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| Two from Three .... Not bad!! |
| 04.30.04 (10:43 pm) [edit] |
[i]I'm done for the day, the Week, the Month.... I wish I was done for the Year, but that would be asking a lot!! :roll: So I'm off home to chill out... no going out tonight, just home for some quality 'ME' time! I'mma listen to my Enrique Ingelisis /Escape CD... as recommended by Krazedone. :wink:
But before I say g'nite I have to leave y'all with this last tidbit that I found during the week:
Singapore sounds like a rather odd place at times anyway, being a City-state. :shock: Never having been there of course (except for a stop-over from Australia!), all I can judge it by is the occasional news story that makes the rounds over here.
[b]Like, when I found out that in Singapore, Prostitution is legal, the Age of consent is 16 — but Oral sex is illegal. Wtf?? :?
Like the title says…:wink: [/b][/i]
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| Am I a Pervert?! |
| 04.30.04 (9:09 pm) [edit] |
Kirsty pointed out the [b]Book Quiz[/b]— another of the many online personality tests, this one purporting to link your psyche to a novel. Did it on Wednesday but wasn't sure I wanted to post the result... here goes anyway!
[b]My results?[/b]
[b]You're Lolita![/b] by Vladimir Nabokov
[b]Considered by most to be depraved and immoral, you are obsessed with sex. What really tantalizes you is that which deviates from societal standards in every way, though you admit that this probably isn't the best and you're not sure what causes this desire. Nonetheless, you've done some pretty nefarious things in your life, and probably gotten caught for them. The names have been changed, but the problems are real. Please stay away from children.[/b]
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[b]Take the Book Quiz at the Blue Pyramid:http://bluepyramid.org/ia/bqu...[/b]
Oh my oh my oh my!!. [Ahem!] :oops: There has got to be some kinda mistake of course!! This so [b]ISN'T[/b] true! I'm disgusted!!...... :evil: Or am I?! :P
[b]PS:When or if you do take the test, drop a line here to let me know what book your psyche is linked too.... Pretty pls!! :D[/b] [/i]
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| Interesting tidbits..... |
| 04.30.04 (8:44 pm) [edit] |
[i]Just some interesting stuff I've stumbled across in the last few days. I might start doing this occasionally — the things I grab may or may not be of interest to anyone else, but they catch my eye for one reason or another. Make of that what you will, seeing as it is my blog anyways!! :P
[u][b]—No Pants day!![/b][/u]
May 7th is No Pants Day! You Should Wear Nothing! I don't think I'll be able to get away with it at work, but afterwards… it's commando baby!! :D
NOTHING?!?!?! There are no limits or boundaries for you. No pants, no clothes, whatever. But, hey, if you're going to get arrested, this is definitely the way to go.
Find out which No Pants Day outfit YOU should wear!
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To find out more about No Pants Day, visit
[b]:http://www.NoPantsDay.com[/b]
[u][b]— Even google know him![/b][/u]
I love whatever algorithms Google uses for their AdSense program. Much of the time they're dead-on, but every so often, you get some wonderfully bizarre and hilarious combinations.
For instance my mate Dave, upon reloading his page after adding his last post, got the following set:
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Now that is priceless isn't it? Seeing as Dave does have a tendency to over-do it on the drink on accassion! :lol:
[u][b]— Who's a poplular girl then?![/b][/u]
This amused me: according to an Esquire poll, :http://www.ncbuy.com/news/200... 45% of women would let their partner have sex with Nicole Kidman. I wonder what Nicole thinks of this? eh? :P Is this true tho?? :?
[u][b]— Supreme Court tries sodomy!![/b][/u]
This has got to be the single worst headline I think I've ever seen. From MSN's Slate magazine: [b]The Supreme Court tries sodomy[/b] :http://slate.msn.com/id/20807...
What?? Right there in the courtroom? :shock: :?
[b]I'm just messing around peeps.... they made me laugh, I hope they do you!! :wink:[/b] [/i]
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| Cocktails!! |
| 04.30.04 (7:15 pm) [edit] |
[i]Evening peeps! :lol: Can you believe it? This is the first chance I've had all day to post summin up in here... I have to confess that AG have got their money's worth outta me today!! :evil: and what a day it's been too!! Phew!! :roll: Just been snowed under with paper work, client meetings and what not.... earlier in the week I was complaining abt boredom... well I change my mind, I'd rather do nada than work my arse off the whole day!! :(
This is after getting up this morning feeling like a steel drum was being pounded in my head... what a night we had y/day. Last night was naother meeting of the TEDC (Thursday Evening Drinking Club.. for those of you who are outta the loop!)...not that we needed an excuse to let rip anyway, if you know what I mean?! :wink:
We decided to do summin different this time around and went to a cocktail bar and tried out every cocktail on the menu. Let's just put it this way there weren't many peeps standing come the end of the night! I was so far gone I had to leave my car and get a taxi home at the end of the night! It's still there now, seeing as I didn't get up in time to go retrieve it! :oops:
Having said that, was a fantastic night of getting pissed, banter and of course cocktails galore. I wanna fill you in on my top five coaktails of the night.... there were abt 25 different one's on offer but I've got to admit by the time I had got to my 7th or was it the 8th... my taste buds were shot to pieces anyway!
[u][b]Cyberpal's top 5 Cocktails of choice:[/b][/u]
1. [b]Dirty Martini:[/b] Regular martini, but with a splash of the olive brine to give it a dishwater hue.... Not bad!!
2. [b]White Cosmopolitan:[/b] Made with white canberry juice and Ketel One vodka, a more guy-friendly version of the classic pink drink..... I'd give it a 7 outta 10.
3. [b]Old Fashioned:[/b] First I'd ever heard of it too, but it's a bourbon-based classic.... that I'm told all bartenders drink off duty.... Two of those and you are on the way! :wink:
4. [b]Fruit Calpirinha:[/b] This is made from a lime and sugar cane spirit. I tried a blackberry one, and it was great!
5. [b]Mules:[/b] Basically any variation of vodka mixed with ginger beer... this is apparently very hot and very NOW! One of the guys had a raspberry one... had a taste and was sold straight up!! Had a couple of those.
So that was last night, and I must say I had a load of fun, and the barmaids or shd I say the service wasn't bad either. Especially when you're being served quality booze by good-looking women who appear to have been dressed by Agent Provocateur. :P
What are your fav cocktails peeps, holla and I'll make a list so I can check em out the next time we swing by there.....Cocktails rock!! Yay!! :lol: [/i]
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| Sex GOD!! |
| 04.29.04 (9:46 pm) [edit] |
[i]Bored again and my friend Alana pointed me to Tickle :http://web.tickle.com/ a fun little site that has a ton of different personality-style tests on it. I took the [b]"Are you a sex god?"[/b] test (for obvious reasons!), and I thought my results were hilarious — here's how it rated me:
[b][u]DIONYSUS[/u], God of Ecstacy.
You are one sex-loving deity! And you sure know how to turn any bedroom into an unforgettable party for two. You are sensual and fun-loving, and you will do just about anything to get some play. You have an insatiable desire for sexual pleasure. You have a young, playful spirit that makes the bedroom your personal playground. Because you are housing a god within you who used orgies as a method of worship, you have no limits to your exploration. Your experimentation and lack of inhibition make your sex life all the more interesting. Your open-mindedness and irrepressible energy allow your sexual energy to keep going and going and going. And when the day is through, you've left a trail of satisfied mortals in your wake.[/b]
Hmmm…not bad, eh? Woohoo! :P [/i]
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| I'm a Junkie!! |
| 04.29.04 (8:22 pm) [edit] |
[i][b]Hi, My name is Cyberpal, and I'm a DVD-aholic. (It's official!) :oops:
Hi, Cyber! :lol:[/b]
Was bored earlier on today and as you do, so I decided to go through and compared my actual DVD collection with the database program that keeps track of them all and provides the [u]DVD listing[/u] that I want to place here on my blogsite.
Turns out I had a few of my mate's listed in there that I needed to delete…but I also had a few of my own that I hadn't put in there yet..... like the two I bought y/day. End result?
I passed the 350 mark a week or two ago, it seems…I now have a total of 358 DVD's. I just wanted to gloat!! :roll:
Boy, am I glad I've got a decent paying job! :P [/i]
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| Hey! |
| 04.29.04 (3:48 pm) [edit] |
[i]First off - Hi Dad! :) Got a call from him y/day — He and Mum were off on a trip to South Africa & Botswana (anywhere else?) for the past few weeks, and just got home. Seems everything went well for them, and I'm now told that Botswana is a wonderful place to visit, should I ever get the opportunity. Hmmm…well, I'll certainly be keeping that in mind…. :wink:
I'd been seeing ads for Legally Blonde II for a while now, and I finally decided to break down and get it y/day to see if it was as cute as it looked in the ads. It definitely was (something that's always nice). Had Sarah over, and we watched it together...... still as dippy as the first but Reece Whitherspoon just gets me every time!! :roll: ..... just dont tell my mates that I enjoyed a chick flick!! :oops:
Lastly, as I was going through my boxes of stuff last night, I stumbled across a book I hadn't read through in a while. [b]"The Jargon File"[/b] is a compendium of slang and jargon from the hacker community that has been an ongoing project since roughly 1981 — a full 23 years now! While it would at first appear to be aimed solely at the hacker community (which, to be honest, I can't exactly dispute), it also has a broad appeal to people outside of the community, especially those with a decently sharp sense of humour and a love of wordplay. [b]If you are into such, go check it out!![/b]
I started re-reading it last night, and had forgotten just how entertaining it can be to read something that is, in some respects, a dictionary of technical terms and slang. In particular, I think my dad would really get a kick out of it, given what I know of his sense of humour and interest in words, wordplay, and etymology. The file can either be found online :http://www.amazon.com/exec/ob..., or can be purchased in bookstores as [b]"The New Hacker's Dictionary"[/b] (though the online version is more current).
