I like watching this vacuous piece of shite on Saturday nights. I was the same with Model Behaviour when it was on channel 4.
The problem I have with ANTM apart from the stupid name is Tyra Banks followed closely by Janice (Morticia Adams) Dickinson. Could any two people have their heads any further up their own arses?
Monday, 28 February 2005
Friday, 25 February 2005
song of the day
yesterday I attempted to chronicle the random songs that poped into my head throughout the day.
10.00 The theme from steptoe and son ?!?!?!
10.29 Kiss the girl- Sebastian the crab from the Little Mermaid soundtrack
13.32 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
14.16 Country House -Blur
15.43 House of love - East 17
10.00 The theme from steptoe and son ?!?!?!
10.29 Kiss the girl- Sebastian the crab from the Little Mermaid soundtrack
13.32 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
14.16 Country House -Blur
15.43 House of love - East 17
Thursday, 24 February 2005
hot topics of office conversation - 5
Today’s hot topic was the Tube linesof the London Underground. Specifically which ones are the best & worst.
The District, Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines were deemed the worst as they are completely unreliable. The Jubilee line and The DLR were voted the best as they always run on time and hardly ever have any disruptions.
The DLR also gets extra points for being elevated and driverless which means you can sit at the front of the train and pretend you are driving. There are also a couple of points (when it's heading through Canary Wharf) where it goes up and down steep tracks and around sharp bends like a slow and unscary roller coaster.
Wouldn't it be great if there actually was a roller coaster you could use to get around the city? You'd actually look forward to going to work . Unless you had a hangover. . .
The District, Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines were deemed the worst as they are completely unreliable. The Jubilee line and The DLR were voted the best as they always run on time and hardly ever have any disruptions.
The DLR also gets extra points for being elevated and driverless which means you can sit at the front of the train and pretend you are driving. There are also a couple of points (when it's heading through Canary Wharf) where it goes up and down steep tracks and around sharp bends like a slow and unscary roller coaster.
Wouldn't it be great if there actually was a roller coaster you could use to get around the city? You'd actually look forward to going to work . Unless you had a hangover. . .
Wednesday, 23 February 2005
hot topics of office conversation pt 4
At 2pm it was Blood Donation - a rather serious topic for a change.
Many countries around the world will not accept British people as blood donors. They also will not allow any one who was in Britan for 6 weeks or more between 1980 and 1996 to donate blood. This is becouse there is a miniscule chance that they may have contracted vCJD from infected beef (or Lamb aparently) during that time and may consiquently pass on thet virus via a blood donation.
The pertinant questions raised were; What if you are a vegitarian and have been a vegitarian since birth, shouldn't you be allowed to donate? Also (and this was a random but very good point raised by Belinda), What if you had traveled on British areoplanes? Wouldn't the meat you ate on them be contaminated too?
And besides which British beef was exported all over the world and people from countries other than Britan have contracted the desease so what's to say pepole who ate that contaminated Beef or live in those other affected countries aren't just as high a risk as us Brits?
Many countries around the world will not accept British people as blood donors. They also will not allow any one who was in Britan for 6 weeks or more between 1980 and 1996 to donate blood. This is becouse there is a miniscule chance that they may have contracted vCJD from infected beef (or Lamb aparently) during that time and may consiquently pass on thet virus via a blood donation.
The pertinant questions raised were; What if you are a vegitarian and have been a vegitarian since birth, shouldn't you be allowed to donate? Also (and this was a random but very good point raised by Belinda), What if you had traveled on British areoplanes? Wouldn't the meat you ate on them be contaminated too?
And besides which British beef was exported all over the world and people from countries other than Britan have contracted the desease so what's to say pepole who ate that contaminated Beef or live in those other affected countries aren't just as high a risk as us Brits?
Tuesday, 22 February 2005
the verbal paradox
To stay quiet and have people think you are dull, boring, stupid, shy,
ignorant and generaly not worth wasting time on or to speak and say
something stupid, strange, wierd, bizzare, deranged and give the impression
that you are a wierdo they'd rather ignore?
ignorant and generaly not worth wasting time on or to speak and say
something stupid, strange, wierd, bizzare, deranged and give the impression
that you are a wierdo they'd rather ignore?
Monday, 21 February 2005
birthday cakes
There was a debate in the letters section of the metro newspaper a while ago which discussed the tradition of bringing in cakes for your co-workers on your birthday. It turned out that this was not a universal tradition and in many other countries the co-workers clubbed together to buy a cake for the birthday boy or girl.
