| An LJ Meme from Rhi to Joe to me |
[05 Oct 2009|09:04pm] |
"Reply to this post by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you."
Drums - The only instrument I've ever been able to play well (really stretching the meanings of the words "instrument" and "well" there...). They're well fun to play in a group, but I really don't feel it on my own and so my drum kit now resides dismantled in the loft.
Axe - My reluctantly primary online RP character's weapon of choice. I started off with Elfang being my obvious main character, but I gradually found myself enjoying Elfax's complete disregard for social conduct far more appealing than Elfang's strict adherence to rules and order. I very much enjoyed the reactions I got for his relatively unpredictable behaviour. I wish the sites I used him on didn't all end up vanishing because I really wanted to expand on his character. I miss TU! ='(
Pikachu - Yeah, my LJ is pretty much a Pika-fest. I've never thought of Pikachu as a favourite, but I definitely do enjoy me some Pokémon. Yellow was an exceptional game for its time and is still one of the best of the franchise.
Role Playing - From age 12 to about 17, I think, I spent a great deal of my time role playing online. For the majority of that time, I was crazy about reading books and I loved how much RP'ing felt like writing some kind of interactive novel. I didn't really contribute to forums in any way apart from in the RP section (which is why today, I don't contribute to them at all). I tried my hand at some properly serious, organised stuff (a Yahoo! group named Stormpoint in particular), but I never really got past my love for jumping into an RP on TU with no idea where it was gonna go or how it was gonna get there, and ending up with something awesomely fun. I made friends with a lot of people there and still keep in tenuous touch with Joe and Rhi. I still miss TU! ='(
Greenock - The town in which I live. I feel like it wants to be Glasgow, but succeeds only in its ratio of neds to less annoying people. I still like it, though. If I were to move out of town at some point in my life, I wouldn't want to move too far away (Edinburgh is my limit at the moment). It's not always the nicest town and it certainly doesn't have a lot going on that interests me, but I like it.
Aaaaaaand done.
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| Ironic humbling is the best kind |
[03 Jul 2009|01:32am] |
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Loli and I went to Glasgow yesterday to see our friend Jonathan for his birthday gathering. We met him in Central station with his friends: Alistair, Sara and Bally (a nickname borne of the surname "Ballantyne").
We're walking toward Buchanan Street trying to think of somewhere to have eats when I spot this guy wearing big shades with shoulder-length hair. I notice him in particular only because I can see that, while everyone else is constantly adjusting their vector to accommodate the people traffic, he is walking in an obsintately straight line -- a line which would take him directly into Sara if she didn't move. Sara was not in a position to move left or right because she had at least one person on either side walking in the same direction, at near enough the same velocity. She also wasn't looking.
The inevitable impact occurred and the guy blasphemed loudly and angrily. Given that he was wearing the shades, I couldn't be certain where his eyes were pointing at the time, but I could clearly see that he was facing dead ahead in the whole run-up, so I figured he had seen her and just expected her to do all the moving. And you can gather from the detail in which I was able to analyse the situation just how far apart they were when the potential problem arose, so he certainly had plenty of time to clock her.
He angrily told her she'd "better watch where she's going" and she apologised quietly, but I wasn't having any of this; as is my habit when in the presence of loud morons, I became a loud moron myself. Not sure what I shouted, but it was along the lines of: "You better watch yourself, dickhead!"
Witty, I know. ¬_¬
He then turned around and started threatening to knock my head off and such-like. I recall the final insult ending, "ya baldy bastard!". Obviously a dig at the length of my hair, but... he had longer hair than me...
We started walking away long before he finished. Once he was done, as I was halfway through explaining what I'd seen before the event, Sara thanked me.
Y'know, I've never been thanked for shouting at someone like that before. Normally people tell me to shut up (and quite rightly) because my responding can only aggravate the situation. For some reason, though, it was being thanked for it that made me question whether or not it was really worth getting "justice". Maybe next time I'll think before I decide I'm invincible.
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| Job Hunt & Exam Run-up |
[24 Apr 2009|02:12pm] |
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Just got off the phone with my old boss to see if there would be any jobs going there once my exams are over. Turns out that their department (or the infrastructure or something) is being sold to AXA, so there won't even be an MLC after August. That would suggest that maybe I could get a job until then, but all of the stuff I dealt with is actually being migrated at the end of May, which is about when my exams finish. So I guess I've got a proper job hunt on my hands, after all. At least I got that out of the way fairly early.
Just been looking on S1 Jobs and there seem to be quite a few full-time jobs going in Greenock. More than I'd have expected from what people keep saying. I'm hopeful for now.
I had my CS-1P lab exam on Tuesday. I got the program in working order veeery late beforehand (more due to lack of skill than lack of effort) and as a result, I didn't have time to memorise the entire thing. I got about 80 out of 109 lines of code in my head. Those final lines were pretty much just for the output, though, and I got most of the preliminary calculations down perfectly. So, I'm thinking 9 to 12 out of 20. It's only worth 10% of my grade anyway. Now I need to get a little under half marks in the final exam to get a C. Here's hoping!
Maths is gonna be the real bugger. CS-1Q should be a bit of a challenge, but fun, and I may not even bother revising for SciFun. But Maths is friggin' hard. Friggin'!
Rather than studying last week, I spent the majority of my alone time playing video games. I downloaded the trial of Mega Man 9 on PS3, started to see the appeal, and bought the full version. I can see why folks get hooked on these games. Took me a long time to notice that certain bosses were particularly vulnerable to certain weapons, meaning there was somewhat of an order in which they should be tackled. I was on my last one, Magma Man, when I realised this as I accidentally put out his flames in a last-ditch effort to hurt him enough to MAKE HIM DIE. At 4am this morning I got to the final battle with Wily. I'd run out of E-Tanks. I gave it three tries (eventually managing to beat all the boss re-battles without dying), but I really don't think I can manage Wily's second form without being able to restore my health mid-battle.
You know there's something wrong with you when you're in the run-up to your exams while looking for a job and your biggest journal section is about Mega Man.
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| Me against the world |
[09 Apr 2009|03:04pm] |
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Yesterday I was met with the strongest video games-based bitterness I have ever experienced. Five people all willing me to lose in every game I participated in. And why? Because I am allegedly a bad winner. Oddly, it never occurred to them that this sort of behaviour might come from a bloated ego, which the attitude of treating me like a force to be reckoned with by both in-game and physically ganging up on me is only going to exacerbate. As a result of this, I must say, despite making clear efforts to toe the line and not shoot too far ahead, I fucking trashed you all at everything. Get it firmly up yeiz.
I'm actually not that good at proper gaming; I just have the coordination that it takes to win at most Wii party games. It's at times like these that I miss hanging out with people who'll play real games more often.
So, yeah, yesterday afternoon was a lot of fun. Loli & Allie came over for me about 2pm and we went up to Christy's to join in their post-scenery-making hang-outage. I grabbed my Wii-quipment and we began with Thrillville: Off The Rails. While Loli, Christy, Calum and I were at that, Alison was busy teaching Martin how to play ukelele. She made a ten minute video of us while she was at it.
Martin got frustrated part way through a game of Sonic Wildfire, so Allie stepped in and introduced a measure of challenge to the equation. Very early on she decided she would tackle me out of the blue and wrestle my Wiimote from me so I couldn't win one of the mini-games. No matter how much I tickled her, she wouldn't give up! I then got tickled tae hell by Loli, who didn't realise that the Wiimote was no longer in my possession. Thereafter the activity remained (mostly) in game.
Brawl was up next, whereupon Loli & Allie made a brief exit to the Spar. Christy had some martial art thing on in the evening, so pretty much as soon as they returned, it was time to go. I gave Martin & Allie a lift home (I missed the turn off for Martin's place, so had to make a very fun, but very illegal, manoeuvre to get back on track).
A while after dinner, Loli & I went for a wee walk and I bought us Callipo's from the Spar, because I was a-cravin' 'em. Didn't taste the same as I recall from my childhood, but still good.
