Well that was a bit flat.. Liverpool lost 2-1 to Milan in the champions league final. We watched it round mini's. Who now has a nice nice 26" Hitachi widescreen TV with freeview! So we had a nice picture, and big enough for all to see! Sadly what we could see wasn't that great! Still, i'd said all along i didnt think liverpool could do it this time. Bet Bro is gutted.
On the plus time i watched the Rangers montage when i got back. Is there anyone who listens to "Half light" by Athlete that DOESN'T think of happy thoughts! It always makes me smile! Not just because of the montage! Although the montage is still the best video i ever made! Go see!!
And with that, i'm off to work!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
2 days 2 blogs.. lucky people..
I'm currently wilfing.. (What Was I Looking For.. internet speak for pratting about online). So i figured i may as well blog again. Been a while since i've done some blogging. Hence all the pics are different sizes! Can't remember how/be bothered to edit them right! But they're there anyway! So you can see whats going on.
As i said, work is good. I'm an IT consultant now. Whereas other helpdesks log your call and call you back, we deal with the problem there and then. So its a steep learning curve! But i'm getting there, and often sorting out problems myself. Today i had one call that lasted 90 minutes! Trying to get this irish guys router to work. Took forever and we eventually found out it was a problem with Eirecomm and not us. So that was frustrating, and meant i left late!
Didnt get up at 6. Well, i did, but i didnt go running. .Too tired. I will try. I figure if i keep getting up at 6, i'll get up eventually! Not the same next week tho. I'm on 11-7 shift. So i'll be getting up at 8:20 instead! although i wont be getting home til 9:10. The joys of not driving.
As for driving, i'm booking my test tomorrow. Just got to get the time off work. So thats fun. Then i just have to work out whether to invest in a good car, or get a crap one and pay for all th repairs!
I'm an uncle again. Scarlett was born the other day, and that makes 4 nieces i have now. As soon as i can drive, i'll make the epic 7 hour drive down there to see them! Bro is more happy with the fact she wasn't born tomorrow i think!! That means he can watch the champions league final. Should've been an all premiership final with the better red side there. But wasnt to be. So milan it is.
Ah well, here's some random pics of Mui Mui and an illustration of how close we were at the just jack concert.
Mui in a hoodie.
Chav-tastic Mui Mui!
Hehe, teasing the dog by hanging her in a bag!
Tired out Pup!
Uber close to justjack.
Last pic with my old K800i. I now run a PRADA touchscreen mobile.
Vid of the GF abusing the dog!
As i said, work is good. I'm an IT consultant now. Whereas other helpdesks log your call and call you back, we deal with the problem there and then. So its a steep learning curve! But i'm getting there, and often sorting out problems myself. Today i had one call that lasted 90 minutes! Trying to get this irish guys router to work. Took forever and we eventually found out it was a problem with Eirecomm and not us. So that was frustrating, and meant i left late!
Didnt get up at 6. Well, i did, but i didnt go running. .Too tired. I will try. I figure if i keep getting up at 6, i'll get up eventually! Not the same next week tho. I'm on 11-7 shift. So i'll be getting up at 8:20 instead! although i wont be getting home til 9:10. The joys of not driving.
As for driving, i'm booking my test tomorrow. Just got to get the time off work. So thats fun. Then i just have to work out whether to invest in a good car, or get a crap one and pay for all th repairs!
I'm an uncle again. Scarlett was born the other day, and that makes 4 nieces i have now. As soon as i can drive, i'll make the epic 7 hour drive down there to see them! Bro is more happy with the fact she wasn't born tomorrow i think!! That means he can watch the champions league final. Should've been an all premiership final with the better red side there. But wasnt to be. So milan it is.
Ah well, here's some random pics of Mui Mui and an illustration of how close we were at the just jack concert.
Mui in a hoodie.
Chav-tastic Mui Mui!
Hehe, teasing the dog by hanging her in a bag!
Tired out Pup!
Uber close to justjack.
Last pic with my old K800i. I now run a PRADA touchscreen mobile.
