept rolling itself up and sticking together, still there is no excuse now for ballsing it up apart from incompetence
anyway laters
take care peoples
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interesting

What is Your Destiny? by Valcion
Name
Color
Birthday
Destiny	Death by Monkeys
Date when you fufill your destiny	August 14, 2016
Created with quill18's MemeGen!

well it made me laugh

House!
I had a look at a couple of flats yesterday, the first was very pokey, the front room was smaller than my current bedroom, which was a bit on the pointless side, the kitchen was ok, the bedroom was too small for me and all my shit and there wasn't enough storage space...the second was a whole £35 pcm more and there were more cupboards, a bigger bedroom, a much bigger lounge, the kitchen was ok too, about the same size as the first, but a different set up, generally it was so much better...and it had the sexy sloping ceiling
everything else is good, managed to have a bit of a lay-in this morning, but only until 9, but that's still 4 more hours than i've had most of the week
anyway, i've got to get dressed and sort out this flat today because if i don't do it now i'll never do it
take care people
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life is what you make it, so make mine a double
firstly i just wanna make sure everyone is ok...i, myself am feeling pretty good this week, thankfully i think i've got a load of things off my chest and i'm thinking about moving out. so much so that i've booked to have a look around a couple of places on thursday after work with one of my bosses because she wants to be nosey i think, but it could be because she wants to make sure it's all good

in fact most things at the moment are going well so before i ruin everything i'm going to leave it at that

one other thing i've got a bit of an afro at the moment, does anyone know of any decent hair products that i could use to tame my hair until i can be bothered to get a haircut

take care peoples
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fed up
I've tried to be sensible
I've tried to think positive
I've tried a lot of things in the last few days and when i'm not thinking about work or what's wrong with me i feel great and even sometimes when i'm at work and busy i feel ok...but only ok
other time unfortunately i just want to run around hitting things and breaking things, especially things at work, ESPECIALLY the telephone, at least that way they can't call me to ask stupid and pointless questions like "pete, it's your day off, what time do you start work today?" or "what is it that i'm actually supposed to be doing?"
(they're yet to ask me either of these questions, but i fear that they are closer to happening than you'd think)
breaking stuff would be so cool, but it's just way to much hassle trying to explain what happened to it when you don't want to have to say "well it was being a stupid piece of shit and not doing what it was supposed to be doing so i threw it out the window, tied it to the back of my car, took it drag racing and then put it back where it came from in the vague hope that it'd started working, but it didn't so i took the hammer to it...do you think i did a bad thing?"

i've been doing lots of stupid tests today, thanks to rum & monkey, so far i've got the following results:
in the "which survivor of the impending nuclear apocolyse are you?" test i was a new media professional;
in the "are you damned?" test i was an atheist;
in the "genocidal maniac test" i was hitler, nice;
in the "peeg test" i was a bliss pig;
in the "the annoying b-list celebrity test" i was regis philbin...who i hear you ask...i have no idea;
in the "glendinning test v2.0" i was owen...you'll have to do it to understand that i haven' got a clue who owen is;
in the "Which Famous Homosexual Are You?" test i was mychal judge...who ever he is;
in the "how dumb are you?" test i'm apparently real dumb, like ya'know;
in the "what kind of drunk are you?" test i was an emotional drunk (last time i came out as a chunder monkey);
in the "Which Colossal Death Robot Are You?" test i came out as robocop;
in the "The Evil Criminal Test" i came out as charles manson;
and finally in the "affliction test" i came out being syphilis, which is nice!

there are some warped people out there who make up these quizzes, but then again there are some warped people in my head that actually did them!

on a lighter note I've finished reading through the 467 or so back episodes of M3g4tokyo and i recommend it to anyone who has way too much time on their hands, better still i think everyone should go and buy a shirt.

seeing as i didn't manage to get round to reviewing AWK...i'd just like to say it was outstanding, my ears stopped ringing sometime on wednesday i think, either that or i'd gotten used to it by then...there was plenty of singing along and bouncing to some very cheesy tunes adn much arm waving was to be had by all, either the punching the air kind or the swinging it from your side over your head sideways...if that makes no sense, tough, i know what i mean and so should the people that were there! dammit if you don't know what i mean you should've been there, you all had the oppoortunity to come! i got dropped on the floor a few times which wrecked my nice white t-shirt that i was wearing...still i'd just bought an AWK t-shirt so i wore that on the way home, even though it was soaked with sweat.

i feel sick again :(
my IBS has been playing me up today too, I've been coping with it, but it's not been very helpful and it's been really horrid at times, it feels like cramp, only it comes on really quickly and sometimes it can last for several hours, today it's been coming and going, but it's been painful everytime, i've been able to control it most of the time, but sometimes it's come on so quickly and sharply that it's taken me by surprise.

