Today has not been what I personally would describe as successful - I'm a tad irritated, truth be told!
So, I need some new jeans. No biggy. Except for the small fact that I can't get a pair of bootcut jeans in the colour I want - I don't want skinnies, I've already got a pair and I don't find skinnies very practical or comfy! Wouldn't be too much of an issue if it weren't for the fact that both my pairs of bootcuts now have holes in the inner thigh =/ Another annoyance - Its official that, despite it still being listed on the Garnier website, nowhere seems to sell Garnier 100% Colour anymore. This is a serious issue for me, since I've been using that brand for six years! Back when I was 14 and dyed my hair red, I used the "Intense Deep Red" shade, then I used the black shade that I can't remember the name of, and since I started dying the front of my hair red in the middle of last year aswell as using it since I dyed it all red again just before Christmas, I was happy as Larry. But noooooooo! I don't get it, its not like it wasn't selling well, whenever I got there I had to delve to the back to find any 9 times out of 10! So I'm in a bit of a bah humbug mood right now. On the plus side however, after some digging on the internet (I love you Google!) I found the blog of a girl that uses the Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL dye in "Hypnotic Red", and despite looking a little ginger on the box (which is why I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole before) it is actually a nice red! So after all the lack of Garnier trauma, it may not be so bad after all *Mops brow*
The up-side of today is that although I didn't manage to buy either of the things I went out for, I did manange to get some rather nice Lara Croft-esque shorts. When I lose some more weight before long I'll be donning a tight turquoise tank top (alliteration, go me), buying some pistols and going off on exciting adventures around the world =D
In other news, I'm thinking of some ways to scrape some cash in since I'm not working, maybe learning how to make some little gifty/crafty things to sell or charging a little to research some family history if people are interested. The latter is my real forte of course, I find it stupidly interesting and it'd give me something to get my teeth into. And I wouldn't just be nicking people's money for nothing, I'm a hard worker once I get damn persistent (as proven by my hours and hours of work trying to find the "Cowderoy" side of Ben's family and trying every wrong spelling under the sun, lol!)
Rayness out!
Monday 21 February 2011
Friday 18 February 2011
Applications, Valentine's Day and Graduation
I'm finally back from Ben's! I stayed an extra week after dislocating my bloody knee, which was nice but the knee was still painful.
So what's going on? Well, I've applied for just over twenty jobs in the last four days, twenty, just count them! All various admin, PA and secretarial jobs. It would be lovely to at least get an interview, but I'm not really holding out any hopes. I've applied for jobs in London, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, South Gloucestershire (where I live) Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire... nobody can say I'm not trying and willing! I'm more than happy to travel, provided of course I'm not using my entire week's wages on travel expenses alone and subsequently earning less than the Job Centre would give me! Tch. How is it that some of the most miserable, unhelpful and usually inarticulate cows I have ever met get receptionist jobs and I don't even get an interview! How is this possible? I just don't understand!
Also, Valentine's Day! I can't stand single people that bitch about it - quit complainin'! It may be over commercialised, but its a nice excuse to have a day with your other half. Neither me or Ben have much money at the moment, so we went to the restaurant part of our favourite chippy for lunch (which Ben bought), then walked up Epsom highstreet, wandered around Maplin (where I was going crazy over the fact that they still sell tapes and video cassettes!), then went in the Co-op where Ben bought me some Dairy Milk Whole Nut =) So quit being bitter and let those of us that enjoy it have some fun! While I think of it too, Ben's official graduation photos came through, and I'm pleased to report that in the family one, I don't look like a complete moron! Everyone looks quite good, lol. And Ben's single one came out lovely =)
Here's one his mum took of the two of us before we left his house - this was at 8am, so I think I look pretty alive and spritely considering! And Ben with his fag behind his ear *Rolls eyes*
In other news, another random thought that's popped into my brain, I need to stop off in Basingstoke on the way to Epsom at some stage and perhaps pay a certain lovely someone a visit =P
I have a poetry assignment due in on the 23rd - joy. I'm struggling, poetry is not my strong point! I have some ideas but I just can't seem to get them together. Ah well, I can but try my best I suppose. Although you never know, I may come up with something so miraculously awesome that I decide to post it here!
