A Year In Review - the challenge
so i'm doing a "quick" review of some of the bigger things that have happened this year, my year in my words. but not everything is as it seems, i've decided thati want to hide some song titles in the text, and i'm challenging all my blogging buddies to find as manay as they can. It's only for fun, so don't get down if you find yourself struggling to spot any. so the rules are simple, i've put in some song titles, you need to find as many as you can and if possible, list the artist/band that did it, now i know that some of these titles have been covered and some of them have the same name as other songs. and i know that i've also probably put in some titles without even realising it. i can be a bit hit or miss like that. so come up with as many as you can. So will you girls and boys play? or do you need some motivation? don't be fooled by the answers other people have given, just remember to take your time, and dont worry if it makes you loco, i went a little crazy myself trying to work it all out. It's just for fun, i can't stress that enough, this is all i want you to do, have fun and comment about it. So follow me people, it doesn't matter how you do, believe me, no-one is a loser, anyway whatever, lets go!
At the start of 2005 i had a broken foot, i was living with my parents and signed off sick from work, which was pretty dull anyway. it was a pretty low start to the year, but things could only get better. back to the injury, it happened in december 2004, while playing football, it was just a clumsy accident, but i often tend to break stuff, i think it was the 5th or 6th different bone that i'd broke. but it was only one week before i was back at work. although soon after starting back i was looking for something new as like i'd said, work was pretty dull.
nothing much happened over the first few months, not sure if that means i had a good time or not though, but tha's not the attitude to take now is it! in april i moved into my brothers recently vacated flat, it was empty because he'd moved in with his lady friend (incidently he's still living there and his flat is empty again...) there had also been a few omen in my life by this point (i thikn it was something like 4 or 5 year to date) but don't get me wrong i didn't do it ALL for the nookie. the flat allowed me to regain some freedom in my life, i was able to do what i wanted, when i wanted and with whom i wanted. and it also meanti was no longer in the middle of my parents, which had unfortunately always been the case in the past. well, without me there all the time things in their house settled down too...a little!
in may, i called it quits on the leisure industry, after over 10 years working in swimming pools i'd had enough and decided that changes were needed. i hung up my lifeguard whistle for the last time with the intention of never ever having to pick it up again. and for the first time in my employment history i was working outside a swimming pool, outside my comfort zone.
the new job started in june, i took a weeks leave to sort things out, but it started in germany of all places, the only german i knew was ich bin ein auschlander and ich bin ein berliner, neither of which were very helpful. obviously starting in germany meant getting on an aeroplane and having to fly away over there on a wing and a prayer, i'd have preferred to have driven as i don't like to fly. i was out there for 4 weeks nearly, and everymorning we were late for our training sessions, not very late, maybe one a few minutes, but we were always late. the training went by really quickly and to be honest the time out there seemed like a holiday, with seven days in the sun, except there were more than just 7 days, it was sunny nearly the whole time we were out there. and yes i got burnt, although everybody's free to wear sunscreen, i neglected to do so and as a result i went pink, then red, then blistered and peeled. but it was cool and i made a few friends out there and had a good time, sampled a few nice beers too, but no women (well i didn't sample any)
when i came back though things took a turn for the worse as i had a crash in my car and wrote it off, meaning i went to hospital, meaning the police got involved and i ended up spending a few days looking at cars until i found one that i wanted, that didn't take too long though. the actual crash caused me to break yet another bone and left me feeling numb and faint, apparently these are side effects of shock. some might consider this to have been a bad day, but to me it was just a day, and although it's been a while, the memory remains.
life plodded onfor a while with very little happening. i was in a relationship with someone who was ok, we got on well, but didn't see each other as often as we'd have liked. while i was with her though i bumped into an ex who i'd not seen for a while, i ended up going round and cooking for her one evening, which then led to us kissing. that kiss started something inside both of us and i realised i was falling in love again. but it wasn't until september thati was able to tell her this when i saw her again. we started seeing each other more and more, but things were complicated, and i knew they would be, with me still kinda with the other girl (but that's all she was by then, just a girl), and her still supposedly with the father of her little one. we both split from them and we're still together now, but things have gotten difficult and there has been a lot of trouble with her ex. it got to the point where we only see each other at the pub where we work because we're both paranoid that he's going to show up it i'm at her house. i need to let her know that i'm here to stay, that in this, the game of love, the is the one for me and that someday, just because it will, everything is going to be alright, i don't know why i know this, but i do. unfortunately at the moment i have little control over things, all i know is that when i'm with her it feels so good and when i'm not it's too bad to describe.
and so ends my review, i know i've missed out loads of things, but i've been trying so hard to fit in song titles everywhere that it's been a priority, but this past year have been done my way, and that's the most important thing. so lose yourself in the words, find the titles, but don't stare at this too long or everything will go blurry and it'll seem lkike a dream.
most of these song titles are singles, maybe not from the last 12 months though and there are probably a few that you american girls and boys (and canadian ones too) might not get as i don't think they crossed the ocean and are truly british.
anyway, i shall probably be spending my new years with my family, just chillin', so i hope you all have a nice day and night, and for those of you going out, party hard, because time is running out on 2005. remember me tonight at midnight as i'l be wishing you all a perfect year next year when my clock strikes 12. i'm with you all in spirit
Take care
Pete
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the titles run from the first word to the last word, but not in this bit...you've been warned...have fun