anyway this has been a mentally long blog, mainly because of all those quizzes that i've done today
take care peoples
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i'm trying here...bear with me please
"i don't know what's wrong, at the moment i have no desire to get up in the morning, no reason for going to work and i don't want to come home after i've been there.
the smallest things are pissing me off, like yesterday, work phoned me about something simple, but it was something that i obviously wouldn't know the answer too not having been at work yesterday, yet they still saw fit to phone me up about it anyway...that pissed me off
they phoned me and skirted around the fact that they were a teacher down, but wouldn't come out and ask me to do it directly, so i made up some bullshit about being busy and decided that i wasn't going in for them because if i had a similar situation i wouldn't phoen the department head on their day off to let them know that cover was needed, i'd find the cover myself and leave them a note about what i'd done.
in my appraisal i was told that i should leave and go travelling...fair enough, but when i put in for a weeks leave later that day i'm told that i might not be able to have it because thay can't do without me that week...yeah cheers...mixed information is really going to do my head well
it's got to the point where i just can't be bothered anymore and if i could live without work and money then i would.
i just wish that there was an easy answer to stopping all the stupid little things in my life from annoying me and winding me up and that way i could clear my head and get on with everything that needs to be done, but feeling like this i just can't get on with anything. i'm due in work this afternoon and i know that i'll mooch around for a few hours and not actually get much done, if anything, then come home and feel just as bad and get really narked about something and want to go out and drive like a maniac for a while just to get it out of my system
i've been here before and i'm not going to let it beat me, but i can feel it winning
i know i need help, but i don't know what help i need or where to get it
but basically that's what's wrong"
taken from an email to a mate that i sent this morning because she asked what was wrong
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i need help
I'm going insane and I can't cope anymore, if things carry on like they are then I'm going to have a breakdown or worse
if there's someone out there who can help I'm asking for it, I need help
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we want fun...
and we wanna get wasted...
T minus 27 hours and counting until the doors open and i get to see Andrew WK

actually it's a little sad how excited i'm getting about this whole thing, but hell I need something to look forward to, especially after this week but anyway!

things are good, I'm good, makes a change for me to say that, and it feels funny too...

tonight i shall be mostly eating chinese foood (and then?) and drinking "french" beer, acutally i'm not 100% it is french, but i can't remember where Kronenbourg comes from...

tomorrow i'll be mostly having fun and getting wasted!!! AWK here we come

on monday it's to the cinema we go to try and see that italian job remake thingy, you'd be welcome to come if you'd like to play gooseberry if you know what i mean!!!

take care peoples...look out for a possible gig review on monday, depending on how much I had to drink and can remember
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"don't fear the reaper..." why the hell not??!!
Having just read the lovely kate's blog about having her 1-1 at work...they're call appraisals btw...i thought i'd just mention the one i had yesterday too. is it me or do all companies have their appraisals at the same time?

anyway, i'm not a fan of the whole process, although i do see it as about the only time that i get any form of decent feedback from my manager... and the feedback cam thinck and fast yesterday, especially as i put one of my objectives for the next 12 months was to actually want to go to work and enjoy my time there, probably not the best thing i could've said! i also mentioned that i thought the company was way to profit orientated, in the wrong way, cutting costs to maximise profit only works when the place is making a decent income in the first place, you've got to speculate to accumilate and all that. his biggest bit of feed back was that he thought i should "fuck off and go travelling for at least 6 months" nice to see my boss has faith in me! although he said that i'm one of the most respected members of staff there, with the most experience and knowledge and all that and that the others look up to me for advice and what they should do and think what would i do in that situation. remember big brother this year, not very memorable so I'll forgive yo if you've forgotten it already, well Cameron, that's the scottish guy who's found god and is still a virgin at 32, incited a round of WWJD, What Would Jesus Do, wrist bands amongst the crew working on BB4, especially Dermot O'Leary, anyway to cut a long story short I'm thinking of getting some WWPD, What Would Pete Do, wrist bands made up for everyone at work. Not that i'm taking the piss or anything, honest!

on the ladies front, i've sorted things so that i'm with the one that i couldn't have, we've been spending loads of time together this week, hence the distinct lack of blogs this week...sorry, but something special is happening

AWK is going ahead this weekend and drinking a-plenty will be the order of the day mmmm... beer

I'm blaming roger for the whole megatokyo thing which has got me hooked, apart from the stick man dom bits which are just crap, which has forced me to change me messenger screen name from Evil Pete to 3vil p3t3, in honour of l33t...to scary for words and dude it's so your fault!

anyway i've promised the dog that we'll watch jimmy neutron, maybe this time I'm get to watch all of it instead of sleeping through bits of it!

take care peoples
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oh how the mighty have fallen
random title
random person
random comments
random feelings
random in general

I'm feeling as though I should be really pissed off, and I don't actually know why! Normally when I'm feeling like this its a blog that contains me bitching about work, but at the moemnt work is ok, although I expect to be moaned at today when I go into work, but I don't care anymore, I'm fed up of it and so I really couldn't give a shit today

things at the weekend were strange...The one I can have I saw on Sunday, it was ok, but she didn't help my mood, I was feeling pretty bad, I'll explain later. The one I can't have kissed me Sunday morning, thus confusing me, although she said it was nice, and I enjoyed it, I mean why wouldn't I, it's what I wanted, isn't it? It is what I wanted, I promise, but I wanted things to be less complicated at the same time. At the moment I'm acting as her boss/mate when ever we are around someone/anyone, but when we are alone, we are acting like a couple, holding hands and hugging and all that. All because she has a boyf. And I know what you're going to say, you're going to tell me that I should stick out of the way, and I'd agree with you, it's just that I can't!, thinks are really cool when I'm with her and she makes me feel so special and all that

GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

I was feeling pretty bad because I was with the wrong person, I should've been at a bbq with the one I can't have, rather than at the cinema with the one I can have....It's getting all to complicated and I so wish that it wasn't, but then I've always wanted an easy life and usually I can't get one. To top it off the cinema goer was just annoying me, not sure if that's because I wanted to be with the other or if it's because she was genuinely getting on my norks, part of me thinks it's the former, part of me hopes it's the latter.

