Tom
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it sound both traumatic and fascinating. Sounds pretty full-on for a first job in psychology, although maybe it'd be like a baptism of fire and set you up really well for later jobs.
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no joy from o2. My only option is a second contract. I guess i'd better just start to like my phone again!
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i finally saw wall e now i dont know what oxigen_waste was going ot say about art in the other thread, so i may be repeating him, but, that film was a pure piece of art. absolutely wonderfull. The depth of character and feeling they can show was stunning. i will be seeing it again soo i expect. 10/10, up there with batman as best film of the year
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i find Ephel Duath quite hard work TBH, and much as i love The Painters Palette I can't normally listen to it all the way though. Not sure why, as I listen to plenty of music thats more complicated. I have listened to a couple other of their albums, but find this this one way better. I think i'm right in saying that their recent album(s?) no longer have the trumpeter, which imo is what really makes them into something of great interest.
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11 potential places? one of them has to be good, surely? Good luck
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can i suggest that a certain 'Forum Afficionado' with uber-organisational skills trys to organise the next meet for birmingham?
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i'm getting really annoyed with my phone, which is annoying as i was really excitied baout it when i got it. It's the Sony Ericsson w960i. Yes, the 8gb memory is good, and i think SE make very user friendly menus etc. But, the touch screen isn't very good, the screen is fantastic in the right light, but most of the time it's not good at all, and the complete lack of joystick is a really pain, as often (eg walking) you can't tap the screen with the accuracy required. Plus, for a pretty expensive/high end phone it feels really cheap. It looks really slick and high quality but in reality it feels just about the cheapest phone i've ever had. It all creaks and squeaks. Not sure what the solution is though, as i'm only 8 months into an 18 month contract. I'm planning on calling o2 and making upset noises at them and seeing if there's anyway (aside from taking out a second contract) I can get them to give/sell me an iphone instead. Not really expecting any joy though.
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i'm not too imoressed with the new metallica tbh. Although i'm going to keep an open mind for the album of course. I'm still digging through all my old music that i thought i had lost. A few recent rediscoveries Ephel Duath - A Painters Palette and Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
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i just spoke to my mum. the hanging up yesterday seems ot have been ignored, which is good. and she seems to be being a bit more sensible in her plans for the future. I doubt any of them will happen though. Plus i'm a bit annoyed that it was a short conversation with a friend of one of her friends, rather than me and my sister trying to talk to her that made her see sense...
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cheers guys! i did (semi)jokingly suggest to my sister that we get her sectioned. but that really would cause more harm than good.
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FUCK My mum discharged harself from hospital today. I rang up the hospital and spoke to several of the nurses who said it was totally against their advice that she discharged herself. Apparently for the 5 days while she was in there she didn;t co-operate with the nurses either, and refused to take any of the medication they were giving her and wouldn;t even tell them how often she got chest pains. This means they could do any of the tests they needed to do on her heart and the situation is exactly the same as it was when she went in, so she's just wasted everyones time. I rang my sister who was in tears. It's such a crap situation. Basically, my mum has decided to die (she has actually said that on several ocasions) and can't be bothered to look after herself properly. She knows she is very over weight which is making her heart even worse, but she refuses to stop eating huge amounts. she also works as a cleaning lady, which obviously is quite a physical strain, so she spends all the time complaining how exhausting and degrading it is, yet when i suggested she just goes to work on the tills at a supermarket she claimed she wouldn't enjoy it, and it would be too much effort with the big bags of potatoes. So i rang her up tonight when i got in from work to see how she was. She was trying to start having a rant about the hospital staff, she seemed quite annoyed that i had spoken to them (probably because she told me and my sister that she was doing what they told her and taking her pills etc and didn;t want to be caught out). So i'm saying to her 'oh i hope you'll be able to get some good rest over the next few days' and things like that and suddenly she gets really annoyed and tells me to leave her in peace. I was really annoyed with her, as she really upsets my sister and i dont like the way she is behaving, so i just said 'whatever. Bye' and hung up on her. Argh! what a stupid thing to do. I just had my sister call me up saying that i'd stressed mum out and made her chest worse. Luckily my sister is on my side, and didn't know i'd only been saying i hope she got some rest. Apparently my mum discharged herself because she had been in a side room, and they needed to move her into the main ward, which she said would be too claustrophic. Ridiculous. And, even more ridiculous, apparently she cant stay in hospitals because of her telepathy. After a bit more tactfull digging by my sister she claims that she feels everyone elses pain and it hurts too much... ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont know what to do, my mum is being so irrational about this. She is so miserable and depressed with life, just sell the house and go be happy till you die, me and my sister dont care about inheritance. She refuses to see the logic in that. She's just determined to martyr herself for no good reason. Sorry for the rant, I am just so so pissed off and frustrated.
