Mwah hah hah hahhhhh!!!!!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
a knapsack on our backs
On Saturday, in a vain attempt to stay out of the pub for most of the day, we decided to walk along the Thames. Starting at London Bridge, we meandered through tourist hordes, massive riverside apartment complexes and one particularly shady industrial estate in Wandsworth, before flumping into a lovely wee bar called the Cats Back in Putney for a few well earned beers. A rough measurement on the ...
Popularity?
I eventually got round to starting to delete some text messages from my inbox, as it finally reached bursting point around the 900 mark. They date back to the middle of July when I got my new phone. Excluding texts from my mum, 99% relate to meeting for a pint. What does that say?
Still, as I stood in the cold and drizzle, smoking my 2nd fag in a row (substitute for a lunch break), they did take me back to a very enjoyable summer.
Still, as I stood in the cold and drizzle, smoking my 2nd fag in a row (substitute for a lunch break), they did take me back to a very enjoyable summer.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Congratulations to Craig
Who managed to shave four minutes off his PB in his latest 10K on Sunday. Go on my son.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
New link
I have linked to Jill the Candian's blog, partly as a thank you for being my only multiple sponsor (an extra tenner for beating Craig), and partly because I had a look at it and she was being stroppy about the fact she had a link to mine and I hadn't reciprocated.... How was I supposed to know?!
Anyway, it's got shagging in it, so you'll probably enjoy it a lot more than mine.
Anyway, it's got shagging in it, so you'll probably enjoy it a lot more than mine.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Late night observations
1) I really am crap with girls.
2) You could see the stars above Brixton last night. Makes you realise what a rare event it is when it actually happens
3) there are a surprising number of lights still on in people's houses at 1am on a Thursday night.
4) I think they deal drugs out of the West Indian takeaway at the end of my road.
yep, I had lots of time to think after being out for a drink with a girl again, and walking home alone. Again.
2) You could see the stars above Brixton last night. Makes you realise what a rare event it is when it actually happens
3) there are a surprising number of lights still on in people's houses at 1am on a Thursday night.
4) I think they deal drugs out of the West Indian takeaway at the end of my road.
yep, I had lots of time to think after being out for a drink with a girl again, and walking home alone. Again.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Birthday fun
If I've got my sums right, clicking on the link below should take you to my birthday photos at the Kodak Gallery. Unfortunately my obsession with taking shite snaps and then assuming people want to see them has resulted in me filling my Flickr account.
The photos themselves are generally a bit rubbish, and in no way indicate the marvellous time I (and hopefully everyone else) had.
Click here!
here's a few to whet your appetite:
The photos themselves are generally a bit rubbish, and in no way indicate the marvellous time I (and hopefully everyone else) had.
Click here!
here's a few to whet your appetite:
Sanj
Oh, where to begin with Sandra....? I'd better start somewhere, it's taken me far too long to say thank you to her.
Sandra 'I'd rather' Jack (or 'White' to use her correct middle name, but I can't resist thinking of the Reynolds Girls when I say it in my head. Kind of like when Gav used to call the ex-Coventry City and Celtic goalkeeper "Magnus 'Dubnobasswithmy' Hedman". But I digress) was one ...
Read More »Sandra 'I'd rather' Jack (or 'White' to use her correct middle name, but I can't resist thinking of the Reynolds Girls when I say it in my head. Kind of like when Gav used to call the ex-Coventry City and Celtic goalkeeper "Magnus 'Dubnobasswithmy' Hedman". But I digress) was one ...
Just call me Tom
We caught the mouse in our kitchen this evening. Cheeky little bastard was wandering about on the kitchen counter at about a quarter to 7 whilst Colin and I watched telly in the next room. I'm not sure but I think it might have been suicide, as Hollyoaks was on at the time.
When we heard the trap go off, we looked round the partition wall and all but its head was sticking out of the trap and its ...
Read More »When we heard the trap go off, we looked round the partition wall and all but its head was sticking out of the trap and its ...
The green green grass
If money were no object my next endeavour would be to visit all 50 of the world’s 'top views', as outlined in this morning’s Metro.
So far I’ve seen two – erm, London from the Thames, and the Antrim Coast Road, which is about 20 miles from where I grew up! It’s also been named as the second best stretch of road in the world after the highway from LA to San Francisco, so it’s not in bad company. ...
Read More »So far I’ve seen two – erm, London from the Thames, and the Antrim Coast Road, which is about 20 miles from where I grew up! It’s also been named as the second best stretch of road in the world after the highway from LA to San Francisco, so it’s not in bad company. ...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Guat the hell?
Just been chatting to my friend Minta who is currently living in Guatemala.
Thanks to technology, I was able to see her! Sometimes my little brain gets a bit over-whelmed by the advancement of technology. She looked like she was sat in Streatham.
