sleepy sunday stuff

ok i'm not being very good at the blogger thing at the moment
i'm not posting very often and i'm checking other people's blogs even less...
however i have had a quick trek through blogs today and doing the comments thing where i thought i had something to say

anyway that aside
life for me has been pretty good
very quiet weekend, nice and chilled...

friday the weather took a turn for the worse...but seeing as i was away overnight with work i didn't know about it. it took me over 5 hours to get back to the depot, a trip that normally take 3 hours. part of this was on the motorway, which was closed due to being underwater... part of it was because the village where the depot is and the pub where i work is had a river flowing down the high street...
i was supposed to have started work at 6 in the pub, i drove past it at half 7, i called the boss to say that i could get back if he needed me to, but it would be in the van because my car wouldn't get through the flood... and seeing as the pub carpark was underwater it was going to be a bit of a nightmare. he said not to worry about it because there was 3 inches of water in the kitchen and although the pub was open, it was really quiet because no-one could get there!
so i went out and had a few drinks instead...got in sometime around half 2 in the morning...it was good
spent all day yesterday chillling with films again, watched ghost rider (very cool), anchorman (funny) and xxx2 which i've still got to finish
i also played guitar hero again for about 2 hours... there's just something about the game that means you can't sit down and play it, you just have to be standing up
it's uber cool though
yeah, then i went out drinking again...although i wasn't as late home and i didn't drink as much last night either
but it was needed that i went out and managed to blow off a little steam

before you ask, i've still not got my hands on a copy of the new potter book...i've been waiting to let the stupid numbers of people queuing to buy the book die down a bit, which i know means that others of you out there will have read it, so please don't be spoiling it for me otherwise there will be an ass whooping heading your way!

take care peeps
Laters
Px

still life in the old dog yet

i know it's been a while since i posted...
just over a week by my count
but that's ok isn't it?

anyway, i've not been up to much this week
mostly work, work and more work

i'm still working on the plan, that's why
the next step is a holiday, so the more i can work the more money i can get in and the closer a holiday becomes :)

i've also been playing far too much guitar hero 2 during my down time
well that and on the PSP when i've been at the hotel

film-wise, i'm waiting for the simpsons movie to come out, and transformers and for someone to go with me to watch harry potter. dvd's i've watched recently include teen wolf (that classic with michael j fox...pure genius) and fantastic four in preparation for watching the second at some point soon (i've been offered a chance to see it with a friend of a friend, but i've not heard from her about it)

book-wise, i finished fear (by jeff abbot) a little while ago, liked it. been reading a book called and penguins stopped play...but i'm not really into it at the moment, so now i've switched to world war z which is about the zombie war...so far it's really good, scarily realistic, it's by the same bloke who wrote the zombie survival guide, which was also scarily realistic...

tune-wise, i've just downloaded the new hayseed dixie album...gotta love the idea of bluegrass/country versions of pretty much everything, including this time the scissor sisters!

ayway, enough with all this, i've got something to say...
today someone special is celebrating her 30th birthday, and i know that it scares the pants off her! so i came up with a little plan to try and make her feel a little better...
this involved me sending her a text message yesterday, faking that i'd be too stupid to remember that her birthday is today...this was done so that i could work out the time difference between us so that when i called her this morning i wouldn't be waking her up.
i then called my network provider to check that i could make international calls, they said i could
so today i set a reminder on my phone for the right time to give her an early morning call to wish her a happy birthday...
so when the alarm went off i called her
only to find that my network hadn't updated my account so i couldn't call her
i phoned them and they said it would take anywhere between an hour and 24 hours...thus i'd miss her birthday
they also said i'd need to turn my phone off so that the update could take place
which i did
i then turned it back on again half hour later and tried her number
while driving
and to my shock it connected...
and the conversation didn't go anything like the way that i'd planned it to
i wanted to sing happy birthday
but instead i stumbled through it, wishing linny a happy birthday and telling her that i hoped that she was feeling a little better and i wished i was there to help her celebrate, it was great to hear her voice again, i'd forgotten how sexy she sounds, even if i did shock her while she was at work...and i hope i didn't get her into trouble for accepting personal calls
anyway, she's getting a lot of love from everyone today
and she deserves it...

