HAPPY St PADDY'S DAY
so can someone tell me what's up with blogger? apparently i'm NOT authorised to veiw my own blog... EDIT: it would appear to be fixed now, but that doesn'texplain why when i posted this yesterday it didn't appear...dodgy, anyway fingers crossed it's ok now!
anyway sorry about that, got side tracked for a second!
so it's that day of the year when everyone becomes a little irish again, hence the green.
i myself might be tempted to partake in a few bevvies this evening, although i'm not a huge fan of the black stuff, i'll happily raise a few pints of something to celebrate!
let me know how you've celebrated (got inebriated)
song for the day: salty dog by flogging molly they are an awesome band, crossing the boundaries of californian punk and irish folk, i've seen them 3 or 4 times and every gig have been amazing, loved them all!!! so check them out if you can

other random stuff
not been in the best of moods this week, initially i though this was probably down to a lack of sleep, but i think it's more than that now.
mood has been lightened slightly by getting amazon to pay for the P&P on a couple of books i bought, they were trying to diddle me out of it, but apparently i'd not ticked a box that i should've to get the free P&P, so they've stumped it up out of kindness...
mood has been lightened by getting my latest in a large collection of wrestling dvd's...yes i know it's sad, no i don't care, yes i enjoy them, no i'm not 12, yes i know it's "fake" (i think a proper rant on the fakeness of wrestling is needed though and i might add that in a bit) 7 hours of matches was good, there were some very impressive bouts and some of these matches will be referred to in the aforementioned rant...
mood has been dulled by work
mood has been lightened by the prospect of a really good weekend, it's a mates stag do tomorrow, so i'm looking forward to that
mood has been lightened by an unexpected invitation out this evening, probably won't accept it, but it was nice to be invited anyway

right wrestling rant, i promise to make it relatively short.
i know wrestling isn't real, i mean it's classed as sports entertainment for a start, that kinda gives it away. but as for it being fake, no that i don't agree with, yes ok in the old days (the 80's) you did see people pulling punches, going down even though they were about 2 inches away from the other guys fist and you could finish a match with a leg drop of all things! but these days the matches are real, the moves are real, the blood is real, the injuries are real. i've seen footage of men breaking their necks, arms, legs, sustaining concussions, being hit with all manner of "weapons" and other objects, from the fairly standard trash can to VCR's and frying pans and even cream pies, although the latter obviously did little to injure the person. i've seen barb wire matches where the opponents have become attached to the wire, ripped their flesh and even wrapped themselves up in it to win. so the idea that the wrestling is fake is beyond me. however, the storylines and the pre-determined results and things like that do go a long way to making people thing it's fake and i'll agree there, but only there.

Song for Saturday:
choice of two for you this week...
violent pornography by system of a down - simple choice, it's a catchy song, admittedly it's not their best, but i like it. and it's been on in the car this week...
99 problems by jay-z (or by jay-z vs. linkin park) - essentially it's the same song, and i like both versions of it, and again the latter version has been in the car all week too...

anyway i should be getting on with work
laters peeps, enjoy the green day, the green beer and for those of you who partake just enjoy the green!!!
Px

Irish Themed HNT

ok so i've still not fixed my camera :(

but seeing as Os asked for Irish themed HNT pics this week for St. Patrick's day, i give you this, titled pete, peter's and a random fat guy...

i'm the dark bit over the shoulder of said random fat guy with my arms in the air. there's a rule in ireland that you can't walk past a pub with your name on it without going in for a drink. so while in dublin for my 26th birthday we found peter's pub and obviously HAD to go in...thing is we stayed in and got even drunker than we already were...and that's saying something! this was taken at about 7 or 8, to be honest i was pretty blotto by then as we'd been drinking since before 11 that morning and i seem to remember eating a burger and we'd had 4 pints by then, that was about 12 ish...after that i couldn't tell you how much we had to drink...but it was a lot

and it was all good

and the irish are awesome people

SLACK!!!!
that's what i've been
slack in posting, especially as kate (in the sidebar) really showed me up last week by blogging everyday and some days more than once!!!

but i won a bottle of wine last night in the pub quiz
that was good, although i've not drank it yet

my shamen CD arrived yesterday morning, i got moaned at about buying it and not saving and i got moaned at for buying it and not having enough room for all my CD's...but it's worth it

been happily driving around with the new stereo in the car, loud tunes, varied selection...from kanye west, GLC, Pendulem right through to SOAD, Coal Chamber and Rammstein...proper tunes

but today i'm feeling really pissed off
might blog some more later, but for now i'm not going to

i want to go for a curry tonight...any takers, my shout maybe...

"tit's out tuesday" sounds like an interesting idea, i'd be more than happy to post a lovely pair here every week if you really want me too...so who wants to start it off then? who's going to send me a pic of their tit's first? lol i'm kidding btw!

and oh yeah...don't worry, i wasn't planning on running out and jumping into a whole new relationship yet, i need to give things some time and i really want to get away from here for a while and find myself again as it were...and no i'm not being rude :oP i want to enjoy being single for a while, although it feels like i've been single for about 6 weeks already...

i need a holiday...any suggestions?

laters peeps
Px

confessions and a song for saturday
ok peeps, i've got a few confessions to make, nothing major, but i feel the need to get them off my chest...and i guess most of them ain't really confessions it's omre i need to get a few things off my chest
i've not been spending the time over the last few days reading everyones blogs and i know i've not been commenting as much as i usually do, i'm sorry and i plan to rectify that situation over the weekend with a hardcore session of reading and commenting
so that's the main confession
mini confessions
i hate my job that much that ive been looking for a new one
in company time
like i care
today i have taken the day off so i could have my stereo fitted into my car, along with some new kit, sub and amp, 6x9's and all that jazz
sounds sweet...cost me over £350 to have everything done though, i'm supposed to be saving

i have one quick comment to make to my new friend fukkit...i know i've not been very HN in the last few HNT's...you try asking your mates to take a pic of you HN...they'd look at me more than a bit oddly me thinks
however i promise to make up for it when i've fixed my camera by doing a FNT (f=full) at some point, just need to find someone to take the shot...i would ask for volunteers, but i'm not gonna!

me and my lady have called it a day officially now, i think it's been on the cards for a while, we've been seeing less and less of each other for the last few weeks now, so we had a big chat the other night and we actually caught up more after we split than anything else
so i'm back to being single
question is do i start looking for somoene or do i leave it and see what happens
bearing in mind most of my friends are male or are in the "been there, done that" catagory (i suppose i could buy them all a p-shirt now like mine so i could add "got the t-shirt") the women front is looking decidedly quiet, but i thikn that's probably a good thing, i don't want to rush into something just yet do i!

anyway i promise that i'm going to be a commenting DEMON tomorrow, and i'm also going to have a look at sorting some things out for the website as well over the weekend, i'll keep you posted :)
laters peeps
Px

EDIT:
i realised after posting that i'd forgotten the song lol!!!
so this weekend i could be sentimental and pick goodbye my lover by james blunt or dry your eyes mate by the streets or something of that ilk, but i choose not to, i choose life, i choose goldie lookin' chain and your mothers got a penis i know that everyone outside of the UK probably hasn't heard of these guys or this song, but i urge you to find it and listen to it, download it, play it really loud, and laugh along with me...YOU KNOWS IT!!!!

instrumental HNT

ok so i look like i'm asleep

and i know that you shouldn't sit down while playing the big violin

but i wasn't asleep

and i had to sit down to reach everything because although the double bass is huge, it was too short for me to play standing up!!!

