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Today I have happpily caught the elusive beast that is Time Off. I am still in bed, yay for me!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 10:38, 102 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Last night, I was told my office is haunted by a toilet-flushing ghost.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 11:09, Reply)

I'm in rather a good mood today. I've got a nice little list of things I want to get done today and feel as though I'm finally converging on some ideas about what I'd like to do long term (occupation wise) as well as other things I'd like to achieve during my lifetime (learn French, learn a musical instrument etc) although in typical fashion my mind has been wildly changing on the subject for quite some time but I've found some recurring themes so can now focus on getting my mind to stick to them! That'll be easier said than done but it feels like a step forward for me so I'm all of the happy.
I'm also going to meet another eligible batchelorette tonight courtesy of match.com and there is the bash next weekend!
Finally, if you've not watched the horizon programme "How mad are you?" then I strongly suggest watching it - it's very good www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=how%20mad%20are%20you
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 11:11, Reply)

Let's hope your todo list gets done and leads to fruition.
That Horizon program sounds intriguing. Will watch it.
Hope the date goes well.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 11:20, Reply)

Badgerkins! And give yourself one too :)
PoD, enjoy it while it lasts!
Mista, have you heard it?
Cap'n, well done on your intention to learn new things, and good luck! The program sounds interesting, I will give that a watch.
Right, I need to have a shower and then I intend to spend the daylight hours doing fuzzy stuff :)
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 11:20, Reply)

It's a very long term list but hopefully it'll help me give some direction to my life. Just need to make sure I try to take it one step at a time and not get too distressed that it's not all been done in a week!
I might post it here sometime as making my list public will probably help me to stick to it and not skit about like the bipolar twit that I am.
I must add getting rid of the chip on my shoulder to the list. Was never bothered by the idea of bipolar when I'd self diagnosed but now I've had a diagnosis it seems to be pre-occupying my thoughts a bit. *sigh*
Time to wash my hair then go get it cut!
Laters folks.
:edit: Fuzzy is "fuzzy stuff" some sort of euphemism?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 11:27, Reply)

the weather outside is bright and sunny, but my bike is being repaired. ARGH! May still go out for a walk, and might join a friend in his walking-group tomorrow.
@fuzzy:
Only the receptionist heard it. She told one person who told everyone else.
@V:
It's best to take it one step at a time. You risk being overwhelmed otherwise.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 11:48, Reply)

The first time ever that I log on to B3ta on a weekend and I am the only one here, aren't I?
It wouldn't even be fair to make a 'thread killer' joke about the post above would it?(which I have just realised I have forgotten who made it, sorry)
Ho hum
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 13:24, Reply)

I'm still about, but no-one else was posting, so I didn't really bother.
And I'm only here because I'm meant to be working. If anyone says it's cause I've had no better offers, they're lying...
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 13:47, Reply)

I don't believe we have met. Hello.
It looks likes I'm really sad, since I'm replying quickly to lots of people today, but I just happen to be checking at the right times. That, and avoiding the work I'm trying to get done.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 15:40, Reply)

Who knows. I forget a lot of what's happened over the last few weeks.
Up to anything fun this fine Saturday?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 15:56, Reply)

uploading crap onto facebook and generally being grumpy i'm afraid to say...you?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 15:58, Reply)

..spend as much time as possible with native speakers and don't let them use English. If you live near a university you can probably get inside the language centre and find yourself lots of adverts from French students who want an hour's English conversation in exchange for an hour in French. Ideally, they then become friends and invite you over to France where their friends and family look down on using the English language in their country and you are forced to learn. The French are generally crap at English anyway (and vice versa, of course).
To get yourself off the ground, learn the basics one by one. First, get a good idea of how words should be pronounced, even if you don't know the meanings. This is so important - it gives words you are trying to understand a solid identity in your mind; and laying the ground for good pronunciation means you'll be understood in the future even if your grammar's weak - I've met university graduates in French who struggle in conversation because they can't pronounce their sentences right.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 15:58, Reply)

Watching Scotland take a commanding lead, and hoping that it may snow outside. Snow would be teh awesome. And trying to avoid spending too much time on facebook.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 15:59, Reply)

but it satisfies something inside me that just compells me to use it! I like rugby for the brute force of the men and the fact that is phsyical but i have to confess that i'm not watching it, i'm watching red dwarf!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:03, Reply)

Or rather, it isn't going at all...
Cap'n, it's a euphamism for making fuzzy things out of crochet, like this:

