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
Px
Thursday, 20 November 2003
Tuesday, 11 November 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Sunday, 9 November 2003
"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
Px
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
Px
Tuesday, 4 November 2003
Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Monday, 27 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Sunday, 26 October 2003
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
Px
...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
Px
Thursday, 23 October 2003
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
px
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
px
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
Px
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
Px
Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Tuesday, 21 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Monday, 20 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Sunday, 19 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Saturday, 18 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Friday, 17 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Thursday, 16 October 2003
"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
Px
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
Px
Wednesday, 15 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Tuesday, 14 October 2003
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
Px
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
Px
Monday, 13 October 2003
Must stop all the quizzes
ah to hell with it...here's today's quiz
Bondage Bear
Which Dysfunctional Care Bear Are You?
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ah to hell with it...here's today's quiz
Bondage Bear
Which Dysfunctional Care Bear Are You?
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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
Px
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
Px
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