Don't ask me what I want it for (Aahh Mr. Wilson)

So I sat down and tried to figure out how much I could afford in rent for my new house. The depressing thing is how much tax I have to pay and for a minute there I sat complaining about it. Then I realised I needed to get a grip... we can all talk about inequalities in life but at the end of the day the benefits you get from paying tax is the society in which we live. Now I am not claiming that we live in some Utopia but when someone like Josephine Rooney gets treated as hero it annoys me.

The Poll Tax riots were actually about something and I have no doubt about the problems that this woman had to put up with but how does she expect this to help? These issues do have to be highlighted and I'm sure everyone is agreed that action need to be taken but at the end of the day there are better ways to go about it.

You know I wrote all the above yesterday and wasn't eloquent enough to express how I felt. Anyway the punchline came today when it turns out the woman was feeding the people on her street and effectively making them stay there rather than seek help.

I felt rubbish before and now I feel great so I am going to buy some books and look for new home... more on my purchases as I get them.

Too much history coming down, Another building brought to ground

Hello Blog readers! Its the end of another Monday and we are rolling through another week it will soon be Christmas. Today I got my job stuff sort of sorted although there were the inevitable hitches and I'm sure I will have to keep trying and pushing myself forward in order to get where I want to be.

On a lighter note I had some chocolate m&ms today which I don't seem to be able to find in any shops anymore these days but were provided by some wonderful person. Admittedly it wasn't actually Duncan Ferguson but someone also as good but without the heading ability and random violent tendecies. Actually scratch that last bit - you know who you are!

I was also thinking more about finding a place to live today and I really need to get my finger out of my arse. On this theme I also need to sit down and figure out how much I can afford but if I don't get my pay rise until next month then I am away it seems pointless now until I come back. Am I just putting it off?

Wimbledon started today and it rained. Well they wanted some down south didn't they and yet they still bloody moan. I'm not a great fan of Tennis but I always have time for Martina Hingis and Kim Clijsters and lets face it theres always the excuse to watch posh people get excited over strawberrries and cream.

Is it worth the aggravation

In a step away from my talking about how I am lazy today I provide you with a list of wonderful lazy things I have done in my lifetime:

1. Used a Post-It note when picking my nose instead of getting a tissue.
2. Worn no socks because they were upstairs.
3. Drove my car to the shops which are five minutes walk away for a paper (regular occurance).
4. Not answered the door at 11am when I was awake in bed but couldn't be bothered standing up.

Hmm I can't think of more but I am sure I have lots... more as I think of them.

This town is for the counterfeit dreamers

I stayed up until about 5am reading last night because I didn't feel at all sleepy. I have always been a night person to be honest. If people wanted to get the most out of me at work they should put me on a 10pm to 6am shift because my brain seems to work better then. Anyway it was starting to get light as I went to sleep and the birds were waking up which is kind of a nice way to go to sleep. I couldn't imagine living in a city and having to sleep with traffic noise and the like outside it would just feel strange. I always feel claustrophobic in cities I'm sure its not how humans were designed to live at all.


I was reading something the other day about architecture (yes really) and how buildings were all the same these days and I think cities are particularly bad for this but especially industrial estates. We seem to have the best architects in the world in this country yet somehow feel imagination is only needed for the more high-profile buildings. Some of the buildings that have gone up in recent years I think are amazing not least the Gherkin. Also the redevelopment of Manchester (particularly Salford Quays) and now Liverpool (despite the fourth grace fiasco) has been good for the cities but it hasn't stopped the creating of more and more out of town shopping centres which are ugly horrible places that always depress me. I am not saying we should all live in futuristic buildings and in some places they would look ridiculous but surely some thought could go into the spaces people spend significant amounts of their lives? I think the environment can have a massive affect on peoples behaviour and attitude and with a little thought it could be a better looking and nicer place to live.

And all the people would smile and skip to work.. haha. I don't know its just a thought isn't it?

She measures everything in Metric

A special treat for you tonight with my Everton shirt that came out today and I received today despite being ordered after the deadline. A rare time of Everton being ahead of the game.

Anyway I fear there may be Everton overkill on here at the moment so I am going to discuss other matters from..... wait for it..... NOW!

I've been kind of bored today but still not bored enough to tidy all my crap up. I also need to ring CIPFA and the Evil Empire who seem to be waiting for my warranty to run out before telling me I can't have a replacement for my broken remote. Its not going to work though because I am in the mood to shout at someone at the moment.

Its not long now until I go to Belarus (the first link for Belarus is from the CIA haha read the bit about Government Type). I am starting to look forward to it now as with work and study I haven't left the country for a few years and it should be fun. I would explain all the reasons for it but its a long story and will probably come out in bits and bobs during these posts anyway.