Rayness out!
So what's going on? Well, I've applied for just over twenty jobs in the last four days, twenty, just count them! All various admin, PA and secretarial jobs. It would be lovely to at least get an interview, but I'm not really holding out any hopes. I've applied for jobs in London, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, South Gloucestershire (where I live) Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire... nobody can say I'm not trying and willing! I'm more than happy to travel, provided of course I'm not using my entire week's wages on travel expenses alone and subsequently earning less than the Job Centre would give me! Tch. How is it that some of the most miserable, unhelpful and usually inarticulate cows I have ever met get receptionist jobs and I don't even get an interview! How is this possible? I just don't understand!
Also, Valentine's Day! I can't stand single people that bitch about it - quit complainin'! It may be over commercialised, but its a nice excuse to have a day with your other half. Neither me or Ben have much money at the moment, so we went to the restaurant part of our favourite chippy for lunch (which Ben bought), then walked up Epsom highstreet, wandered around Maplin (where I was going crazy over the fact that they still sell tapes and video cassettes!), then went in the Co-op where Ben bought me some Dairy Milk Whole Nut =) So quit being bitter and let those of us that enjoy it have some fun! While I think of it too, Ben's official graduation photos came through, and I'm pleased to report that in the family one, I don't look like a complete moron! Everyone looks quite good, lol. And Ben's single one came out lovely =)
Here's one his mum took of the two of us before we left his house - this was at 8am, so I think I look pretty alive and spritely considering! And Ben with his fag behind his ear *Rolls eyes*
In other news, another random thought that's popped into my brain, I need to stop off in Basingstoke on the way to Epsom at some stage and perhaps pay a certain lovely someone a visit =P
I have a poetry assignment due in on the 23rd - joy. I'm struggling, poetry is not my strong point! I have some ideas but I just can't seem to get them together. Ah well, I can but try my best I suppose. Although you never know, I may come up with something so miraculously awesome that I decide to post it here!
Rayness out!
Saturday 12 February 2011
Dislocations and new toys
Well, this week has been eventful! I believe I left you on Sunday with Ben and Frank setting up Ben's new decks. Since then, the, ahem, rather large speakers Ben ordered arrived, Tuesday I think it was - Ben being Ben is, it would seem, not very good at gauging measurements. 22" x 19" it said (roughly) in the item description. "Oh that's fine!" thinks Ben. He didn't tell ME the measurements, otherwise I would have stopped him. His dad yells up the stairs "Ben, there's a small box for you in the hall!" The two boxes were stacked on top of eachother and here is the result:
As you can see, the boxes were rather large! And then there was the amp. Anyway, those were pretty simple to set up so there wasn't much stress there, and it was mostly Frank that helped him set everything else up, thankfully for me!
Meanwhile, this is what I was doing one night during one of Ben's mixing sessions:
Now, on to the injuries. We're not doing very well for dislocations in this house this week! Tuesday night, Ben and I were fast asleep, and the first thing I remember of this is hearing a loud clunk and feeling excruciating pain in my left knee. I realised pretty quickly that it had dislocated. Its dislocated about four times before, but always when I've been awake, standing up and have turned awkwardly or something. I have NO idea how this happened - I must be exeptionally talented! Anyway, I rolled staight onto my back and pushed it back into place, and yes I cried a little but Ben was right there and looked after me =)
But today, Ben managed to earn the muppet of the week award - we were off to see one of his friends in Byfleet and stopped to get petrol down the road. Have you ever been sitting at the pumps behind a car and the person driving it has been in the shop for about 5 minutes practically doing their weekly shop? Well today it was like that but SO much worse. Pretty much every car at the pump was sat there for about 15 minutes - that's how long we had to wait! Anyway, people started beeping their horns and Ben with the temper he has, joined in. His horn is to the side of the centre of the steering wheel rather than in the middle, so as he slammed his thumb down on the horn he managed to - clever boy that he is - pop it out of its socket! Luckily he's used to pain (he's had a bad knee since the age of ten and a bad back for nearly two and a half years) so he popped it back in but... idiot, lol! He's laughing about it though, you couldn't not from how he managed to do it. The funniest bit is that his best friend's just come back from a week in France snowboarding and is in one piece, but Ben tries to blare the car horn and fails epically!
