Remember me? I used to blog here....

Bless me Blogfather, for I have sinned. It's 12 days since my last posting........

Do you know what I hate about being ill ALL the time? Not only can I not write on my own blog, I can't read anybody else's, and I have got one hell of a backlog to catch up with!

So I came home early this afternoon cos I had a migraine. A migraine? Whatever next. Not content with sickness, deafness, blindness and fatigue so bad you feel like you've got boulders hanging off your eyelids, I'm now having headaches that feel like my eyes are going to explode. Pah. It's really pissing me off now, I want my life back.

I was in hospital this morning seeing the specialist (an ear doctor, not Sly Stallone) and she showed me some exciting graphs that show what my ears do under certain circumstances. Most people's ears will have parallel lines on this graph. Mine looked like Lindsay Lohan's legs, i.e. so wide open they might never meet again. It looked quite cool, but I'd rather have NOTHING wrong with me, believe you me.
Before I went in for my appointment, I nipped to the loo, and noticed the woman in the cubicle next to me had her hands on the floor. They were moving, but I thought this was well weird, so I washed me hands and got the hell out of there. My appointment ran half an hour late, because some woman had collapsed in the toilet apparently. My heart beat a little faster as I heard this news, and then I saw the oldest woman in the world being wheeled out of an observation room and my heart nearly stopped! I recognised her hands! It was the woman in MY toilet! Ooh eck! I felt terrible then, but then I thought, meh, hospitals are full of psychos, if I had tried to help this woman, you can guarantee she wouldn't have been some frail old bird who'd collapsed, she'd have been a hardened druggy, on the floor cos she was shooting up and ready to stab the next person who tried to interfere with a hepatitus, HIV riddled needle. Course, if I had done something sooner, I'd have got in sooner, but I wasn't in a rush, I was only going back to work after all.

I still have the remnants of a headache, so I've woken up to have some food, but then I'm going back to bed, as I need the sleep, and a darker room than the one I'm currently in.

But before I go, I feel the need to slag off Live Earth. Everytime I turned it on, which was only about 4 times and only to exclaim, "Bloody hell, is this STILL on?!', they were rambling on about Al Gore's film. It was quite an event, and yes I'm sure I'm not the first person to point out how much energy/fuel/blah blah blah must have been wasted to run the thing and get everyone there, but it seems utterly bizarre to put on such an epic concert based on a film!!! Now, I'm not opposed to being green, saving energy, recycling, all that kind of thing, that's cool, it's the whole C02 thing that pisses me off, cos I've seen too much evidence that blows their theories out of the water. Not least because in Gore's film he uses graphs with no x and y axis!!! Uber dodgy Al, sort it out!! BUT, based on this, I've decide I'm going to put on a concert, based on the Rocky films. I'm going to put on a concert to raise money and awareness, to have the Rocky Balboa statue re-instated outside Philadelphia town hall (or is it a museum?). I feel he's earned it. I'm not sure who'll play, but they'll have to play the songs from all the Rocky soundtracks, particularly 'No Easy Way Out' from Rocky IV, that's my favourite (I even have it as my ringtone!). I'm not sure what to call it either.....hmm...will have a good think about it. But I'd much rather see a bronze Rocky re-appear, than stop breathing because I emit C02.

I watched Click and A Scanner Darkly at the weekend. Both good, especially the latter cos it was a wicked effect, the whole film/cartoon thing. Not sure what's on the menu this week, but we've seen loads now, and saved ourselves a fortune, so it's all good.

Well, ciao for now, I may make it back here sometime soon.

iP

Howard

Well now, where were we?

After the Vertigo Clinic debacle, I spent a lot of time sleeping, until the evening of the 21st of June, whereupon I, along with Hefty, attended a little soiree put on by Habitat. We went along, got goodie bags, free food and drink, AND 20% off, brilliant! So we ordered the final piece of furniture for our bedroom (a chest of drawers) and a couple of mirrors, and saved £160 or so! Our plan for an entirely Habitat furnished house is coming along nicely. Everywhere I look I see contemporary 70s chic. Or something. So yes, that was very good.

On Friday, I was off, and took my friend to hospital for some more cancer check uppy things. Good news for her, it's still only on her skin, so despite the shitty weather, we came out smiling. I had planned to go into the City that afternoon, and meet Hefty en route to purchasing some more black nail varnish (I've completely run out!), but cos it was pissing it down, I came home and fell asleep to The Mighty Boosh 1 DVD instead. That evening, we had a super-fly Chinese and watched Silence of the Lambs, followed by the end of Equilibrium (we'd seen the beginning at some point that week). Quality viewing, and foodage, a winning combination!

On Saturday, and Sunday, we did NOTHING! We just slept and chillaxed both days, which was bloody good fun and much-needed. We watched The Notorious Bettie Page on Saturday night, which was really good. I am now a BIG fan of the Page, she rules, and seems uber nice, not at all sleazy. Not that I'm opposed to a bit of sleaze obviously.