What shoud I do next? Suggestions and answers on a postcard to the usual address...
going now to start dinner,
take care peoples
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
tired, so very tired
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
so tired in fact that it took me multiple attempts so get my username and password right!

pub quiz tonight

had a few beers last night, not too many, but a few, said some things to a couple of people that I probably shouldn't, but then I always do that when I am suffering from sleep deprivation mixed with alcohol...too late to worry about it now

she came to the pub and enjoyed it so that was ok, and she's coming again tonight for the quiz, at the moment it's just me and her though not that it matters

I need food

very disjointed today, apologies for that, too many earlies over the last two weeks, and more to come :(...oh well

work is going ok at the moment, but I've got so much on at the moment, it's looking like it's going to be another 50+ hours this week, although that is including the day off I've taken this week to try and get some decent sleep...oh well

I'm going to hunt some food down in a minute, not eaten anything since about 10 this morning... oh well

going to try and watch the end of jimmy neutron, but I can't remember what's going on in the story anyway so I'm going to have to watch it all again...oh well

chatted to Marc, Roger, Martin and Alison today, trying to organise many things at once is making my head fry, but it was good to talk to them...oh well

that's about it for today...oh well
take care peoples
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"you wait for a bus for ages..."
for once the title actually has something to do with i want to say, but that doesn't mean i've started bus spotting!
it's women
and you know what i mean now
i've been single for a few months, not had sex for a few months, not really that bothered about it, but always looking to try and find someone that i like and who likes me, well just when one such person walks into my life, so does another, bloody typical!
anyway it doesn't matter because one of them has a boyfriend already and so that's casically decided it for me, i know that's the wrong way to do it, but it's been done now!
blogging off now to go to the pub with the one that i can't have!
take care peoples
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it's been an interesting few days...
...actually it hasn't, but then again i might just be saying that, but then that's all i'm going to tell you about them ;)
you don't get anywhere in this life by giving people all the information they want straight away!
been working pretty much solidly all week this week, no day off for me this week, or next week or the week after, in fact i think my next actual full day off isn't until the 29th!!! but who cares eh? think of the £'s that i'm getting in at the moment!
I've not been up to much recently, which is a shame, went for a drink with steph on friday and had a chat about everything, she doesn't like it when i take the piss out of her for saying dumb things, which can be nearly every time she opens her mouth! went round roger's on saturday, and yes i know that's yesterday, and we played games on the gamecube, watched a film and ate chinese slowly. i'm sure i did something on thursday, but i can't remember so maybe i didn't.
been trying to work out a few things in my head, still it's all ok, most of them are sorted and ok, nothing bad is happening at the moment.
on the phone front, it's working again, and may actually have been working the whole time, but when i originally got the new handset and SIM it was still being an arse for about 24 hours, but then all of a sudden it started working again. I've asked to have my ringtones and downloads credited back to my account as it wasn't my fault that the phone died (possibly died)
i've remembered what i did on thursday evening, i moaned at O2 for not sorting my phone out and i went shopping! i knew i'd done something
anyway that's about all from me for now
taek care peoples
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well well well
stupid phone is about to be returned, new handset AND new SIM arrived today, so in a couple of hours I should be able to call people and use my phone again... but knowing my luck i still won't be having a good time with it and it won't work again, i'd even go so far as to put money on it
my AWK tickets are all gone now, so sorry if you want one of mine you can't have one now, you should've got in touch quicker
went out for chinese last night and had a really good time, thanks to Kat, sorry i got a little pensieve towards the end of the meal, hope the CD's are ok
work today was ok, got quite a bit done, all swimming lessons are up and ready to run (THANK GOD) and i actually got to do some of my other work too, miracle day!
everything else has been pretty quiet, probably in part to my phone being buggered!
anyway gots to go, need some new clothing
take care peoples
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just a quickie
Two points really quickly:
1) I've still got one spare ticket for Andrew WK, contact me if you want it;
2) my mobile is on the blink at the moment, should be getting a new handset and SIM courtesy of O2 sometime over the next few days which should sort out the problem, at the moment it's not letting me connect to the network and when it does, it's not letting me do anything at all with it! (if you want the AWK ticket, don't phone me for obvious reasons)

everything else is "Ok, Honest Guv"

went shopping yesterday and bought a load of stuff, which is always good, especially as most of it was in the sale, didn't get the one thing that i was thinking of getting though...because i forgot to look for it! typical of me really, might pop into reading tonight to get it there instead

anyway, take care peoples
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really miffed now
my computer is being an arse
my phone is being stupid too
and to top it off i've got the farts!
nice!

have pity on me
i am having a weird time and i need a break
a break from work
a break from home
a break from my life
a break from the politics of work
a break from my head and the thoughts held within
a break from the lying, cheating and back-stabbing bullshit that happens on a daily basis at work
(are you detecting a work related theme here?)
a break from my parents
a break from all these breaks

times are a changing, we live in changing times and we resist the change all the time, except now, i've come to the conclusion that no matter how much i try to change things, at work, at home, within myself, it just doesn't work unless the majority are willing to accept the differences. when you're trying to change yourself, you need to believe in the changes and have others believe in you, the fewer people who believe the harder it is.