no it's not mine

no i can't play it

but who cares

(still trying to get my camera fixed, but being the lazy arse i am i've not actually done anything about it yet...this pic was taken by the spanish guy in the office with his phone)

take it easy peeps

Px

been in a foul mood today
i know why
talking about it won't help
don't ask me to
i have a song for saturday lined up...but it might change depending on if i can find my old shamen tape for in the car in the morning
the shamen were funny
i noticed that there have been issues with blogger this week (again) so i'm keping this short
PP i'll sort you out an email tomorrow
laters peeps
Px

pah!
so i forgot the song for saturday thing, i know it's my own creation and i know i should've done it, but i've been feeling a bit out of sorts of late
in the last week i've watched nearly 20 films
when i'm not at one work or the other i've been in my room most of the rest of the time watching dvd's or playing on the ps2
it's not that things are getting to me, i'm not letting them, but i've just not been in the mood to go out and see people or even stay in and see people
yesterday i think i spent a total of about 2 hours downstairs, most of the rest of the time i was in my room, and i spent a couple of hours on the internet bumming around and chatting to a few people
today it's been the same, i've been downstairs to eat and that's it
tonight i'm working in the pub though so i'm going to have to speak to people there, but i've got some paperwork type stuff to do while i'm there so i'm taking the laptop in with me to deal with it...yay great fun!
might take a couple of games in as well...just to pass the time, sunday's are usually dead for the first couple of hours anyway
dad's birthday party is shaping up to be a shambles, brother no. 2 on his side is refusing to come, brother no. 1 and sister also on that side don't get along, and i don't really like either of them, mum's said she's not going, no idea why, i don't really want to go either, but i can see myself being made to go... no idea why, i'm the odd one in the family anyway, the only child from this marriage, the only one without any kids, the only one under 30, the only one who went to uni, the only one who dropped out of uni, the only one who lives at home still...the list goes on, besides it's going to be held in the pub where i work, so if there is a family bust up (and i'm guessing there will be) that'll be fantastic, everyone i work with and all the locals and regulars that know me will see just what a stupid family i have...i can't wait!
i hope my plans work out though, things will be better if they do...

HNT - I was a dragon!!!

View this clip on Vimeo

Something a little special this week for HNT.

a few weeks ago i went to a house warming party, where we went fire breathing, using chocolate powder of all things!!! but before you go and try it, it only works with spanish chocolate powder. well that's what our spanish host told us anyway.

needless to say it was good fun and we really enjoyed it.

KIDS DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!

btw i've broken my camera so i'll be struggling with HNT for a little while :(

and my p-shirt (it's a pete collective t-shirt) arrived yesterday!! if you wanna know more about the pete collective check out the previous post

Take care though peeps

Px

The Pete Collective - Give Pete A Chance
it would appear that pete is the new black!
i found this site a couple of weeks ago and it's weird what some people out there will do, but kinda cool at the same time. basically this guy was set a challenge to find 200 petes, but this seemed fairly pointless as there was no drive behind it! so after finding out about 345 maria's in spain had set a world record for the number of people with the same name in one place, pete (not me) decided that he could breakt that record. that is until dubai stepped up to the plate and had some 1500 muhammed's all meet up. so the challenge is for 2000 pete's, i've signed up because dammit this is the only way i'm going to break any records! that and i'm called pete!
anyway, have a look around the site, it's scary the effort this guy has gone to, i've even go so far as to order myself a p-shirt which will make it's way on to HNT as soon as i've got it!
it sounds kinda dave gorman, but who cares! (for those who don't know about dave gorman, his mate danny wallace set him a challenge to find 52 other dave gormans, he wrote a book about it, he had a show at the edinburgh fringe festival, i think he even made it onto tv about it, he convinced 3 people to change their names to dave gorman, including 2 women, he found daves in the US and in italy. anyway he found them all, and took danny wallace along for the ride. during all this time they never met another danny wallace! the book's very good though and i recommend it to anyone)
so
if you know a pete
you know where to send him
take care peeps and petes alike
Px

song for the saturday
right people i've had a pityful response on the bio's from you guys, i've had one and i've got to say it was perfect and just what i was after...so thank you jennifer! the rest of you motley crew, all i'm asking is for a paragraph, something witty and inciteful about you and a pic. I know you're all busy (or lazy in some peoples case Akanksha!), but i'd really appriciate it if ou could just spend a few minutes helping me out :)
remember it's for my website
so i have no idea who will see it
but it'll all be good i promise
anyway back to the song for saturday... this weeks choice is something i've listened to a lot this week, especially in the car, tears and rain by james blunt, i'm really liking this song, it's hitting my in many places. it's reminding me of the past, when i've done things which i regret to an extent, choices i've made and things that were just wrong for me at that time. however it's also hitting me with the line "I guess it's time I run far, far away" because although that's not how i'm feeling, it's what i want to do. some of you know what i mean (natalia)
so that's my song for tomorrow, i'll listen to it several times and i intend to put it on while i'm at work as well tomorrow and make the customers in the pub listen to it as well!
anyway, please try and help me out with your bio's or else i'm going to have to utilise my wit and imagination and just make something up about you all and then google search some random picture as well...this pic might not exactly be safe either...if you know what i mean!
laters peeps and enjoy your weekend peeps :)
Px

UPDATE
thanks to Linny who has also provided me with a mini bio and a couple of pics, fear not linny, the nekkid ones will never be seen by anyone else ;o)
Miss ash, all you need to do is write a few sentences about yourself, anything at all, and the email it to me with a pic of you that you don't mind me putting up on the website...simple!

UPDATE 2
thanks to Miss Ash, although a quote wasn't exactly what i was after, it'll do i guess ;o)

HNT time already!!!

just me pulling a face, no idea why, but it looks kinda cool :)

well it's HNT click the button to find out more or click Osbasso's link to find out who's playing today (both are over there <---)

take it easy peeps and HHNT

Px

more apologies from me today
sorry peeps, i've been a little more than reglectful of my blog for the last few days.
but the good news is i'm feeling a bit better, the bad news is i'm working more this week than i was last week :(
i've got 4 nights at the pub this week and i did an additional 2 hours last night as well!! but i'm thinking of the money and the fact that i've got my first friday free since sometime in december, but to compensate for that i'm working saturday night instead (this week only) and i've got to stay there because the landlord is away and i'm trust worthy apparently. and he told me it means i can have a couple of pints with the regulars and not have to worry about getting home :)
in other things...well main job work has been ok, just finished a budget price for some lab in bristol...not overly interesting, but pretty easy and only took me 2 days. when i work i can do these things quicker than anyone else here, but it's getting me motivated to work that seems to be the problem!
oh
i have a request for you lovely people that regularly read my blog. i want to put a little boig of all of you on my website as my buddies, so i want some info about you, anything you want to tell me and a pic too if poss...please email them to the address on my profile (putting it back up there now) once it's sorted i'll publish a link for you to have a look at and comment on and all that. muchos gracias in advance :)
anyway take care peeps
Px

No HNT from me
sorry to disappoint guys, but i've been feeling a bit offf this week, was home sick yesterday and half the day before, still suffering the effects of a nasty cold now (bunged up nose, chesty, phlegm-producing cough, headache) but feeling a little better than i have been
so for those who used to read the office blog as well, i've got a little link for you, it's rather amusing...click me...this is chunk, we thought we'd put him up on this site and see how he faired...he's not doing too badly at the moment!
for those not in the know, this is what chav means, take a loot around the rest of the site that chuck's on, it's worth a chuckle!
take it easy peeps and hopefully i'll be feeling better soon
Px

happy valentines people
i just want to say i love you all
and i want you all to be my valentines
song for the day:
All You Need Is Love
The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney)
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy.
There's nothing you can make that can't be made.
No one you can save that can't be saved.
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be in time
It's easy.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
There's nothing you can know that isn't known.
Nothing you can see that isn't shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.
It's easy.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
All you need is love (all together now)
All you need is love (everybody)
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.

i just love the bit in LOVE ACTUALLY where they sing this in the church at the end of the wedding!! always makes me feel warm inside, but then that could just be miss knightley

take care peeps, enjoy the day and i hope those of you who have love, keep it and those who haven't, find it

love to you all

Px

stupid drivers
just a quick rant about stupid drivers
on the way to work this morning a stupid BMW driver cut me up, then made a hand gesture to say it was my fault
i was hoping that this ignoramus was going to stop at the next available opportunity and argue with me as some people have done that before and they soon back down when i unfold my 6'4" frame from my little car, but alas they did not.
i had it all ready for them as well, i was going to give it to them with both barrels as the saying goes
but my wit was wasted.
thing is it was them at fault.
we were at a round about and we were both going straight across, now unless there is a filter on, to go straight across you should be in the outside lane, like i was, but the bmw was in the inside lane...no i know that my 1.4 isn't very quick off the mark, and should've been left for dust compared to the 2.8 bmw engine, but it wasn't and i was level with this other car most of the way across the roundabout, it was only when i got the turn off that they put their foot down and cut me off (bastard)
i had this ready for them too...
"thanks for cutting me up you ignorant prick. why don't you look up an online copy of the highway code when you get to your nice office, instead of looking up porn and fantasising about your secretary who you'll never get because you're old, balding and boring and she'd much rather have someone like me instead. once you're looking at the highway code, i suggest reading the section on roundabouts and you'll realise that you were in the wrong, so tomorrow when i see you and you try to cut me up again, you'll wave me through and apologise for having your head up your arse!"
but like i said this pillock thought he was king of the road and ignored me

you'll all be pleased to know that, contrary to the implications of the above, i'm actually in a much better mood today as well :)
take care now
Px

oh, ps linny, you're from georgia right? thought you might appriciate this joke:

After the southern tourist had been served in a Las Vegas cocktail lounge, he beckoned the waitress back and said quietly, "Miss, y'all sure are a luvly, luvly lady; can ah persuade y'all to give me a piece of ass?"

