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My work-life balance has too much work in it.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 7:49, 113 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I've worked all weekend and I'm back there now.
Morning arse fuckers.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 8:23, Reply)

I just went for a run and so am all hot and sweaty but feeling good - haven't gone for a run in ages.
Now on to homework!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 8:25, Reply)

I read in a paper the other day a suggestion that the whole world should move to a two day week. Then we'd have more leisure time, and would produce stuff at a much lower rate so our global carbon emissions would reduce and we'd all live happily ever after.
I don't think it would really work, but I'd be willing to give it a go. For the same salary, of course.
Edit - and hello to you too V-cat.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 8:27, Reply)

K2 that sounds like a real good plan, when's the trial run?
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 8:36, Reply)

is these countries with their work ethics which wouldn't allow them to work so little as it would be dishonourable or something.
So they'd be producing at a huge rate compared to the likes of the UK, which I'm sure would be quite happy to sit on its collective arse for 5/7 of the time (plus holidays, of course). So the plan would only work if everyone obeyed the rules. And that would require some sort of UN resolution or the like. And enforcement of sorts.
Damn.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 8:41, Reply)

how virtuous I feel after running. Normally I am very lazy but now I feel like I can tackle anything :D
How are you Dok? /huggles
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 8:48, Reply)

Vote me into power, I'll make it happen!
Vampy, I'm a bit sad due to the fact that I couldn't go to Badgers bash on Saturday :( But other than that I'm OK, spending four days with my girlfriend at the end of the week :)
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 8:51, Reply)

President of the United States and Kingdoms of Earth.
Think you could handle it?
Remember though - no dodgy claims for second houses, just because you're looking in to see your parents from time to time.
/topical
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 8:54, Reply)

I read that as "no Doggy claims"
and then wondered why you'd want to claim a dog.
And then my mind went horrible and now I need alcohol to drown out the images.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 8:57, Reply)

only means one thing to me... :-)
It's an affectionate term for a domesticated canine. What did you think I meant?
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:05, Reply)

I think I can handle that, I'm a well balance person, I can handle
Pinpage My story about god.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:06, Reply)

Pun.
How was the bash?
EDIT Vampy, I think I know what you meant.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:10, Reply)

Given that you are not a lover of teh cock, it's not really an issue! :-)
I must go and work now, peoples. See you all later.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:12, Reply)

Oh!
Haha!
The bash was fun, lots of drinking, but everyone was on pretty good behaviour.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:12, Reply)

I'm not diddling, that's for the weekend.
Pssst Kaol, changed anyway.
EDIT Good behaviour, I don't believe that!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:13, Reply)

Pin page is what I do to get people on the b3tamap.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:14, Reply)

You stick your pin in my 'I like this'.
Now everybody stop it, it's Monday morning and I've had very little
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:16, Reply)

My weekend was excellent. I kicked arse at mario kart and now own some Tesco value aviators that make me look cool.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:21, Reply)

What are Jade Goody's kids getting for Easter?
Their inheritance.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:23, Reply)

Doesn't Gordon Brown have some slightly more pressing issues to attend to (like, y'know, running a country) than whoring himself for publicity over the death of a D-list celebrity?
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:24, Reply)

conversation over giving a shit what direction you're driving in!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:26, Reply)

you had your face drawn on in your sleep in permanent marker - that true?
Dok - i'll stop when you do :D
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:27, Reply)

I hope you all had a smashing weekend. Mine was practical but unfulfilling (sp?).
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:28, Reply)

Well I'll stop when you do.
I only stop when the ladies ask me ;)
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:29, Reply)

Dok - I'll stop when everyone else does.
EDIT: guess he did Lic
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:34, Reply)

Duckie is right - I was awake at the time and not even all that pissed...
@Duckie It came off pretty easily actually. It was harder to get it off my arms than my face (although I forgot to wash the cock off).
I looked a bit special Saturday night.
:edit: @LiC Yep, Kaol got bored of having it.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:36, Reply)

"black pen spawned out of nowhere"?
My damn pocket, thank-you-very-much.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:38, Reply)

Yes you do look a bit special in that picture.
Well Vampy I don't think I'll ever stop then!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:39, Reply)

You want nail varnish remover, or acetone, to remove permanent marker from skin.
Much less painful than scrubbing it with a nail brush or something ;)
*has been drawn on far too many times*
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:39, Reply)

spray Hairspray onto it - it'll thin the ink right out and then you can wipe it off and sculpt your arm hair.
could almost become a new fashion industry - sculpted arm hair.
dok - I think someone might get jealous
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:41, Reply)

