here be dragons

ok just a mini update to show you the new additions to my family

ok so you remember last year when i got that cheap vivarium with the intention of buying a snake to live in it...well i changed my mind on the snake, but yesterday i found a use for it and i bought myself a pair of baby bearded dragons, at the moment they're about the size of my thumb (plus tail) but they should get bigger (up to about 20" max). they were going to be called errol and winston, but after having a bit of a kevin smith marathon yesterday they've been christened Jay and Silent Bob :) that's jay in the pic

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proof

i'm still alive :)

i've not been about much and i've still not sorted the phone line or anything in the new place, although i'll be dealing with that this week hopefully

went out last night and it got very messy
i got very drunk
it was an awesome night out though
but very very messy

felt it this morning when i got up

anyway work is a bit mental
but it's nice to be working
and on a monday and thursday evening it's nice ot be able to sit at the beach and eat my fish and chips or whatever take away i'm having that night :)
the pub work is going well too

on the pub front i passed the exam i tok about 3 weeks ago which means i can now apply to hold a personal license, which is just another step on the ladder to running a pub :)

still thinking about where i should go on holiday this year...probably end up going someplace in the uk at this rate...and only for the day!

anyway peeps, it's lunch time and i've got to go and mow the lawn for my mum too, so i'll catch up with you all sometime soon i promise
and linny, i've read your email, i'll reply in the week if i get time, but love and hugs are going out to you
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get this!

i've moved :)

it was made difficult by someone who was just being a pain in the ass for the sake of it i think, but i've moved into my new flat with jenfer :)

so i've almost got my bedroom sorted, then it's the living room to be tackled next...should be ok though

missing a few things, like a freezer and a sofa and chairs, but i'll be searching for them in the coming days/weeks and soon i'll have a place to be jealous of :)

anywaythat's about all i've got time to update at the moment, might be back tomorrow, but we'll have to see, i've got to go to the dentist again tomorrow, should be the last visit for a while though :)

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i'm not fat, but...

it would appear that i hulked out of my jeans earlier :(

bugger! (and that's pocket, not pants!)

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disjointed ramblings

lots of little bits and pieces today i guess

i got one easter egg...that was nice :) not eaten it all yet, in fact i only just started it today
(there's a pic of me and it over at the 365 place)

had to work yesterday even though it was a bank holiday and all of the independent places that i should've delivered to were shut, hell half the other stores weren't prepared for me either! everywhere i went yesterday didn't have any returns, nor did anywhere i was at today either apart from 2 places...

i spent yesterday afternoon on the beach...it was a stoney beach though so i didn't get sand anywhere thankfully :)

keep driving past heathrow airport, it's really making me want a holiday! (suggestions still welcome)

i miss doing the quiz :(
but work takes precedence

i've got that cold again :(
it looks like i'm not going to shake it until hayfever season kicks in with avengence and then i'll be plagued by that too...
dammit!

i move this weekend, i've not even thought about packing anything up, gave the ex some boxes for her to pack my stuff into, think it pissed her off a little that i'm moving and want all my furniture and saucepans and crockery and kitchen stuff and all that...but she knew i'd find someplace eventually and that i'd want it all when i did.

got sent a sound clip of a friend of mine singing a song by paulo nutini last night, it was really good, although she'll hate me for saying that, she's made me promise that i won't play it to anyone. i keep my promises
sorry, i want people to hear it

i bought season 2 of lost the other day (didn't watch it when it was on the tv because the ex couldn't understand it and wanted me to tell her what was going on or change channels all the time) started watching that last night in the hotel (the rooms have all got tv/dvd players :)

also bought myself a PSP yesterday, i had some spare cash sloshing around and though it would be something of a treat and it'll keep me entertained while i'm away for work...which is did this morning while i waited 45 minutes for a shop to open...

apart from being ill again, life isn't doing too badly :)
hope everyone had a great easter
i promise to be over ot everyone's blogs this week if i can...
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good friday good times

today i slept in and it was good
yesterday i worked from 5am to 9pm behind the wheel all day
things have been a bit mental this week what with working 2 jobs!

anyway, it's good friday which means that i've got the day off
so i'm going to head out on my bike this afternoon :)

right...i'm sure there's loads of things i've got to up date everyone on, but i can't remember anything for it :(
ok the lack of HNT was made up for, i did actually HNT over on the HNT anon site...PLEASE don't comment mentioning my name as it's the ANONYMOUS site...you must also note that this is a NSFW page...you were warned!