I think I like it our way better. This way the clubbed in money goes towards a nice prezzie (or a not so nice one which you can exchange for something your really want) and everyone still gets to enjoy some cake . . . unless you work in my old office where you were expected to bring in cakes and all you got was a cheap card from the newsagent round the corner filled with insincere greetings from people with whom you share a mutual and barely concealed contempt for. But I digress.
There used to be a girl who worked here who everyone loved and I hated. She was a cheapskate, pure and simple. She didn't like spending money on anyone but herself and consequently the cakes she brought in were always the supermarket value brand or from the £1 shop on her local high street. Fair enough if you are a graduate struggling to survive on a crap wage and pay of a student loan or a single mum paying extortionate child care. But she was neither, she was quite flush and extremely cheap.
Tony the vegan brings in cruelty free cakes and treats but they're still laden with sugar and fat, so we don't mind. Most other people bring in a bag of supermarket doughnuts and a couple of boxes of Mr Kipling French Fancies.
Everyone always thinks I'm joking when I suggest that for a change people should swap one of the boxes of cakes for some fruit. I'm not!
I'd love to not have the temptation of all those goodies thrust in my face every time I leave the office. A nice bunch of grapes to pick at when I go past would be great.
I think I like it our way better. This way the clubbed in money goes towards a nice prezzie (or a not so nice one which you can exchange for something your really want) and everyone still gets to enjoy some cake . . . unless you work in my old office where you were expected to bring in cakes and all you got was a cheap card from the newsagent round the corner filled with insincere greetings from people with whom you share a mutual and barely concealed contempt for. But I digress.
There used to be a girl who worked here who everyone loved and I hated. She was a cheapskate, pure and simple. She didn't like spending money on anyone but herself and consequently the cakes she brought in were always the supermarket value brand or from the £1 shop on her local high street. Fair enough if you are a graduate struggling to survive on a crap wage and pay of a student loan or a single mum paying extortionate child care. But she was neither, she was quite flush and extremely cheap.
Tony the vegan brings in cruelty free cakes and treats but they're still laden with sugar and fat, so we don't mind. Most other people bring in a bag of supermarket doughnuts and a couple of boxes of Mr Kipling French Fancies.
Everyone always thinks I'm joking when I suggest that for a change people should swap one of the boxes of cakes for some fruit. I'm not!
I'd love to not have the temptation of all those goodies thrust in my face every time I leave the office. A nice bunch of grapes to pick at when I go past would be great.
Friday, 18 February 2005
The only man
The only man in our end of the office today is David.
He fled from the room in disgust when we started discussing trashy celeb autobiographies (Ulrika Johnson, Joran and LouLou to be precise).
He fled from the room in disgust when we started discussing trashy celeb autobiographies (Ulrika Johnson, Joran and LouLou to be precise).
Thursday, 17 February 2005
hot topics of office conversation pt3
10am Carls strange dream about a squirrel, a scorpion, a spider, his girlfriend and 2 male colleagues.
In the dream he had just got a pet squirrel which his girlfiend told him to carry home by its tail. The squirrel didn't like this and strated writhing and the tail came off in Carls hand. The squirrel ran away and Carl was really upset that it wouldn't be able to jump about iin the trees properly becouse it now didn't have a tail to help it balance. He got home and Tim and Drew were in his bathroom along with a spider in the bath and a scorpion who was being treatening. Drew told Carl he had to get rid of the scorpion and so Carl whacked it with a towel and it exploded all over the bathroom.
Anne interpreted it as anxiety about his upcoming wedding. The squirrel was Carl being restained by coupledome and fighting to get free and winning that freedom at a cost. The scorpion was the wedding and Drew (who is single) is Carls single self trying to get rid of the wedding and Tim(who is married) was Carls married self, not doing much at all.
Quite an insiteful interpretation, me thinks.
11.20am History is bollocks. Its written by the victors so how can we trust it to be true? A lot of stuff was made up by the victorians and now people just assume it's the truth ie: chivalrus knights in shining armour were actualy just mercinaries and Robin Hood was just a thief who had nothing to do with the crusades and wasn't royal. Most of the people from history who we hold up for doing great deeds probably did them for purely selfish reasons, but history has made them into heros.
2.05pm Fox hunting. Quite a heated debate with arguments for and against.
