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So. Had my mum, stepdad, sister and sister’s boyfriend over last weekend for a brief visit. Work got in the way again, so all it was possible to do really was go to vegetarian restaurants and walk about a bit. … Continue reading
I’m writing up my weekend at Lost Vagueness, expect that soon. After pulling a sickie for that I did a day of work then got genuinely ill. I’ll bet it was a corornation chicken sandwich I got from Somerfield. I … Continue reading
I slept in until 1pm, then went into town with Amalia to buy a zoot suit from Snoopers’ Paradise. It was refreshingly cheap. Handed in my passport renewal application which worked out at £49 (also known as a day’s work), … Continue reading
Woke at 11, had some lunch and off to work. Outside could hear the gay pride thing going on all day, cheering, fireworks, etc. It was very quiet, so I managed to type up a whole pile of notes. Stayed … Continue reading
Went out last night to the Unity pub quiz. Had two staropramen, two arguments, a beer spilled on me, got the quizmaster to say ‘I am a cunt’ in Czech repeatedly, came fifth (not bad as it was just me … Continue reading
Spent the last couple of days training pretty 20 year old girls. Now I’m drinking cherry beer. All is well.
It was my 26th birthday on Saturday, so I called up work at midday, had a cough down the phone a bit, then went off with Duncan & Amelia for my birthday treat meal in the American-style burger bar. It … Continue reading
When I was applying for jobs back in November and was offered this one I took it on the condition that it was just customer services and not sales. And so it was. Then last month we had a training … Continue reading
9am this morning
Me: “Good Morning. You’re through to James in customer services. Can I just confirm that you’re the principal cardholder?” Old Man: “Er… no. Listen.” Me: “Ok.” Old Man: “I tried to call you yesterday but couldn’t get through. I listen … Continue reading
So, you could say it was a different day today. Bad, obviously, but it also felt like we were living through some history, instead of the daily trudge, though the only incident down here in Brighton was the closure of … Continue reading