Not much going on today so far, just the usual. I am hungry tho, so might just go get a bite to eat, seeing as I didn't have brekkie... any suggestions? :? Be back in a bit folks :D [/i]
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| Watch out!! |
| 04.28.04 (8:08 pm) [edit] |
[i]It was bound to happen — and realistically, it probably has been happening, just now we're getting news stories about it — US intelligence agencies are starting to keep an eye out on weblogs.:http://news.yahoo.com/news?tm...
[b]Some blogs are whimsical and deal with "soft" subjects. Others, though, are cutting edge in delivering information and opinion.
As a result, some analysts say U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials might be starting to track blogs for important bits of information. This interest is a sign of how far Web media such as blogs have come in reshaping the data-collection habits of intelligence professionals and others, even with the knowledge that the accuracy of what's reported in some blogs is questionable.
Still, a panel of folks who work in the U.S. intelligence field - some of them spies or former spies - discussed this month at a conference in Washington the idea of tracking blogs.[/b]
Personally, I think these guys are just trying to find an excuse for why [b]Krazedone[/b] :http://krazedone.tblog.com keeps showing up in the CIA webserver logs…[/i] :P
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| Bush!! |
| 04.28.04 (8:01 pm) [edit] |
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[i]......I told y'all I was in a silly juvenile mood today. You've all been warned peeps![/i] :P
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| Die Kitty die!! |
| 04.28.04 (7:51 pm) [edit] |
[i]I'm in a juvenile kinda mood today, so EITHER bear with me or deal with it!! If not, move the hell on and read another blog! This is so Very wrong. But Very funny!! ROTFL!! :lol: :lol:
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| All Women are evil!! |
| 04.28.04 (7:06 pm) [edit] |
[i]My buddy Dave found this using the LiveJournal Images script I linked him to the other day…I think it's brilliant. Already shared this with CrapPix, when commenting on some blog he posted abt an evil girlfriend.
[b]DISCLAIMER:[/b] Altho, this may suggest otherwise, I do in fact luv, adore and worship women. So, I state categorically that this is intended as no more than a joke! Thx for your understanding!! :P
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| Quote of the Day! |
| 04.28.04 (6:45 pm) [edit] |
[b]Theater is life. Cinema is art. Television is furniture.[/b]
[i].... aint that the truth, with the mundane stuff on the box nowadays?! :roll: [/i]
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| Three Magic Little Words! |
| 04.28.04 (6:38 pm) [edit] |
[i]I found this article today when trawling thru my files, and really think it needs to be shared — [u]"Three Magic Little Words"[/u]
[b]HUMANITY COULD DEFEAT its greatest scourge if everyone would repeat the phrase: [u]"Hold on, please."[/u]
Three simple words, enough to change the world.
Whenever a phone solicitor calls in the middle of dinner, don't get sore. Don't slam down the receiver. Don't hang up.
Just say, "Hold on, please." Then gently set the receiver on the table and go about your business.
Why will this change the world? Because the solicitor will hold on, too. While the solicitor is on hold, he cannot bug other people in the middle of dinner, can he/she?
No, he/she can't.
For years, I have employed the Hold On Please technique. The mathematics behind the HOP technique are truly amazing.
Phone solicitors make money because one or two saps in every 100 calls actually listen to the sales pitch and buy something.
But what if each unsuccessful call took the solicitor a few minutes instead of a few seconds? What if a phone solicitor could make only a dozen calls per hour, instead of several hundred?
Then it would no longer be cost-effective to bother people in the middle of dinner, would it? No, it wouldn't.
A small idea, invented by me. My gift to the race. Simple, like the wheel.
(Some minutes later, after the solicitor decides you are not coming back and hangs up on his/her end, you will hear the distinctive wah-wah sound from your receiver, meaning it is OK to hang up your phone.)
Developing the "HOLD ON PLEASE" technique is my way of atoning for an abysmal night I spent years ago in Oakland as an honest-to-God phone solicitor. The taskmaster of this enterprise — a smarmy guy in used-car-salesman boots and mustache — had jammed dozens of us youngsters into a cramped, stuffy room above a pizzeria.
Each of us got a huge list of phone numbers, along with a script. (The charity that I was trying to raise money for, it turned out later, would only get 30 percent of the take — the phone soliciting company bagged the rest.)
Most of the time, I never even got to finish saying, "Hi, my name is Steve Rubenstein and I'm calling on behalf of…" before I would hear the Click.
Every few seconds, another click. Over and over. Click, click, click, click, click. We newbies were getting plenty frustrated. The head guy came over and said not to be discouraged, because quick clicks, as he called them, were a phone solicitor's friends.
The true enemy, he said, were lonely people who kept you on the line for five or 10 minutes, and still didn't fork over any dough.
AFTER AN HOUR of the phone calling, after bugging dozens of people during dinner and being justifiably cussed at, screamed at and having my ancestry challenged in unsettling ways, I quit the job. The guy paid me my $5, not even 30 pieces of silver, and I slunk downstairs to the pizzeria for a beer and a sausage pizza to assuage my guilt. (Sausage can assuage, but Budweiser is wiser.)
It was then I came up with the Hold On Please technique.
I mentioned it later to the head guy, after he came down for a beer of his own, and the edges of his used-car mustache seemed to droop. He said if everyone in the world did it, he'd be out of business.
Don't tell anyone, he pleaded. Just between you and me, he said. OK, I promised. So much for honour among thieves.
So there you are. It is nearly spring, a time of renewal, of rebirth. A time to give the world a fresh start.
Three simple words can do it. Remember, all great movements started small. [/b]
I read this and was rolling about, what a simple but effective way to get the mofo's that hassle the fuck outta you every friggin night!! Bring it on you mofo's I'm ready for y'all now! :wink: :evil: [/i]
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| MIA!! |
| 04.28.04 (4:20 pm) [edit] |
[i]Peeps, Sorry 'bout the lack of updates recently, but things have been a bit busy. Not the kind of busy that would really be worth writing about either, which is the real bummer!. Just workplace busy!! If I'd been kidnapped by aliens and forced to endure hours upon hours of sexual exploitation of orgasmic proportions, all in a devious attempt to brainwash me and force me to assassinate Elvis Presley (a difficult prospect mind you, considering I'd have to resurrect him first) — that would be worth writing about. Unfortunately, life just isn't that interesting at the mo. :P
Instead, it's been pretty much the same old day-to-day existence that makes up the majority of anyone's life. Get up, go to work, come home. Press the repeat button and start all over again! Other than that…well, there just isn't a whole lot other than that. I'm kinda killing time right now...... altho, I gotta say I did miss y'all here on tblog! :wink:
It's Wednesday! This is a good thing…the end of a slow work week is nearly here. Not that I've really got anything amazing planned for the weekend, but at least I'll be killing time at home where there's a slight possiblity of being able to find something to entertain myself with instead of being here at work. That whole issue of needing to give the appearance of being able to justify your time no matter how slow it is, kinda kills the ability to find some interesting ways to kill time itself. Did that make any sense at all?.....hrm, me neither!! :roll:
Yesterday was Dave's birthday which we celebrated at a bar called "Chase" it's a retro-type bar and it's definitely the place to be, prime location, great atmosphere, good tunes and the service and prices were typical of the Quayside. We had bags of fun…Kirtsy, myself, Rob, Pete, Casey, Femi, Jenny, Chad, Sarah, Debz and of course the birthday boy Dave all out having fun and being silly. Got one wonderful quote out of the evening, too…for some reason we were joking about Dave being incapacitated (wasted!) in some form, to the point where we just kept him in the bathtub to sober up....dont ask me why?! :?
Oh, don't worry, said Debz. "We'd entertain you…read to you or summin."
Dave wasn't too sure about that, apparently. Oh, sure — "Which book would you read to me? Dr. Seuss or Schindler's List?"
"Hmm…both boring, and would waste too much time" said Dez.
Then Dave comes up with a wicked line and says [b]"Time is never wasted when you're [u]wasted[/u] all the time."[/b]
We all proceeded to crack up, falling all over the place. :lol: Was a really good night and Dave who turned 35, seemed like he had a blast too! And that's about all I can come up with to babble about off the top of my head right now...... See what comes up after I've caught up on some of my fav blogs. Cyber's back peeps :wink: [/i]
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| Monday Ramble. |
| 04.26.04 (9:49 pm) [edit] |
[i]Phew! what a day it's been so far!! Today has been what I can only refer to as an absolute "Pukka" day! :lol: Been so involved that I haven't had time to check my emails let alone blog today, but I've been trying to make up for lost time, including the blogs posted on the w/end! :wink:
So I'm gonna sign off for tonight, but before I do let me just ramble abt a few things that have no significance whatsoever but I just wanna talk abt them anyway.
