My random ramblings

Remembering your password helps

2007-10-11T12:39:00.000+01:00

Well I have finally remembered my password for this here blog thingy so I thought I may as well put up a new post.

I have had a relatively busy few months. I seem to have spent most of them trundling round the country going to comedy gigs with the lovely Jools. And in between my various trips to London, Cardiff and Nottingham, in pursuit of comedy, I managed several trips to the National Theatre and a visit to Wembley, but the least said about that the better.....all did not end well at Wembley. Don't get me wrong the stadium was fantastic and I had a brilliant day, but the journey home would have been so much better if we'd won!

This year seems to have happened in a whirlwind and I can't quite believe it's nearly the middle of October. The big Wembly disappointment hasn't cooled my love of the game. I renewed my season ticket and am enjoying myself as much as usual, which sometimes isn't a lot. You have to be used to disappointment to support West Bromwich Albion. So my diary is full of football games, and not much else at the moment. However I am off to see Rush at the NEC tomorrow which should be a fantastic night out and then on Monday I fly off the the US for 10 days.

I have to admit I have had more fun and been to more places this year than I have in the past 10. In fact recently I have spent so much time in London I have invested in an Oyster card. And even though I'm tired and need my holiday I wouldn't change this past year for anything. I have lived this year and I've decided I like it, so next year is going to be more of the same. I already have yet another trip to London planned as well as a weekend to Switzerland sorted, so I've made a good start.

Oh yes and I will attempt to put some of my adventures on here for who ever reads this drivel to enjoy.

Nervousness

2007-05-16T12:46:00.000+01:00

Well tonight's the night, it is the second leg of West Bromwich Albions play off semi final against the old enemy Wolverhampton Wanderer's. We go into this game 1 goal in the lead on aggregate (we managed a very slender win at the custard bowl on Sunday 3-2 to the Baggies) Now all we need to progress to a play off final against Derby and Wembley on the 28th May is a draw tonight. So I'm pleading for everyone to send there good luck and best wishes to the Baggies, and to me as from 7.45 tonight I will be just sooo nervous (in fact it's already started to build) I have my ticket and I will be there, but I really don't think I can watch, this is not an experience I am looking forward to. I am beginning to wish I hadn't bought a ticket and could hibernate under by duvet tonight, and only check the score when I was feeling brave !

P.S.....ooh a football blog from a girl, never mind I'm sure I can think of some needlework or childcare related topics to blog on ......well maybe not

Knackerage

2007-05-10T20:59:00.000+01:00

Well I have had a rather packed couple of weeks. I have been down to London 3 times since the 24th April, I think I may move down here it would certainly save time and money!

I came down to London last week to see the new Joe Penhall play Landscape With Weapon at the national Cottesloe theatre. The play was brilliant, well written and superbly acted. Tom Hollander's performance was flawless as was those of the supporting cast. Considering I went to an afternoon matinee it was very well attended. The audience even boasted a Hollywood star....Jack (Pirates of the Carribean) Davenport, who was there with his wife Michelle Gomez and his fellow This Lifer Andrew Lincoln.

The big news is that I was interviewed for and Channel 4 DVD. This meant that I spent a Saturday afternoon sitting in a comedy writers back garden somewhere in London, drinking beer and generally having a bit of a giggle whilst some very strange a silly filiming took place some of which included me! I'm not sure when the DVD will be out but it is going to be the new box set of Green Wing DVD's, which should include both series of the programme along with the Special that was aired in Jan this year. Although to tell the truth i'm a little anxious about this as I was properly rubbish....I don't think I have a carreer in TV beckoning

Also to those who are lurking out there, the quiz is still running as there are still a few answers to get do please have a go you never know you may just like it

Quizical

2007-04-13T12:53:00.000+01:00

Oh Lord I didn't think it had been that long between posts. I am truly rubbish and I do apologise. So in order to make up for my neglect I thought it may be time for another of those fab quiz's that seem to go down so well. So here goes, I think you all know how it works by now,

Have fun

1. Genuflect for a gem - Neil Diamond - Llewtrah
2. Wild Urban Evangelists - Manic Street Preachers - Istvanski
3. Moist, soaked, saturated - Wet, Wet, Wet - Llewtrah
4. Depressed Evertonians
5. The Spanish heavyweight in the WC
6. Orleans maid swaps her protective shield - Joan Armatrading - Llewtrah
7. First man on the piste
8. Bob bush - Robert Plant - Llewtrah
9. Bracelets - Bangles - Calliope
10. William's sea - Billy Ocean - Istvanski
11. Enchanted
12. Famous Doctor
13. American Bombers - B52's - Istanski
14. Last letter of the alphabet at the pinnacle - ZZ Top - Llewtrah
15. Affirmative
16. Toilet Toilet - Lulu - Llewtrah
17. Changing current - AC/DC - Istvanski
18. FM cranium - Radiohead - Llewtrah
19. Residing in cardboard - Living in a Box - Istvanski
20. Anger at mechanical device - Rage Against The Machine - Istvanski
21. Many people in an abode - Crowded House - Llewtrah
22. Flavoured frozen water - Vanilla Ice - Calliope
23. Explosive lady - Ms Dynamite - Llewtrah
24. Brothers - Bros - Llewtrah
25. Not a shallow colour - Deep Purple - Istvanski
26. Youngsters fate - Destiny's Chils - Calliope
27. Entrances - Doors - Istvanski
28. Latin water - Aqua - Llewtrah
29. Reverberating rabbit people - Echo and the Bunnymen - Llewtrah
30. In Fashion

Music Meme

2007-03-07T16:04:00.000Z

Instructions

1. Open your library (iTunes, winamp, media player, iPod etc)
2. Put in on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question type the song that's playing
5. Don't lie and try to pretend your cool!

Opening credits - White Ladder, David Gray

Waking up - Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying, Fall Out Boy

First Day at school - Monty Got a Raw Deal, REM

Falling In love - You Do Something To Me, The Kinks (how apt !)

Fight Song - Mr Brightside, The Killers (mmm well it is about jealousy and they have a pretty violent name!)

Breaking Up - Tell Me Baby, Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Prom - Serious, Duran Duran (hey I'm a true child of the 80's)

Life - Macy's Day Parade, Green Day

Mental Breakdown - Goodbye Tonight, Lostprophets

Driving - Let's Make a Night to Remember, Bryan Adams ( Do you think it meant that kind of drive!)

Flashback - Cosmopolitan, Nine Black Alps

Getting Back Together - Donation, The Wonderstuff

Losing your virginity - You're Crazy, Guns 'N' Roses

Wedding - Girls & Boys, Good Charlotte

Birth of a child - Hurry Up & Wait, Stereophonics

Final Battle - That's What She Said, The Automatic

Funeral Song - Heartache Every Moment - H.I.M

End Credits - Masons Apron, The Mudmen (yay Canadian punk rock with bagpipes...ya can't beat it !)

