I quit my job. For reals this time.
Basically, i finished my ONE WEEK notice and they tried to get me to work until the end of this week which since i'm also working starbucks would've meant no day off and doing double-shift all through the weekend (getting up at 5AM working til 11 then working 12-5 or 5-10). Today i basically when in and said that I would do either today or tomorrow (so i have a day off) and that I can't work both jobs on the weekend. The manager threw a strop and shut down avoiding eye-contact and replying with a curt 'yip' to anything i said whilst i was trying to sort out a happy medium. Eventually I gave up, said sorry and left OMG4EVAS!!!!! (sorry). I gave it my best shot, there was nothing legally obliging me to stay so it would have been a favour more than anything and they responding by trying to get me to believe that my notice was for 2 weeks WHEN IT CLEARLY IS NOT.

So yeah. Now I feel weird. I've gotten as close as I could get to shouting 'I QUIT!' and flouncing off without actually leaving in a puff of stage smoke. I did my best and tried to meet them halfway but they wanted all or nothing. I can't give all, so I'll give nothing. Simple as that. Still sucks though.

On the bright side, I've now got friday and saturday afternoon free, as well as a day off today and tomorrow. Ying yang, good luck bad luck-who knows? 

Oh, and my new manager apparently also said that the 2 week thing is bollocks too, which helps :)

J
 

News time children!:

*I had an interview at Starbucks yesterday for a Barista position with chance of promotion.

*Tom had swine flu, he's ok now though! :)

*My throat is killing me, it's all dry and sore :(

*There is a possibility of new people moving in but it's not definite and i have no idea how it would work.

J

I miss university :(
Where has everybody gone...?

I guess the only way is up :)

Ok so we moved into the house, that went pretty well, I'm sooo glad i'm away from the end-of-year noise! It's a very pretty house, and i know i shouldn't be excited about bedclothes but i love my bed more than a woman should. Getting into it after a long day on my feet is lamost better than sex. Almost. Talking of work, it's really really bizarre. So far I've only done 4 shifts and I'm on my second day off but it feels like I've been there for ages. In a bad way, alas :( My feet have seen better days, crazy twisted up bits of flesh that they are. It sucks i have to work on my results day (Thursday) but at least I've got friday off!
My rents also gave me a boost when i came clean about how in the poo with money i am, through afer getting tv/internet yesterday i'm not as abad as some it seems! I've been getting into this show on Really called 'Bank of Mum and Dad' which is about twenty-somethings being cut off from their parents financially and being forced to budget and sort out their own money problems. I have to say that money woes are not as bad as the ones on the show, some one on there i saw was £33,000 in debt on a similar salary to mine!!! They paid for a car (£11,000) on a CREDIT CARD and were paying £500 a month on nights out alone. It makes me feel Pret-ty smug that I'm nowhere near as bad as that! I'm mean I'm using tips alone to contribute towards a new bike for fucks sake (And that's not such an outlandhish idea since over the course of 2 proper shifts front of house i earned £25 in cash tips alone, yippeee!).

And  that's pretty much all that's occuring in real-life land. I'm bloody shattered, but at least it's teaching me how to make the most of my time off! Girls come over at 6 to see the house and get chinese, huzzah!

J

I am so le tired. It has been a surpisingly productive day!

got up at stupid-AM to read film script, went to town for coffee and got my standing order for rent sorted as well as change in address and had spoons for lunch :) Then went home to meet script-writer guy to talk about his script for almost three hours (WTF?!?)

And now all i have to do is get a career. During the recession. Hahahahahahahahahaahaaaaaaaa.

Also i got glitter hair spray for saturdays party 0.0
I'm gonna look dazzling all right!