Boxing: Watched bits of the WBC fight over the w/end and saw the guys Lennox Lewis beat (dont remember his name) beat the South African dude. Now, what came to mind was this: [b]Boxing is an interesting sport. You start with someone who's dumb enough to get the snot beat out of him on a regular basis, and then punch him 5,000 times in the head. Silly or what??! :roll: [/b]
Did one of those dreaded quiz-type thingy's y/day and according to the [b]"What's your mental age?"[/b] test, I'm mentally 21. It's a bit of a shame that it doesn't give any sort of justification or reasoning for that, but hey — good to know, I suppose that I'm still young at heart! :P
Finally, to round off this some-what abstract blog I ask the question that all red-blooded males ask when ever they are confronted with this..... and that is: "What makes a woman tick?" cos beats me if I know!! Femi, met this really cool gurl last week and asked her out... all systems were go, engine warmed up and reving nicely, then all of a sudden..... she stalls on him!! Says, she doesn't want to get close at the mo, just too much going on. But the whole week, she was the one doing all the running..... any ideas? Cos I'll be damned If I know wtf is going on?! :shock:
Later peeps, rain's calmed down a bit... I'm gonna high-tail it home. Catch y'all tomorrow. :) [/i]
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| Back to the usual stuff.... |
| 04.26.04 (7:05 pm) [edit] |
[i]I'm back! You're ALL thrilled, right? :D
Oh, well. :P
Okay, so Saturday I got back really late from the beach. Spent the whole day just chillin out and getting wasted to be honest. Funnily enough, didnt have a hangover or anything when I got up y/day. Then hopped online to check my emails and send that quick blog in the afternoon. Well, we took off from Newcastle around 2pm, got there for 4pm and spent the whole time sitting sipping cocktails and larking around on the beach. There was 9 of us, and I must say that is close to the best fun I've had in a while... not that I haven't enjoyed other social events, mind you.
Got back to Newcastle around midnight, and we all headed up to Dave's place to get some munchies. (Dave's hobby is rustling up great meals outta scraps and he outdid himself as usual!) Jamie gave Kirsty and I a lift, and we headed back to Kirsty's for coffee where the three of us stayed up talking and bs'ing until way too early in the morning. But then — that's the point of weekends, right? :P
Sunday was spent mostly in the same way. Slept in, then walked down to the shops for the papers and brunch with Jenny and Sarah. After brunch they headed over to Emily's work to visit her for a bit, while I headed home to do some more of the dreaded packing and stuff. I ended up just tooling around my flat for a bit, enjoying the sunshine and warm weather and listening to the new Janet Jackson CD I'd bought last week — lots of really great tracks on it. Emily got off work at 7pm, so I headed back to meet up with everyone. We all went out to check out the "The butterfly effect" at the cinema and dinner at a local pizza parlour after.
After dinner, we stopped off at the Baja beach club where we hung out for a while, it was an absolute blast — the place was incrediby wild (maybe a side effect of having so many students present, but I wasn't complaining)! At one point, it was a toss-up as to which was going to be more entertaining — watching the funny attires on show, or turning around and watching the people dancing on the tables! We made it until about 2:45am, then decided it was time to bail. I got dropped off back at home with Jenny and Kirsty(they were staying over), talked with Kirsty for a bit longer, then passed out. (Charming I know!) :roll:
So, that was my weekend…now, back to the day to day drudge…fun fun fun! [/i]
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| Clear-out!! |
| 04.25.04 (7:59 pm) [edit] |
[i]Been a good few days, the weather has been ace as well! Went to Whitley bay y/day, and if I may say so myself had a fantastic time.... will blog abt it later. Today has been a day of recovery and more freaking packing! :roll: If I never saw another cardboard box, tape and marker ever again it wouldn't be too soon!! :evil:
I'm so fed up with this, I want to say consider this advance notice for anyone in the Newcastle area that reads this site: within the next few weeks, I'm probably going to be putting up a lot of goodies for sale. I just need to do a little bit of research to figure out good asking prices before I put up a firm list of what's on offer.
Basically, I've finally reached a point where I'm sick to death of my packing/boxing struggles, and getting myself away from constantly stressing over what to pack and what not to pack, has finally taken precedence over my collection of "boy toys" and "nik naks". Some of the items likely to be up for grabs will be:
27" Sony Wega television (Got a bigger one recently!)
JVC 5-disc CD changer
Technics stereo receiver
Technics digital surround processor (best if sold with the receiver, adds Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 surround processing)
JVC progressive-scan DVD player
Two Pioneer speakers (very high-end home stereo speakers)
Somewhere in the general vicinity of 100 DVDs
Pioneer dual-CD player
Prices, pictures, and more detailed listings will go up as soon as possible as the weeks progress and I get everything figured out. And other items maybe added too!
Right now, though, I'm off with Jenny and co to see "The Butterfly Effect" at the cinema. Ciao peeps, hope y'all had great w/ends... we'll catch up later :wink: [/i]
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| I'm off to the beach!! |
| 04.24.04 (2:47 pm) [edit] |
[i]It's a very sunny day here in Newcastle, just popped back to shower and change before I head back out. Woke up this morning feeling a little worse for wear.... might just have been the one or two pints I had last night? Not sure! Well, went and met Jenny and Dave for brunch and we all decided since it's such a beautiful day and apparently it's gonna be so all w/end we should do summin. So were are off to a little place called Whitley Bay for the day.... a nice quaint little place by the sea.
Quite a few of us going so, we are hiring a couple of 7-seaters and going for the day. So it's Sun, Sand, Sea, Food, Drink and of course for me Women on the agenda this weekend! :P Adios amigos, I dont think I'll be back here today, so have a fantastic weekend y'all and enjoy the wonderful weather!! :wink: Peace out peeps! :lol: [/i]
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| Soapbox thoughts! |
| 04.23.04 (11:06 pm) [edit] |
[i]Hey peeps, been at home all day just chillin, relaxing and just pottering around the flat. Have tried to do some packing, but got nowhere with that. But like most people with a lot of time on my hand's I've been pondering various issues to blog abt and here are my thoughts on some:
[b]Abortion?: [/b]Needs to stay legal and safe — making it illegal won't stop it, it'll just make it unsafe. I'm pro-choice!!
[b]Death Penalty?: [/b]I waiver! Most of the time, I'm anti-death penalty, but there are people (like peodophiles) that really make me question that stance.
[b]Prostitution?:[/b] Legalise it. Again, it's not going to go away, might as well do what we can to make it safe for all parties involved. Oldest tradition and all that....
[b]Alcohol?: [/b]Not much of a drinker, myself (yeah, right!) :P — No binge drinking tho, one or two drinks on the weekends when I go out. All things in moderation. (I wish!) :oops:
[b]Marijuana?: [/b]If I could find one person who wanted me to sign a "legalize hemp" petition that even tried to convince me that they cared at all about hempfor medicinal purposes, I might sign. Every one I've ever encountered, though, just wants to get stoned. :roll:
[b]Other drugs?: [/b]I really don't recommend them (the right or wrong drugs at the wrong time can be a very, very bad situation).
[b]Gay marriage?: [/b]Why do we even have to prefix "gay" to "marriage" anyway? Two people love each other, let them do what they want, including marriage. This shouldn't even be an issue..... altho personally I do believe the word marriage applies to man and wife. (Just how I was brought up!)
[b]Illegal immigrants?: [/b]Not an issue I really know enough about to make an intelligent argument one way or the other. But my gut feeling is that the majority of them are just people doing their best to survive in the best environment possible ......who for one reason or another have difficulty navigating the labyrinth of the Immigration Services beauracracy.
[b]Smoking?: [/b]A bad habit, hence I had to quit. But, still luv all you smokers out there... (Jenn, Kraze, etc!) :wink:
[b]Drink driving?: [/b]No excuse. Should be an automatic, permanent revocation of the drivers license and a mandatory jail sentence.
[b]Cloning?: [/b]Very cool in theory. I say proceed with caution, but a tad sceptical abt the ethics and morals behind it.!
[b]Racism?: [/b]One word: Ignorance!!
[b]Premarital sex?: [/b]As much as possible!! Yay!! More seriously, sexual compatibility is far too important an issue in a relationship to leave to chance. Not only do I not have any problems with premarital sex, at times I think it should be a requirement. Besides, I often question whether or not I ever will get married, and as I'd rather not go the celibate route…I'll take what I can get! :P
[b]Religion?: [/b]Investigate the ones that interest you. Never blindly accept. Question, listen to the answers you receive, learn, make your own judgments, and form your own ideas. All religion is subjective!
[b]The war in Iraq?: [/b]Mind-bogglingly stupidity.
[b]Tony Blair?: [/b]Also mind-bogglingly stupid. Actually, that's probably very unfair. However, I agree with more or less none of his viewpoints, beliefs, or actions, I think he's doing some terrible things to our country, and his apparent insistence on Iraq deeply disturbs me as well as the question of the whole European Union Constitution thingy!!
[b]Dubya?: [/b]Sorry, all you Patriotic citizens of thr US. But he has totally lost the plot. He's messed up on Iraq, the budget, unemployment, foreign policy and most especially the Middle East conflict and Israel. But hey, what's new?! hmm?? :?