Except I can't get myself organised with it today. Have just made lots of mess instead :(
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:07, Reply)

are you a fashion student or a secret clothes maker?!:)
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:10, Reply)

it's why I'm warmfuzzyfeeling :)
I make fuzzy stuff! Have done for a loong time, but had a break from it due to circumstances lately hence my disorganisation. Sadly it's not enough to earn a living from but I like doing it and if I get my shit together for the craft fair I'm doing on monday it might just get me through Christmas...
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:15, Reply)

That looks all of the awesomes!
So far today I've managed to get my haircut, buy a diary, buy some CD pens and have a nice chat with my mum. I'm now going to tidy my room, have a bath and try to organise my lists.
@spakka I'm trying to take one step at a time but at the moment I'm trying to take hundreds of steps simultaneously because of all the things floating around in my head. I'm hoping to bring some structure and routine into my life by organising my ideas on paper in such a way that I can focus on actually doing one or two at a time and try to forget about the others.
Hopefully it'll work.
If all else fails I'll just get drunk tonight!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:19, Reply)

Well if you make fuzzy leg warmers i'll have a pair for sure! I hope the fair goes well:)
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:19, Reply)

are the best thing. providing you tick the things off- you get to feel good about them then:)
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:22, Reply)

That most the stuff I need to get out of my head and put down somewhere else isn't easy to tick off stuff. I think I'm going to have lots of lists perhaps with a sort of tree structure to them...
:edit: Dentist appointment, hospital appointment and b3ta bashes (2009) are now in my diary.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:31, Reply)

And I have several pairs I am taking to the craft fair. If you want me to put a pair to one side let me know! They are sort of lace-up ones so you can wear them over boots if you want, and they come with matching hats, and gloves too when I can be arsed.
They're not cheap tho, coz I use pricey yarns and they take me ages to make... But since only a handful of people have them they are exclusive and you can feel all unique and smug. I had to be quite brave the first time I wore mine in public, but I had loads of people coming up and asking where I got them :)
EDIT: soz, got carried away there. PoD, I always have funny stories about pharming, but will have to save them for later, am busy cutting out soles for bootees!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:33, Reply)

Im off to the pub for a wee drink or two, followed by a few games of cards, a curry and a dvd, all with added extra beer
Have a good evening all, will have a nose on here tomorrow I reckon.
Oh and Fuzzy, in answer to your question a few days ago I reckon we could just start with one pot of jam and see how far it goes.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:34, Reply)

i have the same problem, i find it really hard to sort the thouhgts in my head out, i find the best way to distract myself from them is to do something unrelated and then they generally sort themselves out in time and I know were i'm heading...
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:42, Reply)

Soz, just noticed that. Spose fuzzy legwarmers are almost popsocks...
Cap'n, long term goals are good to have, and I know how hard it can be to stick to them. My attention span is terrible, unless I find myself spending hour after hour obsessing over some little detail which really isn't important... And if I don't see results from something instantly I get impatient.
But take the fuzzy stuff for example... I've done it for years, and it was never a goal, I just found myself one day having developed my own style over time and enjoying the sense of satisfaction I get from being creative. I never planned it, it just happened. And now I'm good enough at it to sell things :)
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 16:44, Reply)

and how are we?
It's open mic night tonight, so I'm going to sit about eating curry with our techie. Woo!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 17:25, Reply)

I'm about to waste 5 mins solving my rubiks cube, message a friend on facebook, have a bath and then...a pseudo date!
How has your Saturday been?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 17:26, Reply)

*huggles*
Hello everyone, we've been drinking all day, and been round the German market in Leeds.
Mulled wine with rum FTW!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 17:30, Reply)

Didn't realise I was logged in as Lusty there. Sorry, I posted that last one:S
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 17:31, Reply)

That sounds awesome Tulip. Curry is awesome, but I can't find a good Indian around here :(
*sads*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 17:38, Reply)

are you that you can't find a decent Indian?
Nowhere near Ashton Lane I'd assume, but there is (or was 4 years ago) a great one there.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 17:41, Reply)

Bound to be some decent Indians in Glasgow I would have thought.
Think I may have take out curry later on for drunken noms:D
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 17:44, Reply)

No decent curry in Glasgow?
*falls over*
HEre, have some of mine, tis most nomsome.
*shares*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 17:46, Reply)

I just made Goan potato curry for the first time. I tweaked the recipe a bit but it was delicious.
Delia can fuck right off.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:08, Reply)

I'm at the pub watching pooflake and the captain. It's just me and Kaol everyone else was a loser and dropped out the losers. So yeah hugs and stuff for anyone who is here :) Xx
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:09, Reply)