I'm glad I hadn't been drawn on with the dyes they use for slides like the retard that was on Kaol's degree course. He had a cock on his arm for a month or something...
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:41, Reply)

A guy on my course was in a practical with me, and decided to draw a CDC on his arm. With Carbol Fuchsin stain. Which soaks into the actual cells.
Yep, he had a cock on his arm for a couple of months.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:46, Reply)

They couldn't wash it out so had to shave their hair off. At which point they discovered their entire scalp was dyed yellow.
Stayed yellow for quite a while as well. Turns out it's fairly permanent stuff, fuck knows what the chemicals did to their brain!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:47, Reply)

I just got a call from the vet I worked with yesterday and she said she thinks I coped really well working in the hospital and I'm awesome :) We had to seperate some kittens who were all joined together still by the umbilical cord 3 days after birth. Some are going to make it, others not so much :(
How nice is that!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:47, Reply)

Blimey, it's busy this morning. The civil servants must be in extra clueless mode today.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:50, Reply)

I think the worst I've ever had was these special inks I was using in art for my manga - they stained my hands so badly I had rainbow hands for a month!
EDIT: aww becks, that's luffly. :)
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:52, Reply)

You should have drank them, then you could have poopped a rainbow.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 9:57, Reply)

ey?
for the record I actually didn't drink them at all.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:01, Reply)

Or are several people quite pleased that not all of the kittens are going to make it?
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:07, Reply)

No we're please that some of them will make it. Dead kittums make me sads :(
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:08, Reply)

course not.
I'm studying and skim reading between chapters.
Missed the bit about dead kittums. :(
/prepares state funeral.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:11, Reply)

That's not the kinda thing I wanted to hear...
Anything good about it?
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:19, Reply)

What did you want to know? I lived there for a bit a few years ago.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:22, Reply)

Looking at going back to uni, and Bristol University does the course I wanna do.
So just wondering "what it's like" as a town, really! I've never been there, so thought I'd try and find out from you guys.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:26, Reply)

I didn't get arrested walking through the docks dressed as a WWII German Para carrying a bayonet and an unloaded P38.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:27, Reply)

Bristol Uni has slightly too many posh cunts, but a lot of good unis are like that so I wouldn't let it put you off.
As for the city, I really like it: friendly locals, good and varied nightlife and culture in general, easy to get about, fairly cheap taxis compared to a lot of cities, close to the countryside if you want to get out for a day. And the weather seems to be usually pretty good.
I'm actually thinking of moving back there myself at the moment!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:30, Reply)

I was in a room with lots of B3tans playing music and they wouldn't let me put my music on.
Kaol came over and kissed me on the forehead in a brotherly way. It was lovely : )
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:33, Reply)

I'd be doing a PGCE, so not going for the whole "pissed up student life" thing, I did that on my degree.
That's awesome BGB, haha!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:37, Reply)

Did you not know I'm Superman!
Hi BGB, Nasty B3tan not letting you put your music on.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I don't dare to work out how long I suffered enforced celibacy for.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:41, Reply)

You're want to become a teacher?
DID You look at the Institute of Education here in London?
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:43, Reply)

I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I think it's a good idea.
Had a chat about it with one of my mates yesterday which kinda sealed the deal, he made some good points.
Problem with London is that I don't really wanna teach there, haha! If I was living there, I'd have to do placements there.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:45, Reply)

He clearly can't be trusted if he thinks you should be allowed around children let alone teaching them.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:47, Reply)

Fair point :p
Nah, t'was good to talk about it with him.
I think getting the hell out of Essex will do me good too.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:49, Reply)

Who am I to stop anybody doing what they want to do. Go for it!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:52, Reply)

Kaol - Come to aus! You'd make an awesome teacher.
wait. What were you planning to teach?
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:55, Reply)

I can't see "Knife Skills and Studies" in the curriculum!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:59, Reply)

So... Biology, Human Biology and Environmental Biology.
Oz is too hot for me :p
So, yeah, "dissection-knife skills"....
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:59, Reply)

you'd be vying to position of favourite teacher if you did! I love biology! studying final year biology right now :D Brilliant subject.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:02, Reply)

And I've got a BSc in it, so I wouldn't need to do subject-specific training.
And it'd only be a year at uni.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:03, Reply)

seriously - you'd be awesome at it.
I wish I got to do dissections this year - last year we did a rat and a brain and a heart and an eyeball, covering alimentary, nervous, circulatory systems and throwing in ocular importance and cell substance.
this year we dissect a leaf :(
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:05, Reply)