J

I think I've got a Job! I say think cos I'm 95% sure I've got it. In case you haven't noticed Alice's post, It's a waitressing job at Frankie and Benny's, I got the interview on Tuesday and had it today-bit bloody speedy! It was ALL really fast tbh, I sat down in my fancy-pants please-hire-me clothes and five minutes later after confirming that i've had previous experience, can work in a team and on my own and was really flexible with time she said she'd could really see me having a place in the front-of-house team and that she'd get back to me on Monday to confirm and sort out rota's and stuff. Like i said, 95% sure I've got it (Which would rock BTW) but remaining reserved until I know for sure. *yoinks thunder back* I hope both me and Alice get work there, partly because it's about a mile away from the house and we'd be working some days until 12am (so a bit of company would be safer) but mainly because it would be great to be working with a friend, company at work HURRAZ!
Ack I wish i knew for certain if i've got it! She said she was looking for a whole replacement team (Her current one is buggering off to uni-bizarre huh?) and a bartender so there should be room for both of us (Post only opened up on the 11th) hence why i suggested Alice go for it too (I also suggested Tom went for the bartender job, hey it's extra mulah, huh) this is just the crazy paranoia making me doubt myself, the same stuff that made me think I would never get through the interview at all. Please be monday, I'm paranoid and VEXED.
Nack...I've proabably got it. Yes.

In other news, what happens when you go to a cocktail party that runs from 3-7? You get royally trampolined before it's even gone seven, fast asleep by eight and annoying awake and dehydrated by 11. Nyah.

J

Not going to Mexico. Or getting married. According to BBC news 24 it can only be carried by honeymooning newly-weds.

J

I am actually quite happy.

This is a suprise since over the last few weeks i have been stressed upto my eyeballs-not helped by the fact i wrote down the wrong submission date for my Post-colonial womens writing stuff and spent 14 hours working to finish up in time.

BUT my dissertation is half way through a good dusting, and i am going to be living in the best house in the world. Well in Reading anyway. Seriously its like a student haunted house! There's even a bat on the door knocker!!! And my room is dry and warm has a double bed and a huge window with a garden-side view. IT'S SO BIG!!!
Why can't it be june 1st now....the house-warming party will be EPIC.

I just need ajob now and I'm sorted! At least i won't end up being back up north when this uni stuff is over :)

Also it's my 22nd birthday on tuesday. But that is a submission date away.

J

Honestly? 20. The first thing i realised when i turned 20 was that my life upto that point was basically preparation for real-life. I don't think you really start your life properly until 20s because you're so restricted and still learning what's what. I'm not pretending that now I'm in my twenties i'm the wise witch of the forest, nor am i belittleling moments of wisdom and clarity when i was younger-but i have not had much freedom and control in my life until now. Not only do i feel more in control, but more importantly, i feel the confidence to control it independantly. I just don't think you get that when you're younger.
Although i am willing accept exception when it comes to younger people who have had to grow up quickly, though i think it's a pity they are forced so quickly out of childhood.

J 

Nope. I really really don't. In fact, the only difference is that when i put my foot in my mouth online it can be recorded for all eternity.


J

I am unusually organised for this end of term time 0.0
I say so because I'm only 200 words off finishing my work for the term. Considor that last year i had 7000 words to write in a DAY. This is an improvement. :)

This holiday is going to be hellish though. I've been planning everything out and it looks paaaaaaiiiiinnnnfuuuuuul......mainly with the epic dissertation of death, but since it's so vital to my final mark i can't afford to skimp out. Bloody awkward having a workbook AND  an essay to do as well (though apparently the word count has gone down from 4000 to 2500.....*suspicious w00t?*) And i wish the exam timetable was up ALREADY. I need to know when myt exam is so i can plan revision dangnabbit. Yeah...this is why updateyness hasn't reall happened....third year uni work is hardly a fascinating topic....and it's bloody hard to think of something else to talk about. Though! I could talk about Knightmare and how awesome it is. Yes, yes i think i shall. It's fantastic, though it's a bit weird for me-most people remember it as the Virtual Reality DnD themed kid's show with the big helmet in the 80s. But i missed it in the 80s/90s and only caught it when the reruns were being shown on challenge back when i had only just started college. So it pretty much reminds me of summery days spent indoors as a nymphish 17 year old. Quite a nice anchor given the current circumstances. Those kids were pretty thick though.....