Vid of the GF abusing the dog!
Monday, May 21, 2007
Long time no blog..
I'm not adding a blog, just realised I've not done this for ages. Work is amazing. Enjoying every day there. I'm amazed to have found a job i enjoy and that I'm good at. IT support really is my calling at the moment. Sure I'm not on anywhere near what the lads are on. But I'm starting out. Been there 9 weeks now. Another 3 1/2 months and i get confirmed as an employee, a small pay rise, and i get sent on my ITIL training course. Also hoping to get an MCSE under my belt at some point, but I'll wait til I'm settled first.
Booking my driving test shortly. Hopefully driving in the non too distant future. Car looks like being a Honda civic 1.6i VTEC sport with body kit, or a ford focus 1.8 ZETEC MP3. Both affordable, both OK for insurance, both look sporty. So keen on that.
Mui Mui is huge, and the cutest thing you've ever seen. She is gorgeous. Big now, as she's 6 months old. But i love her to bits. And when I'm not with her she searches the house for me. Always sad to wave goodbye to her.
I don't always blog, but i often youtube. Check out http://www.youtube.com/evilras for my stuff. Subscribe if you want to be really lazy. Just stuck up some more mui mui stuff, just jack concert footage, and will be shortly posting John's housewarming on there. Oh, and the BIG match.. Check out the rangers blog for more info. I'm toying with the idea of filming us watching the champions league final too. just to see what it looks like. Could be fun, but wont be watched much! But i like the social experiment idea.
Right, off to bed. GOT to lose weight and I'm HOPING to get up at 6am and run.. highly unlikely tho..
Booking my driving test shortly. Hopefully driving in the non too distant future. Car looks like being a Honda civic 1.6i VTEC sport with body kit, or a ford focus 1.8 ZETEC MP3. Both affordable, both OK for insurance, both look sporty. So keen on that.
Mui Mui is huge, and the cutest thing you've ever seen. She is gorgeous. Big now, as she's 6 months old. But i love her to bits. And when I'm not with her she searches the house for me. Always sad to wave goodbye to her.
I don't always blog, but i often youtube. Check out http://www.youtube.com/evilras for my stuff. Subscribe if you want to be really lazy. Just stuck up some more mui mui stuff, just jack concert footage, and will be shortly posting John's housewarming on there. Oh, and the BIG match.. Check out the rangers blog for more info. I'm toying with the idea of filming us watching the champions league final too. just to see what it looks like. Could be fun, but wont be watched much! But i like the social experiment idea.
Right, off to bed. GOT to lose weight and I'm HOPING to get up at 6am and run.. highly unlikely tho..
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
New Horizons
Well, believe it or not, i have to update my blog as mum was complaining that it was old! Pah!
Anyway, update on whats been going on. I left my old job on January 30th. 1 day before the transfer to the new company occurred. It was a day sadder than i thought it would be. I actually got a little upset when i got home, as I've known them all for 5 years, and it was a nice little family. Just a shame the job wasn't great, and the pay was worse! So anyway, I made nice fresh new beginnings! I did my first driving lesson on Jan 31st. In one of these no less!!
DRIVING
Astra Twintop
Yup, it's an Astra twintop 1.9 TDCI! Mad!! Great acceleration! Even in 2nd! My instructor even said i could put the roof down when it gets warmer and sunnier! And there's no rules saying you cant have the roof down during the test! Which will make for great visibility! Haha! He's said I'm doing really well, just need to start perfecting the skills I've learned, and start doing manoveurs. Might up up taking my test may/June time?!
JOB HUNT
So, i decided after a week of hunting, that i should be paid for it! I've been paying taxes for 8 years in work, i should get some money back from that! Its suppose to be £57 a week! But no.. Job centre is ATTROCIOUS. I've told them i took voluntary redundancy, and its taken them 3 WEEKS now, and still no sign of money. Just letter after letter saying "please prove you've sold £200 of shares", "please prove you've paid your dad back", "please tell us why you paid off your credit card". Because credit interest is 6 times lower than debit interest you morons!! Seriously! Its really annoying me! They're useless! And don't even have a single computer help desk job on their systems!
