Colder on the top deck of the double decker bus than outside this morning
not too bad outside. got on the bus and it was so cold my fingers started to hurt and stopped after I got off the bus.

Stupid buses.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:16, 50 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I take it you got the car home safely though?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:20, Reply)

yeah, it was fine
my road is still mostly icy, but it turned out ok.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:22, Reply)

I've taken leave
My positive experience with the taxi from my mum's last night has made me realise that our roads are currently slightly safer than the pavements.
So, I'm going to taxi to and from the supermarket and stock up for the weekend. I don't want to do this after work in the dark, and tomorrow predicts more snow, so i think I'm being rather sensible with my forward planning.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:26, Reply)

sounds like it
I need to stop at the supermarket on the way home. then I'm going to light a beast of a fire and watch films and smoke joints all evening.

thoroughly looking forward to it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:29, Reply)

*note to self: Get lots of wine in Tesco
Supposed to be going to my friend's birthday party but i don't want to get snowed in while I'm there and then the moggy will starve and die all on his own, or something. Or maybe I'm a bad lazy friend.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:38, Reply)

is that the real reason you don't want to go?
or is it because the party might suck?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:45, Reply)

I don't think it will suck
but I think a lot of people won't make it there.
So if it becomes a small party, there's pressure on the few people there to make it a 'swingin' jivin' partay'.
There is the fact that I might not be able to get a taxi home when I want to leave so I'll have to stay there, and I hate party embers when there are Phd folk around. It gets odd.
Or, it might snow a lot and I might not even get home the next morning.
All for ONE person's birthday. (I know a few of her mate's but it's not like I'm killing several birds with one stone and seeing any other friends of mine.)

Am I a bad person?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:50, Reply)

not at all
I'm a great believer in not doing stuff if you don't really want to, for whatever reason.

someone's feelings may get hurt a bit, but they'll get over it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:59, Reply)

I ain't going
and it's YOUR fault.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:01, Reply)

I can live with that

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Yes
donate heavily for your sins
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:59, Reply)

If I give HARD
am I absolved of all attendance duties, Sister TGB?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:00, Reply)

yes
*blesses*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:02, Reply)

I don't feel this supposedly all time cold weather
Although I've not left the house in over a week. And am starting to go slightly insane because of it.

I'm on an ever depressing descent and I'm not sure why, so I'm going for a long walk once the Crooked Vultures torrent finishes downloading. Saw them by accident when they supported Arctic Monkeys at Brixton in August and they were quite good.

When I go out I suspect I'll be toasty anyway, casually mentioned to my old dear that I could do with some longjohns for uni up in Newcastle, she took that to mean I wanted them as a main present for Christmas and got professional ski standard ones along with a thermal vest, cost about sixty quid. Was slightly miffed at first but they're ace!

Sorry for going off on a tangent, I'm bored, feel like shite and am trying to pass the time. Carry on.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:24, Reply)

I know why you're depressed.
All may not be lost dude!
And trust me, it's warm in the house, but outside you can BREATHE the cold.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:27, Reply)

hold on a second
they supported Arctic Monkeys? what a waste of their talents.

the album is one of the best I've heard in a long time.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:28, Reply)

I agree with Vip
it's the cold weather making me slightly nicer ;)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:29, Reply)

oh em gee
she's in a bad way.

we need to get you to hospital
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:32, Reply)

Can I see
doc doc doc doctor beat
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:32, Reply)

no
Dr Greenthumbs

or at a push Dr Feelgood
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:33, Reply)

I'm out of lyrical Doctors
:(
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:35, Reply)

doctor and the medics?
some of the teachers in my school were in a band called Dr Zimmer and the Frames. They were great.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:36, Reply)

EMERGENCY! PAGING DR. BEAT!!!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:38, Reply)

Yeah
Was in that horrible Wetherspoons outside the station and bumped into two mates who insisted we saw the support act despite no one knowing who it was, they were just down on the bill as guests. My group wanted to go in at about nine or so to catch the Arctics coming on but we were persuaded to go in early much to my dismay.

How pleasantly surprised I was whilst getting beers when out the corner of my eye I saw Dave Grohl waltz on stage!
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I would've shat my pants with excitement
if I were to suggest a supergroup I would probably have included those 3, and lo! they came up with one themselves.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:32, Reply)

Alex Turner came out on stage
And before the Arctics started playing he went "sorry about that, we should the ones supporting them really, shouldn't we", expecting the crowd to boo and disagree with him in a light-hearted fashion.

No one replied. Everyone just stood there, shrugged their shoulders and went "well yeah, you should be actually". Was quite funny at the time. No one had heard any of their material before, coupled with the fact it was a total surprise. The crowd including me were blown away.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:43, Reply)

I'm more than a little jealous
have you heard the guy from Arctic Monkeys' other band? Last Shadow Puppets

much better than AM in my opinion
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:46, Reply)

I think that's because they have a smattering of scouse in there
Take heed.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:51, Reply)

haha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:59, Reply)

Yeah
They're not bad, although my dislike for Scousers hinders my view slightly. Good album though.