That wasn't much better, huh.....oh dear....I'm not doing too well.....

J

I am the dead.

It's day three and i still feel like a zombie warmed up.
Friday was fun though, i ended up at 30 breaths a minute (below 20 is the normal rate so yeah, just a little fast) disorientated and aching all over. Calling my Dad (who told me i might need to go to hospital if my breathing didn't calm down) at midnight then calling the on-call doctor (Who prescribed MILK FOR FUCKS SAKES and told me to only call again if it was serious) then calling Dad again (Who basically said not to take the on-call doctors BS just bcause he got the late shift) then eventually, after it finally calmed down i got some sleep. Saturday was a blur of boredom. Fluids, Bed-rest and Lemsip. And no DvDs left to watch. Tom offered to stay to keep and eye on me but he has a funeral for his friend back home so i couldn't in good conscience make him stay. I can't even work because my head feels like it's full of fudge, everythings sticky and slowed down. I can't even see properly! :( And now we are on Sunday, and i'm debating going into town, blurgh or not, i am so fucking bored. I can only hope it all goes away for tomorrow -_-

J 

I'm year of the Rabbit (1987 makes me a FIRErabbit) which is apparently conflict-hating, creative, shy and also the luckiest of all the signs. Apparently.

A further four interesting facts:
1. I have a cousin who was born on my birthday in 1999-the last year of the rabbit. I try not to like him the best :)
2. In some parts, the rabbit is replaced with a cat. Which (if it's true) means Fruits Basket was WRONG.
3. In Jackie Chans animated adventures, the sign of the Rabbit granted super speed. that would be so cool.
4. Apparently my mortal enemy is the Cock. Go figure. Appropiatly, the only cousin i have who was born on the year of the Cock is my LEAST favourite. I don't let zodiac dictate my life, she's just a pain in the arse. Marvelous coincidence though :)

Personally I'm very happy with this sign. Well, i suppose it sucks i missed out on being a Dragon, but hey, what kind of dragon gets beaten by a RABBIT?

Hurray for the year of the OX! This is the year my cousin, my mum and Tom feel significantly older :)

I have also taken my geekdom to an entirely new level. I haz ze D&D volume 4 (Player manual, DM manual and Monster Manual....and a campaign guide) as well as lotsa dices :P

J

Not sleeping. So tired and i can't even work it's so fucking horrible. Ijust want to sleep but i can't. I hate this. how the hell am i going to finish my essay for thursday? I'm pretty sure it's too late for extenuating circumstances. Fufkcfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.

Well for the millionth night in a row i am awake at crazy-o-hour. This is getting quite annoying. I ended up staying up til half seven last night/yesterday morning, and i ended up falling asleep at nine yesterday evening and waking up at eleven WIDE A-FUCKING-WAKE.
This sucks :( Thank fuck i have an insane amount of games (Though at least three of the them are too scary to play on my own at night, well not scary, just not sleep-safe if you know what i mean, i've also been having a lot of nightmares lately).
So here i am. First entry of the year, up at half four watching 'Arrested Development' and cooking pasta randomly. ACK.
I hope i'm ok tomorow, I'm going to London to shop with Sophie and then i've got to finish my essay before a week wednesday.
My life is a flurry of magic and wonder.

My God i have nothing to say! Maybe it's the insomnia but there is actually nothing interesting to say! At least I've got a party to look forward to.
I would talk about xmas and new year but to honest xas was such a bland dissapointment i can't even remember what happened. Swear to God, it was all just too much too busy to really have much conscious awareness that christmas was happening at all :( New year was good though, small but nice :)
Sorry for being so boring!

