and grey. Washing, cleaning and sleeping. My Sunday.
You know I haven't had a whole weekend to myself yet since I returned from Australia. I must slow down - then again!!
As for the 1st Test - its ploy - I hope.
And now its Planet Earth. Night
Monday, November 27, 2006
Gillingham 1 - Rotherham 0
Good game, despite the beeb quoting it as 'scrappy'. Matty J and Twiglet flying. In the final minutes as the sky turned black and the clouds rolled in lightning was in the sky.
1 Nottm Forest 19 14 41
2 Scunthorpe19 15 35
3 Tranmere 19 10 34
4 Bristol City 19 7 33
5 Oldham 19 12 32
6 Swansea 19 6 31
7 Yeovil 19 5 31
8 Carlisle 19 3 30
9 Crewe 19 3 27
10 Gillingham 19 -3 27
But we are 10th and that feels rather good!
1 Nottm Forest 19 14 41
2 Scunthorpe19 15 35
3 Tranmere 19 10 34
4 Bristol City 19 7 33
5 Oldham 19 12 32
6 Swansea 19 6 31
7 Yeovil 19 5 31
8 Carlisle 19 3 30
9 Crewe 19 3 27
10 Gillingham 19 -3 27
But we are 10th and that feels rather good!
Friday, November 24, 2006
Paris
Paris for another project meeting and a serious lesson in how the Parisian's drink!
Core project Anchovy team - Dan 'the Prof' Higgins, moi, Tony V and Dan the Mad-den at The Beaver before hitting the cocktail bar off the Champs-Élysées... I think I have told most people about the interesting fish pie incident in first class on the way back on Eurostar... not one of my better free dinners!
The Eiffel Tower from my hotel window.. just to prove it rains and is miserable in this beautiful city too... see the lights sparkle though!
Core project Anchovy team - Dan 'the Prof' Higgins, moi, Tony V and Dan the Mad-den at The Beaver before hitting the cocktail bar off the Champs-Élysées... I think I have told most people about the interesting fish pie incident in first class on the way back on Eurostar... not one of my better free dinners!
The Eiffel Tower from my hotel window.. just to prove it rains and is miserable in this beautiful city too... see the lights sparkle though!Wednesday, November 22, 2006
This Life...
I should be in bed by rights but another hectic day makes it hard to wind down! The Vinopolis do was very good - very tempting to stay til wee hours and sample more wine and food - however at 8pm bailed out and got packing! Learnt a lot from Oz trip - so my wheelie case is packed with all necessary items - suitable for work, after hours and a cocktail champers do! Sometimes it feels great to be here now... Won't be saying that when the alarm goes at 5.30am!!
Now I must avoid my usual trick of watching This Life til 1am!! I had forgotten how brilliant that was as a programme, the music, London, the profession etc, and I look back at my legal career and wonder... what if? Hey still close to the law but actually feel I am achieving more where I am - especially in the last 12 months... a partner tonight said I was wonderful! Smirk! With witnesses! So come on Anna, come on Miles - where are you now!! Can't wait for the ten year catch up!
Right defo off to bed now! Ta ra and bon soir!
Now I must avoid my usual trick of watching This Life til 1am!! I had forgotten how brilliant that was as a programme, the music, London, the profession etc, and I look back at my legal career and wonder... what if? Hey still close to the law but actually feel I am achieving more where I am - especially in the last 12 months... a partner tonight said I was wonderful! Smirk! With witnesses! So come on Anna, come on Miles - where are you now!! Can't wait for the ten year catch up!
Right defo off to bed now! Ta ra and bon soir!
The Ashes..
Not the Archers - the chickens have all come home to roost in that little storyline. The COWMAN!! Great lines on Sunday! Poor old David... He even said 'bloody' - controversial for such a prestigious programme!
But the purpose of the post - I won't be able to tune into the start of the Ashes tomorrow so here is my public show of good wishes to the England team. I will be listening to my DAB radio at odd hours of the day and wishing I was at various venues with the Barmy Army!! Come On England - lets show those Aussie what the Poms are really made of... I will shortly be following this up with my snaps of the G - MCG that is!! Although if the Aussies do badly a blubbing G may yet appear!
