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Does this mean that the games are going to be "in sync" now, from now on? I have to admit, part of the reason why I have been shy towards getting Pro Evo for the Wii is because the game doesn't seem to be in-date for very long. So, I think this move had to be done, there's no other way about it, really. Although, whether or not they've sacrificed adding any improvements to the last game will just remain to be seen. For those of you would bought 09, it must seem like a bit of a kick in the teeth?

I hope she gets better sooooon. Give her my love. I don't mean love from the hiiips love. I mean love as in...get well soon, love.

Because you exist outside of the realms of gender and sex. I dunno, smile. We have love. Cheer up, and feel the birthday love. The TRIPLE birthday love.

We are celebrating a TRIPLE birthday today. Forget the PSTRIPLE, we have the N-E TRIPLE. Today is the day of birth for 3 of our sexiest members. To start with, we have...the Slag. Happy Birthday to the artist formerly known as Haggis. His 18th Birthday. Give him a round of applause ladies and gentlemen, and Dante. Secondly, but as sexy as the first, we have Jimbob, who is 23. A regular good-man who I have had the pleasure of speaking to on the MSN for many a night. And Finally, The McCoy. Yes, McCoy is celebrating McCoy's Birthday. Third person is the way of McCoy. McCoy is 19, but really McCoy's wisdom is years beyond McCoy's age.

Yeah, it definitely depends on a lot of things. But, surely if you're saying that something is "average" or "not bad but not bad" you're looking at the middle marks. The maximum a game can get is 100% or 10/10, and the minimum I guess it can get is 0% and 0/10. Although, I don't think I've ever seen a game get 0 or 1 out of 10, or the equivalent. Middle of the road seems to me like it should be 5/10, or 50%. Half marks. Maybe that's me taking it too literally, but I always see things like a scale, and on the one side you have perfect, on the otherside you have craaaaaap, and in the middle you have "not bad, but not good." It just gets to me a little when I see people describe 6 or 7 (or even 8) out of 10 as some sort of middle ground. A 7 out of a 10 is quite a positive score I think. Although, I do agree with other posts which have said that you need to look at the review text as well as the score. I try to shy away from using scores, because it's not really an accurate representation of the game. Anyway, hope you're enjoying the game, people. Wish I could afford it right now.

I've been having so many vivid dreams lately. Seriously, the last three nights have been so strange, and I guess maybe being a bit under the weather and stressed is taking its toll? Bah, I don't like admitting to being stressed, haha. Last night, I had a dream that I was back at Brighton University. Except, there was a city within the University Campus, and it was all on flat ground and not on hill-sides. I remember there being a long street, with shops on either side, and a police station at the end of the road, right in the middle. Suddenly, I see this girl and man running towards me, and they're screaming about being attacked. I looked to see where they're coming from, and I see an army of zombies, like the ones from the first Resident Evil game. So, we head for the police station, and see that all of the staff there have already been slaughtered. There's dead bodies everywhere, blood on the walls, and some of the dead are now re-animated and coming after us. We make our way to the next floor, and there's a staircase, and an underground passage which takes us out to the street. When we get outside, suddenly its daytime, and now we're right near the Sussex campus which is across from the campus I was at. I see a cyclist on the road, and he tells me that a bus is arriving soon. I say "cheers, mate" and we stand at the bus stop. There's about 20 or so people there waiting. I stand next to a tall man, and with a woman at his side. I smile at them, and they look at me and snarl...they're zombies. They bus arrives, and we all get on. And I wake up.

I feel pretty crap. I woke up today, and my nose was still feeling pretty crap. My Mum has given me some eucalyptus (sp?) oil to sniff, and then helped clear me up a little. But now, the inside and top of my nose is killing, my head is banging and my jaw hurts. Dysonia: Swine Flu? Noooo.

Aww, poo sticks. Unlucky dude, keep trying, though. Today has been a bit of a rubbish day. Got a rejection letter from a school, even though I thought my application was kick arse. Then, I've also been feeling pretty bluddy ill, too.

That's a bit of a strange thing to say, in my opinion. 70% is a good score. It's positive. Hell, if every straight-to-dvd action flick scored over 70%, then...we would be living in a utopia for action films. If the game is average, then really you should be rating it at 50%. It reminds me of a recent post in the Rast the last film you saw thread where somebody mentioned that the film was "ok" but rated it 80%!

I don't feel well and haven't felt well since I woke up. I went to bed last night with a bit of a blocked nose and a sore throat, and I woke up today with my nose completely blocked, a really sore throat, and a thumping headache. My youngest brother was a bit ill the other day, and it looks like my other brother and I have caught it off him. Although he's a lot better now, the fucker. My nose keeps on running and I'm sniffing like a maniac, and going through tissues every five minutes. My head still hurts and I feel a bit crappy. Would kill for a hug.

Well done for your accomplishments, Goafer.