J

So today's a big day for me, i acually left NEUTRAL FEEDBACK ON EBAY!!!! :O

Well the fucker sold me the item, then promptly told me they didn't have it and refunded me. So there.
And i haven't been able to find fleecy, pink leg-warmers since :(

'I brought you a pretty. But i eated her. OH NOES!!!1'

Made me laugh :D

Also:

'Short duck IN RICE!'

Don't ask, it's 2am, i'm not supposed to make sense.



E MENTIONED IT *glares*, we went for a mad rampage on Wednesday. I went over to Laura's for roast dinner and to inflict 'Swing Time' on her (I am actually a little bit delighted she liked it, even though i think her eyes almost popped out when Astaire started 'blacking up'...oh you crazy 1930s dancing rascists, you....). So anyways, Laura said she wanted to give me a lift home and go warm up the car in doing so, and rachel decided to come too. However, we then somehow ended up detouring on a magical tour of Reading's 'burbs, looking for xmas pretties and roads with funny names (though a school disguised as a public library almost ate us.....that was not so good). We ended up going round Bulmershe and then started heading to south Wales.....as you do :) I almost wish we hadn't found a roundabout to u-turn on :)

Livejournal is eating my letters. OH NOES WTF?
*see above*

Everyone is alsleep and boring. WHERE WERE THE DAYZ?!

J

From </a></font></b></a>pill_so_sweet

Put your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title.

Good Morning Campers!

Calling Elvis, is anybody home?
So you think you can tell Heaven from Hell?
So 1,2,3, take your hand and come with me,
It's late at night, and i'm feeling down.

He met Marmalade down at old new Orleans
It's okay in the day, i'm staying busy
Girl you really got me going
Slash Dot Dash Dot Slash Dot dash Dot Slash Dot Dash, Dot Com

People everywhere, sense of expectation hanging in the air
Winding your way down to Baker Street
Tequila! it makes me happy!
He walked into the party like he were walking onto a yacht

NO! Stop you robbers, your little numbers up!
You ought to ask Mr Mistoffelees
I've done a lot, God Knows I've tried
i wasn't Jealous before we met

When i got on the stand i thought i'd take a peek at the jury
Sally called, when she got the word
Now i wanna sniff some glue!


That is quite possibly the strangest thing i've ever written. More like music lyrics than poetry, neh?

J 

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To be or not to be??
I am __ Hungry and about to have a shower
I am __ everyday: sleepy
I am never __: without some jewelry and eyeliner
I am proud of __: my gaming prowess
I am ashamed of __: My weight
I was __ when I was 5: Ambitious :)
I was __ when I was 10: directing flying lessons. Seriously.
Provoking Thoughts
__ makes me smile: Fuzzy feelings
__ makes me laugh: Russel Howard, Ed Byrne, Dara O'Brien and various comedy panel shows.
__ makes me cry: People doing bad things for no adequetly justified reason.
__ makes me angry: People who do nothing about it/people who pretend to help to benefit themselves
__ makes me nervous/scared: Goign out in the dark, being hated
__ makes me wonder: Everything
Me. Me. Me.
I want __: A UNICORN
I need __: Some food, a shower and now a wee :( In terms of more long term goals: To lose more weight and GET THIS F***ING DEGREE.
I hope __ happens: Something unexpectedly nice
I have __: A lot that i should show more gratitude for.
I wonder __: Why Coke is so damn tasty? Chemicals FTW?
I know __: That Ill get there eventually, and bad feelings will pass.
I love__: My friends and family...and the less obvious answer: Coffee, donuts and Arrested Development :)
I understand __: Why stuff happens (from a theoretical POV)
I think __: I might donate some eggs. Again, i'm being serious here.
I believe in __: My own ability to DO THIS THANG.
Negatory.
I don't want __: To die alone
I can do without __: Being depressed and stressed all the time
I hope __ never happens: The 2012 thing
I don't have __: A lot of time
I hate __: Ignorance and disgusting selfishness
I don't understand __: Why people are such arsholes sometimes
I don't know __: what might have been if Elizabeth had survived
I don't think __: I'd like to know
I don't believe in __:  Obligatory happy endings outside of the films or in 'evil' people
I refuse to __: Stop
Senseless.
I see __: My laptop :p
I smell__: Is cold a smell?
I hear__: Someone, somewhere in Childs, tapping a radiator
I feel __ (emotion): Lonely
I feel __ (physically): Very aware that I'm naked. And cold.
I taste__: Nothing
I sense __: A disturbance in the Force
Make A Wish.
I wish I could be __: Thinner and pretty, please.
I wish I could see __: Tom and Spring coming early.
I wish I could hear __: music i'm not bored with
I wish I could feel __: Happier
I wish I could smell __: Vanilla
The Bigger Picture
I respect __: honesty, ESPECIALLY when it's hard.
I support __: The 'why can't we just all get along?' fictional Campaign.
I value __: the oppurtunities i have been given.
I realize __: That there is a fucking BREEZE coming from my window and thats why i am so damn cold. WTF?
I ponder about __: Lots of stuff.
I am determined to __ sometime in my life: Act again, properly.
MY LIFE IS __ .: MEH!

