Tuesday, 31 October 2006

broken man

i fucked up
the new job was shit
so when i was offered to either work all the hours under the sun (around 60+ a week and only be paid for 40) or leave today, with a month's pay and spend the time looking for a new job
that's exactly what i did
so now i'm unemployed
add to that the fact that because i quit without having a job to go to, the lovely lady told me to move out and ended our relationship
i can understand her POV because without a job to go to i can't provide for us and therefore there's no stability in our lives
so i started the day with a job, a house and a family, i end it with nothing

Friday, 13 October 2006

it's alive...ALIVE

ok so i'm still alive people
i've been busy with work, and i've not got internet access anymore there, and at the moment i'm still working on getting access at home, that should be about 2-3 weeks away before i get that all sorted!
work
work
work
it's not going as planned people, there are a lot of issues that are making me an unhappy bunny! and there's not a lot i can do about it. to put it mildly, if i didn't need this job to pay my way in life then i'd have walked out about 2 weeks ago
postcards, i've got quite a few now, and i'm still expecting more, looking forward to it to be honest
life, is good apart from the issues at work and the minor problems that are coming from being there...home life is pretty good at the moment and i'm enjoying living with the lady
anyway best be off, as soon as i get internet i promise i'll be hitting your blogs with a new found vigor and commenting like a demon, but until then, sorry peeps
laters peeps
Px

Friday, 22 September 2006

one week on

well i started my new job
and i love it
it's so nice and i've really enjoyed working there this week.
so far i've played tennis, had my gym induction, got shown how to make coffee and had a jolly off
to nottingham
worst day so far though was the day when i put my shoes on top of the car and got in, leaving them on top, i then drove off and forgot all about them until i got to within 5 miuntes of work and realised what i'd done...someone somewhere had a nice new pair of shoes and i had to go and buy a nicer newer pair...bloody typical
see it really does happen to people!
anyway i've managed to come down with a cold in the last couple of days which sucks! bu i've got today off (because i'm working tomorrow)
sorry i've not played this week, not TMI or HNT...i've still not sorted out getting a phone line, let alone b/band at the flat, but once i've finished this i will be taking the computer there, so slowly i'll be sorting it out!
laters peeps
Px

Friday, 15 September 2006

friday fun

it's friday
it's my last day
which means i doubt i'll be able to update as often when i start my new job, which means i'll need to get a phone line and then the broadband linked to our flat
actually that's something i could do now...cunning!
felling pretty tired at the moment (and hungry) got up and was in work this morning about half 6 this morning because i needed to get some work done...means i might be able to leave early...seeing as it's my last day i don't think they'll fire me for it!
i've found all my leads and camera, so i'll be able to upload some pics...not that i'll be able to blog them though lol ho-hum
interesting comments on yesterday's HNT (linny apparently we're a couple)
found my BMG beanie yesterday, so because it was cold this morning and it was way to early to sort my hair out i've got it on...i like my beanie :)
speaking of hair, i need mine cut sometime soon, thinking of shaving it all down short, not sure yet though...we shall see
was sick last night...first time in ages, the lady thinks it's down to stress (this last week at work has been hell because the spanish guy left me a pile of large quotes that should've been done in germany and or that he's had them for a couple of weeks before handing them over to me, so i've been getting in the shit as a result...wanker!
anyway it's my last day today, so it doesn't matter
need to make sure that i've got rid of everything of my computer later. and that i've got everything out of my drawers too...don't want to be leaving anything behind really!
guess i should crack on... :o(
but before i go...a postcard update:
got 4 now, got my 2nd one from woja yesterday

until next time peeps take care
Px

Thursday, 14 September 2006

blogger HNT

well this is proof that me and linny met up


used with her kind permission.