Question Time

2007-02-19T19:51:00.000Z

As robbed of munterspace - why not give it a go

1. Song that always makes you sad?
Everybody Hurts - REM

2. Last thing you bought?
Packet of Maltesers

3. Last person you argued with?
Probably my dad

4. Do you put Butter before putting the peanut butter on?
Don't eat peanut butter

5. One of your stuffed animals' names as a kid?
Grey Ted

6. Did you ever own at one time a Barenaked Ladies Cd?
No

7. Favorite day of the week?
Saturday ......I'm a footie fan

8. Favorite Sundae topping?
Lemon

9. Did you take Piano lessons?
Yes

10. Most frequent song played?
At the moment probably I Love it When You Call by the Feeling

11. T.V. show you secretly enjoy?
I don't watch that much TV, i'm usually watching a film

12. Would you rather play basketball or hockey?
Hockey

13. Date someone older or younger?
Older.

14. One place you could travel right now?
London

15. Do you use umbrellas?
Yes - I live in England therefore I use them all the time.

16. Do you know all the words to the Canadian national anthem?
Nope i'm English why would I know all the words to the Canadian national anthem ?

17. Favorite Cheese?
Brie

18. The Smith's or the Cure?
Both

19. Do you prefer Blondes or Brunettes?
Blondes (although would much rather have a red head)

20. Best job you ever had?
The one I have now

21. did you go to your high school prom?
Nope we didn't have one unless you can count getting trolleyed in the local pub as a prom

22. perfect time to wake up?
About 9ish

23. perfect time to go to bed?
When i'm tired

24. do you use your queen right away in chess?
I can't play chess

25. Ever been in a car accident?
Yes, I was driving but it wasn't my fault

26. closer to mom or dad...or neither?
My dad (my mum passed away many years ago now)

27. what age is this exciting life over for you?
When I let it

28. what decade during the 20th century would you have chosen to be a teenager?
50's

29. Favorite shoes you have EVER owned?
My Doctor Martins...they are shoes of the gods

30. Do you have an article of clothing you have had since you were in high school?
I still have my Brownie uniform...does that count? - Ok calm down Bob

31. Were you in track and field?
Yes

32. Were you ever in a school talent show?
Yes

33. Have you ever written in a library book?
Yes

34. Allergic to?
Fabric conditioner

35. Favorite fruit?
Cherries

36. Have you watched sex and the city?
Yup

37. Baseball hat or toque?
Baseball hat

38. Do you shampoo first in the shower or soap?
Shampoo

39. Wet the toothbrush or brush dry with the toothpaste?
Wet.

40. Pen or pencil?
Fountain pen. I can't write very well with biro's

41. Have you ever gambled at a casino?
Yes I lost 10 dollars gambling in Vegas....do you think I have a problem ?

42. Have you thrown up on a plane?
Nope

43. Have you thrown up in a car?
Nope

44. Have you thrown up at work?
Nope

45. Do you scream on roller coasters?
Yes

46. Who was your first prom date?
Didn't have a prom therefore no prom date

47. Who was your first roommate?
I had 7 during my first year at uni

48. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk for the first time?
Beer

49. What was your first job?
I used to help my dad when he went out to fit windows.. so i was the labour

50. What was your first car?
Volkswagen Polo

51. When did you go to your first funeral?
When I was about 14

52. How old were you when you first moved away from your hometown?
18 when I went to uni

53. Who was your first grade teacher?
Can't remember that far back

54. Where did you go on your first airplane ride?
Spain

55. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with?
I never have

56. Who was your first Best Friend and are you still friends with them?
Joanne and yes I am

57. Where did you live the first time you moved out of your parent's house?
Dundee when I went to uni

58. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day?
I don't I prefer to be on my own

59. Who's wedding were you in the first time you were a bridesmaid or a groomsmen?
My Aunts (my dad's youngest sister)

60. What is the first thing you do in the morning?
Put my glasses on

61. What was the first concert you attended?
Oh lord I think it was New Kids on the Block

62. First tattoo or piercing?
Got my ears pierced

63. First celebrity crush?
Kiefer Sutherland

London Calling

2007-02-12T14:21:00.000Z

Oh i'm a tad excited this week as on Wednesday i'm off to London, pleasure bound again. I'm going to see Pinter's People, which stars the very talented Bill Bailey. I can't wait. Until this year I hadn't been to London for at least 5 years. Wednesdays trip make it 3 times this year already..not bad considering it's still only February.

I'd just like to say thanks to the lovely Spence who won the tickets to Pinter's People and invited me along...thank you so much, i', really looking forward to this.

Anyway one and all I will attempt top do a write up on the play when I get back, although considering i've been meaning to do a write up about the 7 Seconds of Love gig I went to a couple of weeks ago (by the way they were fantastic, click on the link and give them a listen) I really wouldn't hold your breath

Fire Fire !

2007-02-07T13:24:00.000Z

Ooohh I am now what is commonly known as an appointed person. It is now my responsibility to ensure that everyone is evacuated from my department when the fire alarm goes off. Great responsibility.....i've managed quite well without that for a good many years, and now it's kinda crept up on me. In short I am now a Fire Marshall. And how have I managed to gain this exalted office.....I spent 2 hours in a meeting room yesterday being told what my duties would be and then I spent an hour in one of the loading bays fannying around with fire extinguishers. Yup I actually got to set a few off. (Have to admit this bit was pretty good fun, and very messy. Also lunch was included which is always a good thing)

Anyway I now have a nice bright yellow Hi-viz vest with the words Fire Marshall emblazoned across the back in big red letters, and to go along with this most glorious of fashion accessories, a shed load of worry if the fire alarms do ever decide to go off. Mind you if they do go of I will be in charge and therefore can not get bollocked for shouting at people if they don't get of the arses to evacuate the building . Every cloud has a sliver lining

I Predict A Riot

2007-01-31T15:23:00.000Z

As I'm sure you are aware I am a big fan of West Bromwich Albion Football Club. On Sunday we played our local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderer's in the 4th round of the FA cup. Now we haven't played Wolves in any cup game for many a year, so this was a big occasion for both sets of fans. It is fair to say that a win by Wolves on this occasion although not impossible was pretty unlikely. As it turns out West Brom emerged the victors on the day, winning the game 3 goals to 0.

The rivalry between the fans of these clubs is pretty intense, and the game was always going to be a volatile affair. The local police force and the board of Wolves FC had decided to turn over an entire stand to the Albion fans in order to keep both sets of fans apart, therefore reducing the risk of trouble. This didn't sit very well with the Wolverhampton fans who seats were to be occupied by Albion fans for the game, whilst they were relocated to other area's of the stadium. Now plenty of Wolves fans have been very vocal on this issue berating their club and their chairman for allowing this to happen, but considering that this happened at the end of the game I think that both the police and the clubs board can feel more than justified in their actions. I didn't go to the game on Sunday as I thought that there may be trouble.....How right can one person be. I really can't understand the point of behaving like an idiot when your team loose. I think the Wolves fans who behaved so appallingly on Sunday should be ashamed of themselves. By all accounts the Albion fans behaved brilliantly and were commended by the police, so well done to them for not letting their club down.

P.S Bragging right in the Black country are very important when it comes to a local derby so imagine my amusement when I received this on my e-mail the other day. I know it's rubbing salt into the wounds of the Wolves fans but it amused me and I dare say if the roles had been reversed the Wolves fans would be gloating just as well as the Albion fans are now.