I'd like to put Delia in one of her own pies.
Smug bitch that she is.
How's you? Is your toe all better?
*concerns*
Edit: I almost read that as goat potato curry!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:12, Reply)

Firstly, I meant a take-out Indian. Secondly, I haven't actually really looked. And by really looked, I mean looked at all. I'm just a bit lazy.
Hey badger. Hope the gigs fun. I presume you mean it's only you and Kaol b3tan wise, not anyone at all wise.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:14, Reply)

I've just been told that I sound like satnav!
Is that good or bad?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:15, Reply)

Toe nearly better. Probably would have healed quicker if I had stayed out of the gym but I need to exercise so I can eat more : )
Next week I attempt a vegetable biriyani. Woo!
Right I'm off for a glass of wine and the end of The Mummy. I never tire of that film.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:20, Reply)

How are you this Saturday?
I'm still feeling crap with a cold, but I'm a man and have still been very busy today.
Now I need hugs and sympathy.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:22, Reply)

That's just what I needed.
*hugs back*
So how are you today?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:25, Reply)

Fun Saturdays?
Anyone good playing at the open mic Tulip?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:35, Reply)

tis what I is here for!
Erm, anyone good playing at the open mic. Hmm. Not sure. Haven't been up to listen!
But I know I'm in for a looong shift. I'll be all tired and things by the time it's over, and I'll need hugs.
*big eyes*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:42, Reply)

That I will still be about whenever it is finished. I have no grand plans for tonight apart from hanging up washing and going for a shower.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 18:50, Reply)

*hugs* HLT
A long shift is never good.
Hi PoD, how's thye guitar?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 19:37, Reply)

Not played it as much today though, trying to be restrained.
Still on the drum hunt too.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 19:46, Reply)

what colour is your new guitar then?
I'm a girl and don't know anything technical about stuff, sorry
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 19:54, Reply)

And awesome.
I know some girls who are good at music. More guys, but some girls.
Open mic going well?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 19:56, Reply)

I'm feeling a bit better, I'm doped up to the eyeballs.
I know far more women who are good at music then men. Then again I know far more women than men!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 20:04, Reply)

It's cocking cold here but I'm so tough (and tight) I've still not put the heating on in the bedroom. An I sleep with the window open!
How are we all today?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 20:06, Reply)

With all your woman-friends.
My flatmate was mocking me earlier for not going out very often. I feel it was harsh and made me a bit sad :( I'll get him back somehow though...
I thought there was a bash tonight, no?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 20:06, Reply)

Yes you are cocking tough! It's far too cold fopr me to do that!
PoD Yeah a lot of girl-friends, and only a couple of them that I would ask out. Most of them are married to other mates. One of them has answered 1 text that I've sent her since Easter this year, and I've sent a lot!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 20:13, Reply)

that we have utterly inadequate heating.
Therefore you tend to get used to it.
At night there are two of us, a winter duvet and a thick bedspread. Can't see the point in spending money on heating when you can just be under all that.
Last winter we stayed overnight with some friends on a modern house with heating, insulation and the type. I felt I was going to suffocate
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 20:28, Reply)

I live in the same kind of house the bedroom is the only room without heating, and the boiler isn't working properly at the moment.
I say that I'm cold, but I'm sitting in a t-shirt, so I can't be that cold.
You do get used to it, I don't like it but I can stand it. It's the drafts that get me.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 20:46, Reply)

doesn't go on here until it's too cold to sit in the front room with a jumper on.
At the moment I have got the rubbish storage heater on, the oil filled heater on, I have a vest, top, another top and a cardi on.
I'm still considering get out the front room duvet.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 20:53, Reply)

'lo again
tis cold here too, I suspect I will have to defrost the car afore I can go home!
you all doped up Dok? can i have some pweease?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 20:58, Reply)

I live with old people and they put it on as soon as the sun goes down, even in the summer!
HLT, only asprin and thing, but if you want some, It's kinda good with beer.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 21:10, Reply)

There you go Shimmies. Headaches are not good, I hate 'em! *hugs* How's your work tonight? You off tomorrow?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 21:36, Reply)

Work's ok thanks, not that busy tonight though. and it's freeeezing cold!
I'm off tomorrow, yays!
Then back in on Monday. One-day weekends suck!
you got any plans for tomorrow, or are you too poorly to do stuff?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 21:48, Reply)