On Monday, it was mine and Hefty's 3rd Wedding Anniversary, yay!!! We had planned to go to Chester, but walking round Chester in the rain aint much fun (or anywhere really?) so we opted for the Trafford Centre. Never been there before, but we were v.impressed. Some nice places to eat (always important), some pretty good shops (Apple being one of them), and a generally nice atmosphere. We came away at about 8pm well-fed, with a handbag, purse, Nokia car charger, and Nintendogs. Apart from the charger, they were all mine muwhahahahaha!! But we'd had a really nice time, and would def go again, especially as next time we go back Hefty says I can have a Mulberry handbag! That's exciting news to anyone who doesn't know what the hell I'm on about.

So, on the Nintendogs front, I now have a pet Chihuaha called Howard. He looks slightly evil, though in a cute way, so it's all good. I've taught him to sit, lie down, and erm....that's it. Though when I call his name he comes running. He's cool, and it's a good substitute until I get a real dog.

And that's about it I think. I'm off all this week, but haven't done much. I did spend all of yesterday cleaning the house, which was satisfying, though I've still got some to do cos the house is too bloody big. Today, I shopped. ALL day. Not something I usually do, but it was worth it as I got a new hooded top (I aint no chav though, it's classy), some jeans, trainers, perfume, and some hair spray. I'm a bit worried actually, I feel like I'm turning into a proper girl, and I'm losing my gothy edge.

The sooner I get that black nail varnish the better I reckon........

iP

P.S. Have got Apocalypto and Final Destination 3 to watch, bring it on!

Mrs Weird Ear - A picture

This is a picture of a Pandah's ear. Thought it deserved an explanation. Especially as I meant to post it with my 'Mrs Weird Ear' text but forgot. Just putting it up here on it's own wasn't going to cut it.

Enjoy.

Mrs Weird Ear

So, I'm still recovering from Friday's trip to the Vertigo Clinic. What a random event that was. I was sat on a couchy thing wearing a snorkelling mask (well, it looked like one) with cameras in it, whilst they blacked out my vision and flushed hot and cold water through my ears. Who discovered this technique (and how) I'll never know, but it would seem my right ear is faulty, and that's what makes me dizzy and have no ability to balance. Bizarre. So there we have it, I am, as Ming so kindly christened me, Mrs Weird Ear. I have had a headache since then, and feel like I haven't slept for a year, but I have started taking my medication again so hopefully I shall recover. My vision is still a bit off though, so I haven't blogged before now cos I keep going bog eyed. This will, therefore, be a short but sweet update of events. I should point out that I fainted shortly after the test, and was wheeled up to a ward to recover. JT sat in the chair next to my bed uttering the word "typical," over and over. I then sort of fainted in bed, so they hoisted up the end so my feet were in the air. The aim was for the blood to rush to my head, which it did, and that's why I've had a headache for 3 days. The door of this room was open though, so people kept walking past and looking at diagonal old me in disbelief. I couldn't remember my name or date of birth, got a bit confused and so just made up some shit. I think I made out I was about 32 with a March birthday. The nurse was more concerned that I'd wet myself though, and as it turned out, I hadn't, I just had the wet flannel the Vertigo Nurses had given me in my hand. It was truly surreal, and I'm not entirely sure it actually happened. But JT mentioned it this morning, so maybe it did?

And that's about as much as I can write with crossed eyes and a headache. Apologies. Will aim to write something a bit more interesting when I recover. Off to bed now.

Ta ra.

From despair to where?

Well, after two weeks off the tablets in preparation for the Vertigo Clinic on Friday, I can safely say, tonight, is my lowest point. I have spent the last four hours tossing and turning, getting up to be sick, getting back in to bed because getting up to be sick makes me dizzy, and I've had two different types of ringing in my ear, at the same time! I am SOOOOOOO tired, I really just want to go to sleep, but it's now 2am, and it's not looking good. I didn't get off to a good start. Hefty started snoring almost immediately, and every time I nudged or shook him, it just got louder, so I ended up in the spare bedroom. But, because I couldn't get to sleep cos of all the chaos in my head, I ended up going back in to our room cos I figured If I get really ill, at least I can shout him or something. He'd stopped snoring at this point too which was a Brucey Bonus. But nothing helped my quest to get to sleep, and then my hayfever kicked in, so I've also been blowing my perpetually runny nose for the past hour. I tell you folks, it SUCKS royally. I'm not sure if I can get to sleep on the sofa, but the thought has crossed my mind. However, I'd have to go back upstairs to get some coverage and pillows, and by the time I've done that, I'll be all dizzy again and just want to get back in to bed. This is miserable :0(

Not a lot happened today either, just work, so it's not like I even have anything else to write on here, I can pretty much ONLY complain about how shit I feel.

Balls.

Gary, more Pirates, and old milk

Today was Tuesday. Not just as in the day of the week, but cos it was a very Tuesdayish kind of day. I don't know why particularly, but sometimes, some days, just seem so god damn typical. Sundays can be like that too. But, hey. Meh.

So, profound ramblings aside, there were a few things of note that occurred today.