Cos I Love to live so pleasantly, Live this life of luxury

Ok so its not sunny but it is afternoon and I am lazing so just get off my back right or I will send the heavies round. So the fixtures came out today and Everton "entertain" Watford on the opening day of the season in a repeat of the 1984 FA Cup Final. We won 2-0 and Elton John cried which I think you can agree pretty much is the definition of a great day. More worringly Everton play Chelsea on the last day of the season so lets hope we don't need anything from them games. We have Middlesbrough (seriously you should look at that link its amusing) and the barcodes over Christmas both at home which is always a good break from eating stupid amounts of food and farting. The closest fixture to my birthday (26th April fact fans) is Manchester United PLC so that should be fun huh?

My nephew is here today causing trouble as usual. He has just been telling me how Ronaldinho is his favourite player now which is progress from Beckham I guess. When he was first born I started getting him Everton shirts but now others have corrupted him and hes more a Wigan fan. What can you do eh? Anyway we are going to watch Italy v Czech Republic now although depending what happens I may watch Ghana instead.

Still no plans for anything to do and suggestions are welcomed.

One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life

I just stole the title of this post from a site that claims it is a Chinese proverb and I have no reason to believe it isn't true. I don't want to get too morbid but the reason why the road I usually used yesterday was because of a serious accident. From the sound of the article it suggests that the people in the car might have had something to hide but no one deserves that kind of think. It just makes you think when you get annoyed because of a slight delay in getting home when something like that has happened. The road is a terrible one anyway its poorly maintained and people go at stupid speeds on it because it is quite wide but it still makes you stop and think. I drive past here ten times a week and I just know that in a few weeks I will have forgotten this happened but its just another thing to remind people that you don't need to get anywhere THAT quickly.

On to a happier note and I am off for the next two days. Not sure what to do yet but if I think of anything I will be sure to let you all (I say all.. its just Kendra really) know.

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

Theres kind of a running theme with these titles isn't there? Today is a particularly good one I feel. Anyway I made it back alive from Manchester where it was raining as usual but I guess Manchester wouldn't be the place it is today without its climate. That doesn't help you much when overtaking a HGV on the M62 and gripping the steering wheel for dear life! To be honest I have had a traffic nightmare all day and without sounding like Eddie from Early Doors the road I usually drive home from work on was shut by the Police so I was stuck in traffic for hours.

So anyway I watched England. It was dull. I think that covers it doesn't it really? My mate seemed reasonably happy and we talked about meeting up for another match but we shall see. I'm not very good at making the effort when I know that I should do really because I much prefer it when I actually do stuff.

I am in work tomorrow and then I have Thursday and Friday off to watch football and catch up on sleep. I may finally get round to sorting out my CIPFA stuff now it is all done with and I can sit back and decide what I want to do next. Priority is to get my job sorted and then find a new place to live which is proper hard work but I know will make me much happier when I can slob about in my own place. Even talking about it tires me out to be honest. I shall leave it here for tonight.. goodnight y'all.

Altogether Now

So Saxondale wasn't that bad and if I remember I might even watch it next week although my memory is currently on a par with a Goldfish. Tomorrow night is a rare night in that I am going out to my mates to see England play Sweden. This match could feature three (yes three!) ex-Evertonians and as part of my build up I shall give you the lowdown on these massively talented individuals.

First up we shall deal with the fat lad. To be honest pretty much all I have to say is summed up here with possibly the greatest final line in the history of fat lad articles.

On to the Swedes and Messers Linderoth and Alexandersson. Its fair to say neither set the world alight at Goodison and frankly were terrible but I still kind of like Tobias and his dull passing style that makes you wonder whether hes awake. I saw Alexandersson more in the reserves at Southport than I did in the first team but he seemed out of his depth playing alongside such reserve legends as Chopra, Eagles and sundry other people who seem to never quite make it.

I got paid yesterday so I have money for a few days at least so I may go wild and purchase some books. Any recommendations will be considered and then ignored as I go for whatever takes my fancy when I get on Amazon. Don't let that put you off suggesting though, all comments will be read and I promise to only snigger behind your backs. I'm nice like that.

Tony "call me Tony" Blair was on 606 tonight discussing all things football and world cup. Now I don't know what it is but as a person I can't help but like the fella. I think overall its a shame that the whole Labour time in power will probably be defined by the Iraq war which was a situation from which I don't think there was any solution that could be called the correct one. I have always had difficulty reconciling my own thoughts about the war and was helped a lot by reading Saturday by Ian McEwan which kind of expressed my thoughts better than I can through its central character. Who really knows what the best decision was?

