Xmas Night Part 2

I already posted last night to say I had a good night but thought I would expand on it.

I met up with Tony and Simon in Wetherspoons in Durham, we had a few drinks in there. We ended up having double vodkas and Red Bull just before we left. Then we went for a taxi and somehow we ended up mentioning Red Bull in the taxi. Then we had the taxi driver telling us how bad it is for you, that your body would be fine drinking 2 bottles of Vodka but having a few Red Bulls would do more damage. Then he went on to tell us he has a £300,000 house and so on. Pleased to get out of the Taxi at Ramside.

We got there just as they were starting to dish out the food, so good timing!

The food was actually quite nice which makes a change from most other Xmas meals I've been to. After the food, there was entertainment on. Some Abba tribute thing, they weren't too bad. I got up to dance with Mel H, there were 2 Mels out. Somehow I ended up dancing with the other Mels Tamberine and a couple of lasses on the dancefloor wanted me to bang the tamberine off the bums. Hell, I felt I had to oblige ;-)

I wasn't too drunk, I can still remember everything, lol.

Night out

I had a really good night tonight, i think most of us werent expecting much but we had a really good laugh. I ended up on the dancefloor with a tamberine, so god knows what that was all about.

Simon and Tony who i was out with was supposed to be getting a lift back with Mandy. They had cancelled their taxi coz she said she was driving. Yet when we got there she said she was getting a lift, so they were stuck without a lift. I offered them a lift home with my parents who i knew wouldnt mind, luckily!

Going for a Xmas night out!

I must of been very tired last night, can't remember what time I went to bed but I'm sure I was asleep by midnight for a change.

I am off out tonight for our Peterlee Offices Xmas Night out. It's at Ramside Hall on the outskirts of Durham. 3 of us are meeting in Durham 1st and having a drink there for a while before getting a taxi to Ramside. I feel shattered but once I hop in the shower and I'm out I'm sure it will be a good night. I'm up for a good laugh and it should be!

Remembering

I've been looking back at my blog archive and its weird reading how I was feeling over the last few months and seeing where I went wrong and how things have got better. It means more to me because as I read them I know exactly what I was feeling as I wrote them.

At times I questioned why I wrote the posts I did, people advised me to stop at certain time but I carried on. It seams worth it now that I have 10 months worth of my history to look back on :-)

Now I better backup this shit!!

Project

Continuing my Iron Maiden Marathon!!

Decided tonight I need some project at home to focus on to keep me busy and stop my mind from working over time. Trying to think what I can do, probably re do my website (not this one) from scratch. It will be a big challenge as it is already very complicated (too complicated).

Hopefully I will learn some new stuff and will be interesting enough. I did some testing the other week of integrating some data I had into Google Maps, which worked really well. I may integrate this blog into my other site, already looked into some of this.

All this will fall by the wayside if I ever actually manage to get a house. I will have a new problem of how I share files with my parents as they use a lot of my files. Already looked into wireless connections with antenneas which should do the job rather than over the internet which is too slow!

Work Update

It seams to of been a weird week at work. Some ways its been long and other ways its gone quick. I know that doesn't exactly make sense but since when have I made sense?

Tried to do all sorts this week but just got nowhere, every time I try to concentrate on something difficult someone will need my help. I might have to do some stuff at home this weekend or I'm never gonna be able to figure out some of the stuff I've been trying to do this week.

I keep trying to go to another room and get some peace but whenever I plan to do that. I find out people are off or on a course so I get left to answer the phones. Oh well it could be worse, just becomes frustrating when I really want to do some of the things I have to do. I don't often say that!!

The Descent

The Descent: I watched this movie tonight and really enjoyed it. It made a change from the typical Hollywood horror movies. A lot darker and I guess scarier.

A lot of people seam confused by the ending but I often think that is a good idea leaving it slightly open to interpretation. It seams fairly obvious to me what happened.

I would definitly recommend it. I've given it 8 out 10 on IMDB but tempted to change it to 9.

Update on house

I had my offer turned down for the house today but I told them it was my final offer. The estate agent will let them know, so see what they say. I am not upping it any more. To me they are just being greedy, they can take it or leave it.

I have an appointment to view the other house in the street next Thursday. The house is up for less and I think it will be more modern inside with less work necessary, it is also cheaper.

I am a bit p*ssed off with the 1st house as I wanted to live there but maybe wasn't meant to be.

Laura and buying a house!

Laura came over last night so I could help her put some music on her iPod. All she seams to like is cheesy or tragic music. so at least there is someone with worse taste than me.

I think she is coming back over on Sunday to sort some more stuff out on the computer. I was gonna post a picture of her but think I better ask 1st. We used to work together at the Red Cross, we were also in the same year at Wolsingham Comprehensive.