Firstly, I have a new friend. He appears to live in my car, he's very small, I get the feeling his name is Gary, and he's a spider. I discovered him whilst waiting at the traffic lights en route to Hefty's office. I put down my sun visor and there he was, just sitting there, and almost saying "Er, awight," a la Michael Barrymore. I'm not sure how he got in (though it's not like I don't open the doors a lot), or how long he's been there, but he'd gone by the time we got home, and I felt slightly sad. Luckily, whilst at the lights, I took a picture, though it's fair to say, you can't make out a whole lot of arachnid in my amateur snap.



If he comes back, I'll be sure to let you know.

We also went to Costco tonight, and it was even MORE exciting than usual!! They have this huge Playmobile section, with giant figures and wickedace toys! Naturally, I took a pic of the Pirate, ARRRRRRR!!



I'd have ALL of the stuff they were flogging, but if I could get the big ones too, I think life would be that little bit better. We also looked at drills, cos Pa Pandah wants one for Father's Day. Well, he wants one, we have just decided that as it's FD, he can have one for that!! Don't mind spending a bit more money on my Pa, cos he's always really chuffed, as opposed to Ma Pandah, who never seems happy with anything. They had some really good ones in Costco, but they were 100 squids plus, and I'm not that flush at the moment :0( But, all was not lost, and we found a pretty cool one on Amazon for about £55.00 - not bad, especially as my sister is going halves with me.

A while ago, whilst at Ma & Pa Hefty's, I picked up a copy of the Radio Times which was printed in 1942 or something. Around that time anyway, but, what I love about ancient mags is the adverts. There were some brilliant ones, but my eyes were drawn to this fabulous one about milk (naturally).



If only it really did those things. Maybe it does if you're just drinking it, but if you work with it all day, you end up with the opposite. Tired, sore, red eyes, a firm yellowing snarl, and the feeling it's not luck, it's a nightmare you need to wake up from. And that's on the good days. Tsk. No really, my job aint that bad, really. Really?

Check me out anyway, with all the photos. I usually intend to put stuff on here, but never get round to it. I think all the new-fangled Mac-tastic goodness that came out yesterday has inspired me in to some kind of techno-frenzy. Or should that be tech-frenzy? I'm not much of a raver folks, I'd rather mosh any day.

So, that's my news for the day. I'm just watching How To Look Good Naked, as is my wont on a Tuesday, and Andrew Marr's History of Britain will be on afterwards, yay! Then it's bedlam for me, as I'm ready to drop.

Zzzzzzzzz..........

Ooh arrrrrrr (as opposed to ARRRRRRR).

I should have blogged before now, but I didn't, so all I can do is apologise and move on.

So Bombon, the film about the dog was pretty good. it was in Argentinian, and quite poignant. Certainly on a par with the Weeping Camel story. I also watched The Prestige, which was AWESOME, and A History of Violence, which was okay, but a bit random. Not the most random of David Cronenberg films, but still quite odd in places. Wouldn't watch it again. Can't wait to see what arrives next!!! It's citin this online DVD malarkey!! Top of my list at the mo (you can rate the films you pick in order of how much you want them) are:

Apocalypto
The Notorious Bettie Page
Equilibrium
Lady Vengeance
Superman Returns (need to see that again really)

We might get some of the other stuff, but I'm hoping not, cos we've got Casino Royale on there (one of Hefty's), and I'd just really like to see the above stuff first!!!

Paul Merton in China is on again tonight, but it's the last in the series :0( Hope they put it out on DVD, I've enjoyed it, and you miss some bits with the constant interruption of pesky adverts.

We have a new ASDA advert out at the mo, with farmers on it (my farmers I hasten to add!) and Paul Whitehouse. Haven't seen it yet, no-one seems to know what time they're on (which I don't get, we made the bloody things!!!) but one of the regional managers says the farmers are really handsome. Not what I've heard but I'm mainly excited just cos they're MY farmers!! I look after them, do their calculations and stuff! Does that make me almost as famous as them? I just wish I could see the damn thing!! But it's probably on in the middle of The Bill or Coronation Street, and I don't watch that kind of stuff, so I've probably got no hope!!! Might look on YouTube, if those bastard awful Cravendale ones are on there, I suppose there's every chance the ASDA one is.

In other news, the WWDC is on at the mo!! We are anxiously checking MacRumours every 2 minutes or so for updates! So far they've talked about Leopard, new desktop, new menu bars and docks, a stacking dock type thing (brill), generally loads of good things for Microsoft to rip off and release in about 6 years under a stupid name like Vista.

So there we are. I'm off for some pasta and cheese. And more Mac shenannigans!

Rhubarb and other tales

Last night, I watched How To Look Good Naked and Andrew Marr's History of Britain, and then went to bed. I was shattered, but don't remember what I was doing before I watched TV. Though I felt uber sick last night, so it may have just been one of my 'special moments'. I've had a few of those recently. The other day, I was waiting in the car for Hefty to come out (we were going to work), and they were on about 'bin shrinking' on the news, and how too many teenagers were doing it. How queer, thought I, what a dull way to entertain yourself. And what a waste of a good wheelie bin and box of matches!! I complained to Hefty about the ridiculousness of it all, and he looked at me blankly. "I think they were talking about 'binge drinking' actually," said he. Oh dear, thought I, and slowly reversed out of the drive in shame.