went to the cinema last night with Kat and Steph and Matt, never met matt before, but he seemed cool so that's ok, we saw American Pie: The Wedding, funny, they use similar jokes as the other films, but why change a product that works? it's cool, steph was crying at the end, typical bird!

got a free cd in the post today from those lovely people at carlinglive.com not listened to it yet, dunno why, just haven't got round to it i guess, like some many things in life, it's getting round to them that's half the problem, doesn't look too bad though, might whap it on when i get ready for work, that's how dedicated i am, it's my day off so i'm going in anyway, i've got things to do and i need the money at the moment
eugh! work!

anyway, i'm leaving it for now,
take care peoples
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mild concern
i'm worried that i might be getting into this dance music a little more than i expected...very different

...let's see that again!
once again the title has little or no bearing on what i've actually got to say, but it's more fun that way

went out to celebrate a work mates 18th last night, got slightly drunk, not drunk enough to feel it this morning, but drunk enough...that should make some form of sense to someone surely! it was good, i had something in the region of 12 vodkas, one other random shot, and 4 bottles of beer, all in all quite a quiet night for me...

mum is getting annoying, she's been trying to set me up with one of her work mates daughters again, i know i have trouble getting a girl, but i don't need someone else's help, least of all my mum!

work has been going ok...ish!

everything else has been pretty quiet too

'nuff said
take care peoples
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...blah, blah, blah...
that's all i hear these days when someone is talking at me, people seem to have stopped talking to me and seem intent on talking at me, i'm sure you know what i mean by this, and subsequently i'm sure you know how irritating and infuriating it can be, when someone is "discussing" something with you without letting you get a word in anywhere, even when they ask for your opinion.
Stupid people
Rant #1 over! caution the implication is that there will be more rants at some point and the way i'm feeling i'd go with that

told mum and dad about my idea to go to dublin for my birthday, mum said "what on your own?" dad said "sounds like fun", how very different my parents are, so different it's comical sometimes, anyway if anyone is interested, i'm going to be looking up some prices today and see if there are any deals out there, never know if i say it's my b'day might get something special

went shopping yesterday, found a god deal in Virgin where i spent under £35 and got 3 albums, 1 dvd and 6 singles, not bad huh? and to top it off, i got my amazon order through today, increasing my imported cd's, i got 12 stones, justincase and familiar 48, it's all good.

big tunes at the moment:
pretty green eyes - ultrabeat, very not what i'd usually listen to, but i like it and i don't know why
space between - dave matthews band, why have i never really heard of this band, they are great, is it maybe because their unimaginative name doesn't relate very well to how good they actually are!
Crash - Propellerheads, it's an old tune, it was never to go into the charts and it's cool
We want fun - Andrew WK, i'm going to see him soon :D (still got spare tickets if anyone wants one)
Just the way it is - bruce hornsby, mentioned him before, it's a good tune
without you - justincase, they've got michelle branch with them on this track which is great
broken - 12 stones, look for this to be a single if they actually try and break the UK market
invisible man - theory of a deadman, i knew this track before i heard it on the album, think it's on the spiderman soundtrack, it's cool
All my friends crush you - neurotica, no idea why i've heard of these guys, or why i chose to download this track, but it's cool, heavy but not too heavy if you know what i mean

i have too much time on my hands and more money than sense, i wish there was a way to balance things out, maybe i could become a media jackass and write reviews for forthcoming albums and singles and get people to buy what i like listening to, that would be cool, although i'd probably take the piss a little and give really good reviews to bands that suck, just to see if i have the power to do so!

you guys remember the intel pentium 4 adverts? the ones with the blu men in? well those blue men have released an album and although i currently do not own said product, i have heard a few tunes from it and it's promising, absrtact and i doubt many people would like all they tunes, but they have collaborations with dave matthews and gavin rossdale, one song is even on the terminator 3 soundtrack. BTW they have the incredibly imaginative name Blue Man Group, but they do a lot of comedy stuff too which is oh so very cool

I'm at work again today and i've had enough of the bitching and back biting that goes on there, yesterday i nearly blew my top at one of the staff for complaining about something i didn't ask her to do, but she was doing it anyway, not my problem! the chief exec. came to site yesterday too, about an hour after the manager had gone home, i was there not being the DM, that's duty manager not danger mouse, but still had to tour him because the DM was busy playing chef in the kitchen, even though there was no-one to serve. And 2 minutes after he'd gone, i went around to the kitchen to find 6 members of staff leaning over the counter talking, one of the was the DM, i very nearly blew my top at the too, but it wasn't my job to, so i ignored them. The chief exec. seemed ok and he now knows my name and that i'm there and more than capable, got to be a good thing, right?
Rant #2 over, i'm not planning a third so you're ok

designed a tattoo for one of the guys i work with, he's having it for his 18th birthday, he seemed happy with it which is cool, i just need to get some better defination on it and tidy it up, looks to be about £100 worth of tattoo, my talent is wasted

right that's more than enough for today, i doubt i'll blog on for a few days now that i've got all that off my chest, but then again i'm working again today and tomorrow so there is still time for lots of things to go wrong, besides i might get some good prices for dublin and want to post them so you guys who might want to come know the score

