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[podpersona]

today itchy

last monday went in and let rip at bank. i probably moaned in last postings about BS overdraft charge..i dunno.. but monday i threatened to move my 4 accounts (isa, ccard and two current accounts) and 15 years of servitude unless they refunded my £66. She wouldn't.

Spoke to manager Susan who said i had to do it at the branch i opened account. Laughed in her face, literally, got up to leave and wouldn't take no for an answer. i got my money.

Went from bank a few doors down and booked another two tats. Came to £60. I said we should call it £66.They were very confused.

Friday got them done. One of the small ones is just so fucking itchy today it is unreal. 

Today at work the boss was weird with me. We had usual squabbles...really, it's all good, keeps us both on our toes and teaches us both of old and new ways of doing things,,,,

I stayed on late. At the end he started saying about company vehicle and how not to use it for personal use. i was like, oh yeh, course. He gave me enough rope until he tells me he spotted me last night (20+ miles away from anywhere i could reasonably make a valid excuse up, on the spot anyway..). Shit. Has hinted before, basically said if he sees me again he'll take it off me. Was proper strict warning, bit of finger pointing. hmmm.

I can't afford a car, this company vehicle has changed my life for the better.

Came back to Liz who has been camped out all day here. She tiled my floor lol. Cleaned everything and made me a coffee when i got in. #trip

Rattled a few vodkas, had a shower.

Got a ton of work to do. Webshites.

The fact i have the computer open is good, this is just a slight bit of procrastination, i'm getting there.... ok, i'm gonna start..NOW!

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FML

Got trashed last night. Doing shots with a tin of foam crystals from the 1980s LOL. Also a bottle of wine...and vodka lemonade on the train.

So, mates went in to gig and i realised my ticket was in the rucksack we had just stashed in some stairwell. (not drunky at all..) So go back to get it.

Then a young steward tells me i'm too drunk to get in. I was drunk, yes, but hardly too drunk for a concert. Was not staggering, was not loud or anything like that. I probably stank of booze tho.

I was respectful to him, etc, etc, but after 20 minutes i was pretty angry. All the stewards were backing him up.

Went over to police and said to them 'do i seem overly drunk or disorderly?' They said no, but that it's nothing to do with them, my KB from the door... I said well if i was ejected from the concert you are there to support the venue and staff. So i'm not let in the concert then you should support me. Twenty bux a ticket ffs.

Anyway. Needless to say I didn't get in. Fun. Now what? Talked away to people who were in the smoking pen and some of them felt bad for me. Poor old me. Got bored and went back for booze and got a train home, while continuing to drink.

On the way back i sat with 3 women who gave me their fish n chips :)

On taxi home my iphone dropped as I got out and yes, 3rd screen this year gone. 

Woke at 7am and couldn't get back to sleep. 

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i got tatted

prizes for guessing with what...

1 left from my list of ten new years resolutions.

and it's the easiest one, read the fuckin m00n1n books.

and i've know this girl for a week and it's great. we talk well, we txt constantly, we sleep well together... but i'm still getting shit done.

feeling quite sane.

[podpersona]

hiatus

fucked up 2 weeks. 12 days ago server space hacked. it happens btw. surprised, yes actually i was very. and the 'full backup' only had dbs and not site files and structure. new host found. 2 sites had to be rebuilt under severe timescales and drafts on 2 site in progress lost.

also been partying a bit.

also 3 days ive been late to work by over an hour. but boss is like, yeh man wtv.

oh, and beer guy doesn't give the impression that he likes his site. opinions. like heads. most people have them.

i will post sometime when im more sane again.

[podpersona]

JVry Duties

So on sunday night i couldn't find my court papers. Turned up at 9:45 (after getting up at 6:30 and driving to work and back to return big van,,) only to find the case had moved to 2pm.

Great.

Go back to work and back to court. Sit for over an hour before they even draw names. 2 hours later I leave, did not get selected. Did fall in love briefly with nice girl who smiled at me a few times (when they were shifting us in and out of rooms to resolve 'techinical difficulties, wasting time, etc..)

She got picked for the jury and when we caught eye contact we smiled at each other and she laughed.

Today, I had to go back. Yay! Another russian roulette.

Fortunately i knew (or know of and have been in the same building as him several times and interacted with him) who was up on trial. Him and his mate thought it was cool to "bottle" someone, then kick and punch the person until he was permanantly disfigured (term used by judge) and then tried to rob him, extort / threaten him for money.

Yeh, I got to put my hand up after hearing the names of people involved. I said to Cl3rk of c0urt, "let me guess XXX XXXXXX is the one on trial for this... I then said he knew my face, I woudn't feel comfortable doing it (in case he found guilty most likely) and gets out in 1 year... Also, I couldn't be impartial as I know bits and pieces of this guy's life history.

He actually stayed round the corner from my gran, when she lived where she lived. When i was 7 or 8 he came up to me and basically started trying to fight me. Something i had never encountered.

So yeh. Got to sit for another 3 hours in court. Another case over ran in another room. Then, the case they planned today was cancelled, so they pulled this one forward and had to round up the people involved and get them into court. Which obvioulsy took a while.

What fun, but at least it is over.

Interestingly enough both cases involved bottles being used as weapons. The one yesterday was even worse, guy used broken bottle to slah and stab guy and then was stopped when he went for his face to finish him off. Apparently took jury 10 minutes.