Today has been mighty boring. Tomorrow should be good because it's Allie's birthday night out in the Jimmy and then Red. Gonna do my darnedest to keep her from getting drunk.
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| Never made an off-the-bat entry like this before... |
[02 Apr 2009|10:46pm] |
Okay, so, I'm trying to study lecture notes for CS-1Q. The lecturer has saved the PDF's with the text flowing vertically instead of horizontally, so I'm having to tilt my head to read the files. I quickly grew tired of this and looked for an option on the reader for rotation; none to be found on my version of Adobe Reader.
I recalled the oft frustrating household mistake of accidentally typing a little-known Windows shortcut for rotating the entire monitor view, so I Googled "windows rotating view" to find the exact shortcut such that I might temporarily screw with my view to make these notes more easily read. Turns out it's Ctrl+Alt+L (or R, depending on the direction one wants).
The page I found regarding this had a number of comments telling stories of how this had happened to others. One of them absolutely cracked me up:
"Someone in my office looked this up and tried it on their teams PCs at work. Theirs inverted, three did nothing then 1 shut down without saving anything. She stopped after that."
That is, quite simply, the best thing I have read all day.
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| Blogging about every little thing |
[17 Mar 2009|08:21pm] |
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So, yeah, Sunday evening with Leonard & Allie was pretty damned sweet. The two of them kept ganging up on me the whole night, though. I need to get up on my pop culture, and knowledge of ducks. Seriously, what the crap WAS that?
Had me a big ol' mixed grill with chips. Tasty, tasty stuff, but extremely overfilling. Nevertheless, I made room for the chocolate fudge cake, which really tipped me over the edge. I proceeded to feel sickly for the rest of the night, but managed to stave off the full effects until I got home and made good friends with Mr Toilet. We've had some good times, me and Mr Toilet; that fella never lets me down. [Insert witticism about "taking my shite" here]
After the Jimmy, we headed up to the Port Tesco (why the Port, you ask? Search me) for cookies, Smirnoff and other things. Couldn't help but point out the irony of leaving a pub to go get alcohol. Then we just hung out in Allie's watching television and having the piss further taken out of me until Leonard and I made our separate ways home.
Got a program to be finishing tonight. Totally cannae be arsed wae it. I can really feel myself running out of steam, which doesn't bode so well for the coming years. The picture Tom paints of third year ain't making it any more appealing. And it's quite clear that I'm not cut out for a Maths degree.
Most of Uni was actually quite fun today. Jonathan and I came across Doug, who then walked us over to Loli, at whose position we stopped and were set upon by Tom and Michael (I believe...), soon briefly joined by Dave. So we had quite an awesome crowd for lunch today.
Tom was a wee bit annoyed with me because I bought all 21 Fudges out of the vending machine yesterday. It was an act of celebration that the dratted thing had finally been fixed! I'll make it up to him one day.
So it turns out that I might be going to GA after all. Seems that the whole "we can't take reps who don't reside in our Presbytery" shtick was a load of nonsense, because we all got an e-mail yesterday about organising just that. Thing is, there are five individuals looking for a presbytery to represent and only four presbyteries needing reps. So one of us ain't going. We shall see!
Going to a gig on Thursday, woo! Doug's playing in some band that isn't Red Word whose name I always forget at Slanj. I know Leonard is going, I seem to have half-convinced Jay to take Mandie and I'm hoping Allie will be well enough for it. It's weird, though; Slanj's rock night isn't normally until nearer the end of the month. I do hope I haven't gotten the wrong end of the stick on this.
Loli's not been feeling so hot lately. We're supposed to be spending the day at mine tomorrow, but we'll see how she's feeling. Wherever we are, I'll be prescribing cups of tea and lots of sleep.
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| Here, my mates are brilliant |
[14 Mar 2009|05:18pm] |
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That title has nothing to do with this entry; it's just a fact.
So the second semester is nearly up (the time after the Easter break doesn't really count for most of us in Glasgow) and I've got a lot of small things crammed into the next couple of weeks. Got a report to finish for CS-1Q (worth about 1.4% of my grade ¬_¬ ); a SciFun Physics online workshop on Monday; a SciFun Stats workshop sometime the following week; a Maths workshop the Wednesday after next; and a SciFun Class Test on the last day before Easter break. And of course I still have the weekly programming units for CS-1P.
I've really not done much work at all this semester. This has had a slight effect on my marks in Maths and SciFun, but really I'm still doing pretty well. I need to motivate myself over the break, though, or I'm gonna have a serious problem come exam time. I really hope I can find a job for once the exams are over.
I've recently been enlisted into a new committee for my church, called the "Stewardship & Finance Committee". We're basically trying to do things that'll make people want to start coming back to our church again (that is, those who are members of the church, but who do not attend any longer). To be honest, I'm not really sure what good we can do. We can set up all the events we want, but in the end what matters is whether or not people keep coming after the one-off events. I dunno, I'm trying to keep optimistic but it's looking pretty grim. The Church as a whole is in a terrible financial situation.
I've been seeing a lot of my two favourite girls, Loli & Allie, lately. Not a lot of anyone else outside of Uni, which is a bit of a pain. I hang out with Jonathan at Uni every day, which is great. He's only 17, but he acts with such greater sensibility than the ones we used to hang around with. Tried to give Jay a call today, but no answer.
Loli's mum baked cakes and scones last night. They were ruddy fantastic! (Not as good as Loli's, of course ;P).
Last Saturday we went out for a walk in the rain. We went pretty much as far the hospital, then turned and headed back. It rained the whole time, but it was really fun! I bought her a bottle of Irn-Bru on the way back, along with a tin of hot dogs, which I daresay will be our dinner tonight. Hot dogsss!
Tomorrow night should be fun. Heading down the James Watt with Allie and Leonard for dinner and probably a few drinks. I'm actually kinda tempted to get a vodka and Pepsi after the unexpectedly delicious mistake at Red last Friday. I'm driving, though, so that would be inadvisable. Plus alcohol still scares the bejeezes outta me.
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| Exams & Church Camp |
[29 Jan 2009|09:32pm] |
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I finally got my December exam results in today. I got an A2 in Science Fundamentals (but then, it is Science Fundamentals) and a C3 in Maths, which wasn't so great. Still, I'd expected A5 & D1 or 2, so I guess it isn't so bad. For the Computing Science classes, we just got tests which contribute to our final grade at the end of the year. I've still to get back my programming marks, but I know I got 50% for the "non-programming" aspect. That's actually better than most, but still not good enough.
Oh, well. Onward and upward.
I've recently started chasing up my application to attend the Church's General Assembly again this year, representing my own Presbytery this time around. I know James has secured a place through the Youth Assembly, so I had hoped that would mean I'd have a better shot at it, but nooooo. They didn't actually do anything to let me know about this until I started asking questions, but they've decided to let a lass from Gourock go in the interests of fairness, since she hasn't been before. Now, that's fine, but they've also stated that they're under orders from the Depute Clerk not to have youth reps representing presbyteries of which they are not a part. I've been told that they may be able to work around this somehow, but it really isn't looking good; the only reason I even got to go last year was because Lanark didn't have a rep for themselves.
The main beef I have here is with myself; I chose not to apply through the Youth Assembly like James because there were over 200 people there and I figured I should give them a better chance, rather than hogging one of the ten places for myself. They did get a surplus of three and had to ask some who had already been if they would stand aside, but I'd imagine they would have gone for those who had been through NYA specifically before and/or had been there numerous times first. One of the guys who got through has gone with NYA for at least the last four years. So, yeah, I'm kinda kicking myself about that. I was really, REALLY looking forward to it.
