I just realised that Sloth and gluttony are both deadly sins. Do you think eating Ben and Jerry's in my pyjamas in the afternoon counts? I mean..it was frozen yoghurt..not even the ice cream. How does Jesus feel about frozen yoghurt? I mean..it must help a lot of fat people indulge while maintaining calorie controlled diets, that's basically compassion, and he was big on that. Not to mention his thrill for converting food stuff..water to wine, bread and fish to more bread and fish..I mean..yoghurt into a cool, solid snack. He was from a hot climate, i'm almost definitely sure that Jesus would approve of frozen yoghurt.
See..it's that kind of thing that being basically unemployed has allowed me to discover. Reaching what some might call, deeper levels of meditation, cognitive discovery.
Anyway. Once again, my day has been filled with peep show and lunch. Living the dream..
It's only a matter of time before I spend my nights awake on nirvana fan chatrooms talking to Kurt fanboys about how I 'relate to his lack of direction in those later years', while eating hobnobs and eventually refer to this period of my life as 'the downward spiral'.
Basically..I should probably get some kind of job. While I've never really prided myself on constants..even breakfast and my internet connection have been infrequent of late. WTFFFFFFFFFFF.
Right. Now that's all out, shame it's nippy atm, but hey, pub on thursday =].
Hope you're all well
xxx
Monday, 12 October 2009
Sunday, 11 October 2009
A quick update: Shob, hat factory and work
Thursday was basically another stayathome day. Can't really remember doing much.
On Friday I made flouries (indian snack), with nick, and Siobhan came round in the evening =]. We went to the hat factory in Luton for Sophie SS's 18th, which was kl, really nice to see her after quite a while. On Saturday we dropped Shob off at Woking station, then went to my cousin's to see her new baby, saw lots of family, all in all a nice gathering, but had to leave early to get to work.
Saturday night was a crazy shift, busy as usual, but not too awful. Then I worked again this morning, on my own with about 7 tables, £19 tips though =].
Apologies for being boringasfuckatm. Just trying to save money and keep going tbh.
This week I have pretty much no plans..hopefully not going to be another week in bed. Got to get my personal statement sorted and carry on job hunting.
Hope y'all are well.
xxx
On Friday I made flouries (indian snack), with nick, and Siobhan came round in the evening =]. We went to the hat factory in Luton for Sophie SS's 18th, which was kl, really nice to see her after quite a while. On Saturday we dropped Shob off at Woking station, then went to my cousin's to see her new baby, saw lots of family, all in all a nice gathering, but had to leave early to get to work.
Saturday night was a crazy shift, busy as usual, but not too awful. Then I worked again this morning, on my own with about 7 tables, £19 tips though =].
Apologies for being boringasfuckatm. Just trying to save money and keep going tbh.
This week I have pretty much no plans..hopefully not going to be another week in bed. Got to get my personal statement sorted and carry on job hunting.
Hope y'all are well.
xxx
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Walk the line and Strawberry cider
So today i again slept in. I feel it's becoming a sad indicator of my life that i have so much time on my hands. I fear this blog may just be the self documentation of a downward spiral, a decline from education into a year of nothingness, the wrong path to choose. I can see it as evidence in a court case at some point. But tbh, before it got to that point I'd fuck off somewhere nice and blow my last days of sanity on a wicked holiday, and that would be good for a few blogs, so stay tuned.
Anyway, back to my day, I was again rudely awoken by wogan. Builders are really getting on my wick now. i mean who leaves teabags out on a kitchen suface? Just who does that?..
I got up in time for lunch (half 2 ish) and made lunch for me and my brother. Today he said 'Ollie sleeps like he's recovering from cancer, he gets up for half an hour then looses all energy and goes back to bed'. Dark, but i chuckled.
Anyway. After lunch i did indeed return to bed to watch 'Walk the line', which everyone says is really good, but i found fairly average..doesn't really span his career as well it could i feel. But i suppose it covers the important bits. Anyway, as I'm not in the business of reviewing movies, nor am i qualified to even if i were in said business, i'll move on.
This evening i went down to the pub with ben, tried brother's strawberry cider, very nice it was too. For all you 'real men proper drinks' drinkers, fuck you. 1) I started with a pint of becks. 2) The cider was really nice.