Perspective

2007-01-24T12:32:00.000Z

I'm a pretty artistic person, I can paint and draw pretty well , although don't ever ask me to do your portrait as you will end up looking like a cross between a mumpet and something out of alien (and I don't mean Sigorney Weaver!) So when I got these pictures sent to me I was pretty much blown away. The persepctive in thse pictures is damn near perfect, lets face ot for them to work it would have to be.

Have a look for yourselves and let me know what you think.

P.S

Sorry I forgot to update the Christmas quiz I will do that today so keep a look out for the results

Oh my Fucksey

2007-01-16T12:51:00.000Z

Well i'm officially knackered after a weekend of madness. I was lucky enough to be at the now pretty much infamous Green Wing Convention. I thought I would attempt to descibe my weekend, so here goes

Friday

Meet up with Spence at Digbeth bus station for our busy journey to fair old London town. We had a pretty good journey what with the IT girls sitting behind us how just couldn't wait for the festival season to start and the Life of Brian extra from the sermon on the mount who spent the entire journey talking to himself ......it was all good fun. Met up with other conventioneers at Victoria....Bikey, Stacie, Rachel, Fraudulent Little Tart, MDM, Waxy and Terri. It was the off to catch the tube to the venue. The rest of Friday night included drinking, blowing up balloons, sticking stickers on yoyo's and singing and dancing around Tesco.

Saturday

Up early for breakfast, then on with the decorating. Then it was helping with getting everyone badged up and sorted into their teams for the quiz. I got to insult a famous person and run around a green in the middle of London with a waste paper bin on my head whilst being filmed.....and this I did whilst sober. I spent far too much money on auction items and then had some drinks and stuck post it notes on my head......yup I was still sober.

Sunday

Up early again for to catch coach home, very tired but very happy. I had a fantastic weekend which will stay with me for every. Cheers to everyone who orgainized it and to everyone I met whilst there, you are all wonderful people.

Sprouts !

2006-12-15T13:18:00.000Z

Ok this is for anyone who hates sprouts....enjoy

My Big Fat Christmas Quiz

2006-12-07T21:33:00.000Z

OK as we all know it's nearly that time of the year again when a jolly fat dressed in red visits us in the middle of the night to leave us everything our hearts desire......well every we liked the look of in the argos catalogue at least. Anway I thought that I would post another music quiz only this one is christmas songs.

Below is a list of descriptions, each one will give you the title of a popular christmas song or carol. So without any further ado eyes down here goes.....

1. The sound of sleighs - Jingle Bells - Chatterbox
2. Quiet evening - Silent Night Chatterbox
3. Seasons Greeting - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Molly
4. Sleep now jolly old fellows - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Chatterbox
5. Is Bo-Peep with this crowd? - While Shepherds Watched - Chatterbox
6. Not a bad royal chap - Good King Wenceslas - Chatterbox
7. An invitation for your congregation - Oh Come all Ye Faithfull - Chatterbox
8. Does this stag have a cold? - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Molly
9. The royal trio - Wee Three Kings - Chatterbox
10. Not this year but..... Last Christmas - Llewtrah
11. Gone with the makeshift crib - Away in a Manger - Chatterbox
12. Swinging with the scotch pine
13. Kissing and drinking - Mistletoe & Wine - Llewtrah
14. The place where it all started
15. The man in red will be in your locality - Santa Clause is Coming to Town - Molly
16. Prickly bush teams up with top London restaurant - The Holly and the Ivy - The Whales
17. Place you bets on the weather - White Christmas - Molly
18. Who's the cold guy with the carrot?
19. Decorate with number 17
20. Hey up! Its the cherubs - Hark The Herald Angels - The Whales
21. Aled Jones Made famous - Walking in the Air - Molly
22. Is this grounds for divorce?- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Llewtrah
23. Should old friends be forgot? - Auld Lang Syne - Molly
24. Who was Jesus?
25. The man in red is arriving
26. Bells ringing hapily above - Ding Dong Merrily On High - The Whales
27. A song for a dentists waiting room
28. Small musical child
29. A counting festive song - Twelve Days of Christmas - Molly
30. Are people aware what time of year it is - Do they Know its Christmas - Llewtrah
31. An individuals dream for the 365 days
32. Seasonal story
33. Repetative weather comment - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Llewtrah
34. Seasonal magical place
35. A new born man in red - Santa Baby - Llewtrah

Ok they're not difficult but it's only a bit of festive fun

Beach Life

2006-11-21T14:24:00.000Z

Ok so this maybe isn't that interesting but it irked me so here goes. The other night whilst I was flicking through the channels trying desperately to find anything remotely worth watching, I stumbled across this. It's billed as the "real OC". Basically MTV have followed 8 teenagers around documenting their every move. These teenager just happen to be (or should I say their parents just happen to be ) incredibly rich. They live in one of the most exclusive and expensive beach resorts in the US and all of them are beautiful.

I think the worst thing about this program's is that although its meant to be about real teenagers, it's not. How many teenagers do you know that can take a skiing trip just because they're depressed, or can go on a holiday to Mexico (unsupervised) during their school holidays. Most of the teenagers who were filmed were not yet in college. MTV aren't showing real teenage life they're showing what life could be like if only your parents were minted. It's a very singular view, there are no ordinary people, they are all rich and beautiful. I ended up feeling sorry for the 8 teenagers who participated in this show, I can honestly say that it may do them more harm than good. Ok so they'll have their 5 mins of fame, but it will be for all the wrong reasons. This show portrays them in a very poor light, they seem to be nothing more than image obsessed spoilt brats. All the girls are shown as bitchy primadonna's and all the guys as two timing lothario's (sp?). I think maybe the idea of fame blinded them to what could really happen. I hope that having seen the show they will think twice about participating in any further series.

Well now I'll put my little soap box away and update the quiz.

Joint 1st Place

Ruby & Molly

2nd Place

The Whales

Joint 3rd Place

Realdoc
Trac

Well done also to Button (2), Howsey (2) and Billy (1)

The remaining answers were

7. Blokes grafting - Men At Work
10. I'm Fanatical Towards the Girl - Madonna
14. Desperate Trouble - Dire Straits

Update

2006-11-14T13:57:00.000Z

Ok appologies first. I know I haven't been around much recently but I have been really busy. I'm decorating at the moment which is a nightmare and I am doing shed loads of overtime at work as I have more work to do than there are hours in the day. Anyway having checked today I noticed that I had some more guesses on the quiz so I have updated the quiz post with the correct answers but there are still 6 left to get so keep going, and well done to everyone who has had a go.

Pointless Joke Alert

2006-10-31T15:36:00.000Z

A lonely woman, aged 70, decided that it was time to get married. She put an ad in the local paper that read:

HUSBAND WANTED!
MUST BE IN MY AGE GROUP (70's), MUST NOT BEAT ME, MUST NOT RUN AROUND ON ME, AND MUST STILL BE GOOD IN BED! ALL APPLICANTS PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON.

On the second day she heard the doorbell.