Oh! I have a story! Okay, Jonathan, Nicola and I are sitting in McDonald's in the city centre when out of nowhere (well, from behind me) these two black guys stop at our table holding what we're all pretty sure were a half each of a greeting card, folded over with the blank side facing up. The guy nearest me starts muttering and shoving this half-a-card under our noses. I'm figuring he's begging (he's moving the thing too fast for me to tell whether or not there's writing on it) and, while normally I might give the guy a pound or two, this was an extremely awkward situation. Before any of us have the chance to say anything to this sudden appearance, the guys turn and bolt out the door. Hereafter, Jonathan begins concocting all manner of ideas regarding their intent: an evil curse and the spreading of a bio-weapon powder among them. Nicola says something about stealing, but I think nothing of it -- I'm basically wearing all my stuff. Ten minutes later we go to leave and, lo and behold, Jonathan can't find his phone. Looks like the guy nearest me was just distracting us with this blank piece of card while the one nearest Jonathan bent down and took the phone from his jacket pocket as it lay slung over the back of his chair.
I fucking HATE thieves!
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| Because you lovely people deserve better |
[28 Jan 2009|03:26am] |
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I ain't done one of these in, like, a year. Certainly never on LJ, where it may remain forevermore (or at least as long as LJ's servers last).
Whose bed did you sleep in last night?
The same one we sleep in every night, Pinky. TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!
Ever kissed anyone 30 or older?
Yes, but only on the cheek. The face-cheek.
Are you in a relationship?
You could call it that; you could also describe it using a dagger-to-the-heart witticism, but I have learned my lesson in that department.
Do you miss anyone?
Almost everyone I know. And I know a hellalotta folks.
Who messaged you last?
Loli, heralding the end of my Computing lab boredom for the day.
Have you held hands with anyone today?
No, actually; that's not a particularly frequent practice with us, as it happens.
Do you like winter?
I like the snow and I like the Christmas, but that is all I like.
Do you like summer?
Given my last answer, you'd think I would, but not so much.
Plans for tomorrow?
Uni (now with extra added test!), Loli's house, video games, sleep.
Do you like to cuddle?
I sure does.
Do you want to dance?
Under the moonlight? Oh, I'll squeeze you, baby. All through the night.
Honestly, what's on your mind right now?
The Ramones.
Do you want to see someone this very minute?
In particular: Loli, Jay & Allie.
Who do you not get along with?
I get along with anyone who doesn't mess me around, generally. Unfortunately, I've met a number of messy people in my time.
Do you think you're approachable?
You would be shocked at some of the secrets near strangers have told me.
What are your plans for the weekend?
Well, Loli's fatal injury prevents ice skating this week. Maybe we'll finally get around to watching Wall-E.
Has someone of the opposite sex ever told you they loved you and meant it?
Lots of 'em. Not that way, mind.
Suppose you see your crush kissing another person?
Well, it's not like we're going out. Now, if I saw my girlfriend kissing someone!
Something interesting happen lately?
Interesting... that's one way to put it.
Did you ever lose a best friend?
Well, Leonard and I have been on and off for the last couple of years. It's all good right now, though.
When was the last time you saw your father?
Monday.
Was your last kiss a mistake?
Well, I almost missed.
What is bothering you right now?
The length of this thing.
What is in the back seat of "your" car right now?
Inverted commas? Why? Anyways, I run a pretty tight automobile; no rubbish whatsoever.
Would you take your last ex back?
Nope.
What was the last thing you ate?
A croissant. Sophisticated, me.
Ever go camping?
Wouldn't dream of it. Well, that's a lie actually; I dreamt of it last night.
Have you ever lost anything down a toilet?
Nothing worth remembering, it seems.
Do you use smiley faces on the computer a lot?
I try to hold back on them sometimes; 'specially on this journal.
Are you someone's best friend?
Sure am.
Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive-thru?
I prefer sitting in; the drive-thru makes me nervous.
Do you have a dog?
No pets at all, and very happy for it.
Have you given up on anyone?
You can only take so much disappointment.
Have you ever kissed anyone with a name that starts with D or Z?
I've kissed lots of dick, that count?
Did you ever waste too much time on a certain boy or girl?
I've wasted my time on many a boy; they just don't appreciate my enthusiastic advances, for some reason.
Is the last person you kissed mad at you?
No reason to be, but that ain't stopped her before.
Have you ever stayed in a hotel?
Numerous ones, of varying standards.
Do you believe that you are a good girlfriend or boyfriend?
I believe I can be.
What is in your pockets?
Inside my pockets, one might find... the inside of my pockets! =O
What does the last message say in your inbox?
Something like, "My lab's done now. Yayface! xxoxo".
Where would you like to be right now?
A friend's house, watching, doing or saying something stupid like old times.
Ever told someone you loved them and not mean it?
I didn't mean to not mean it.
Ever been told you were loved by someone who didn't mean it?
It's quite likely. She'll have been suffering the same dilemma I mentioned but a question earlier.
Do you think someone is thinking about you right now?
Yeah, Leonard just tweeted at me, so I know I'm in his head.
Have you ever cried in public?
Yeah, a couple of times.
Favourite colour?
I dunno, blue?
Night or day?
More fun things happen during the day.
Do you like anyone?
I like lotsa people.
How do you feel right now?
Kinda sleepy.
Do you believe ex's can really ever be "just friends"?
Pfft, no.
Do you bite your fingernails?
Never have, never will.
What's your favorite number?
32. Actually.
What is your biggest problem?
Yer maw.
What do you like to do for fun?
Post quizzes on LJ, apparently.
Does the last person you kissed have any importance in your life?
Wee bit. =P
Who was the last person you talked to on the telephone?
That would be Allie.
What were you doing at 7am?
Sleeping through my alarm...
What are you doing tonight?
The official party line is "studying", but I think we all know that ain't what's happening.
Is anyone on your bad side right now?
A couple of people.
Can you make brownies without having to look at the directions?
I can't make brownies with the directions.
^ Top answer on Catchphrase.
Do you still talk to the person you kissed last?
On the odd occasion, aye.
Any plans for tomorrow?
Yeah, this has been asked.
Can you handle the truth?
Can you handle my cock? I named it "The Truth". YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! See? Moving on.
Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?
Second, third, fourth; I don't seem to have a "final straw", no matter how much I may say it.
Ever kissed anyone 30 or older?
Again with the repeating.
Do you have a twin?
Yes. When we were very young we made the mutual decision to live the one life with one identity on a rotational basis for the sake of a magic trick. Funnily enough, that didn't pan out so well. (Extra Euan points if you got that)
How many times have you donated blood?
Approximately one fifteenth of a time.
Are you wearing anything blue?
My sleeves, jeans and eyes.
What should you be doing right now?
Studying. Thought you'd have gathered that?
Is there someone you wish you could work things out with?
I did. Then things happened and I suddenly didn't care.
Are you an emotional person?
I can be, but not too often.
Has anyone ever spread a rumour about you?
Heck, yeah.
Where did you sleep last night?
Next tae yer maw.
What would happen if you had a baby with the last person you kissed?
I'd imagine the world would have a new found fear of the fertilising power of a kiss.
Last place you hugged someone?
Her front door.
Do you know anyone named Matt?
Once upon a time.
What color is your hair?
Dark brown.
When was the last time you talked to one of your siblings?
Wait, I have siblings?!
Is your hair curly or straight?
Wavy. Hah!
Who was the last person you took a picture with?
Loli, I'd expect.
Do you hαve a best friend?
Yes, I certainly do.
Do you remember what you were like a year ago?
Yep, and I don't think I've changed since then, really.
Have you ever changed clothes in a vehicle?
Sure have.
Who did you last go out to eat with?
Loli and Jonathan. The usual Tuesday Subway.
Do you wear glasses?
Nah. I'm one of those annoying people who jumps at every opporchancity to try on other people's.
Is the sun shining?
Somewhere over the rainbow. But not here.
Are you happy with your life right now?
All but my social situation.
Are you currently jealous?
No reason to be.
What jewellery are you currently wearing?
My watch?
What were you doing at 10pm Friday night?
Ask Loli; I haven't the foggiest.
Have you ever broken someone's heart?
I hope not.
Do you have any weird inside jokes?