Today, I got into a conversation with my friend NJ about whether or not cows could bungee jump. If they did, would you put a rope around each leg, or just a sling type thing round its waist? Triguing aint it? I also told him that you can clean silver with rhubarb, but he didn't believe me, the swine.

There's nothing on tonight, so we're going to watch 'Bombon', which is a French film about a dog. Sounds random, but I'm assured it's really quite good.

I have signed up for online DVD rentals, and seem to be getting a good deal. It's with the dreaded Tesco (boo, hiss) but they had the best offer. As much as I hate them, I'm loathe to pay out loadsamoney just for some DVDs, especially if they're crap.

In other news, I have convinced my friend Jaff to have a HUGE pirate party for his birthday in December. It's his 40th (no way!! He only looks about 25!) and he wanted to do something different, but seems to have done most things. Anyway, I told him he should hire a boat, and have a huge pirate party, with pirate food (meat) and rum! Everyone has to wrap their presents in gold or silver wrapping paper, and put them in a huge treasure chest, and there can be a mahoossive cake that's a barrel of rum or something, or a big Jolly Roger flag, it'd be brilliant!! Luckily, he LOVES the idea, so it just might happen folks!! I'm thinking of as many cool ideas for it as poss, and can't wait!! As it's only 5 days after mine, I'm doubly excited! Not that it'll be a joint thing, I'm just really excited!!! Word!

Bad news this week, the Biz bit some kid at nursery. Little punk!! She's in trubs, but it's not like a lot of kids don't do that kind of thing, I have told my newly big-boobed sister to chillax. We're waiting to hear about her next lot of antics, whatever next? Must be the El Ginge in her, the swine!!!

Anyway, I have pirate stuff to do, ARRRRRRR!

Keep it real folks, keep it scurvilicious.

Two and Counting....

This is a tiding of joy!!!

My good friend the Count (pictured here with the cake I made him for his birthday, oh yes, I bake AND blog), is, along with his good lady wife-type, expecting a little Count or Countess. Hoorah say I! I cannot wait, for I will probably be allowed to bake another cake for the occasion!! And I have until December to think about it!!

Well done the Count, it's about time somebody had a Gothy baby. If he doesn't look like the baby from Addams Family Values, I'll be very surprised! Unless it's a girl. That wouldn't be so good, what with the moustache and all.



Splendid! :0)

Brief posting

This is a brief posting, cos I'm busy and dizzy, not a winning combination but hey.

Firstly, Zodiac was AWESOME! I didn't even notice how long it was, I was so enthralled by the whole thing. It made me want to read the book, but then I decided I could save my pennies and just read Wikipedia. So i did.

Secondly. CSI:NY was WELL gruesome on Saturday night. I woman was actually sawn in half, with a proper saw, manual, not electric or anything. Eugh!!! V.macabre.

Thirdly, the new Die Hard looks ooberstankingly fabulous!! Looking forward to that! Yippee Kai Yay Munnyfunsters!!!!

Fourthly, today was the first day I was sick again, and felt faint AND nauseus. Not good, I've only been off the tablets three days!!! It'd better be good at this vertigo clinic. And worth it!! I'm imagining a Krypton Factor style obstacle course, with swings, roundabouts, tightropes and see saws. It could happen.

Fifthly, Paul Merton in China, on again tonight, miss it, miss out!!!

Insane in the membrane

On Thursday, I fainted. Marvellous. There was no-one in work anyway apart from me and JT, cos everyone has been struck down by some sickness thing, or they're on holiday. So really, I probably only fainted as a form of entertainment. I was alright, just had a bit of a sit down then got back up and started working again.

Yesterday, I stopped taking my tablets, as per instructions from the Vertigo Clinic. Today, I feel a bit groggy, but we went to a garden centre and looked at some new house details. Now, I'm ready to sleep, but have to stay awake for Doctor Who and CSI:NY. I watched DW last week cos Hefty promised me it would be good. It was okay, but it was a flippin 2 parter, so now I have to watch the conclusion, and Hefty has changed his tune this week, stating that "It might be a bit gay, it usually is." We shall see I guess. Have missed CSI:NY for the past 2 weeks, which is terrible, as it's one of my favourite programmes! There appears to be naff all on in general so I guess these are my only options. Though it's not like we don't have a million DVDs to choose from.

Not much news really, v.boring. Am going to see Zodiac tomorrow though, which I am looking forward to a lot.

I woke up in the middle of the night last night with a compulsion to draw a funny lookin' rabbit that appeared to me in a dream. When thinking upon Zodiac, and who's in it, I'm now convinced I'm having a Donnie Darko experience, and sooner or later, half a plane is gonna hit me in the face when I'm in my hall. So I've decided to stay out of the hall. Marginally tricky, that's where the door is. Not the 'cellar door' though. God, you could drive yourself maaaad thinking about all this stuff. I might just eat some crisps instead, and forget about it all.