I couldn't get into the AM's new album, hated it in fact. After seeing them at Brixton (also saw them at Newcastle Arena in November but it was awful, like going to a gig in a shopping centre) I fell in love with it. It's easily their best and has taken them in a fantastic direction. It's also diminished the tribal element of their fanbase, the ones that throw beer around and sing football chants between songs before shouting the words to Mardy Bum completely out of tune. I love that they've fucked off.

However I'm steering clear of them or any other low key music because I'll just start crying. I'm an emotional wreck at the moment. Crooked Vultures album is being given a spin at the moment and I'm lurving it. A lot.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:01, Reply)

So you dislike me do you, you cuntbag???

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Shall we smite his soul for his sins?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:04, Reply)

SMITE HIM!!!!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:05, Reply)

I'll let you off
I have my reasons though.

The bloke above me at uni is a Scouser, and he's the biggest cunt in the world thanks to his taste in music.

He's a six foot three stereotypical lanky power nerd, nothing wrong with that, but when he starts playing Puff Daddy's "Bad Boys for Life", Lemar's "If there's any justice in the world", Papa Roach's "Last Resort" and everyone's favourite Limp Bizkit track "Keep Rolling" at ridiculous times of day a switch goes in my head and I curse all things Merseyside related. He's had Keep Rolling on at deafening volumes at seven on a Sunday morning before.

That along with me and a friend being chased by a load of Everton fans is the sum total of my experience of Scousers. So as much as I try not to generalise I'm not Liverpool's biggest fan.

I'm sure you're just lovely, though.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:14, Reply)

A black man shoved me into a wall once...
Now stop, let the love wash over you.
I am fucking lovely jubbly and I'm scouse, so there.
I made a red-haired chef smile mid-rant once, so don't doubt my skillz ;)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:17, Reply)

I'll try
I've just realised I have met a nice Scouser before so I'll take your word for it. Your internet self seems friendly enough so I'm sure the real you is too.

Now my Zen better hurry up and charge, I can't sit indoors much longer or I'll top myself. I'm going to hit myself with a frying pan if I'm overcome with sadness again this morning. When did I turn into such a soft cunt.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:27, Reply)

It'll pass
I go soft now and again, but then I get a big frost around me with icicles on and nothing shall penetrate. I'm in the turning to frost stage right now. I'm relieved that I still have the ability, so I bet you do too kid.
Grrr.

Zen Mosaic?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:30, Reply)

Zen X-Fi
It's amazing, and the size of a credit card. Plus Noel Edmonds is my background which cheers me up endlessly, he's a national icon you know.

I'm very much stuck in a rut at the moment, I love Newcastle more than life itself, but at the moment there's nothing I want to do less than go back up to uni. I just want to stay indoors and do bugger all. I'd laugh if I wasn't such a saddo!
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:38, Reply)

Are you at parents' house?
Because one can regress slightly after prolonged periods' with the folks.
Go back up to uni and get TOTALLY involved in something.
I am givin you advice I never took...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:45, Reply)

I am indeed
It hasn't helped that my best mate got booted out from said uni last month. I need to get back up there and back amongst it all, I love university but I really cannot be arsed at present. To do anything.

I've made the decision just now that I'm going round the missus' tomorrow or Sunday to tell her how I feel. I'm a stubborn cunt but I'm not going to let petty shite ruin things. I think she's perfect and could quite happily spend the rest of my life with her. I won't let things slip away so soon after getting to where I want to be.

I feel better for writing that.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Woah, award for bravery.
Tell her exactly like that, like you described there ^.
She'll eithersay that the petty things DO matter (in which case you'll know one way or another) or she'll be really chuffed and impressed and she'll totally agree with you.
It saves all the pining and wondering and worrying!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:56, Reply)

That's what's killing me
I don't know how much longer I can sit around and think about it. I need to get out but I'm absolutely potless, the warehouse party in Bethnel Green last week really has done a number on my finances.

And I've already started to shit myself at the thought of going round. Christ what have I agreed to do. Not backing out this time though.

Thanks for the kind words.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 11:04, Reply)

No worries
Hope it works out, however you decide to tackle it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 11:07, Reply)

I have to admit
I used to dislike the scouse accent, but I realised that was because I'd never met anyone I liked who had one. Met a girl from one of our other offices who was a scouser and she was a good laugh. made me re-assess.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:05, Reply)

There are dozens of variations of our accent.
I'm hoping mine is one of the pleasant ones. You'd have to ask the B3tans who've met me. It gets stronger with booze.
I bet Becky says I sound like cats on a blackboard.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:06, Reply)

she would though
because she's nasty :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:07, Reply)

She did well
She only shuddered in disgust twice when I mentioned my hometown :P
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:09, Reply)

good effort!
right, I really need to do some work.

if I come back before lunchtime tell me to bugger off
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:12, Reply)

I'm telling you to bugger off already, you fucker

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 10:18, Reply)

Wear a hat.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 8 Jan 2010, 9:29, Reply)