Ok so this blog is going to be huge, I have so much stuff to cover so I’d better hurry up and start…
Right, well last Tuesday I received something in the post, it was a sexy half gig of RAM for my computer because it was being slower than death, I’d have to install it all by myself and seeing as I knew absolutely nothing about this sort of thing I was worried I’d bugger it up. I opened up the case of my computer and read that all I had to do was slot the memory into place…easy! After pushing it into place and giving it a hefty thump after it got jammed I set it all back up and it worked perfectly. I can now not only open Photoshop without having to wait about half an hour for it to load, but I can use iTunes at the same time.
Wednesday was valentines day, I wasn’t really bothered much by it…until I found a card waiting for me in the porch…
“To John,
You’re too sexy for your shirt.
From ? xxx”
…this could be from just about anyone! Although I’m 99% sure I know who sent it…very funny! Payback’s a bitch.
On Friday me Adam and Gaz had planned to visit Carl in Plymouth. I needed to sort out what I was taking and seeing as the tumble dryer was broken it meant drying everything by radiator. After 8 hours they were finally dry and I could start sorting everything out. We started out at about 7:30 in the evening and should have got to Plymouth for about 11, but after a slight ‘detour’ and the decision that Gaz should invest in a Sat-Nav we got there for 11:30.
On the way there we were all starving so we decided to stop at some services for a bite to eat, luckily there was a Wimpy so we went in there and queued up. As we were queuing I was trying to remember the last time I went to a Wimpy, it must have been back when I was living in Bournemouth and a homeless guy walked in as I was eating my burger and shat himself. I went to place my order and I noticed that a meal was £6.25, this was for a cheeseburger, fries and a drink, for that price I’d expect it served in a golden napkin and the fries to have magical properties, in reality they didn’t give me a napkin and the fries were a bit overdone, no wonder Wimpy is more or less extinct.
So yeah, back to the story. We got to Carl’s house and made ourselves at home, after being shown around and being told which toilet NOT to use we went on the Gamecube before deciding that sleep would be a better idea.
That night I was sleeping on the floor, I can normally sleep just about anywhere but that night I just couldn’t sleep, I kept waking up every few minutes and turning over to get the feeling back in my leg, eventually it was morning and new adventures await.
After a quick cup of coffee and a wash we all headed over to the National Marine Aquarium, at first it was nice to see all these tropical fish but I was getting so hungry that I could just see them as food. When we got to the canteen I was hoping there would be some seahorse salad or maybe even a dolphin burger…but in the end I had to settle for a chicken sandwich and a bag of quavers.
When we left the aquarium we went for a walk along Plymouth Hoe, while we were walking the heavens opened and we got soaked so after walking back to Carl’s house and playing an absolutely pointless game of Worms Forts and losing the will to live we all needed a good drink and maybe even something to eat.
We headed to the same Indian restaurant that we went to last time we were there…yes THAT restaurant! I felt like telling them that it was Carl’s birthday a few weeks before but I wouldn’t be that cruel to let the waiters sing all 57 verses of happy birthday to him. After our meals we were all getting tired, we went for a couple of drinks in the voodoo lounge and weirdly enough they played the whole of The Arcade Fire’s album again just like the last time we were there. At about midnight we headed back to Carl’s place again to get some well deserved sleep, luckily this time I slept really well.
In the morning we got our things together, waved Carl goodbye and headed home, we deliberately avoided Wimpy this time, despite the traffic being really bad the journey took 4 hours just like last time.
On Monday I woke up from possibly the most comfortable night’s sleep ever and walked up to Sainsbury’s to get something I’d been looking forward to for almost 6 months…Clerks 2 on DVD. This means that now I really do have all of Kevin Smith’s films on DVD (except Jersey Girl of course…but we don’t talk about that).
That night I went to the Woodman’s with Gaz, Adam and Marcus. I hadn’t been there since last summer and not only did it make a change to go there, but it wasn’t smokey either so hopefully we‘ll be going there a bit more often.
Yesterday was signing on day again, while I was waiting for them to call my name there was this guy sitting opposite me also waiting to sign on, he kept playing some game on his phone which seemed rather odd, but after I left the job centre I saw him getting into a Hotpoint van and drive off…the cheeky bastard, I felt like walking back in and telling them…but nah, I couldn’t be bothered, so I went home instead.
Last night I went to the cinema with Adam and Gaz to see Hot Fuzz, it was pure brilliance! If you haven’t yet seem it then I urge you to go immediately…I mean, finish reading this first and then go…
Another week, another blog. And I’m going to start this blog off with some good news…
I’ve finally managed to get something I’ve been after for ages!
…no, not a job…as if!…
I’ve finally managed to get hold of all the Kevin Smith films released so far in the UK. In case you’re keeping track (and you’re probably not) this includes Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The only problem there being that Dogma wasn’t available in the UK anymore…oh the joys of eBay! I felt like my search was finally over…well for the next few days because Clerks 2 comes out on DVD next week.
Thursday morning I opened the curtains to find that it had snowed over night. Now when I say it had snowed, I’m not talking about a pathetic sprinkle which is gone by lunch, I’m talking proper ‘get your socks wet’ snow, the kind that you hope you still have that pair of wellies for. It had been years since last had snow like this, it always reminded me of when we were at school and we’d have to wait to hear if our school was called out on the local radio to say it was closed.
