rash
Not making terrible decisions, but an actual rash. yesterday after returning home from a chum's house, the knuckles on my left hand were rather dry. so i washed them and put some vaseline on the skin....
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one of my favourite things about poker is how it shows most people have no empathy whatsoever. I say favourite, but it's really quite a sad realisation.case in point:someone posted something about...
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Estate Agents are like a good pair of sunglasses. When you find one, hold on to it and never let it go. I had one and let them go. (They're still there, I just have the misfortune of not using them at...
View Articlei cant believe it's been so long
i can. anyway, i started cycling last year. england is not good for cycling. mental drivers, no hills, terrible weather. The problem is that it can be quite expensive. however, i have decided that i...
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love your body, my girlfriend says to me, entirely innocently. I already do, way too often. she's not the one for me so i need to break up with her but i'm not good at doing that. i think i've...
View Article13 weeks to go
having run out of money from not working i decided to work so i could have some money and not live on the street. winter is coming, but living on the streets in the summer isn't much better imo....
View Article12 weeks to go
well, week 1 went not as bad as expected. working half days on friday was a good idea, as it meant I could leave early at least one day a week. somehow i had forgotten how terrible leaving work at 6pm...
View Article11 weeks to go
As I type this, a child is going mental nearby, screaming it's tiny loud head off at frequent intervals. this past week was an exciting one of making croissants (fresh out the oven they taste incred),...
View Article10 weeks to go
this may be the worst point. I don't think i'll be able to manage another ten weeks. All I can do to get through this is think of the monies. oh, and this week i'm telling my boss i'm gonna start doing...
View Article9 weeks to go
This week was much more interesting.My boss constantly, unbeknownst to him, reminds me he is a dickhead. This week I was doing something urgent and some important person was leaving early (at 5pm....
View Article8 weeks to go
just under since i write this a couple of days late. last night i had a dream about work. some piece of work which has been going for over a week was annoying me. i dreamt i had a solution to the...
View Article7 weeks to go
i might actually make it to the end of this contract. this past week was helped by 2 things. bmw driving boss being away, and chatting to the italian man next to me, though I believe they are not...
View Article6 weeks to go?
when i first agreed to this job, i was under the impression it was a 3 month deal. hence the 13 week thing.however, 2 weeks after starting, i was given a contract, which indicated a term ending at the...
View Article4 weeks to go
i missed a week. last sunday i was sleeping, riding a bike, sleeping and partying. in that order. i woke up to a hangover which was mostly cleared due to powerade blue and an almond croissant....
View Article8 weeks gone
the things people will do for money. not living on the street is good and that's for the most part why i still work a stupid job. 16 hour days of work are hard. that's still better than the...
View Articlekyril bonfiglioli
i haven't even checked that the spelling is correct. I am almost sure it is. As you can probably tell by his name Kyril (Russian, obv) Bonfiglioli (Italian, obv) was English (obvs). I have only read...
View Articletoilets
channelling my inner Larry David I seem to have recently become more intimate with toilets. As described in my last post I got a new job. In my previous job, I would cycle to work and change in the...
View Articleintroversion
lots of people describe introversion in different ways. a common one is 'giving energy to others' while being an extrovert is 'taking energy from others'. That description never made sense to me. what...
View Articlewarming up cold callers
i received a call t'other day from one of those numbers which looked like it might not be real. As i was just chilling at home I thought I would answer it.as usual, i didn't say anything, but waited to...
View Articleis there anyone out there....
I recently read the works of Hendrik Groen. Well, the first of his two diaries. And it made me remember that writing is good for me. Even if no one else reads it. Probably, better it no one else reads...
View Articlebackwards
as i was cycling home, i was thinking nothing of any note had happened today, and what could I even begin to write about. And then I saw an elder gentleman (50s, red jacket, bowler hat) walking...
View Articleforks
how quickly i forget to post daily!Well, it was a boring week. I am strangely struggling to find the humour in life. It doesn't help I slept for 13 hours on Saturday. This doesn't leave much time to be...
View Articlehooternanny
i can't remember where i first heard the word hootenanny but imagine my surprise at finding out it's a real word!today i have come to the conclusion that too many people write rubbish on the internet...
View ArticleNeighbours
Everybody needs good neighbours. My downstairs neighbours are not good neighbours.It is currently being infested by the owners son and his wife. The owner's daughter lived there for a year and a half...
View Articlefour foot running
do personal trainers say fore foot running is the best because they see horses do it and horses are very fast?i once met a personal trainer who said he doesn't like cycling. he does running. he doesn't...
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