It doesn't really matter if the kid was a chav, a goth or anything else for that matter. This type of behaviour from a teacher or a pupil is not right in the classroom. The school is a place where education takes place. It's a place where you can learn, but it's also a safe haven for many, many kids. For some children, they might see a lot of violence within their own homes, or in their areas. For them, that's something they should not have to deal with in school, especially if it's by a teacher who is employed to look after the well-being of all children. It is very tough being a teacher, and sometimes inside you do worry that one day you might crack up, say or do something foolish. That's something that got mentioned to us at University. But, putting things into perspective, you're still there to educate the children. That's what they are at the end of the day. Nobody can tell what truly happened just by reading a newspaper, because a lot of facts don't get published, and it only really offers a brief insight into the event itself. But, I think somewhere along the line things have gone awry. Look at the first post in this thread for example: kids taking knives into school. I find that horrific. If children are taking weapons like that into schools, you have to assume that they are going to use these weapons. As a teacher (soon to be, if I ever get a bluddy job), I find that disturbing.

Haha, I will be back eventually. One day.

I think you may have been in Japanoland at the time? If not, it's not myyyy fault! I was visiting the animals, not you!

It sounds like you're in control of stuff, and putting on 1lb after birthday-cake-fest is not bad at all. Well donnnne. I've been hitting the gym a lot lately, and I feel pretty good. Altogether, I think I've been going for about 5 weeks. After 2 weeks, I went to WestMidlands Safari Park with my friends, and I saw them again last week and was surprised to hear from them that they could see a difference. My chest is looking a lot better, I think. So, the upper body work is going well. Could be doing a bit more, but it's going steady which I think is the main thing. My cardio work is going pretty well, though. When I first joined up, I was struggling with the pace of running or rowing, but these are coming along nicely. Rowed for 3000 metres yesterday, although it's the first time I've done that in a while. I usually only go for 2000 metres, but I decided it was time to up things. Now just gonna concentrate on getting fitter and beating times and stuff. Today and the day before, I spent some time on the treadmill. I don't use an iPod or listen to music, because I prefer to hear the sounds around me. There's music played from overhead on the radio and I quite like listening to the sounds of the other machines. I ran for 18 mins the day before yesterday, and for 15 minutes today, and that's not bad for me considering I find it strange running in the gym, but I'm quite enjoying it at the moment. I only ever used to run when I needed to, during sports or running for bus, haha. I've been burning off calories around the 250 mark during these runs, so the pace is decent but maybe it's time to up it. I guess its more of a jog than a run, heh.

Thank you for all the support you've given me, guys and girls. I've let the guy know that I've discussed the situation with others, and that he's being a prick about the whole thing. Whatever happens, thank you for the support and for backing me up on this one. I'm glad that I wasn't seeing things from a daft view of something. If a moderator could lock this now, that would be awesome. I guess it doesn't serve a purpose now?

That's pretty much the perfect post/advice, I think. Honestly, higher management are probably just going through the motions. They might wag their finger ever so slightly, but I wouldn't worry yourself too much over it. It sounds like the guy is being a bit of a cock, to say the least, so just wait and see what happens. Keep doing your job well and hopefully they'll see that he's a lazy bugger and get rid of him. Take care.

In fairness, he did ask me if I could maybe ask me and the girls to pool money together. But, again, he said this was my responsibility, and he's not contacted any of the girls as far as I know. I wouldn't be too happy if he does ask Cerys for money anyway, because he could've quite easily gone and collected it anyway, or arranged it with Cerys. They're probably better friends than I am to him. Fucking people!

That letterbox comment definitely caused me to do this o_O I don't even know who the hell Seb is. For all he knows, this was never even the jacket he was missing. I'm thinking back to that moment where she picked up the jacket at the ball and I told her not to, and I'm just thinking "why didn't she listen?!" To be honest, I do feel like they are taking me for a ride. Not really happy with the way Ollie is badgering me to pay up, when he's not said a word to the other girls. I do feel bad for the guy, and that would be the reason why I would pay up. I mean, a few weeks before that, it was me who would be forking out money for a new jacket, my new jacket. Why didn't he act on the information? Again, I have no idea. If he hasn't mentioned it in the messages I've posted on here (all of the messages so far- posted in the first post) then there has been no reason given. For all I know, he was too fucking lazy to do it. I could ask Siobhan which charity shop and then we could track it down that way. The funny thing is, he hasn't even asked about that, they've just asked me for the money.