On Saturday Adam, Gareth, Marcus and Jenny came round and we all went to the Lickey hills to try out Adam’s sledge that he found. Gaz was the first to try it out, I thought he’d go for a few feet if anything, but he went for absolutely miles. We all took it in turns to slide down this hill, we were getting soaked but we didn’t care, it was like being 5 years old again, at one point I even collided with the fence surrounding the playground and I just fell back laughing despite the fact that my legs had gone right through this fence.
When I got home though it was time to grow up again, I could have played in the snow all day but I’m 25 now, 25 year olds don’t do that kind of thing…well…they’re not supposed to anyway.
So next time it snows remember this video...I’m not sure why...but just remember it, ok?…
So it’s time for another blog and if you’re still spinning leeks then I urge you to stop, you win.
I’m feeling a lot better about things now, things are starting to look promising job-wise, I’m awaiting an application form in the post about a photography job in Birmingham. I’m not going to say too much in case I jinx it but let’s just say the money is definitely worth getting out of bed for.
Apart from that there isn’t much to tell you. I went to sign on today, it all went rather well, it was a case of sitting down, signing the form and being told to see them next week, I was too tired to start bullshitting about how I trekked the up Himalayas and across the Sahara desert in search of a job.
I then got on the bus to go Shirley, as it stopped outside the college Jo’s friend Sarah got on, after saying a quick ‘hi’ and walking down to the shops I started getting a really bad feeling, you know like something bad was about to happen…
Brush with death No. 1...
I’m about to cross the Stratford Road at the crossing by the police station, an old woman is already stood there waiting for the lights to change so she can cross. As the lights change a big 4x4 stops in the lane nearest us and for some reason which I still can’t work out something caught my eye before I crossed and I stopped for about a second. As I turned back round the woman was nearly halfway across the road so I paced across only for a car in the other lane to just plough through the lights, I quickly pulled the old woman back as the car missed us by literally inches. I was slightly shocked but the old woman was swearing her tits off at the car that nearly hit her.
I needed to get to Staples so I carried on walking down the Stratford Road, when I got there I needed a portfolio and some sleeves to go inside, at this point I was too hungry and tired to care about the price so I just picked up the first one I found, paid for it and buggered off.
Brush with death No.2...
In a hurry to get home and wanting to make the most of my daysaver I decided to catch the number 6 bus down the road to my bus stop. The second I came out of staples I saw the number 6. I ran across the car park to get to the bus, there was a car reversing into a parking space but for some reason it shot round the corner right in front of me and parked in another space. Luckily I put my brakes on fast enough to not get a taste of their windscreen, but considering that this was the 2nd time I was almost run over in the past hour you’d think I’d be worried or something…in fact I took a leaf out of the old woman’s book and started yelling at the car for making me miss my bus.
After getting the bus home and walking down my road I heard something *click*…I ignored it and carried on walking…*click* it sounded like a camera’s shutter, I looked around me but I couldn’t see anybody, the more I walked the more it clicked so I ended up running to my house. When I got inside I checked my phone…4 photos of the inside of my pocket about to send to the whole of my address book…When I said I wanted to be taking more photos this wasn’t what I had in mind.
So despite nearly dying…twice it’s not been such a bad week after all, hopefully the week will continue to be this good.
I’ll leave you with something to look forward to that comes out later this year…
It’s the first of February already…I think I’d better blog quickly before it’s March!
So in the past few days not much has happened, we went to see Rocky Balboa last week, it was alright, nothing too amazing really, I’d put a trailer for it on here if I could be bothered.
We went bowling on Monday, we had a special voucher which gave us all a free game, the voucher wasn’t good enough though as I only came 2nd, I should have read the small print really.
Tuesday I had an interview at the job centre about my job seeker’s allowance, I’m starting to get to the point now where I’m getting too comfortable signing on and need some sort of motivation to keep looking for work. When I was first signing on I had loads of ideas and was really enthusiastic about the whole thing, however, now I’ve lost all that enthusiasm about it all, I’ve not even taken any photos in months and my photo restoration thing is boring me to death, maybe it’s just the time of year, but I really need someone to shake me by the ears and tell me to ‘Go out there and do something goddamnit!’…anyway as I was saying, this interview was just to review how I was getting on looking for work, after talking it all through I now have to go in once a week to sign on, if nothing it’ll get me out there and hopefully get me a job.
Moooving on…how long can you spin a leek for? My record is just over 20 minutes. Try and beat that, I dare you!
After a quick cup of coffee and a wash we all headed over to the National Marine Aquarium, at first it was nice to see all these tropical fish but I was getting so hungry that I could just see them as food. When we got to the canteen I was hoping there would be some seahorse salad or maybe even a dolphin burger…but in the end I had to settle for a chicken sandwich and a bag of quavers.
When we left the aquarium we went for a walk along Plymouth Hoe, while we were walking the heavens opened and we got soaked so after walking back to Carl’s house and playing an absolutely pointless game of Worms Forts and losing the will to live we all needed a good drink and maybe even something to eat.