I've found the wires and camera, maybe next week i'll be able to sort you out with a new picture, we shall see

in other news:

i've had my first postcards from my plea. Linny's 2 arrived on tuesday and i got one from Woja on wednesday...looking forward to getting more (if you don't know what it's about, click the link, email me and we'll get along famously ;))

last 2 days at work, thankfully, although they seem to be dragging like nobody's business and i have 2 quotes due out today, one of which i haven't started yet!! it's getting me down a little, but i'm way passed caring now!

anyway, HHNT peeps,

Px

Wednesday, 13 September 2006

DON'T ask me

i've deleted this post because it was too sad and depressing

and i'm too tired to be like that

Tuesday, 12 September 2006

feel good inc.

i got emailed this yesterday and instead of forwarding it to everyone and doing it that way and bugging people with an email, i thought i'd post it on here as all my friends and people i careabout venture in here at some point!

Tequila and Salt

This should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where you could read it every day.

You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.

1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for.

2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.

3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.

4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.

5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.

6. You mean the world to someone.

7. You are special and unique.

8. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.

9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.


10. When you think the world has turned its back on you take another look.

11. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.

what?? double posting again today? Yep, that's me, hitting you with a double dose of the Px mind frame (even if both are poached from other places)
just goes to say something about the work today doesn't it really...i've got a pile to do, but thankfully it's my last week and i'm not really that bothered by it, i'll get things done, but my way...and in my time frame too

TMI Tuesday

not sure what it is? click the link

1. Do you leave a tip at a restaurant? If so, how much? Do you double the tax?
if i've had a good meal, i'll tip, usually around the 10% mark, sometimes more, sometimes less though, depends on how good it was and how much it was
2. What celebrity did you have a crush on growing up?
currently have a crush on kate beckinsale, although i used to have a big thing for kate winslet, that was about 10 years ago
3. Do you excuse yourself to “fart” or let it rip and blame the guy next to you?
depends on the company, normally i'll just let rip and then say pardon after if its audible anyway, if it's a silent one i don't say a word ;o)
4. When entering or exiting a store, do you hold the door open for the person behind you, if they're relatively close… if they're more than 10 steps away do you pause and hold the door open?
depends on what mood i'm in a guess, if i'm busy shopping, in my own world or in a rush, then i'll hold it for a bit, if i'm in a good mood or the person behind me looks nice then i'll hold it. I'll always hold it for pushchairs and elderly people though
5. Ever had mono?
what's mono? i'm guessing i've never had it EDIT: mono=glandular fever, now some of you might know that i've had a few female friends in my time and some of them have had the kissing disease, but i've never got it, so i think i've got some kind of immunity from it, possibly making me a carrier(?)
Bonus (as in optional): Ever paid for sex?
by paid for i'm guessing you mean gone to a hooker or similar...no
i only question it because some people consider it paying for sex if you take someone out and pay for dinner, a nice evening and all that stuff just to get sex of the person you're with (i haven't done this either)

TMITuesday done! now don't forget my plea!

Thursday, 7 September 2006

my dongle HNT

Ok it's a bit of a twofer today...as some of you know i moved recently and in moving i have "misplaced" the cables for my camera...along with the camera!

but basically, because of this little baby (my new bluetooth dongle) i can now send pictures i take on my phone to my computer and post that way
so here's the techie part, my dongle...
and here's where i am now this morning, although i wish i'd stayed in bed:

that could've bee so rude...i'm glad it wasn't though!

HHNT peeps

and don't forgot about my begging post

laters peeps and have a good day :)

Px

Tuesday, 5 September 2006

RIP my "work" blog

I've decided that with under 2 weeks left at work that i'll be getting rid of my "work" blog

apart from the fact that no-one inputs to it
let alone reads it anymore

and 2 of the original 3 members have left (ok i've not technically left yet, but i will be soon)

i'm sorry, but it's going

going

gone!

laters peeps
i promise a proper update thing tomorrow
or at the very least something a little more interesting

PS
don't forget my begging post

Monday, 4 September 2006

begging post

ok guys, i'm going to do some shameless begging now...
seeing as i've just moved
and seeing as i'm poor and can't afford a real holiday this year
i'm asking, pleading, nay begging for a little something from as many of you as possible

all i want is a post card from your home town
or something like that
basically i want post and i want to be shown places
and this is the easiest way i can think of doing it!
contact me for a postal address (partly because i've just moved and i'm not 100% sure on it and partly because i don't want to post it on the internet, even though it's only friends that will find it!)
so come on people
please make my day
get in touch and send me a postcard
i want to see how many i can get, the more i get the better, i'll post a pic of me with as many as i get too
PLEASE!!
PLEASE!!
PLEASE!!
take care peeps
Px