Much to her dismay, she opened the door to see a gray-haired gentleman with no arms or legs sitting in a wheelchair.

The old woman said, "You're not really asking me to consider you, are you? Just look at you.... you have no legs!" The old man smiled, "Therefore I cannot run around on you!"

She snorted. "You don't have any hands either!" Again the old man did not smile, "Nor can I beat you!"

She raised an eyebrow and gazed intently. "Are you still good in bed?" With that, the old gentleman leaned back, beamed a big broad smile and said, "I rang the doorbell, didn't I?"

Well it amused me!

P.S the quiz is still going so keep posting your answers and I will update as and when needed

Quiz of the Week Reprisal

2006-10-26T12:27:00.000+01:00

Ok I haven't done one of these for a few weeks, so I thought those quiz minded of you out there would like another fab anagram quiz. Alright if the truth be known I've been that busy recently I haven't had the time to find something interesting to blog about, unless you really want to hear me complaining about work (even I wouldn't want to read about that!)

That's enough waffle on with the quiz....Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin (remember these are all names of bands or singers)

1. Stop Jock & Stop Jock - Womack & Womack - Ruby
2. Dickie, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo - Richard Marx - Billy
3. Babies on the Slab - New Kids on the Block - Ruby
4. Treacherous Vicar - Judas Priest - Molly Bloom
5. Little Sisters don't like them - Big Brovaz - The whales
6. Insanity - Madness - Molly Bloom
7. Blokes Grafting
8. In the Cellar cars are lifted - Basement Jaxx - Real Doc
9. Merlin - Wizard - Molly Bloom
10. I'm Fanatical towards the girl
11. Disturbed vision - Blur - Real Doc
12. Prosperous City Vermin - Boomtown Rats - Real Doc
13. Plasters - Band Aid - Trac
14. Desperate Trouble
15. Rub out Midge - Erasure - Ruby
16. Preserve Reflect on Famous River - Jamirouquai - Ruby
17. Greenhouse Plants - Hothouse Flowers - Ruby
18. South American Indian Instamatic - Aztec Camera - The whales
19. A Friendly Prickly Bush - Buddy Holly - Button
20. Hard of Hearing Wildcat - Def Leppard - Molly Bloom
21. Germany with Coronary Regulators - Gerry and the Pacemakers - The Whales
22. Dorothy's Dog - Toto - Molly Bloom
23. Queen of the Slimming World - Thin Lizzy - Ruby
24. Manweb Bulb Band - ELO - Button
25. William's vacation - Billie Holiday - The Whales
26. Ol' Blue eyes off to make a movie - Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Molly Bloom
27. Fun Park Magnetic Effect - Fairground Attraction - Trac
28. Uncomplicated Primary Colour - Simply Red - Trac
29. The Cost of watching a Comet - Bill Hayley - Howsey
30. Man Friday's partner in Flames - Smokey Robinson - Howsey

Well there you go I'm sure these won't keep you busy for very long. Anyway good luck and have fun

Congratulations

2006-10-20T21:21:00.000+01:00

I would just like to say well done to my friend Steve. He recently beet 500 candidates to become Dudley Learning Partnerships Learner of the year. So it's a a big pat on the back for him. Below is a picture of him recieving his award from the mayor of Dudley

Oh yeah and happy birthday Steve (he's 50 today)

UPDATE

The lovely shinny new trophy Steve is holding in the photo above has unfortuantly met with a small accident and is now in about 3 million pieces..oopppss!! But not to worry he has already ordered a replacement. Don't break this one Steve

Why?

2006-10-19T13:04:00.000+01:00

1.) Why is it every time I go on holiday I come back to work to find the temp I spent a week and a half training has buggered off on the first day of my holidays, leaving me with 2 weeks worth of paperwork (my desk looks like a rainforest has exploded over it) to attempt to catch up with?

2.) Why is it when i'm faced with a veritable mountain of work to do something always occurs which doubles my workload?

3.) Why is it our bought ledger department never get anything wrong ?

4.) Why is it when out bought ledger deparment do cock up it's always my fault ? (and I don't even work for the same department as them !!!!)

5.) Ok I lied there'd no number five. This has not been a good week in workland.

P.S I stole the list ide from Billy

A Picture Paints A Thousand Words - Part 1 Bangkok

2006-10-12T21:36:00.000+01:00

Well here goes, as i'm no where near elequent enough (unlike my fellow bloggers such as Mr Swipe, Billy, Heather and the delightfull Molly, who are far better wordsmiths than myself) I thought I would let the pictures do the talking for me.

So sit back relax (try not to get too bored) grab yourself a drop of your favorite tipple and enjoy (well try)

Ok first stop Bangkok. This was the first place I visited. It looks a little like this

I was reliably informed that Bangkok is based on LA where the car is king. The city has no centre it's pretty much a mixture of skyscrapers, slums and the odd temple.

Traffic jams are plenty in Bangkok. It doesn't matter if they're on the roads or the waterways

I was actually in one of these boats, which all told are fairly unstable especially when negotiation corners. I really thought I would be going for a swim! This picture is taken at the floating market just outside of Bangkok.

I managed quite a few modes of transport when I was on holiday. There were planes, the odd boat (some of them were very odd) and I even took a little train journey

This is the train in question. We were actually trundling down what is known as the Death railway. Thousands of alied soldiers died in it's construction, it's a pretty sobering thought. The call it the Jeath railway in Thailand. Basically the name contains the capital letters of all the countries connected with it (Japan, England, Austraila, Thailand and Holland).

So if I went there I most certainly went to see the bridge, and the cemetary. These 2 places were really quite sad. I think the Cemetary was the saddest place, all those markers, line after line it really bought everything into perspective.

So finally on to the one thing there are plenty of in Bangkok. They say that in America there is Starbucks on every corner. Well In Bangkok there is a Temple on every street. So I will leave you with the most famous inhabitants of 2 of these temples. The Golden Buddah (who is solid gold) and the Reclining Buddah (who is plaster, covered in gold leaf, with mother of pearl inlaid into his feet)

So there you go that's my little pictorial guide to Bangkok and the surrounding areas. I hope you enjoyed it. My next installment will be the sights of Hong Kong so stay tuned it will be coming to a blog near you soon.

Way Out East

2006-10-10T16:04:00.000+01:00

Ok maybe not anymore. So after 8 aeroplanes, 5 Coaches, 4 Boats, 1 train and a tri-shaw later I have arrived back on English soil (very damp English soil) I've had a great holiday, even if it wasn't very relaxing. I will at some point load some photo's on here so you can see what i got up to.

I certainly packed quite a lot into my 2 weeks away, some of which include a trip down the death railway and a visit to the bridge over the river Kwai, a Sai Pan ride around Hong Kong harbour as well as a trip on the famous Star Ferry (which was very expensive at 14 pence for a return journey), high tea at Raffles Hotel (this was very posh and fabulous) and a tri-shaw ride around Hua Hin. I will put some photo's up on here to illustrate the fun that was had, including some of the tropical storms that occurred whilst I was out there.