In the dream he had just got a pet squirrel which his girlfiend told him to carry home by its tail. The squirrel didn't like this and strated writhing and the tail came off in Carls hand. The squirrel ran away and Carl was really upset that it wouldn't be able to jump about iin the trees properly becouse it now didn't have a tail to help it balance. He got home and Tim and Drew were in his bathroom along with a spider in the bath and a scorpion who was being treatening. Drew told Carl he had to get rid of the scorpion and so Carl whacked it with a towel and it exploded all over the bathroom.
Anne interpreted it as anxiety about his upcoming wedding. The squirrel was Carl being restained by coupledome and fighting to get free and winning that freedom at a cost. The scorpion was the wedding and Drew (who is single) is Carls single self trying to get rid of the wedding and Tim(who is married) was Carls married self, not doing much at all.
Quite an insiteful interpretation, me thinks.
11.20am History is bollocks. Its written by the victors so how can we trust it to be true? A lot of stuff was made up by the victorians and now people just assume it's the truth ie: chivalrus knights in shining armour were actualy just mercinaries and Robin Hood was just a thief who had nothing to do with the crusades and wasn't royal. Most of the people from history who we hold up for doing great deeds probably did them for purely selfish reasons, but history has made them into heros.
2.05pm Fox hunting. Quite a heated debate with arguments for and against.
Wednesday, 16 February 2005
hot topics of office conversation - 2
9.30am the best way to drive from Hampstead to Hendon.
9.50am the story in yesterdays paper linking the Hep B vaccine to arthritus
10.25am the westend play 'The woman in black'.
11.30am the news that Jo, our colleague with the broken leg, will be off work for at least 4 weeks and is already going off her head with boredom because she can't leave the sofa. (Also briefly debated was 'who's responsibility is it to start the get well soon card going round ?')
11.45am Gavins new commute from his girlfriends house in the sticks. This mutated into a converation about geneticaly engeineerd oil seed rape crops and the fact that you can make desil fuel from the left over fat from fish and chip shops.
1.30pm 'versace is so chav' discussed by - The chavs
4pm Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, brilliant film but only if you don't watch the dubed version.
4.15pm Debby who is soon to go on maternity leave, caused a stir and much excietd cooing and baby chatter. (I turned my back and grit my teeth.)
9.50am the story in yesterdays paper linking the Hep B vaccine to arthritus
10.25am the westend play 'The woman in black'.
11.30am the news that Jo, our colleague with the broken leg, will be off work for at least 4 weeks and is already going off her head with boredom because she can't leave the sofa. (Also briefly debated was 'who's responsibility is it to start the get well soon card going round ?')
11.45am Gavins new commute from his girlfriends house in the sticks. This mutated into a converation about geneticaly engeineerd oil seed rape crops and the fact that you can make desil fuel from the left over fat from fish and chip shops.
1.30pm 'versace is so chav' discussed by - The chavs
4pm Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, brilliant film but only if you don't watch the dubed version.
4.15pm Debby who is soon to go on maternity leave, caused a stir and much excietd cooing and baby chatter. (I turned my back and grit my teeth.)
Tuesday, 15 February 2005
hot topics of office conversation
The Hot topics of convesation in my office yesterday were...
Modern art and The Tate Modern Art Gallery (9am)
Colleague Jo breaking her leg skiing (10am)
Baby 81 (10.30am)
The latest animated movies (3pm)
Last nights local lightning strike (3.20pm)
The chocolates sent to some of our staff by one of our courier companies (3.40pm)
Modern art and The Tate Modern Art Gallery (9am)
Colleague Jo breaking her leg skiing (10am)
Baby 81 (10.30am)
The latest animated movies (3pm)
Last nights local lightning strike (3.20pm)
The chocolates sent to some of our staff by one of our courier companies (3.40pm)
Monday, 14 February 2005
my bloody valentine
John just pointed out that valentines day is proably the most unromantic day of the year.
There is no spontinatey. Everyone is TOLD they have to be romantic by big corporations, how is that romantic ?
Shouldn't romance be spontanious? or at the very least shouldn't the person attempting to be romantic be doing so becouse they want to and not becouse they feel obligated too.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1484028,00.html
There is no spontinatey. Everyone is TOLD they have to be romantic by big corporations, how is that romantic ?
Shouldn't romance be spontanious? or at the very least shouldn't the person attempting to be romantic be doing so becouse they want to and not becouse they feel obligated too.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1484028,00.html
Friday, 11 February 2005
just a pint
I don't really have anything to blog about today.
I'm going to give blood this afternoon.
one benifit of working for a charity is that they are understanding about things like blood donation and let you take time off work to go and do it.
http://www.blood.co.uk
I'm going to give blood this afternoon.
one benifit of working for a charity is that they are understanding about things like blood donation and let you take time off work to go and do it.
http://www.blood.co.uk
Thursday, 10 February 2005
evil banks
I have no objection to my bank changing my current account from a graduate account with a free overdraft to a current account with standard fees.