Most of my humour is derived from constant re-enactment of past humour. So, yeah.
Do you find piercings attractive in the opposite sex?
Really, really no.
Could you go the rest of your life without smoking a cigarette?
I think I could manage, yeah.
Name something you dislike about the day you're having?
My day has been had. This is just me milking it for all it's totally not worth.
Is there anybody you're really disappointed in right now?
I believe I alluded to that in a previous question. Yes, Ctrl+F "Have you given up on anyone?" and you'll see. Clever question.
Do you watch a lot of TV?
Not a lot, no.
Do you think you will be in a relationship 3 months from now?
More than likely.
Do you drink tea/iced?
Yes, I drink iced.
Have you ever wanted something you couldn't have?
Lots of times.
Have you ever in anyway, been betrayed by someone you trust?
Yeah, hence the seething hatred for years.
Do you know anyone that is currently locked up?
I might, but I never bother reading the stories properly when my mum points out the NED's from my school in the paper.
Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
Sure have.
What was on your mind mostly today?
My latest Python program, which turned out to be surprisingly easy.
Who was the last person of the opposite sex that you talked to?
My mum.
If you could change your eye colour would you?
To anything? Yeah, purple.
What are you listening to right now?
Aquabats - Ska Boss on loop.
Would you ever date the last person you kissed?
Well, I could give it a go, I suppose.
What was your favourite thing about Sunday?
The folks at Sunday School when I revealed the fairy cakes Loli & I had made. =)
When was the last time you cried?
Long time ago.
Do you hate someone?
No, not anymore.
Last person who bought you something?
Loli chipped in for baking ingredients on Saturday.
Who did you last get into a big argument with?
Can't rightly recall.
Have you ever had a really big fight with a best friend?
One or two, but they always got sorted in the end.
Have you ever worn the opposite sex's underwear?
Nnnnope.
What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?
Almost getting up, but not quite.
Do you like to have long hair or short hair?
Don't really have a preference.
If you were a reasonable age, would you prefer a baby boy or girl?
I think I might prefer a girl; I'd be more likely to see a younger me in a boy's personality and that would just be weird.
What was the weather like today?
It was nice-wet.
What was the last thing you hid?
Hm, I believe I hid something of Loli's not too long ago, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.
Are you over the age of 25?
Certainly not.
When was the last time you touched drum sticks?
I was clearing out some stuff one day, found them, and ended up spinning them for the rest of the afternoon.
What are you excited about?
Exam results!
How do you currently make your money?
I allow interest to accrue on my savings while I use an interest-free overdraft; I let the system make my money.
What is the last letter of your middle name?
T, but... why?
Are you happy right now?
I'm too sleepy to know. Probably.
What were you doing last night?
Loli was here; we had fun in some manner. (Stupid tiredness... can't think straight)
Do you want to get married & have children one day?
I want to get married and have child, yes. =P
Is there any good that you're craving right now?
Sleep?
Are you waiting for something?
Sleep.
Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?
You've asked this be-sleep.
Did you get your full 8 hours of sleep last night?
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
If there was a large spider in the room, would you stay?
I'd kill it, then go sleep.
Have you ever liked someone that treated you bad?
Yeah, sometimes I forgive far too easily.
Is your current hair colour your natural hair colour?
It sure is.
Is there some form of medication you should take?
Sleep?
Which of your friends do you argue with the most?
Nothing to report there.
Have you hugged or kissed anyone in the last 72 hours?
'Course I have.
Was today a good day?
I... you already... SLEEP!
Do you get mad easily?
I'm starting to!
Do you get a lot of hugs or kisses everyday?
Not always lots, but most days.
What happened at 10am this morning?
I decided to screw SciFun and go meet Loli at the cosmopolitan haven that is Starbucks.
What is the last thing someone bought you?
SLEEP!
Has someone of the opposite sex ever told you they loved you?
Sleep?
Who of all your friends do you trust the most?
Most certainly Jay.
Have you ever kissed anyone named Michael?
I have cussed someone named Michael.
Who was the last person you were in a car with?
Loli.
When was the last time you cried really, really hard?
Been over this, and I'm still not sleeping. (I am aware that it's my own fault)
Who took your profile picture?
What? It's a drawing of a Pikachu. No one took it; it was drawn! Moron.
What woke you up this morning?
Plain good luck.
Do you have the same best friends now that you had a year ago?
Yeah, but I don't see him half as much as I did then. =(
What color was the last drink you consumed?
Water-coloured.
Could you go a day without eating?
Yeah, but... I'd be hungry.
Does it take a lot to make you cry?
I don't think it does, really.
GENERAL:
1. What's your name: Euan
2. How tall are you: Six feet
3. What colour are your eyes: They are blue
4. What colour is your hair: Been here, done this, not doin' it again
5. Are you Male or Female: If you haven't figured that out by now, you don't deserve the answer
6. What is your best feature (physically): My eyes, so I'm told
7. What's your shoe size: Seven
8. Glasses, yes or no: No
9. Did you ever have braces: Yeah, the removable kind
10. On a typical day you are wearing: The only recurring items are my Vans and my duffel coat
11. When you go to bed you're wearing: Bedsheets
CIRCLE TWO: WORD ASSOCIATION
(Write the first word/thing/person that comes into your head when you read this word:
1. coffee: black
2. dog: bark
3. slut: sky (as in the surname "Slutsky")
4. candy: man
5. pole: tax
6. ocean: 's Eleven
7. brave: heart
8. love: bug
9. cookie: monster
10. death: offdeath (Stupid David's username, messing with my gut reactions)
11. life: style
12. child: pornography (Finally, a less boring one!)
CIRCLE THREE: WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER:
(mark an "x" to the one you prefer)
1. Ten guilty men go free OR [ x]
One innocent man goes to jail for life []
2. Eaten by a lion OR [x]
Eaten by thousands of small insects [ ]
3. A life of contentment without love OR [x]
A life with love and heartache [ ]
4. Skydiving from a plane OR [ ]
Bungee jumping off a bridge [x]
No five, it seems
6. No television OR [x]
No music [ ]
7. No more pizza, ever OR [x]
No more chocolate, ever [ ]
8. A trip to Europe OR [x]
a trip to Hawaii [ ]
9. An hour with your future soul mate OR [ ]
An hour with a lost loved one [x]
10. No longer being able to cry OR [ ]
No longer being able to feel the need to cry [x]
11. Sex without love OR [ ]
love without sex [x]
12. Loving someone who doesn't love you OR [ ]
being loved by someone you don't love [x]
CIRCLE FOUR: THE LOVE LIFE
1. Are you currently in a relationship: Ayep
2. Are you currently looking/interested in someone: Well, I ought to be interested
3. Have you ever been in love: I currently am
4. If so, with who: Loli, duh
5. How many times have you been in love: Just the once
6. Looking back, how do you feel about that person now?: The... same... ?
7. Name three things (physically) you look for in someone: Face, hair, bum
8. Name three things (mentally/emotionally): Intelligence, humour, integrity
9. Biggest turnoff: Stupidity
10. Your ideal date: July 16th 1988 -- the date the world got a little bit better
11. You want to get married, where, when, how: In my church, someday, via the medium of a minister
CIRCLE FIVE: THE FRIENDS
(of your friends, who would you say is:)
1. The one you immediately go to with a problem: Jay
2. The most sarcastic: David by a mile
3. The funniest: They all have their areas
4. The one you spend the most time on the phone with: Probably Allie, trying to arrange to meet up
5. The craziest (but in a good way): Very much Allie
6. The most honest: Lying is bad and I think they're all grown up enough to get that
7. The purest: Jay. Heart of gold, that lad
8. The smartest: Probably Allie
9. The most athletic: Though he professes to be unfit these days, this one is Jay all over
10. The most compassionate: Hm... nope, can't call that one
11. The one most likely to get thrown in jail and why: David, for getting caught doing something relatively harmless, but then being cheeky to the police
14. Best drawer: I don't really know, but I'm gonna go with Jay because he does draw quite well
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| Woo, new entry! |
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So, what have I done since the last update?
