It's Official...

I have the wonderfulest gf in thre whole world!!

Her Valentines Day Present to me, was train tickets to come down and see her this weekend!!

Bet you can't beat that!

*big grins all round*

I hate waiting...

I've sent off application forms for jobs recently, and I'm sitting around waiting to hear back from them.

I hate waiting.

Oh well, have to, no choice!!

It's quite a different step for me, one of the jobs is working in a Police call Centre, which would be completely different to what I'm doing now!! I keep reminding myself I have transferrable skills though...

It's at least 8 grand more than I'm on at the moment, which shows you just how poorly paid I am at my current job!!

Here's hoping...

*crosses fingers and legs and arms*

Rain, Rain Go Away...

It's a wet, grey, miserable day here.

It's a bittersweet day. Part of me feels really miserable to match the weather cos my tooth is hurting, but the other part of me is glad to be inside, safe and warm and cosy, as the rain lashes the windows.

Feeling in an introspective mood again today, so really trying hard not to get all phsychological on myself, as I usually do. I can get very caught up in thinking about myself at times, and have noticed it loads lately, which is why I'm stopping this train of thought after this sentence!!

Right.

I've got to pretend to be young again tonight, as I've been asked to do ten minutes at the after church youth group. I've got the uneviable subject of (wait for it) ...

"Who Is Cain?".

Hmmm.

Not much to go on there.

I used my massive comprehensive NLT Concordance, and looked up all the references to him, and have read the story of Cain and Abel in different translations just to make sure I've got the gist. I'm not feeling particularly inspired to be honest, but they've only asked for 5-10 mins, so that's ok.

Well, am off to watch some tv, or sleep. I haven't decided yet.

Bye for now.......

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I've officially embarrassed myself over the phone...

I was speaking to Ali tonight, (she of the blog, you know my gf) and I was trying to tell a joke that I found hysterically funny....

Ok so I broke down literally screaming and crying with laughter and had to hand the ohone to my dad for him to tell it because I was trying to breathe lol

Then my dad gets to the line before the puunch line and loses it himself because he heard me tell it earlier on in the evening and knows I can't get through it lo

Then my mum hears me and my dad SCREAMING with laughter like 5yr olds and comes out to see what's going on...

Yes you've guessed it.

The contagiousness of me and my dad, helpless literally on the floor, gasping for breath and trying to speak admidst great gales of laughter with tears running down our cheeks, set my mum off.

This is bad, because as any member of my family knows, once you get my mum and me going, the whole neighbourhood knows about it.

I had to apologise profusely amidst screams and ring her back, cos at that stage, me, my dad AND my mum were in a heap on the floor of the hallway, trying to catch our breath and literally holding our sides because they were hurting so much. Everytime we managed to stop laughing, one of us would try to suppress a giggle, and we'd all start up again lol lol lol

That was the best 15 minutes of my life I've had for a long time, and my gf now thinks my family is officially nuts lol

It's actually true!

(Disclaimer: although this actually happenned tonight, I cannot claim the joke to actually be that funny, we were all very tired is all I can say! lol - It's the joke posted below)

Thank you Lynz, I nearly died laughing lol lol lol

A couple go for a meal at a Chinese restaurant and orders the "Chicken Surprise."

The waiter brings the meal, served in a lidded cast iron pot. Just as the wife is about to serve herself, the lid of the pot rises slightly and she briefly sees two beady little eyes looking around before the lid slams back down. "Good grief, did you see that?" she asks her husband. He hasn't, so she asks him to look in the pot. He reaches for it and again the lid rises, and he sees two little eyes looking around before it slams down.

Rather perturbed, he calls the waiter over, explains what is happening, and demands an explanation. "Please sir," says the waiter, "what you order?" The husband replies, "Chicken Surprise." Ah ... so sorry," says the waiter, "I bring you Peeking Duck"

ROFL ROFL!!

N.B. yesterday's post

You may well be asking: "what post yesterday? there wasn't one!"

Exactly.

It was a day off, right?

Sheesh, gimme a break...

Anyway, extra-ordinary normal service will resume from tonight after work.

For those of you who have sleep problems, I'll let you know briefly what i did on my day off yesterday:

1. I went to the gym and cycled for two and a half hours whilst listening to a sermon on my ipod. I sat in the sauna and steam room for 20 minutes, trying to unwind my aching calf muscles. (click on the Mars Hill link on my blogroll, you can download the sermons I listen to free from there)
2. I got back home and proceeded to watch Prisoner Of Azkabhan (Harry Potter III) on DVD, and then Season one episodes 1-4 of Smallville.
3. I then tidied my room as we were having the energy and gas peole come have a look at the house. (NO I'm not talking about unfortunates with flatulence and lethargy issues, I mean the electricity people... NO, not superheroes, I mean.... Oh never mind.)
4. I then ate some tea and went to our Emerging Leaders Cell Group for some Bible Study/Discussion/Laughing/Drinking Coffee/Eating Pastries in that order.
5. I came back, watched some more tv, and went to bed.

