Cherry Vision

Rise Against

2006-09-13T23:04:30Z

Just got back from seeing Rise Against at the Mean Fiddler. I haven't really heard a lot of their stuff before, I actually only really knew one of their songs, Swing Life Away, but it was good all the same, and Tom had a really good time. We also got to see Ben and John too which was cool.

Tomorrow I'm working from 12:00 until 23:15, so will probably not have enough time to post as I also need to go shopping. Hopefully at some point they will put me on screen 2, I really want to see Snowcake and that is the only thing on at Swiss Cottage that I haven't seen now!

So my next post will probably be on Friday just before Jen, Penny and Clare come to visit, who I'm really looking forward to seeing again, but I haven't planned what we are actually going to do at all! I'm sure I'll work something out...

Casino Fun

2006-09-12T23:17:09Z

Another fun day off today. Stayed and had a nice lie-in for a while today just surfing the net and Tom managed to cook us both some pasta for lunch, which was nice.

Then we went out into London, saw Tom's uni (UEL) which is massive compared to mine and we had a drink in the student cafe. Then we explored around the Tower of London for a bit before going to Swiss Cottage park for a picnic and then to the cinema to see A Scanner Darkly. It was... different... an animated conspiracy film about drugs in the future, but was very complicated and difficult to keep on track of things.. Let's just say I'm glad it was free.

Then off we went to Leicester Square and Tom persuaded me to go to the casino. I soon found out why he wanted to go in - he won £13 overall. I lost £15... oh well! I had fun all the same. Mel, I promise to take you one day - just try not to lose everything!!

Films and Family Day

2006-09-11T19:41:36Z

There have been some horrible rumours at work - there are lots of new starters at the minute, me being one of them, but apparently, the cinema only usually keep two of us, then get rid of the rest after the probation period. At first I was very worried about this. What if I was fired? Then neither me, nor Tom would have a job. But then, a miracle happened - they made me poster girl. I am now in charge of all promotional material, which is usually a supervisor's duty, so I suppose they must like me - so I think my job is safe. It has really pissed off some of the other new starters though - some of them have been there over a month, then I stroll on in and steal their job after 3 shifts. Oh well, as Kiddie says "its a dog eat situation".

Since then, I've decided that working at the cinema is quite cool - mainly due to all the free films I get to see...

Last week at work I got to see The Sentinel, which is about a plot within the Secret Service to kill the president. I thought it was quite good, but as always with these high suspense mystery films the acting was slighty over done and there seems to be a slight twinge of propaganda about it.

I also saw Volver, a subtitled Spanish film starring Penelope Cruz as a grieving daughter, whose mother, after burning to death years ago, come back to help resolve the problems occuring around her family. This is a truly moving film, and I urge you all not to be put off by the subtitles. This is easily the best acting I have seen for years.

We went to Leicester Square on Friday night to see You, Me and Dupree, which, whatever raziel79 says, isn't that bad. Yes, predictable, but still a nice easy to watch film with a feel-good ending. Then me and Tom went to a 50's diner called Ed's where they sell the best milkshakes in the world. I had a strawberry shake and Tom had an oreo cookie shake, which he has barely stopped talking about since.

Then yesterday my whole family came over and we went to Pizza Hut and then saw The Wicker Man, which, is horrible. I thought it was really good to begin with, and then the ending was just awful. I literally left the cinema in tears, I think that might be because I'm a little more stressed and on edge recently though.

Today I worked, and because it was a day shift on the quietest day of the week, I got to watch 2 films and didn't have to do very much else! I saw Little Miss Sunshine, which is about a dysfunctional family making it across America in time to enter the daughter into a beauty pageant. Then I saw Right at Your Door, which is no where near as funny. It is about a series of chemical bombs going off in LA and centres on one man who has to seal himself into his house, whilst his wife is missing outside. It has quite a clever ending, but still, the majority i quite depressing and I really wouldn't recommend it.

For more in-depth reviews I shall be updating the_film_club soon.

So until next time - live the dream!

Hello London!

2006-09-07T08:42:25Z

I've been offline for the past few days because our landlord had an overdue bill for the internet, and so they cut us off. Great way to start off in our new pad, but its all cool now.

It's all been going great - but not without a few hiccups of course.