- Finally finished Twilight Princess
- Sat my first set of first year exams (should be getting results tomorrow)
- Made a stupid-arse YouTube vlog...
- Had a few awesome days with Jay & Leonard during the Christmas holidays
- Christmas!
- Started learning to ice skate (with some significant progress, I might add!)
- Inherited almost full responsibility for my lot of the Sunday School =/
- Had many, many, many, many fun days with "eh burd and co."
- Bought an Xbox! =D
In recent news, Loli and I had a veritable bake-a-thon yesterday. We made two batches of fairy cakes (one for folk in general and one for Sunday School), pancakes and a chocolate fudge cake (which we cheated by using a cake mix for). It was a very fun and tiring afternoon, after which we sat down to watch 27 Dresses, which was okay. The fruits of our labour were aceome!
The ice skating is going pretty well. Loli's been very attentive and has been letting me go entirely at my own pace (probably because it's a relatively fast one). I wish I had the time and money to learn how to do lots of things (note: things which do not involve being a significant height off the ground at any time).
The Sunday School really loved the cakes we made. I was absolutely on FIRE today, as well. Like, normally I let myself get so caught up in other things during the week that I don't properly prepare for the sessions, but because I had to put so much time into baking the cakes, it became my focus and it really paid off in terms of my confidence and the relevance of what I said and did. With Gillian not being able to make it a lot of the time, I definitely picked the right time to start getting good at this.
As stated earlier, I now have an original Xbox. This is because I've gotten tired of waiting for Microsoft to get the games I wanna play to work properly (or in one case, at all) on the 360. Besides, it was only twenty quid. So I now have Conker: Live & Reloaded and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath; still waiting for Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee to arrive. The A button on the controller needs a real hard press before it'll do anything, but other than that the console is in pretty good shape. I'll probably get the Jedi Knight series at some point, and maybe KOTOR.
I got Fable 2 for Christmas and I've only just finished it. I squeezed every ounce of fun I could from it and it was so worth it. I had intended to play it over again as an evil woman, rather than the male paragon of good that I maintained on this round, but I re-heally don't have the time. I've still not even touched Resistance 2 or Prince of Persia yet.
I think I've been letting my friends take a bit of a back seat lately. All I do with my free time is see Loli, study and play games. While this is indeed satisfying in the short term, it would not do to continue this way. Might try organising something (a recipe for disaster, I know, but try I must).
Oh, I'm growing my hair again. Not sure how long yet, but I may actually not straighten it to buggery this time around.
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| Seriously, Strathclyde, whit? |
[20 Nov 2008|08:03pm] |
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I am still getting correspondence from Strathclyde Uni! I was there for barely three months two years ago and they were supposed to void my recorded attendance, but still I get letters! Well, to be fair, I get about two every year, but still. I think that they think I'm a graduate, rather than a "drop-out" (I can't actually call myself a drop-out because I wasn't there long enough).
I had a Maths Class Test this morning. I did a couple of practice tests last night in preparation and got some sketchy things well stuck into my noggin. Didn't do me much good, as I'm now estimating about 16 out of 30. I know that the stuff was easy, too, and all I needed was to study better. Not that I haven't studied, but I need to do more.
Other than that, today was pretty good. Got the train up with Rosanne and Cara; met up with Ross and Jen in the test; sat in Computing Science with Ross, Jonathan and Alistair; and headed home with Loli. I wanna make a point of seeing Mari tomorrow, just because I didn't see her today. Every day at Uni is a social bonanza and it's fantastic!
Ain't seen Jay or Doug since the gig and from the sounds of her schedule, it doesn't sound like I'll be seeing Allie for quite a while. Hopefully I'll bump into the lads on the train tomorrow. As for Allie: mate, text me or something when you're not doing anything.
I feel that this horizontal rule that I've known and loved since my first entry is beginning to lose its purpose. My life hasn't been feeling as segmented as it used to. That's not really good or bad, but it is what it is. (That really is a terrible phrase)
Oh, well. I'll probably keep using it anyway; I'd miss it if I didn't. (Both line and phrase)
I've been getting up to speed on 8-bit Theater and VG Cats lately. I love Leo; he makes jokes like I do, yet somehow better and more idiotic at the same time.
Looking forward to the Computing Science 1Q tutorial (or "Q-torial") tomorrow. The last couple of weeks, we've been blessed with the lecturer as our tutor since she's decided to do the rounds on a few of the tutorial groups. Muffy Calder's her name (we've all had a lot of fun with that one). Too bad we're getting Riaz back next week.
I'll probably take "Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games" down to Loli's tomorrow. We've almost unlocked everything!
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| Procrasti-freakin'-nation! |
[16 Nov 2008|04:12pm] |
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Should be writing programs just now, but ach well. POFT anyways (absolutely no one who reads this is gonna understand that... ).
Uni's going quite well so far. I've been getting 19 or 20 out of 20 for the Maths workshops and similar marks for Science Fundamentals; I'm far from a high-flyer in Computing Science, though, being in the mid-range for the last Class Test. It's not really good enough, so I'll be sure to get in more programming practice.
I find myself sitting in pretty much the same place for all my lectures and tutorials these days. My lot and Freeman's lot have claimed the back row of Computing Science lectures. I'm not really sure why we always sit there; it's always bloody freezing because we're right under the air conditioning.
Jonathan's looking very seriously into studying abroad next year. This gives me the gutter like a mofo.
Went to Jay's band's gig on Friday night. I call it "Jay's band" because it's essentially all backstabbing arseholes apart from him. They actually sounded quite good; that crappy recording on their MySpace doesn't do them justice.
Since I didn't finish Uni 'til 3pm, I just did some work in the lab until 6pm when I met up with Doug. Though I had ample opportunity to buy cheap, healthy sandwiches, I was dead set on getting a chippy. Oh, how I did regret that. Nothing really bad came of it; I just felt overly full afterwards. We met Lavery at Central and then back to the Subway from whence we had come to await Fiona's arrival. Not sure what took so long, but we ended up about 15 minutes late and only caught the last one-and-a-half songs of Jay's band. Gutted!
The rest of the bands were really good, though. I was left kind of stranded when the last supporting band finished, so when Dale strolled by, I just followed him. BIG mistake. Up the very front while dozens of screaming girls are trying to shove their way forward so they can touch the fella who decided to lean out toward to crowd is not where I wanted to be. The songs were highly jump-and-punch-the-air-to-able, though, so I was happy most of the time. Someone in the back must have chucked their drink, because I ended up with beer in my hair. Blergh.
After the gig, I kind of fluctuated between standing with Fiona & Lavery and standing with Louise from school. After much chatting, I headed for Central and bumped into Louise and her lot again. Got the train back with Louise, Chrissy Clark and Bundy; gave Louise a lift home from West; had a cunt of a time finding my way back out; and that was me. Good night all in all.
Yesterday my parents took me up to St Enoch's to have a look at clothes they could get me for Christmas. It was unusually painless as my mum seems to have finally gotten the point that I have eyes of my own. Ended up with more than they'd intended to buy, but oh well! I was to meet up with folks from CoSY (Church of Scotland Youth) at Beanscene near Charing Cross at 1pm, so my parents gave me a lift over. I got there about 1:30pm and had a good long look around; folks kept staring at me -- probably because I was intently scanning all their faces for the slightest sense of recognition. I saw no one I knew, so panicked and left. =\ After having a look on the Facebook group, it transpires that three others did the exact same thing! Maybe we should get these meetings more organised in the future...
Loli and I hung out here for the rest of the day once her Archaeology trip was over. We watched X Factor and some comedy show that celebrated Prince Charles's 60th. I voted for someone on the X Factor. What possessed me to do that, I'll never know, but I did it -- TWICE!