I've been spending my evening tarting up my birthday photos to stick online, so anyone who was there can relive the glorious day in the Falcon, and those who weren't can.... well, probably be bloody thankful they weren't, such is the shoddy quality of the shots (and the states of the people in them).
And I promise promise promise to finish saying thank you to everyone over the next wee while. It'll be worth the wait, honest.
Thanks to technology, I was able to see her! Sometimes my little brain gets a bit over-whelmed by the advancement of technology. She looked like she was sat in Streatham.
I've been spending my evening tarting up my birthday photos to stick online, so anyone who was there can relive the glorious day in the Falcon, and those who weren't can.... well, probably be bloody thankful they weren't, such is the shoddy quality of the shots (and the states of the people in them).
And I promise promise promise to finish saying thank you to everyone over the next wee while. It'll be worth the wait, honest.
Londoners
Sat on the tube this morning. Quite busy. Bloke stood in front of me farted the whole way to Victoria.
Farted.
In my face.
Of all the most disgusting, inconsiderate things to do, it takes the (air) biscuit.
Unfortunately I couldn't have a go at him as they were of the "SBD" variety. Not the best way to start my morning.
Farted.
In my face.
Of all the most disgusting, inconsiderate things to do, it takes the (air) biscuit.
Unfortunately I couldn't have a go at him as they were of the "SBD" variety. Not the best way to start my morning.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Our wee country
Ain’t so wee anymore!!! Lawrie Sanchez, the greatest half-Ecuadorian Belfast boy to ever grace Windsor Park. Even Billy Bingham must be impressed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6061782.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6061782.stm
On the escalator out of Brixton tube last night
I saw a guy that looked for all the world like an older, drug-addled Barry Lawrence. Not the star of the cult road movie "Vanishing Point" - the one from my Psychology class. It was weird.
Went out for a drink with a pretty Polish girl last night
We drank Sambucca. Had a lovely time til half one this morning. No snogging though. I’m crap at this stuff.
Some advice from your Uncle Tony
Don’t decide to go shopping for a new pair of trousers when your zip has gone a bit wonky. Despite your best efforts to be careful, said zip will break as you put your suit back on in the changing room for the last time, and you will be forced to get the tube home with your shirt untucked like you’ve just left school. And then you’ll have to turn up to work the next day with your fly held together with safety pins, because you had decided to go and buy new normal clothes rather than the spare suit you’ve needed for 6 months.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Like a gazelle....
a wee link to my storming finish in the 10K - for all you ladies out there....
So that you can spot me, I finish bang in the middle of the course about a second behind the fat ginger twat who decided to steal all my thunder by pelting past me in the last 20 metres.
I think the time on the counter is exactly 3.09.00 when I cross....
Click here
Alternatively, you can try and spot Craig here (approx. 3.23.52, to the left as you look at it), and Euan here (1.24.19 - dodgy shades on)
So that you can spot me, I finish bang in the middle of the course about a second behind the fat ginger twat who decided to steal all my thunder by pelting past me in the last 20 metres.
I think the time on the counter is exactly 3.09.00 when I cross....
Click here
Alternatively, you can try and spot Craig here (approx. 3.23.52, to the left as you look at it), and Euan here (1.24.19 - dodgy shades on)
Dear all....
I've now linked to each sponsor's post down the left hand side of the screen (very professionally done I'm sure you'll agree....!).
Discovered that, not only have I not written a thank you for over a month, I've also thanked less than half of my sponsors! So perhaps by 2007 I might have managed it. Seriously though, the first two weeks of my 30th year (wah!) will be consumed with gushing tributes.
So, Jeff, Chris, Penny, Cheryl, Andrea, Suzanne, Mum, Jude, Lindsey, Katja, Lorna, Susi, "The Germans" (a.k.a Alex and Markus), Lisa, Chris, Im, Lee (cheers for the link btw), Cathy and Sandra (phew!) - keep an eye out.
The rest of you should feel bloody ashamed of yourselves.
Discovered that, not only have I not written a thank you for over a month, I've also thanked less than half of my sponsors! So perhaps by 2007 I might have managed it. Seriously though, the first two weeks of my 30th year (wah!) will be consumed with gushing tributes.
So, Jeff, Chris, Penny, Cheryl, Andrea, Suzanne, Mum, Jude, Lindsey, Katja, Lorna, Susi, "The Germans" (a.k.a Alex and Markus), Lisa, Chris, Im, Lee (cheers for the link btw), Cathy and Sandra (phew!) - keep an eye out.
The rest of you should feel bloody ashamed of yourselves.
I hate being indecisive... at least I think I do
Oh, what to do... 28 practice attempts and I'm still shite at it. Normally I would be in Glasgow / on my way up with the lahndahn posse at this point of the year, so I wouldn't have to worry, but now almost all the f*ckers have moved down here so there's no point.