So we chatted for a bit, then said goodbye. I'm really quite sad he's leaving. Such a good friend and now he's off halfway up the country. Oh well, I'll see him in a few weeks for Tom's legendary halloween party I suspect. Still, sad to see him go.
Anyway, that's about it, apart from ofc that Gossip Girl season 3 started tonight, so that'll be a weekly staple on my list of televisual enjoyment.
Hope you're all well.
xxx
Anyway, back to my day, I was again rudely awoken by wogan. Builders are really getting on my wick now. i mean who leaves teabags out on a kitchen suface? Just who does that?..
I got up in time for lunch (half 2 ish) and made lunch for me and my brother. Today he said 'Ollie sleeps like he's recovering from cancer, he gets up for half an hour then looses all energy and goes back to bed'. Dark, but i chuckled.
Anyway. After lunch i did indeed return to bed to watch 'Walk the line', which everyone says is really good, but i found fairly average..doesn't really span his career as well it could i feel. But i suppose it covers the important bits. Anyway, as I'm not in the business of reviewing movies, nor am i qualified to even if i were in said business, i'll move on.
This evening i went down to the pub with ben, tried brother's strawberry cider, very nice it was too. For all you 'real men proper drinks' drinkers, fuck you. 1) I started with a pint of becks. 2) The cider was really nice.
So we chatted for a bit, then said goodbye. I'm really quite sad he's leaving. Such a good friend and now he's off halfway up the country. Oh well, I'll see him in a few weeks for Tom's legendary halloween party I suspect. Still, sad to see him go.
Anyway, that's about it, apart from ofc that Gossip Girl season 3 started tonight, so that'll be a weekly staple on my list of televisual enjoyment.
Hope you're all well.
xxx
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
The only slightly more active day
So today i was rudely awoken by the sound of Terry Wogan booming through my bedroom door, with drills and builders singing their merry hearts out on my landing. I was not pleased.
So. I'll get up and work on my personal statement i thought. I opened the curtains to see a man, on a ladder, right outside my window, working on guttering or something, but none the less it was disturbing.
My list of personal statement problems then went:
No printer
Other computer with printer is painfully slow
email account won't open
memory stick is not compatible with laptop
can not find file
can not drag file to now operational memory stick
file (now on computer with printer) is from vista, so won't open on XP
(Anyone else notice that XP is also the tongue out emoticon? It adds insult to injury when xp isn't working)
computer can not find printer
printer has no paper
paper in printer jams
file FINALLY prints out.
*sigh*
Anyway. After that debacle (and ofc lunch) i retreated to bed with a kit kat and curiosity cola (oh liquid haribo loveliness). I continued watching dexter, which i plan to finish tonight, only an episode left. Then going to start on the west wing as my brother now has the first 2 seasons on boxset.
Work this evening was boring, just two tables..one very chavvy..'is bacardi rum?..i used to just drink it out the bottle, i didn't know'..she was about 50+ years old.
Anyway, I'm now £10 richer, have a free day tomorrow, and now have some new poetry and chopin on my ipod. Good times all round.
Extra highlight: Seeing Rob briefly, only to hand over driving theory disks though.
Extra Annoyance: Builders who sing loudly to themselves, leave teabags on the work surfaces, and tamper with the thermostat. Also..builders who think you're deaf because you have new-age looking white headphones on, so mouth everything and say it too loudly and slowly.
I'll leave you with a quote i love, and one that is in my personal statement:
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. -General Omar Bradley.
xxx
So. I'll get up and work on my personal statement i thought. I opened the curtains to see a man, on a ladder, right outside my window, working on guttering or something, but none the less it was disturbing.
My list of personal statement problems then went:
No printer
Other computer with printer is painfully slow
email account won't open
memory stick is not compatible with laptop
can not find file
can not drag file to now operational memory stick
file (now on computer with printer) is from vista, so won't open on XP
(Anyone else notice that XP is also the tongue out emoticon? It adds insult to injury when xp isn't working)
computer can not find printer
printer has no paper
paper in printer jams
file FINALLY prints out.
*sigh*
Anyway. After that debacle (and ofc lunch) i retreated to bed with a kit kat and curiosity cola (oh liquid haribo loveliness). I continued watching dexter, which i plan to finish tonight, only an episode left. Then going to start on the west wing as my brother now has the first 2 seasons on boxset.