Under my advice, my mum has bought my dad two or three GameCube games for Christmas (the console itself donated by me upon the purchase of a Wii). Stars Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast arrived yesterday, so I had a wee play of it -- purely to ensure it was in working order, of course. =P Having finished the first level, it seems relatively easy thus far. From what I've read of the back story (the previous games not being available on GameCube), it looks like it ought to have an interesting plot. I never would've even thought of it if Nik hadn't shown me Jedi Academy (also not on GameCube >_< ).
Today has been my usual Sunday shizz. The Sunday School is starting to get to me a little. They're all good young folk, but they can be such a handful sometimes. There are one or two I can always rely on, though, and I let them know today how much that means to me. Hearing about the kind of things they all do in the other youth groups makes me wish I'd joined the Boys' Brigade when I was a kid.
What remains of the weekend shall be spent learning about lists in Python. The language is starting to appear slightly inconsistent now. It's not more difficult or anything; just a little disappointing.
Nickelback have a new album out! I must have!
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| Here, I'm in Uni, by the way, in case you didn't already know |
[06 Nov 2008|08:17pm] |
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Okay, real quick catch-up: I quit my job and am now in Glasgow Uni studying Computing Science, Mathematics and Science Fundamentals (spud science for Uni, real easy).
I'm focusing on the Computing Science at the moment, but I'm keeping my options open by taking the slightly more in-depth Maths in case I change my mind in the next couple of years. It's not all easy, but it's a lot more enjoyable than my brief spat at Strathclyde Business School and I feel a lot more fulfilled than I did at my work (fun though it was).
I've developed a nice social circle at Uni and I also get to see a few people I already knew; such as Loli, Jay, Doug, Rosanne, Tosh and Kirsten. I've seen Freeman about my classes, too: a fellow about whom I knew nothing of but stories until now. It'll be an interesting irony if we end up good friends; a nice parallel of cast-offs.
I'm not entirely certain whether it's the course or the people that has/have made this whole experience thus far a lot more enjoyable than I had envisioned. When I first began the extremely last-minute scramble to enter Clearing on time, I figured this would be something for me to grit my teeth through and endure like last time (only this time, not quitting), but I'm genuinely having a good time. I actually don't want the summer holidays because all I'll be doing is working and not getting to see Uni mates.
No doubt I'll have some downs to go with the ups, but hey, that's life.
I see Loli pretty much every day of the week but Sunday now, because we get the same train up to Uni (it's actually an hour early for me, but I like to have time for some Computing lab work and a big old pre-lecture shite, plus it protects me against train or subway delays). She's probably sick of the sight of me!
I've become a bit of a spendthrift of late; that big nest egg I was building up while working is looking a whole lot more accessible now that I have a justifiable reason to dip into it. My last couple of wages, which I didn't save much of, are still doing me, though, and hopefully my student overdraft will last until I start working again in the summer.
Speaking of work, I was sad to say goodbye to most of them. I still keep in touch with Andy & Martin via the social magic of Bebo, but I ain't heard a peep from the rest since I popped back a while ago to drop off one of my SII (Securities & Investment Institute) exam books. I really wish I'd rushed myself more with those exams. I could've had ASI at the end of my name...
Recent activity has cut the final thread on an old friendship already in tatters. I'm not really bothered that much by this point. It's made me realise that I don't actually feel any seething hatred for anyone anymore. It's not as though I was ever much of a seether before, but in the past, whenever anything caused Fraser White to come to mind, I would be filled with this blinding, bitter, disgusting revulsion like nothing I'd normally feel. Now, though, I think I've unconsciously reconciled myself; might even be ready to forgive him to some degree. That's good, because I didn't really take too well to hatred. I can't help but laugh whenever I see him these days, at myself for viewing him as some kind of threat. Even if he still is the way he once was, people like that never win in the end anyway.
So, yeah, I think that's me done. Gonna finish my Computing Science report now. The one Tom showed me when he was in First Year still comes to mind every time I think about this report, that one was brilliant.
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| I don't wanna be twentyyyyyy!!! |
[15 Jul 2008|11:25pm] |
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I believe I was born around 3am, so it's not long until my teenage years end. Now, while most people I've spoken to seem to be nonplussed by this event, I am freaking out something awful over here. As far as I'm concerned, twenty is where you stop growing up and you start getting older. I know twenty isn't old, but let's face it: it's all downhill from here (apart from the cost of car insurance, yay). I should just accept it because I obviously can't do anything about it, but if I did that then I just wouldn't be my good illogical self now would I?
Got quite a busy day ahead of me tomorrow. First of all, there's the usual birthday-ness at home -- my mum will be all chirpy and my dad will call from Plymouth to say he's sorry he can't be here; then I'll be off to my grandparents' house to see them and probably have a few dozen cups of tea in the space of an hour; next it's Port Glasgow to meet up with Jay during his lunch break; back into Greenock so I can go see Loli and the family; and finally back to mine with her to go out for dinner with my mum. To be honest, I'm not looking forward to the last part. I know Loli doesn't really want to go and frankly, neither do I. I'd rather have some kind of big gathering, but my family don't really do that sort of thing and I feel like the day will come to a depressing anti-climax. I can't really say no, though, because I spent my whole last birthday with Loli's family.
I really miss a lot of people and I hate that I won't see them tomorrow, or any time soon.
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One day, I can't be bothered updating this thing. The next day, something interesting happens and I think "I should really put this on LJ", but then I realise that would entail then updating with whatever I couldn't be bothered updating with previously. And so it snowballs until eventually it comes to this: random time. I'm just gonna throw in here whatever comes to mind, whenever it comes to mind. This might be my longest yet; it might be just this paragraph. Who knows?
Anyway.
I was at the Church of Scotland's General Assembly a few weeks ago. It was aaawesome. I really enjoyed living alongside Christians my own age with silly quirks and interesting views of their own. Apparently this year was considerably "cliquier" than previous years. I did notice this, but I kinda figured it had always been that way. My group consisted of me, Kayleigh (who initially reminded me sooo much of Alison), James (grandson of my Sunday School "boss"), Ruth (the annoying yet endearing singer) & Jason (the outrageously gay one). I think we were the most close-knit, there only being five us of with three or four noticeable groups among 42 youth reps (how odd that I chose to type only 42 as a number).
So, yeah, it was a very moving experience. I've really begun to feel the presence of God after being there and feeling a true part of the community. We even stopped to talk to a homeless person and I patted his dog!
The debates in the actual Assembly Hall were really good, too. I mean, some of them didn't interest me in the slightest and I'll admit that, but there were others that just gripped me. There was a good bit of humour in it, too. The Lord High Commissioner started his opening speech with, "My name is George Reid and I am a recovering sinner", which provoked a good bit of laughter. And when one of the former Moderators had to take over for an hour or so and business was going through debate-lessly he was like, "This being Moderator of the General Assembly; there's nothing to it!". Had to be there, but it was all great. I was even going to speak at one point when they were debating whether or not to have the Church (specifically the Mission & Discipleship council, I think) produce its own Sunday School learning materials, rather than us always outsourcing everything. Problem was, that was the one day I forgot my ID card, which was necessary for speaking into the microphones. Oh, well. Next year. =D
Oh, and I was on TV! I was just sitting there while a woman near me spoke about capital punishment, but it was an abnormally good shot of me. Mo stood out the most because she was right next to the woman and she looked like she was asleep! Really what she was doing was trying not to laugh because she knew she was on camera, but I'll bet that's not what the nation thought. XD
Seriously, I could have lived like that for a LOT longer than a week. I'd've needed to have taken a couple of people with me, though.
Jay & I have generally been meeting up every second Sunday over the last few months. We've had some great laughs and I'm really glad he's stuck by me; he always was the best one, after all.
The idea this Sunday seems to be revolving around bowling. I'm thinking me, him, Loli and Mandie at XScape but I'll need to call him to get some more organised talking on the go. Should be good, regardless.
Our birthdays are about a month away now. Still can't think of something to get him. Plenty of naff and some good-enough ideas, but I want something awesome. Also, a side-note: I don't wanna be twenty! D=
Loli and I are doing brilliantly. Every time I think we've gone as far as we can get, I take another look and find I've grown even closer to her. We've had our quiet, cuddly days; our exciting days out and about; family days and, um... well, all sorts. Buckets of KFC, too!