I have to say the three placed I wen't couldn't be more different. Bangkok was a strange mixture of beautiful modern hotels and skyscrapers and shanty towns, and there is literally a temple on every corner! The Thai people are so nice, nothing is too much trouble, they really look after you. Hong Kong was just busy, very busy. It's pretty much a jungle of skyscrapers, which thrive on pollution. The air in Hong Kong is terrible I know why the people there wear those masks, I could have done with one after a day. And then there's Singapore , which is simply beautiful. It's peaceful (well anywhere could be considered peacefull after Hong Kong) it's a fascinating mixture of the colonial and the new, it's a great place to relax.

Anyway that's all for now. I will put some photo's up that I hope will illustrate my incoherent witterings. I'd just like to say I'm glad to be back, and I look forward to catching up with everyone soon.

Bugger

2006-09-20T15:57:00.000+01:00

So i'm off on my holidays tomorrow, hurrah! Well if hurrah be the word why is the title of this post bugger. Well i'm begining to think my holiday is jinxed. Firstly two weeks ago my dad had a heart attack and now 2 days before I travel, what happens....there's a bloody military coup in Thailand which is where i'm going ! I swear someone up there does not want me going on this holiday ! Never mind we're still going despite the tanks, guns and soldiers. Hopefully I won't get shot or deported !

Anyway that's quite enough of that. I think it's about time I put the first lines results up.

In a tie for the lead are Poe and Stacie with 8 correct answers each, and in 3rd is Realdoc with 4 correct answers.

The missing answers were

1. - Sugar we're going down - Fall out Boy
4. - Here Come Everyone - The wonderstuff
5. - Chasing car's - Snow Patrol
7. - Never Again - Nickleback
11. - Confusion - Zutons
12. - Solitary Man - HIM
17. - We Come - Faithless
18. - Love Is Only A Feeling - The Darkness
21. - Country Girl - Primal Scream
27. - The Adventure - Angels and Airwaves

Righty ho I'm off for a couple of weeks happy blogging one and all and i'll speak to you all when I get back. Hopefully with plenty of pictures.

Normality Returns

2006-09-14T13:18:00.000+01:00

Ok I haven't posted for a few days. This lack of posting has been due to severe lack of time.

My weekend hasn't been the best. Since Friday I have been through panic, fear, loneliness, sorrow and resignation all topped off with a healthy dose of complete and utter exhaustion, both mentally and physically.

On Friday night my father decided to present all the symptoms of a heart attack. Luckily he wasn't actually having a heart attack. (this little piece of information wasn't found out until he had his ECG) Now this in itself is really quite a scary prospect, although the fear I don't think really struck home until the following morning, the realization of it was preceded by a phone call from the hospital (where I had left my father earlier that morning (1am to be precise) on the advise that all was ok, he wasn't having a heart attack his ECG was fine they just needed to run tests and he would be out later that day) informing me that he had been moved into the Corony care unit and would be there for at least 3 days. SHIT! It was at this point I became frightened, panicked, sad and lonely (you see my brother was at this time in Portugal or at least on a plane back from Portugal) and having to face the prospect that a) my father was very ill and b) I would have to tell my nan (his mother).

Prospect A was by far the worse, this is what bought on the fear etc, as my father is the only parent I have left (cancer claiming my mother over 12 years ago now) I don't think I have ever felt so alone as I did when I was sitting on the bottom of the stairs after just receiving the phone call from the hospital. I think I sat there for 10 mins just feeling numb and helpless. Eventually my brain kicked in and I started to inform people who needed to know. Luckily by the time I had to be at the hospital to see the doctor my brother had got back home (he literally walked through the door, dropped his suitcase and walked out again to go to the hospital with me)

The good news is my father is going to be just fine. Apparently one of the veins in his heart had almost closed up and that was what was causing the pain he had on Friday. This they have fixed my putting in a stent and my dad was allowed home on Tuesday. He is at this time at home and bored ! As for me I'm relieved but still incredibly tired (well living on hardly any sleep for 4 days will do that to you)

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who supported me through this. I was roundly chastised by serveral aunts for not calling them on the Friday night, the fact that I had no money, no mobile phone (I was in such a hurry to get to the hospital I just about managed to remember to pick my house keys up !) or indeed their phone numbers seems not to matter to them. Everyone has been great. My Friend Lisa especially. She was the poor soul who I rang and then promptly sobbed uncontrollably down the phone at. Anyway all is pretty much ok now so I will leave this here.

P.S I will put the quiz results up shortly, as there are still a few left to get.

First Lines

2006-09-04T22:05:00.000+01:00

Ok firstly appologies for not updating this blog in a while but i've been a busy Baggie. I did my run for charity on Sunday so I'd just like to say thank you to everyone who sponsored me. Anyway that's enough of that, lets move onto the main post.

Ok this is my first lines quiz as promised. I have tried to steer clear of album tracks and anything with the title in. I've done 30, and I don't think they will pose any problems for you. So here goes

1. Am I more than you bargained for ? Yet I've been dying to tell you anything you wanna hear.

2. I Got my first real 6 string, bought it at the 5 and dime. - Summer of 69, Bryan Adams - Stacie

3. I know coz i've seen it, it was great and I want it. - Modern Way - Kaiser Cheifs - Poe

4. There is no us there is only I, I drop like a tear from my eye

5. We'll do it all on our own.

6. Tonight i'm gonna have myself a real good time. - Don't stop me now - Queen - Stacie

7. He's drunk again it's time to fight. She must have done something wrong tonight.

8. I never saw it as the start more a change of heart. - The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene - Poe

9. It's a new day but it all feels old. It's new life that's what i'm told. - The Anthem - Good Charlotte - Stacie

10. We get it on most every night, when that moon is big and bright. - Dancing int he moonlight - Top loader - Stacie

11. It's funny how it tears you apart, at first ir beaks you head then your heart.

12. Miranda was mine till the time that I found her holding Jim loving him.

13. Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old piano. - Bed of Roses - Bon Jove - Poe

14. Me with the floor show kick it with your torso, boys getting high, girls even more so. - Rock DJ - Robbie Williams - Realdoc

15. See them walking hand in hand across the bridge at midnight. Girls on Film - Duran Duran - Poe

16. Something that I felt today something that I heard. - Resolve - Foo Fighters - Poe

17. All the subtle flavours of my life have become bitter seeds and poisoned leaves without you.

18. Oh the first touch of youth was upon you when our eyes first met.

19. The taxman's taken all my dough and left me in my stately home. - Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks - Poe & Realdoc

20. Another turning point a fork stuck in the road. - Good Riddance (Time of your life) - Green Day - Stacie

21. Never get to bed never get to heaven.

22. When your day is long and the night, the night is yours alone. - Everybody Hurts - REM - Stacie

23. Waking up and 12 in my clothes again. - Just A Day - Feeder - Stacie

24. Friday night and i'm going nowhere, all the lights are changing green to red. - Babylon - David Gray - Realdoc

25. There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard. - Better Together - Jack Johnson - Stacie

26. When you try your best but you don't succeed. When you get what you want but not what you need. - Fix You - Coldplay - RD

27. Why I have the same last dream again, the one where I wake up and i'm alive.

28. Breaking my back just to know your name. - Somebody Told Me - The Killers - Stacie

29. So what I saw on Monday, I was hoping someday you'd be on your way to better things. - She move in her own way - The Kooks - Poe

30. The Friday sun bears down again as we drive with our friends. - Las summer - Lostprophets - Poe

Ok so that's my 30, have fun and off you go.