Work this evening was boring, just two tables..one very chavvy..'is bacardi rum?..i used to just drink it out the bottle, i didn't know'..she was about 50+ years old.
Anyway, I'm now £10 richer, have a free day tomorrow, and now have some new poetry and chopin on my ipod. Good times all round.
Extra highlight: Seeing Rob briefly, only to hand over driving theory disks though.
Extra Annoyance: Builders who sing loudly to themselves, leave teabags on the work surfaces, and tamper with the thermostat. Also..builders who think you're deaf because you have new-age looking white headphones on, so mouth everything and say it too loudly and slowly.
I'll leave you with a quote i love, and one that is in my personal statement:
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. -General Omar Bradley.
xxx
'Forgiveness is giving up all hope of a better past'
' I know it left me lookin’ like a knife fight, lady
yeah you know it left me feelin’ like a shotgun shell
you know I know I mighta gone and lost my breath
but I wanna show ya how I found my breath
to death
it was buried under all the wind instruments
hidden in your castanets
goddamn
if ya ever wanna know how it felt when ya left
yeah if you ever wanna come inside
you know I know I mighta gone and lost my breath
but I wanna show ya how I found my breath
to death
it was buried under all the wind instruments
hidden in your castanets
goddamn
if ya ever wanna know how it felt when ya left
yeah if you ever wanna come inside
just knock on the spot
where I finally pressed STOP
playing musical chairs with exit signs.
I’m gonna cause you a miracle
when you see the way I kept God’s image alive.'
when you see the way I kept God’s image alive.'
-Buddy Wakefield
My day of rest a day late
Today I read Alex Mayall's blog and it made me sad. :(. It's fun. You should read it but not now, 'cause then you'll stop reading this. Read it later. In fact i'm not even going to put a link. Find it yourself. Psh. Stupid oxford-mathy-shredder-talented-eccentric-internetfanboyinterestingliteraryjournalistictalentkids.
ANYWAY. I think in giving too much of a general overview in my blogs (not just these, but the many that came before back in the old country(myspace) ). In trying to keep them brief and cover the important points, they just became boring. So psh. From now on it's rant central. All aboard down the long and twisted track to greater rambling.
So to start my epic foray into the world of gripping self documentation: today i stayed in bed.
Due to working late, early mornings and socialising (and probably more to the point my habit of staying online until about 2am), i've had little sleep of late. So today, with no commitments, i just..slept in..until about 12. At which point i got toast and went back to bed. Later on I rose for lunch and dinner, but then returned to bed. It's been brilliant. Truly fulfilling. For once i've achieved everything i wanted out of a day..rest. The beauty of low and achievable expectations, achievable goals.
Anyway, whilst in bed i've started to watch Dexter season 2. I've seen 8 episodes today..each one about 45 minutes to an hour long..that's pretty much how my day has been. Luxurious in time.
I've been wondering more frequently recently about if Shob had known me in the detail she does now, when we first met, whether i'd be in any way attractive. Tbh 'I blog and am working my way towards an 80% win rate on freecell'..doesn't sound so thrilling. Therein lies some of why I'm lucky to be with her. She doesn't care. Or probably more precisely, she chooses to ignore what isn't pleasing.
Henneway. Halloween coming up, and i am as ever excited about Tom's..either going as a vampire or a zombie this year, the theme being 'the undead'. I feel everyone will go as a vampire as it can be attractive, easy, and in a predominantly gothic (in terms of sub culture affiliations) group, not so much of a stretch. So i'm leaning towards zombie. It should be fairly easy to pull off..and with my hunger for brains I feel it suits me rather well.
Anyway, that's all for today dear reader.
I'll leave you with some quotes for Shira Erlichman, slam poet.
'I believe in lesbians..they're like unicorns..but gayer'
'We always said your head was tumour full of prayers'
xxx
ANYWAY. I think in giving too much of a general overview in my blogs (not just these, but the many that came before back in the old country(myspace) ). In trying to keep them brief and cover the important points, they just became boring. So psh. From now on it's rant central. All aboard down the long and twisted track to greater rambling.
So to start my epic foray into the world of gripping self documentation: today i stayed in bed.
Due to working late, early mornings and socialising (and probably more to the point my habit of staying online until about 2am), i've had little sleep of late. So today, with no commitments, i just..slept in..until about 12. At which point i got toast and went back to bed. Later on I rose for lunch and dinner, but then returned to bed. It's been brilliant. Truly fulfilling. For once i've achieved everything i wanted out of a day..rest. The beauty of low and achievable expectations, achievable goals.