What I do object to, is not being informed that this was about to happen. A £20 interest charge is NOT a nice surprise.
What I do object to, is not being informed that this was about to happen. A £20 interest charge is NOT a nice surprise.
Wednesday, 9 February 2005
backpacker scum
While I'm on the topic of annoying people in my office, let me say a word or two about the backpacker scum we employ.
I have noting against backpackers, what I have issue with are the backpackers who can't stop taking about where they've been, what they did what a brilliant time they had etc... These people need to shut the fuck up. Yeah, you has a great time, but most people don't give a fuck and definaly don't want to hear about it, time and time again.
There are 2 girls in particular who I have issue with, they both did the whole Thailand/Australia/New Zealand thing and now every time they are together they talk about it. 'Fair enough' you would think, 'what's the harm in that?' I hear you ask.
The harm comes when the person sitting next to you is obviously becoming extreemly upset by your coversation to the point where tears are briming and about to pour forth. I don't know why my collegue was so updet by there conversation. Perhaps it was reminding her of her missed oportunities or something she's always wanted to do but knows she never will.
People whove been traveling should shut the fuck up in consideration of other people.
I have noting against backpackers, what I have issue with are the backpackers who can't stop taking about where they've been, what they did what a brilliant time they had etc... These people need to shut the fuck up. Yeah, you has a great time, but most people don't give a fuck and definaly don't want to hear about it, time and time again.
There are 2 girls in particular who I have issue with, they both did the whole Thailand/Australia/New Zealand thing and now every time they are together they talk about it. 'Fair enough' you would think, 'what's the harm in that?' I hear you ask.
The harm comes when the person sitting next to you is obviously becoming extreemly upset by your coversation to the point where tears are briming and about to pour forth. I don't know why my collegue was so updet by there conversation. Perhaps it was reminding her of her missed oportunities or something she's always wanted to do but knows she never will.
People whove been traveling should shut the fuck up in consideration of other people.
Tuesday, 8 February 2005
office chavs
Not only do we have some in our office, but they are the kind who don't realise that they are.
Ok, so they are not down and dirty Chav Scum, but a Chav is still a Chav.
Ok, so they are not down and dirty Chav Scum, but a Chav is still a Chav.
Monday, 7 February 2005
annoying office chatter
Caroline has just got engaged. She's glad he didn't wait till Valentines
day becouse that's 'so cliched'.
FUCK OFF !!!!!!!!!
I DON'T GIVE A SHIT AND I DON'T WANT TO FUCKING HEAR ABOUT IT.
Lyndsey is up ther right now 'cooing' over the ring, and I mean literaly
'cooing' like a fucking pidgeon.
If I have to hear Carolines fucking proposal story one more time I'm gonna
rip that fucking ring off her finger and shove it up her arse.
The're talking about fucking 'cuts' and 'clusters' and 'settings' now.
I just want to be able to get on with my work without their constant fucking
twittering in the backgroung.
I feel really sorry for Tony having to sit right next to them and having to listen to their girly gossipy shit all day. No wonder he always looks so pissed off.
day becouse that's 'so cliched'.
FUCK OFF !!!!!!!!!
I DON'T GIVE A SHIT AND I DON'T WANT TO FUCKING HEAR ABOUT IT.
Lyndsey is up ther right now 'cooing' over the ring, and I mean literaly
'cooing' like a fucking pidgeon.
If I have to hear Carolines fucking proposal story one more time I'm gonna
rip that fucking ring off her finger and shove it up her arse.
The're talking about fucking 'cuts' and 'clusters' and 'settings' now.
I just want to be able to get on with my work without their constant fucking
twittering in the backgroung.
I feel really sorry for Tony having to sit right next to them and having to listen to their girly gossipy shit all day. No wonder he always looks so pissed off.
Sunday, 6 February 2005
Jesus loves me
Yesterday a young man stoped me in the street. He told me that he just wanted to let me know that Jesus loves me. I said thank you and carried on my way.
Perhaps if I haddn't been so quick to say thank you and start walking he would have tried to preach to me and invite me to a prayer meeting. Perhaps he just wanted to share his joy.
I'd like to believe the latter.
Perhaps if I haddn't been so quick to say thank you and start walking he would have tried to preach to me and invite me to a prayer meeting. Perhaps he just wanted to share his joy.