The lock on the front door is so stiff I can barely (if at all) open the door, I lost my keys down the bathroom sink, the fire alarm kept going off (one night at 3am) and both me and Tom are hideous cooks (I can't scramble eggs, and Tom burns toast).

Never mind!

My travel skills have also improved a lot - this time last year I could never have made it around the tube alone, now I think I've got the hang of it. Even if Tom doesn't think so - he's taken to habit of walking behind me in my shadow letting me decide the direction we're supposed to take next. It's kinda creepy sometimes, like having a stalker lol. One day I am gonna have a mugger following me or something and just think that its Tom!

Above is one of my most frequently used stations, Westminster. That's the station where I change to get on the jubilee line to university and work.

Work has been going ok. It's a much different set-up to Cineworld, and they don't seem to have any formal training, they kinda dump you in the deep end, wait till you make a mistake, and then tell you what you've done wrong! The other thing thats weird is that its even more quiet than Cineworld, which I thought could never happen - they had a small rush at the end of the evening last night and all the staff were shocked and proclaimed, "Isn't it so busy!" I felt like saying, "No..." but oh well, at least it will be easy.

I also got an employee film card yesterday, so I can see as many films at any Odeon in the UK that I want and I have 12 tickets per quarter(3 months) for family and friends, so me and Tom are going to Kensington Odeon on Friday, and then as soon as something decent comes out at Leicester Square in the big screen we're gonna go there.

My next shift is today, so I better hurry up and get ready. I'm working from 13:00 to 23:15, so have to leave here at about 12:15ish. It's quiet a long shift I suppose, but I need the money of course. Hopefully they'll put me back on screens today and so I can just sit and watch the movies hehe.

See you soon!

Bye Bye Activity Superstore

2006-08-31T07:54:22Z

Well today is my last day at Activity Superstore.

Besides the nagging customers, the annoying journey to work and the frequent buzzing in my ears I have quite enjoyed working here. I will definitly miss the people very much, and hope they all keep in touch.

Thanks for making my GAP year interesting guys. Wishing you all luck for the future, whatever you do.

Mindy (aka The Machine)
xxx

Bowling

2006-08-31T07:53:13Z

On Tuesday, because my Mum wanted me to stay in and pack, I wasn't able to go to bowling in Harlow with Penny and the gang as usual. But last night, kinda made up for it by taking Kay bowling.

It felt really good actually - I won everything! Both games of bowling, three games of pool and a game of air hockey. Champion!!!

Will miss Kiddie, I don't really talk to her all that much at home, and we argue a lot, but 'twill be weird not to have her around to annoy anymore. Or borrow her clothes. Mind you, she was really sweet last night, and gave me one of her tops that I really like :)

Bye bye Kay
xxxx

Films and Festivals

2006-08-28T10:26:57Z

Having a good bank holiday weekend so far.

Had to work Saturday, but it was ok because they are always really easy. Then in the evening me and Tom stayed in and watched Half-light starring Demi Moore. It's quite good, but because I'm a wimp I did spend most of the evening hiding behind tom.

Then, yesterday me, Tom and my family all went to the beer festival at The Gate Pub in Sawbridgeworth. It was quite good, even though neither me nor Tom drink real ale lol. There was a bit of drama with Kiddie, but its all sorted now I think. She kept disappearing to meet up with some guy at another pub, who my mum seems to think is a pimp. Don't ask me to explain, because I don't really understand it much myself!

In the evening me and Tom stayed in again and watched Initial D, its a Japanese film about boy racers, I didnt want to see it, but Tom had been wanting to watch it for weeks so I gave in. Oh well, at least he bribed me with toffee popcorn. I love popcorn!

Got to go, I'm off to the Water Margin soon with Mum, Dad, Kay and Tom. Should be fun :)

Dashboard Confessional

2006-08-25T12:35:41Z

Long time, no update.

Life is getting quite exciting now. It's a bit chaotic with the rush to try and read all my books before I start at university, get everything sorted and packed for moving in and arranging my new job, which I start the day after I leave! So yeah, chaotic, but exciting.

Apart from the chaos have had a good week.

On Tuesday, me, Tom, Ben and John went to see Dashboard Confession at the Barfly in London. Was wicked!!