"Lord, that's the most direct proposition I've ever had!" gasped the girl.

Then she looked around the room, smiled and added, "Sure, why not? You're nice lookin' too and it's pretty slow here right now, so why don't we just slip away up to my room?"

When the pair returned half an hour later, the man sat down at the same table and the waitress asked, "Will there be anything else, sir?"

"Why yes," replied the southern gentleman. "Ah sure'preciate what y'all just did for me; it was real sweet and right neighbourly, but where ah come from in Georgia, we lack our bourbon real cold, so ah still need to trouble y'all for a piece uh ass for mah drink."

that friday feeling? (being edited and added to through the day)
HELL NO!!!
this is a warning, this post probably isn't going to be a great read and more than likely will be disjointed and random in places
8am
so i got up and was sick this morning, by 7 am i'd thrown up 3 times :(
but seeing as i hadn't eaten anything since about 7pm the night before there was nothing to come up apart from spit and stomach acid...not cool, very not cool
I'm being moved off of the friday night shift at the pub, for one reason or another, and i'm being switched to a sunday. i think that's going to be better for me because not only am i getting a little more responsibility as i'll be cashing up and locking up at the end of the night, it means i'll not be working back to back long days anymore, 8-5 and then 6-11.30+ on a thursday and then a friday too doing this is not cool...very not cool
work has been a bit pants too as you may have guessed from the previous post! just another thing that's not cool...very not cool

however on the cool side of things, i heard from a mate who i've not seen in over a year, but i'm told that he does pop in here from time to time and check up on me as it were. anyway, he's getting married in a few months and wants me to go, so that's cool...very cool
but it does mean i'll have to hunt out my suit, check it still fits, get it cleaned and all that, but it'll be worth it!

9.30 am
fed up

i've got one quote out this morning already and it's only half 9, add that to the one i got out yesterday, that only leaves me the one i'm working on now, the one that needs to go out on monday and the one that i've just got...well they're are the ones i have right now, but i know there are a couple of others on the horizon :o(

11am
that's another quote done...but think of the trees here, this one was 60 pages long, we keep a hardcopy and send one to the client, except this client has requested multiple copies of the quote (why he can't just print them off himself i'll never know, but hey!)

just had the email for the next one too, this one will be "interesting" as it's the 9th revision to the base quote, i'm sure we should've been charging them for the additional revisions that we've made to this one...it's getting beyond a joke! every couple of weeks the sales manager calls me and says "you'll never guess what...they want another revision done!" this time they want some rear panels, some locks and want some things we added for them last revision, removed for this one!!! can you say "PISS TAKE!!"?

and that is what i spend my day doing...well that and obviously blogging about it too lol

12.30pm
that's the 3rd quote to leave my hands today! that was a little one (the 8th revision though and seemingly pointless)
but i've just been handed a fax, 17 pages in total regarding something i quoted 6 weeks ago and how the QS thinks that i've got the wrong size on the units, trouble is if i have got the wrong sizes it'll be monday before anyone can get me new prices and even then they'll probably take a day or two to get them to me...and the QS is hoping for a letter on monday with the revised price and missing items included...we missed them out because they're non-standard items, things like whiteboards, which i've now sourced and priced, we were €30k - €40k under the others tendering for this project, i've added in the white boards and some sinks i'd missed as well and added €42k, if these units are also going to be special constructions then i'm looking at probably adding to that even further...great, way to be competitive on price!!!
also been chatting to woja, we're thinking of heading to see the wrestling again sometime this year so that'll be cool :D
well best get back to it :(

3.55pm
with just over an hour to go at this job i've finally hit the wall!
i went through the 17 page fax, working out what they wanted and what we'd offered were different things, in so far as what i'd priced was almost what the wanted, except everything was out by 90 degrees, they wanted a 1200mm high unit, i'd offered a 1200 wide unit because that was what made sense, even the sales manager said that she'd have done the same thing, so that's ok :)
throat hurts
didn't do a pub lunch either today...didn't feel like it and wanted to crack on with work
but now i'm at the wall and i'm stuck
can't do anymore

song for saturday...(friday again i know but who cares, so few people visit on a saturday!)
Boys Don't Cry by The Cure it's a cracking song and it's very me at the moment (been listening to the unplugged version today)

i think that'll be the last update for the day, gotta dash off from here and go to my penultimate friday at the pub
laters peeps,
Px

it just goes to show (if you're here for HNT it's below this post)
if you start the day in a positive way
you set yourself up for a fall
i was happy this morning
i'd had a good night out last night and was on a positive high for the day
but gradually work has dragged me down and down and down
i'm now so deep down that i can't see the light for the piles of shite work that i have on my desk
stupid proposals that are worthless and meaningless and generally realy crappy
projects that want the smallest of details changed which involved re-pricing everything, adjusting the figures to suit the sales team, the MD and the client, re issuing the document to the right people, once you've found out who the right people are that is, then there's the back log of tidying things up afterwards, copying files onto different servers so different people can find them, printing off hard copies of EVERYTHING used to make the quote up and then filing it all in the temperamental (emphasise mental when you read that back again later) filing cupboard in files that are too big to fit inside the hangers.
it's all crap
and i want to go home
but i can't because tonight i'm working in the pub!!!
i knew i should've brought my laptop with me, i could've done something useful while i was at the pub tonight, serving the 0 customers we have on a thursday (last week there were 3 people in and 5 staff, which gradually declined to the point of there being no customers and 5 staff)
somebody please take me away from all this
please
i'm begging you
rant over


for now
Px

un prepared HNT
for various reasons (all of them out-of-this-world good) i've not had chance to prep a decent HNT again!!!
slacking i know, but here's my neck

so i entered this competition
online
about 2 weeks ago
the prize was a date in london with one of the people running the competition
i entered thinking nothing would come of it
as i usually think when i enter competitions
thing is i got short-listed to the final 3 that would face a public vote to find out who would win
that was last wednesday
on friday i got an email to say i'd won
the date was last night
i went
i had a much better time than i'd expected
i mean it was really really cool, she was really good fun and easy to get along with, really chatty and generally we clicked
we were supposed to go to the theatre, but with the wine flowing we just got lost in conversation, chatting about everything and anything
it seemed very natural
and i'm thinking it'd be cool to do it again

monday morning blues...on a monday afternoon!
keeping me sane is proving fairly hard at the moment what with the lack of sleep and everything!
had to excuse myself early on friday night from my shift at the pub as i could feel myself falling asleep and i knew i'd start getting grouchy with someof the locals as well, thankfully some of the more irritating ones weren't in
the weekend passed fairly uneventfully...with the exception of spanish's house warming party...click here to go see, pictures will follow as soon as i've got round to dealing with them...but there are some very cool pics, and some even better videos :D
sunday was my day to chill, but i didn't manage all that much chilling
and then it was back to work today...the grind that it is...
been trying to get prices for various things...one supplier has made me wait pretty much all day before faxing me a little note "sorry we are unable to supply the above items" needless to say i was well impressed, but if they can't do it, that's fair enough, but they could've told me a little earlier...ho-hum
tonight is quiz night, although i'm not 100% sure i'll be attending as i should really try to get another early night, i say early, but we all know it'll be after midnight before i get to sleep, so i guess i may as well head out and enjoy myself :)
take it easy peeps (glad to see there are no tags about at the moment)
Px