[b]Downloading music?: [/b]Generally something I only do when searching out rare tracks that cannot be found any other way. Whenever possible I will purchase the CD — but if I can get it online, then who am I to look a "gift horse" in the mouth?! :P
[b]Legal drinking age?: [/b]No major problems with it, except that it's a joke cos most teenagers start drinking age 16 or less anyways.
[b]Porn?: [/b]In general, no issues with it whatsoever. On a personal level…an occasional thing, but nothing that's really ever interested me that much. "I'm not particularly interested in sex — unless it's specifically directed at me, if you know what I mean?!" :wink:
[b]Suicide?: [/b]I can't understand it. Never have, and never will! Same goes for assisted suicide (euthanasia), just think life is way too precious to be so frivilous with! :evil:
[b]Death?: [/b]Guaranteed, just like taxes and we all gotta go sometime right?, just wanna make sure when I do....it's with a smile on my face!! :D
I guess with these kinda views I'll never successfully run for political office. (i'm too honest!) :P So there it is peeps and if anyone disagrees, agrees or has an opinion feel free to drop a line or two. Now that I've finsihed my little soapbox stand I think I will put it away. Its Friday, its nice out, and its time to get ready and enjoy the weekend. I'm off out to meet up with some of the guys for last orders at the pub. Toodles peeps, catch ya later..... :lol: [/i]
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| Fill it in yaself!! (Blank!!) |
| 04.23.04 (5:09 pm) [edit] |
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| Woody Quotes.... |
| 04.23.04 (4:26 pm) [edit] |
[i]Since I'm home doing fuck all today, I'm being silly y'all! :P Here are some quotes that are accredited to my homeboy Woody Allen, why am I posting them? Beats me too, but hey Enjoy!! :wink:
[b]"Love is the answer - but while you're waiting for the answer sex raises some pretty good questions."
"I believe that sex is a beautiful thing between two people. Between five, it's fantastic."
"Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love."
"Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's a pretty good one."
"I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own."
"A fast word about oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said 'no'." [/b]
You've gotta laugh right?! :P [/i]
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| This is just random.... |
| 04.23.04 (2:52 pm) [edit] |
[i]I was exhausted this morning, for no particular reason whatsoever that I can think of. Slapped the alarm for about an hour after it went off, and it was still a chore to drag myself out of bed.
There's a lot of stuff out there on that in-ter-web thingy these days, but I just haven't felt terribly talkative as of late. It's not really writers block as such, more of a general feeling of not having anything to add. It happens every so often. :? I just ramble randomly now.... here's the latest instalment:
The week's been good, with a few days of lounging around, relaxing, and watching movies (Lost in Translation, Hidalgo, Girl next door, and Monster), and I've been out to Cuba Cuba to bounce around, flirt, and hang out with friends. All in all, a very enjoyable week, except for y/day at work.
Yeah! also gotta announce that my beloved Newcastle United drew 0-0 with Marseille in the Semi-finals of the Uefa Cup last night. So we are still on course to qualify for the Finals in a fortnight..... (sorry but I'm a footy nut what can I say?!) :roll:
I've gotten back into the eternal project of packaging stuff into boxes for my move.... I never knew moving could be so fucking boring!! — so far, I've only been able to pack away non-essentials, and that's probably somewhere under halfway done. Yikes!. :shock: At this rate, Imma never gonna get this done in time!!
As sloppy as my apartment can get (and believe me, it can get quite sloppy — though it's usually just "extremely cluttered" as opposed to "disgustingly messy", a small but important difference), I tend to be extremely organized in many other areas of my life. But at the mo, my apartment looks like a bomb hit it!! The only thing is, I'm not feeling domestic at all at the moment.....I need a lady's touch! :P
And…well, that's about as exciting as things get right now. I'm sure my usual babble will resurface before terribly long. Until then, though… I'mma go get some brunch. Later peeps :wink: [/i]
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| Last night's gripe!! |
| 04.22.04 (9:38 pm) [edit] |
[i]Grrrrr…at 30 years of age, I really should be able to deal with talking to someone of the opposite sex without getting entirely tongue tied, shouldn't I? Blah. :P
So after I got done watching "Hidago" Wednesday night, as I'm leaving the cinema I notice that the city centre seems really busy for 9pm at night, even on a Wednsday night. I decided to wander down and see what's going on, and realize that there's been some kinda accident or summin. I was still pretty clueless as to just what was going on, so I asked a security guard who was standing around, and he didnt know either.
I hang around for a couple minutes, to do some people watching, when a girl walking by catches my eye. Probably about 5'8" or so, brown hair in a ponytail, wearing a very nice black velvet dress. She was looking around for a way to get across the street — not likely at that point, as the road was cordoned off nearely round the block, according to the security guard. We got started talking as she tried to figure out how to get to the bus she was hoping to catch, and ended up chatting for a block or two as I started to head home and she found her way to another bus stop. Cool cool — nice to actually strike up a conversation with an attractive girl that I see for once, outside of the pub or work!
I get home, shave and change, and head up to meet the guys for drinks up at the Cuba Cuba Club, right next door to Legends. As a surprise, they'd gotten ahold of Sarah and Dave from work, and the lot of us hung out there for a while, then headed down to Bar 55° that's just a few blocks away for munchies. We get there, sit down, and are sitting there talking, when who should walk in and sit directly across the aisle from us but the girl I'd been talking to earlier!
I saw her sit down, and when the converation lulled at our table for a moment, asked if she'd found her way to where she was going. She hadn't seen me yet, so this caught her a little off guard, but then she started laughing — apparently she'd been randomly running into people all day long. A little while later after heading to the restroom, I introduced myself to her, and found out that her name is Sabrina.
And…here's where the grumbling comes in. Put me in a room full of strangers and I can chat and flirt with anyone who comes by. Get me in the real world, actually trying to talk to someone that I find attractive…and I stumble all over myself rabbiting on abt anything and everything, waffling all over the place!....... what a dope!! :roll:
In any case, I think I survived... after eating — Dave, Sarah, and Rich all got up to head home for the night, and I hung around to talk with Sabrina for another few minutes. That didn't last too long however, as she was meeting someone else for coffee, and she (a nice enough seeming girl named Justine) showed up not too long afterwards, so I went ahead and made my exit. On the bright side, she didn't seem too put off by any of my stumbling, and said that she occasionally hits Bar 55° in the evenings…with any luck, I may run into her again — and maybe even remember how to construct an entire sentence next time! (If there is a next time, sigh!!)
I can hope, right? Feel free to empathise with me, but dont you dare pity me!! :evil: :roll: [/i]
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| Days like these...... |
| 04.22.04 (8:06 pm) [edit] |
[i]....... are a fweaking nightmare!! What a day!! I've spent the best part of today on-site, involved in client meetings and what not!! What really does-my-head-in tho... is that I cant see why they couldn't just go ahead and have these bloody meetings without me? Was my fucking day off after all!! :evil: Even the promise of days in lieu dont really make up for having to shelve my trip to London y/day! Wtf?! :roll:
So, it's been a full-blooded day of arse-kissing and pandering to the insane needs of clients, who just seem to fret abt the weirdest things. All the flipping projects are on schedule, so I cant see what all the bloody fuss is about!! I know it's such a cliche... but this really was "much ado abt nothing!!" And all this was after, getting in late last night after spending a rather pleasant day at the Cinema and out with some of the guys..... I'll drop a blog abt last night in a bit! :wink:
It's 7.00pm or there abt's here in Newcastle, and this is more or less the first bit of "me-time" I've had today. Someone owes me big time for all this! Well, at least I get tomorrow off now, instead of having to come back into work as I would have had to if I had stayed off today. Cant complain too much really can I?! Just wanna check my emails and whatnot, then I'll be back to check out my fav blogs and post the one abt last night..... I was a real prat last night!! :oops: ....brb!! :wink: [/i]
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| I'm bored, but I'm not boring...... |
| 04.21.04 (9:24 pm) [edit] |
[i]I, along with many (most?) people here on tblog, have a tendency to lament about how boring life is. After all, my general day-to-day routine is usually just that: Routine! I get up, go to work, mess around on the 'net, probably go to a pub/bar or a club, come home, mess around on the 'net again, and then go to bed.....if I'm lucky!
Round and round the merry-go-round we go!! :(
While talking to one of my friends at lunch today though, we both started laughing. Cos when I come to think of it, my life hasn't really been that boring at all! Over the past four months I have blogged abt various things that have happened or occured in my life and they aint that boring if I say so myself!! One must take care when making blanket statements......
I've bought a top-of-the-range computer, been seconded thru work to Shell in TX for a year starting in June, started blogging here on tblog, been able to watch three home matches of Newcastle United at St James' Park here in Newcastle (Had to include that!), have acquired a host of 'internet' friends who with time will become 'real' friends when we meet up along the way, had my blogsite go to #1 on the tblog hotblogs list (how I managed that I'll never know!).
Seen my little brother get engaged, been to the BRITS (the British equivalent of the Grammy's), had my first visit by my folks since I left home many years ago, had my first ever Valentine's day since I can remember alone (not that I'm proud of that btw!), went to the 'Joe' concert in Birmingham, established the "Thursday Evening Drinking Club" (a support group for young, dynamic, good-looking, preferably single, and loaded workaholics to relax and chew the fat in Newcastle), got more involved with politics by blogging abt it and writing to my local MP, lost my camera, bought a new digital camera to replace it, been on a few dates (hurray!!) and even now I'm at a loss of how to top that in the next four months?!.