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

2006-08-31T14:52:00.000+01:00

A couple arrive home to their 5-bedroom house in a leafy suburb. Upon entering the house, they call out for their eldest daughter, whose 18th birthday it was that day. The expected answer did not come, so the father went upstairs.

He knocked and entered his daughter's bedroom and saw a letter on the bed. With the worst possible premonition, he read with trembling hands:

Dear Mum and Dad,It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm telling you that I've eloped with my new boyfriend. I've found real love and he is so nice, especially with all his piercings, scars, tattoos, and his big motorcycle.
But it is not only that, I'm pregnant and Ahmed said that we will be very happy in his trailer in the woods. He wants to have many more children with me and that is one of my dreams.
I've learned that marijuana doesn't hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for us and his friends. They're the ones providing us with all the cocaine and ecstasy we could ever want.
In the meantime, we'll pray for science to find the AIDS cure so Ahmed gets better. He deserves it.
Don't worry about money, Ahmed has arranged for me to be in films that his friends Leroy and Jamal make in their basement. Apparently I can earn £50 a scene and I get a £50 bonus if there are more than three men in the scene, and an extra £100 if they use a horse.
Don't worry Mum, now I'm 18 years old I know how to take care of myself. Someday I'll visit you and Dad so that you can meet your grandchildren.
Your loving daughter, Aimee

P.S. Dad, it's not true, I'm at a neighbours house. I just wanted to show you that there are worse things in life than denting the car. Sorry about your Mercedes.

Well it would be worth a try ?

P.S this is for Realdoc, reference an comment she made on pennys blog

Quiz of the week update

2006-08-30T12:57:00.000+01:00

Firstly Apologies for it taking me ages to post the results. I've pretty much been in a world of my own this week (but it's ok they like me here!) I've also been working on a first lines quiz, which is a total rip off of the ones found on Heathers Blog, Stacie and Rachel's blog, Penny's Blog and Billys Blog. Anyway I hope to have it up and posted by Friday. (That is providing the social life I seem to have gained allows me the time to blog)

So here are the results

1st place with 19 correct answers is Poe
2nd place with 10 correct answers is Realdoc
3rd place with 9 correct answers is Chatterbox

Chatterbox gets special recognition for getting the most hard answers. Lets face it anyone who knows what curcubits are has got to be something special.

There were 3 easy ones that no one answered and they were

13 - Britney Spears
23 - Fifty Cent
26 - Night Crawlers

Please feel free to keep mulling over those difficult ones

Begging bowl

2006-08-25T14:17:00.000+01:00

Ok I'm now going to indulge in some shameless begging (I do apologies but it needs to be done) On Sunday September the 3rd I will be taking part in the Hydroactive Women's challenge, Now I now this sounds like I'll be jumping from a plane or taking part in some extreme ironing (the later will never happen I can't stand ironing !) when in fact I will be running (well more like a stagger or a crawl) 5k round the fair city of Birmingham.

Ok here come the shameless begging bit. I am running (staggering , crawling) in aid of Cancer research. I will be participating in the memory of my mother who died of cancer some 12 years ago now. Anyway if anyone reading this would like to sponsor me you can do by visiting here
Any donations would be extremely welcome and very much appreciated. Thanks

Ok on a lighter note I was sent this today and although is probably a little on the insensitive side and down right sarcastic I have to admit it made me laugh.

Latest News on Air Travel

London 11th August:
A public school teacher was arrested today at Gatwick Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator.

At a morning press conference, Home Secretary John Reid said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the Met Police with carrying weapons of maths instruction."Al-gebra is a problem for us," Reid said. "They desire solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a search of absolute values.

They use secret code names like 'x` and `y` and refer to themselves as `unknowns, `but we have determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with co-ordinates in every country.

As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle".

When asked to comment on the arrest, Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking from his holiday resort before the planes stopped flying, said, "If God had wanted us to have better Weapons of Maths Instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes."

Greetings

2006-08-23T13:23:00.000+01:00

All I have to say today is a big hello and welcome to Kevin Phillips, who has made the wise* choice to sign for West Bromwich Albion .

I have now updated the quiz, and there are still some of the easier answers left to find.

Ok so there's also this. I recieved it this afternoon and it just made me smile so I thought I would share

Delia's Way
Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice-cream drips.The

Real Woman's Way
Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for God's sake. You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it anyway.

Delia's Way
To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

The Real Woman's Way
Buy Smash and keep it in the cupboard for up to a year.

Delia's Way
When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking tin, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.

The Real Woman's Way
Tescos' sell cakes. They even do decorated versions.

Delia's Way
If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a potato slice.

The Real Woman's Way
If you over salt a dish while you are cooking, that's tough sh!t. Please recite with me the Real Woman's motto: "I made it and you will eat it and I don't care how bad it tastes."

Delia's Way
Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks

The Real Woman's Way
It could keep forever. Who eats it?

Delia's Way
Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

The Real Woman's Way
Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and drop it in 8 ounces of vodka. Drink the vodka. You might still have the headache, but you wont give a sh*t?

Delia's Way
If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

The Real Woman's Way
Why do I have a man?

Finally the most important tip (and my fav!!!)

Delia's Way
Freeze leftover wine into ice cubes for future use in casseroles

The Real Woman's Way
left over wine???? Helllloooo

* Well I am Bias, being a WBA fan

Quiz of the week

2006-08-18T12:44:00.000+01:00

Ok it's that time of the week again. Here come those lovely cryptic clues you all seem to love so much. However this week I thought I would really test you brain power. I'm going to post 30 clues I have the answers for and 30 I don't (basically cause I'm a bit thick and haven't managed to work them out yet) I will check on the original quiz sheet to see if you have managed to decipher any of the 30 I haven't managed to yet. Anyway here goes

EASY ONES

1. From another country - Foreigner - Poe
2. Cheerful start to the week - Happy Modays - Realdoc
3. Unemployment card - UB40 - Poe
4. Spinning rocks - Rolling Stones - Realdoc
5. First man and insects - Adam and the Ants - Poe
6. Thunderbolt helps grass grow - Lightening Seeds - Poe
7. In wonderland just like that - Alice Cooper - Poe
8. Upset over phobias - Tears For Fears - Realdoc
9. Unglossy Italian white wine - Matt Bianco - Realdoc
10. Lumbar puncture - Spinal Tap - Poe
11. Lips come together - Kiss - Poe
12. Pair of travel agents - Thompson Twins - Chatterbox
13. English patella thrown by Zulu's
14. Big band travels at night - OMD - Poe
15. Paradise - Nirvana - Realdoc
16. Searchdog posse - Bloodhound Gang - Poe
17. Steal a bears lair - Nick Cave - Poe
18. Pigs - Police - Chatterbox
19. Nosy dead pussy - Curiosity Killed the Cat - Chatterbox
20. Not a good firm - Bad Company - Poe
21. Young lads grow up - Boyz to men - Realdoc
22. Stopped believing - Faithless - Poe
23. Two quarters
24. Elizabeth, Victoria, Mary - Queen - Realdoc
25. Walthamstow - East 17 - Poe
26. Late in the evening they can no longer walk
27. Quartet of brunettes - 4 Non Blondes - Poe
28. East end revolutionary - Cockney Rebel - Realdoc
29. Nun toboggan - Sister Sledge - Poe
30. Get paste from tube - Squeeze - Poe