Her last school show starts tonight. I'm going tomorrow night and I'm reeeally looking forward to it. The only thing I know about Oliver is that line "Please, sir, can I have some more?", so it should be interesting.
This Sunday marks my church's first Youth Service. We've picked the hymns, written the prayers and the sermon and we've got some other risky things on the go. I am absolutely SHITIN' MASELL, but hopefully my fears will be eased when we have our practice run on Saturday. One good thing is because it's my gran's birthday, I can just walk up to the lectern myself and get the congregation to sing "Happy Birthday" as we always do when the minister announces a birthday.
In other Churchy news, I'll be going to the Youth Assembly in September. It's like the General Assembly, but it's just a Friday-to-Monday thing, it's a lot more relaxed and it's just for the youth of the church to debate. I think pretty much everyone I know from General Assembly will be going, so I cannot wait.
I think that's it, then. I made a Bebo, by the way. None of the folk from GA had MySpace, so I had no choice. Made a Facebook while I was at it, too, but that's not really interesting so it's just kind of sitting there.
Until next time. (stole your line, Joe =P )
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[19 Jan 2008|12:36am] |
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Work night out tonight. Just a small bunch of the guys because the women all need, like, a month's notice to get babysitters and whatnot.
My mum gave me a lift to work so I wouldn't have to drive into the city centre. I could probably manage getting in and parking somewhere, since I would've been giving someone who knew the area better a lift, but getting back out again might've been tricky. James, John and I took the train straight from work to Charing Cross and walked to "The Hall", where the group gradually increased while we all bought a few rounds (still no alcohol for me). We bought some chips 'n' cheese and potato wedges to munch on, too. It was a great laugh in there, playing pool and annoying everyone with my taste in music on the jukebox.
About 8:30, we moved on to a karaoke pub that James said was pretty good. "Pretty good" did not cover it. We all finally got to hear why Andy fancies himself quite the singer: he really fuckin' is. Near the end of the night for me, I decided I was going for it. Again I stress, no alcohol: this was pure, one hundred percent, stick-in-the-mud Euan up singing Bryan Adams - Summer of '69. My voice was all shaky at first and I wasn't loud enough, but the guy in charge of the karaoke jumped in to give me a hand while I found some confidence. I only needed one line of help to get the kick I needed and, while I made a couple of blunders due to having the Bowling For Soup version etched in my mind, I would say that I wasn't completely awful. Everyone was congratulating me and patting my back and stuff. That was awesome.
Going to this mad gig in Gourock tomorrow with Loli (and maybe David). We don't have tickets, but I'll get us there early enough to pay at the door. I know it'll be awkward with some folk there, but I should be able to have a good time as long as I stick with Loli.
On Sunday the other Leader, Gillian, and I will be taking our church's Sunday School to XScape for bowling. I'm seriously stressing about it, because I don't have a clue where any of them live and Gillian had the bright idea of picking them up at their houses to save them the trouble of meeting at the church. I'm going to have to get the addresses of the ones I'll be picking up on Sunday morning and ask my mum to direct me to all of those places for practice in the early afternoon.
Assuming it all works out, it should be a good night. Better still if I can work it so I pick up the Saunders boys, since Adam is pretty much the only one of the lot I can talk to as a person, rather than a somewhat awkward teacher.
Well, best get cracking on with preparing the Sunday School activities since it's my turn this week. I have work in about seven hours, as well. Blaaargh, stupid adult responsibilities.
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[16 Sep 2007|09:55pm] |
This is gonna be one of those I'm-talking-to-you-but-I'm-not-gonna-state-your-name-because-that's-all-mysterious-and-cool entries that I do so abhor.
To those of you addressed-but-not-addressed who will see this, do please show it to the others addressed-but-not-addressed who will not get to read it otherwise. I do like a captive audience when I'm being pissy.
Ahem.
I don't bring it up in discussion because I value friendship more than it states that I should. If I were to bring it up, and try to make you all think the way I do, it would tear us apart. So I don't. You, on the other hand, obviously couldn't care less about me, because even when you see that I'm getting frustrated and angry, you just don't let up. Now, I'm going to state this very clearly -- and note, this is not a threat; simply the way it is (and would be vice-versa if I were to try to change any one of you):
If you do that again -- EVER again -- I will cease to call you friend. I honestly don't know if any of you even care about that, judging from how far you're willing to push me, but there it is.
I don't think any of you even realise just how much you hurt me tonight.
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First of all, most importantly, I must say: living on my own ain't all it's cracked up to be. It's too quiet and I have to do all the washing, cleaning, ironing and cooking myself. 'Snot so bad when Loli's up at the weekends, though. I don't think I'm the lone wolf sort of person that I once thought I was.
(My parents are on holiday, by the way; I didn't move out or anything.)
I got offered a six month contract at work, which I'm chuffed about. Never again will I have to use up my holiday hours on bank holidays in order to get paid; no more shall I be a mere contractor from outwith the company; and no more must I deal with my agency's gosh-forsaken timesheets at the end of every bleedin' week!
We got some new temps in recently (the eejits fire three only to hire three more a month later), so the bimbos and I will be getting trained on more stuff once they're ready to do what we do. I think I'm getting the processing of cash cheques -- "Heh, no name on this cheque, eh? Yoink!".
I'm buying a PS3 from someone at work. I don't actually know who she is exactly; only her name and that she works downstairs from me. We have a sort of internal ebay in the company. It's really useful because for transactions between people in different parts of the country, we just use the brown internal mail envelopes to send things like DVD's and games free of charge. I'll be buying the 60Gb version with a second controller and a three-year warranty for £400 at the end of June when she comes back from a holiday. Not too shabby, eh? I can't wait to play the Collector's Edition Spider-man 3 game!
The bonuses from the incentive period are slowly making their way to us. We got our wine and chocolates yesterday, but still waiting on the vouchers (of which I'm due £210, so they had damned well better get them to me). I'm really happy I went for the chocolates or I'd've had five bottles of wine to carry home for an hour and a half on the trains. I was expecting big bars of Dairy Milk or some pish like that, but they're actually really nice Thornton's chocolates. Being the only one to opt for chocolates, I shared one of my boxes out with the team and Martin scoffed a quarter of them, the greedy git.
Jamal was one of the three to be let go some time ago, although he was planning to leave for a better job anyway. I was sad to see him go, but these things happen. I have him on Windows Live, but I never use that so I haven't spoken to him since. We wouldn't've been able to keep in touch well anyway, with him living so far from Greenock. Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted. Him leaving has been sort of a positive thing for me. I miss him and all, but now I'm really in the team and I'm loving every minute of it. I've even found new lunch time buddies in Martin and Andy, who make what I believe is the best natural double act I have ever seen.
Right, enough about work. As usual, I haven't been seeing my friends as much as I'd like to, but we've had our few days here and there over the past month or so.
Jay and Loli came over to mine recently for some Wii action in the Wii Room (the living room's current name since I now use it solely for spacious Wii playing). Jay has become very, VERY good at Wii Boxing, but I still owned them both at Wii Tennis. Although the various plans for that day basically went out the window for a variety of reasons, we still had lots of fun.
I was up in Nik's the day he got Spider-man 3 for the Wii a few weeks ago. The controls for that game are simply incredible on the Wii. You can actually web swing! With your hands! That Bruce guy, the narrator, is just as funny as ever and I like the photography feature. My all time favourite part of the game, though, is having Spider-man do something that looks really, really cool... and pausing the game to bask in its zoomed-in, nicely-angled glory. Sadly, it is probably an under-appreciated feature.
