Updated Running

Just updated the running bit as recently I have been neglecting my running and hence that part of my website.

Got beat up a couple of weeks ago so not running at the moment but plan to get back at it. Two of my friends just ran their first 10k's last week with one getting 53 minutes and the other getting 1 hour 1 minute, which are pretty good times, hopefully they will catch the running bug, keep it up and then I'll have two new running partners, one in Manchester and one in Aberdeen. Well done to Fo and Sarah!

A bit of a rage

On my birthday, my bitch of an ex girlfriend had one of her friends ring me up and start threatening me down the phone. He thought he was being quite smart about it till I told him I recognised his voice, after all I only know one welsh person. I've also found out that she gave him passwords to stuff like my email account, and my ebay account (on which she tried to buy £2000 worth of stuff after we split up).

He's a total dick, and I want revenge because I never did anything against him, and didn't really do much to her yet they made my life so hard at a time when I was already depressed. The whole time I've been sat here just his presence has constantly distracted me, I feel nervous and feel a little adrenaline, as if I was going to get into a fight, yet I know I'm not. I hope something really bad happens to him, if I can somehow help that happen without affecting my own life I'm going to do it.

Anyway, aside from that I was considering maybe going to a sun tan place today. Seems a little daft considering its sunny outside (and it's a bit poofy), but I can't be bothered lying about all day. Only disadvantage of a tanning place is that I'm scared to be seen going into one. I do need a tan though, I look crappy without on and its been so long since I've been anywhere sunny.

A thought connected to this is that being tanned makes you look toned, so does being toned make you look more tanned? It's really puzzling my brain, I wish I had never thought of it.

Can't think of one

Just realised the amount of pressure there is each post in choosing a title. Sometimes theres something obvious to choose but often theres not. Someone else should choose the title for me, that would be good, yet lazy.

Just walked into the library to see if there was any computers free before I ended up at the computer block (none free). You need you AU ID card to get in and out nowadays, and also on the way out you have to pass through one of those door alarm sensor things, that check if you've been stealing anything. Is anyone else terrified of those things?, I can feel my heart pounding everytime I pass through one and then a rush of relief if I've passed the test and not stolen anything. I'm not a shoplifter (or bookstealer), I've never stolen anything, but I have set a few of those off and I think theres no bigger embarrassment, its snatches everyones attention and they all stare at you for a moment, as you turn red, look guilty as hell and wonder what the hell to do. A little damage limitation would be if directly afterwards the thing screamed "NOT GUILTY, FALSE ALARM THIS TIME FOLKS", but it doesn't.

Personally, surely it would be more effective if the alarm didn't go off but it alerted staff who could then chase the thief without them knowing, or in the majority of cases quietly ask the innocent shopper if they could check their bags. Surely theres something that can be dne about this for peoples human rights, grrrr!


Met Jen briefly today as she had forgotten an English folder at my house that she needed so I took it out to give back. When she got my message she phoned me back and didn't want to meet me because she was waiting to use the sunbed place. She thought she would look different when she came out, now surely thats the point? Anyway, it was too busy so I met her waiting in a sandwich shop, she had just bought a strawberry and yoghurt smoothie and asked me to try it. I did, commented on it, asked her "if she had ever been to that shop?", she said "no", I asked "how did you know what to order?", she laughed at me, said "the menu". Then she keeps making fun of me saying that I'm blonde and calling me "blondie". I still don't think its that stupid a question, like when you go into a restaurant you never know whats going to be good till you try it out. Plus this is from the girl that last week asked me if the cheeky girls were twins.....
I really need to go, I'm missing the champions league final.Bought a mens health magazine that is promising me the body of Brad Pitt, who I admit I would love the body of, so soon I will look like the above. It's a shame the most physical thing I've done since buying the magazine is turn its pages.

One final thing is, my flatmate John missed an exam because he overslept, I pointed out that maybe he should go to the Dr's and say that since we got beat up he hasn't been able to sleep. He doesn't have any problems at all with his sleep, just getting out of bed. After a ten minute chat she prescribed him Tomazipan, what a joke, I go through periods of not being able to sleep for days and they tell me to buy Natrasleep or crap like that.

Then Jen tell her Dr the same day (at the same surgery) that she can't sleep, and I can vouch she's just as bad as me and they give her painkillers and anti-depressants instead. I can't believe they are prescribing these drugs so readily, especially when you look at the drastic side affects they have. It's a little messed up. I really respect my Dr for not prescribing me drugs but instead advising me on other ways round the problems, I have no respect for a Dr that gets a couple of lies from a patient and then just because he has a blackeye prescribes tomazipan. It may not seem that bad but the Dr in question is known as being a soft touch so most students who go to her get what ever they need to balg through whatever trouble they have at the university.