[b]Not bad for a "boring life", eh?[/b] :shock:
I know that's all gonna probably change sometime next week or this, when I'm stuck behind my desk at work doing the shittiest and most boring work ever from early morning to late evening, then I'll dare myself to say that life is never boring :P For now, I'm at home off work and thinking of going out tonight..... what abt you? [/i]
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| Only in America..... |
| 04.21.04 (8:37 pm) [edit] |
[i]..... could such a travesty occur. No offence all you sabre-rattling patriots but what the fuck is going on? A few months ago while on my lunch break, I read a story about [b]William Hung[/b], the kid who had gained fame and notoriety for a inimitable rendition of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" on American Idol. Since I don't bother with watching American Idol on TV, that was the first I'd heard about this little mini-phenomenon, but I thought it was a cute little story......as stories go!
Imagine my surprise the other afternoon when I discovered that the [b]iTunes Music [/b] now has William's rendition of "She Bangs" — along with three other equally cringe-inducing songs available for download! I'm not bothering to download any of them — the thirty-second previews were more than enough for me — but it was more than enough to give me a good laugh. :lol:
Has he really become an Idol? What a freaking joke! Only in Ameriac tho....... **shakes his head in bewilderment!** :P [/i]
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| Just messing around! |
| 04.21.04 (4:40 pm) [edit] |
[i]Been checking out books at Amazon.com and came across a really good one and these are excerpts from the book which I intend to buy today. Really cool stuff in it. The book is called [b]"Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You"[/b] Chiasmus and a World of Quotations That Say What They Mean and Mean What They Say
by Dr. Mardy Grothe.
Recognise this famous line? [b]"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask whay you can do for your country"[/b]
Quotations like these have been used for centuries by the worlds greatest thinkers, leaders, and entertainers - from Aristotle to Skakespeare, John F. Kennedy to Mae west. There is a name for the expresion apparently ..... [b]"Chiasmus"[/b] - n : inversion in the second of two parallel phrases i.e a reversal in the order of two words in two otherwise parallel phrases.
Examples:
"[b]Love[/b] makes [b]time[/b] pass, [b]Time[/b] makes [b]love[/b] pass."
"It is the [b]dull[/b] man who is always [b]sure[/b], And the [b]sure[/b] man who is always [b]dull[/b]."
"[b]Say[/b] what you [b]mean[/b], And [b]mean[/b] what you [b]say[/b]."
"Here's [b]champagne[/b] for our [b]real[/b] friends, and [b]real pain[/b] for our [b]sham[/b] friends."
"You have to know how to [b]accept rejection[/b], and know how to [b]reject acceptance[/b]."
"It's not the [b]men[/b] in my [b]life[/b], It's the [b]life[/b] in my [b]men[/b]"...... Mae West.
[b]This got me thinking and I've come up with a few of my own: :P[/b]
"I don't [b]pray[/b] because I don't want to [b]bore[/b] God; and I don't [b]bore[/b] God because I don't [b]pray[/b]!"
"There is a charm about the [b]forbidden[/b] that makes it unspeakably [b]diserable[/b]; and a charm about the [b]desirable[/b] that makes it unspeakably [b]forbidden[/b]."
"Anyone who has never made a [b]mistake[/b] has never tried anything [b]new[/b]; and anyone who has never tried anything [b]new[/b] has never made a [b]mistake[/b]"
"My [b]understanding[/b] of women goes only as far as the [b]pleasures[/b] I've got; and my [b]pleasures[/b] of women goes only as far as the [b]understanding[/b] I've got."
"People rarely [b]succeed[/b] unless they have [b]fun[/b] in what they are doing; and people rarely have [b]fun[/b] in what they are doing unless they [b]succeed[/b]"
"Remember, [b]today[/b] is the tomorrow you worried about [b]yesterday[/b]; and [b]yesterday[/b] is the [b]today[/b] you worried about tomorrow"
"What matters is not the [b]length[/b] of the [b]magic[/b] wand; what matters is the [b]magic[/b] in the [b]length[/b] of the wand"
"[b]Drama[/b] is [b]life[/b] with the dull bits left out; and [b]life[/b] is [b]drama[/b] with all the dull bits left in."
As you can tell I have a lot of time on my hands, just messing around with this lot. Gotta go get some lunch now methinks, I'm really in the mood for summin fattening..... so I'm off to the pub for some good ol pub-grub. Cy'all later :wink: [/i]
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| Quote of the day..... |
| 04.21.04 (3:06 pm) [edit] |
[i][b]"Who is more foolish — the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?"[/b] — Maurice Freehill.
Like I'm supposed to know?? :? :roll: [/i]
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| Am I Addicted?! |
| 04.21.04 (2:07 pm) [edit] |
[i]..... I must warn y'all, I'm in one of those retrospective moods today. Woke up this morning, realised I wasn't going into to work and the first thing that popped into my mind was "go check out what's happening in blogland" Now that isn't such a surprise I guess, in as much as it's a thought that pops into my mind almost daily when I have a few minutes to myself. What's really worrying tho, is the ease with which I then blank out things that I shd be attending to in the real world!
Computers are wonderful things. A computer plus the Internet is even more so, with the ability to connect easily, quickly, and in many different ways with people around the world. But the real world is a very important thing, too — and it scares me when people will abandon their lives for the sake of online interactions.
I've seen this happen with friends and colleagues, too.
I've watched one friend lose his friends, girlfriend, and job because he did nothing except surf the net, from sunrise to sunset. I've found myself having to console the girlfriend of another mate when he ignored her attempts to coax him into bed, preferring to play games online. what's with all that? (I know which I'd choose!) Since when did the internet become a substitute for our real life interactions?
Of course, it's not just games, but virtually all forms of online interaction that can prompt this sort of behaviour in people. Online channels, web-based chat, online gaming, discussion boards, forums…even weblogs (like ours here on tblog ....gasp!) can interfere with people's real lives — and it's not just the people who surf that are directly involved — if these web options are allowed to have too much influence. The scary thing is, I've noticed that I spend probably way too much time online nowadays too.... could I be turning into one of these peeps? Could it be possible that I am also, even if minutely delving deeper and deeper into the web's embrace to the detriment of my 'real' life? :?
I've always tried to keep a fairly strict hierarchy for my interactions, and it's rare that I'll deviate without good reason. I've listed them below in order, from most to least important, with each able to be superseded at any time by the item above:
1. Real-world, face-to-face interactions. (I do love socialising)
2. Phone calls. (love my cell, as y'all already know!) :P
3. IM messages. (when I'm online)
4. Online chat. (try this once in a while..... not so good at this btw!)
5. Online games (just included just to fill out the list, as I've never really been much of a gamer, let alone an online gamer).
Personally, I find it somewhat amazing that people can approach the world with a different set of priorities, but it's obvious (and somewhat sad) that they do. Are computers, the internet and online interations really taking over our lives to such an extent that we aren't even aware of it? Funnily enough, I always seem to get really frustrated if the internet plays up or a site I want to get to is down, but if I cant reach someone by phone, or cant get a signal on my cell phone I am less stressed..... what's that all abt then?
Well, I might not have noticed it before, but I'll be keeping a very watchful eye out now, and rein myself in from time to time if I see myself sliding down that slippery slope....... what abt you, does this ring any bells?! :?[/i]
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| Can it get any worse?! |
| 04.21.04 (1:14 pm) [edit] |
[i]Been somewhat of a roller coaster morning here in Newcastle so far! It's my day off and I'm supposed to be chillin out having fun, but hey that would be way too easy wouldn't it?! :roll:
[b]Elation:[/b] Finding a Customer Service rep who's competent, and who discovers that due to some billing irregularities BT owe me £108, and credit that to my current telephone account. Yay!! :)
[b]Frustration:[/b] Discovering that I may have to put off my trip to London for this afternoon as I'm needed back at the office tomorrow for a client meeting that was scheduled after I had left y/day! I swear they only gave me the bloody cell phone so they could make my life hell!! :evil: I now wish I never picked the bleeding thing up this morning!
And the day just keeps getting [b]better![/b]. :evil: Cant seem to get my computer to work properly.....It's all of 12pm, and I'm having an amazingly shitty day already!. Hope y'all having a better day than I am?! :( [/i]
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| Viagra Sucks!! |
| 04.20.04 (6:01 pm) [edit] |
[i]Got this via email, just a few minutes ago from a pal in the US. Made me laugh, but then again I laugh at anything..... :lol:
One man's experience with ordering Viagra online, and the results thereof…
[b]Man[/b]:…my reasoning went like this; maybe if I bought some of their sweet precious Viagra, they would shut the hell up. As a bonus, I would actually own some Viagra, which I could use to surprise my wife on Valentine's Day. "Oh, darling!" my wife would exclaim. "Twelve hours of painful, nonstop intercourse? You shouldn't have!" :roll:
So I did it. I took the bait. I spent a day surfing the Viagra sites, and I was shocked by what I found. With shipping, it ran me $100 for three tablets, but that was a small price to pay for what I was about to do with it. You see, I was most intrigued by this claim on the Viagra web site:[/i]
[b]You will not get an erection just by taking this medicine. VIAGRA helps a man with erectile dysfunction get an erection only when he is sexually excited.[/b]
[i]There was only one way to test this outlandish claim: I would take Viagra at the one place I knew I wouldn't get sexually excited, and then I'd see what happened.[/i]
[b]I would take Viagra in church!.[/b]
[I]…it's the recovery, my friends, that really works. There is no down time. Rebooting (or should I say, "rebootying") is instantaneous. You're the Insatiable Loggerman! It's like the Energizer Bunny, who instead of banging that drum, he was banging the crap out of his gay lover. That's what the drum represents, you know. That rabbit is as gay as a French horn.