Haha, that is my facebook status. I'm trying to be firm with this, and I think I've defended myself well so far. I do feel pretty bitter about this. And, whatever the outcome, my estimation in both Jack and Ollie has gone down. Rummy, this will be a long post, so please forgive: I don't have Ollie's number, and me and him have never actually been good friends. Jack is the link between us two. When Jack gave me back the jacket, he told me where Ollie lived and asked me to let him (Jack) know when I was going around. Why he didn't go himself and give it to him, I have no fucking idea. I think I mentioned somewhere that me and Jack were leaving on the same day. Jack left first, and when he left he gave me Ollie's address and told me to message him when I was going there. All the facebook messages have been documented on here. I assume you mean when I sent the message to Jack? That was done over text message, and I texted him letting him know that I was going around to Ollie's. The girls live with me and Jack. Well, lived. Haha. Well, it's like the singer Cerys Matthew. Think of the word "Care" and then "is" at the in. Care-is. But, riss. "Careriss." I don't feel any fault, because I did what Jack asked of me, which was to take the jacket around there. Then, instead of taking the jacket back with me to Wales, I left it with the girls, because Ollie lives only around the corner. I mean, he had the message on facebook to let him know that I tried popping around. He knew that the girls had the jacket, because that was included in the message. He could very easily have walked over there to ask for it. Nope, because we don't actually know who the jacket belongs to. Cerys picked it up, despite me actually telling her to leave it for lost property/hand it in to reception at the hotel, where the graduation ball was set. Some days/weeks had passed between me losing my jacket and getting it back. In that time, Cerys kept hold of the jacket that she picked up. So, I didn't know a thing about it. Definitely, and that's why I was gutted in the first place that my jacket had been taken. But, at the same time, if he was that poor and it mattered that much to him, why didn't he walk the street over from his house to ours to get it back? I feel bad and that's why I think maybe I should pay up...but then, if my jacket had never been recovered, I'd have to have forked out money for a new one, and I'm a bit reluctant to give the money when I don't even think this is something that is my fault. You know, I don't even know who Seb is. All this talk about him, I'm pretty certain I've never even met him. Jack is on the same course as Ollie, and Seb is somebody who lives with them, I expect. Honestly, I guess 50/50 would be fair. But, at the same time, I'd be losing 35 quid for something which still isn't my fault. I mean, is this my fault? Should I be parting with the money? Well, I had left the message with Ollie so he knew where the jacket was. Infact, he knew about the jacket through Jack anyway...so he could quite easily have popped over there at any given time, but he didn't for whatever reason. Why that is, I don't know. I thought I had done enough, and I did trust these people. They were my housemates, and they knew the guy, too. The fact that Ollie says he got into contact with Cerys and she didn't give him any reply is making me a bit suspicious about something. I don't know the answer to the first question. I'm going to see them at Graduation Ceremony, so they will be there. Jack is a good friend, but then I'm not liking the whole feeling of pressure of accusation that is being thrown at me by him or Ollie. If I did pay them the money, to be honest I wouldn't be too much in a hurry to get into contact again in future, since this is leaving me feeling pretty humiliated. Anything else that needs clearing up, just ask.

I know I'm going to see Jack and Ollie at the Graduation Ceremony at the end of the month, and Jack is asking me if I'm going to give money, as well. I'm being pressured to do it, I know I shouldn't do it, but at the same time I will feel bad myself if I don't...I guess I just don't want to piss off people.

The thing is, they're actually making me feel bad about it all, because this guy Seb is missing a jacket, like I was. But, I just don't think it is my place to pay the money, because it's not my fault. :S Jack, yes, because he was my housemate. Ollie, I don't know him all that well, so didn't have an opinion of him before all of this. He's getting on my fucking nerves, though. I really, really want to be rude to him, but I guess I'm trying to be polite to get it solved decently, but it isn't going well. Hmm. Which bit confused you, dude?

Yeah, that's pretty what I was thinking in my head but couldn't put down onto paper. Honestly, before this week, how many Liverpool fans actually cared what Michael Owen did in his career or life? To be fair, on the whole, I think most Liverpool fans have taken this recent bit of news quite well, at least from what I've seen and heard. But, I dunno.

Exactly, it's sad, and I feel bad that we're arguing over it. I am sorry that this guy doesn't have a jacket now, but...70 is money I don't have and money I don't even think I need to pay, as it wasn't my fault. I've not spoken to the girls about it since they told me it was sent off to the charity shop. But, I did speak to Jack, and he's...kinda siding with Ollie.

Out of curiosity, what do people think of Paul Ince? That goes out to Liverpool and United fans. Imo, it's not like he went directly from Liverpool to Manchester United. He left Liverpool for Madrid. He stopped being a Liverpool player a long time ago, imo. It's not as if Liverpool fans even still rant and rave about him to this day. He's a memory to them. His career has taken a bit of a nose-drive. The fact is, Fergie offered him something, a chance to kick-start his career at a team who have been Premier League Champions for three seasons running, a team which had been in their second Champions League Final in two years, and a team who were looking for a new striker or two. Sure, for Liverpool fans, it's probably not nice seeing him put on the shirt in the pictures that were posted during this week. But, he's not moving to United for love, or loyalty. But, I accept that. I'm not expecting him to be the next legend at the club, because he's really only here to do a job.