Anyway, whilst in bed i've started to watch Dexter season 2. I've seen 8 episodes today..each one about 45 minutes to an hour long..that's pretty much how my day has been. Luxurious in time.
I've been wondering more frequently recently about if Shob had known me in the detail she does now, when we first met, whether i'd be in any way attractive. Tbh 'I blog and am working my way towards an 80% win rate on freecell'..doesn't sound so thrilling. Therein lies some of why I'm lucky to be with her. She doesn't care. Or probably more precisely, she chooses to ignore what isn't pleasing.
Henneway. Halloween coming up, and i am as ever excited about Tom's..either going as a vampire or a zombie this year, the theme being 'the undead'. I feel everyone will go as a vampire as it can be attractive, easy, and in a predominantly gothic (in terms of sub culture affiliations) group, not so much of a stretch. So i'm leaning towards zombie. It should be fairly easy to pull off..and with my hunger for brains I feel it suits me rather well.
Anyway, that's all for today dear reader.
I'll leave you with some quotes for Shira Erlichman, slam poet.
'I believe in lesbians..they're like unicorns..but gayer'
'We always said your head was tumour full of prayers'
xxx
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Falling behind already!
5 days with no update. *Sigh* Here we go then.
Wednesday I went down to Surrey, met Shob and we saw 500 days of summer (awesome film, i've never 'aw'd so much in one film. Then we went over to the campus in Guildford to see Nai and Jess. Now. What you need to understand at this point is that we started drinking about 6. Now. If you're planning to go otu drinking..having 6 vodkas before you leave the house..bad idea.Anyway, we went down to chancellors the on campus bar, had a few more drinks..and from then on the night gets a little hazy. We apparently went to 3 places in town (Shob had left by this point). I remember the whetherspoons. But that's it really. Haven't been that drunk in a loong time. So drunk that in order to piss i decided to scale a 6 foot wall with a fence on top. Climbing back over, i got my jeans snagged on the top..scary moment as i looked straight down at the pavement. Anyway, next morning i threw up like never before. Fun though.
Thursday night I worked, Friday Shob came down, i cooked and then we watched 'thank you for smoking', brilliant film. Then last night i worked a crazy shift, got £30 in tips though.
So glad i've got a day off today. Rob's started revising already which worries me, probably need to look into that. Boss basically told me the other daythat as we had more staff coming back there'd be much less work for me, need to get a full time job quick =/.
Anyway, got some uni visits planned for the next few weeks, York, Leeds, Warwick, and probably bristol and brighton too to visit friends. Getting a bit jealous of freshers, but whatever, soon as my resits are done in january, I'll be freeeee to earn money and travel.
Henneways. Hope y'all are well.
xxx
Wednesday I went down to Surrey, met Shob and we saw 500 days of summer (awesome film, i've never 'aw'd so much in one film. Then we went over to the campus in Guildford to see Nai and Jess. Now. What you need to understand at this point is that we started drinking about 6. Now. If you're planning to go otu drinking..having 6 vodkas before you leave the house..bad idea.Anyway, we went down to chancellors the on campus bar, had a few more drinks..and from then on the night gets a little hazy. We apparently went to 3 places in town (Shob had left by this point). I remember the whetherspoons. But that's it really. Haven't been that drunk in a loong time. So drunk that in order to piss i decided to scale a 6 foot wall with a fence on top. Climbing back over, i got my jeans snagged on the top..scary moment as i looked straight down at the pavement. Anyway, next morning i threw up like never before. Fun though.
Thursday night I worked, Friday Shob came down, i cooked and then we watched 'thank you for smoking', brilliant film. Then last night i worked a crazy shift, got £30 in tips though.
So glad i've got a day off today. Rob's started revising already which worries me, probably need to look into that. Boss basically told me the other daythat as we had more staff coming back there'd be much less work for me, need to get a full time job quick =/.
Anyway, got some uni visits planned for the next few weeks, York, Leeds, Warwick, and probably bristol and brighton too to visit friends. Getting a bit jealous of freshers, but whatever, soon as my resits are done in january, I'll be freeeee to earn money and travel.
Henneways. Hope y'all are well.
xxx
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