Song for Saturday (yeah i know it's still friday...but who cares!)
feel good song for the weekend... was listening to it in the car this morning on the way to work and it's put me in a good mood :D
funky cold medina - Tonè Loc
cold cooling at a ball
looking for some action
but like Mick Jagger said
I can't get no satisfaction
the girls are all around
but none of them wanna get with me
my threads are fresh and I'm looking def
yo wassup with the l o c
the girls are all jocking
at the other end of the bar
having drinks with some no name chump
when they know that I'm the star
so I got up and strolled over
to the other side of the cantina
I asked the guy, "why you so fly?"
he said "funky cold medina"

this brother told me a secret
on how to get more chicks
put a little medina in your glass
and the girls'll come real quick
it's better than any alcohol
or afrodesiac
a couple of sips of this love potion and she'll be on your lap
so I gave some to my dog, when he began to big
and then he licked his bowl and he looked at me
and did the wild thing on my leg
he used to scratch and bite me
before he was much much meaner
but now all the poodles run to my house for the funky cold medina

you know what I'm saying
I got every dog in my neighborhood breaking down my door
I got Spuds McKenzie, Alex from Strolls
they won't leave my dog alone with that medina thing

I went up to this girl
she said "Hi, my name Sheena"
I thought she'd be good to go with a little funk cold medina,
she said "I'd like a drink", I said "ok, I'll go get it"
and then a couple of sips,
she cold licked her lips
and I knew that she was with it
so I took her to my crib
and everything went well as planned
but when she got undressed
it was big old mess
Sheena was a man
so I threw him out
I don't fool around with no Oscar Meyer weiner
you must be sure that the girl is pure for the funky cold medina
you know,
ain't no plans with a man,
this is the 80s and I'm down the ladies,

break it down,

back in the saddle, looking for a little affection
I took a shot, I thought I'd test it on the Love Connection
the audience guests voted,
and you know, they picked a winner
I took my date to the Hilton for medina had some dinner
she had a few drinks, I'm thinking soon what I'd be getting,
but that's when she starting talking 'bout plans for a wedding,
I said "wait, slow down love, not so fast, I'll be seeing ya",
that's why I found you don't play around with the funky cold medina

you know what I'm saying
that medina's a monster y'all

HNT time again
fluff free but you can still see where i had it pierced...i give you my belly button! no stories this week, no history behind it...nothing but pics!
First up is the straight on shot...
next up is what i see of my belly button...

Happy HNT peeps...don't know what i'm on about...click the button in the side bar :)

Take care peeps

Px

angerballs and red rage

i think that the distinct lack of a decent night's sleep for a while and the distinct lack of time being spent with a certain someone are really starting to piss me off

Yeah Yeah and i'm drop dead gorgeous!
hey hey peeps
it's a saturday songday and the song for the day it drop dead gorgeous by Republica :)
seeing as it's saturday and i think i successfully managed to get about 6 hours sleep again last night (not counting how many nights it is now since i had more than that) i'm in a cracking good mood
i also got my sexy new image today...oh yes people your Px is changing...out are the glasses, dropped in favour of my nice new contact lenses!!! picture will appear at the bottom of the post, story behind them first!
ok so it's december, mother has suggested that i get lenses again as now i'm not working in a swimming poll i can wear them when and wherever i please...she's even willing to pay for them. (bonus!) right, well the first pair of new lenses arrives on the 23rd of december, just intime for christmas :) but alas i'm told that they don't fit my eye very well, which is why they were slipping all the time, a new pair would be ordered and should arrive in a couple of weeks. second pair arrive and the fit is perfect, i mean they are spot one fit wise, but driving to work in the morning i noticed that the road signs were not as clear as they were when i was wearing glasses, so i wisely choose to take them off and go back into the opticians and complain, new eye test is done, and new lenses are ordered. now your normally placid Px is starting to get a bit narked about this having paid some £150 for contact lenses in december and by mid january still having nothing to show for it! a call came yesterday to say that my new lenses were in, so i called them this morning and made an appointment to have them fitted and check that the prescription was right this time. the earliest available appointment...2 weeks time. Unimpressed Px books said appointment and wanders back off to bed. not long after i get a phone call, it's the opticians saying that they've had a cancellation and that i needed to go down right away to get my new lenses so i could put them in and go back 2 hours later for the appointment. Done
went back in for the appointment and the nice lady got me to read the lines on the chart, first with each eye singularly (read the middle line each time) then with both eyes (read the bottom line...quite surprisingly as that line was pretty small and well above the british standard set for lenses) comfort wise i've had them in over 5 hours now and they are feeling fine still, although i'll probably take them out before i go out tonight. sight wise, they're better than my glases :)
i'm a happy Px and i'm a sexy looking mother trucker too now :D...want the proof?
here you go! (i'm squinting because it's sunny and i know i need a shave, but it's the weekend so what you gonna do about it :P)

HNT
Back to the foot again this week (was a little preoccupied to set something up last night apologies) this is the same foot as last time, only this is a bit of a dodgy side view to show off the scar which is about 8" long and hides underneath it a calcaneous (spelling) plate and 7 screws which are holding my heel together.
I'm also going to be posting on here today, some bad poetry... so please head there and have a look (10 dodgy poems posted, but please go and look) all the best and HHNT peeps
Px

stupid thing
if you'd like to comment on this post regarding the other post from today (the facts about px and shadowfish post) please do as the other one is being crap and the HTML it interferring with everything
Take care peeps
Px

poached from osbasso
really interesting and "honest" facts about Px...i'm liking the licking idea though...and the kissing...any offers?

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Px!

1. If you lick px ten times, you will consume one calorie.
2. Px will give a higher yield if milked when listening to music.
3. The original nineteenth-century Coca-Cola formula contained px.
4. If you kiss px for one minute you will burn six or seven calories.
5. It takes more than 500 peanuts to make px.
6. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but px can not.
7. Px, from the movie of the same name, had green blood.
8. Px was the first Tsar of Russia.
9. If you chew gum while peeling px then it will stop you from crying.
10. If you break px, you will get seven years of bad luck.

http://thesurrealist.co.uk/trivia.pl" method="get" style="background-color:#5F5F42;color:#CFCF95;padding:4px;text-align:center">I am interested in - do tell me aboutherhimitthem

then i used the alterego shadowfish and i got this...anyone wanna come and count my dimples?
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Ten Top Trivia Tips about Shadowfish!

1. The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed shadowfish would protect them from physical harm, and so warriors used him to decorate their battle shields.
2. Ninety-six percent of all candles sold are purchased by shadowfish!
3. You should always open shadowfish at least an hour before drinking him.
4. There are 336 dimples on shadowfish.
5. Some people in Malaysia bathe their babies in beer to protect them from shadowfish.
6. In Japan, shadowfish can only be prepared by chefs specially trained and certified by the government.
7. The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of shadowfish is blue.
8. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching shadowfish.
9. The Eskimos have over fifty words for shadowfish.
10. In Chinese, the sound 'shadowfish' means 'bite the wax tadpole'.

http://thesurrealist.co.uk/trivia.pl" method="get" style="background-color:#5F5F42;color:#CFCF95;padding:4px;text-align:center">I am interested in - do tell me aboutherhimitthem