I'm so weird. My bunny was cute though, not scary in any way, shape or form. But I'm still weird.

Arrrrrr

So I have just got back from seeing Pirates 3, which on the whole, was pretty good. I got well confused when Jack first came on the scene, I'm thinking he was hallucinating or something, but I was sort of thinking, 'Huh?' for the ten minutes or so it was on. And then he wasn't really in it enough, and there was some unnecessary schmaltz from Knightly and Bloom, and a particularly gratuitous, but in no way interesting, leg kissing scene. But I liked it, and somehow it didn't feel 3 hours long.

Zodiac on Sunday, looking forward to that lots!! Will tell you my thoughts after the event.....

Citin news! Today we got a Macbook! Lovely black one, 13 ", quick as a badger on a motorbike (however quick that is?). Hefty 'needs' it for his new job, but in a couple of months when he upgrades to a Macbook Pro 17 ", it's going to be mine, all mine. Yay!! I liked the white one, but I had to opt for Gothy black, and Hefty was happy to uphold my decision, after all, it's technically mine! So we're playing with it now, inbetween my putting the Big Brother Post-It note plan into action. So far I have the name Sarah. Let's hope this works.

...........Bloody hell!!! Hefty just rebooted the Macbook cos he's put more RAM in, and one of the downlighters in the kitchen flew out of its socket!! Feel the POWER of the MAC people, the revolution starts here!!!!!!!

Tuesdays

Do you know, I love Tuesdays. Only at the moment, and only because 'How to look good naked' is on, which is the best/most hilarious programme ever. For a start, the presenter is called Gok, and is clearly well gay, but also, despite it being shown at 8pm, it's FULL of women getting their boobs out! Tops are being whipped off here, there and everywhere, arses are hanging out, it's a naked free-for-all. Don't know how they get away with it, but it always makes me laugh for some reason. I don't know why, but seeing some woman get her baps out and wiggle them about saying "Ooh I wouldn't change em!" is just uber funny for me. I also like that they take photos of really self-conscious women and stick em on the side of vans, or project em on to buildings, in an attempt to show em how good they look. At the risk of sounding completely unoriginal, it's just so RANDOM!! And I love it.

The dreaded Big Brother returns tomorrow, and I'm not sure what to do. I never watch it, never, I only saw that celebrity one that was on last year, and even then, I don't think I saw much of it. However, I know that EVERYONE in my office will watch it, and I'm not sure I can sit through another Summer of "Did you see what Michelle did with a wine bottle?" or some such rubbish. I can't go through the embarrassment of hearing stories about lewd acts of depravity and saying "Really? Who's she, does she work in Finance?" I REALLY don't want to watch it, but I'm tempted to succumb for an easy life. I suppose I could just watch the first one and write down all their names on a Post-It. That way, when I hear some weird old shit being discussed in the office, I can check my list to see if it's a BB person they're on about . It's a powerful thing TV, and it takes something like this to make you realise it. I truly have sat through so many Summers where nobody has talked about anything but that, and they don't talk to me cos they know I don't watch it! Can I face that again? I just can't see the appeal of watching a bunch of unknowns. The celebrity one at least makes some kind of sense. Hmm, yes, I think I'll start off with a Post-It note and see what happens from there.

In other news, I have set up a 'JT Appreciation Society' on Facebook, as a tribute to my work buddy JT. It's got quotes, pictures, discussions, everything. Facebook is really quite cool sometimes. And a bit too addictive.

Did anyone watch 'Paul Merton in China' last night? I have rather enjoyed it, it's definitely on a par with 'Japanorama', though I don't particularly want to visit China, they eat dogs.

Pirates 3 tomorrow, should be good. It's so long since we last went that we're just looking forward to having a trip out!! Bit of popcorn maybe? I'm not a big fan of popcorn, but somehow feel I should be eating it during a film. I'm too complex for my own good sometimes.

Well, I need to wash some stuff up, stuff that can't really go in the dishwasher. Bah. I hate when stuff can't go in the dishwasher.

Paw Prints = Pawesome t-shirts!!

I have ordered this fabulous t-shirt, and am so excited I felt the need for a bit of shameless advertising!!! And some terrible punnery (is that a word?). By 'punnery' I refer to 'pawsome', but what the hell, I don'ts needs tos explains myselfs tos yous guys. Crikey, I've gone off on one today, must be that cheese I decided to gnaw on as a post-work snack.

Here is a picture of a Guinea Pig:



Now, clearly, this is NOT a t-shirt, but the website won't let me copy images or anything, so you'll have to wait until it arrives (or visit the site) to see a pic of the real thing. Strangely, I was drawn to the Guinea Pig, lord knows why, in the absence of a Pandah I guess that was the closest thing to it (?). Having given it some thought, I also decided to pick ones for all of you lot (fellow blog readers), based on what I know, or think I know about you already. Clearly I have too much time on my hands today. Anyway, here goes:

Pawpads - What else, the CAT! Especially as it looks kind of pissed off, you wouldn't even need to tell people to eff off!