That's fucking shite!
When I was at uni my list included:
Shark
Squid
Pig
Locust
Rat
Cow parts
Beetles
Fish
Er... Lots of other stuff too.
Oh, starfish! They're cool!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:08, Reply)

that we get to do mice or something - at the moment we're just going over the basics which I know, and then we're moving on to Immunology and Genetics.
Would love to do starfish.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:10, Reply)

Oh, we did something on liver parasites in mice, it was awesome!
I don't like genetics that much, but immunology is awesome, 'cos you get to play with parasite-host interactions.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:13, Reply)

If you cut them up each part grows back into a new starfish doesn't it? Pretty cool!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:15, Reply)

we're doing our own pracs with fresh sheep liver and Hydrochloric acid to observe Catalase.
EDIT: I love genetics and immunology - find both fascinating that a simple glitch in our system can cause all kinds of havoc or even benefit us and that a miniscule bug can kill us if there are enough of it.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:17, Reply)

But not by the biology talk, I like biology.
Cutting things up is fun.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:19, Reply)

It's not "nice" to cut up live animals :p
Er... The starfish thing... If you break a leg off one, it'll regrow a new leg. The leg you snapped off will die.
If you break off a leg with a chunk of the "body" (the central section), it'll grow into a new starfish, and the original will regrow a leg.
Coolest thing is sponges. If you break one down to individual cells, then pass it through a mono-cellular sieve, then leave the resulting paste in a bucket of seawater with dissolved nutrients, the whole thing will re-organise itself back into a whole sponge.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:20, Reply)

this is why I love biology.
Study of life. Absolutely beautiful.
EDIT: Somebody hand me the hat.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:22, Reply)

Have a lovely clean hat.
The last one was kinda funky.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:01, Reply)

We've just been informed we're not getting a payrise this year citing "Current economic conditions". I'll bet we don't get our bonus either. We didn't get one last year due to the NHS Connecting for Health contract being such a money drain. It's a good bet the directors still get their payrise and bonus though, the greedy fucking pigs.
I know I should be grateful for the fact I still have a job but this is still a major kick in the teeth.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:03, Reply)

that sucks. Majorly.
Have a hug.
/hugs.
I'm sorry I don't really know what else I can do or say - I've never been in that position. so this is all I can do which shows that I feel bad for you.
/hugs again and takes off hat
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:05, Reply)

How are we all?
Saturday's bash was a laugh, lovely to meet LiC and Garbagefan for the first time. Thankfully the pen did come out in the wash.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:07, Reply)

I'm just fine and dandy thanks :D
Finished my biology and psychology homework so am now free for the rest of the night
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:10, Reply)

Have you heard "Not So Pretty Now" on the NIN/JA site?
Good to see you on Saturday, glad the pen came off!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:12, Reply)

Tough break Piston, that sucks :(
Kaol, yes I have, and the proper studio version of Non-Entity. Awesome!
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:14, Reply)

I assumed you'd've done, but I thought I'd check :p
45 minutes 'til lunch... *yawns*
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:15, Reply)

I'm wondering whether "alternative employment" is maybe a good idea. Working for a company whose name happens to rhyme with jujitsu is not fun sometimes.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:18, Reply)

they're not very good in aus either apparently - there's a few branches of the company whose name rhymes with jiujitsu and they're not very well run either.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:20, Reply)

I'm am off to bed. I'm tired as fuck.
Love you all.
/huggles everyone until they're slightly aroused and uncomfortable
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:25, Reply)

just last week he told me he couldn't even be fucked anymore.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 13:18, Reply)

Never knew Fuck to be tired, but that's just me.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 13:34, Reply)

are you saying that they're all fat?
Are you implying that they've all waddled down to burger king to order a skipful of lard? That's mean, that is.
Maybe you ought to look at yourself before you make unmitigated pre-judgements, I bet you're not so perfect yourself. Are you?
Give me a snog, you sexy fucker.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 13:49, Reply)

Everyone on the internet is fat, they're only on the internet because nobody wants to be their friend in real life.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 14:09, Reply)

I'm too fat, but it wasn't always this way. I blame uni.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 14:21, Reply)

So attractive that when I attend bashes I'm required to wear a fat-suit and fake beard to prevent outbreaks of spontaneous public nudity.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 14:21, Reply)

That still didn't stop Cap V did it?
I've been drinking heavily since just to try and erase the memories.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 14:25, Reply)

Now why would you say that when you know it's me you're describing.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 14:28, Reply)

Some sights can never be unseen. I'm pretty sure he showed his cock to everyone.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 14:34, Reply)

Either teh cock scared everyone off, or my phone is not properly reloading the page...
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 15:49, Reply)
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