Anyway, partway into the seventeenth or eighteenth time, I suddenly realized that my wife hadn't taken a drug. She was this way naturally. Do you see what I'm, ah, driving at here? Suddenly I was made aware of how little I had been doing all these years to satisfy my wife! [b]Viagra SUCKS![/B] :evil: [/i]
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| Ramblings..... |
| 04.20.04 (2:34 pm) [edit] |
[i]I'm around, I just haven't been feeling overly talkative today. Not sure why, really, but figured a couple of hours away from the blog wouldn't really hurt anyone.... so I'm gonna go recharge my batteries and come back later.
Nothing much going on here in my neck of the woods anyway, got to work nice and early after a night of blatant reveling.... was surprised I didn't wake up with a hang-over after guzzling quite a few jugs of Vodka and Red bull..... (definitely a pick me up to be tried by all!) :wink: Thankfully, I'm only here till 4pm today, after which I'm off for a couple of days. Planning to go see my pals in London just to get away from Newcastle for a bit.
Anyway, in a fortuitous bit of serendipity, I just re-discovered a website I'd found a few months ago, but forgotten to bookmark — It's called [b]'All Consuming'[/b] http://allconsuming.net/, which scans recently updated weblogs for Amazon book links, and uses that data to track what books are currently popular in the weblog world. Nifty stuff to explore!
Amusingly enough, there's a feature in the top right that lists the first line of a book for you to attempt to guess the source, which reminded me of a bookstore up on Broadway on Capitol Hill that does the same with a readerboard on the sidewalk. (Saw this while I was in the US a while back!) As it turns out, that very bookstore is where All Consuming's webmaster got the idea! Small world, I tell ya. :)
Incidentally, though, I've never run across a first line up at the bookstore that I knew. Hmmm. Guess I just haven't read enough books yet! Althought I did think of [b]Kate[/b] http://chicalookate.tblog.com... and [b]Lynne[/b] http://lynne.tblog.com when I saw this site again..... seeing as they seem to be the book boffins here on tblog, maybe they woulkd like it? :P So ladies go check it out, that's if you haven't already been there mind you :roll:
I'm bored as you might well be able to tell. It's probably a bad sign when I start to bore even myself! :shock: Of course, that doesn't mean that I'm likely to stop blogging anytime soon, boring or not. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing — or just indifferent — but somehow, I just don't see myself closing up shop and walking away. I'm just not sure that I'm really contributing that much, and if that's the case, where do I want to go from here? Any suggestions?? :?
I guess I'll snap out of it, and be back to my sizzling self soon..... until then bear with me! :wink: I'm gonna go get some grub now. Ciao....[/i]
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| Work stuff! |
| 04.20.04 (2:05 pm) [edit] |
[i]Looks like I'm leaving work early tonight. I'll be here until about 4pm or so, and catching a ride home with one of the other guys in the office. I'm so bored today though!!— blah! :(
On the upside, I finally got a chance to talk with my line manager about my future with AG, a conversation that I'd been itching to have for a while now. When working for AG, a consultant such as myself can be go a maximum of 18 months before his/her situation gets re-evaluated. I've known that the tail end of my 18 months was coming up fairly quickly, but wasn't at all sure about what I'd be looking at when it did. Some of my questions finally got answered today.... especially with the one year secondment coming up.
So, all in all, it was a good talk, and I ended up a bit more optimistic than I had been before. I'm still somewhat undecided, and definitely keeping my option of just renewing my employee contract and then look for something else in the back of my head, but at the very least, it's worth seeing what my options are and what AG offers me. As long as I'm at least maintaining my status quo, it'll be worth thinking about — maybe I'll get lucky and things might even improve a bit. Who knows?
There are also various training options that I could take advantage of down the line, from internal training classes certified by the Institute of Civil Engineers to possibly going back to Uni with AG's help financially (on the assumption that whatever I'm going to school for would benefit AG in some way — networking or technology classes I guess they'd pay for, but anything not related I'd have to pay for out of my own pocket).
That's enough abt work, I did say I was in a boring mood and pretty bored myself.... no excuse tho for me to pass it along to you guys here..... I'll go now if that's ok?! Cya peeps..... I wish I had more interesting stuff to blog abt today :( [/i]
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| Cigarettes dont put themselves out!! |
| 04.19.04 (9:54 pm) [edit] |
[i]Wow — scary stuff. Apparently there was a fire at James and Kemi's apartment complex in Stevenage yesterday afternoon. Marc was kind enough to let me know about it via email.
Thankfully, according to Kemi, everyone is okay, including the kids. Here's bits of her email:
[b]Anyways, aside from being just another exciting day in Stevenage, we're doing okay. The fireInspector called us and was pleased to tell us that our apartment was not the source of the fire. He couldn't talk any further about it, but I suspect my neighbors are going to get into trouble because they left a burning cigarette on their back porch that happened to catch a cardboard box that was holding their ashtray. There was also a propane canister explosion. It was the explosion that woke James up, but the fire was already filling our apartment with smoke and the fireman ordered him out before he could get the kids. But they got them![/b]
I'm just glad that everyone is fine. You all know that if you ever need a floor to crash on, my place is always open?! Oh, sure, there's that little matter of me being a few hundred miles away and all…but the offer stands anyway :P
Jokes apart, just goes to show... put it out! dont leave it to chance!! :roll: [/i]
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| Hypocritical or what? |
| 04.19.04 (6:37 pm) [edit] |
[i]Just read abt this and had to post it here: There are two groups of people out there today that think violence is either good or bad... and the worse thing is they seem like the same friggin group to me!! which are you? :?
Interesting ruminations…
[b]Group One [/b] blames violence in video games and movies for the behavior of today's youth.
[b]Group Two [/b] buys out entire theaters for church groups, youth groups and families to see Mel Gibson's "The Passion".
[b]Any bets on just how separate those two groups really are?[/b]
I'm guessing that while there are definitely people solidly in one camp or another, there are probably quite a few people in both groups (and I'll be damned if I can remember the name of that kind of diagram — you know, the one with two overlapping circles…) that see absolutely no conflict between the two positions. How they would manage that, I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be at all surprised. (just being sarcastic y'all"!) Hypocritical or what?? Heh? :P [/i]
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| Get the f**k out..... |
| 04.19.04 (5:43 pm) [edit] |
[i]......of my life!! I could swing for somebody one of these days! :evil: Why is it that friends have the nak of pissing you off summin rotten?! I've recently come to a conclusion that the people in your life either have positive or negative influence on you. With that in mind I've decided that all the negative influencing people in my life have got to go! [b]"Well-intentioned"[/b] people; nearly every one knows at least one. In fact, we could all probably rattle off a few names in a matter of minutes. They are the ones that are constantly advising you about habits or lifestyle in the most well-meaning of tones; the ones who can't help but comment on some misfortune you've had or who mysteriously appear when they need something from you. :roll:
And, they are the ones who are slowly, and not so silently, zapping the life and happiness from your life. The worst part is that you may not even realize it is happening! :shock: I've just decided tho, that I'm gonna take active steps to either minimalise their effect in my life or eradicate them altogether! :evil: I guess the first step is to realize there is a problem. So, to start with I'll need to understand how they are harmful to ME! I've narrowed it down to the following areas:
Do they make harmful comments? Do they fail to be supportive? Do they fail to contribute equally to the friendship? Do I find myself feeling better or worse after spending time with them? Are they draining me emotionally or financially? Do they call constantly to rattle off their problems, but never help with mine? Have I offered countless solutions to help them out, but they never seem to take any advice? Do they continually visit without notice? (doesn't that just piss you the fuck off?, it does me!!) These are but a few questions I've been asking myself in this regards.....
The most appalling thing tho... is that if I'm honest, a few of my so-called friends fit the bill! :? The most effective way I've come up with is to remove them from my life completely. That means no more communication, unless it is completely unavoidable. Unfortunately, you can't go around breaking off ties with every person you may find disagreeable. This is especially true if the trouble source is a family member, co-worker, long-time family friend or part of some other integral aspect of your life. In such cases, I'll need to apply a more realistic approach...... but what that is, beats me!
Realistically, I need to cut off communication for as long as I possibly can. I've got to view this period of time as one of getting back to what's important…without the distractions. We all need time alone to remember what it's like without the interrupting influence and, to be honest, just to unwind. I may only need a weekend or maybe a few weeks. I guess I'll know when the time is right to make contact again, if ever!!.
I've decided I've also got to find ways to limit their effect on me.. For example, make sure the time I spend with them is limited, such as going to a movie, dinner or just hanging out. Meet them at the destination, and make sure they know ahead of time I need to leave when I want to. Bottom line really is, realizing that the only way someone can have a real negative effect on me is if I let them. Sometimes just knowing that I don't need to take what they say or do personally is enough to make the time spent with that person more pleasant.... If that's at all possible?. (Cos I know, I do let it get to me!)