Tim - Either the LION or the FOX, naturally. I'm thinking the LION though, despite your obvious FOXiness.

Skillz - This was tough, but I'm going with the DOG, as it looks cool, street-wise, and in control. Which is kinda like you I reckon, if he had a colllar with a barcode on it, we'd be sorted.

Ming AKA thetapeworm - I'd like to say CAT, but I'm veering towards GUINEA PIG. We're too similar you and I.

IDV - I'm going with FROG in the absence of a crow, just cos it seems witchy.

T-Bird - The LAMB or PIG, given your recent vow of vegetarianism.

As I said, I tried to bring up the pics, but it wouldn't let me, and Blogger struggles with my Mac at the best of times. So you'll just have to visit the site (top of the links list) yourselves, if you're even remotely interested in my random thoughts about what clothes you should all wear. And if half of you even still read my blog, given my slackings of late (bad iP, must be punished).

So there. I'll take a proper pic of mine when it arrives - YAY!

A poorly Pandah writes

I can't believe how going away for a wee while has put me behind the times. I've missed so much in the world of Blogdom, and it feels like a big party that everyone was invited to except me. Clearly, I must never go away again!

So, I wanted to blog on Friday night, as Hefty was out with his chums at a leaving do. His entire team is leaving to go to BT (as is he), so there's gonna be a few do's in the upcoming weeks. But, I was poorly, and in fact, have not been right all weekend :0( Have got a dicky tummy, for want of a better phrase, and I've been really sleepy.

Yesterday, we forced ourselves up so that we could drop off a card and present to my parents' (it's their 35th anniversary today) and take Hefty to get his hair cut. After we'd done that, we came home and I slept for the rest of the afternoon. I woke up at about half 6 and felt horrid. Uber sick. But I got up, and at half 7, SuperSaz and I headed out to get a Nando's takeaway, and check out her new car. She's got a purty new Golf, and it's super fly. We came back and ate, then she left at about 11ish and we went to bed (me and Hefty). We decided to watch 'Moondial' in bed, as my mate borrowed it from me aaagggges ago, and gave me it back on Friday, so it was out. Oh the hilarity of 80s children's programmes. Badly acted, badly scripted, pure genius! So we fell asleep to that, and this morning, we forced ourselves up AGAIN so we could go to Habitat. We saw lots of nice things, including a lampshade of the moon, which we're going to put in the games room, but we mainly wanted a kitchen. They had a nice one, but it was in too many bits, and we want a nice smooth seam-free worktop. So then we went o MFI, which I thought would be crap, and for the most part was, but the high spec stuff was quite nice, so we've decided on a nice oak one, with a Corian worktop, and a cool built-in Siemens espresso machine thang. Nice! Not sure when we're going to do this, we'll need to time it well, but the important thing is, we know what we want. Bonza!

Then I went to see my friend who had bought me this cool apple corer thing, which basically cuts up the whole apple for you, in a wickedace way! I can't eat apples like a normal person, if my lips come in to contact with the green bit (I only eat Granny Smiths) they swell up cos of the pesticides. You can't wash em off, and they don't do organic GS's so this is a good solution all round!!!

Then I came home and here I am. Might have to do some more sleeping, as I still feel a bit odd.

Would like to see Zodiac tomorrow, but Hefty's on-call, so once again, another Bank Holiday will be spent chained to the house, just in case :0(

We've decided to see it next Sunday, if it's still on, due to the length of it and the stupid show-times, and see Pirates this Wednesday. Hopefully neither will disappoint (Tim, you have led me to the conclusion that both will rock).

There appears to be eff-all on tv tonight as per usual, so we might have to dig out a DVD. I'm going to watch the repeat of Doctor Who though, as this week's looked quite good. Most of them are shit so I don't watch em, but a few are alright, Let's hope so!

It's a shame there aren't more virgin-themed shows on, as I've been enjoying those recently.

Oh well.

iP - bored, house-bound, poorly

Back!

Oh my hat! I feel like I've been gone forever!!

It's incredible what a few days in a random place (somewhere between the Dales, Lancashire and Cumbria) can do to a person. I feel like I've been in a time warp! I can't believe it's a week ago tomorrow since we went! Bizarre.

Anyhoo, so we went up last Friday to fabulous Kirkby Lonsdale, and had the best weekend ever! I don't feel, on this occasion, I should bore you with the details, because we didn't really do that much, just some walking and shopping and lots of eating.
We went up for my friend's 21st, which was on the Saturday night, and was cool, except for the smokers who were there. It got so bad, me and Hefty had to leave cos I couldn't stop sneezing (smoke does that to me, and combined with the hayfever I was already having, not a good mix) and both of us had really sore, red eyes. We got back to the hotel and felt like we were both 60 a day addicts. Felt pretty rough the next day too, but managed to fit in more shopping and eating. Hefty got shat on by a bird!! Poor Hefty :0( It was in this place with a garden, a coffee shop place, and we kept walking past it and he really wanted to go in. But of course, when we eventually did, the birds decided to congregate and poo everywhere. I just remarked that I knew there'd been a reason I hadn't fancied it in the first place, but hey.