I don't know, he doesn't blog for ages and ages so i don't curse him by tagging him and then when he does finally return to blogging, the bugger doesn't update, but rather posts a tag, and worse still, he fucking tags me with it!!!
for that woja, i'm tagging you with every tag i've done in the last 6 months 1 2 3 4 (that takes us back to july '05 and should give you something to do while you're trying not to work...
anyway on with the tag...
Apparently, I need to write down 5 weird habits I have, then tag 5 people to do the same...
here goes...
1) i hate having dirty finger nails, anything else about me can be dirty, but i hate having dirty finger nails! i'll use anything i can get hold of to clean them as well...i;m not saying my nails are in immaculate condition, i've never had a manicure, but i just don't like the idea of them being dirty
2) no matter what time dinner or lunch is, within 5 minutes of starting it i have to get up and go pee
3) i store rubbish in my car for ages, i rarely clean out the interior. there is usually a bag behind my seat which everything gets stuffed into
4) i never call people on my mobile (cell) phone, i'd rather send them a text message, at least that way i know that they've got the details written down if we're arranging to meet up or something
5) if i cook dinner, i loathe the idea of having to wash up afterwards, if i'm cooking for osmeone else then there is a simple rule, i cook, they wash up...if i'm cooking for myself i've been known to wash up only the things tht i need to cook with (usually just before i start to cook)

ok so 5 people that i'm tagging
Akanksha...you love your tags
Autumn...you love it too
Kt Mae...it'll give you something to do
jennifer...come on, give us some more info about you
PP...i'm trying to shame you into doing a tag...and if you don't i shall organise a boycott of your blog :P

and woja...you've got your tags, they're all pretty simple so do them

laters peeps
Px

just a quick one tonight as i've got things to do etc.

ok i've been tagged, i'll deal with it tomorrow while i'm at work...woja (in the sidebar) has finally got round to updating his blog (ok he got tagged into doing so...) BTW dude, i'd been refraining from tagging you as you'd been too lazy to update anything for ages, but seeing as you're doing tags, i'm tagging you for every tag i've had in the last 6 months!!! (that's not that many though)

i'm now officially debt free, went into the bank yesterday and spoke to someone there and cleared my loan, my credit card and my overdraft in one foul swoop :)

i'm trying to develop my own website, so far i've registered the domain name and well have a look...it's here...but there's nothing there yet apart from the coming soon bit lol (suggestions of what i can put online will be appriciated

went out last night, had a few drinks with people i've not seen for ages. some bloke wanted to fight me for some dumb ass reason (think it's because i'd slept with his girlfriend, but that was months ago and they weren't together then) but i don't actually know because he wouldn't sit down and talk to me about it...like i care

and yeah, that's about it for the moment, life is trotting along fairly well
laters peeps
Px

HNT

i took this while i was driving home from work the other day, lacking in inspiration as you can tell, i thought it was interesting though because it's part of me i only ever see in the mirror, the underside of my chin. and as you can see, the beard's back, so my lady's happy :o)

sorry jennifer, no scrotum pics heading your way, besides the piercing has since been removed ("i had my scrotum pierced" past tense)
take care peeps, and HHNT!
Px

EDIT: i forgot to mention that my mate Tochy is playing HNT for the first time, please go and visit her and make her feel loved (link in the sidebar)

A-Z tag
not my fault
A - Age you got your first Kiss: proper kiss, with the girl i was seeing when i was 14
B - Band listening to right now: nothing as i'm at work, but in the car i've got Kayne West, Kaiser Chiefs, Niplozi, Linkin Park with Jay-Z and Pendulum
C- Crush: my lady (obviously), Kiera Knightley (i don't care what you say), and i'm sure there are a few others
D- Drink of Choice: Coke for when i'm driving, other (usually the guest ale if it's any good) for when i'm not driving
E - Easiest person: erm...i'm taking this not to be anything too rude...i know lots of people and they're all fairly easy
F - Favorite band at the moment: see B
G - Gummy worms or gummy bears?: i'm a fan of all sweets, but i prefer worms to bears, there's more to chew
H – Holiday: got to be Cyprus (sept'00) for the place, dublin (nov'04) for the beer and cornwall (nov'05) for the company
I - Instruments: have a clarinet which i don't play anymore, can play the piano and i'm trying to learn the guitar (last years resolution STILL unfulfilled)
J - Juice: orange, apple or pineapple...but if i'm feeling extravagant blood orange all the way baby
K-Kids: love to have one of my own one day, i'm good with kids of all ages
L - Longest car ride ever: through yosemite and death valley to las vegas
M - Major: would've been maths if i'd stayed at uni
N - Nicknames: punk, pixy, evil pete, shadowfish
O - One wish: my lady is all i want
P - Phobia[s]: mid range heights (like being up a ladder or scaffolding) i've been up the eiffel tower and i was fine then, i'm ok ish in planes depends on the turbulence and i'm more than happy to abseil from platforms as well, but ladders, scaffolding and diving boards are not cool
Q - Quote: "There's something i like about the clitoris, but i just can't seem to put my finger on it" - George Carlin
R - Reason to smile: finishing something, my lady holding my hand, a decent gig (flogging molly was the last one), having nothing to worry about
S - Song you sang last: Golddigger - Kanye West
T - Time you woke up [today]: 6:15
U - Unknown fact about me: too many people read this and know different things about me...lemme see...i had my scrotum pierced
V - Vegetable you hate: Brussel Sprouts
W - Worst thing to have happened to you: all sorts of bad things have happened, i'd rather not dwell on the really bad ones, those that know me know the worst of them
X-rays you've had: loads
1) heel/foot (i think the total for that including the CT scan is in the region of 30 from 2 different breaks [heel and 5th metatarsal])
2) wrist (various times totalling around 20 from 2 different breaks [scafoid and wrist])
3) chest (10 i think, [ribs and sternum])
4) knee (2 not broken, but checking for burrs and cartilidge damage)
Y - Yummy food: pretty much anything, although i'm not a fan of fast food places like McD's and burger king
Z - Zodiac sign: Scorpio

I'm tagging the newbie-Toch, Kt Mae, Jennifer and Autumn Storm (i was going to tag PP, but as we all know she won't do it anyway) if anyone else wants to do it go for it! take care peeps
Px

Celebration of life
I've had to have my remaining rattie put down today, so i'm feeling a little upset about that, especially as she was my favorite of these two. that means i've lost both my little girls within 2 months of each other.
they had a good run though, living to about 2 years old (average age for a rat so i'm told) but they both got lumps (which they are susecptible to) not sure if they were cancerous or absess' but either way they're not pleasent for them.
my rats were great, all four of them brought me happiness and good memories over the years. pinky and the brain were the first two and kept me sane while i was in uni and they were sorely missed when they passed away. fudge and snowball, although being a constant reminder of an ex-girlfriend, also brought me entertainment, even if i had to go and buy a few plasters lol.
i'm not going to be getting any more rats now though, out of the 4 that i've had over the years, 3 have had lumps, both the girls and one of my boys.
it's a shame i haven't got a picture of them that i could post.
so here's to my ratties, pinky, the brain, fudge and snowball
thanks
Px
btw, i posted like 3 times yesterday so go read them!

posting fiend today...
this is the newsy post, after this there are another 2 posts that warrant reading...and commenting on dammit!
news
after lat weekend's bust up with the folks i came back on the monday evening for a long discussion with them both, voices were raised, tears flowed, things were cleared a little and more importantly help was offered and accepted.
that's right, during the row with my folks i confessed to having a loan, credit card and overdraft totalling over £4000 worth of debt. the first offer of help was to clear that for me, which after a battle with my pride and my conscience i have accepted the money from my mum. the second offer stems from the line "i can't live here anymore, but i can't get out anywhere either" so basically if i can prove to my dad that i can be thrifty and save some money over the next few months (i think we're looking at 3 to 6 months) he's offered to stump up some money to help me put a deposit on a property. now i don't earn a great deal do the properties that are feasibly in my range are...mobile homes or places that need a lot of work doing to them, so it looks like i'm going back to my roots and become trailer trash (my folks lived in a mobile home when i was born) and please don't get me wrong and thikn that i'm being ungrateful by putting down the possibilities, i'm not, i'm loving the idea of having my own space, i'm loving the idea of having a trailer, in fact i'm loving it all!!!