Then on Wednesday, me and Mum went out for an Indian. We went to the new one near Flaunt, and I have to say, it was the best Indian ever! Go to Top Table for a review, star ratings and menu.

Yesterday, Thursday in the evening I went around my friend's for a take-away and was very unimpressed with Chuntney Joe. I have never had such a watery massala - plus it was yellow. Korma is yellow, shouldn't massala be red?

Don't know what I'm doing tonight - probably reading... I have 10 books to read before the 25th September. Wish me luck!

Meet Smilin' Sam!

2006-08-18T15:20:33Z

He's our new cuckoo clock! We didn't get a toaster in the end, because Heather bought one for us, so we splashed out on a funky clock instead. It's really funny :)

In other news I have a job for when I got to university. I had my interview yesterday and got a callback within the hour. I start on 2nd September, the day after I move to London, at the Odeon, Swiss Cottage. It's pretty much next to my university - so really easy for me to get to.

Tom's still looking, but we handed out a load of CVs yesterday, so fingers crossed!

Going to Bibbey's tonight which should be fun. He had a load of his weird friends there last time, who kept looking at me as though I was the devil. Not just a devil, THE devil. But hopefully they aren't coming.

UPDATE: Have now made a new icon featuring our cool new cuckoo clock!

Dashboard Confessional

2006-08-13T18:58:18Z

Oh my god! I totally forgot to tell you guys - I'm going to see Dashboard Confessional!!

It is absolutely amazing, because not only are they my favourite band but it is at a really small venue - only about a 200 person capacity! Yay!!

So, to celebrate I have made 4 new icons:

Tell me what you think, and if you like take for your own use :)

Happy Birthday

2006-08-13T15:13:31Z

HAPPY BIRTHDAY michygeary

Cars and Champagne

2006-08-13T10:46:08Z

Yesterday was a pretty standard day. Went to work - did get a pleasant suprise, I came 3rd place in the Summer incentive so I got some strawberries and champagne. I ate most of the strawberries and have saved the champagne for when Tom and me move to London (Yay!! - still really excited!)

Then in the evening we went to see Cars. It was ok. Not terrific, but quite cool.

We Have a Home!!

2006-08-12T09:57:28Z

Yay!!!

We found a flat. It's a bit small, but compared to some of the flats we looked around on Thursday its a palace!! One of them had damp, and another place described a strip of concrete as "a garden".

We're on the very top floor of a five story town house in Kensington. Its sooo cool! Its right by a Tesco Metro, launderette and the tube station. Plus its in the West End, so close to theatres - which is of course, great for the drama student!

I got a little worried yesterday, but now I am just so excited about moving out. Me, Tom and my Mum are gonna go shopping on Thursday to get a duvet, pillows, bedding, kettle and microwave. Tom says that we can splash out on a cool toaster from one of my favourite shops in the world - Octopus.

This is our kitchen.

This is our bed / sofa.

Mama Cherry makes sure that the fridge meets her standards.

And this is our table and TV, you can't see it, but on the top there is a DVD :)

Very Sophisticated

2006-08-10T08:23:28Z

So, much to Chris's insistent warnings, Mel actually behaved herself last nght! And it didn't cost any of us a bomb!

All the tapas were free and they were great. Had funky prawns, spanish omelette, parma ham, cheese and loads of olives. Yum :P Plus, Jen's parents had put a tab limit behind the bar, so I ended up having 3 glasses of rose before having to pay for anything, which is good cause I'm poor at the minute :)

So even though we had loads of free drink, Mel didn't get plastered and she managed to retain her dignity, which is rare but great. We came home reasonably early so that Kay could go out to her friend's, and then just went to bed.

Actually, I'm still in bed! Ha! Sucks to be you at work Juliet!!!

This afternoon we'll be going house-hunting. Wish us luck :D

Me and Tom looking sophisticated

Bowling

2006-08-09T07:53:39Z

So last night I sucked at bowling. But it wasn't so bad, because Tom is even worse!

To be fair we both did quite well in the first game. I was losing to everyone, even Dom who has the tendency to just stand by the line and swing the ball into the lane rather than actually bowl! But then I had a miraculous comeback and beat everyone, well everyone apart from Penny, but she doesn't count anymore - you can't beat her! It's impossible!!!