Following on from my previous entry, Tom did indeed come up to mine that weekend. We played Wii Play (that statement is so screwy) and I showed him the greatness of Sonic Wildfire. It's funny watching someone getting to grips with the controls. To be honest, I was left a little disappointed when he was gone, because I realised that all we had done was sit and play; no real conversation commenced. So, Tom, I shall give you a phone call now and you had better be at home. Got that? Good. *Back from phone* You weren't there, dagblastit! Your mum sounded a tad miffed, by the way. If you're reading this wherever you are, maybe you should get home.
This coming Sunday ought to be good. I'll head up to church and come back to have a Wiiful day with (if all goes to plan) Nik, Allie and Loli. My Saturday's still empty, so Loli and I will probably just hang out here for the day, assuming she isn't doing anything.
Being in the house with Loli is great. Making dinner, watching DVD's, playing the Wii; and every now then we'll do our own things, like she'll jump on the Internet and I'll sit down to some PS2 game, and even that's nice because it almost makes it feel like we're really living together. I love her.
I think I'll end this here and go tell her now.
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[15 Apr 2007|03:56pm] |
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I am GOING to sit here and post a frickin' entry. I don't care how much Sonic Wildfire (as it should be called), Final Fantasy XII and the bright outside call me; this thing needs updatin'.
And there's that ol' line. Ah, this journal feels like home again already.
Shortest paragraph ever? I think so. Anyway, 'sall good in da hood, dude. Yeah, I talk to Jamal waaay too much. Speaking of the crazy Spaniard, work is going well. Still in the big-money "incentive period" and still AWESOME at my job. Not quite as awesome as I used to be, though, because I tend to joke around with the rest of the team now and this detracts severely from my work. Still, I'm reaching my daily targets, making no mistakes and showing other people who've been there longer how it's supposed to be done.
On the day before Good Friday (last day of the last tax year), a number of us worked 8am to 8pm. Our team leader, Paul, went out to get KFC and beers for all of us. The telephony team from around the corner came to get their share and off they went with naught but beers. Thinking they'd taken food also, we dug into what was there. Ten minutes later, telephony come back to find leftovers awaiting them. I honestly didn't care, because I was satisfactorily stuffed with KFC and Pepsi. That was a very good day.
The next day was great, too. It being Good Friday, it was a public holiday, so the whole working day was considered overtime -- which was a good thing since we finished all the outstanding cash ISA apps by 3:30. Got paid extra for working less hours AND we got pizza! I don't like to brag, but man alive, my office is cool.
There's been talk of paint ball some weekend soon. It will probably kill me, but at least my last moments will be enjoyable.
Think that was long? More to come, sukka. The band's had its first practice. Couldn't've gone any better: we made some progress and we had a LOT of fun. Afterward, it was back to my Tardis (so I'm told) house for hot dogs and chips. We seemed to have settled on the name "JEN" (Jay-Euan-Nik), when we realised that not-a-one of us can sing and play anything at all complex at the same time, so Allie was enrolled. By Loli's suggestion, I think we are now "JEAN". XD
Had a good old time with Jay, Leonard and David Fisher a while ago. Jay had come over to mine just to hang out and we went into town for him to buy a game and me to buy some Wii Points (which they were, again, out of). On our way back up, we bumped into David and Leonard on their way in for supplies for the 12-to-4am Wrestlemania show... thing. The prospect of four-player Wii was too much to pass up, so Jay and I went to collect Sonic Wildfire (which has a surprisingly fun party element to it) and the others went to get David's Wiimote. Met up at Leonard's and had us a right good laugh all night.
Allie's birthday party was yesterday. Lots of food, lots of laughs and two scooters. I knew as soon as I saw those things that I wasn't gonna be able to go a scooter, despite being really good with them as a child. Unlike Leonard last year, though, I managed to not fall over. Ho, hawd on, I just remembered I still have my bit of cake in the fridge. YASS! *Few minutes later* Mmm, cake. Anyway, Loli and I got her an obese giraffe called "Medium Tumblebum". I forgot what Allie named her (begins with an h, I think).
Earlier on yesterday, I went for my driving theory test. I got my letter through some time ago stating the address as being on Arthur Street, but me not knowing the streets of this town at all well, I just banked on my parents' confidence about knowing where the test centre was. Instead of the theory test centre on Arthur Street, we went to the TEST centre on Union Street. Needless to say, I missed my test; and I won't be getting my £21.50 back because apparently being a moron isn't a good enough reason. >_< I'm not looking forward to breaking the news to my instructor in a couple of hours.
And after that (I'm really not linking these sections on purpose, by the way), I'll be heading down to Loli's.
That's us been together over a year now. To celebrate the anniversary, I took her to the Waterline (it's near the James Watt and basically the next step up as a restaurant). We spent a lot of the day going, "A year. Man, that's fuckin' crazy!". It still feels funny saying stuff like, "We haven't done that in a year". Good-funny, though. =)
Oop, never mind about that driving lesson. My instructor just texted me saying one of his pupils hit the kerb and damaged the steering on his car. I'm guessing they broke the chassis underneath. Oh, well. Bright side: that's me up 40 quid this week. Between all the overtime I do and not wasting a penny on drink, I am so very much in da money. I love being loaded. £_£
Oh, no! I deviated from the subject at hand without using a horizontal rule! ... What's the matter with me? I'm not normally so... present-tense in my journal entries. It's normally pure retrospect and if anything happens that affects my journal, I go back and change it. Must be this weird thing I seem to have caught. What's it called? Oh, aye, a simple life. I can't be bothered coming up with a new name for my journal, though, and it does still convey my neuroticism, so even though my life as a whole is indeed simple, "Nothing's Ever Simple" is how it shall remain.
Aye, Loli! She's awesome. We've had so much fun lately. She always makes me feel like a million-and-one bucks, whether I start out in a good mood or not.
I've totally lost my thread...
Okay, I'm done now. Gonna go get my dinner, then head down to Loli's earlier than she expects and she'll be all "what're you doing here?" and happy.
Oh! Tom! I demand that you be free next weekend! Demand, I says!
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[04 Mar 2007|12:41am] |
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Went to Nik's birthday party for a couple of hours tonight. Lots of alcohol about and lots of smoke (hence the smell). It was pretty fun and it was a good way to see Nik and Allie. I had a good laugh with all the Gurneys (sooo many Gurneys) and Allie and I seemed to be on much the same wavelength tonight, which was cool.
By the way, sorry I forgot to save your seats, guys; the natural instinct to follow those familiar to me just took over.
This week at work has been good, because I have become inexplicably more efficient at my job than I was last week. I seem to have found my zone and am now THE MAN at processing and rejecting (which I have to do an inordinate amount of) cash apps.
Jamal went off to play football with some of the team yesterday, so I went to lunch with Iain and Paul, who are basically the head honchos in my team (Paul being the team leader and Iain acting as such during Paul's recent holiday). Gettin' in with the big boys, I am.
Last weekend was awesome. On Friday I got off the train back from work at the Port, met up with Loli, got dinner at the chippy and went to St John's for the gig. It was really great seeing everyone again. I had so much fun dancing with Loli; falling all over the place in a linked line with Tom, Leonard, Doug, Chris, etc; foolishly attempting conversation while the bands played; and whooping at fucking everything. Two quid for all that? Fuck, aye, money's worth and a half.
On the Saturday Jay came over and we had a blast playing Final Fantasy XII and Wii Sports. We actually spent most of the time taking turns on the single player mode on Wii Sports because it wasn't until he told me about it that I discovered that there was, indeed, a single player mode. We both got our Skill Levels up nicely and had a most enjoyable time doing so. A chicken supper, a very productive driving lesson, a new FF and Jay -- that was very good day.
The Sunday I spent down at Loli's, telling her how damned good the previous day had been and conversing about the events of Friday night. We had a good time together, as always. It was a nice, calm end to an incredible weekend.
The supervisors at my work are chasing everyone up on overtime, so I'll probably be doing more of that than is healthy next week, including Saturday; Sunday will now officially be my only day of freedom, and it has been booked well in advance by Jay for next week. Tomorrow is a day for Loli. Then it's just work, work, work in between. Still, monies.
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