other news
i'm ill, i've got a cold (please ladies note, this is a man with a common cold) i'm not dying, i'm not whinging and whining all the time, i'm trying to get on with it. the worst bit is the sore throat, it's been a pain swallowing for the last few days (please no rude comments i can make them up myself ;o) ), friday it moed into my head and threw my balance off a little and today it's finally moved into my nose. but hey, the biggest drawback is that i don't want to pass it on to my lady, which means as much as i want to kiss her, i'm refraining from it at the moment...
i've been making money by selling some of my old furniture, i know i've just said that i might be moving fairly soon, but hey, i'm thinking i should be able to get some more stuff anyway, and it's not like i'll want that much in a trailer anyway due to the room, so that's all good :o)
work has been dead quiet since christmas, but the sales manager i'm currently prepping a quote for still managed to piss me off. i requested that the changes he was about to make to the schedule of works be done in a different colour so i could identify them quickly and easily, seeing as he was re-typing a load of it anyway, you'd think this would be easy, but when the new work came through it was all still in black, so i carried on thinking it was all the same. i came across something that needed querying, so i called him about it, he told me that he'd made the changes on the new list and was i blind for not picking them up, this narked me as i then turned to him and said well it wasn't in a different colour, so how was i supposed to know, seeing as i'd specifically asked for it be in a different colour as i'd already started his quote. so he started swearing at me...the moron...anyway that bugged me, i asked him to do one simple thing and he couldn't be bothered!
last thing, if you comment hasn't been published, it doesn't mean always mean i've not approved it, sometimes it just means i've not had a chance to deal with it yet...ok? :o)
right all dealt with peeps
take care Px

lyrically speaking...
this is a tune!!! and i can't get it out of my head at the moment...it's brilliant and i recommend it to everyone, in fact i recommend the band to everyone too
"Everyday I Love You Less And Less" - kaiser chiefs
Everyday I love you less and less
It's clear to see that you've become obsessed
I've got to get this message to the press
That everyday I love you less and less
And everyday I love you less and less
I've got to get this feeling off my chest
The Doctor says all I needs pills and rest
Since everyday I love you less and less
Unless, unless
I know, I feel it in my bones
I'm sick, I'm tired of staying in control
Oh yes, I feel a rat upon a wheel
i've got to know what's not and what's real
Oh yes I'm stressed, I'm sorry I digressed
Impressed you're dressed to SOS
Oh, and my parents love me
Oh, and my girlfriend loves me
Everyday I love you less and less
I can't believe once you and me did sex
It makes me sick to think of you undressed
Since everyday I love you less and less
And everyday I love you less and less
You're turning into something I detest
And everybody says that your a mess
Since everyday I love you less and less
Unless, unlessI know, I feel it in my bones
I'm sick, I'm tired of staying in control
Oh yes, I feel a rat upon a wheel
I've got to know what's not and what is real
Oh yes I'm stressed, I'm sorry I digressed
Impressed you're dressed to SOS
Oh, and my parents love me
Oh, and my girlfriend loves me
Oh, they keep photos of me
Oh, thats enough love for me
Oh, and my parents love me
Oh, and my girlfriend loves me
Oh, they keep photos of me
Oh, thats enough love for me

the L word
after chatting with a couple of people this week about various aspects of the L word, i've decided to post my thoughts on the matter...
there are a couple of things that i want to clear up, and i'm going to break it down nice and simple (so i can understand what i'm saying more than anything) we have 3 areas:
1) lust
2) love
3) being in love
now some people might argue that the last 2 are the same, but they're not and i'll explain that later.
lust...one of the 7 deadly sins, and who can blame them, right? different people have different ideas as to what lust is and what it entails, the following is just my take on it. when i lust after someone they are in my head a lot, i'm usually thinking about the things i'd like to do to them, and yes, we are talking about sex here. i'm not thinking lovey dovey things about them, i'm not looking at them and thinking 'i would love to hold your hand, and walk in the park with you' i'm thinking ''i wonder how quick we could get naked and make the beast with two backs, i wonder if there's anything i could do to make you quiver'. and although i do think about feelings and getting involved with that person, it would never last unless i could get over the whole lust thing with them, and that's not easy.
love...not a dealy sin, just an emotion. you can love someone without being in love with them. it's easily done, i love a lot of people, love to me is an extension of the feeling of friendship, i have my friends and the i have the people i love, and then i have my lady who i am in love with, and that's the difference. i love my best mate, but there is no way in hell i'd ever be in love with him (he's not my type for a start lol) and that's the biggest distinction, i love him as a mate, i know that if there's something wrong i can turn to im for a chat and advice and to be someone who i can rely on. now i can get all of that from my lady too...but there's a difference...read on
being in love...now i am in love my lady, i know this is true. i know this because if i wasn't in love with her, i wouldn't still be with her after the last couple of months and the other things that have happened outside our relationship. things that have had affected us in a massive way. so to me, being in love is doing everything and anything in your power to be with someone, including waiting, taking a step back into the shadows and wading through the shit that sometimes comes along with it, through no-one's fault. being in love is the feeling that, even though life has dealt you a rough hand, everything is going to turn up trumps. being in love isn't about knowing everything about a person or a situation, being in love is about the discovery. when i see her i want to cuddle her, i want to hold her and be touchy feely with her, i thinking about taking her places and sharing things with her. yes i think about her in the lustful way, she's fucking sexy as hell and i'm making a lot of people jealous by being with her. but being in love with her means that i'm not just thinking those things, it means i think about her in relation to every aspect of my life. and i do mean ever single aspect, because she means that much to me.
anyway, that's my take on things, discuss?
Px

HNT - "i'don't love ya 'coz your feets too big"

this is the foot that has caused me most trouble...apart from having weird toes (note the length of the two toes next to the big toe and the stumpy ness of the little toe which also starts in a weird place, also not the gap between the big toe and the one next to it, that's all natural, i'm not stretching my toes out), a burning ring of fire tattoo, this foot also has the disticntion of having forced me to go to hospital, not once, but twice, the first time resulted in me staying in for 2 weeks, having an operation to put 1 metal plate and 7 pins in the heel, using crutches for 3 months, having 6 months of physio and dropping out of uni...why? all because i got drunk and fell off the library drain pipe, to quote my blog title...it seemed like a good idea at the time! the second time was when i broke my 5th metatarsal, a common football injury, it's the one Beckham did 4 years ago and the one Micheal Owen did a few weeks ago...it's a fairly minor break, i was walking unaided after 2 weeks and running again after about 6, although i've not really played football since, but then i rarely played football before, so it's actually not that unusual for me not to be playing.

Right Nuff Said...HHNT peeps

Px

FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
1) paperboy
2) cleaner/lifeguard/swim teacher/duty manager (all at the same leisure centre)
3) estimator
4) barman

FOUR MOVIES YOU WOULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1) living dead films (night of the living dead, dawn of the dead, day of the dead, land of the dead, return of the living dead, return of the living dead 2, return of the living dead 3...need i go on)
2) the crow
3) Seven/fight club
4) pirates of the wotsit (can't spell it)...keira knightley is truly the woman of my dreams

FOUR PLACES YOU HAVE LIVED:
1) didcot
2) leeds
3) different house in didcot
4) another different house in didcot

FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH:
1) red dwarf
2) lost
3) simpsons
4) cartoons and wrestling (rarely watch either these days, but thought they were similar and i love to watch them both if i can)

FOUR PLACES YOU HAVE BEEN ON VACATION:
1) california and las vegas
2) germany
3) cyprus
4) dublin

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS:
1) steak, rump, sirloin, fillet, i don't care which, but i love it
2) bacon buttie
3) tuna a la pete (marinated in white wine, red chillis and lime juice, flash fried, served with a green left salad, foccacia bread and the marinade reduced down and drizzled over the tuna)
4) home made chips

FOUR PLACES YOU WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1) in bed (tired)
2) with my lady (i miss her constantly)
3) cyprus (with my lady)
4) in a pub in dublin (preferrably with my lady)