1 day weekends are crap!
Too poorly to to do things, never. I'm taking photos tomorrow morning for my nephews football team, and when I get back I'll be cleaning out and feeding my animals.
The work never really stops, sometimes I'm glad to be at work for the rest, mainly because at work I do nothing except play here all day, and my boss won't give me anything else to do!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 21:56, Reply)

..and rediscovering my old 7"s and dancing round my room. Vinyl is the boss.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:01, Reply)

I've put my vinyl collection away, can't get a stable enough platform for my deck.
It's a bastard really.
How are you?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:07, Reply)

..yourself sir?
I'm just wondering whether to put on "Graffiti" by Maximo Park or the other side of this really melancholy but beautiful Sinatra EP. I think Sinatra it is.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:11, Reply)

..but I'm probably the only person in the UK who is listening to this.. and it is class.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:13, Reply)

unrequited love's a bore
and I've got it pretty bad
but for someone you adore
it's a pleasure to be sad
like a strange baby land
with no money and no nappy
I'm so unhappy
but oh so glad
*vinyl crackling*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:15, Reply)

blow away
let me rest today
you're blowin' me no good
no good
go wind, go away
skies are oh so grey
around my neighbourhood
and that aint good
your only misleadin'
the sunshine I'm needin'
and aint that a shame?
it's so hard to keep up with troubles
that creep up
from out of nowhere
when love's to blame
ill wind
blow away
*right fuck it - it's skipping too much*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:18, Reply)

..now I have on "My coco" by Stellastar. I will snog my elbow if anyone on qotw knows them..
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:29, Reply)

sometime in the middle of the night
soimetimes in the middle of a show
I'll go
but it's the people you meet
it';s the converstaions you make
that last
but I don't know
there's another one closed
there's an other one
*fuck it this song is too complex for tonight*
*hope you're all groovy*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:32, Reply)

as I confess they are unknown to me.
I'm so bored I've just invented Pringle Hockey.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:33, Reply)

..who cares?
But I don't know
I don't know
What makes you scared?
*cue massive intense guitar shenanigans*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:34, Reply)

I've just snogged you good baby..
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:36, Reply)

Recommend me a song or an album and I'll endevor to find it or something comparable in my collection. First answers get priority.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:38, Reply)

and wholey blame it on the booze I've been exposed to. Total victim here..
got any booze?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:39, Reply)

and I'll get sacked if I raid the bar
sorry
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:41, Reply)

recommend me something a 30-year old lifelong wanker probablty likes.
Or I'm looking up Lee Hazelwood on youtube and forgetting you.
*does gay claw symbol indicating he mighjt be gay and a communist*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:42, Reply)

singing to myself
thinking about the frost I've left
I was singing somethingI was 28
singing something out of tune
singing something out loud
my mind is all hung up
my mind has planted stuff
my mind is all hung up
singing out of tune
singing waaaaaa
singing woaaaaaahhhh
singing waaaaaaaa
sionging woooowwwwaaahhhhaaaahhhh
my mind is all made up
my mind is all hung up
singing out all now
waaahhhhhhh
waaah
naaaahnaahwaaaah
waaahaaha nahnahnah
I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away
*fucking badass guitar solo and wish you were here fuckers..*
Why does everyone seem so strange.. and repeated over an over.. and over
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:51, Reply)

Stellastar!
Is that the charity single, and don't they have the guitarist from the Smiths?
Shimmies, I've never heard anything by Madeleine Peyroux, what kind of music is it?
OK an album you say? How about Chips from the Chocolate Fireball By The Dukes of Stratosphear?
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:54, Reply)

Ms Peyroux has the chocolate voice of a velvet angel and sings beautiful wistful songs in a soulful way.
I may be slightly overtired, hence the revolting description I have just inflicted on you.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:56, Reply)

That is a fantastic description. I must look some of it up.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 23:11, Reply)

*attempts to snog elbow and fails*
now I look for new album.. any suggestion
how.. *native american hand guesture*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 23:17, Reply)

..Galaxie 500's "On fire" wins..
..and I win at being cool and lonesome..
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 23:19, Reply)

May I suggest you sink a bottle of red and listen to the offerings of Mrs Miller, possessor of a voice comparable to a spastic cat with hiccups on fire and all the rhythm and style of an epileptic metronome on crack.
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 23:19, Reply)

I suspect you are taking the piss..
..come here and say that..
fie on you!
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 23:29, Reply)

Us?
Nope.
Try anything by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 23:41, Reply)

so on that note, so shall I
*fucks off*
( , Sat 22 Nov 2008, 23:54, Reply)
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