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we know you like being the hero Ash!
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the mummy tomb of the wotsit awfull. it didn't have anything going for it. the story was poorly stuck together, dialogue weak, acting non existent. i was bored! maybe 3/10
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well i just did somethingI never thought i'd do in a million years! I rang up the RAF careers line, and I am awaiting a call back to arrange an appointment at the careers office. I am still a bit amazed. How can the only job I want that i'm actually qualified to do be in the RAF?! The job seems really good. Most importantly it involves zero killing. You also work towards a degree, the pays good, the cost of living is low, the extra curricular activites look fantastic, the pension is good... Only downside really is that although I would have a laboratory based role (i'm applying to be a Laboratory Technician) I would still have to do the 9 weeks basic training which seems pretty hellish, and live a pretty regimented lifestyle. But to be fair my lifestyle is hardly a barrel of laughs and free time anyway, and office work is killing me.
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i have had a kangaroo steak from there. it was really nice.
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i havn't yet dared to go to the loo to see if the tampon has been removed. It better be gone. Mu job hunt is taking an interesting twist - i'm thinking about a job with the RAF as a laboratory technician. I'm going to call them tomorrow to find out more, but it certainly looks interesting. i would love to work in science rather than financial services.
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argh! i went to the bathroom for my pre-sleep pee, and one of my housemates has tried to flush a used tampon... luckily there is a 2nd loo, as i didn't want to pee on it. it'd better be gone by when i get up tomorrow
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Urgh. Life is starting to get very complicated again, only a month or so after i resolved the last major complication. My mum is in hospital with her heart again, and they keep pushing back the date they are letting her out. Not likely to be till at least wednesday. She lives in somerset and i'm in birmingham, and I cant afford to visit her so on top of worries, i'm also feeling guilty. Luckily my sister is living at my mums again, so she is able to be there. Apparently they are talking about a heart valve replacement. last time she was in hospital they mentioned it as a future posibility, but she went on a big rant about not wanting any bits cut out of her. She's just not bothered about if she dies or not, so it's really difficult. I'm starting to wonder if I should try an relocate to somerset to try and take the weight off my sister. Which leads to the job hunt, which is going really badly. My confidence is low enough already, but now it's just getting lower. It seems like the only sort of job i can get is in sales, which i DO NOT want to be doing. This is getting me depressed, which is making the other things i have been busy repressing come back up, so i'm just feeling really really down.
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I have had a film day today. The Machinist good film, but the ending was pretty inevitable. Great work by Christian Bale though. 8/10 Equilibrium I was watching this feeling like i'd read or seen if before. It was a combination of 1984, Brazil, The Matrix and any number of things on a similar theme. The martial arts and fight sequences were pretty cool though. Plus Bale was good. I am loving him at the moment. 6.5/10 Good Will Hunting Can't believe it took me this long to see this film! I loved it. I'm really starting to admire Matt Damons work (previously most memorable for the abuse poured on him in Team America), and Robin Williams is usually very good too. Plus I really enjoy the concept of genius, like in A Beautifull Mind or Rainman. 9/10 Lars and the Real Girl Not sure about this one. It was well made, decent acting, and I think it made the point well enough. Maybe it was just a bit too unconfortable for me. 6/10
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i hate going to the cinema on my own, i always sneak in late and go as soon as the credits roll. only done it twice though.
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i agree, it's way better than the book. just finshed 'lars and the real girl' and i'm about to start 'good will hunting'. decided to take a bale break and watch a few films i've been meaning to watch for ages.
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i'm having a christian bale day today. seen the machinist and equilibrium so far. i might watch american psycho tomorrow. I shpuld be unpacking, as i have been here 6 weeks now and still have stuff left to unpack
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sorry, i forgot! doing my list now.
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frances the mute is probably my all-time favourite album.
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i had work 9 till 3, then as you can see above i had a very pleasant few beers with Ashley. I got takeaway on the way home, then watched arrested development, and now i'm going to try and get a good nights sleep for the first time in about 5 weeks.