Happy Birthday Love!

right, the rest of the week i'll be mostly working
and playing guitar hero (PS2) or burnout (PSP)
laters peeps
Px

a whole big pile of randomness

ok
i've got half hour before i need to leave to go to the pub for work...

anyway, that aside, i've got to air a few things
work:
on thursday i went to work...the white van job...only to find that the lorry that delivers to us was running late, i normally leave the depot around half 5 in the morning, that day i left 2 hours late because after the lorry. and the fact that mine was one of the last on the lorry...partly because i'd hepled everyone else ot load up their vans and they'd all buggered off without helping anyone else! so i get to what would be my usual first drop 3 hours after i normally do...i spent the rest of the day trying to catch up with myself so that all the normal stores got their drops when they usually do...i managed it, but i skipped every store that didn't have a delivery. then on friday, breakfast was late as usual, i'm getting fed up with that, but when i went down to my van, the tyre had gone down overnight! i kicked the wheel out of frustration. i found the jack from in the van and the spare tyre (the jack wasn't big enough, the spare is going bald) not that it mattered because once i'd undone all the wheel nuts, i still couldn't get the wheel off the van. i had to call my boss to get someone out to me to help me to take the wheel off...when that bloke eventually got to me i was already 90 minutes late again!! and i'd wrecked my jeans because the jack was covered in oil and it was raining.
enough said!

pub work:
it's going ok...
but only ok
i was late on friday because of the other job
but it wasn't that busy

car:
it's going still running
which is a good thing

i bought guitar hero 2 the other day :)
i've not had chance to play it yet though

i also bought a few dvds, not had time to watch them yet either...

i had a long chat with linny last night
that was awesome :)
and she's finally signed up to facebook too...

getting quite a few people chatting to me on facebook, it's great because some i've not spoken to since 2000 or there abouts

anyway it's nearly time for me to head to work, i need a shave and a wash before i head off too
so laters peeps
Px

and so it's done

ok well honestly nothing's been done for a while
in fact i've done next to nothing all weekend...and that's just how it should be!

yesterday i went searching for a skateboard, no major reason apart from wanting one and thinking that it would be an easier way of getting round than walking everywhere...yes i am that lazy! but i couldn't find one, i found a shop that sold decks, trucks and wheels and all that, but being the lazy sod that i am i didn't get all the parts
i nearly bought a nintendo Wii...thought it would be fun, but didn't thought that i should save my money, but it's still there in my mind :)
also was debating on getting guitar hero 2 for the PS2 with the guitar thing as well, but once again decided not to...
in the end i bought a drink and a kitkat...lol

last night i was going to stop in with jenfer, watch a film and just chill...which we did, then i went out with chunk, who i've not seen for months and we had a really good night out, i got drunk, but not wasted which is always a bonus. and for the first time in ages i actually just switched off and enjoyed myself

so yeah :)
it's better than it has been
part of my wishes i'd got a wii
part of me wishes i'd got guitar hero
all of me knows that saving money was the sensible option!

btw hi to the peeps sneaking in from facebook...you know who you are :)
and hi to the person from bedfordshire who checks in fairly regularly...

laters peeps
Px

that friday feeling

ok it's friday, yesterday was a nice and chilled day for me, i didn't work last night in the pub and well, pretty much everything i did yesterday was chilled and relaxed :)
i sat back and watched my name is earl, i'm now about half way through season one and i think it's awesome, i sat and watched some of the special features as well. i think it's an awesome show and i'm gutted i missed so many of them when they were shown on TV...anyway 'm making up for it now :)
also watched casino royale, the latest bond films, and i've got to say i was suitably surprised, i enjoyed it loads. they made a load of references back to the older bonds, including the nice use of an old aston martin and the sexual innuendo laden names (although i can't remember what it was that he called her now...) and for being an institution, the blond bond did himself proud. it also helped out with a few things that me and a couple of mates have discussed in the past (like why there can be some many different bonds and all that...we came up with it being a code name that's passed around a bit...seems logical now too)
today i went into the printshop and did some work, but the amount that was in would've taken the old guy most of the day and probably some of monday too...but it took me 3 hours, and seeing as there was nothing else left for me to do i packed up and finished for the day :)
i think i'm going to go in on tuesday over there and finish up a couple of things and then i'm all done as i start a full time driving job on monday (not working tuesday because i've got to go to the dentist and i've got an interview late in the afternoon, not working thursday either because i'm going on a course to get my personal license for the pub :) )
should also hear back in monday as to if i've been successful with the rental application, which could mean that this time next week i'm flapping around trying to make sure that i've packed everything ready for moving...
fingers crossed :)

ok
song for the weekend is inspired bu tthe fact that my plan is coming together nicely and i loved it as a kid...

