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Sunday, January 2nd, 2005
5:48 pm	So what happened this year? 1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? Properly moved in with the love of my life after 5 years of dating. 2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Noish. Didn't really make any. 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yup. The guy who sit's next to me at work had a boy Nov. 19, Yusef. 1.6 lbs. Yes, 1.6. 4. Did anyone close to you die? No 5. What countries did you visit? USA France Spain Ireland Luxembourg Wales (if it counts) Belgium Italy Malta Holland 6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? An idea as to what I want to do when I grow up. 7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Too many dates, good ones, bad ones. 8. What were your biggest achievements of the year? Good promotion, new house 9. What was your biggest failure? I don't have failures, just things that I'd probably do differently next time. 10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Surprisingly, No 11. What was the best thing you bought? Vacation tickets. Minnesota, 2 x Florida 12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My team at work who were told to increase sales by 20% and got to 36% 13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? The folks who congratulated us on 36% at told us to aim for 40 this year. 14. Where did most of your money go? Paying rent 15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Work permits & Visas 16. What song will always remind you of 2004? ? So many 17. Compared to this time last year, are you i. happier or sadder?: happier ii. thinner or fatter? fatter iii. richer or poorer? richer 18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Exercise 19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Eating good food 20. How did you spend Christmas? My folks on X-mas eve, the in laws on X-mas day, with Carrie on Boxing day 22. Did you fall in love in 2004? I do every day 23. How many one-night stands? 0 24. What was your favorite TV program? Top Gear. Hey, it's a family favourite 25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? No. Those who are assholes now were assholes then too. 26. What was the best book you read? Bill Bryson, Notes from a Sunburnt Country 27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Elliott Smith 28. What did you want and get? Promotion 29. What did you want and not get? Bigger Raise 30. What was your favorite film of this year? ? 31. What did you do on your birthday? Drank far too much Vodka. Thank you to those who watched me sleeping. 32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Blue lights for the car 33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? Business M-F, who cares for the weekends 34. What kept you sane? Seeing that everyone else out there is just as nutty as me - then taking that to mean that I'm normal. 35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Stacey's Mom. 36. What political issue stirred you the most? Our troops purchasing their own body armour because the army ran out. 37. Who did you miss? Good friends we had, good friends we lost, along the way... 38. Who were the best new people you met in 2004? All my new green little employees still to be broken in. 39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004: A lack of forward planning on your behalf does not constitute an emergency on my behalf. 40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: cuz when i look around i think this, this is good enough and i try to laugh at whatever life brings cuz when i look down i just miss all the good stuff when i look up i just trip over things Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 30th, 2004
10:12 am	More responses than good last cigarette: ?? last bowl: 1999, in a lane next to the guy with the boobs last car ride: Into work this morning *sigh* last kiss: Saturday last good cry: Ages ago last movie seen: Parts of The Bodyguard last book read: ‘Oh the Things I know’ Al Franken last cuss word uttered: monkey raper last beverage drank: workin on a coffee right now last food consumed: shortbread – it is St. Andrew’s Day after all last crush: Petal last phone call: Mr. O’Conner in Dublin last tv show watched: 5th Gear last time showered: This morning last shoes worn: Clarks for work last cd played: One left in the stolen car last downloaded: More architectural plans…. last annoyance: every car in front of me this morning last soda drank: Diet ‘nilla coke last thing written: Letters to customers last key used: drawers at work last item bought: lunch yesterday last word spoken: "Richard" last sleep: 11-5:50 last im: andyzlees last sexual fantasy: Last night last time amused: 20 minutes back last time wanting to die: January 12th – severe hangover last time in love: Still am, always will be last time hugged: Petal on Saturday last time scolded: I’m an angel last time resentful: Looking at Florida as I flew away last chair sat in: Office special last lipstick used: define ‘used’… last underwear worn: today last bra worn: white last shirt worn: White last poster looked at: Health & Safety at work last webpage visited: http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm Current Mood: blah (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 3rd, 2004
7:25 am	S'been a while Well, just here to give you a brief update on what the hell has been going on over the past few weeks. Today is the small big day. Picking up the keys for the new house today, and then we move in on Sunday. Should be lots of fun. I'd imagine that we'll probably spend most of the next week slowly unpacking things around work... so much stuff, don't quite know where it will all go just yet. Fortunatly, we have an attic and a garage with attic space above it, so I think that it will all get in there....somehow. I hope that moving day is like today. No clouds in the sky, warm, but with a nice cooling breeze. In all likelyhood, it will slash with rain. Still...we're moving into our house!! Would love to update more, but I've got to run for the moment.... (Comment on this)
