Such a Slacker
This being unemployed lark isn't all its cracked up to be, though I have to say the time has flown by mainly thanks to the triathlon training. So, now I'm officially on the dole for the 1st time in my life after going down to the unemployment office, there not particularly nice are they?All lime green and yellow with bright orange upholstery, it felt like something out of play school. You don't get that much either, 60 quid a week. Luckily for me the people I saw were on the case and I ended up on contribution based allowance, meaning I get a fixed rate cause I've worked enough over the past three years. This was preferable to the income based one, for which they take a pound off for so much of savings you have, which would have worked out me paying them money, Doh! So now I have to go down twice a week and show them what I've been doing to get work, which is good I suppose.
My torso looks like a strawberry covered biscuit after sunbathing to long on my front, my back is red and my front is a pasty shade of white. Good enough to eat, mmmmm, strawberry.
In my gainfully unemployed state of mind I looked up this the other day on wikipedia which was ever so entertaining (probably more suited to the guys):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollocks
I'm now officially an affiliate member of the IEMA, phwoar (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment -ED) So along with getting regular enivronmnetal magazines I get online snip-bits as well. Perusing this article about the IEMA annual conference recently and one of the chaps that spoke talked about sustainable development and what it meant to the Pacific Islands. Apparently there taking it so seriously here that they are actually utilising methods of infanticide and suicide as a means of population control. How does this work then, do they have a fortnightly lottery or something (then your number really would be up - ahahahahah a fanq, fanq).
Watched The Simpsons the other night and homer gets fired. Sitting at home he's watching the T/V when an an advert comes on for Duffs the beer you need when your unemployed. As it goes to the advert you hear the commentator go "After the break we'll be back with more lottery winning tips..."
Nick's Album of the week: The Mission Live:No Snow for the Eskimo I know, I like them but this is a fab live album, haven't listened to it for ages and its by far there best album. Top track: Deliverance or Crystal Ocean
My torso looks like a strawberry covered biscuit after sunbathing to long on my front, my back is red and my front is a pasty shade of white. Good enough to eat, mmmmm, strawberry.
In my gainfully unemployed state of mind I looked up this the other day on wikipedia which was ever so entertaining (probably more suited to the guys):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollocks
I'm now officially an affiliate member of the IEMA, phwoar (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment -ED) So along with getting regular enivronmnetal magazines I get online snip-bits as well. Perusing this article about the IEMA annual conference recently and one of the chaps that spoke talked about sustainable development and what it meant to the Pacific Islands. Apparently there taking it so seriously here that they are actually utilising methods of infanticide and suicide as a means of population control. How does this work then, do they have a fortnightly lottery or something (then your number really would be up - ahahahahah a fanq, fanq).
Watched The Simpsons the other night and homer gets fired. Sitting at home he's watching the T/V when an an advert comes on for Duffs the beer you need when your unemployed. As it goes to the advert you hear the commentator go "After the break we'll be back with more lottery winning tips..."
Nick's Album of the week: The Mission Live:No Snow for the Eskimo I know, I like them but this is a fab live album, haven't listened to it for ages and its by far there best album. Top track: Deliverance or Crystal Ocean