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Monday, February 8, 2010
.....Broken,
I aimed for 2010 to both stop buying any more new books until I read all the unread ones on my shelf and I have failed in that, goona havta try and keep up
I wanted to see if I could go vegetarian, the idea being to try and do it for february to see if I could hack it and move on from there.
In the first week of Febuaray I've eaten, oxtail, sausages, duck, chicken and some beef.
I haven't bought any meat though.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Sometimes you really should just do what your gut tells you.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
That spring is coming because the bluebells in my garden have started to come through, which is a good incentive to do the weeding.
Blackberries are being persistent as usual, think I may dig out as much as I can, expose what's left and douse it in salt to see if that'll do any good in keeping the beggars at bay. I also have to seriously trim back the ivy to try and give the honey suckle a chance, the dog rose just seems to just push through it all but the honey suckle has problems, the problem with cutting the ivy back too much though is that last year I noticed there were two blackbirds nests in there and I would like to encourage this sort of behaviour again this spring, maybe if I could just thin it rather then decimating it, we'll all be happy.
Another sign is that the chrysalis that was hanging on my broom in the kitchen has hatched, I was kinda gutted I missed that happen. Last year I noticed what looked like a bright green bit of leaf attached to my broom in the kitchen and on closer inspection turned out to be said chrysalis, I stopped using the broom, resorting to dust pan and brush and looked at it everyday, then about a week ago I noticed it starten to darken in colour and I came back from one day to find whaver was in there had hatched. pooh. Don't know where it got to I've probably harboured a massive wool eating moth that's quite happily munching away on my favourite jumper right now.
In other news I seem to have inadvertently paid off my overdraft, I've been chipping away at it month by month to get it to a more manageable level over the last year, then I think when the year was over my overdraft agreement had expired and my overdraft vanished. I feel like Stalin did when his five year plan had finished before time.
I've also decided to give vegetarianism a go for the month of February to see if I can hack it. I think I've decided to do this more as a boycott of modern farming methods and that malarkey rather the liking of cute animals, though seeing that I've just bought half a kilo of oxtail and some sausauges I'm not sure if I'm going to eat it all before the first of February. Oh well, like all good things we can always put it off til tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
9:26AM
I'm not doing another Christmas at my folks for at least ooh a few years.
I am going to read all the unread books on my bookshelf.('Literary Theory, an Anthology' being one of the catchier titles)
Thumb will be extracted from my arse. (but not for long)
I'm going to give this vegetarianism thingy a go.
I'm probably gonna havta buy yet another pair of wellies, can't seem to find mine, last seen in the boot of someones car in Wales, but I have been eying up a steel toe capped pair.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
8:48PM
Maybe it would be easier being green
Current mood:  anxious
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
5:57PM
Today we held a Jobs fair at work
The queue after two hours of opening had snaked a good 50 + m and was about four deep in places, lots of young and old people trying to get jobs, it's kinda upsetting. Loads of people all trying to jump through the same hoop.
Hope some of the people got something worthwhile out of it.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
1:39PM
Saw, caught and evicted an adult cock roach from my flat last night.
Bit anxious, don't really want to call the landlord, and spray with incesticide and moving fills me with dread, I've been there for just under three years and am actually feeling settled there and the effort involved in packing, finding a home for everyone elses property and getting a deposit together etc
AS usual the self assurance mode kicks in and goes a little something like this;
when I first moved in I found what looked like a squashed roach by my front door, just assumed I'd bought it in on my shoes (another self assurance technique), also once at work I caught a juvenile roach which could have possibly come out of my bag but there was no to prove it, it just appeared from the vicinity of my bag, roaches can teleport though, and finally it was just hanging about near the radiator it had an opportunity to escape but didn't, it shifted behind the radiator for a bit and then come out to play again, which is when i caught it. It doesn't surprise me that I've seen one, I think i'm more surprised that it's taken that long, over the years there's been a few times when I've caught little beetle like creatures that could have been baby roaches and I've evicted them too.
Not sure how the above is reassuring but i do remember we found one when we first moved in Whitechapel and we never saw one again so..... if there about and they're shy that suits me besides the mice will probably eat them right.
Other then that little inconvenient blip, life in Craigsville is pretty cool, summer in terms of work was quite and i didn't earn too much money so things are a bit tight here but I had a cracker, I rediscovered my bike, which now needs some repair, back tyre and brake pads need replacing, could also do with a longer seat stem, it just seems a bit inefficient.
I was hoping to get back in photography i just need someone to give us a lift to and from Kent so I can pick up th eenlarger which can sit in my cellar for a while
and i've got to a production managemnet job for next year, need to get off my arse and start getting on with that though or the i'll get really bitten on the arse by the procrastination bug, stop thinking about it and start doing it..
Current mood: please, no.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
8:51AM
My kitchens a wee bit messy, as is the garden, glad I bought the rubbish in though, admittedly this was provoked by hearing foxes going through the rubbish.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
I went to Wales and photographed the rave tent,
Check out Nebula 2 all you old skool break freaks
xx
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
12:20AM
Trying to find an email address for yahoo, so I can tell them I only have one email address and them asking for me to submit another one so they can send me password reset information is a bit pointless.
How I meant to get hold of them, going through their service site and 'contact us' links is worse then going through a social care telephone system.
Answers will be greatly appreciated, I am wee bit of a luddite but even I find it distressing to only be able to find a postal address for a big internet company.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Do you know where I can buy / rent (for a week or so) the following items;
Cheap ukele
A grinding machine, like so.
3 very large wicker baskets - have to be large enough to sit in have to be large enough for a 20 stone man to sit in, oh the twenty stone man also has dodgy hips
A power point slide for the ' Happy Bottom Amateur Dramatic Society'
A red hot poker.
A quick hag make over
A costume for the love child of Elvis and a Bantam cock
All needed by Saturday the latest and all for under £250
We may still need to buy paint, light gels, hire a radio mic, hire a follow spot and get me a clone
Thankee
x
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Been dreaming quite vividly and often these last few days, nowt traumatic butthink i'm just working through some study related stress, have got a lot on and some of my dreams seem to be related to stressful events,
In one I was quite peeved at someone for killing my honeysuckle - in real life i've got ivy choking my honey suckle, need to get into th egarden and try and trim one and not the other. In another I was pissed off with the tube barrier mistakenly taking £4 off my oyster card, so more slight annoyance then heart attack inducing stress, no worries.
But last night I dreamed I had some form of telekinesis and when my alarm woke up (which is actualy in another room, logic being I have to get up and walk to it to turn it off - thus I stay up. Reality being I get up turn alarm off and promptly return to bed) I tried to turn it off by just waving my arm and using my telekinesis powers, suffice to say this failed.
1:20AM
Stilll can't speel or arcticullteed tho
1:18AM
All is groovy
Also keep onto bumping into people.
Both are good.
Current mood:  groovy
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
6:37PM
I've got a new phone and a contract hopefully the number won't change
And i've got to phone a bloke next week to arrange buying his old colour enlarger and am going to put it in my basement and get my photography on the go again.
Current mood:  win
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