Addendum:
- i want postcards from anywhere and EVERYWHERE (even from Newbers woja!)
- just to make sure because i've been forgetting to put it on the address i've sent out to a couple of people, I'm in the UK

news in briefs

stealing a little something from jennifer!
i want to know why these things never happen in this country!
i'm shocked!

anyway also just read in the news that steve 'crocodile hunter' irwin has died in an accident involving a stingray during a diving shoot. I feel sorry for his family, he was a legend
RIP croc hunter

anyway just a little post for now, i'm sure i was going to post something else, but i can't remember what now

laters peeps
Px

Thursday, 31 August 2006

am i getting fat?

this weeks HNT is possibly one that i've shared with you before, but i've not found the leads for the camera yet, so you'll have to make do with my gut!
HHNT everybody!
another post will be below when i've finished it, actually it refers to the interview HNT from last week, so if you stopped by then, please have a read :)
laters peeps
Px

other stuff

as hinted in the above HNT post i've had some news about the interviews from last week
i actually had this news at the end of last week and chose not to share it with you guys then for my own personal reasons...however now i can reveal all
I got the fucking job!!!
how cool is that
i'm going to be the new operational support manager for david lloyd fitness in cowley. the money is more than i'm on now, the work is basicaly what i was doing when i was in the sport centre 18 months ago and well it rocks!
and to top it all off i get £1500 worth of free membership!
i handed in my notice as soon as i found out, but i've not told anyone else in the office as the boss has been away and today's his first day back in the office...from today i'll be telling people that i want to tell though

in other news
i met linny and her friend cathy last night
it was awesome
we had a really good time and a laugh and it was so cool to finally meet her!
i took them to a couple of the local pubs in oxford (the hobgoblin in carfax and the turf tavern) and we sat and chatted and had a drink and it was so relaxed and fun

bloggers meets is up by one, shame i'm not going to get the chance to meet FU when he's in london really...

anyway
news over
i should get on with my work (not that i'll be here much longer)
laters peeps
Px

Wednesday, 30 August 2006

whales and dolphins? no owls and peacocks!

last night when i toddled off to my bed...all i could hear was a bloody owl sitting outside my window, it wasn't cool!
then this morning, this morning the bloody peacock (yeah for some reason there are wild peacocks in our village) the bloody peacock was on the drive honking at me!
christmas is going to be good this year, although i'm not sure i'll fit the peacock in the oven!

Thursday, 24 August 2006

HNT interview style

Ok so i'm going to a few interviews at the moment and so i thought i'd post a quick pic of what i've been wearing to them (although this pic is nearly 6 months old now)
i was wearing contacts in this pic, i've not worn them since though, my eye's just haven't taken to them very well at all, so i've just not worn them, which is probably why my eye's haven't taken to them
think i look a bit chubby in this pic too...
anyway left to right
Me, Dismal Dave, The Groom Martin, Marc (the guy who took my last HNT) and my best mate Woja is on the end
the blue shirt and silver tie have become staple for my interviews at the moment (mainly because it's the only stuff i can find)
anyway that's all for now
btw there's another post below (or at least there will be when i've written it)
laters peeps
Px

let there be rockgrass!

click the title and you'll find out all you need to know about the band (i think)