Friday, May 14th, 2004
12:01 pm	Smile. It's Friday The Top Twelve Thoughts of the Day 12. Life is sexually transmitted. 11. Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. 10. Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich! 9. Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks. 8. Some people are like Slinkies . . not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs. 7. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. 6. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. 5. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. 4. Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents? 3. In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. 2. Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realise that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. 1.You read about all these terrorists. Most of them came here legally, but they hung around on these expired visas, some for as long as 10-15 years. Now, compare that to Blockbuster; you are two days late with a video and those people are all over you. I think we should put Blockbuster in charge of immigration. (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 25th, 2004
10:23 pm	Borrowed from Raech A is for - Age: 25 B is for - Birthday: 8.feb.79 C is for - Career in Future: Undecided as of yet. Something that allows me to be with my family before they grow up D is for - Dead person you would like to meet: E is for - Essential item: Ring F is for - Favorite song at the moment: Yngwie Malmsteen 'Black Star' G is for - Guy/Girls you've kissed: a few. H is for - Hometown: Royston, England I is for - Instruments you play: Bass, Guitar, Drums, Trumpet & attempts at piano J is for - Job title: Changes weekly - I give up trying to remember L is for - Living places: All over... M is for - Memory of the day: Discovering what my body is unable to do N is for - Number of people you've slept with: 1 who matters O is for - Overnight hospital stays: many, many. At least 20 in the past 7 years P is for - Phobias: Crowds, explosions. Q is for - Quote you like: "I told you I was ill" - Spike Milligan's toumbstone R is for - Relationship that lasted the longest: Carrie. 4 years, 10 months, and a few days S is for - Sexuality: straight T is for - Time you wake up everyday: M-F 0520, sa & su 0700 U is for - Unique trait(s): Determined worker, I can get results in 30 seconds V is for - Vegetable you love: depends on my mood W is for - Worst habit: nail munching X is for - X-rays you've had: knees (10), hips (3) feet (7) torso (40+) other assorted (15) Y is for - Yummy food you make: Not for me to say, although my brownies and sketti do kick ass Z is for - Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Comment on this)
6:30 pm	This is great http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/dublinbuslivewebcam.htm (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 24th, 2004
8:03 pm	Just when I thought that I'd seen everything... The Coalition Provisional Authority are the U.S. Led interim Iraqi government. Their website is a great source of information about what's going on over there. This week however, it's gone a bit pear shaped. Look while you can. http://www.cpa-iraq.org/weeklies.html Enjoy! Current Mood: amused Current Music: Elliot Smith (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 17th, 2004
6:52 pm	More house-hunting So the bank will lend me up to 11.5 times my salary. Shame I couldn't afford those repayments. Housing in this country is a nightmare. I think I'm gonna buy a barge, live on the Thames, and sail into work every morning. Now that would be sweet. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, April 16th, 2004
7:20 am	What happens when You decide to go out to dinner in London. In town, you can legally park almost anywhere after 6:30 p.m. Almost. Someone managed to find a parking bay that is 'residents only' until 10 p.m. Someone's car was not there after dinner. Someone had to pay £200 ($350) to get the car back. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 14th, 2004
6:57 am	Questioning... Quiz, Quiz! 1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says: "voltage, electronic low voltage (leading edge transformers), neon/cold cathode, and non-dim loads" Guess I'm at work. 2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?: Phone Base 3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?: BBC News 4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is: 0710 5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?: 0657 6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?: A bird waking up and singing for me. awww. 7: When did you last step outside? What were you doing?: 0623. Car to office transition 8: What are you wearing?: Business Smart. Meeting the Chief Operating Officer today. 9: Did you dream last night? No. 10: When did you last laugh? Watching Matt attempt to put his tie on. 11: What is on the walls of the room you are in?: Far Side Cartoons. Postcards from Italy. Calendars. Phone lists... 12: Seen anything weird lately?: A very business woman walking through the city this morning at about 6 in a pink suit. Not just pink, but !!PINK!! 13: What do you think of this quiz?: Hey, I'm getting paid to do it. 14: What is the last film you saw?: Snatch 15: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?: House 16: Tell me something about you that I don't know: Where I live, Roger is a name and a verb. 17: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?: A couple of assassinations wouldn't go astray. 18: Do you like to dance?: Only if I have alcohol in me 19: George W. Bush: Your country's greatest comic. 20: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?: Abigail 21: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?: Probably Sean 22: Would you ever consider living abroad?: Hey, done it before. Let's do it again. So long as the company gives me an ex-pat ride. (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 3rd, 2004
