So as you can tell I haven't posted for a while. Been a bit difficult to talk about interesting stuff tbh. Thats the thing with posting this under my name, you can't really talk about real life stuff and stuff that involves people who might read this (not saying I'd post bad stuff just otherwise I might be tempted to talk about real life situations and things that aren't ready for the public eye just yet. But hey, if this wasn't public then no one would read it and then whats the point! So you an see why I haven't had much to write about. And I'm sure you've all had enough of spiders...
So instead of telling you all about the spid I squashed for running out from underneath my keyboard, I thought I'd do a summary of the good and the bad over the last few days. I'm doing it in the style of a certain Radio 1 DJ - "What Rocks" and "What Sucks" as I've been listening to a lot of that of late.
(1)
Sucks - Doing 540 Miles worth of driving in the space of 4 and a half days
Rocks - Claiming 350 of those back at 40p per mile
(2)
Sucks - Fearing that my sat nav had broken whilst still needing to get to a caravan park, hotel and council offices in Norfolk
Rocks - finding a Curry's nearby and being able to purchase a replacement car power lead
Sucks - having to pay £20 for said lead which was only avaliable boxed with a windsceen mount (and which I didn't need!)
(3)
Sucks - Spending time on my own in hotel rooms
Rocks - using that time to get a good night's sleep
(4)
Sucks - Getting up at 5.15am to spend 3 hours on the road to Skipton
Rocks - Oversleeping, feeling more awake and only spending 2 hours getting to Skipton because the traffic had died down.
(5)
Sucks - Driving back from Skipton on a thursday and having to put up with Zane on Radio 1
Rocks - Doing it on Friday instead and turning the radio up too loud for Pete Tong on the way home
Extra Rocks - Listening to RATM "Killing in the name of" whilst driving to work and singing "F___ you I won't do what you tell me" repeatedly
(6)
Sucks - not having the willpower to give up smoking again
Rocks - realising that I do have willpower by again turning down biscuits in the office and not buying marshmallows in the petrol station after the delicious thought had been put in my head. There's renewed optimism on the smoking front!
(7)
Sucks - not going on a date on Wednesday
Rocks - getting to speak at length on the phone to the person who didn't go on a date with me and who may still do
(8)
Sucks - Getting a particularly disgusting email in my inbox today advertising a site to do with something illegal
Sucks - having to spend ages googling to find the appropriate website to report it and then finding it quite complicated to actually report the offence
(9)
Sucks - Missing the start of Dirty Sexy Money tonight
Rocks - watching a Beeb docu about the Crusades last night and then going on a Wiki Romp taking in Bohemund I, Richard The Lionheart, Baldwin, Stephen de Blois and the Fatimids.
(10)
Sucks - briefly having a fall out with my mum
Rocks - having a good conversation with my mum on the way back from Skipton (using the handsfree) and making up with her
Sucks - realising that whilst I can drive and talk on a handsfree at the same time, I can't follow a sat nav at the same time (though thankfully it corrects my mistakes!)
(11)
Sucks - forgetting to get some chicken out the freezer this morning
Rocks - Having sardines on toast with Mushroom cupasoup instead (the simple things in life)
and
(12)
Sucks - not being able to think of anything else to say
Rocks - F it, I've written enough.
Friday 25 April 2008
Monday 7 April 2008
Current Gripes
Ironing - I've just ironed 3 shirts on the bounce as I'm away for work two days running and then have little time on Wednesday evening to myself before I have to prep for a work trip to Brighton. Ironing sucks Grrrrrrr.
Price of Diesel - Sucks big time Grrrrrr
Lack of any motorway for the last 30 miles between Leeds and Skipton meaning that it takes 1hr 15 for that leg of the journey as opposed to 1hr for the first 60 miles - Grrrrrrrr
Oh yeah and 5.15 starts to beat the traffic that don't actually really beat the traffic. They suck worst of all. Grrrrrr
Price of Diesel - Sucks big time Grrrrrr
Lack of any motorway for the last 30 miles between Leeds and Skipton meaning that it takes 1hr 15 for that leg of the journey as opposed to 1hr for the first 60 miles - Grrrrrrrr
Oh yeah and 5.15 starts to beat the traffic that don't actually really beat the traffic. They suck worst of all. Grrrrrr
Saturday 5 April 2008
Treats
So I was in Sainsburys today and of course I had to buy myself a treat. It has to be something that is not on the list and something a little bit bad for me. However, as I've given up sweets, biscuits, chocolate and cake; fruit sherbets and golden crunch creams (custard creams were typically on the list!) are no longer allowed. Also, after checking the back of a Pork Pie and realising that it packed enough fat to sink a small hippopotamus, I went for the Scotch Egg option instead. Damn tasty those scotch eggs plus they have almost 10g of Protein in them (although I wonder how much is in the egg and how much is in the scotch!) .