I just love it when a plan comes together :)

take it easy peeps, have a good weekend and enjoy yourselves :)
i'm off to a gig to see beneva this weekend, should be good
and tonight i'm off to give my liver another merciless beating
laters peeps
Px

think this is #499

how mad is that?
i mean i've posted 498 random posts about my life
people have read these posts
people have commented, offered advice and support on these posts
isn't that weird?
some of you know me better than people i know in real life
i've had the pleasure of meeting a few of you
and i'd like to meet more of you

anyway that said
this is my blog
this is my life
this is what's been going on

quiz night last night peeps...lindsey, you nearly got a message asking where the saints and the raiders are from, but i knew that one :) no idea how, but i knew it anyway :)
we did very well last night, although we still struggle with the idea that when someone else wins the round with us we have to get the tie break right...we failed on a tie break last night, but we won the tv and films round outright, tied in the sports round and got the highest score of the night for all four rounds (some 4 points clear of the nearest team) then to top it all off we won the pontoon play-off to try and win the jackpot, which stood at a mere £93 this week, and we won that too...which only amounted to £11.50 ish each...but that's better than a kick in the balls :)
i was thrown a little last night though because tango girl was back...i thought she was still on holiday...anyway enough of that ;)

films
over the weekend i sat and watched 4 films
and enjoyed them all
first up i watched saw 3...this is by far the goriest of the 3 films and although i half got the plot twists through the film i didn't get all of them...i like the trilogy, i like the idea behind them and the way the stories pan out...but this one did have me feeling a little rough during the opening few scenes...but hey, the more i watch it the less sensative i'll become, right?
next up was the da vinci code, now i read the book for this about 2 years ago, and i wanted to see it while it was at the cinema, bt the girlie i was with at the time wanted to watch it after she'd read the book, which i leant her because i'm good like that, but she just never read it...anyway i've seen it now, and i'm glad i have, it was very good, from what i remember of the book, it held very close/true to the story, thankfully, i'm not a fan of films that deviate from a stroy book (prime example is american psycho or high fidelity, both are awesome books, but the films are so very different form them, in the case of AP they missed big chunks out and in HF they changed the whole lot, i mean the book is set in 80's london, the film in present day generic american city (can't remember whch, sorry)). anyway back to da vinci code... i've got to say that paul bettany was awesome, tom hanks did the lead role justice and the little french bird who played sophie was cute... ron howard did the story justice
on sunday i settled down with 10 things i hate about you, having never seen this film before, but knowing it was a modern interpretation of a shakespeare classic, i was looking for a good film. what i found was a funny, cleverly done film, with many references to shakespeare and a really good soundtrack. some very cool and very funny bits in it...form heath ledger singing through to papa stratford referring to hell as "just a sauna"...although i seriously doubt that anyone would do the singing thing that ledger did in real life, especially not getting the marching band involved...still it's that kind of level of cheese that made me smile and think about things like the wedding in love actually...anyway i liked this film...
finally i sat and watched war of the worlds. i avoided tihs film initially when it first came out and was at the cinema...mainly because it had been so hyped up that i didn't want to be disappointed by it. it's a shame really because i thought it was just plain awesome, i've said it before, that dakota fanning will go a long way as long as she doesn't do a maculkin and fly off the rails and into micheal jacksons arms...everyone in it was good, the effects were amazing, it was an all round winner...although definately not a date movie...
out of them all i'd have to say 10 things was the only one i'd consider as a date omvie...although it depends on who you're seing and how long you've known them, i know some girls that would love saw 3...

