Had an interesting thought on the way in to work the other day…

Why are Gyms so terrible when it comes to monthly fees, annual contracts and membership cancellations? continue reading »

You have to admit that he’s got a point here. continue reading »

Some of you may know that I do the whole Online dating thing and have been doing it on and off for a while now. Towards the end of last year I made a real effort to get out there and try to be pro active and make the first move, to no avail.

I recently made the decision to leave Match.com and cancel my subscription. I didn’t see the point in paying £20 a month to be ignored by people. I’d much sooner pay £20 to go to a bar and be ignored by people there. At least doing it that way I get to leave the house once in a while and have a couple of drinks! continue reading »

F*ck you Valentine’s Day!

Valentine’s Day is truly an awful occasion if you just happen to be single. This is the first Valentine’s Day in 3 years that I’ve been single or not had anyone that I could possibly send a Valentine’s card to. No one. This was my post last Valentine’s Day.

I’m actually enjoying being single at the minute, but I just hate how you can’t turn on the TV or open a magazine at this time of year without loads of big red love hearts being shoved down your throat! All these adverts subtly mock you and make light that you will be sat on your own, drinking cheap wine and quite possibly looking at porn. They all show happy couples drinking champagne, wearing matching jumpers and cuddling in slow motion.

The last time I was single, and I had 3 Valentine’s on the trot where I was single, I celebrated the day with a 6 pack of Guinness and a slab of chocolate. So, keeping with tradition, this is what I will be doing tonight. One addition to my tradition is that I will try to watch as much Star Wars as I physically can before I fall asleep in a puddle of my own tears.

Join me if you want. Leave a comment below letting me know how your night goes.

You may remember a post about how much I hate in store greeters a while ago. This video really inspired me to eleborate further and explain why I hate grocery shopping altogether. continue reading »

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I’ve finally finished all of my Christmas shopping!

I hate shopping at the best of times, but Christmas Shopping just really really annoyed me this year.

One thing that really annoys me about Christmas shopping is that perfectly ordinary people who are polite, respectable and genuinely nice people turn in to arrogant, inpatient idiots at this time of year. Usually if you’re walking towards someone on a busy street, you would do that awkward side step thing and pass each other without giving it too much thought. At Christmas time however, if you’re walking towards someone in a busy street they keep walking at you! I honestly believe that if I hadn’t have darted out of the way at the possible second, half the time I would have walked straight in to people! What are we playing a Christmas edition of Chicken now?! continue reading »

They forgot to add “Be Sick” after about the tenth iteration!

I’ve kind of gone off night clubs a little recently. I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting old or the fact that I don’t go to them as often as I used to, but I’d much rather go to a pub. I used to go clubbing AT LEAST 3 times a week a few years ago, but I think I’ve been about twice this year!

I’ve gone off Oceana completely. I used to *like* the place but the last couple of times I’ve gone it just seems to be full of, well, the very same people who annoy me in the Gym. It’s full of posers, blokes who think they’re twice the size they actually are, can’t put their arms by their sides, and are that pissed that you know if you looked at them a bit funny it’s an invitation to start a fight. It’s full of perverts who grope any women within, well, groping distance and just act like general knob heads. I find it quite intimidating. I like to go places that I feel comfortable and where I’m able to have a good time, not to feel intimidated and like I shouldn’t be there.

I know I’m the odd one out when ever I go anywhere. In fact I make it my mission to be the odd one out at times, but I really feel out of place in Oceana.

Give me a pint of Ale and a bag of Nobby’s Nuts any day

My phone has been giving me some serious jip the last couple of weeks.

It randomly turns itself off without any warning. As a Software Tester, I’d like to think that I’m able to find a pattern to try and replicate it, but so far it is completely random. I’ve narrowed it down to either my Twitter or WordPress App, or Opera Mini… Or Gmail… Or Memo… Or the Clock.

The really annoying thing is that when it turns back on the battery is completely drained! It will go from around 90% full to el zilcho within an hour! Definitely not on and I’m really not happy about it. I’m worried that I’ll be out of the house away from a power source when it does it. Luckily it’s only happened whilst I’ve been at work or at home, and I have a dock at both. If it happens on a night out, I’m knackered!

I’ve ordered another, more powerful battery and hoping that that seems to fix it. I’ve just reset the phone as well in case it is a Software issue, however I don’t think a Software issue would cause the battery to drain like that. I reckon there’s a short on it somewhere, possibly within the battery. So I’m pinning my hopes on this new battery fixing it! I ordered it over a week ago and it still hasn’t arrived.

Even before this all happened, the battery was just terrible. At it’s best, I would get about 6 hours out of it before it died! My phone has the potential to be a great phone, but due to a series of unfortunate events right from the word “Go!” I wouldn’t recommend it!

[Update: The reset didn't work! What a piece of shit!]

Does anyone else find defriending on Facebook immature?

I’ve noticed that in the last few weeks that my friend count has gone down a bit. I’m not that bothered about it. All the people I want to talk to, I talk to, and I hardly use Facebook any more as it is anyway.

One thing I’d like to know is who these people are. There’s no way to check without going through all of your friends and checking who’s still there.

I understand that some of the people that I call “Friends” are people that I went to school with and may or may not have spoken to them before, and therefore I’m not bothered if they add me, defriend me, or what ever.

One thing I do find immature is when people defriend you after an argument. To me, that’s like being in the playground and going “You’re not my friend any more! Nur nur nur nur nurrrr”! I find the whole thing pointless and immature.

Grow up.

I don’t want to make a habit of telling people what they should and shouldn’t do with their lives, but, if there’s something in your life that you don’t like… Change it, or get rid of it completely!

I’ve no sympathy for people who constantly moan about their situation, or feel that they’re stuck in doing what ever they’re doing. We’re all masters of our own destiny and we all have choices. You’re in your job because you choose to go there! If you stopped going, what’s the worse that could happen? They sack you! You didn’t like the job anyway! You’re living where you are now and have no money because you chose to do that. If you hate it that much, sell your house!

I’ll give you a few personal examples from my life and how I’ve changed or gotten rid of things that were bothering me.

1. Recently, just seeing someone’s face on Facebook made be miserable and felt like I’d been Falcon punched in the stomach every time I saw her. I didn’t want to block her, but I found a way to “hide” her. She no longer appears on any of my feeds. Also, I deleted the option to view recent photos so I can’t see her on those either. I didn’t like the fact that I had to see her face every five minute, so I changed it.
2. Years ago I went through a really rough patch. I was living in a place where I was essentially someone else’s lodger and confined to my room, even though we’d gotten the flat together and were paying half of everything. I had no social life and basically become a hermit living in a freezing cold room with no social interaction and coming home from work and going straight to bed. I was so stressed with my job that their were times when I couldn’t even drive in to work without bursting into tears, and at that time I didn’t think I had any friends. Everything in my life just seemed wrong. I moved out of that crap hole and back in with my parents. I started going out regularly with the friends that I’d previously thought weren’t my friends and I got a new job. I pretty much changed everything in my life that was causing me pain at that point and turned everything around.

Even when you feel you cannot walk away from a situation, you always have the option to get up, walk out the door and close it behind you. The only person in your life that you need to please is yourself.

Life is too short to be miserable.