We went to an event that one of Ben's mates was putting on in a little club in the centre of Epsom on Thursday, a hip hop night. I have to say, I don't like hip-hop especially (unless we're counting Eminem as hip hop?) so I didn't really want to go, but I went for Rosh. I have to say, despite the fact that I didn't like the second guy on stage at ALL, the first guy was really good!
Meanwhile, I've actually found some jobs to apply for today! One at Bugler Coaches in Bath, £8 an hour office assistant post, and one in Billinghurst (yup, Sussex when I live in North Bristol!) Applying for jobs kinda makes me happy but on the other hand it depresses me since I've only ever had one interview, and its frustrating because I know I'm more than capable of doing most of the jobs I apply for, despite not having the experience - argh! I need to knuckle down to some writing again too...
Rayness out for now!
As you can see, the boxes were rather large! And then there was the amp. Anyway, those were pretty simple to set up so there wasn't much stress there, and it was mostly Frank that helped him set everything else up, thankfully for me!
Meanwhile, this is what I was doing one night during one of Ben's mixing sessions:
Now, on to the injuries. We're not doing very well for dislocations in this house this week! Tuesday night, Ben and I were fast asleep, and the first thing I remember of this is hearing a loud clunk and feeling excruciating pain in my left knee. I realised pretty quickly that it had dislocated. Its dislocated about four times before, but always when I've been awake, standing up and have turned awkwardly or something. I have NO idea how this happened - I must be exeptionally talented! Anyway, I rolled staight onto my back and pushed it back into place, and yes I cried a little but Ben was right there and looked after me =)
But today, Ben managed to earn the muppet of the week award - we were off to see one of his friends in Byfleet and stopped to get petrol down the road. Have you ever been sitting at the pumps behind a car and the person driving it has been in the shop for about 5 minutes practically doing their weekly shop? Well today it was like that but SO much worse. Pretty much every car at the pump was sat there for about 15 minutes - that's how long we had to wait! Anyway, people started beeping their horns and Ben with the temper he has, joined in. His horn is to the side of the centre of the steering wheel rather than in the middle, so as he slammed his thumb down on the horn he managed to - clever boy that he is - pop it out of its socket! Luckily he's used to pain (he's had a bad knee since the age of ten and a bad back for nearly two and a half years) so he popped it back in but... idiot, lol! He's laughing about it though, you couldn't not from how he managed to do it. The funniest bit is that his best friend's just come back from a week in France snowboarding and is in one piece, but Ben tries to blare the car horn and fails epically!
We went to an event that one of Ben's mates was putting on in a little club in the centre of Epsom on Thursday, a hip hop night. I have to say, I don't like hip-hop especially (unless we're counting Eminem as hip hop?) so I didn't really want to go, but I went for Rosh. I have to say, despite the fact that I didn't like the second guy on stage at ALL, the first guy was really good!
Meanwhile, I've actually found some jobs to apply for today! One at Bugler Coaches in Bath, £8 an hour office assistant post, and one in Billinghurst (yup, Sussex when I live in North Bristol!) Applying for jobs kinda makes me happy but on the other hand it depresses me since I've only ever had one interview, and its frustrating because I know I'm more than capable of doing most of the jobs I apply for, despite not having the experience - argh! I need to knuckle down to some writing again too...
Rayness out for now!
Sunday 6 February 2011
Odds 'n' sods
04/02/2011
I write this particular bit as I'm travelling through the Wiltshire and Hampshire countryside, so I suppose this is going to be a slightly odd post! My train's pulling away from Warminster (at approximately 16.49) As you may have guessed I am, once again, on the way to Epsom; Bristol Temple Meads direct to London Waterloo and then from there down to Epsom. Its strange, this train passes through Farnborough Main station and then goes OVER the track I normally travel on between Reading and Dorking, hah! This weather's kinda depressing - oddly enough "Horse With No Name" has just come on on my iPod, not very apt for this weather! So, the stops left... I THINK, Salisbury, Andover, Basingstoke, Woking, Clapham Junction and Waterloo. I may have missed a stop though!