FIRST INTERVIEW
So, i did a blitzing session with the GF after valentines day applying for jobs. Which isn't easy when you have a playful puppy running around your feet! Applied for a mountain of jobs. And about 4 days later got an email through saying one of them liked my CV, could i come in for an interview. 1st interview for like 3 years! So i was nervous. Spent the whole day before preparing, and the GF went through a mock interview with me. Anyway, went to the interview and didnt think I'd done that well! Asked a few technical questions that i didn't know, but i did assure them I'm a fast learner with technology. Then i spent an hour chatting to the team. And seeing what they do. Anyway, left the interview in salford quays and switched on my phone when i got to Piccadilly. There was a message from the recruiter. Rang him up and they offered me the job! not 20 minutes after I'd left the offices!!! They are still interviewing for the other position, so happy that they liked me! Team seems really nice, its a 30% pay increase on the bank. With another 3% in 6 months time when i finish the probation period. Which means, as I've paid off all debts, i can start saving to move out! GF was looking tentatively for a job in Manchester, and we could possibly get a flat together. Maybe in salford, as nice flats are half the price of city centre! And its close to my work! I start March 12th anyway. IT Help desk. Cant wait! out of work for 3 weeks, and get offered a job start in 2 weeks! Brilliant!
PUPPY
Ah Mui Mui.. The playful little pup! She's 14 weeks now. Getting really big! She can just about jump on the sofa, as long as the cushion has been sat on to lower it! She found out last night how to open doors, as she keeps letting herself out of the closed kitchen!!! Mad! Anyway, she spent her first weekend at mine recently. She had to sleep in my room, so as not to cry downstairs in our teeny house, as it would've woken everyone up! But it means she's up at 7am every morning as she needs to pee! So she wakes me up to take her downstairs. So i didn't have a great sleep at the weekend! Still, here's the pics of hers at mine, and the vids of hers at the GF's the week before.
Mui Mui in bed.
Mui Mui wedged into my room!
Well, that's everything. I'll let you know how the job went. Its nice to get Feb out of the way. For various recent and historical reasons. Onwards to march, a new job, and my bday! If you're bored, head over to the rangers blog to see some of the videos i've made for the team!
PS, if you have the latest Internet Explorer, remember to click on the RSS feed logo. Then IE will tell you on the rare occasions that i've updated this blog!
Anyway, update on whats been going on. I left my old job on January 30th. 1 day before the transfer to the new company occurred. It was a day sadder than i thought it would be. I actually got a little upset when i got home, as I've known them all for 5 years, and it was a nice little family. Just a shame the job wasn't great, and the pay was worse! So anyway, I made nice fresh new beginnings! I did my first driving lesson on Jan 31st. In one of these no less!!
DRIVING
Astra Twintop
Yup, it's an Astra twintop 1.9 TDCI! Mad!! Great acceleration! Even in 2nd! My instructor even said i could put the roof down when it gets warmer and sunnier! And there's no rules saying you cant have the roof down during the test! Which will make for great visibility! Haha! He's said I'm doing really well, just need to start perfecting the skills I've learned, and start doing manoveurs. Might up up taking my test may/June time?!
JOB HUNT
So, i decided after a week of hunting, that i should be paid for it! I've been paying taxes for 8 years in work, i should get some money back from that! Its suppose to be £57 a week! But no.. Job centre is ATTROCIOUS. I've told them i took voluntary redundancy, and its taken them 3 WEEKS now, and still no sign of money. Just letter after letter saying "please prove you've sold £200 of shares", "please prove you've paid your dad back", "please tell us why you paid off your credit card". Because credit interest is 6 times lower than debit interest you morons!! Seriously! Its really annoying me! They're useless! And don't even have a single computer help desk job on their systems!