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Dear .
Words cannot express how much I drank last night. So let me at least write you this: Ever since we met I feel like an alien on my own planet. I think it was a mistake to put experimental drugs in your coffee, but I simply didn't have the strength to walk like an egyptian. Why, oh why are handcuffs so expensive? But let's no longer dwell on the past! I know you are not as good in bed as your ad says, so I'm sure you'll agree with me if I say that Jack Baur should not be coming onto you like that. Long story short, I feel that my h@XX0r sk!llz outrank yours by far so I've decided to blow up your car and collect the insurance money. I don't expect you to understand, but I expect you to kill the eyewitness. Please fix the coffee machine when I'm gone.
With half-hearted greetings and thinly veiled disgust,

-Mistletoey


...y'know what? I'm not even going to copy/paste the explaination to all this. It seems oddly apropiate and not-entirely-random anyway.


J

So. I'm back from Venice-land (cos i've forgotten if i've mentioned this already or not) AND i'm moved into Childs. PROPERLY this time :)
Ilive in Z unit, which is all girls and a real breath of fresh air in comparision to the boys unit (which is full of stern looking people who smell and play loud music...tom excluded of course) and even the mixed unit of my freshers (which involved a lot of fuss and controversy over very little at all). I finally met some people who live here, the only ones of which who i can remember are Nicky and Vicky. But they seem like a very nice (not to mention weird....yayz ^.^) bunch. We talked about the most random crap for hours and hours. Literally from when i went in after Tom and Alice etc. had gone to when Tom came back for his keys (he'd only just caught me in time). IT certainly means using the kitchen will be less awkward :) Oh, they also know who Alice is now cos they were like 'Who lives in 11'? and 'Whose the girl with the pink hair?' and i thought it would be helpful. As i said, they seem really nice and WEIRD. I cannot emphasise enough how important it is that they are freaks like us. Though watch them turn out to be really normal now :P Nicky seems to be into cool stuff including disney films and silent disco's and Vicky bascally doesn't give a shit about shallow stuff and is not easily offended either :) The other girl who lives in 7 seems alright too (apparently into her drugs, she informed me about the rave in the forest that apparently happens at the same time as the end of year ball) but vanished pretty quick after a huge promo on my drugs are a-ok. I'm not saying they're not, it's just she seemed a little desperate to defend her point of view. She also didn't uinderstand that i was cooking Spag Bol despite me explaining this several times. Oh well.

My first 2-hour seminar finishes in 12 hours.........................i'm so nervous, i've never had a seminar that hasn't followed a lecture, before 0.0

Howzat for a fairly normal post :D

J