anyway, tuesday night, we (me and woja) went to see hayseed dixie
and fuck me it was awesome!
they're the band that i was talking about a while ago, they do country/bluegrass versions of rock classics, the first album they did was all AC/DC covers (hence the name hayseed dixie say it quickly a few times, you'll get it in the end)
they played loads of classic rock tunes, and threw in a few newer ones too...like greenday's holiday. and it was just amazing to watch! there was a guy on the banjo who was wicked bad, so good was he that woja decided there and then that he wants to learn to play himself. there was a guy on a mandolin (i think it was a mandolin anyway) and his hand was strumming so fast that at times it was just a blur! the bassist was huge...and looked to have modelled himself on james hetfield a little...he had some mean ass looking lambchop sideburns going on too!
they were filming for some reason too...i'm not complaining, it was cool!
and during the encore, the pulled frank skinner out from the back to play banjo with them on duelling banjos (that's such a familiar tune that i'm not going to go into it) and although he wasn't brilliant and in no way could he keep up with the band when they were in full swing, he gave it a good shot!!
it was really cool!
we had a blast
and they rocked us all night long! with a (nearly) 2 hour set and no warm-up/support act!!
and it was funny as hell watching these guys do the classic rock poses and things like that, including "shooting" the crowd with the acoustic bass and having the guy on the banjo and the guy on the mandolin do weird things that if i try to explain i'll just end up confusing people (maybe woja will leave a comment explaining the banjo test)
it rocked
it really did
laters peeps

Monday, 21 August 2006

it's been a while

well, a little over a week, but it doesn't matter
what does matter is that i've moved and took all last week off to do it
(although secretly i could've been on the run with rawbean)
anyway i was away because of moving
but now, now i'm back :D
i intend fully to post a hnt again this week (think i uploaded some pictures the other week)
i intend fully to get a phone line and subsequently broadband to the flat too...but that might take a little while (about 2 weeks maybe 3)
anyway
just thought i'd let you know i'm still around, and not being a bad blogger
i'm going to see hayseed dixie tomorrow with woja (dude remind me that i need to either print off the details or email you the tickets too so that at least one of us will remember to bring the tickets this time [hopefully])
linny...did i give you my number? email or call me and we'll ty to arrange a "date"
take it easy peeps
Px

Thursday, 10 August 2006

a return to HNT


it's taken a while for me to get back into this, but i'm giving you a quiet night at work (taken 2 or 3 weeks ago)
on the left we have yousef, who i'd not seen for about 8 years, eve's in the middle, who i'd not seen since about christmas, and the that'd be me stuffed on the end
photo courtesy of marc who lives in france...but was home visiting people :)
it makes my nights much better when people come in and see me at work!

speaking of work, i'd better get on

take it easy peeps :)

Px

Wednesday, 9 August 2006

showering in sainsbury's

right i was reminded about this while i was over at rawbean's page posting that mammoth comment...
well the other day when i went to pick up errol's vivarium i was having a bit of a road trip with litlum giving my lovely lady a break and a change for her to destress and tidy up. we got about 3/4 of the way there and were making very good time, but i needed to pee and i needed to get a birthday card for my sister. as fortune would have it i spied a sainsburys superstore coming up and knowing that i'd be able to kill two birds with one stone i pulled in and unstrapped litlun for a quick wander around the shop with me. bless her, she's not quite 2 yet and know what sainsbury's is, she was trying to carry the shopping basket for me as well :)
anyway i got my sister a tasteful card, paid for it and asked the nice lady where the loo was. i found it was being cleaned, but that never bothers me, if i need to pee, then i have to pee, regardless of who else is there. i plopped litlun down by the sinks so that i could still keep an eye on her from the urinal, but at the same time i would have a little privacy from her. anyway i'm peeing when all of a sudden she pipes up with "shower" and is intently looking at me peeing, exclaiming "shower, shower!" to which i had to say "no, wee wee"...but she'd already walked over and was having a good look...
thankfully the only other person in there was the vleaner and he'd got his i-pod on so i don't think he heard our conversation...
i had to call her mum up and we had a good laugh about it, but if there had been anyone else in there i would've died with embaressment, especially if she'd gone up to them saying the same thing...
anyway, i'm planning a return to HNT tomorrow, although it's nothing too risquè i think, i can't remember what i've uploaded at the moment.
STILL working on the PX100 still only up to 50 i think, work keeps getting in the way!
thinned out the link bar, got rid of the who's commented hack as it didn't seem to be working properly :( got rid of a few people's links as they've not posted for a few months or over a year in someone's case...(left berly's on there for the time being though)
keep meaning to take a pic to show just how accurate that avatar really is...one day i will
anyway,
laters peeps
Px