Anyway, Ciao, I have footy to watch!

Glastonbury Tickets Acquired

Yay.
Waiting for my lift to see the Charlatans in Aberdeen on Sunday, we were already late then some good news to make us even later. When he finally arrived he told us that 1000 glastonbury tickets had gone back on sale so we went down to the library to but some, and now we have some. I can now take back all the nasty things I've been saying about Michael Eavis, and I no longer care about the impact the high tech ticketing system has upon Amish people.

Even more amazing is that while I'm at Glastonbury listening to my favourite bands there will be football games on from Euro 2004, quarter finals I think. Oh yeah, as usual the Charlatans were pretty damn amazing, although this is probably the worst time I've seen them in a way, wasn't as crazy as the other times. Although 400 people at the gig got food poisoning somehow (nasty beer at the music hall?)

Just been to my doctors too, such a great guy. Told him I was a bit depressed and had totally screwed up Uni, he made it out that he'll do anything to help me out if they try to kick me out.

Gave me a bit of advice about stuff and made me promise him I'd stop procrastinating about important decisions, hence why I'm typing this and not talking to my advisor of studies. Also applyed to be in a reality TV show in August taking place in the Sahara desert, doing army training stuff. It's not like big brother or anything, theres no prize, no chance of fame afterwards, just an experiance.

Death to Big Brother I say!!!

Acting like a 12 year girl with my lovelife

Theres this girl Jen who I think I like. Although, I've got it in my head also that it's a stupid crush, I wouldn't say that I love her. I guess I've also been through a bit of a drought since I split up with my ex and maybe I'm letting that lead me. Really don't know what to do.

Still in a dilemma with her really. We spend loads of time together, she changed jobs to work with me, she drives me everywhere, she's kissed me a few times and told people that she's my girlfriend before. A few of our close friends think I'm a fool for not speaking to her about it and sorting out where we stand, sometimes I agree.
Flatmate John thinks I should, but then he thinks I should do most things, probably so he can laugh afterwards. Andy & Hayley have pressure me to do it and keep going on about the four of us going to this romantic spot together, but I think they've got the couple thing, where they then try to make everyone else a couple. Most people think we would make the best couple, really well suited. We share a bed at the end of a night out, although, nothing happens, I wouldn't take advantage, it's not right. I've not liked anyone quite as much as her for this long and even through my last two year relationship I would have rather been with her. We're amazing friends and she told me the other night I know her almost as well as her childhood friends, on top of this when we talk she has told me some secrets that she reckons even her best mate doesn't know about her, and that she would never tell her. She must trust me. All sounds pretty good, huh?

But then firstly, she's totally out of my league, a very beautiful, ennormously popular girl. We do have a great friendship, and if thats all she wants it to be then I wouldn't want to lose it or damage it by scaring her away. She's ranted at me before about how she doesn't really do relationships. I wonder whether she only kisses me because we are drinking together, but she doesn't do this with other male friends.

She's quite paranoid, maybe she's scared to speak to me about it, just as I'm scared to say anything to her, if thats the case and neither of us say anything, it's a bit tragic really.

I'm getting all sorts of conflicting advice from some of my best friends and I really don't know what to do.

Young John's Injuries

and here's young John's injuries, a bit worse than mine, but maybe that's because he's so damn ugly!

Kicked in the kisser!

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Nice! You should see when he moves his eye, its sick.

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Lovely Shiner there Johnny

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At least after all that he was able to see the funny side. I can always see the funny side, especially when it comes to John, he now dribles his rinks because of a little bit missing from his front tooth!

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My Injuries

I'll post mine first, they've gone down a bit since the attack and I can't get a proper picture of the back of my head (the worst injury) although you can see the blood on my shirt (actually Paul's shirt).

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First injury is just the bruise above my eye and a slight graze under my eye and on my cheek.

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Here's the eyeball, nowhere near as bad as Johns

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A nice cut under my lip as well, when someone kicks you in the face your teeth make a mess of your lips. Luckily I managed to get my hands in the way most of the time.

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Slight graze on th elbow too, I came out of it lucky regards cuts and bruises.

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Just a few bits and bobs

Quote I thought I'd never hear.
Jen to John
"Thanks for lending me the bobble, can I use your hairbrush"

Quotes I usually hear from him
"shes's a fat scorcher" (Michelle in Neighbours)
"Did you pork her?" means did you sleep with her.
Surely you can see why no one person should say such contrasting things, now I wonder if maybe he's a cross dresser.
Just a thought, why is dyslexia so hard to spell?, surely that is the same as giving a blind man a guide tiger.
Something to rememberMust stop saying "Blind dogs for the guides".
Most amusing search results to get my site
"schizophrenia" +"blue dog"
"antichrist" +"spanish primeminister"
"Andy Goram" +schizophrenia
Was quite amused so I looked up why people search for this to find that as a Rangers legend fans used to sing on the terraces "theres only one Andy Goram".
After the schizophrenia thing Celtic fans started to sing "theres only two Andy Goram's". Genius!