I'd like to believe the latter.
Friday, 4 February 2005
I am a geek
An email titled 'the geek test' did the rounds at work yesterday.
It consisted of a spreadsheet quiz (you know the type) with a long list of questions which you answer yes and no to.
I had the highest geek quotiant in the office with 53% . . .
Other scores were:
Helen 38%
Carl: 38%
Julia: 23%
Aidan: 35%
Louise: 48%
Gareth: 40%
Affie: 18%
Gabbi: 23%
Russell: 15% (liar)
Lisa declared that she knew I would be the biggest geek as I like Sci-Fi. This was from a woman who answerd yes to going round to her friends just to play trivial persuit, liking number puzzles AND being able to solve a Rubik's cube without peeling off the stickers.
I answerd NO to both those questions and still scored higher than her. Watching the sci-fi channel should not make me a geek!
It consisted of a spreadsheet quiz (you know the type) with a long list of questions which you answer yes and no to.
I had the highest geek quotiant in the office with 53% . . .
Other scores were:
Helen 38%
Carl: 38%
Julia: 23%
Aidan: 35%
Louise: 48%
Gareth: 40%
Affie: 18%
Gabbi: 23%
Russell: 15% (liar)
Lisa declared that she knew I would be the biggest geek as I like Sci-Fi. This was from a woman who answerd yes to going round to her friends just to play trivial persuit, liking number puzzles AND being able to solve a Rubik's cube without peeling off the stickers.
I answerd NO to both those questions and still scored higher than her. Watching the sci-fi channel should not make me a geek!
Thursday, 3 February 2005
11 days and counting . . .
to the evil marketing conspiracy that is ....valantines day.
Last year I ended up getting drunk, eating pizza and watching Bridget Jones with Gabbi and Anne (who were aslo single at the time).
This year the bitches are all loved up and I will no doubt end up drunk alone in my room watching the most unvalentiney DVD I can find.
Last year I ended up getting drunk, eating pizza and watching Bridget Jones with Gabbi and Anne (who were aslo single at the time).
This year the bitches are all loved up and I will no doubt end up drunk alone in my room watching the most unvalentiney DVD I can find.
Wednesday, 2 February 2005
zoot
From a discussion over the legality of the word ‘zoot’ as used in a game of scrabble.
Anne and I say it is not allowed because it is just part of the word zootsuit and only appears in the dictionary as such. Gareth and Aiden felt they were justified in using it as a word in its own right.
>>
From: Gareth
To: Earth Girl, Anne, Aiden
2.03pm
Aiden I agree - and they try to make out we cheated.
>>
From: Anne
2.08pm
They ?
That had a distinctly sexist overtone to it Gareth.
When did it become boys vs girls ?
>>
from: aiden
It seems that jumping to conclusions is a running theme here.
'They' refers to the antizooters.
>>
From: eg
well then you should be more specific and not 'imply' things.
Earth Girl
Head Antizooter
>>
from aiden
I thought we had abandoned specifics?
>>
From: eg
I thought we were clarifying the non specifics....
>>
From aiden
To clarify:
I had assumed that we were clarifying the implication of the non-specific
'they' and it's implied meaning with respect to the previous emailed
correspondence. However, if the non-specific 'they' should indeed be found
to be specifically relating to the cause of the complaint, then my assumtion
that we had abandoned specifics in favour of implied and assumed meaning was
an assumtion too far.
Anne and I say it is not allowed because it is just part of the word zootsuit and only appears in the dictionary as such. Gareth and Aiden felt they were justified in using it as a word in its own right.
>>
From: Gareth
To: Earth Girl, Anne, Aiden
2.03pm
Aiden I agree - and they try to make out we cheated.
>>
From: Anne
2.08pm
They ?
That had a distinctly sexist overtone to it Gareth.
When did it become boys vs girls ?
>>
from: aiden
It seems that jumping to conclusions is a running theme here.
'They' refers to the antizooters.
>>
From: eg
well then you should be more specific and not 'imply' things.
Earth Girl
Head Antizooter
>>
from aiden
I thought we had abandoned specifics?
>>
From: eg
I thought we were clarifying the non specifics....
>>
From aiden
To clarify:
I had assumed that we were clarifying the implication of the non-specific
'they' and it's implied meaning with respect to the previous emailed
correspondence. However, if the non-specific 'they' should indeed be found
to be specifically relating to the cause of the complaint, then my assumtion
that we had abandoned specifics in favour of implied and assumed meaning was
an assumtion too far.
Tuesday, 1 February 2005
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