FOUR BLOGGERS YOU ARE TAGGING:
1) natalia
2) kt mae
3) daisy
4) akanksha

arguments
why is it that whenever my parents argue, i'm the one who gets stuck in the middle?
yesterday was a bad day, up until then the weekend had been going ok, but yesterday, well have a look and see for yourselves.
sunday lunch, everything's ok, pretty normal to be honest, after lunch i head upstairs to mess about online for a while and stuff like that while my folks get themselves organised to go and visit my nan.
dad let's the dog into the front room (he's only allowed in there if someone's with him as he can be a bugger at times) to wait for me as i was looking after him for the afternoon. this starts off an agrument with my mum, as she said the dog should wait in the kitchen, in his bed, like he normally does. lots of swearing and shouting ensues, the end result being mum heading off to nan's on her own, on the train. it's raining and we live 30 minutes walk from the station, and my nan lives further than that the other end.
andway, i head off out at about 4 to get my wages from the pub, have a drink and see the lady. told her all about what had gone on earlier in the afternoon. left the pub at 6 and headed home. spoke to dad, suggested that maybe he should call mum, find out where she is and offer to pick her up. another argument ensues, this time between me and him. at some point i told him that i thought the pair of them were acting like children and that they should both grow up, slammed the door and headed off upstairs, more shouting followed, with me getting the last words in "well maybe i should just fuck off, then you'll be on your own you miserable bastard" or words to that effect. i headed upstairs again, packed a bag very quickly and called my bro to see if i could use his flat for a few days until things calm down. so that's where i am, in a flat with no food, very few clothes, no other belongings, nothing.
last night i went back to the pub for my dinner, probably end up doing the same tonight, not sure yet, then went back to the flat, ran a bath and chilled for a while. mum called to find out where i was and ask me to come home so that we could gang up on him and i said no, and that i wasn't interested anymore, i wasn't going to get involved and i'd be home when i was ready and things had calmed down.
the plan is to stay out of it again tonight, pop round tomorrow night and see if things have calmed down any and if not then i'll be picking up some more things and heading back to the flat...so we'll see
until then though, only have access to the net via work and i'm trying to work out what i'm going to do if things haven't calmed down...
take care
Px

HNT in 2006
half nekkid and "hard" at it...heh heh heh
not sure it i like this pic as you can see what looks like the beginning of a roll of fat...but i blame the position of the chair in relation to the laptop...
and don't ask why the matress has been up-ended...it's a long story!
that's my infinity tattoo by the way, on my skinny arm (that doesn't mean i've got one skinny and one fat arm, they're both skinny)
and the beard is growing back, i made the mistake of shaving it off just before Christmas and someone didn't like it, i got into trouble and so i've had to grow it back for her, but then i'd do pretty much anything for her :)
make your HNT a happy one and go and visit the home of hnt to see everyone else
Take care peeps
Px

Resurrection...
thanks to the advice of a certain lovely lady (natalia) i believe that the comments section should now be alive again!!!
YAY!
but beware people i have the power to remove your comments before anyone else can see them, how cool is that.
it means that all the people i know and love, and all the other people who comment in a lovely harmless fashion are welcome to comment and we can have fun again, however any spam or "other" comments that may be submitted can be deleted before they are seen by everyone, so anything that i deem to be unfit WILL be removed
no it's ont me chickening out of an argument, it's me trying to move on without the ghosts of my past making p. poor attempts to haunt me...
yay natalia, three cheers to the saviour of my comments section!!
loves ya N
Px

this is my 250th post
can you believe it?
but with that joyous news i bring sadness
due to someone being overly abusive and childish with their comments, i have had to disable my comments section to those people who are not members of this blog, namely everyone but me...i could invite you all to be members, but that might be a little excessive, even for me
it is a sad day as i usually love reading peoples comments to me
anyway the following are the answers to the challenge
song - artist/band
words - boyzone or the beegees
only - Nine Inch Nails
down - Blink 182
hit or miss - new found glory
will you - POD
girls and boys - good charlotte or blur
motivation - Sum 41
remember - disturbed
time - hootie and the blowfish
loco - coal chamber or fun lovin criminals
crazy - britney spears
all i want - reef
follow me - uncle Kracker
it doesn't matter - wyclef jean featuring the rock
believe - chemical brothers
loser - beck
whatever - liam lynch
broken - pantera
low - foo fighters
clumsy - our lady peace
break stuff - limp bizkit
one week - bare naked ladies
nothing - A
good time - A
attitude - alien ant farm
lady - modjo
nookie - limp bizkit
freedom - george micheal or robbie williams
the middle - jimmy eats world
always - saliva, bon jovi or erasure
without me - eminem
never ever - all saints
outside - staind
ich bin ein auschlander - pop will eat itself
aeroplane - red hot chili peppers
fly away - lenny kravitz
prayer - disturbed
fly - sugar ray
every morning - sugar ray
holiday - madonna or green day
seven days in the sun - feeder
7 days - craig david
everybody's free to wear sunscreen - baz luhrmann
red - elbow
turn - feeder
cars - gary numan or fear factory
one - metallica
numb - linkin park
faint - linkin park
shock - fear factory
bad day - fuel or daniel powter
just a day - feeder
it's been a while - staind
the memory remains - metallica
falling in love again - eagle eye cherry
complicated - avril lavigne
just a girl - no doubt
trouble - pink or cypress hill
paranoid - black sabbath
here to stay - korn
game of love - santana with michelle branch
the one - foo fighters
someday - nickelback
just because - jane's addiction
alright - east 17
don't know why - norah jones
control - puddle of mudd
it feels so good - sonique
too bad - nickelback
ends - everlast
my way - limp bizkit or frank sinatra
lose yourself - eminem
blurry - puddle of mudd
dream - dizzie rascal
american girls - counting crows
chillin' - modjo
have a nice day - stereophonics
party hard - andrew wk
time is running out - muse
remember me - blueboy
perfect year - dina carroll
i'm with you - avril lavigne

i think that was all of them
anyway, thank to those who played along
and once again, sorry about the comments section
take care
Px

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

my favourite HNT of the year
it's just too hard to choose, i want to say the sunset that i put up in my second HNT because it's beautiful, but it's not me and it's not nekkid
i want to say my tongue, because it was a weird pic and i just loved it
i want to say the post about me cutting and the pics that went with it, it was hard to post and not many people commented so i think i made people a little uncomfortable with it, but it's not about living in your comfort zone, it's about being honest
but i thikn i'm going to plupm for this one...it's the mirror that does it for me
so here you go, my favourite HNT of the year, hope you like it

in other news i've not managed to start the something special i was going to post, but fearnot it will be up before the end of the year

and my laptop is fixed, although i've lost everything i'd put on it over the last year

take it easy peeps, and for those who are just here for the HNT...happy new year to you all

Px

Just a quick one
it's christmas eve
yesterday i had a really good day, worked both my jobs and had fun at both
today i'm doing nothing :)
absolutely nothing
well i say nothing, i've still got 2 presents to wrap up and i've just updated my storyboards blog with two new bits (i would call them installments, but seeing as there is no storyline what-so-ever over there and they are merely just paragraphs of something that could one day be a bit of a book, but not a whole one...i can't really call them anything)
and well seeing as tomorrow's christmas day, i doubt anyone will be about to read them for a couple of days anyway.
have yourselves a merry little christmas
eat plenty
drink plenty
be nice to each other
love your family
and spare a few thoughts for the loved ones that you don't see as often as you should (loved ones like me)
take care peoples
Px

Festive HNT time
ok so the rules are that i've got to think of presents for 3 fellow HNT'ers...but i'm not sure who or what (i'm also doing this for my peeps in my list as well)
so starting with the HNT'ers we have:
Freiya: (because i love the name and you're a fellow brit) i'd get you a mini, a proper one, not one of these big mini's that are about these days...one with a checkered roof
Scotty: (no idea why, but when he comments it makes me smile) dude, i'd get you a pimp suit, not sure why, but i think a crushed velvet and fur lined suit would look cool on you, with a pimping hat and cane and zebra print platform shoes too
awaterpixie: (because i can) you get a snake, so that it can hiss at the people who walk past your desk and save you the breath, you can just look menacingly at them instead

i was thinking, a rare thing, but i'd give EVERYONE some time off...especially over the holiday season, time off from family, time off from work, time off from keeping up appearances, time off from this crazy world, time off from being themselves. everyone needs some time off to relax and enjoy themselves, so that's my gift to everyone who reads today.