So, answers on a postcard please.... what does a skint Irishman do for his birthday?
Suggestions from any potential attendees most gratefully accepted - remember, this is your Friday/Saturday night you have the potential to shape... If, of course, you can be arsed coming out for a bevvy.
Oh, and erm, it's this Friday, so not much time. Never one to leave things til the last minute....
So, answers on a postcard please.... what does a skint Irishman do for his birthday?
Suggestions from any potential attendees most gratefully accepted - remember, this is your Friday/Saturday night you have the potential to shape... If, of course, you can be arsed coming out for a bevvy.
Oh, and erm, it's this Friday, so not much time. Never one to leave things til the last minute....
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Where can you see lions?
Only in Kenya!
Which is where my mum is going to be on the 7th of July! Yes, after much angst and wondering and assuming she hadn't got a place on the trip, my dear old maw will be jetting off to Nairobi next summer for a 10 day adventure trekking through the bush.
Go on that woman! So happy for her - think she's brickin it a wee bit though (previous furthest flung destination being Lanzarote).
...
Read More »Which is where my mum is going to be on the 7th of July! Yes, after much angst and wondering and assuming she hadn't got a place on the trip, my dear old maw will be jetting off to Nairobi next summer for a 10 day adventure trekking through the bush.
Go on that woman! So happy for her - think she's brickin it a wee bit though (previous furthest flung destination being Lanzarote).
...
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Why did I move to London again?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4800710.stm
Teenager on bus struck by brick
A 16-year-old girl has been treated in hospital after she was hit on the head by a brick which was thrown through a bus window.
The incident happened as the bus went through Orkney Drive in Ballymena's Ballykeel Two estate.
It is understood the teenager was not seriously injured in the incident, which happened at about 1630 BST.
A police spokesperson said that their inquiries "are currently ongoing".
Teenager on bus struck by brick
A 16-year-old girl has been treated in hospital after she was hit on the head by a brick which was thrown through a bus window.
The incident happened as the bus went through Orkney Drive in Ballymena's Ballykeel Two estate.
It is understood the teenager was not seriously injured in the incident, which happened at about 1630 BST.
A police spokesperson said that their inquiries "are currently ongoing".
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Photos of Run London (and the aftermath)
Perfect weather, loads of friends dragging their hungover arses out of bed to support me, no work the next day, a great gig by my mate Kev's band the Stellars, and rounded off with a few beers in the Dogstar and Lizzi setting the benchmark of friendship by cleaning the stagnant bucket of water out from under my sink for me.
Perfick
Thanks to (in no particular order): Murray, Lucy, Pino, Stella, ...
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Thanks to (in no particular order): Murray, Lucy, Pino, Stella, ...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Broadbanded up again
woohoo!!
will get onto writing up the rest of the many tributes I need to do. Thanks for all your support for the run guys - I hope I did you proud. Stay tuned for photos etc. Suffice to say I had a lovely and ultimately drunken day.
For those who are interested, I crossed the line in 51 minutes and 11 seconds (apparently they rounded me up from the text message on Sunday!) and finished 3,383rd for Team South, out of a total of 10,906 - overall I came in a respectable 6,820th out of 21,973 overall.
will get onto writing up the rest of the many tributes I need to do. Thanks for all your support for the run guys - I hope I did you proud. Stay tuned for photos etc. Suffice to say I had a lovely and ultimately drunken day.
For those who are interested, I crossed the line in 51 minutes and 11 seconds (apparently they rounded me up from the text message on Sunday!) and finished 3,383rd for Team South, out of a total of 10,906 - overall I came in a respectable 6,820th out of 21,973 overall.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Check me
RUN LONDON: YOUR OFFICIAL TIME IS: 00:51:12. CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT RUN. CHECK WWW.RUNLONDON.COM SOON FOR THE RACE RESULT AND YOUR VIDEO FINISH.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
and now.....
......the end is near my friends, my dear readers, my loyal fans.
In 14.25 hours time, I shall be lined up in a gaggle of excited and fitter-than-me people, jostling for position on the starting line, quite possibly with a small trickle of effluence working its way through the mesh pant things inside my shorts.
How has this day come so quickly? Seems like no time at all that I got Craig's email ...
Sober musings
Spent a lovely day in the sun pottering about, buying what I thought were trendy new shorts (actually very baggy new shorts - I'm going to look like I'm wearing a skirt), getting an aerodynamic haircut, and then strolling back to meet people in the pub.
Absolutely beautiful day, I just spent the whole walk looking around and absorbing what was going on around me. Amateur footballers playing on ...
Read More »Absolutely beautiful day, I just spent the whole walk looking around and absorbing what was going on around me. Amateur footballers playing on ...
Friday, October 06, 2006
Thanks
Thanks to Andrea, Cheryl, Fiona and Tanya for their promise of sponsorship. What is it about my work colleagues that they don't trust the internet for carrying out banking transactions?!