Then in the second game I did appaulingly, but then Tom started getting several gutterballs in a row. I was sure he was doing it on purpose to make me feel better, but he swears he wasn't. So I ended up beating him by 1 pin. Yes!

Tonight me, Tom and Mel are going to a 21st Birthday party at Host. Should be good. I haven't seen Jen K-A in ages - I used to work with her at the cinema. But drinks are really expensive, so I think I'll buy wine - hopefully that will work out cheaper. Hopefully Mel won't squander all her money on booze. Again. But I won't keep my hopes up.

Song Title Meme

2006-08-08T14:18:50Z

This is a twist on the letter meme. Instead of coming up with ten items for a certain letter, you come up with five song titles for a certain letter and explain why you picked them. If you're interested, then leave a comment. I'll give you a letter. You post this blurb in your journal along with your list.

I got "T" from michygeary

1. The Best Deceptions by Dashboard Confessional. There had to be a Dashboard song in the top 5! I just love this song, plus it was on one of the first CDs that Tom made for me.

2. The Rock Show by Blink 182. I first met my boyfriend at a rock gig, so its really sad, but whenever I listen to this, I always think of that lol. Plus its just a great song. Bouncy!

3. Time of Your Life by Green Day. This song is just great - plus it was on the very first CD Tom made for me. Love it! Something really nice to just chill and listen to.

4. Think About Me by Goo Goo Dolls. I used to listen to this song almost on a constant playlist on my iPod when I walked to catch my lift to work - its lively as well as being quite melodic - if that makes any sense... plus it gets bonus points for a great guitar riff!

5. The Only Difference Between Matyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage by Panic! At The Disco. I love this song, in fact, the whole album is amazing - I think this would be my favourite for the year. Seeing them in October and can't wait!!

Summer Feeling

2006-08-08T08:59:34Z

I am currently wearing a pair of sunglasses and some brightly coloured flowers around my neck.

No. I'm not in Haiwaii, I'm at work!

We are currently having a Summer Incentive, which is wicked. I won the last incentive which was based around the World Cup, but so far am not doing too well in this one. I'm currently in 5th place. Oh well! At least we get fruit punch with crazy straws every day :)

Going bowling tonight which should be good. I will never win - Penny is simply too good. But hopefully I won't get too many gutter balls. Perhaps I'll beat Tom... Wish me luck!

World Cup incentive decoration in the office

cherry_vision @ 2006-08-07T10:16:00

2006-08-07T09:26:47Z

Grabbed this from michygeary. I've bolded all the ones that apply to me...

You remember TGIF, Step by Step, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World.

"Miss Susie had a steam boat, the steam boat had a bell (TOOT TOOT) Miss Susie went to heaven and the steamboat went to hell-o operator, please give me number nine, and if you disnconnect me, I will chop off your behind the fridgerator, there was a piece of glass, Miss Susie sat upon it and it went right up her ass-k me no more questions, tell me no more lies, the boys are in the bathroom zipping up their flies are in the meadow, the bees are in the park, Miss Susie's with her boyfriend in the D-A-R-K (D-A-R-K D-A-R-K) dark dark dark!"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You danced to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er.

You remember the banning of slap bracelets.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record "Your FAVORITE song of ALL time"

Captain Planet.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

When playing power rangers with friends, you fought over who got to be who............and still all ended up being Tommy.

You remember when super nintendo's became popular.

You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos... but never taped anything funny.

You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3... and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

You have played and beaten mario brothers

You remember going to the skating rink, if ur bday party wasnt at the skating rink... you weren't cool!

You rememeber when every thing was "da BOMB"

when they made the new lunchables so that you could make tacos and pizza!!

"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back, she asked her mother, mother, mother for fifteen cents, cents, cents, to see the elephants, elephants, elephants jump over the fence, fence, fence, he jumped so high high high he reached the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show show

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

Writing M.A.S.H. notes. (and the twenty different versions of that)

Making those little paper fortune-telling things... and then predicting your life with them.

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You were obsessed with either 'Nsync or Backstreet Boys. But never NEVER both...

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles.

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You remember when the new Beanie Babies, talking Elmo, and Furbies were always sold out.

You collected those Beanie Babies.

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You owned a portable tape player.

You know what an original walkman is.

You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.