Girl was back again today (as one short of letting those who had been selected have today off) and she smiled at me again. I got talking to guy beside me and when we got a comfort break we went out for a cigarette. Mistake. It was when we went back in and past tea room that she smiled today (she was sitting with people making idle chit chat), and then in reflection of the glass later when we had moved seats ( glass in front of the 45 seats, filled with us watching the courtroom, waiting ) i saw her watching me and then kept looking back at her until i had to stop or could have gotten awkward.

At the end I tried to delay and get near her in the queue for expenses, i was first out door, so went to loo (but didn't) in order to try and fluke a spot beside her.

I got to see her walk down the street five minutes after and don't suppose i'll ever see her again. She was nice, and i like that weird spark you sometime get, it was just nice and innocent and made my days.

She is probably married or something. :)

Watched Prime (uma thurman) which is excellent and Hope Springs, also very excellent.

There.#

And i'm doing web work, which is good. And got loads of furniture and stuff moved about and blah de blah.

we tumble on and on

[podpersona]

updates on living

work sucked yesterday. got denied holiday was planning for prague. 

This is after him saying maybe, we'll need to look at it nearer the time.. for over 3 weeks.

didn't go in a huff and didn't mention it again.

stayed an extra 45 mins, as had to...on a friday. went to pick up fire place / surround and wasted an hour as guy wasnt there as said he would be.

Went and collected my bad ass expensive matress. After mulling it over i decided big brand and then picked the one up from cheapest. -£200

went to parents for tea (after cleaning my flat for 2 hours in preparation of an 18 month girl visiting). Ate dinner, came home about 10pm, exhausted, started watching 'Oh what a lovely war' and fell asleep on sofa. woke at 5am.

Today I woke again at 8am and went to get fireplace, again and this time he was in. It's beautiful and perfect and an absolute bargain.

Did errands for 2 hours, haircut, gave a lift to someone, bought varnishes and timer switches and welcome mats and stuff i need, but don't need. -£70

Went and had lunch with everyone and then we came back here. Today was the first sunny day in about 2 weeks. Proper sunny day, summer style. Martha loved the flat and so did sis and ash. They can't believe space of rooms, storage space, garage and garden etc. City dwellers lol.

They left and i sanded and varnished hut. Then used doorstep paint (...yup!) on the... doorsteps.

Just went and got a foot long subway.

Mate who supposed to be visiting cancelled, which is perfect.

Big day tmrw so need proper sleep, and means i can get some work done on sites.

Doing my first detail tmrw, documenting it for site, videos, etc. Then getting wardrobes, a huge rug, spare bed, washing machine...lol 

Then monday i've got jury duty. unreal. Firstly need to take the big van back (30 min drive), get my van back here, then see if i get picked or not and then back up again, if not.

I dunno.

Got a letter today from a pension thing from one of my past jobs. Offering my £700 if I withdraw it now. Or leave it at £1100 and i get that back when i'm 67 years old at like, £35 a week lol. Sis says move it into one of my other ones (another past job, which has a gambly type of investment portfolio thing going on). Not sure.

money coming at me, spending money everywhere.

pissed about prague. That saves money. But i have money i could spend. Checked prague in january and it's kind of not ideal. Very cheap flights but temperature will be -10 or worse and stuff closed. Now is the perfect time.

Work need me there. And i appreciate that and makes me feel good. BUT I could have all the things done in advance...but i can't do it in advance as boss needs to price them.

And they still saying i've had 2 weeks holiday. But i've not, really. I've had one week and it was unpaid. I've worked nearly 6 months. 

Yeh, no prague. Least I have a long weekend coming up friday / monday off.

I'm gonna delete the last few months of textual posting.

when i can be bothered, soon. this is not the place for meanderings.

[podpersona]

I listen to about 10% of tunes posted

I post tunes primarily for myself. I know people don't have the time.

This one i just skipped back 3 times on docking station. I'm in space. I probably did the same when the album first came out. Sucker for a catchy pop rocker.

I just scrolled past tunes I have never heard of, and want to listen to, but have bg music on.

About to break the seal on the beatles blue album vinyl. I got 5 vinyl off my mate years ago when he owed me cash. This being one of them.

I didn't see his point in owning it, he thought it was an investment but they churn those fuckers out yearly, i think?

Did a ton of work last night. Same again tonight. Hopefully.

tunes, tunes, tunes.

I should really watch 6ft Under again. Not watched it this year. That means things are going ok. Still caught a few eps tho ;p

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movieweek

saw thingy at cinema on monday. ysterday watched the fountain and half nelson, again. Did very little else. today i'm watching let's make love, again. Turned the laptop on to tune in danni hantuchova facing the mighty azarenka at midnight.

In other news i did something productive at work. I also bought a very sweet bed frame...is very solid dark wood, fairly modern. It has room underneath for it to breath and for emergency storage. The problem is king size mattress and bedding will be like £200 minimum. I'm not broke, but i didn't really think it through and pounched on the bargain.

Especially after losing out on oak one at weekend, it feels right.

2 hours or so ago I painted the old bathroom cabinet, and it has completely stank out the whole place. I used cheap gloss paint. Urgh.

I'm sitting with two candles around me, windows open, doors closed and it still stinks.

man. think i may have headache developing.

I also need the toilet but will probably pass out in there :(