NOT SO EAST ONES

1. Stunted growth
2. Never ending duo
3. Possibly great
4. Clergymen in long dress
5. A virgin thatcher
6. Refinement association
7. UFO's
8. Barely made the wood in the pond
9. Destroying curcubits - Smashing Pumpkins - Chatterbox
10. Position currently held by George Bush - Presidents of the United States of America - Poe
11. Chocolate candy - Eminem - Chatterbox
12. Gender arms - Sex Pistols - Poe
13. Next command - New Order - Chatterbox
14. Years quarters - Four Seasons - Chatterbox
15. Corridor containing horse fodder - Hall & Oates - Poe
16. Picture house tune
17. Ham of beef sandwiches - Meat Loaf - Chatterbox
18. Very warm galaxy - Hot Chocolate - Real Doc
19. Bird of prey with colic
20. Raincoat bought near Blackpool
21. Oxygen cylinder - Air Supply Chatterbox
22. Genuflect for a gem - Neil Diamond - Realdoc
23. Big Apple movement
24. Dances in Jerry built prison
25. Fashionable assembly
26. Not what they seem
27. Dickie at the precipice
28. Keep the horses in footwear
29. Father's cigarette end
30. The centre of planets

Ok have fun with these and I'm really hoping you can help me out with some of the ones I don't know, maybe between us we'll get all 500.

Things That Make You Go Mmmm

2006-08-17T12:27:00.000+01:00

I got this on my e-mail today :-

EVERYTHING HAS A GENDER

You may not know this but many nonliving things have a gender...

*Ziploc Bags are Male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.

*Copiers are Female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. It's an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can wreak havoc if the wrong buttons are pushed.

*A Hot Air Balloon is Male, because, to get it to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under it, and of course, there's the hot air part.

*Sponges are Female, because they're soft, squeezable and retain water.

*A Web Page is Female, because it's always getting hit on.

*A Subway is Male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.

*An Hourglass is Female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.

*A Hammer is Male , because it hasn't changed much over the last 5,000 years, but it's handy to have around.

*A Remote Control is Female. Had you fooled! You thought it'd be male , didn't you? But consider this - it gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying!

It may me wonder what other inanimate everyday objects you could assign a gender to and why.

Inappropriate Conversation No. 1

2006-08-16T13:16:00.000+01:00

Part of my job involves ordering items of uniform for various members of staff, mostly mechanics. The particular conversation I am about to retell involved trousers. The problem with our uniform supplier is that they only keep popular sizes in stock. So if you need larger sizes or smaller sizes you have to wait for the odd year or so while they are made. Ok so knowing this about a month and a half ago I ordered some trousers for one of the mechanics. The said mechanic requires rather large trousers. I did explain the situation to him regarding large sized items of clothing and them taking forever to be delivered. Anyway Mr Mechanic has been whinging at me for a couple of days about his trousers (or rather the lack of them) so in a fit of fed upness I chased up the whereabouts of his trousers and found out they would be with us next week. This information I passed on the the Team leader on duty to pass on to Mr Mechanic... Ok here comes the conversion.

Team Leader - Trace I've spoken to Mr Mechanic (this his not his real name). I've told him you've spoken to Fat Bastards Trouser emporium and they say his trousers will be here next week

Me - Ok, thanks for that. What did he have to say

Team Leader - Well he said if he worked anywhere else they would have just told him that they'd rung up about his trousers and they would be here next week. I told him he should have been expecting the fat bastard comment.

Me - Well he really should have done.

Team leader - Anyway he did say that he doesn't need big trousers because he's a fat bastard, he needs big trousers to house his enormous cock !

Me - Oh ok

I have pondered on this conversation and come to several conclusions the first being I really didn't want to know why he needs very large trousers and the second being that , that must be the most original excuse for having to buy big trousers I have ever heard.

Can I just point out we do have a dignity in the work place policy that we have all signed and quite obviously take no notice off.

Quiz update:-

This will teach me to check my posts properly.

Sorry Poe you are indeed correct you did guess the Beautiful South , so thats another pint to you. You now have 6 points

And well done to Adzer and Heather who guessed Lou Reed, Crash Test Dummies and the Scorpions correctly. I'm putting you down and sharing the points.

Perfect Peace

2006-08-14T12:43:00.000+01:00

Well it's Monday and all is peaceful in my office. My manager is on a weeks holiday and I am all alone with no one to bother me or ask me to make the tea. I love having the office to my self I always seem to get more work done, and it means I get to listen to any music I want at a volume I can actually hear. So today I am listening to various CD's I have bought in with me, mostly calming ones as the "the fear" that started on Friday has well and truly taken hold today. I am trying not to think about injections . (It's not working I just did...arrgghh)

Anyway I thought I'd better give the results of the quiz out. They are as follows :-

Stacie takes the title with 8 correct answers
Poe comes in a close second with 5 (although I think he got the hardest one which was Max Bygraves)
Then in joint 3rd place with one each are Billy. Kate and Rachel

Anyway well done all. Keep a check as no doubt I will be posting some more soon

Football update....Ok so were 3 games into the season and so for we've one 1 and drawn 2. We are sitting 10th in the table but i'm not panicking yet, all i'm saying is we must do better and does anybody have a striker for sale?

By the way with reference to the last quiz the missing answers are

4. Toilet Lecture = Lou Reed
5. Contributing to car safety = Crash Test Dummies
10. Sting in the Tail = Scorpians
14. Gorgeous but not Northern = The Beautiful South

Injection update. I am a complete wuss the injection wasn't as painful as I thought it was going to be, it was just a little prick......ok there's a joke in there somewhere, answers on a postcard

That Friday Feeling

2006-08-11T12:19:00.000+01:00

Well it's Friday again.... Hurrah!!! My working week is done, and I'm really quite glad about that. Although it does mean that I only have 3 days left before I have to go and get an injection. I know it doesn't sound like a big deal but I really have the fear when it comes to injections. You see the problem is I've only ever had 2 injections in my life. You may be thinking that for someone of my age (unfortunately I left my twenties behind last year) 2 is quite a small number of injections to have had. Well for this I blame my father. You see my dad has a condition that goes by the name of serum sickness, which basically means he's allergic to the serum's used in vaccinations. The thing with this condition is that it's hereditary, hence me only ever having 2 injections. In short I'm ok if TB or Polo come calling, but all the basic childhood diseases such as measles etc would have a rare old time as I have no immunity to them at all. This is doubly confounded by the fact that I am an infuriatingly healthy person and have only every had chicken pox ......Oops !