You watched Rugrats (BEFORE All Grown Up), Hey Arnold, Pete & Pete, The Adventures of Alex Mack, Allen Strange and Sheby Woo.

Animorphs, and Clarisa Explains it All!

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You've said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You went to McD's to play in the playplace.

You remember dreaming to be on a Nickelodeon game show: Double Dare, Nick Arcade, GUTS, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Fun House, Figure It Out...and you wanted that green ooze to fall on you

Remember and You Cant Do That On Television: where getting slimed first started!

Who Loves Orange Soda? Kel Loves Orange Soda. Is it true? Mmm Hmm. I do, I do, I do-oooooo

Before the MySpace frenzy...

Before the Internet & text messaging...

Before Sidekicks & iPods...

Before MIKE JONES...

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX...

...Back when you put off the 5 minutes of homework you had every night.

When light up sneakers were cool.

When you bought EVERYTHING at Limited Too

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When 2Pac and Biggie were alive.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Way back.

When it was all about N64.

Barbeques

2006-08-07T08:49:56Z

My weekend, although I had to work Saturday, was really good.

On Saturday night I went to a barbeque at Steve's house which was great, we hadn't seen Tom's friends in a while so it was nice. Steve is such a great host - he had even made us New York Cheesecake! Then we watched Jack Ass the movie. I thought it was really funny, except the paper cut bit - I had to hide behind Tom when that came on.

Then on Sunday we had ANOTHER barbeque. Tom's uncle Graham had his 50th Birthday and so they had a massive family and friends barbeque, I will post some photos soon. The food was even better than at Steve's, but I can't say that I was too suprised - Graham used to be a chef! In the evening me and Tom went home and played Poker with Mel and Kay. Tom and Mel, who enjoy Poker the most - lost abysmally. I did quite well, until we started to run out of time and so I started betting a lot higher than I normally would, so Kay won. She isn't even old enough to gamble yet! lol

So I have slept in my own bed the last couple of nights, by myself I might add - so Chris and Juliet - you can stop calling me a SSLLLLLLAAAAAAGGGG now!!

Busy Busy Busy

2006-08-05T15:06:14Z

Sorry that I have not updated in a while. I've been quite busy...

I've had to work everyday since then, well except Sunday obviously, and I've been on 6 O'Clock leaving, so by today I'm more sick and tired of work than I usually would be. Also, my evenings have been full constantly!

Last Saturday stayed over at Patey's. He has a free house for 2 weeks and so has been having friends round constantly just drinking and hanging out - which is good because I am poor at the minute so it costs me a lot less than going to the pub!

Then on Sunday we were back at Patey's briefly to play a bit of X-Box before going to meet John, Bibbey and Steve at the Harvest Moon, which was quite cool, because we don't go there too often.

Tom had a poker night on Monday, which I was doing quite well at until I started feeling sorry for Tom and giving him my chips and then because people noticed I gave a different Tom (Tom Nicholas) a chip because he was almost out, and he then went on to win! Oh well - the prize was only a coconut and it was good fun all the same. At least I did better than Tom - he lost everything lol. By the time poker was finished, I was tired and it was late so I stayed over Tom's.

Tuesday I went bowling with Penny, Gareth, Clare, Sophie and Dom. It was good fun, and a bargain! £4 for two games plus shoe hire. We're going again next Tuesday and Tom'll be able to come as well because he isn't working. So that should be good fun :)

Wednesday night went round Helen's for her belated birthday, and we had some really nice food. Helen can cook! Why didn't she tell us this before! We had a ravaoli starter - and she made the pasta herself from scratch. Then we have roast chicken, roasted vegetables and noodles with sweet and sour sauce. Finally for dessert we had chocolate mousse with amaretto. It was gorgeous. I think we should go round Helen's every Wednesday! I'd offer to cook - but only only hurt myself, and probably poison everyone else... Then Tom picked me up and I stayed over his.

Thursday night we were going to go to Chicago's. Then we both remembered that we are skint - so stayed round Patey's again.

Friday night we went to Patey's AGAIN, but because I was so tired and I got bored of all the spoof films (the guys decided that they would watch Airplane 1 and 2 and Hotshots), I fell asleep and so I went back to Tom's to go to bed.