Soooo, what else? I need to book some more driving lessons. I've only had one, which was back in November. My instructor was very impressed with me =D Although I do have to drive a Fiat 500, which kinda sucks - and what's with the gearstick? I kept reaching for the handbrake to change gear! I really want an Evo VI - Its my goal to have one. After my white 5-door '99 reg. Focus (thank you Chris!) and Mitsubishi FTO. I like Jap cars =D Aye up, train's pulling into Salisbury - cue 15 minutes wait there! Bah humbug. I really wish I had some writing inspiration right now - I want to write but there's just nothing in my brain =/ I'll write some more to this in a bit when I can be bothered!
06/02/2011
Okay, so I never wrote any more to that last bit. I had a headache! Anywho, right now I'm watching Ben and Frank put together the bench for Ben's new decks - He's finally saved up and bought some. So, consequently this means that the poor super squishy sofabed (aka The Cotch) is being chucked out - Where the hell am I meant to sit to play on the Xbox?!! Nooooooo! Well, I'll have to coax him into getting a couple of cosy beanbags! =D These decks of his - we had to drive all the way back to Bristol for them! The idea was that I come down so we could go and get the ones in Suffolk, but then (Ben being Ben) changed his mind, so I came down, went back to Bristol for an hour or so, and then came back, so Ben could infact have picked me up en route! However, if I hadn't been with him he wouldn't have found his way around getting to the M4 from his, because some kind people closed off Staines highstreet - we took about a ten mile detour, no exaggeration there. We had to eyeball it the entire way because there were no "diverted traffic" signs. Impressed we were not.
Anyhow, enough o' my bitchin' - Rayness out!
I write this particular bit as I'm travelling through the Wiltshire and Hampshire countryside, so I suppose this is going to be a slightly odd post! My train's pulling away from Warminster (at approximately 16.49) As you may have guessed I am, once again, on the way to Epsom; Bristol Temple Meads direct to London Waterloo and then from there down to Epsom. Its strange, this train passes through Farnborough Main station and then goes OVER the track I normally travel on between Reading and Dorking, hah! This weather's kinda depressing - oddly enough "Horse With No Name" has just come on on my iPod, not very apt for this weather! So, the stops left... I THINK, Salisbury, Andover, Basingstoke, Woking, Clapham Junction and Waterloo. I may have missed a stop though!
Soooo, what else? I need to book some more driving lessons. I've only had one, which was back in November. My instructor was very impressed with me =D Although I do have to drive a Fiat 500, which kinda sucks - and what's with the gearstick? I kept reaching for the handbrake to change gear! I really want an Evo VI - Its my goal to have one. After my white 5-door '99 reg. Focus (thank you Chris!) and Mitsubishi FTO. I like Jap cars =D Aye up, train's pulling into Salisbury - cue 15 minutes wait there! Bah humbug. I really wish I had some writing inspiration right now - I want to write but there's just nothing in my brain =/ I'll write some more to this in a bit when I can be bothered!
06/02/2011
Okay, so I never wrote any more to that last bit. I had a headache! Anywho, right now I'm watching Ben and Frank put together the bench for Ben's new decks - He's finally saved up and bought some. So, consequently this means that the poor super squishy sofabed (aka The Cotch) is being chucked out - Where the hell am I meant to sit to play on the Xbox?!! Nooooooo! Well, I'll have to coax him into getting a couple of cosy beanbags! =D These decks of his - we had to drive all the way back to Bristol for them! The idea was that I come down so we could go and get the ones in Suffolk, but then (Ben being Ben) changed his mind, so I came down, went back to Bristol for an hour or so, and then came back, so Ben could infact have picked me up en route! However, if I hadn't been with him he wouldn't have found his way around getting to the M4 from his, because some kind people closed off Staines highstreet - we took about a ten mile detour, no exaggeration there. We had to eyeball it the entire way because there were no "diverted traffic" signs. Impressed we were not.
Anyhow, enough o' my bitchin' - Rayness out!
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