Can't believe how feckin minging it is outside - our atrium is so dark it looks like we're working in a cave. And I haven't been for lunch yet - bah....
Mr Hyperactive "oh my God, the weather is just so exciting I really think I might soil myself" BBC weatherman last night assured me that the sun will return for tomorrow and Sunday, with race friendly temperatures of 16-17 degrees. Can't see it at the mo, but then I can't see the other side of the street either.
Can't believe how feckin minging it is outside - our atrium is so dark it looks like we're working in a cave. And I haven't been for lunch yet - bah....
Mr Hyperactive "oh my God, the weather is just so exciting I really think I might soil myself" BBC weatherman last night assured me that the sun will return for tomorrow and Sunday, with race friendly temperatures of 16-17 degrees. Can't see it at the mo, but then I can't see the other side of the street either.
A massive unkempt bush
That's what's outside my new flat. Completely obscures the front window of the flat underneath.
Had my last training run last night; had to cut it short at about 40 mins/7km as my calves were starting to tighten up again. Hopefully they'll be alright for the race.
Am quite sad that the training is over now... I've really enjoyed the whole build up to the race and everyone has been so supportive ...
Read More »Had my last training run last night; had to cut it short at about 40 mins/7km as my calves were starting to tighten up again. Hopefully they'll be alright for the race.
Am quite sad that the training is over now... I've really enjoyed the whole build up to the race and everyone has been so supportive ...
Thursday, October 05, 2006
23541
remember that number. It shall be but a blur as it whizzes past anyone coming to watch on Sunday.
Probably because I'm getting chased by a beefy bloke with a glint in his eye. I think it's safe to say I won't be pulling any ladies in my official race t-shirt.
"Snug" is the word that springs to mind.
Probably because I'm getting chased by a beefy bloke with a glint in his eye. I think it's safe to say I won't be pulling any ladies in my official race t-shirt.
"Snug" is the word that springs to mind.
Things to do after the race
Learn to cook
Learn to be a photographer
Get a girlfriend
Stop drinking for a month
Stop smoking
Get a new job
Buy a new wardrobe (the contents, not the actual piece of furniture)
Things to do immediately after the race:
Drink beer
Smoke tabs
Act like a fanny
Learn to be a photographer
Get a girlfriend
Stop drinking for a month
Stop smoking
Get a new job
Buy a new wardrobe (the contents, not the actual piece of furniture)
Things to do immediately after the race:
Drink beer
Smoke tabs
Act like a fanny
Sarah's just texted me...
....to ask what time she should arrive to watch me on Sunday. My stomach has started back-flipping. I think this is what's known as "pre-race nerves".
Come on! Get ready, get on your feet...
Watched ‘Ant and Dec – a celebrity marriage’ last night. Notable for two things:-
Jenny Powell is looking feckin old these days. Which by default makes me old because I remember when she was young, cute and perky on Number 73.
That girl I met once who is now a newspaper editor was on the show as one of the ‘talking heads’. Bizarrely I recognised her before her name appeared on screen. Funny how these things stick with you, innit?
Jenny Powell is looking feckin old these days. Which by default makes me old because I remember when she was young, cute and perky on Number 73.
That girl I met once who is now a newspaper editor was on the show as one of the ‘talking heads’. Bizarrely I recognised her before her name appeared on screen. Funny how these things stick with you, innit?
Wonder will never cease… I actually did something run related with Craig, as you can see from the photo below. Ok, it wasn’t training or anything, but it still counts. We picked up our t-shirts and digital chip thingys last night from Nike Town. So it’s official – I have a number and everything! The t-shirt looks a bit gay to be honest, but it seems like it will fit me (for some reason I went ...
Read More »Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Reality Bites
I'm off to pick up my t-shirt and digital chip after work from the Nike shop. Reality is setting in and my stomach is starting to churn a little bit at the thought that I am going to actually be running a 10k in public in less than 4 days time... I plan to get over my apprehension by buying myself a pair of running shorts as well, ones that cover my knees and make me look cool. Maybe a shiny ...
Read More »Life after running
Am thinking of teaching myself to cook at long last to fill the void left by the race being over.
Gonna rename the blog "See that Tattie Burn"
Gonna rename the blog "See that Tattie Burn"
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
The Final Countdown...
I have broken my target sponsorship, thanks to my overly generous mother giving me 60 pounds! Over £400 raised!
This despite the fact that loads of people I previously would have classed as close friends have not sponsored me. I have decided that after I finally finish thanking everyone individually for donating money, I am going to turn to those who didn’t. Where sponsors get a glowing ...
Read More »This despite the fact that loads of people I previously would have classed as close friends have not sponsored me. I have decided that after I finally finish thanking everyone individually for donating money, I am going to turn to those who didn’t. Where sponsors get a glowing ...
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