ok seeing as it's friday i'm giving you a massive tune this week, this has been getting a shed load of airtime over the last couple of weeks and it's awesome!
it's also a brilliant commentary on life...just push play and give it a listen, seriously it's worth it!
enjoy :)
i give you "thou shalt always kill" by dan le sac vs scroobius pip

right it's nice and sunny here, so i'm going to head off and enjoy the long weekend.
have a good easter peeps
catch up with you all soon :)
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the weird czech guy

he sat there the other day eating a green pepper (capsicum/bell pepper) like it was an apple...

he was weird

anyway i went out today on my own again and it's odd...when i'm on my own in the van things are ok
all except for the stupid satnav...which today said i was off-roading (in a van, doing 60mph)
don't you just love it when people don't update things for you?

anyway, i heard back from the job interview i had last week, they chose someone with more accounts experience...fair do's, i don't mind
i spoke to the landlord yesterday, he got rid ot the new chef at the weekend, and i told him that seeing as i was seriously considering getting into the trade a lot more i was interested in the chef's position...he's waiting to hear back from someone else first, but thinks i could do it easily... i'll keep you posted on that

hi to anyone who's ventured over from facebook, leave a comment!

i'm not going to be able to HNT tomorrow, until late in the day...although there's a chance that i might appear on a different site in true HNT fashion...more on that later too

right i'm shattered, but i need to jump in the shower and get my butt in gear as i'm at the pub again tonight...all this work, and all i'm thinking about now is the money...give it to me!
dammit now!

anyway, i'm off to get clean and fresh
laters peeps, take care
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PS i'm still open to suggestions for holiday destinations...although i have an idea that might work...more on that too later...

tmi time

ok so i'm back from my over night trip, lets just say it was more than a little pointless and very boring
i so how that i can get a real job sooner rather than later as this one is shit

anyway it's tmi time
so here we go
1. What is your middle name?
Biblical as my parents are and i'm not, i'm named after 2 saints, peter for my first name, john for my middle name
2. Where do you keep your toys? In your nightstand?
I assume we're not talking meccano...
actually i don't have any toys of that nature, i had an ex who did though, her's were kept under the bed
3. How many toys do you have? List them! (links & pictures are nice, too!) =P
again, no toys of that nature, i'm a gadget freak though...but not in a sexual way
4. Are you a swinger? Ever wanted to be?
no, and not really...it's just somehting that's never really appealled to me...
5. When should parents sit children down for the "birds & bees" talk?
whenever they feel that it's appropriate, i know that i started asking awkward questions when i was very young (5 or 6) but never really had the talk until i was 11 or 12

there you go, a harmless TMI this week
anyway i'm working in the pub in about half hour so i'd better head off
i think the next time that i'm going to be able to give you a proper update is going to be thursday...but that depends too
laters peeps
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PS i'm thinking it'll soon be time to decide where i should go on holiday so i'm looking for suggestions peeps...

sweet release

it's sunday and i've lept really well the last two nights
it's been bliss
and better than that i've managed to go out both nights and have a good time while only having 2 pints...

so friday night i was supposed to be going out with mates from the pub, we were going into abingdon...but at the same time we were starting in abingdon...which is confusing i'm sure.
anyway i've been taking all sorts of tablets to try and ease this cold away, none have really been working much, but it is getting better... so due to this and the fact that i wasn't really in the mood, i drove over and thought that maybe if ihave a few drinks then i'll kip on the sofa again, or i could drive home later. i chose the latter
i got called weak through facebook because i didn't go out all night...which is fair enough, i called the guy weak last weekend for the same reason...lol

then last night i met up with my soon to be housemate and had a drink with her
she's getting very excited at the prospect that we're becoming housemates, and to be honest i'm looking forwad to it too. she's going to help me find a woman by vetting any that i introduce to her, so i think i'm going to add that into the plan!
we also joked about having dinner parties and things like that, you know, generally being civilised and cultured adults...yeah i can hear you all laughing from here...

get this too, i spent 3 hours emptying the loft yesterday, rooting through years and years worth of rubbish, or treasure depending on how you look at it. i found records, vinyl 7", 10" and 12" stuff dating back to the early 60's if not a little older. i found a record player from the same era that i'm dying to fix and see if i can get it working again...think of the money i could make from these things!!!
i also found my old school reports from when i was like 7...how freaky is that? according to one report at the age of 7 i have a reading age of 9 and a half...see i was intellegent at one point!

