Not again...

My ability to do stupid things knows no bounds.
The first thing I did was to send kat a birthday card with no stamp on (although it got there really quick, and didn't cost kat anything to receive it, which they said it probably would do).

Just two days later, I accidentally deleted all the numbers from my phone memory! Fortunately they were still stored on the SIM card (or most of them were - I've lost a handful) or I'd have been really fucked.

Must buy a brain that actually works...

Valentine's Day Moshacre

Ah, another quality event from A/IM and RockSoc!

Really wanted to go up to the event, as I didn't have a valentine (see previous post, Arse). Headed up on my own (god, how pathetic), but met loads of people I know up there, so that was OK. Hung around with Hannah and Graham for quite a while - think we said something about we were gonna get tattoos or summit.

Danced like a loon, and admired bob's girfriend's friend Jo. Didn't really feel like making a move though (or was probably just a bit too drunk...)

At least they weren't advertising a different event happening at the same time across in the bridge, this time.

Reunion thingy this weekend just (?) gone

It was great, but also sad 'cause I won't see Becca or Chloe (damn, can't get the dots over the e...) for ages now. They go traveling round the world next week.
Sarah Beane didn't show as she had a huge hangover. Apparently. Very poor show. Rich and his brother came, and were in a pretty good mood :-)
Obviously Rob was there, but I see Rob all the time - next will be his gig at the Hobbit on Saturday!
Michelle, looking gorgeous as ever, invited me to her 'Pikie or Pashmina' themed house-warming party in a couple of weeks in London. Fits in with visiting my granddad, so should make it.

God that vindaloo was hot!

Last Legal Hunt Today

The Ban on hunting with dogs comes into force tomorrow, making today's hunts the last legal hunts. Personally, I'm in favour of the ban, however, I don't see it as a massive priority. I'm pleased it has come in, and pleased that the Parliament Act used to force it through without the Lords consent was upheld as a legal piece of legislation.

However, I fear that now there will be many illegal hunts, with massive strain on police resources.

I guess we shall see...

Arse

So there I was, having lunch with the gorgeous Leonie, just about to tell her how enchanted I am with her, and how we would be great together. She must have read my mind, as out from her mouth popped the dreaded 'B-word'. Boyfriend. I tried to carry on as normal, but my face fell. She met him last term, apparently. Feck...

Oh well, plenty more fish, oh I can't do this.

Fucked off, really.
Never felt I've connected with anyone quite like with Leonie.

So if I seem in a bad mood, I am, so fuck off :-)

Well I never!

The train I get home to Manchester crashed today - thankfully noone was hurt - I wasn't even on it - but a little worrying. Check the link for the 'comedy' value of it though...

Rhino's

After the seriousness of the last couple of posts, something a bit lighter now :-)

Rhino's last night was great! The music was excellent, with highlights including Pixies, Biffy Clyro, Hell is for Heroes and Less Than Jake (Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts!!!). Oh and Arcarsenal by At The Drive-In, causing Bob to almost collapse in excitement. The drinks flowed, and I managed the usually impossible (for me, anyway) feat of getting nicely drunk without going too far and falling asleep!

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Tomorrow (Friday), I'm off to Oxford to see my sister and the girl I adore (no, not my sister, you sicko). I haven't seen Leonie since the summer, when we nearly started going out, but I'm hoping to convince her she's ready for me now...
...wish me luck!

How does this help?

Sick. Sick. Sick.
This is not accidental.
This is a deliberate killing of a ten-year-old girl while she plays in her school's playground.

Is it any wonder the Palestinians hate Israel?
Of course, this does not legitimise any attacks on Israeli civilians, but you can understand the hatred behind them.

A New Iraq?

While I was over in Nice, the elections in Iraq took place. Is this the beginning, as the Bush Administration claims, of a new democratic Iraqw which will help spread democracy around the Middle East, or will the cycle of violence continue for years to come, possibily even causing civil war in Iraq?

The only English language tv channel I had in the hotel was CNN, and my French is not nearly good enough to understand fast-talking newsreaders. As a result, I now appreciate the media outlets we have here in the UK a lot more. The coverage the elections received on CNN was so optimistic and positive, I actually believed they had gone almost flawlessly, with massive turnouts all around the country. To be fair, as time went on, the channel did show some reports of lower turnouts in Sunni areas, and also showed reports from Arab newspapers and TV channels. However, the initial reporting left me with a very distorted picture of the elections.
Nonetheless, they went better than could have been expected, with many fewer deaths than I feared, and as high a turnout as I hoped in Shi'ite areas. Hopefully the Sunnis can be engaged in the drafting of the constitution, otherwise civil war is a very real possibility.

jon = a bit rubbish, really

OK, so I decided to go to Nice with a coupled of mates for a few nights, and booked some flights and hotel rooms. Got to Heathrow and went up to the check-in desk...

"Did you all book together?" the woman asked. I'd only gone and fucked up the booking, so only one ticket was booked, not three.
How hard can it be to book some flights on the internet, you might ask. Well, too hard for me, obviously... Suffice to say, my mates weren't particularly impressed, and are probably plotting to kill me as I speak. They had to pay over £100 more each than the original ticket would have been for last minute flights!

Apart from that, and them arriving in Nice 4 hours after me, the trip was great, and really relaxing - the main objective after months of stress. Glorious sunshine during the day gave way to freezing cold as soon as the sun set, but had a great time just pottering about the old town and lazing on the beach.