FIRST INTERVIEW
So, i did a blitzing session with the GF after valentines day applying for jobs. Which isn't easy when you have a playful puppy running around your feet! Applied for a mountain of jobs. And about 4 days later got an email through saying one of them liked my CV, could i come in for an interview. 1st interview for like 3 years! So i was nervous. Spent the whole day before preparing, and the GF went through a mock interview with me. Anyway, went to the interview and didnt think I'd done that well! Asked a few technical questions that i didn't know, but i did assure them I'm a fast learner with technology. Then i spent an hour chatting to the team. And seeing what they do. Anyway, left the interview in salford quays and switched on my phone when i got to Piccadilly. There was a message from the recruiter. Rang him up and they offered me the job! not 20 minutes after I'd left the offices!!! They are still interviewing for the other position, so happy that they liked me! Team seems really nice, its a 30% pay increase on the bank. With another 3% in 6 months time when i finish the probation period. Which means, as I've paid off all debts, i can start saving to move out! GF was looking tentatively for a job in Manchester, and we could possibly get a flat together. Maybe in salford, as nice flats are half the price of city centre! And its close to my work! I start March 12th anyway. IT Help desk. Cant wait! out of work for 3 weeks, and get offered a job start in 2 weeks! Brilliant!
PUPPY
Ah Mui Mui.. The playful little pup! She's 14 weeks now. Getting really big! She can just about jump on the sofa, as long as the cushion has been sat on to lower it! She found out last night how to open doors, as she keeps letting herself out of the closed kitchen!!! Mad! Anyway, she spent her first weekend at mine recently. She had to sleep in my room, so as not to cry downstairs in our teeny house, as it would've woken everyone up! But it means she's up at 7am every morning as she needs to pee! So she wakes me up to take her downstairs. So i didn't have a great sleep at the weekend! Still, here's the pics of hers at mine, and the vids of hers at the GF's the week before.
Mui Mui in bed.
Mui Mui wedged into my room!
Well, that's everything. I'll let you know how the job went. Its nice to get Feb out of the way. For various recent and historical reasons. Onwards to march, a new job, and my bday! If you're bored, head over to the rangers blog to see some of the videos i've made for the team!
PS, if you have the latest Internet Explorer, remember to click on the RSS feed logo. Then IE will tell you on the rare occasions that i've updated this blog!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Puppy update
Just a swift one. I finish work on tuesday. Finally redundant! Get my cheque through which enables me to clear debts, pay back folks, and have a career change! Hoping to learn to drive at some point, although that depends on funds!
Anyway, not had chance to edit the puppy pics. hadnt seen her for 2 weeks. My god how fast she's grown! her hair is so much softer, and her tails so much longer! She's trying to learn not to nip. And she's just today learned to climb stairs!!! Which is crazy!! Off to see her and the GF again this weekend. Last one til i'm jobless! Crazy! Anyway, have fun with this vid of Mui Mui. Just wacked it together with windows movie maker. Not a very good editting prog, but it works.
Anyway, not had chance to edit the puppy pics. hadnt seen her for 2 weeks. My god how fast she's grown! her hair is so much softer, and her tails so much longer! She's trying to learn not to nip. And she's just today learned to climb stairs!!! Which is crazy!! Off to see her and the GF again this weekend. Last one til i'm jobless! Crazy! Anyway, have fun with this vid of Mui Mui. Just wacked it together with windows movie maker. Not a very good editting prog, but it works.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The New Puppy!
That's right! It's puppy time! We picked her up on Saturday in doncaster. We'd visited the breeder a few weeks back, and collected an 8 week old puppy on Saturday! Well, i say 8 week old, but on arrival home we discover she's 7 weeks! Born 17th November if memory serves correct!! Crazy! Ah well, she got home safely, was a bit shy, then got bolder, cried the whole night at being left alone, and now she's bold enough to start playing with toys and trying to bite us playfully!
She's slowly learning that being alone doesn't mean we don't love her! But its taking time! And the biting is playful, as that's how she would play with other dogs. Anyway, a clean bill of health came back from the vet. A gentlemen of bizarre mannerisms! Knew his stuff, but no-one there had ever seen this breed! So they all doted on her. She is a coton de tulear. Basically a cotton like haired dog from the region of Madagascar called tulear. Simple french really. She's UBER cute tho! Don't believe me?