Worst two weeks of my life, but honestly its real good

Sorry, not posted for a while. Heres whats happened in the past couple of weeks.
Lost my keys, phone and wallet on separate occasions. Someone found my wallet and used it draw over £300 out of my account.

Found out that one of my best mates, and flatmate has moved out without saying why, plus he doesn't talk to any of us anymore.

Tried to be a gentlman by walking a friend to a O'Henrys but then when I got back to Espionage they wouldn't let me back in, decided this gentleman stuff has to go. Espionage is shit anyway, if I didin't have a crush on my friend I would never go.

Being kicked out of university.

Got the flu, but drank my way out of it!

Fell out with my best mate of 17 years for the first time in almost 17 years, we're still not talking.

Sounds like a pretty shit week, its gets worse but so much better.

Got beaten unconscious in the street outside Bex bar by a gang of neds. At least I gave one of them a kicking.

Anyway, I still feel pretty damn happy, in fact, probably the happiest I've been in a long time.

Here's why, a friend of mine who I've had a crush on for about 3 years, Jen, on the night I lost my phone kissed me, then on the night I lost my wallet she kissed me then too.
I really don't know where I stand with her and I don't want to push things because, to be honest, I'm terrified of rejection, but its good, good, gooood!!!

Then me and my flatmate did all the gardening, it was a very nice day, decided to go out to meet Jen and her mate. Just to be a little different me and my mate decided to get dressed up, shirt, tie, cufflinks, we looked good. (note, we wore other stuff than just what we said there). We had a nice meal, a few drinks, met other friends, the night was going amazing. I fell out with Jen a little over something petty but we always do. Then after the clubs had closed we decided we would go to the casino.

I felt quite thirsty so I popped to the petrol station, then got a phonecall from my flatmate, the line went dead so I ran down the road to him where he was with his face dripping in blood.

I ran to get the rst of us and when i got back he was lay on the floor, the bastards had come back and beaten him up worse. My bloodied mate pointed towards a group of lads, I felt rage, saw red and forgot that I'm a skinny soft student and went to demand an explanation. Unluncky move, 10 seconds later I'm punching a ned on the floor, happy that he's on the receiving end of vengeance, 10 seconds after that theres a gang of neds kicking me in the ribs and then I'm told one stamped on my head.

Next thing I know, its hours later and I'm sat in a ward in Forester Hill feeling shit.
I'm told that there was a crowd around me and I was in a state, unable to breath or talk until the ambulance came. I can now remember Jen hugging me on the ground, saying that she was my girlfriend, kissing me, crying, demanding to come in the ambulance.

She waited at the hospital, came back home with me, stayed in my bed with me. We didn't even kiss after that but it felt great, I'm so smitten.

Seems like the past two weeks have been a massive black cloud, but it makes the silver lining just a little more worthwhile.

Anyway, come back in a couple of days and I'll post some pictures of my injuries.
Last Note: Kill all Neds!!!

Paolo Shitoli, legendary 'Ger!

This man is Paolo Vanoli, one of the overpaid, undertalented players at Rangers.

I have a passion of hate against this man, and he is the only reason I have ever doubted manager Alex McLeish's ability.

Currently across the last 11 games Rangers have rescued their season, raised the fans hopes and I can see one glaring reason, Vanoli has been injured, for 7 games in which Rangers have won 6 and drawn 1.

		Played		Won		Drawn		Lost		For		Against		Points
Vanoli Playing		41		25		7		9		79		36		82
Vanoli Not Playing		29		18		4		7		58		25		58

He's also just a small game player, you have to take into acount that this seasons hardest 3 games did not feature Vanoli, and since signing for Rangers has played against Celtic just once out of a possible 6 games. That last bit makes me happy, as I'm sure the greatest pleasure a Celtic fan could have would to see Vanoli running out of the tunnel at Parkhead.A quote from the Rangers website goes "Vanoli has made an impressive 35 appearance in his debut season, scoring two memorable goals". That is impressive, how has this flop made 35 appearances during his career?, and the only memorable goal I can think of in his debut season was when he slotted the ball past Klos into the Rangers goal. Klos is a great keeper yet Vanoli finished it so well he wouldn't have stood a chance. Apparantly he's back from injury soon, so unless McLeish accepts that the side is better off without him, its bye bye domestic silverware and bye bye Europe before Christmas.

I really hope McLeish gets a chance to read this!