Otherwise all I have done, is try to buy a house. Its probably the biggest decision I have made and certainly costing me a fortune. I put an offer in on Tuesday but it was rejected, then made another for 74,000. I was then told that if I offered 76,000 I would probably get it. I didn't want to spend that much as it needs a new roof on the extension. Upped my offer to 75,000 yesterday but they are still trying to decide whether to accept. It's taking ages because 3 of them have to agree. I am not making another offer after this if they reject it, it's already £1,000 more than I wanted to pay. So they can take it or leave it.

I'm still waiting to see the other house along the street but the estate agent still hasn't got the keys from the bloke selling it. It puts you off buying it, if its taking him this long just to hand over keys how much hassle would it be trying to buy it from him. That house is up for £74,000 so could afford the asking price but it is 2 bedroom compared to 3 for the one I have offered on.

Oops...

I could of taken today off work but for some reason I decided to go. The highlight of the day was probably messing about with a radio controller flying saucer thing I bought yesterday when at Xscape. Well It kept me and Simon amused for about 2 minutes, it was worth the £20!

We ate the chocolates I had left from the car journey yesterday but I have to apologise to Simon. I threw a sweet at him and it hit him right between the eyes, oops. I couldn't see where I was throwing it for monitors but I did throw it hard. I guess I was lucky I didn't hit him in the eye (I never was a very good shot).

Otherwise the day was just a normal boring day of answering the phone all day but I still had some fun taking the piss, as always. Its always more fun when people don't realise you are winding them up. I've been thinking up some things I can make people do when they ring up with with the same daft question for the 50th time. I only take the piss if I know the person I'm talking to has a sense of humour (well most of the time).

Up The Irons!

I've decided to have an Iron Maiden Marathon. I'm gonna listen to every Iron Maiden studio album in release order. Yes I may be sad but they've done some good music if people just listened to it rather than slagging it off without even hearing it, they might actually like it.

Already listened to Iron Maiden, now half way through Killers. Below is the list:

• Iron Maiden
• Killers
• The Number Of The Beast
• Piece Of Mind
• Powerslave
• Somewhere In Time
• Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
• No Prayer For The Dying
• Fear Of The Dark
• The X Factor
• Virtual XI
• Brave New World
• Dance Of Death

If I'm not totally sick of them after 13 albums, I might then listen to some of their live albums. This is already bringing back some memories from when I was between 13 & 15 (yeah I know thats 14).

Snowboarding

Me doing freestyle before changing to the snowboard (yeah right!)

I went snowboarding yesterday with a mate, other than a discussion on the way down which I missed the turn-off because of, I had an excellent time. We completed parts 1 & 2 which show you the basics of balance, setting off backwards and forwards, basic turns etc. We need to go back and do 3 & 4 then we will be let loose on our own on the main slope. We had to make do with the nursery slope yesterday.

I think I did fairly well, could stay up fine by the end but I did have to throw myself to the floor a couple of times near the end to stop myself from taking out a line of skiers who were side stepping up the slope (that's my excuse). It would of been funny if I had caught them though. It would of been a domino effect with them falling over one after the other, I know I'm evil ;-)

I've got a few aches today but nothing too major, it will probably be tomorrow when I can't move!

House

I went to view a house today, maybe i am destined to buy it. I dreamt about buying the house in the summer last year. the house wasnt for sale then but since then the man who owned it died and a couple of months ago his wife passed away in a home.

Although its awful i really liked Billy, it does sort of mean my dream could come true.

the house has an extension with a flat roof which has the kitchen and bathroom in and it needs a new roof. It will need a new bathroom and kitchen as well they havent been changed for 30 years.

Will see what happens, i will probably make an offer on monday. It will be a lot less than its up for. There is another house 8 doors along the street from it for sale that is 11,000 cheaper and is more modern still waiting to view that. who ever valued the house today is nuts!

Maps with images

I like messing about with maps for some reason and I stumbled on A9 maps, A9 is a search site provided by Amazon which can record your searches and search various sites like, IMDB, Yellow Pages, Wikipedia etc.

But I noticed tonight that they offer maps, which you may think so Google, Yahoo and MSN all offer them. Yep but A9 has BlockView images, what this means is if you choose a street you can view images of the street and see exactly what you would if you walked down the street. I had a look at San Francisco and it brought back some memories of when I was there.

Lonely

I have been careful what i have wrote on here in recent weeks because far too many people i work with are reading this, sad bastards. Why dont you all leave a comment for a change rather than being anonymous you can do it without leaving your name, if its so interesting?

One of my motos or rules for my life i guess was to be honest and another to live for today so i will write what im feeling at the moment!

I am still feeling happy but its tinged with a bit of sadness because i am feeling lonely. Especially this week, not really sure where i go wrong. I have loads of friends but that is all they ever seam to be. Im 26 and alone, sometimes it can be good to have some time to yourself but at other times we all crave that special someone.

i have made many mistakes in my life gone out with people who i may of loved but knew it wasnt ever gonna work. I have either been blessed or cursed with the ability to read people like a book, well not quite but i can 99% of the time tell what someone is like within a few seconds of meeting people. They say we form an opinion of people on 1st meeting them but i seam to take it one step further.