take care peoples
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stupid computers
it's official, i'm going insane and it's all my computers fault:
1) i'm talking to myself more than ever, this is a pretty good example of that
2) i never get any real emails, but i still check everyday
3) my typing skills are getting better, only just, but better, although this is not a bad thing, my actual writing skills are degenerating
4) I don't go out shopping, usually because i'm on here or i do my shopping on here!
5) internet dating, it's not something that i've seriouly tried, but i have seriously given it some thought, mainly because i live in "dead"cot and all the decent women don't! apologies to anyone that is decent and lives in didcot...pah! an empty and worthless apology if ever there was one
6) i've started using terminology in ordinary life, when it's not the right term anyway, example, i don't make notes anymore, i log them onto one of my various pads that are laying around
7) i'm always trying to upgrade, the bigger/better version, with more features, everyone wants more, but redhead v2.0 is getting a little stupid

anyway, i'm doing ok, i'm frustrated because i can't check my email today, there appears to be something wrong with hotmail.com or possibly msn.com, either way i can't check anything or sign in for messenger to ask anyone if they're having similar troubles, i would suggest to you guys to email me if you're suffering too, but if you can't sign in either how can you write it and how can i read it!

working some overtime this week, i want money, i need money and it appears that what my mum used to say IS true, money doesn't grow on trees...bum! so the only way i can get it is by working

i supposed i could become a male whore, a gigalo, but i'd be worried that i wouldn't last long enough to satisfy

i could become a gangland boss and have you all as my bitches, each recieveing a cut of our ill-gotten gains, a bit like being a pirate, only without the ships and sea and swords, but there's still the pillaging and plundering to be had

mmm...piracy!

i'm going now, i think i deserve a trip into oxford shopping, or at least window shopping
take care peoples
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I'm thinking...
...i know it's rare for me to do that, but i'm giving it a try
I'm thinking i might try and go to dublin for my birthday for a couple of nights, you're all welcome to come with me, the more the merrier as it were!
I'll be 25, so i think this year i should be celebrating with style by going away, gone are the thoughts that i could just bail out of the country to somewhere like the USA, because i know i could never afford that luxury, however flying to dublin and getting 2 nights in a hotel is something like £150, which i could definately afford
the offers there if anyone wants to come, you know how to get hold of me
take care peoples
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weird shit
the title has nothing to do with what i've got to say for today, it's just...there, like a title should be

dunno what to say today, kinda feeling bored with everything, i've had enough of work, but thenthat's nothing new, i've got to get away from here, i've had enough of some people at the moment, no-one who'd be reading this, but there are some people out there that i swear are just here to irritate, annoy and generally just piss me off

i guess i'm just having one of those days where i just want to bitch about nothing in particular, that should make going to work this afternoon fun...i think not

i'll have a cup of that instant happiness over here if you've got any to spare, no, no cream thanks it doesn't agree with me, i'll just have my happiness served up straight, in a tall glass

bizarre

sorry about that, my mind was wondering

dinner on saturday, the jaime oliver thing that mum was doing wan't too great, but that was my opinion, it wasn't that it was bad or anything like that, it's just that i didn't like it

i'm thinking that most of this blog will be made up of gaps between (small) paragraphs and if you don't like it, complain to the management, i'll always listen

thinking of getting a new tattoo, debating on where to have it though, apart from debating on what to have of course, although i've got a few ideas on what you have done

do i go shopping, don't i go shopping, only 2 hours until i'm due at work and i'm still in my pj's and i've got dinner to cook, i so can't be assed with this anymore, if i wasn't working i'd be getting a beer about now, that would be cool. there are so many things in this life that would be cool if i could do them now, and all of them involve not having to go to work in 2 hours, although there are some that i could do and still go to work in 2 hours time, these are obviously some of the better ones, but then i have no-one to do them with... ;)

i don't go shopping


right, i'm going to put you out of your misery and go for now,
take care peoples
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tales from the blog-side
i went bowling yesterday, and thinking i was in for another drubbing, i wan't bothered by anything... it was funny, uzz has his own ball now and he carrie's it around in a nice yellow bag, so it was only fair that i beat him in one game, and was only 1 point behind him in another

i was out "on the sauce" last night, only had a few drinks and i felt ok ish this morning, my headache cleared after about 15 minutes sunlight, i hate the sunlight, the night was ok, i didn't bother with broadways, it was way too much hassle last night, still i had fun

i'm struggling with things to say at the moment, not like me is it?

i'm hungry, mum's going to be trying some jaime oliver thing out for dinner today, sounds interesting, salmon wrapped in prosciutto, but dunno what it's going to taste like, salmon always tastes very earthy to me...anyway we'll see

i've finally seen all of the latest installment of Lord of the Rings, i got the DVD 5 days before it came out, but i still didn't get round to watching any of it until tuesday, and then i only watched about an hour of it...oh well

have been at roger's a fair amount this week, playing on martin's gamecube, we've been playing burnout a lot, it was cool because roger had done all these levels but couldn't unlock the tow truck, i could :D, it was funny though and we played super smash bros. melee, that was ok, not brilliant though, preferred XG3, much more fun, fast bikes and guns, what more could a man want...?

