Georgia pics

for those of you who don't have facebook...where i put up 50ish of the pics from my trip

here's a few for you...

Atlanta

OK i know i've been rubbish at posting about my holiday
but with good reason

my holiday was a break for me
away from my life as it is
so, that means away from work
away from home
away from the pub
and away from here

now as much as i love you all
it was my holiday
and as such i want to keep it that way
i'll share with you some photo's (hopefully later today) but that's probably all you're getting

i know it's a bit cagey of me, but that's how i want to keep it

and before minds go into overdrive
it's not because there was anything salacious was going on
i know what you're all like

laters peeps
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on "vacay"

so much to blog about, i just don't know where to start!
the aquarium was AWESOME!!!
i mean walking under 6.2 million litres (or it may have been gallons) of water which housed 2 whale sharks and a whole host of other animals was really cool, I've got a massive pile of pictures to wade through (140 ish i think) but Lindsey has posted a couple of the already, including one she took of me and her nephew that she thinks is "too cute". For more on our trip it's best to have a look at her page
there was so much there though that i just couldn't stop taking pictures, i think she probably thinks i'm a little weird because of it...i took a pile more over the last couple of days while we've been in Savannah.
speaking of which, we saw the park that tom hanks sits in front of while telling forrest gump's story, although the bench has now been removed and put in the tourist office (where they'll charge you $4 to see it, but you can't touch it, sit on it or take pictures of it, but they will sell you pictures of it). and had a long old wander around the river and bay street areas of the city.
Those of you who really know me, know that i have a dry sense of humour and if i can get away with someting i'll do it...like walking around the aquarium with a t-shirt depicting a fish that's written "smart arse" out of his backside...(i did this because someone, ok it was linsdey, picked the shirt out because she thought it was funny and suited me). anyway I have a t-shirt that has "sinner" emblazoned across the from of it. i was wearing this shirt when we arrived in Savannah, to me it's no different to the pornstar t-shirt or thundercats t-shirts that i have, i wera it because i like it. well we went into a restaurant to get some lunch when the waitress took notice of my t-shirt and kept asking what it meant and what religion i was and all that kind of stuff. she scared me! so much so that when we checked into the hotel, i went and changed into a thundercats one...she was WEIRD!!!!
normally this kind of thing doesn't bother me, but she really did, she wouldn't let up about the shirt...i wore it again today though as we left and no-one else took a blind bit of notice of it, so it's not like i was being offensive (which is that main reason i wanted to change, i don't like offending people)
but savannah was really pretty, i took another 40 or 50 pictures, some of really random things, while we were there, adding to the thought that lindsey may think i've got a weird photo fetish (although she assures me she doesn't think this).
we went on a horse and buggy tour of the city just as it got dark last night and found out loads about the haunted areas of the city and all the interesting little stories that are behind the ghosts, including about one guy who locks women in the bathroom of one of the taverns. the tour was good fun and the guide was entertaining and kept it interesting.
so i have all these pictures that i'll be posting when i get home, so miss ash doesn't need to panic anymore, there will be some soon enough ;) i just want to go through them all and make sure that i'm not going to bore you with them...
I'm not sure what we're going to do the next couple of days, there's a couple of things in the pipeline, but we'll have to wait and see what crops up

not looking forward to leaving, although i've picked up a little of the southern drawl when i talk at times. and i'm already thinking ahead and wondering how long it'll take me to save up and come back...

pictures as soon as i get back to the uk
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In Atlanta

Just so you all know, I'm here and loving it
although i keep forgetting about my camera, so far i took 3 pictures, and that was of me, the beer i had to get me on the plane and (although i didn't realise it at the time) the plane that got me here...
Yesterday I met Linny's family, we all sat and ate, it was really nice to do the family thing, mainly because my family is falling (or has fallen) apart over the last year or 2. we also went shopping and got a couple of bargains.
Today we're off to the aquarium, tomorrow we're off to Savannah...
it's so nice out here, the weather is really nice, even though i was told it'd be chilly...remember i'm from the uk, chilly to me is a lot different than chilly is over here!
Also, my phone doesn't work out here, even though i checked with my service operator before i left that it would...it's strangely liberating not being able to use it though, although it's left me without a clock, so i never know what the time is!
I'll try to remember to take my camera out with us over the next few days
I'm cooking tonight too...should be fun :)
right peeps, i'm off
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and i'm leaving on a jet plane

don't know when i'll be back again...