So in the past 7 days, I have only slept in my own bed twice. No wonder my Mum is starting to clear out my room - I barely use it any more!

De Niro's here we come!!

2006-07-27T15:26:33Z

Last few days have been a bit dull - not really been up to much.

On Monday went to see The Break-Up. It was good - bit different to what I expected, but worth a watch all the same :)

On Tuesday I was supposed to go bowling in Harlow, but didn't in the end as I was feeling a bit shitty and my Mum wanted me to stay in - too many late nights are keeping her up apparently...

Then on Wednesday I stayed in again, cleaned out under my bed and discovered a whole load of things I'd completely forgotten about. My accoustic guitar, my collection of South Park cuddly toys and some X-Box games that I bought my friend as a present and completely forgot to give to him amongst them.

Tonight going out with a whole load of people from work, including mel_cherry and cheekymonkey81 and my boyfriend dj_blowers. Should be great - pictures to follow!

Karting, Cinema and Sainsbury BBQ

2006-07-24T11:04:03Z

Had a busy weekend.

On Saturday I went karting with Tom. It was... different... lol Basically, lets just say that I should never drive. Ever. I crashed in almost every heat and because I was the only female there I stuck out like a sore thumb and about 40 guys would laugh at me everytime I crashed. So by the time I left I was a little more than humiliated, but it was fun all the same. At least Tom couldn't gloat too much - he was pretty rubbish too, better than me, but still worse than most!

Then in the evening we were supposed to go to the cinema to see The Break-Up, but didn't in the end because when I got home, awaiting me on the dining-room table was a letter from my solicitors telling me that they have received my claim and are contacting their insurers. So would be a bit embarassed to go there... so I am going with Tom and Kay (little sis if you didn't know) tonight at the Harlow cinema instead. Should be good :)

Yesterday I spent a large portion of my day cleaning out my room. Not because it was filthy, but because my Mum seems to have a large desire to remove my furniture before I have even found a home for September!! I emptied all my desk, a load of stuff from my bookcase and my drawers. My desk is now in pieces at the dump - and my bookcase has been moved to where it was. My room looks so much bigger now... weird. Next week I think we're going to clean out under my bed and my wardrobe so that I can put my clothes in the drawers and have even more space! Hopefully by Christmas, when I come home for the holidays, I should have a double-bed :)

In the evening we went to the Sainsbury's staff bbq. Which was funny, if not a little embarassing! By the time we got there, around 7ish, because the bbq started at 3:30 - almost everyone was drunk. I found out a new story about Tom - apparently one day when I was drunk, he put a bin on his head, pretended to be a darlik, got it stuck and had to go to A&E to get it removed! I also managed to get cheesecake down my top and break a bench... whoops!

Pepsi or Coke?

2006-07-21T12:49:32Z

I love fizzy drinks. My favourite is of course, like any caffeine addict, Red Bull. However I love a good cola! But which one is the best? I recently wactched a Banned Pepsi Advert and can't decide whether I am horrified by this, or whether I agree. What do you guys think?

Also, here is a Banned Tango Advert, because in the summertime orangeade is particuarly refreshing :)

Ann-Marie's Garden

2006-07-21T08:49:59Z

Yesterday was a bad day! I didn't sleep a wink the night before because of the heat and my ezcema has really flared up. Had a massive headache in the morning and thought that I might be sick - really didnt fancy the hour bus journey to work only to throw-up and then have to get an hour bus journey home, so I had to call in sick. I spent most of the day laying on a sofa, either at my house or Tom's. I moan like hell when I am ill, I don't know how he put up with me!

The evening was a bit better though, I began to feel a bit better at about 5 O'Clock, by which time it was too late to get a couple of hours in at work. Then Patey called and asked if we wanted to go to The Water Margin, so we went - haven't had a chinese in ages because I've been on a diet, but because I'd had a shitty day I decided not to give a shit! Oh, and for anyone who was planning on ordering Won Ton Noodle Soup in the future - word to the wise - don't!! But the dumplings are delicious :)

Also, little promotion for my adove's new art website Ann-Marie's Garden. Go check it out, she's already got some fantastic paintings on there and is more than happy to do commissions.

Sandwich vs Scotch Egg

2006-07-19T10:48:06Z

View Poll: Which is worse?