...a good looking woman with loose values i guess

anyway...i'm going because i'm hungry and dinner will be ready soon...
take care peoples
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so tired
i've been up since 5 again this morning, things would've been ok except that i was woken up late last night so that my mum could show me Mars, as in the planet not the bar... it was red, it was a dot, it was whole un impressive, but i guess at least i have seen it!
work was easy today though, i didn't have anyone phone in sick, or have to cover any other departments first thing this morning which meant that i could actually do my own work for once and i had a man phone me about my cv which took me ages to write yesterday, but that's a whole different story, he seemed pleased with what i sent him so hopefully i'll get an interview with them and then a job too... now that would be sweet!

anyway no other news really, i guess i should mention that i crashed the computer several times while i was trying to write my cv yesterday and i very annoyed and pissed off because the first time it was just winword that crashed and as such it didn't register the timesave document that was my first cv, so i wrote it again and as i was writing it the whole thing froze me out...stupid computer!

anyway take care peoples
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hmmm....
after blogging off yesterday i called some bloke about a job and he seemed quite keen on getting my CV and getting me for an interview, better still it seems that the job could be in Saudi Arabia and a 2 year contract, so that could be good

badminton...i beat roger yesterday, 3 games to 2, which takes the series to 5:4 in his favour, but i'm coming back, i'll win it in the long run

anyway, not much else to report
oh yeah i ruined another shirt at work today, surely they've got to get me some new ones now seeing as i don't have a shirt without hypo on it, but i also know that i won't get one any time soon...!
take care peoples
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...it's not what you think it is...honest!
I ruined a shirt today at work... i got a big white-ish stain on the front and it's not what you think it is you sick puppies! i was in the plant room cleaning up a leak in the hypo tank, that's the chlorine stuff that we use as the secondary disinfectant, and hypo is a type of bleach, so when i leaned over into the tank the second time i got some on my shirt, even though i'd put a towel over the very little amount that i spilt when i did the first lift out, adn it's left a nice bleached mark on the front of my shirt. Being the Health & Safety person for the site obviously i should've been wearing PPE, that's personal protective equipment, but there is nothing on site that fits me well enough, something which i did not realise until today. Tomorrow i will be ordering PPE that will fit at least me, as i'm usually the only one that does anything of use in the plant room!

in other news...
Wils insisted on paying me £10 for my old phone even though she know's that i got both it and the upgrade free, she's a muppet, but at least i've got beer money!
Philly's new house is starting to look better after the painting and decorating session we had down there yesterday, there are still a few things that need doing, but nothing major, apart from moving in! she gave me sweets to satisfy my sweet tooth and to get me to work for her, and she's promised me some armageddon when she has her house warming party, and for those who don't know what it is, it's bloody good, some would say it's the most fun you can have on your own, but it's better to share!!!
i got in the pool this morning for an hour to teach, i don't normally teach little kids swimming, i only usually do the bigger ones because i don't have the patience for little kids, but it was fun to get in the water with them and teach there instead of from the side.
i'm worried about a mate called laura, she's bottling things up and i know from my own experience that's no good, but she knows that she can talk to me if she wants to.
no news on the job front, but i keep forgetting to look, i'm trying to write a CV at the moment as well, i say trying what i actually mean is that i'm looking at other peoples and seeing what works and what things i should put on mine, i say i'm looking, what i mean is that i've got some copies of peoples CV's getting dusty in my tray.

and finally i'm going to play badminton in a minute and this time i'm going to beat you mr roger
take care peoples
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I had a really witty title, but I've forgotten it now!
tomorrow is bank holiday...love it! a day off that i get paid for...sweet! i'm helping a mate decorate though so i've got my day sort of planned

over the last couple of days at work things have been...ok i guess, i'm bored though, it's so hard to get myself motivated some days, today shouldn't be too bad because we're only open for 3 1/2 hours while i'm there, but i will have to be there another 3 1/2 until we close :( still there are things that i have to do in that time, it'll be easy enough, and if i get bored i can go and clean something, it usually helps me either clear my mind or work out the stress.

i'm thinking i might go on holiday in november, to celebrate my b'day and just to basically get away which will mean saving some money up to get everything sorted, question: how come it's cheaper to fly to San Francisco than it is to get to Miami, the latter of which is closer? it's bizarre, still i've got to sort out some sort of holiday, any suggestions anybody? maybe i could find out what bands are touring somewhere and follow them about for a week, that would be cool, might be a little too expensive though :( still i can dream, knowing me i'll probably end up not doing anything and just booking my birthday off from work and that's all.

still looking for a job, but seeing as it's sunday, i don't expect there to be much that's been updated since friday... oh well!

went to the pub on friday evening with roger, kate and cat, it was cool to see everyone. after the pub me and roger sat up until about half 2 playing dice games and drinking beer, it was cool...

anyway the grand prix is starting soon and i intend on watching some of it so i'm bailing out, so as always, take care peoples
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WE WANT FUN AND WE WANNA GET WASTED!!!

Andrew WK at the zodiac, 28th september, i've got my tickets, have you got yours?

Lets rock!

jobs jobs jobs
i need a job, but at least i get paid tomorrow, and i've seen my pay check and it's looking very healthy, me thinks i might treat myself to a few drinks some time soon. i'm so tired of working, i need something that will motivate me and keep me interested in it and so far i've not found it yet, typical!
i guess i could try and get a job overseas, but i've no idea where to look
what do i know, i'll probably just not bother and wait until somethign gets gifted to me, lazy prat that i am

i'm in a negative mood today and with that in mind i guess i should stop fpr now and try and cheer myself up

laters peoples
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back to work
today was bloody crap, i hate working where i do, it sucks! i hate the fact that nothign changes there, i hate the fact that simple things are left up to me, i hate the fact that obvious things are not done when they should be... and most of all i hate how everyone expects me to sort it all out for them, when it's not my responsibility. the sooner i find a new job the better!