And now I am discussing Iraq rather than the whole Labour spell of power. I guess its inevitable but I do think Labour has improved the country as a whole. Is the country better now than it was in 1997? I tend to think so and over the coming years the massive investment in the NHS will hopefully begin to bare fruit. Its only by recognising how bad it was before that you realise how much it has improved. Now I don't claim everything is terrific and there haven't been mistakes but the thought of David Cameron or Ming in power? That scares me a hell of a lot more than re-electing Labour. All this and the fella only said he felt that Australia played quite well!

Its nearly sleep time now so I will leave you with my quote of the day:

"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none" Thomas Carlyle

Cock Piss Partridge

I'm a bit weary today with a cough that just won't go and eyes that struggled to stay open at work. I'm not generally an ill person to be honest and don't think I have had a day off School/College/Uni/Work since I was at Primary School. I can't decide whether that is a good thing or makes me a bit sad that I have never chucked a sickie. Anyway no doubt it will disappear like Bird Flu and Sars which were going to kill everybody but now seem to be less of a threat than Marcus Bent.

Today I have mostly been annoyed by people driving 40mph in national speed limit areas. This is surely as dangerous as people speeding because it causes anger among other drivers and leads people to do something stupid. I drive through the countryside a bit on my way to work and somedays I really want to scream at people.

Lets have something less depressing now. I am looking forward to Saxondale tonight because there isn't much good new comedy at the moment and I always hope Coogan will be as funny as he is in Alan Partridge. I guess he always hopes that too and there is always the pressure on to produce it must be almost frustrating to the point that you don't want huge success with something as you are stuck with it. Actually fuck them they earn loads of money from this stuff I'm sure they can live with a bit of pressure.

Anyway I will be back with my in depth review later. If I remember.

All You Good Good People Listen To Me

Well hello there pop pickers. Another weekend over and back to the coal face tomorrow for the daily grind. Ahem its a hard life eh?

So whats troubling me today folks? I just read an interview with Thom Yorke in the Observer Music Monthly which focuses mainly environmental and political issues which affect both him and his music. Now I will be honest here I have never been a big Radiohead fan (although I found myself singing along to Creep the other day... it scared me) and I am never very sure about any singer who can't spell Tom or York but after this interview I kind of like him more. I understand how it frustrates him that he knows how he would like things to be but can't see a clear way of it happening. Surely most people in life can relate to that?

I read the Observer every week now in an attempt to read something other than The Mirror which, lets be honest, is hardly a deep thinking paper. Anyway my issue with the Observer is it takes me too long to read and I find myself reading articles about Isabella Rossalini that I would't even think of reading normally. I have this isssue with magazines as well where I have to read them in order from the start and if I want to read an article later on I read all the bits in between just to get there. I'm starting to come across as borderline insane now aren't I? Whats that you say? Not even borderline? Now I am hearing voices....

Anyway I shall end now and get ready for the week ahead. Car keys, watch, wallet with £2.30 for car park and phone all set up for when I wake up. You know me and David Beckham don't seem that familiar but we might just be eh? That by the way I hope is the only Daily Mail article I ever link to. In fact don't even click on it because theres bound to be some "get those foreigners out of our country story" linked to it. Where was I? Oh yeah I'm going... cya folks.

Turning Japanese

They are on the telly now and I thought at least the titles of these things could be witty eh? Anyhow I had a nice lie in this morning and refused to get up for the idiot who knocked on the door constantly for about 20 minutes. I'm not a morning person.

So plans for today are pretty much read the paper and watch football again along with that difficult task of getting petrol. I now can't buy petrol without buying Midget Gems. Is that obsessive compulsive behaviour or just being a fat git? The important questions in life that are never answered by politicians eh? One day when I am PM I shall have an independent inquiry into all of this and it won't be just an excuse to get free Midget Gems at all.

So what will today bring? I was feeling kind of down last night so maybe I will get a surge of energy today but I wouldn't bet on it folks. I am now off to read about all things Everton and will leave you with the wonders that is Goodison Park...

So I have a blog now?

I really just wanted to post on someone elses blog and now I have one of my own. Anyway I am not going to tell anyone about this but hopefully I will manage to keep up to date with it. I will warn you now not to expect much excitement or thrilling tales of white water rafting but there may be cautious warnings of pooing and white shorts.

Important stuff people.

Anyway to start off our journey into my world lets discuss today shall we? Are you sitting comfortably? I did nothing at all. Didn't even put my socks on so I didn't leave the house. The World Cup is on so I have some excuse but I would be lieing if I said that wasn't a normal Saturday anyway.

Anyhow I want to put a pic in here so lets....