8:50 pm	Oh why not.... I adopted a cute lil' Scotty fetus from Fetusmart! Hooray fetus! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 2nd, 2004
11:01 pm	The Money's right - apart from that.... Your future occupation by meteoric Your name Your future occupation Stripper Yearly income $944,656 Hours per week you work 41 Education Up to 2 years of college Created with quill18's MemeGen 3.0! (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 1st, 2004
9:25 pm	Oh the things we struggle with... If you think that you have it bad, We pay $6.50 a gallon We pay $200 a year for road fund We pay $9.00 a day tolls and then this: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004150977,,00.html (1 Comment |Comment on this)
9:05 pm	Just had to... Current Mood: silly Current Music: New Blink 182 (Comment on this)
Friday, March 19th, 2004
8:54 am	Wasting company time Do you like forks with three metal pokers, or four?: 4 Would you ever wear a hat with cat ears on it?: Somehow, no. How many MP3's do you have on your computer?: 2 If you use Ebay, how do you sort your search results?: n/a How often do you get teased for your musical taste?: Depends if Carrie’s with me – if so, always Are you fascinated by death?: No Do you have posters on your wall? Nope. What did you have for breakfast this morning?: OJ If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?: Oak What was the last book you read? Was it good?: Can’t remember Do you have a Livejournal?: Ummm… What does your favourite t-shirt look like?: Anything she wears Are you going to college? What will you major in? Been already. Management Science & Business Administration Have you ever eating raw sugar by itself?: Used to cut and eat sugar cane in the bahamas. How often do you use Google?: regularly Have you ever owned one of those little Chevron cars?: Nope – had just about everything else though. What was the last thing you won?: Bottle of wine in office draw Have you ever been seduced? By whom?: Yes. By the girl I’m gonna marry Do you own any comic books?: No, but I’m storing a few What kind of deodorant do you use?: Lynx Where was the last place far from home that you visited? Minnesota Do you paint your left or right hand fingernails first?: Ooh – can’t tell you that What about for your feet?: left Have you ever gone to a grocery store late at night? What did you get?: Yes. More beer What's the most expensive item you've ever paid for? Car How often do you drink soda?: A couple of times a day What's the best name you can come up with for a snake? Monty (has to be a specific kind of snake though) Would you or have you ever begged online people for money?: No Was it successful? No What kind of people are you attracted to?: Those who interest me Do you work? Where at?: Occasionally. Where the voices tell me to go Have you ever worked at Subway? Was it fun?: No. Do you want to have children? How many?: Yes. Not my choice What would you do if your best friend said they were in love with you?: She is already What's the scariest thing you've ever done?: Ran towards the aftermath of a bomb How long have you had your AIM/MSN/Yahoo name?: 1 year Do you think fish are cute?: Who would? Calming yes, cute, no. Where will you be posting this?: Where you read it. If you found an ant on your food, would you still eat it?: Depends on the food. Are you any good at math? What about quadratic equations?: Yes. Only if you give me money for it. Do you like your family? Suppose so. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
7:21 am	Air Travel I fly quite a lot. Therefore, I am not really a nervous flier. Only a couple of bad experiences, until Sunday morning. Landing into Heathrow in a heavy crosswind, I almost expired. The ride was heavily turbulent as we were coming down through the clouds, and when we got below them and could see the ground many thousands of feet below, then it got frightening. We were going up and down, side to side, faster, slower.... This is how bad it was. I counted. 9 rows forwards to the emergency exit. 6 Rows back. I'll be going back then. The crosswind was so bad that we were flying at quite an angle to stay 'straight' It's a little unnerving when as a passenger, I could look out of my window and see the runway that we were going to land on as we were coming in. I was un-nerved. Others were screaming. I could quite happily live the rest of my life without another landing like that. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004
7:19 am	Need more bed Monday - Out of house at 0500, customer dinner, so not back until 2200. Tuesday - Out of house at 0500, customer dinner, so not back until 2330 Wednesday - sleep in! Out of house at 0600 - may be back by 2100. Thursday - Out of house at 0500, team meeting, not back until around 2300 Friday - Out of house 0530, not back until around 2200. I'm exhausted. Current Mood: exhausted (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004
7:10 am	Musically Gifted Choose a band/or artist and answer only in song TITLES by that band. Artist: Ani DiFranco Are you female or male: Not a Pretty Girl Describe yourself: Worthy How do some people feel about you: Blood in the Boardroom How do you feel about yourself: Hell Yeah Describe your ex girlfriends/boyfriends: You Had Time Describe your current girlfriend/boyfriend: Joyful Girl Describe where you want to be: Out of Range Describe what you want to be: Coming Up Describe how you live: Out of Habit Describe how you love: Willing to Fight Share a few words of wisdom: If you don’t ask the right questions, every answer seems wrong Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Is all in my head (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 25th, 2004
7:27 pm	We're going back in 2006. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/02/25/italy.newuffizi.ap/index.html (Comment on this)
6:53 pm	Have a look For all of you who are trying to afford housing, this is what I have to contend with.... is there any hope for me? http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/25/offbeat.london.park.reut/index.html (1 Comment |Comment on this)