ok that last bit isn't quite true
but as documented before, i'm heading off tomorrow to visit Linny and generally just chill and have a nice break from my normal life
and i can't wait

maybe i'll post while i'm there...
but i wouldn't hold my breath if i were you waiting for one ;)

take care peeps and expect a picture explosion when i get back
Laters
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whinging wednesday

i thought of this title this morning
when things seemed grim and i struggled to stay awake in the van (think i did drop off at one point...but it was ok, i'm not driving at the moment, i'm learning a new run, so someone else was driving)

but it turns out i've had a pretty good day all in all

there'll be a video at the end...if i remember to post it...which i like

and there's some positive vibes flowing out as well...

anyway reasons to be cheerful
1) it's less than 3 weeks until my holiday :)
2) the non-job called today and the position that they wanted me in has been authorised, although i still don't have a start date, it's a step in the right direction
3) i'm feeling much more chilled out this week
4) non-job want me to go in tomorrow to have a chat about a few things related to the job, this means a sick day for the driving, which in turn means a bit of a lay-in for me :)
5) i won just under £50 at the weekend...cash...that was good
6) i did a shed load of hours at the pub last week, which means that i'll get a pile of cash this week, half of which will be saved and put towards spending money for the holiday
7) my new books arrived yesterday in the post from amazon...a whole day early, shame i'm still reading the last one though, but it does mean that i'll have a new book for the flight
8) at the quiz on monday, although i got a frosty reception at the bar (my ex was working it) everyone else there was pleased to see me, and we won the music round, and we had the overall highest score
9) seeing said ex on monday brought back no memories or bad feelings for me, in fact i was totally fine with it, leading me to believe that she didn't have as much as an effect on me as i apparently had on her
10) (yep that's right...10 reasons why i'm cheerful) this is the 3rd time i've blogged this week and although this is the first original blog, it feels good to get back into the swing of things, i've even got a HNT ready for tomorrow :)

see
i'm positive all over

now
on to the video
this video is from youtube, and is a UK advert for chocolate, cadbury's in fact, and it caused a big stir, it was talked about on the radio and in the papers...
it's really random
and has no obvious bearing on the product
but it's still cool and i like it...

anyway, that's me done for today
take it easy peeps,
laters,
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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
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i'll get told off if i don't write this...

ok a little back story
10 months ago i was in an unhealthy relationship, as is always the way, i didn't see this at the time and therefore squandered the following opportunity.
10 months ago i met someone who to this day i think about regularly.
10 months ago i met lindsey (aka linny)
a planned holiday to the UK with her friend and a half arranged attempt for us to meet up while she was here before she left didn't hold much hope for me and her to meet, however we exchanged numbers in the hope that she would be able to arrange things that we could meet up.

things worked out that she'd breeze into oxford for the evening on her way to london. just enough time to meet up and have a pint.

but during the evening i flirted with not only lindsey, but also with her friend. this lead to confusion that wasn't fully resolved until last weekend.
and it wasn't until this past weekend that i broke my silence with regards to my true feeling from that night.

lets break it down
when we sat down i didn't sit next to lindsey, i sat next to her friend, this was partly intentional on my part, it's a lot easier to study a person and take in everything about them when you can look at them.
through the evening i found it hard to take my eyes off lindsey, but i think i was doing a pretty good job of not lingering too long
through the evening we had a good time, so much so that the girls cancelled that night's accomodation in london and favoured a night in oxford (they ended up in a hostel, not ideal as i'm sure lindsey will tell you, i initially suggested a motel saying that i'd come and get them in the morning and make sure that they made it to the station safely) i would've offered space in my own home, but at the time i was in the spare bed because i'd been out and if i got home late and woke up her, then my life would've been hell.
at the end of the evening, when i dropped them off at the hostel, we shared a kiss, first i kissed her friend, then i kissed lindsey. she's said tha ti kissed her longer than i kissed her friend, and at that point she half realised that it was her i'd been interested in. at that time i wanted to kiss her much more passionately, but i refrained because of the relationship that i was in.
since that night i've often thought what it would've been like to kiss her that way.
since that night i've had much deeper thoughts about things
since that night i've found myself a little jealous
since that night we've kept in contact
since that night we both hid things from each other about how we both wanted to kiss passionately that night

that is until this past weekend when it all started innocently in a conversation on MSN
and ended up with my inviting FU to be the best man at our vegas wedding, but only if he gets in the elvis suit. venue set and you'd all be invited and it's down to me to pick a date, i'm thinking late september

now i know that it wasn't serious
but there's a big part of me that does hold on to those memories of that evening and there's a bigger part of me kicking myself for not spilling my guts to her sooner or kissing her that night. there's a part of me that would love to marry lindsey
anywhere
anytime

i hope she now knows how i feel
and i hope that she knows that i love her
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