So we had a super time, but now we're back, and I feel sad about this. Still, tomorrow is Friday, so it's more time off again for us!! And a BH too! Which I hate from a work perspective, but prefer from a being at home perspective.

In other news, my sister has had a boob job!! Went to see her tonight, it's weird!! She's gone from a 32A to a 32D!! They look weird, I don't have an edge over her anymore. Damn it.

Anyway, I'm off to bed, v.tired, just wanted to make my presence known again. Will write tomorrow night, am on me own as Hefty is off to a leaving do.

Ciao for now :0)

Some freaky ass shit bunny roosters!

Okay, I was going to blog tonight anyway, but now, I have a LOT more to say!

I'm a bit pushed for time due to the sudden huge amount of stuff to do I have recently acquired, so I'll make some brief points to get you up to speed:

- I spent all of last Thursday at school, got a lot done but not enough so I'm off again on Wednesday night. Forgot how fabulous the lunches are at private schools; had a wonderful vegetable moussaka, with sauteed potatoes, a bread roll, and apple and rhubarb crumble. Mmmmmm :0P

- Am having busiest time ever at work, bloody farmers, April is the end of the milk year, and is always an arse. It's not getting any better and we're halfway through May!

- Watched Flashback on Friday night, forgot what an AWESOME film it is. The Hopper/Sutherland dynamic RULES.

- Spent all day on Saturday shopping, not something I really do cos I'm not a fan. Was with my sister (who is getting a boob job on Friday) from 10am til half 12, then spent the rest of the day (til half 4) with my friend Emma. Primani rules, and I stocked up on cherry patterned items.

- Eurovision Song Contest - Had a takeaway and watched the delights. Finland was the only decent song, Hanna Pakarinen is my new idol, to add to the small but distinguished list of idols I have already. The other people on the 'list' are Amy Lee, Cristina Scabbia and Shirley Manson. Winner was crap though, not into Serbian lesbians really. Well, any lesbians to be honest.

- Spent Sunday feeling like I had a cold. Mostly t'internetted, looking for things to make me thin, before realising that I am quite thin really, I just have slightly chunky legs and a bit of a belly. Nothing ground-breaking though.

- Today, am SHATTERED, cos I hate work and Farmers.

Other points to note before I move onto the freaky ass shit:

- I have dreams that come true quite a lot, it's useful at times, I did once get 4 numbers on the Lottery. BUT, instances that came true this week were this bloke at work passing his driving test (didn't know he was even taking it, but I told him anyway), and West Ham staying up. The first thing was passable, but WHU staying up was NEVER going to happen if you'd asked most people. Course, we may yet go down (thanks Tevez), but the point is, initially we didn't.

- It's British Sandwich Week - get a sammich people, you owe it to your country!!!


Okay, so, the FREAKY ASS SHIT. It's frikkin Scientology man! WTF?!! I knew it was loopy, but tonight I watched Panorama, which only confirmed things I sort of knew. What I didn't realise was that if you speak out against them, they'll dig up and publish your medical and/or criminal records (how is that legal?), discourage people from talking to you, and follow you around in an attempt to scare the shit out of you!!!! But, it's NOT a cult apparently!!! Bunch of weirdos! I'm not surprised the BBC guy went mental at that Tommy fella, I'd have gone beyond shouting and landed a punch or two on the fucker!!! But, as Hefty pointed out, that's what he would have wanted, his sole purpose seemd to be to try and goad people into anger and shouting.

It was really creepy, cos as the BBC guy was screaming, the weirdo kept repeating the phrase 'Brainwashing is a humanitarian crime' over and over, in the same monotone voice, with his cold, soul-less eyes. Uh, makes me shudder. The conversation (for those of you who might have missed it) which set Mr BBC off, was when Mr Scientology said that Psychiatry was responsible for the Holocaust. Yeah, course it was!!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!!!!! It does make me mad, especially cos Mr BBC was actually trying to make an objective documentary, which obviously (to rational non-sci people) involves BOTH sides of a story or argument. But because it wasn't just some propaganda shit for the Sci-Freaks, every time he spoke to people opposed to it, they turned up spouting their weird shit and just made themselves look like the bunch of loons they clearly are!!!

Worryingly, they're trying to get into this country, but so far, the Church of England (hey I'm not religious but at least it's a proper church and religion, the bible, however random in parts, was at least written by religious people, rather than a Sci-Fi mentalist tard) has said NO! About time, not reknowned for their strong opinions on stuff, but it's good to see the C of E standing their ground for once!! I mean whatever your view on religion, it's pretty obvious which ones are genuine, involving truly good people, and which ones are freaky ass CULTS! Even the Catholic church (my dad was Catholic, my mum C of E which = trouble) don't stalk you if you decide you're not interested anymore. It could be cos that guilt they instill in you from age 0, stays with you whatever happens, so they don't need to, but part of me thinks that really, they just think, meh. The C of E are, let's face it (it's no secret), a little more relaxed about these matters, so even if they don't agree with you, they're not going to follow you round the streets in a Land Rover making sure you don't speak to anyone!!