i've got a headache too... it's amazing how when you're not feeling great and nothing seems to be going your way the whole day can drag into an eternity, example; today i only worked 4 and 3/4 hours, but after less than 2 hours i felt like i'd been there about 6 hours, i'm dreading tomorrow when i'm there for 8 and 3/4 hours, that will suck royally!

upgrading my phone, i'm getting a colour one...it's free so i'm not bothered what it is as long as it works

if anyone can find me a job that pays ok and is sort out what i'm doing now let me know, i'll go anywhere as long as the work is better than what i'm doing now...

grrr...stupid headache!

i've been playing some game on the latest MSN Messenger, i'm no good at it as roger will testify, but i think it's more about luck than anything!

anyway, better let you get back to what you do best...
take care peoples
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random blog

some random things
1.) i am the king of the kitchen, i have decided that this is true and i challenge anyone to dispute me, try my cooking and let me know what you think

2.) what happens if i die? how will you guys all cope/survive/know/care? what about people who only i speak to, how would they know? what about the people that no-one knows i know, how would they know? i'm not going to worry about it, but it's just somethig for you to think about, because what happens if you die, how will everyone find out? personally i'm thinking that when i die i'll have it written into my will that someone has to take out a full page advert in several daily newspapers of my choice... at least that way most people will know

twisted thoughts

btw well done leigh, he scored 144 yesterday when bowling, but seeing as i was not there this is currently just an unsubstanciated claim, but kudos anyway

downloaded the latest version of msn messenger thingy earlier because i had a load of emails from .NET Messenger Services when i logged on, and now i've upgraded, i'm still getting the stupid emails, in fact 80% of the emails i've had since doing it were from .NET, you'd think that they'd get the message!

anyway, i've left the washing up for my dad to do, it's only fair, i cook he cleans
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there's no point playing God when you are one!

i went to the cinema today, saw Pirates of the caribbean...all i can say is that it's a good film, with a good storyline and very silly phrases in it that i've not heard in a long time, and to top it off there are some buxom wenches in damp clothing, it was good, lost on my nephews, but i enjoyed it!

things have been a little quiet here, apart from the cinema and a sunday evening pub visit, where we played darts and vicky scared the hell out of us by actually playing well! i've not been up to much, it's back to work on wednesday and i don't really want to go back, but then no-one really wants to go back to work after a prolonged absence, i mean who in their right mind would want to!

anyway i've got to walk the dog, although i think my dad has just done it, which wouldn't surprise me, oh well!
Take care peoples
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Waiting At The Bus Stop Of Life

Today is going to be a good day, i can feel it, i've been up about 2, maybe 3 hours, 2 and a half if i'm honest!!! and so far i'm feeling good, i've got a few things to sort out about tonight and next week, but it's nothing that's going to ruin my day.

I've still not got rid of my cold, which is getting mildly irritating now, on the upside though i can't smell anything and taste very little, which isn't all good, but it's not bad either...

i've been looking at the template thing thinking of ways that i might be able to change it, but i know very little about the thing and therefore i'm not going to try too much yet, because i can't more than anything.

AOL is starting to annoy m, i keep getting IM's from people offering me to see their webcam site...you know te one's i'm on about!!! apparently it's not just me though, dave's getting them too

I've given up trying to sort out women, it's probably the best decision i've ever made (again), and i'm not going to go back on it (this time), no really i mean it (until the next woman comes alone).
Speaking of women, or partners in general, has anyone else noticed that they're like buses (careful what you say here), i don't mean that they are big and red, although i've met a few that are...i'm so glad that i no longer have anything to do with her. what i mean is that you wait ages for one and then three turn up at once, i'm sure i'm not the first to say that though. anyway i'm still in the waiting phase, hence the title. if anyone can point me in the right direction, or at least give me a timetable i'd appriciate it.

I've not played age of mythology for a while, might have a game later, it's been a while since i felt the godly power of running around sending minotaurs and gorgons to annihilate the sworn enemy and infidels that are messing up my utopia.

anyway, i've not got much planned at the moment so i'm thinking that i could go back to bed.

take care peoples
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All blogged out
i didn't post yesterday because of the mammoth posting sessions i had thursday, and i didn't want to bore anyone, but i'm glad i got it out of my system. mum and dad came back yesterdayfrom their holiday too, i mean i'm not sure i can call it a holiday, who holiday's in Derby!!!??? apart from my folks and the bus load of people that they went with, must be an old folks thing.

i spent part of yesterday making sure that the house was clean, thursday night i crushed all the empty cans that were llaying around ready for the recyclables collection, i counted 35 beer cans and 10 soft drinks cans, and crushing them was oh so very rewarding!

played roger at badminton yesterday, he beat me 3:1, i won the first game, but then lost everything after that, he was winning in the last match too... he thinks that everything will be ok now because he's found something that he can consistantly beat me at... next time we go bowling, then we'll talk about consistancy!