All a bit drastic and dramatic I know, and after writing this I did consider that maybe I had too much time on my hands hence the long mulling over what someone did or didnt do to piss me the fuck off and get me into such a state to even consider all this..... but hey, I never said I wasn't a drama queen did I? :P On the level though, what has been your experience with other's who may be having negative influences on your life? Any takers??! Might be good to share ..... go on, you know you want to .... :wink: [/i]
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| Busy busy busy..... |
| 04.19.04 (3:30 pm) [edit] |
[i]Hey peeps, it's been a busy morning so far, but I figured I'd grab myself a break to catch upon some blogging for a bit. I ended up having a pretty nice weekend — a good balance of getting out and doing stuff, and kicking back and killing time at home as well as catching up with Pascale after about 11months...... Missed all you blog-pals here on tblog tho, so I figured I've got to make up for lost time and see what's what in the land of blog!! :D
Work is going well. It's been really interesting so far…a very big change from the other depts I've worked at in the past. Definitely takes some getting used to…I'm not really sure if I can say if it's better or worse, but it's definitely different. :? One thing's for sure though — I miss my Sarah! I got really spoiled by my years of working with her...she always made the coffees or teas when we had breaks..... I know what a dag I am!! :P
As this dept is much smaller and has a much more limited job specification, they don't have the high-end equipment I've been able to play with for the last few years, also limits the amount of time I spend in the office to blog. We are always on one site or another and meeting with clients...which is good but very tedious!! A big switch from the relaxed if somewhat boring dept I was in a month or so ago. It seems like every time I turn around, with almost every job I do here, I'm seeing ways it would be easier and/or faster for both myself and the client, but I'm not gonna rock the boat seeing as I leave in roughly a month :wink:
Soanyway, that's about it for the day so far. It may very well be another week before I get to another post, due to my work schedule (only joking!!) :P In the meantime, I'm going to write a blog about a few friends who have been pissing me off lately..... watch this space! :wink: Later peeps :D[/i]
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| Another week begins...... |
| 04.18.04 (9:58 pm) [edit] |
[i]Had a very pleasant weekend — just staying at home and relaxing for most of it. Saturday I went out with Pascale, Riaza, and Jenny for a bit. We started with lunch at Waterside Palace Restaurant, a nice little spot up Forth Banks a bit, then we all headed down to the Gateshead Indoor Market to do some birthday shopping for Debbie. Of course, as we were wandering around in a cooking store finding her present, who should we run in to but…Debz! Just the way these things work, I guess. In any case, everyone got things hidden in time, and we chatted with her and her sister Megan for a bit before they took off again, and we got the gifts and skedaddled...... close shave!! :roll:
Yesterday evening spent a good few hours catching up and just chatting with Pascale, since we hadn't had a chance since Friday. She and her friend Riaza had spent Thursday with Riazia's friend Marty down in London, and then the two of them came up to Newcastle on Friday evening so that Pascale and I could visit. Was a lot of fun — I keep telling her we've got to get together more often than just once a year! :roll:
Much of the fun of the evening was chatting with Riazia. Pascale and I had made plans to go out to a couple of the clubs here while she was in town, and as the two that I know best are Cuba Cuba and the Jazz cafe, those were our destinations for the night. While I didn't have any worries about Pascale fitting in at my usual haunts, it was a little entertaining shepherding Riazia along with us — people of indian background, while not completely out of place at Cuba Cuba, aren't often seen in the domain of the Jazz Cafe! :P
Still, she was a good sport, and it made for a fun evening. Tony, one of the people I've met at the Jazz Cafe came up and talked with Riazia for a while after checking with me first to make sure it'd be okay, since I was obviously with the two of them. His first question; "So, do you feel a little out of place here?" As it turns out, she'd been a bit worried at first, but quickly realized that she was perfectly safe, and nobody was going to screw with her. Didn't surprise me, of course, but it was fun to watch the initial reactions. (I know... I'm soo evil!) :P
All in all, a very fun evening — a little drinking, a little dancing, and a lot of catching up, until they had to head back to my pad to sleep and prepare for the drive back to London today. Sunday has been spent mostly cleaning up at home, after getting them breakfast. I love women who aren't fussy abt what they eat in the morning.... made it so much easier getting brekkie! :) So they headed off a few hours ago and I caught up on some much needed sleep..... let's just hope I'm not lethargic tomorrow! Always good to see old friends again. Now, who's next to visit Newcastle? :? [/i]
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| Tribute to my Dad!! |
| 04.17.04 (10:12 pm) [edit] |
[b]Except in the life of a hero, the whole world is meaningless. The hero sees values beyond what's possible. That's the nature of a hero. It kills him, of course, ultimately. But it makes the whole struggle of humanity worthwhile.[/b] — John Gardner, [i] Grendel
My Dad always was and always will be my [b]Hero[/b]!! I know it's soppy and sentimental, but gawd dammit! it's TRUE!! This is for you Pops, you are a true Hero...... luv ya :lol: [/i]
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| Religion, faith and belief. |
| 04.17.04 (10:03 pm) [edit] |
[i]Had this blog in mind for a couple of days now, since reading a post that 'J' :http://j.tblog.com "Quick question" had on her site about Religion. Thought abt it and decided to write summin abt it. If Religion bores the shit outta you, then you need to stop reading this now.... otherwise carry on.
Over the years, from time to time, I've surprised people when they find out that not only was I raised in a Christian family, but I still count many of my core beliefs as Christian. Apparently, I don't "come across that way," as one friend put it in high school. My primary colour of choice is generally black altho I'm partial to blue at times too.
I listen to a lot of dark music or alternative music. I've always run around with the alternative crowd. I have never had any problems with people believing in ghosts, magic (or majick), Gaea, or any form of "paganism" (popularly described as anything that's not one of the major forms of religion).
On top of it all, I count my beliefs as mine, and other people's beliefs as theirs. If they want to talk about it fine — but I'm not about to attempt to convince them that I'm "right" and they're "wrong", and I expect the same respect from them.
At the same time, while the base of my personal belief system is rooted in the Christian church (specifically, the Anglican church), I certainly have my times when I struggle with it. The existance of any type of god is not always something that's easy to hold on to, when faced with the things that go on in the world all the time.
Some days I see sunbeams cutting through trees and making the golds and reds of the fallen leaves glow against the mossy ground, and it's hard not to believe in God. I have a friend studying massage therapy and kinesthesiology, and for her, the more she learns about how the body works, how all the systems interact with each other to keep us moving, it convinces her more and more that there must be an intelligence behind it all, and helps to keep her faith in God intact.
At other times, I see the atrocities commited by man upon other men, upon the world we live on, and find it very hard to believe that there can be anything "keeping an eye on us." It's all part. It happens. It's how you deal with it, and what decisions you come to, that help make up who you are — and I personally think that there aren't necessarily any "right" or "wrong" answers to any of it.
So when we talk abt Religion or faith or belief, shouldn't we just be talking abt life itself? I have no compunction in going to a mosque, synagogue or a shrine if need be..... all I know is that Faith is subjective and whatever you believe in, as long as you believe it, then it's good for you! Live and fucking let live I say...... easy to ridicule a religion, but then ignorance is bliss isn't it?? :roll:
I'm off out, catch you dudes later :wink: [/i]
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| Springtime, and life is easy... |
| 04.17.04 (3:37 pm) [edit] |
[i]Just had to comment on the weather up here in Newcastle! It's gorgeous weather outside. Sunny, clear skies, temperatures in the high 40's to low 50's — and I haven't got to go to work. Yay!! :lol:
I dont know what it is with the Sun, but up here in Newcastle any hint of Sunshine and all the tight tops, short skirts, bra tops and whatnot come outta the closet. Have you noticed how even minging girls kinda look hot in skimpy outfits? (Not that I was gawping or anything, mind you!) :oops:
More on the plus side, it should be a gorgeous day for the London Marathon being run tomorrow, and a few of us are thinking of going down to catch the action! As soon as we can figure out who'll do the driving.....Expect lots of pictures from that if we go, sometime Monday!