This can be a curse when chatting someone up when i very quickly realise that it would just never work and decide not to bother. I cant see the point in chatting someone up if i know i dont really like them. I didnt explain that properly but hopefully you get the idea. A few of my mates say its about the challenge and dont really care if they really like the person or not. thats just not me, ive never been a one night stand person. That probably contradicts my rule of living for today but then again i could say if i know they are not the right person why waste my time.

Every now and again someone does come along who you do care about and for some reason 2 of them from the past have been in touch with me this week. Well they were right at one time now i am happy being friends. For some reason i always go for attached people, unintentionally.

I normally wear my heart on my sleave but like that music video for i think it is roger sanchez - another chance, where the woman carries her heart around with her and it gets bigger when she falls for someone but it scares him off. Then her heart shrinks. Thats much like what happens to me i think. except each time it shrinks the next time you find someone it doesnt quite grow as big for fear of getting hurt again.

I think i have been a little too honest again on here. It probably is time i moved this to my own servers to track where people are reading this from. Seeing as people generally dont leave any comment.

Too anyone reading this from a work internet computer there is no point in clearing the history. big brother is always watching, lol :-)

Quiet...

I haven't posted anything for a few days, not really been on the computer much this week (for once). Not really sure what I have done though!

I'm going to view a house tomorrow at 2pm, gotta buy my mother a present for her birthday on Sunday as well. Then I think I'm dropping her off somewhere at 5:30. Well I feel bored, so might go to bed and watch TV or listen to some music.

Quick one

I think I will lay in bed and listen to the new Madonna album (Confessions on a dance floor). Hopefully it will be better than her last album.

I got in touch with the estate agent today about viewing the house i mentioned. She tried to contact the bloke selling it but couldn't, she left a message for him. So I am just waiting for them to come back to me.

Well I can't be bothered to sit here and type anymore!

The Ring Two

The Ring Two: I watched this tonight, I had heard it wasn't all that good. They were right it was crap nowhere near as good as the 1st one.

I watched the whole thing but was bored and kept checking how long was left, it was on too long anyway. Probably the worst film I've watched in the last few months. Not that I've watched loads recently.

I gave it a reluctant 5 out of 10 on IMDB.

Run & remembering the past

I eventually dragged myself out of bed about 10 o'clock this morning and decided I had to go for a run. I have become very unfit again, but I do seam to be starting to get some motivation again with already being happier.

I knew I couldn't run very far so I went for a very short run (err like so short its ridiculous).
The massive run I did was all of 1 mile (well just over, like by a few feet). Its half a mile down to the bottom of the line by the Farrers Arms, then I turned around and ran back. By the time I got back I felt like I was dying. I really have become unfit, if I can keep going out I know from the last time (I ran regularly, well for me) that I will soon get a lot better.

I haven't really done much else today, I drove up to Tunstall Reservoir for a short walk but it was heaving with people. I went up there for some peace, I could see I wasn't gonna get any. So I turned around and drove home again. It's one of my favourite places up there.

When driving back down the narrow road, I started to think back a few years and remembered some of the times I had driven up there. I can remember doing over 70 down that road in places in my 1st car (a Nova, boy racer). Most people drive down at less than 30, like me today. It seams a lifetime ago (it was 97/98).

I can also remember walking around the reservoir about the time I left the Red Cross and listening to a Ministry of Sound Album. Need to look up the Album but it had Warrior - Warrior on it, an excellent dance song. I can remember that day perfectly.

Thinking about it I can also remember walking around the reservoir with Laura, then driving home with a strange squeaking noise coming from the back wheels. I found out afterwards that my back axle was knackered (err we hadn't been doing anything, just friends before anyone thinks different). That must of been about 99 I think! That reminds me I have Laura's iPod and laptop to give back to her now I've sorted them.

Going back even further and linking music with the place, I can remember walking from Wolsingham to Tunstall and back with my Parents, Sister & Brother-in-law. I was listening to Kiss in Ibiza 96, the album that got me into dance music, that was nearly 10 years ago. Strange how 1 place can bring back so many memories.

I can also remember the 1st time I went up there in 94/95. I was doing GCSE Photography and we had all morning to take photos. So 3 of us walked the 2 1/2 miles to Tunstall, Me, John-Paul and Richard I think you called the other lad. We quickly took some pictures then went to John-Pauls house @ Tunstall and played on his Amiga 600 for an hour before going back to school.

Anyway I think that's enough reminiscing for one night :-)

Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite: I've just watched this movie and really don't know what to make of it. It isn't your normal Hollywood comedy. I'm really not sure what to rate this. I did relate to Napoleon in some ways which is maybe sad.

It certainly wasn't a rib hurting comedy, I didn't laugh very much but still some how I enjoyed it and not quite sure why. This certainly isn't a movie for the majority of people.

One of those movies where I think when I look back at it, lots of things will stick in my mind :-)