Anyhow back to the problem at hand. Not only do I have to have the dreaded needle but because of the old serum sickness thinngy I have to have an entirely synthetic one (just to be on the safe side, my dad nearly died because of this condition of his) which means I have the physical pain to contend with (my pain threshold is so low you have to dig for it !) I also have to pay Â£60.00! Quite frankly I think parting with the money is going to be more painful than the injection. I think next yearI'm going to go to Devon or Cornwall....they don't have Yellow Fever there do they ????

Rachel's Request

2006-08-09T12:34:00.000+01:00

Ok as per Rachel's request, here are some more of those delightful cryptic clues.

1. Aircraft data recording unit - Black Box - Stacie
2. Young men selling mice - Pet Shop Boys - Stacie
3. Excellent weed - Supergrass - Stacie
4. Toilet lecture
5. Contributing to car safety
6. Nuclear pussy - Atomic Kitten - Poe
7. Awful etiquette - Bad Manners - Stacie
8. Metal Airship - Led Zepplin - Billy
9. Skeletal Letter - Boney M - Poe
10. Sting in the tail
11. Young man's area - Boyzone - Kate
12. Several raincoats found in cemetary - Max Bygraves - Poe
13. Throttlers - The Stranglers - Stacie
14. Gorgeous but not northern
15. Revolvers and flowers - Guns n Roses - Stacie
16. Great Hairy creature - Super Furry Animals - Poe
17. Both of you - U2 - Stacie
18. Correct exclaimed Mr Flinstone - Right Said Fred - Poe
19. Rubbish - Garbage - Stacie
20. Happy is a brave warrior with orange seeds - Glayds Knight and the Pips - Rachel

I know some of these are very easy but they are fun. Also this is really quite hard and very addictive http://www.107.peugeot.co.uk/peugeot.swf

Mondayish

2006-08-07T19:28:00.000+01:00

Well the weekend is over and Monday is here again. I'm usually not too bad on Monday mornings but today I have wanted to be anywhere other than at work. So I hear you say whats so strange about that, well the truth is I'm one of those lucky people who has a job they adore. Ok so I don't get paid shed loads of money and I'm not high powered and important and yes a lot of what I do is repetative, but I do get paid enough to live on, and be able to go on holiday and enjoy myself. I also have zero stress and a manager who doesn't care what time I get in or what time I leave as long as by the end of the week my work is done (he also makes a good cup of tea) So why this morning did I wake up in dread of going into the office? I really don't know. I'm just hoping it's beacuse I'm tired and I'm getting impatient for my holiday to be here. I think I just need my 2 weeks of doing something different every day in a different country ( well in my case it will be 3 different countries) Well what ever it is I hope I feel less Mondayish tomrrow.

By the way football update the Baggies beat Hull City 2 goals to nill. All I have to say on this matter is Super super John, Super super John, Super super John, Super Johnny Hartson !

The Beautiful Game

2006-08-04T12:53:00.000+01:00

Well that time of year is upon us again......Yes the footie season gets underway for the teams in the Championship tomorrow, and I for one can't wait! I am starting to get really excited, as I can now get my weekly fix of the Baggies (West Bromwich Albion). I know we were relegated last season from the dizzy heights of the Premiership, so instead of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal paying us a visit we now have Hull City, Luton Town, Preston and Colchester......mmmm not much of a difference there then!

There are however some good games to look forward to. The most eagerly anticipated one will the the local derby Against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Basically this game is the same as Everton v Liverpool and Manchester United v Manchester City. Winning this game means everything. The rivalry between the 2 teams and their fans is so intense that the 2 matches will be played on a Sunday afternoon and 12pm. We haven't played a competitive match against the Wolves for 4 years.....It will be immense.

The game I'm least looking forward to is the one against Cardiff. Why I hear you ask, the simple answer is the fans. A lot of Cardiff fans are horrible, they are hostile and nasty. Believe me last season I went to a pre- season friendly at Cardiff. The Cardiff fans spent the entire match hurling abuse at us rather than watching the game, and as I've already said it was only a friendly. At most stadiums the away fans are in their own section or are separated from the home fans by a section of seating. At Cardiff there are 2 massive nets and there are no seats, you can't throw what's not there ! Anyway I'm hoping they behave themselves when they visit the Hawthorns.

Quick update on the quiz. There is only 1 question outstanding and that is number 17. I will update the post with the answers apart from 17 that is

Quiz Time

2006-08-03T09:10:00.000+01:00

Good morning all. I had a music quiz sent to me yesterday, which is currently driving me insane. I will not rest till I have completed it. This is a strong statement seen as though it's 500 questions long! Anyway I thought you guys might like to play along too, so i'm going to post the 1st 20 questions (I have managed to get the answers to these). I thought I wouls post 20 aq week until between us we have managed to answer all 500.

Ok so is basically a pop quiz, with cryptic clues. Each clue leads to the name of an band or artist. I am reliably informed that they are all popular bands etc. So anyway thats ennough waffle here are your first 20 ......enjoy!

1. Venom = Poison
2. Oysters annoyed by heavy traffic = Pearl Jam
3. lion talker = Leo Sayer
4. Champagne and orange juice = Bucks Fizz
5. Pale serpent = Whitesnake
6. Primative Shout = Primal Scream
7. Primates = The Monkees
8. B.A, M.Sc, B.Eng = The Three Degrees
9. Where snow white's friends keep their bikes = Shed 7
10. Woodworkers = The Carpenters
11. Back to normal = Status Quo
12. Spicy jalapenos = Red Hot Chilli Peppers
13. Hard shelled insects = The Beetles
14. A violent place for plants to live = Savage Garden
15. Dark Sunday = Black Sabbath
16. Distribute equally = Cher
17. Barbie was even at 100 ?????
18. Desert waterhole = Oasis
19. Shilhouettes = The Shadows
20. Hamlet a female relative = Shakespear's Sister

OK GO

Welcome one and all

2006-08-01T12:24:00.000+01:00

Hello everyone, well here goes. I'm new to this blogging malarky so you'll have to excuse me if I ramble a bit, but then again that is the title of my blog so I think that's what I'll do !

For some reason I have been unusually busy recently. For example this weekend I spent enjoying my little self completely. On Saturday was the annual fun day at work. It had a wild west theme this year. So I spent my Saturday afternoon wandering around site drinking beer (which was free) eating burgers (which were also free) and wearing a straw Stetson (again this was free). I had a go on the mechanical bull and lasted about 2 seconds, I was really bad but it was all good fun. Then on Sunday I went to the football. Sunday saw the Baggies (West Brom Albion) final friendly before the start of the season (which is on Saturday). It was a nice day apart from the match being dull (but then again friendlies usually are) and the people sitting behind me. I unfortunately had 3 people sitting behind me on Sunday who go to the football once a year and like to spend it criticizing the team. People like this really annoy me. If they think the team is that bad why o why don't they just stay at home, that way they save money and their constant whinging doesn't annoy everyone sitting by them ! Ok that's my football rant over and done with but I'm sure it won't be my last !

Anyway I think that's it for now. That's my first post done I just hope can keep finding things to whitter about