..... off to get that lunch now, Ciao peeps :wink: [/I]
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| A visit from Pascale.... |
| 04.17.04 (3:20 pm) [edit] |
[i]Poking my head up for a few moments to say hello! :D
Pascale came in to town in the early hours of this morning from New York, which was a surprise. She's featuring in a theartre production in London and decided to come pay me an impromptu visit. Kirsty and Dennis showed up at my door this morning too, and the four of us have been having fun just fooling around town and hanging out. Did some wandering around last night, did a stop by the Chinese for dinner, after the Barluga wine bar ...... of course, that I'll gist y'all about later. :P All I can say is that it was GREAT Fun last night, although y'all know a gentleman never reveals all!! :wink:
That's the excitement so far… about to head out for some lunch, catch y'all later :lol: ....[/i]
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| Quote of the day!! |
| 04.16.04 (7:36 pm) [edit] |
[i][b]"In a world of pollution, profanity, adolescence, zits, broccoli, racism, ozone depletion, sexism, stupid guys, and PMS, why the hell do people still tell me to have a nice day?".......[/b] :evil:
Nothing much going on today, cant wait to get outta here!! :roll: [/i]
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| It's Friday!! |
| 04.16.04 (2:12 pm) [edit] |
[i]First and foremost, please join me in wishing my 'Mumsy' a wonderful and Happy Birthday! She is a Mum in a million, and deserves a day filled with treats and lots of happiness. Wouldn't change her for the world.... just a pity she cant read this (my fault, she knows nothing abt my blog!) but I'm sure apart from the customary phone call from me and the prezzies, she'll feel the warm, heartfelt best wishes exuding forth from me at this very moment. Happy Birthday Mum, luv ya to bits!! Yay!! :D
Been a busy morning so far, but I figured I'd grab a couple minutes to babble away for a bit. I ended up having a pretty nice evening y/day — a good balance of getting out and doing stuff, as well as just kicking back and having a chat at the pub. After that we all went to see the late showing of Monster, the new Charlize Theron film about the serial killer Aileen Wuornos. We had a laugh, sorry but I became one of those people I hate at Cinemas who chatter all the way thru and laugh at everything. Might have been the drink.... who knows?! But I hereby apologise to all the peeps that I might have upset at the Cinema last night, yeah we were the rowdy group in the back aisle! Sorry!! :oops:
This evening I'm going out with Helen, a girl I've met here at work. She works for one of the other businesses in the building, and after getting talking after running into each other a few times, we figured we'd get together sometime. So to be on the safe side (just in case she sucks!) we're going out with a group of peeps from work this evening to "Barluga" a wine bar in town.... hopefully it'll be a very pleasant evening — and I figure that any girl I mention 'Straight Out of Brooklyn' to in passing, and have her know exactly what movie I'm talking about (it's not the most well-known flick out there!) has got to be pretty cool. Anyways, we'll see what happens from here, I suppose.... and yeah I'll fill y'all in. :wink:
And that about brings us up to the here and now, as I continue muddling my way through another day of paperwork, and constant meetings..... I'll be back after lunch peeps. Keep it real! :P [/i]
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| Jazznote Rocks!! |
| 04.15.04 (7:30 pm) [edit] |
[i]Just a quick note to say that [b]"Jazznote"[/b] is all sorts of 'Cool', and that I hereby bestow instant 'Celebrity status' upon her (at least among the ten or so people that read my blog)...just kidding!. :D She only went a made a gorgeous banner for mua, and it will soon take pride of place on my site... (just as soon as I can figure out how to get the bleeding thing to show-up after pasting it!) :roll:
Well, that's it for the moment......just had to get that done. I'm a bit late in mentioning it, is all..... Jazznote you Rock!! Yay!! :wink: [/i]
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| Restaurant or Bar ? |
| 04.15.04 (7:18 pm) [edit] |
[i]All those years in restaurants and bars I never did understand why someplaces that serve liquor and food are restaurants and some are bars. Not that I had any particular preference, as long as they sold alcohol then either was fine by me. The food aspect was always inconsequential! :wink:
But thanks to a blog I read! I have this handy guide. It's got a handy list of ways to tell whether you're at a restaurant or a bar, here they are:
[b]If your napkin feels like linen, it’s a restaurant. If your napkin feels like the Yellow Pages, it’s a bar.
If you need reservations, it’s a restaurant. If you have reservations about admitting where you were till 2 a.m., it’s a bar.
If an 8-ball flies across the room and lands in your taco salad, it’s a bar.
If the floor show involves a baby grand piano, it’s a restaurant. If the floor show involves a garden hose or a large vat of chocolate pudding, it’s a bar.
If the patrons in the men’s room believe that all of the porcelain fixtures, including the sink, were put there for the same purpose, it’s a bar.
If you can’t recall your waiter’s name, it could be a bar or a restaurant. If you can’t recall the name of the person you went home with, it was a bar. :P
If the waiter challenges your choice of wines, it’s a restaurant. If the waiter challenges you to a fist fight over the Miami-Virginia Tech score, it’s a bar.
If the floor crunches when you walk, it’s probably a bar – unless it’s a restaurant with an “all-you-can-eat” seafood buffet.
If the menu features the word 'fromage', it’s a restaurant. If the menu features the words “at your own risk,” it’s a bar. :lol:
If you are greeted by an elegant woman dressed in Prada, it’s a restaurant. If you are greeted by a topless woman on a trapeze or rollerskates, it’s a bar.
If the chef is wearing nicer shoes than you are, it’s a restaurant. If the chef is the shirtless guy who checked your ID at the door, it’s a bar.
If a man with a violin strolls through at 11 p.m., it’s a restaurant. If the Shore Patrol strolls through at 11 p.m., it’s a bar.
If the waiter recommends a dish made famous in Tuscany, it’s a restaurant. If the waiter recommends a dish made famous in Buffalo, it’s a bar.
If there are flames coming from a saucepan, it’s a restaurant. If there are flames coming from your pants pockets, it’s a bar.
If the Friday Night Special is advertised as a “pasta toss” it’s a restaurant. If the Friday Night Special is advertised as a “buy-one-get-one-free” it’s a bar.
If your blind date is waving a Nokia, it’s a restaurant. If your blind date is waving a Smith & Wesson, it’s a bar.
When the evening ends and a valet named Yves has your car keys, it’s a restaurant. When the evening ends and a tow-truck driver named Spud has your keys, it’s a bar.[/b]
Good thing, too peeps are constantly getting confused aren't ya?! :? :P [/i]
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| Am I a bicycle-hater?! |
| 04.15.04 (5:44 pm) [edit] |
[i]Woke up this morning with a head cold (I slept with the window wide open last night! :oops: ) and it's just gotten worse as the day's gone by. I've been drinking OJ like it was water all day and going outta fashion, and I just popped two Nuerofen tablets, so hopefully I'll be feeling a little more human this evening. Altho, aint nothing gonna stop me from going for the "club" meeting later on! :wink:
Anyway, was driving to work this morning and had a run in with a cyclist. Now, dont get me wrong, I'm not a two-wheel snob, but by heck they do get on my last nerves!! :evil: I could even go as far as saying "When it comes to the great debate about motorists sharing Newcastle city streets with cyclists, I say you're either with the motorists or you're with the terrorists!!" A bit extreme, I know but what is with cyclists? Do they all seem to have some kinda death wish or summin? :?
I realize that it's only some cyclists who don't obey traffic rules and fail to make proper turn signals..... and I know many would ask how this makes them any different from car drivers? I also realize some drivers feel inconvenienced when they have to pass those slow-moving two-wheeled contraptions. But what really gets up my nose is the non-chalant attitude they have when faced with a precarious situation all of their own doing!! I have been known to give plenty of hostile attention in the form of honking horns, unkind comments and whatnot, but never seems to work! :shock:
Why you'd want to ride a bike all the time anyway is beside me.....imagine all the eating of energy bars to compensate for all the extra work it takes to peddle one of those things? :? It would undoubtedly be easier on everyone if bicyclists rode on bike paths or, at the very least, bike lanes. Of course, that would be too easy wouldn't it!! :evil: In as much as I'm ranting I do believe that this is a casualty just waiting to happen.... but I aint gonna let one of the little fuckers get me mixed up in a crash. Was a close shave this morning tho.... I nearly knocked the fool over, cos he didnt signal that he intended to cut across me to change lanes... what a plank!! :roll:
My advice to all Motorists that come across these pain-in-the-you-know-what s...... be careful, and if cyclist slows you up for a few seconds, don't give in to the temptation to get past em, cos that'll only give the prats the satisfaction of knowing they are getting to you. I'm sure you wouldn't have guessed that the prat from this morning got to me would you now? :P *hmpf* :roll: [/i]
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| Last Night!! |
| 04.15.04 (4:47 pm) [edit] |
[i]Sorry folks, I got side tracked y/day hence my abrupt vanishing act from tblog last night. The good news was that my boys the "magpies" (That's Newcastle United for all you that dont know!) won their quarter final match last night, so we are through to the Semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. I've a good feeling we might just go on to win our first trophy in 35yrs this year!! :wink: Forgive me if that bored the pants off you..... couldn't help myself! :P
So finished work early (cos of the footy!) and went down to the pub to watch the match on the big screen. Tense affair, but we celebrated in style. Some of the guys raised the fact that our club hadn't met up recently so, this evening the "Thursday Evening Drinking Club" is meeting for a session. Please feel free to come join us after work, but you'll have to undergo an initiation ceremony that entails drinking a few choice cocktails as well as a few concoctions of our choice..... any takers?! :? :P
Then I finally get home last night and walk into my apartment building and practically get a "contact-high" while in the entryway. Now, I've got nothing big against pot, or pot smokers, it's just not something that I choose to do, and I'd rather not have to smell it every damn day when I get home. Apparently someone in one of the apartments right near the entryway to the building is one heck of a smoker, and roundabout 10pm like clockwork is their time to toke up, because I've been catching whiffs every day when I get home for about the past three weeks, at least. :evil:
Last night was the worst it's been — the smell was incredibly strong, strong enough that I was surprised that I couldn't actually see the smoke, even so I could still smell it at the top of the stairs on the third floor. I had a good mind to go bang on their door and say summin, but thought better of it seeing as I wasn't excatly in a state to have a ding-dong after the drinking session in the bar. Hell! I was more or less asleep immediately I got in, so didnt dwell on it too much....... and that was last night, or as much of it that I can remember!. :D [/i]
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