looking forward to going to see Freddie Vs. Jason at some point, slasher fest movies are always funny when they've been done to death as it were! the funniest i've seen so far was Jason X, that's the one set in the future, when jason gets sent into space and killed then rebuilt using something like nano-technology, and surprise surprise he's bigger and badder than ever! Also i'm taking my nephews to see pirates of the caribbean at some point before i go back to work on wednesday. i stepped foot in the place last night because i needed my shoes to play badminton, it's still standing which is good

anyway lunch will be ready shortly and i'll be shouted at about being late because i'm still on the computer and i'll have to shut it downa and all that

take care peoples
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i'm going insane and i don't care

so this is my third blog of the day and i feel like i'm going mad, not because of the blogs, but it's just the way i'm feeling (ain't feeder great?) i feel lost and really just crap. And to top it all off i'm confused about women again, but then again all men are confused about women, well all straight men anyway, gay men need not worry! what i really need to do is blow a shed load of money on dumb and stupid things like robotic fish or something equally as worthless, it would make me feel good for about 10 minutes though. i'm so glad i'm not at work this week, i think that would finish me off at the moment. i know everyone has days like these, but it doesn't make things any easier to swallow when you're having one yourself! i refuse to give up though and i'm refusing to let things get any worse than i feel like they are now, i refuse to let this beat me!

goddammit, i nearly convinced myself there!

anyway, things aren't that bad i guess, my life isn't falling apart (it feels like it's being held together by sticky back plastic though), i know where my next dinner will be coming from (the freezer), i have money (not much, but i've got some) and i have the love of my life around me all the time (that's music, not women, no woman in her right mind would want to put up with me), i just wish i could sort out the little things

rant over, i'm going to have a bath and rummage in the freezer for dinner, mini pizza's methinks

take care peoples
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i nicked this idea from a mate, i hope she doesn't mind...love you lenapoo!

1. Name: Pete
2. Were you named after anyone? i'm guessing no, but it might be that saint...that would be ironic
4. Which finger is your favorite? erm...bizarre question, but i guess my little one on my right hand
5. When did you last cry? dunno
6. Do you like your handwriting? only when i've done it neatly
7. Who are you jealous of? people who don't have to try to get what they want because they're lucky/jammy b*****ds
8. What is the #1 priority in your life? keeping sane
9. What is your favorite luncheon meat? erm? something like pepperoni
10. Any bad habits? depends on who you talk to as to what they are, i think they include getting bored too easily, picking my nose when i've got a cold and no tissue, and generally being a slut whenever i think i can get away with it
11. What store would you never be caught dead in? dunno, i'll look in most shops
12.If you were another person, would you be friends WITH you? hell no
13. Are you a daredevil? what like a superhero type thing? not really, as for being an ordinary daredevil, dunno, most the stuff i do i think of as being fairly normal, so no
14. Have you ever stolen anything? yeah
15. Do looks matter? in a way they do yeah, but i don't know how much, to me they are fairly important, not my looks though, other peoples
16. Do you pray? on occasion i have been know to utter a little prayer
17.Have you ever met anyone famous? i've met Phil Schofield, that was years ago though when he did kids tv, i've probably met a few others, but i can't think of them
18. Do you think there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? not sure, when i get there i'll let you know
19. Are you trendy? depends on what you think of as trendy, if you mean do i spend lots of money on the latest clothes then no
20. What do you do to vent anger? i don't vent my anger very well, usually i bottle it up until it gets too much then i go mental at anyone and everyone i can
21. Who is your Hero? dunno
22. Do you trust others easily? sometime a little too easily, but then i see no point in not trusting them until they prove otherwise
23. What was your favorite toy as a child? my toy cars
24. What class in school DO you think IS pointless? d&t, stupid welsh teachers put me right off it
25. Do you like soppy love songs? depends if i'm in the mood or not
26. Have you ever been on radio or television? yeah, both, i was in the crowd for the movie game once, hence meeting Phil Schofield, and once on a local radio station quiz, god bless radio oxford
27. Do you have a journal? this is sort of a journal
28. Have you ever intentionally hurt someone? i kicked someone in the knackers once, he tried to kick me first and missed, i didn't
29. Do you like sarcasm? lowest form of wit...of course i like it
30. Have you ever been in a mosh pit? HELL YEAH
31. Do you feel understood most of the time? most of the time yeah
32. Would you rather have a sore throat or an upset stomach? doesn't bother me which, i'm male i'll be dying either way ;o)
33. Have you thought seriously about committing suicide? uh-huh
34.do you know what 'sctief4' is? nope, and i don't think i really care
35. What is your nickname? oi
36. Do u like s club 7? you're having a bubble bath!!!

and no i don't know where question 3 is either, but it'll probably turn up in the sock drawer of life

I'm bloggered if i know!
yesterday was fun, i had a nice evening in on my own, which was good, i got to do all the washing-up and that type of stuff, in fact it was great i really wasn't in a sociable mood last night either, dunno why, feeeling a little lost and lonely i guess. i'm putting it down to being single, i'm sure everyone's felt the same thing, you know when you just want to hold someone and feel...safe, yeah i think that's the right word

my plan to download loads of things whilst the folks are away failed, but i have been downloading stupid amounts of stuff

i forgot to mention that i played scrabble with the boys yesterday afternoon, dave, leigh and me, uzz and pix just a spectators. we were playing some dodgy rules, but it meant that i scored something like 230 or 240, which is surprising considering the things i've bodged on here!

anyway, it's early in the day at the moment and so far my plans for the day are:
-bowling at about 10;
-lunch...bugger i've not got anything out yet for lunch, oh well i guess i'll be going to the chippy;
-might make it to see McLusky at the zodiac tonight, but it depends on if i can get people to go with me.
what an action packed day i've got planned, eh?

i might even get round to doing some washing before the folks get back, that'll scare them!

anyway i've got to get ready for my VERY BUSY DAY

take care peoples
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