Her first steps in her new home!
Being cuddled by the GF, but she's still nervous.
Awww.. her first nap.. And she slept with her tongue out!
That's more like it! killing a penguin!
And fighting with Rascle for supremacy! I won.. You really shouldn't play these games with a dog, and if you do, you HAVE to win sometimes so she doesn't always win the power struggle she's trying to do.
Hehe, with her penguin again!
She's called Mui Mui (read: Moy Moy). Its Cantonese for little girl or cute girl. Its endearing! And she wont grow massive, so she'll always be cute! Can't wait til she grows up a little tho! And starts behaving!
Staying at Shiz's at the mo, so posting this whilst abusing his net! He's shot off to bed. Watched district 13 tonight. A luc besson film i got in the sales. Not much storyline, but stylish free running. Staying here whilst the bathroom at home is decorated. Didn't like the idea of 4 days without a shower! Plus I'm getting a lift to work tomorrow! which is fab! Get to leave at 810! Much better than my homely 705! Hopefully playing footy too! God knows i need the exercise! Also need to start jogging for the Manchester 10k run again! Well, that and apply for many more jobs! I get made redundant in 14 working days! Freaky!
Oh, and i removed all the mp3's from my blog too. Apart from the wolf and mulrooney ones. "Dreaming" by the coral had 1019 hits this month alone!! So deleted it so i don't get my bandwidth pulled again!
Right ho peeps, See you later!
She's slowly learning that being alone doesn't mean we don't love her! But its taking time! And the biting is playful, as that's how she would play with other dogs. Anyway, a clean bill of health came back from the vet. A gentlemen of bizarre mannerisms! Knew his stuff, but no-one there had ever seen this breed! So they all doted on her. She is a coton de tulear. Basically a cotton like haired dog from the region of Madagascar called tulear. Simple french really. She's UBER cute tho! Don't believe me?
Her first steps in her new home!
Being cuddled by the GF, but she's still nervous.
Awww.. her first nap.. And she slept with her tongue out!
That's more like it! killing a penguin!
And fighting with Rascle for supremacy! I won.. You really shouldn't play these games with a dog, and if you do, you HAVE to win sometimes so she doesn't always win the power struggle she's trying to do.
Hehe, with her penguin again!
She's called Mui Mui (read: Moy Moy). Its Cantonese for little girl or cute girl. Its endearing! And she wont grow massive, so she'll always be cute! Can't wait til she grows up a little tho! And starts behaving!
Staying at Shiz's at the mo, so posting this whilst abusing his net! He's shot off to bed. Watched district 13 tonight. A luc besson film i got in the sales. Not much storyline, but stylish free running. Staying here whilst the bathroom at home is decorated. Didn't like the idea of 4 days without a shower! Plus I'm getting a lift to work tomorrow! which is fab! Get to leave at 810! Much better than my homely 705! Hopefully playing footy too! God knows i need the exercise! Also need to start jogging for the Manchester 10k run again! Well, that and apply for many more jobs! I get made redundant in 14 working days! Freaky!
Oh, and i removed all the mp3's from my blog too. Apart from the wolf and mulrooney ones. "Dreaming" by the coral had 1019 hits this month alone!! So deleted it so i don't get my bandwidth pulled again!
Right ho peeps, See you later!
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Wii Boxing!
Just swiftly adding the promised vid of Shiz n Belly Wii boxing at Xmas 06, whilst I laugh heartily behind the cam, and Pie watches on lustfully!
Picked up Mui Mui yesterday too. She's slowly finding her feet, which means she's getting bolder and started to attack things! Will stick some vids up when i get back on my computer on tuesday! Have fun Y'all! Gotta go see to a crying Puppy now!
Picked up Mui Mui yesterday too. She's slowly finding her feet, which means she's getting bolder and started to attack things! Will stick some vids up when i get back on my computer on tuesday! Have fun Y'all! Gotta go see to a crying Puppy now!
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