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Accessand pasties and fuel, oh my!
They say a week is a long time in politics, and we’ve had an… interesting week politically over here these past seven days. Where do we start? How about at the begining, with… Cash for Access...
Meh *EDIT*
Surprise interview went better than I expected, apparently. Got an email from them saying they want me to fill in a form and return it by Monday. That’s not all I’ve been asked to suppply. I ...
What fresh fucknuttery is this?
Now, my UK based readers will have heard of Fabrice Muamba. For those of you outside Britain, Muamba is a 24 football player. While playing for his club Bolton in a FA Cup quarter final agains...
So…
..I’m pretty much guessing you’re wondering what happened with Working Links. Well, they phoned back yesterday. As they pretty much had to, really. The person admitted that people had been ph...
Help politely requested
Anyone feel life giving me feedback on something? Difficulty: need it quickly. Will
Letter to Working Links
Dear Sir/Madam, On the 27th of February, I emailed you about issues I had with a course I was being sent on through yourselves in conjunction with Poundland. It is with sadness that I must emai...
So then…
You’re probably wondering how the course is going? Well, it’s going. I’m not really learning anything I didn’t already know. Hence the reason I’m not sweating the exam I’ve got in just over a...
Theme of the week
Now, you may or may not have noticed that there is a new theme of the week, that being suggestions for how to improve OD. The DM also wrote an entry in his diary encouraging people to submit en...
Blah
The course is going. Not really learning much I didn’t already know, but that was expected, to be honest Triage are in shit, though. I may have caused it and, before you ask, no, I don’t actu...
Here’s a surprise, Triage lied to me
So, remember the thing I mentioned a couple of entries back with the guaranteed job interview? Well… I got the letter with all the information I needed. However, it mentioned the fact that th...
A blue arsed fly had nothing on me…
As you know, I had to pick up my laptop by Friday. Except, I didn’t have the money. A friend very kindly agreed to lend it to me. Difficulty: they are in the States. The only way to get the ...
Cos I found a decent one
Yoinked from DoodleKid: Would you prefer to be more attractive than your significant other, or have them be more attractive than you? Why? Doesn’t really bother me. I really don’t care about l...
Ho-hum
Laptop is fixed. Still not in my grubby little mitts, though, as I don’t have the money to pay for the repair. I’m hoping my mum will help me out with that, cos the guy needs the money by the ...
Response to Linda Kay
I’m writing this here because I don’t want to notebomb you. I read the note you left on my diary and the recent entry you made. In said entry, you took pains to point out that you’re not a tro...
Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today to commemorate the fact that some people on this site have lost their fucking minds. Now, you probably know that every so often, there be drama. I remember the last ...
And now back to your regularly scheduled inanity
With a couple of videos. This one is courtisy of *Sprog*, who posted it first: And this one is for fellow fans of A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones (which should be all of you, cos the bo...
för dig
Ni är fantastiska. Mitt liv har varit så, så välsignade eftersom du har varit i den. Oavsett vad som hände den dagen är allt som behövs för mig att prata med dig och allt är mycket, mycket ljusa...
Would you like cheese with that whine?
I WANT WORKING LAPTOP GORRAMNIT! I want to be sat here, laptop on my lap, cigarette burning in the ashtray, music playing, bag of Hershey’s Kisses open (thanks honey!), Scrivener open, working ...
Tech stuff
£93. That’s how much it’s going to cost from that place I went to to replace my laptop screen. There’s no way, no way I can afford that. I’m planning to go round more places tomorrow and get ...
Fuckadoodledo
So, I’m laptopless at the moment. Again. The screen is broken. Not sure what the fuck happened. All I know is that I switched it on on Friday and it’s cracked. Until I can afford to replace...
Triage really are a bunch of useless cunts
Supposed to have an appointment today at 2. Turn up on time, sign in and was told to do jobsearch while I was waiting. Hour and a half later, I went back to reception to remind them I was supp...
Realisation
I’m in a creative writing class. I have a creative writing tutor. She might be willing to edit my ebook for free. So, I’m going to ask her on Monday Also, someone from borotweetup has a Kind...
Let’s eat grandma
I got a new toy for my phone! Well, a new app anyway. The built in keyboard for my phone was annoying me, so I got one of the ones where you run your finger across and it does the work for you...
Not much
Not much has been happening in my life, really. Still job hunting. Still getting pissed off by Triage (who now seem to be under the impression that I dress the way I dress normally for intervi...
Frustration
I’ve decided to go ahead with the book thing. I’ve installed the Kindle app on my phone, as well as one that lets me read .pub files. Thankfully Scrivener does the formatting for me so that’s...
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