ok my list of peeps: (links on the left)
Natalia: you're the first person outside my circle of friends who i started reading and commenting on, so for you i have nothing but love...and a nice new fountain pen so you can sign a copy of your first novel and send it to me
Linny: i told you already that i'd get you laid...question is who do you want?
PP: my lover...i'm buying you a first aid kit, and possibly sending a good looking paramedic for you too...i'm also giving you a morph doll and dvd's
Miss Ash: sweetie, i hardly know you, but i'm still thinking i should get you a little something, thinking maybe a waxing kit, or a set of clippers, to assist you with your landing strip/disco bush quandry
Jennifer: like Ash i hardly know you, but i'm in a giving mood this year, so i'm giving you the Dr Seuss collections, i have no idea why, but i love them
KtMae: my gift for you isn't really for you, i'm giving you a babysitter for whenever you need one
Berly: i'm giving you the little book of insults, so you can have more fun with you pseudo boss at work by insulting him without having him realise
Fu: i'm giving you the Fu-Manchu back catalogue of books and films, by sax rohmer, i might also be tempted to give you the Fu-Manchu (band this time) albums...but i'm not sure you'd like them
Roxi: sweetie, as much as i'd love to give you a good hard going over (as would most people who read your blog) i'm giving you and dan a holiday, to paris, city of romance
Akanksha: not sure what to get you, been thinking about it for a while now and still no idea, so i'm thinking something fun and stupid (bit like me) so i'm getting you a naked mole rat
Autumn: my singing blog-buddy, i'm getting you a karaoke machine loaded with our favourite tunes
Nanette: i haven't got the faintest idea what to get you, so i'm thinking i'd cook for you and as many house guests as you want
Osbasso: the HNT man...i'm getting you pipe-cleaners and things to pour into your 'bone so that you don't find half decomposed moths down there again (that's trombone for those of you sick puppies who thought i might be referring to something else)
Daisy: i'm getting you a fella...anyone you want in particular?
Woja: dude, i know you've been busy with moving and all, and i know it's also your birthday soon, so let me know when you've moved if there is anything you need that i can get
Kate: i'm not getting you addict perfume, that's for sure! sweetie, i'm thinking you need tickets to see maddy prior as she's on tour again
Jenfer: i'm getting you a skiing holiday so you can go away with the nameless chappie and not have to worry about him leaving his phone behind

right peeps, in other news...my health seems to be marginally improving, i've not had any pains for at least 36 hours, so i'm thinking the colofac tablets may be working now (although i think part of it is psycho-semantic and i believe that i should be getting better because i'm on meds now...) also the personal life is calming down a little, it's still not how i want it to be, but i'm in a better place now

in other news i think i's acquired myself a weirdo stalker, PP and Ash both already know this story, and i'll post about it maybe tomorrow properly...needless to say it's funny in a weird way...bit like PP's bloke from the other day who after striking out told her that jesus loved her!

finally...i've broken my laptop...proper style! it's got to go and see the computer doctor soon so i can get it fixed, but alas that means that the home computer i'll be using over christmas will be a 5 year old desktop jobbie which crashes everytime my dad touches it...great fun :(

laters peeps (and for those who don't pop back between now and the new year) merry christmas and happy new year, i hope that the holidays bring you joy and happiness and everything else your heart desires
Px

just so as you guys all know
i'm feeling more upbeat this week, even though the tablets are failing at the moment, which is causing me some discomfort, but life goes on and it's nearly christmas as well, although i'm still feeling a little grinchy... i've got most everything now though, just need to spend some time wrapping it all up (think that's tonight's job though)
in other news, i'm planning something special for a coming post, bit of a challenge for everyone who wants to participate, bit of fun for me too :)
as advertised on Osbasso's blog there has been a change to the HNT for this week, so i'll not be posting a picture of me being half nekkid (because it's too cold) but i will be posting something about what i'd get people...(i think that's the idea this week)
so basically yeah!
Px

ibs and the mebeverine hypochlorite
so this is the meds that the doc has put me on, it's an anti spasmodic which is supposed to supress the nerves in my large intestine and bowel area thus not causing large amounts of pain when i get even slightly stressed out...and it's supposed to work pretty damned quickly. i'm on 3 tablets a day and i'm just starting my third day of the course of tablets today (had the first one of the day about an hour ago now) and so far they've pretty much done nothing...
i know i need to take them for a while to see if they are going to help me out at all, but at the moment it feels as though they are having the reverse effect. last night for example i took my final pill for the day at about 8, and by 9.30 i was in pain, a lot of pain, and it wasn't good, it wasn't good at all.
various people have suggested that there may be a trigger food for me, and although i know it's stress related and there isn't a known trigger food for me, i'm trying to exclude certain things. not so i can turn round to them and say i told you so, but more because they may actually be right, i may have a trigger food, hitherto unknown to me. so this week i've been excluding carbonated soft drinks (i say soft drinks because i had a pint yesterday lunchtime) a week without coke never did anyone any harm, right? well i can rule out carbonated drinks as being my trigger food as i've been in pain a fair amount this week. someone has suggested that dairy might be my trigger, so i'm thinking that maybe next week i go without dairy, which will be a lot harder than going without carbonate drinks...
i've a little worried to think that maybe it's not ibs at the moment. there are 2 other things floating in my head at the moment, the first being a stomach ulcer, this is being ruled out though by the pain being in my lower abdomen and not heartburn/indigestion type of pain. the second is something that only came to me yesterday and i might suggest it to my doc if these pills carry on not working, this is a gluten allergy (can't spell the proper name for it) i had a work mate who had this and she suffered from similar symptoms as i'm currently having. i'm not sure if you can develop this though or how you get it, but the only food i can think of having every day is bread, and gluten is in, amongst other things, bread...so it's a possibility
anyway i'm going to give these pills another few days, if i'm still not feeling good, then i'm hauling myself back to the doc's to try the other meds or suggest the gluten thing (although a gluten free diet is a bit of a nightmare for everyone else i think)
laters
Px

word verification
i've left off my word verification for a few days (actually about 2 weeks) and it was going ok for a while, no spam comments...but this week i've had about 10 of them, so i'm thinking that i might have to put it back on, i'm going to give it a few more days and if i get any more then i'm putting it on, if not then we'll leave it a while longer
sound fair?
anyway
sorry for not playing along with HNT this week, i was feeling particularly uninspired this week and on top of that i had the doctors yesterday, i'm back on some medication for my IBS, which isn't working yet, but then it's only been a few days and things have been a bit hectic too
that's all for now
Px

stolen from osbasso (they call him MISTER HNT) who stole it from other people

do it and post it, it made me chuckle (the PX name came out with "paramour of xperiences" which is kinda cool too)

GRINCH
i had a really good post about why i'm not the biggest christmas fan in the world, but i don't want to upset people at this time of year so i'm just going to say that i'm not the biggest fan of christmas for a lot of reasons...
that's it

hnt playtime
some more of my ink work for you to have a look at :)

the first pic, of all my back (and shoulders for berly and linny)
this is of the 3 tattos i've got at the top of my back (obviously) and they are all original inks

the chinese down my left shoulder (working down from the slightly obscured one) means love, honour, obey and respect. yes i have the chinese symbol for "and" (it's the one that looks like 2 y's upside down)


ok in this other pic it shows a decent detail of the two other tattoos i've got on my shoulders/ upper back.

both of these are my designs, the one on my shoulder was the very first tattoo i designed (it was about my 3rd or 4th actual time in the chair though) it didn't take very long either

the one down my spine is the newest one i've got, i had it done just over a year ago while i was visiting a friend in sheffield. again it's my design and i was really worried about having it done across my spine because i know how painful it should've been, but it was relatively painless. it's only an outline as i'm still trying to work out what i want to have done to it, i don't really want it all black

well there you go...HNT all the way baby! YEAH!!!

bad things
it's been nearly a week since i posted again
and although i was all smiley on thursday things ain't so great now
and i'm seriously considering running away

Happy HNT
this week i'm giving you a quick double (again it's more than one pic)
this week you're all going to see just what i look like...we have an actual face shot (which took ages to get right with the timer and getting the mirror just right, but when i saw this shot i thought...perfect! but i've since seen just how dirty the mirror is...lol) check it out!!! i'm even kinda smiling! you can also see my very first tattoo, with just a hint of another one underneath it and my black earring (which i've not changes now for about 18 months) for berly we have a hand in there too and for linny and natalia we're hinting on the beard, but i covered it up a little... and ignore the dust on the mirror!

second pic is of my "washerboard" style abs...and that's definately a tongue in cheek remark before you start...in this shot though you can see that's i'm truly a hairy monster and in need of a trim... also you can see both my nipples are pierced (i told you they were) and that (for once) my belly button is clear of the usual grey/blue fluff specially for you...

hope you enjoyed this weeks HNT..have a good one peeps

and thanks to everyone who left a suppotive comment last week