There you go. was that ok?

Hello?

Hello?

Hellooooo?

Oh. (hears snoring)

Fine.

Another blog from the productive Hobbit...

That's right.

You heard correctly.

Today I'm in work, and have been so productive I've felt the need to blog about it during my break!

I've unpacked three stock orders, processed two damaged-and-claimed-for-credits, served loads of customers, and still had time to be handsome, charming and entertaining.

Sometimes I amaze myself....

24 Season Four...

It arrived in the post on Friday night, and by Sunday evening I'd watched the whole series...

Lol.

I've got a problem Lol.

Anyway, apart from my obviously lacking social skills and my refusal to integrate into normal society and be "anti-social", I enjoyed it, but wasn't overly impressed.

For the first time EVER, I guessed how it was going to end, four episodes before it did. That's a bit dissapointing really, as I've come to expect a very high standard of 24.

I actually prefferrred season 3 over season 4, as I felt it had more plot twists and turns, and the whole "mole within CTU" thing which was used AGAIN in season four, is getting a bit of an old formula now. That said, I still think it was worth the 17 quid, the acting was brilliant, and I liked the new characters, particularly curtis and edgar. Without sapoiling it for those of you who havent watched it yet, the re-introduction of old well known characters was a brilliant idea, and it gave the story overall more depth.

Still think season 3 was better, but we'll wait and see whether season 5 can beat it. It's off to a good start in my book, as it follows on straight after season 4, and only a few months have passed, so the original and overarching theme

My 24 addiction feels satisfied now. I might even start the series all over again, and put on season 1!!

Im gonna go to bed now, as watching all those dvds, I thought I might as well have an early (ish) night.....

The most boring job in the world...

I have spent most of the last two days in work preparing for our stocktake at the end of the month, where we have to count everything in the store.

part of the preparation is reconciling the CD's. basically, when a CD comes in, we put the cases out on the stand, but keep the CD's in a plastic wallet somewhere else with a matching number on the back of the case and the wallet. Before every stocktake, we have to reconcile the number on the back of the CD with the number on the wallet, which is THE most time consuming and brain-numbingly boring job that is neccessary.

It got me thinking...

What must be the most boring job in the world?

I had a few ideas:

1. Paperclip Factory Worker
2. I.T. Consultant for the Amish Community (not much career progression there)
3. Blackpool Rock Imprinter
4. Creche Worker in Age Concern
5. Cultural Attaché to Mr Blobby
6. Manufacturer of Giant Print Pocket Bibles (no-one would believe you)
7. Close Protection Officer to the Pacifist Society

Hmmm there's a few, any ideas anyone?

Right!

Due to comments left by my (ex) fans, I am returning with a vengeance.

I am in work, and I am blogging, which is dangerous and stupid. (I am on lunch btw, I'm not THAT rebellious)

In my disgust, I am taking a nazarene vow and not cutting my hair for at least the next three months. I may not even shave. I will, however, wash.

I have been instructed to "spark it up" and will henceforth respond in kind. My quick response commandos are already in place and all parameters of the target area have been intialised. (sorry, watched too much 24 this weekend) I am amped up, ready for the avalanche of new ideas and inspiration that will converge on this small yet significant space of the great cyberspehere.

In fact, I'm just about to post an intriguing piece of literary genius.

Ah.

Actually...

This was it.

Do you suffer from...

Clammy skin, hammering heart, nervous looks over your shoulder, gasps of surprise, fear and suspense that grabs at your throat and seems to rattle your rib cage?

No you're not ill, you've just ordered 24 Season 4 on dvd from play.com for 17.99!!

The obsession begins...

Hehe

Musings...

I've had a quiet night in tonight, and found two treasures I'd forgotten.

One of them is the folder on my computer of pictures I took when I was at one of my lowest points on my birthday this year, and I took myself off on my own, to freshfields on the train, and wandered round the woods taking random pictures, and then sitting on top of a sandune, eating my picnic lunch and reading a book.

The second was the Rich mullins album that I forgot I had.

I've really enjoyed both of them tonight, they remind me that as painful as this last year has been it has been beautiful. I can't play the rich mullins cd for you on here, but I hope you like the pictures too.

Long Time No Blog...

and I'm still not going to, so hear are some pics of me instead!! (you can't tell i was bored and had editing software can you?)

Lol