anyway, seeing as it's sunday, i've got roast dinner today :) and it's not going to be long, so i'm going to sign off in a minute...
just a warning, because this driving job is proper rubbish, it's unlikely that i'll be blogging on a daily basis any more :( and seeing that this week i've agreed to do a stupid amount of cover at the pub as well, i'm not sure when i'll be able to blog...however when i get my new home (under 2 weeks now) and get it up and running and will likely blog whenever i can...

right, hope you're all enjoying your weekend
take care
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Addendum
i forgot to say that even though i'm not going to be blogging every day i will still take a pic of myself every day and post them over on The 365 P(roject)X in bulk when i next can get online

one last thing, i found this on youtube...it was done for comic relief the other week, and because i missed it, i searched youtube for it and now i'm going to share it because it's AWESOME!
enjoy

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friday funtimes

ok so its friday
i've done the course
and i've done the first week as a white van man
and in all honesty i can say that the course was by far the more interesting of the pair!

and i've seen the wrong side of 7am more times this week than i'd like to mention...
and i've also seen the wrong side of midnight most nights as well

still it's all for the plan

you remember the plan right?
get job
get house
have holiday
(have abridged the plan slightly and ignored previous plans which had a step 4 which was get woman, this has been put on hold until i've decided that it's time that it should go back on there as i'm having as much trouble as you are keeping up to date with my own whims...)

anyway
i can now check off the first item
and seeing as i shall be moving in just over 2 weeks, i'll soon be checking off the second one as well
once they are out of the way and i've got things settled with the job front (i reckon about a month to six weeks) i'll start thinking about where to go on holiday too...
i'm thinking a return to the states might be good
i'm also thinking about doing something different though, so something like a trekking holiday somewhere hot and where i can do stuff other than get drunk and get sunburnt

anyway i've not had much in the way of interesting things happen to me this week
although at the course yesterday we had a 40 minutes examination at the end of the day, it was one of them multiple guess question papers... i finished in 10 minutes and got up and left much to the shock/horror of other people in the room... i was allowed to, before you all think anything else... anyway hopefully next week i'll find out if i can apply for my personal license (which will legally allow me to sell and authorise the sale of alcohol within a designated premises (which must also have a license)) and from there i'm going to look into getting into the pub trade properly, you know, actually running my own pub
i think i could do that and i'd enjoy it too...

right then peeps
leaving you with this...they're a brit group, some would call them pop, some would call them rock, i'm not going to pigeon hole them, you decide...
this is the feeling with never be lonely
and i'm dedicating it to all of you, with you all out there i know that no matter how bad things seem and no matter how down i get and alone i may feel, deep inside i'm never lonely

take care peeps and have a good weekend :)
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HNT

really quick HNT this morning because i've got to go and do a course!

wish me luck

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my first day

ok, so yesterday i embarked upon the career of being a white van man
yep, that's right, i'm now a multi drop delivery driver...
sounds exciting doesn't it!

it's not really

anyway yesterday was my first day i was due to spend it as basically a drivers mate with a guy called roger, this was so that i could learn about the paperwork and other such things, that was all.
as me and roger left the depot he got a call because one of the other drivers had called in sick...typical right?
well seeing as i was the only other preson around, i did his run
on my own

i wasn't overly sure where i was supposed to be going, but i had a road map and that was good enough for me
i got to the first drop and clipped a lexus while trying to park up
can you believe it, not only am i on my own, but i've hit an expensive car!
typical right
anyway i was writing a note to say that i'd hit the car and to contact my boss (i'd called him and told him too) when the guy who owned it showed up, he was actually fairly nice about the who situation, considering i'd just busted his light up nicely!
and after all this the first drop was closed anyway!

the rest of the day wasn't too bad, the boss called me just after i'd filled the van up to remind me that they took diesil and not petrol...i'd already worked this one out though, so that was ok, but as i was trying to pay for it (with the fuel card...not my money) it took 3 attempts to get the card to work

last night was quiz night
it was a good laugh, we didn't win anything
i told the girl that i worked the shift with last week that she had to come along, she did and she joined the bar team (not my team unless i'm working) but kept popping round to see me whenever the rounds had finished...she's quite nice :)

still no word on the flat yet, but i've got my fingers crossed, i'll call them later today if i've not heard anything

went to the dentist today again to have another 2 of the fillings done... got one more appointment to go to in a couple of weeks and then i should be all sorted for the time being.
half of my face is numb at the moment and as it's slowly coming round it feels like it's burning and it's really sore :(
still i've been a big brave boy again and all that, i'm conquering my fear slowly
i'll get there in the end :)

right i've got an interview this afternoon, hopefully my face will have come round by then, so i should go and start thinking about what i need to say there.
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ps not in the TMI mood today

it's monday

and i'm feeling a little better about things

although i've got a hell of a story to tell you all about my first day in the new job...think i might save it though...you'll laugh, trust me you WILL laugh!