As treats go, that was a just a small badger in a large badger sett. Actually, its been a while since I bought a new DVD in Sainos, although I have to say that I bought a pack of Sony DVD+RWs last week as I thought they might come in handy (and I'm still not sure what they will be handy for!).
Of course the ultimate treat option, would be a new car. I was having a conversation with the barber earlier about that very subject. Turned out, he worked for Toyota during the week so we were chatting about how crap the Toyota Supra's name was and the fact that the MR2 is a ladies sports car (though we did both agree that the Corolla was ok). Eventually we got on to Nissan and then American muscle cars. I recalled how I'd stepped out of Toronto airport once to find that all the cars in the car park had "5.0l" written on the back. I've wanted one like that ever since.
But of course, there can be no one clear favourite. If I had that 5.0l muscle car, then I'd still want a Dodge Viper and a Nisan Skyline and a Humvey and an american pickup jeep and .... the list goes on. So for now I'm happy to have a Nissan Primera because it feels like I'm halfway to having a Nissan Skyline.
As treats go, that was a just a small badger in a large badger sett. Actually, its been a while since I bought a new DVD in Sainos, although I have to say that I bought a pack of Sony DVD+RWs last week as I thought they might come in handy (and I'm still not sure what they will be handy for!).
Of course the ultimate treat option, would be a new car. I was having a conversation with the barber earlier about that very subject. Turned out, he worked for Toyota during the week so we were chatting about how crap the Toyota Supra's name was and the fact that the MR2 is a ladies sports car (though we did both agree that the Corolla was ok). Eventually we got on to Nissan and then American muscle cars. I recalled how I'd stepped out of Toronto airport once to find that all the cars in the car park had "5.0l" written on the back. I've wanted one like that ever since.
But of course, there can be no one clear favourite. If I had that 5.0l muscle car, then I'd still want a Dodge Viper and a Nisan Skyline and a Humvey and an american pickup jeep and .... the list goes on. So for now I'm happy to have a Nissan Primera because it feels like I'm halfway to having a Nissan Skyline.
Friday 4 April 2008
Spiders
I seem to have had an infestation of spiders of late. I don't know about you but I can't stand the buggers and so I get rid of them as soon as I see one. One turned up on the edge of the bath yesterday whilst I was drying myself off.
Now, I've become a little more liberal of late and have allowed a little one to reside in my bedroom on the basis that it stays alive provided it comes nowhere near the bed. So far its been good. But this one in the bathroom obviously didn't know the rules. If I hadn't have knocked it off and squashed it (ok I didn't actually squash it, the water on the floor drowned it and saved me the guilt), it might have gone on to sit on my towel the next time I went to pick it up. And then I'd have been pissed and who knows what might have happened to the one in my bedroom or the tiny one who lives in the car wing mirror.
Is there not a way to build a house (particularly modern houses - this flat is about 5 years old!!) so that spiders cannot get access? I may lobby for it along with my other pet hate - lowered cash machines that give 6 foot 6 blokes like me chronic back ache. Oh and don't get me started on buses and planes. In fact, I now think that spiders might be ok. I may even give the little fecker who lives in my bedroom a name. Yeah, I'm thinking - in Red Indian style - "He who treads a thin line"?
Now, I've become a little more liberal of late and have allowed a little one to reside in my bedroom on the basis that it stays alive provided it comes nowhere near the bed. So far its been good. But this one in the bathroom obviously didn't know the rules. If I hadn't have knocked it off and squashed it (ok I didn't actually squash it, the water on the floor drowned it and saved me the guilt), it might have gone on to sit on my towel the next time I went to pick it up. And then I'd have been pissed and who knows what might have happened to the one in my bedroom or the tiny one who lives in the car wing mirror.
Is there not a way to build a house (particularly modern houses - this flat is about 5 years old!!) so that spiders cannot get access? I may lobby for it along with my other pet hate - lowered cash machines that give 6 foot 6 blokes like me chronic back ache. Oh and don't get me started on buses and planes. In fact, I now think that spiders might be ok. I may even give the little fecker who lives in my bedroom a name. Yeah, I'm thinking - in Red Indian style - "He who treads a thin line"?
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