It's weird, random, and un-necessary!! And it makes me hate Tom Cruise even more than I already do, and I really REALLY hate him!!!

So erm, yes, that's what I have to say about things today. I'm currently watching something about a man whose arms exploded, before I move on to the programme about teen boob jobs.

Good god, is it any wonder the world is full of nutters.

I'm going to blame TV, then go and watch it.

Bye now.

NB - The picture is of Hanna P

NB2 - I realise the title may have led you to believe that it's 'bunny roosters' that are some freaky ass shit. This is not the case, I just, felt that money funsters wasn't appropriate.

Yay the Hefty!

Ooh it's been another hellish week! I've finished late every night this week, I hate month end. Have been coming home and going to sleep, NO motivation at all!

Anyhoo, BH was good. We sped down to Ma and Pa Hefty's on Saturday afternoon and got there just in time for dinner. Good timing!! The Hefty bros were home too, so there was plenty of abuse flying back and forth, all in good humour of course! We just chatted really, and caught up on the news (family news, not world news), before watching CSI:NY and then some programme about Eurovision (ooh that's this weekend, I'm going to have a party!). On Sunday we went to a place called Calke Abbey, which is a big old house and some other buildings. We mainly walked round, saw some old machinery, saw some lambs, then had a spot of lunch in the restaurant. Naturally it was highly over-priced, but sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and pay. Then I went round the gift shop (I love gift shops!) which was cool, but I'm poor and only managed to come away with a book about 1930s etiquette for ladies. An amusing book though, well worth the coinage.
We left at about 9pm, though had to go back again after an hour as Hefty had left his coat! We got home at about 12.30am, very tired, and went to bed. I then woke up at 4am and started being sick. REALLY sick. Random. Haven't been sick for ages. Was fine afterwards though, I'm so weird.

On Monday we watched Kickboxer, and marvelled at it's ridiculousness. Then we watched a programme about obedient wives on channel 5. Hilarious! But disturbing. This one woman just had massive to do lists every day, and her and her husband were uber Christians, so she kept going on about god and the bible! She looked really miserable though, and I'm not surprised! It was all a bit weird, I don't agree with one person telling the other what to do and the other just doing it and never voicing an opinion. That's not a marriage!!! Punks. Course it came from America, where else?! Chunky!

On Tuesday, Hefty had an interview for a wickedace job that pays phenomenally well! And today, we learned that he got it!! Well done the Hefty!! You make me so proud, bless you! Don't forget I want my reg and some Davidoff Wave! ;0)

So that's good news! At last!

Am off into school tomorrow to work on the newsletter, so free lunch for me! Yay! Not sure what we're going to put in it. I hope the others have managed to glean some info on old girls, or we'll be stumped! Ooh, though I just found out that one of my friends had a baby last week, called Hugo! Babies, they're everywhere! Me and JT are going to have babies at the same time, as we can't work without each other! We discovered today that even our lady cycles are exactly in sync, which means we're destined to be ladies who lunch together! Brill! I love JT, she rules!!

And I think that may be it for my news......umm....ooh, West Ham might stay up? Maybe? I hope....

Stuff

Yesterday was criminally busy! JT and I didn't stop all day! I hate days like that, and the whole week seems to have gone that way, rubbish!

Last night, SuperSaz came over for one of our Chinese + DVD evenings. The Chinese was fab, we never got round to the DVD though, as we got embroiled in a conversation about the trials and tribulations of our lives. Hefty fell asleep watching Peep Show, and went up to bed. We didn't end up bidding adieu until half past one! So I'm a little tired today....yawn....

Today we're off to Ma and Pa Hefty's for the weekend. Well, we're staying tonight and coming back tomorrow night, but it's sort of the whole weekend. It'll take us about 2 hours or so to get there, which is probably the worst bit. Not sure what plans they have in store for us, will have to fill you in later!

In other news, Paris Hilton's going to prison! Citin! Not sure how that's going to go, will be glued to the updates I'm sure! Random. Should do her some good though. You would hope anyway.

In another moment of Virgin excellence, I managed to purchase Batman for 3 squid, and Kickboxer for 2! Those Virgin sales just keep getting better! I never thought I'd see the day you could buy a DVD for £2.00!

Ooh, I got a new phone, a Nokia 7373, which is twisty and stuff, kinda cool. I'm liking it anyway!

So that's about it. No developments on the 'other' front. I'm just carrying on as usual. Not sure if she is, haven't really noticed. To be honest, got a quite a lot on my mind, so it's not top of my agenda. We shall see anyway.

Have a good BH people, I'll post when I return.

Ciao.

Paranoia

Today, I got paranoia about my last post. So I deleted it. But you all know the score, so I'm not regretting it yet!!! Course, it may already be too late.....who knows?!

Can't write much, I'm at work and all I have to say is that I'm busy! Will try and write tonight though, see what the rest of the day brings!