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Return from wherever...
Greetings, LJ-land! It's keen quite a while since I was on here. So much has happened. Most importantly, I now have a full-time, permanent job: YEY!
I'm a Support Worker with Mencap, offering support to people with learning disabilities in their own homes.
I've been there for nearly 6 months. It truly is a wonderful, if very tiring, job! I work ( Read more... ) -
Of Lakeside Walks and Lovely Memories...
We are back from the Lake District.
We are in withdrawal from the Lake District.
Paid up for a couple of extra nights, because we just couldn't bear the thought of coming back. I would, very literally, pitch up a tent and live there permanently. No TV, no internet...no problem!
We're back there on Monday 5th for six nights in the caravan with the ( Read more... ) -
Of Tents and Tangents...
This time tomorrow, gollum1971 and I will be pulling into Park Foot Campsite.
The last day of waiting is the hardest. I wanna be there yesterday. Which reminds me... gollum1971 spent half of last night trying to convince me that we should set off a day and a half early. The 11PM conversation went a little like this:
Can we go now?
No.
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The Magic of Music...
Snagged from the wonderful ancabell , here's a little bit of fun: put your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results.
Life without taking chances is no kind of life at all -
The French are glad to die for love.
You took me higher than I've ever been,
I would like to visit you for a while.
It's ( Read more... ) -
Of Modern Technology...
Let me set the scene for you:
My MP3 player has about 7 albums currently on it, and I'm sick to the back teeth of hearing the same tracks over again.
My laptop was sent out for repair last week and won't be back until Sunday.
I decide that, despite this, I must convert my CDs to MP3s to put on my gadget (thankfully, this is no obstacle space-wise, as ( Read more... ) -
BEWARE: Rant Ahead...
Before I get started on what may be an epic rant (at least a medium-sized one, at any rate), I just want to point out that I have nothing against vegetarians. If you strongly dislike the idea of eating animals for any ethical/medical/it's-just-plain-icky reason, that's cool.
I also have a massive amount of respect for vegans: veganism is how you ( Read more... ) -
Of Layouts...
Well, would you look at that?
Two posts in a week. That's got to be some kind of record! :D
There's a perfectly good reason for it...I seem to be having a little bit of trouble with my new layout.
As you can (hopefully) see, the layout is relatively central. Good. You can read the text. Brill! You can see my username on the NavBar...um, not so much.
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Of Louts and Laptops...
Reason #324 why I left student housing: Being woken up at stupid o'clock by drunks wanting to get in the house.
So, to the loveley lady, B, who lives in the private flat upstairs and her slightly intoxicated friends...
No, ringing the bells to all 4 flats at stupid o'clock will not gain you access to your mate's flat. Nor will it make you or ( Read more... ) -
So tired...
So, teaching may be viewed as the noblest of professions, but OMFG the paperwork will kill you. You will be a martyr ( Read more... )