anyway i've been driving all day and i'm shattered, but it's quiz night and i'm always up for a bit of that...
anyway peeps, i just winged in to let you all know that i'm ok really, i think i'd just had a bit of a pants weekend and let myself over think things that i really am not that bothered about normally!

life is for living and that's now part of the plan :)

hope you're al starting the week well :)
take care
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sunday bloody sunday

ok i've decided that i'm drinking way too much at the moment
and you know what, although i thought i was comfortable with it, i'm not
i'm binge drinking
and as fun as it can be, i'm not enjoying it
i'm pretty sure it's because i've been a little overly depressed as of late
you know the whole not having a job, living with my mum and having no-one to hold my hand could be the reason for that
so really i should be getting a little bouyant now, what with the finding of somewhere to live and the new job that i start tomorrow
but you know what, i'm no happier today than i was last week, if anything, the realisation that i've been getting depressed is making the depression worse...
i know that i've got things going in the right direction now though
so i'm going to start being positive again

but firstly
i'm going to stop drinking
not completely, but i'm not going to be going out 2 or 3 times a week and getting totally wrecked, once a month should be ok though

i didn't make it to the gig last night either :(
i've got a cold that i caught off my mum, yesterday i had no voice, for the 3 days before that i had a continous headache, now i've got a runny nose, sore throat and my shoulders ache
i don't like having colds

anyway i'm going to go
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that friday feeling

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

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

I just love it when a plan comes together :)

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

yep yep

it's time to get nekkid again :)

just a quick little post

news post is below for those who want to know more about what's going on

but until then i'm folding my arms in smug satisfaction.

and for those who saw Os's post about the 365 project...i've got one of my own on the go here

laters peeps

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ok lodas to report, things that i've been sitting on a while
ok maybe a while is a little bit of an exaggeration
things that i've been sitting on since tuesday...
1.) i have a full time job...the driving one that i was on about yesterday. this is a full time job, that's the important bit. the print shop work isn't full time, and as such wasn't helping things out as much as i'd have liked. however, i'm going to keep doing some work for the print shop on an ad hoc basis because it's fun work and it's not like i can't do it :)
2.) i've found a flat to live in, and although it's a bit on the less desirable side of things, once it's been made a little homely i'm sure it'll be fine. and i've got a flat mate to live there as well, making things a little easier for both of us :)
3.) things on the woman front are as always a little weird, i think that there's a possibility of someone coming along and things will be ok...but we shall see what happens there, i'mnot holding my breath though

so all in all the plan looks to be going ahead :)
wuhoo!!
anyway that's all really, i promise something fun for tomorrow peeps :)
take care
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proper hanging...

i went out last night
didn't realise that is was going to be a big night out though...
felt proper hanging this morning when i woke up after under 4 hours sleep because of it
felt fine last night though
but then last night i'd had:
1 pint of guinness
5 bottles of guinness
5 bottles of corona
and 5 shooters
it was a good night :)
and there were LOTS of fit young ladies about too

anyway just to keep you guys informed
i didn't get the flat that i'd put the offer in for (which is fine with me, like i said, it was too small for the money)
i've still not been paid from the print shop, apparently i'll get something on friday (i'll believe that when i see it)
but i'm in a better mood

i worked monday night, which was good, it'll give me a bit extra for next week :)
the quiz was pretty good, still played, even though i was working, but was a member of the bar team, which was me, steffi and sweet...sweet doesn't work there, he's just there all the time!
yesterday i didn't do much at all, apart from go out in the evening
today i went and had a very quick interview for a job that i'll be starting on monday, t's a driving job, and the hours are long, but the work is easy and its full time :)
i've got another interview next week, which will be more normal hours and should be better if i can get it (more money too)

on idea really what to say at the moment, things have been a little weird this week and going out last night has left me with my mind elsewhere
that in mind,
laters peeps
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