anyway i've been rambling for far too long
TMI Tuesday is posted below...and carries a disclaimer, normally they do, but this week you might consider it a little more...
anyway enjoy your tuesday peeps
Laters
Px

reporting in for some monday madness

ok i've spent most of the day pissing around using a MAC :(
but generally the new job was ok, they're paying me and i've got at least 3 days a week for about 3 months...which will give me plenty of time to look for a job on the other two days, and also give me a chance to slot in interviews without having to take time off :)
i text woja this morning to say that the new job was crap
in fairness it was mainly because i was cold (no heating on in the office for some dumbass reason) and the guy showing me the ropes is self taught and doesn't like the idea that things can be done in other ways...ways that i'm used to doing them...which are a little quicker and more intuiative. anyway, once i got settled into it andcracked on with things it was pretty good, i felt as though i was accomplishing things and when i'm in next it'll be better because the guy who was showing me the ropes is on longterm sick as of tomorrow.
the only issues i've got are it's only 3 days a week and the money isn't great.
but like i said, it's income and it's also giving me time to look for other jobs and do other things in the meantime :)

it's quiz night
linny be warned :)

there seemed to be some confusion over an answer in the previous post/meme in "girlfridn/boyfriend" i answered with "i think so"...
this means that it's not something we've discussed...as in what out relationship is...at the moment it's just a lot of texting and trying to arrange time to meet up again, and a lot of flirting and getting to know one another
it's early days people, too early to decide if it's she's a girlfriend...

i watched 4 films over the weekend...i suspect that i'll be commenting on all of them at some point (probably tomorrow)

the new chef started last night, i felt a bit sorry for him, i invited him out to the bar after he'd finished for a pint in the hopes that some of the locals would chat to him and all that, but even the landlord hardly said a word to him while he was out there...but he seems nice enough, just a little shy

saturday night at the pub was stupidly busy, we took a shed load of money and were fully booked for meals and it was mental trying to keep up with what was going on in there...

i'm sure there was something else i was going to go on about, but it gone straight out of my mind now

i'm edging very close to the 500 posts mark (i think this one is #497!!!)
what should i do to celebrate my big 500?

anyway peeps, i'm done for the day, hope you're all having a good start to the week
laters
Px

stolen from a facebook buddy

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own facebook account, paste this as a note. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click post at the bottom. Have fun.
(X) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(X) Neverending Story
() Blazing Saddles
(X) Airplane
() The Princess Bride
() AnchorMan
() Napoleon Dynamite
() Labyrinth
(x) Saw
(X) Saw II
(X) White Noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
() 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(X) Scream
(X) Scream 2
(X) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(X) Scary Movie 2
(X) Scary Movie 3
(X) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
() American Pie Band Camp
(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(X) Resident Evil 1
(X) Resident Evil 2
(X) The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
(X) The Village
() Lilo & Stitch
(x) Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
(X) Signs
(X) The Grinch
(X) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(X) I, Robot
(X) Robots
(X) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(X) Universal Soldier
(X) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() along Came Polly
(X) Deep Impact
(X) KingPin
() Never Been Kissed
(X) Meet The Parents
(X) Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
() KING KONG
() A Cinderella Story
() The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
(X) Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
(X) Halloween
() The Ring
() The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
(X) Flubber
() Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
() Practical Magic
() Chicago
(X) Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(X) Hellboy
() Secret Window
() I Am Sam
() The Whole Nine Yards
() The Whole Ten Yards
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
() Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
(X) Bride of Chucky
() Ten Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
(X) Gothika
(X) Nightmare on Elm Street
() Sixteen Candles
() Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
() The Grudge
() The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask
(x) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
() Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
() Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
() The Fog
(x) Ice Age
() Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
(x) Independence Day
() Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
() Children of the Corn
() My Bosses Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
() War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
() Best Bet
() How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
() Calendar Girls
() Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
() Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
(x) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
() Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
(x) Swimfan
() Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
() The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
() A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
() The 40-year-old Virgin
(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
() Baseketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
(x) House of 1000 Corpses
(x) Devils Rejects
() Elf
() Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
() Three
() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
(x) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
() Willard
() High Tension
() Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
() Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
(x) Waterworld
(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() the Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave
() The Last House on the Left
(x) Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness
(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
() Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
() Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks The Battle For Endor
(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal
Total: 134
so i have no life...tell me something i didn't know already!