Good luck England - and make sure you stay away from that Aussie lager! Stick with the dark stuff - Toohey's Old, James Squires Amber Ale, Dogbolter, Carlton Black and Cascade Stout to name a few of my high recommended tipples!!! We bring Bat and Ball!!
But the purpose of the post - I won't be able to tune into the start of the Ashes tomorrow so here is my public show of good wishes to the England team. I will be listening to my DAB radio at odd hours of the day and wishing I was at various venues with the Barmy Army!! Come On England - lets show those Aussie what the Poms are really made of... I will shortly be following this up with my snaps of the G - MCG that is!! Although if the Aussies do badly a blubbing G may yet appear!
Good luck England - and make sure you stay away from that Aussie lager! Stick with the dark stuff - Toohey's Old, James Squires Amber Ale, Dogbolter, Carlton Black and Cascade Stout to name a few of my high recommended tipples!!! We bring Bat and Ball!!
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
The eve of assume nothing's birthday
Well its a been a year! Well it will be tomorrow but I can't see me getting anywhere near this tomorrow! So Happy Birthday to my Blog!!
Today has been spent manically beavering away over work items, stored procedures, methods & classes and aspx.cs pages... that's Project Management. Honest! After an early-ish start (not helped by tube network being totally up the spout) I managed to produce my PLAN!!! Leaving office at 7.30pm. Effort in equals, well, we'll see! The pressure of a deadline helps, half the office being on manoeuvres also helped! Peace and quiet!! It reminded me of my youth and doing my homework. Music and method. Yes I am off to the Paris office Wednesday morning for 3 days. Looking forward to it - but just want everything sorted before I go. Got a work event at Vinopolis tomorrow pm and then Thursday pm the Anchovy project is being celebrated - would feel a fraud if my end of the bargain was half cocked.
Spent the weekend here and in Kent - a flying visit home. Seconded the official wedding photos - there are some really good ones in the set! Aah happy days - all seems so long ago.
So what have I learnt over the last year? Like so many aspects of my character, that I have acquired, the blog started prompted by somebody I fancied. He and I were short lived. We are still in touch but I suspect it has no mileage - I haven't seen him in over a year despite the fact he is now in London. Shame really. Meow!! :-) I have a tattoo which was partly cos of someone I fancied and those amongst you who know my past may say my long hair was heavily influenced by a love interest. Hee hee! The rest unfortunately is fairly and squarely me! Cynical. Downbeat. Bubbly. Slightly mad. Slightly sad. Overly emotional and totally misunderstood. Still determined mind you and loving my current climbs. Just loving being me at the moment. Rollercoaster. It's a new ride every day.
Whilst looking for some ear phones in my cupboard in my old bedroom I stumbled across my journals - wow! I shuddered when I read some of the tings I wrote about. All the crushes I had - usually on people I had not even spoken too. Oh I wonder if the poor sods realised! The letters, printed emails and things I wrote - not much seems to have changed and yet everything has changed! Were have those people gone? Suzanne S, Jenny S, Rob Jones, Andy, Jo F, Nicola S, Gillian, Gill, Sarah Thomas, Bina Bagga, Sonia W, Sam Pick, Kevin Mansell, Dave 'lead bollocks' Ferra, Pete, Hitain, Darren G, Chrissy D, David L, Adam E?? All names from the past. Wonder who they are now? And the recurring names! Baggy, Ziggy, Dr Marc, Konrad, Sean and Lisa. Friends for life despite the ups and downs! AND of course all the new names harvested over the last (almost) 6 years here in London in this job, Swansea Jack, Maccer 40p, Camilla, Vaughany, Simon Morley, Lord RDM, Mikey Gee, John Dicko, Furry, etc etc. So I have learnt that life is always a tapestry - a never ending weave of threads. The circular nature of certain relationships - they ebb and flow but I am truly content - fit to bursting in fact - with the knowledge that for every dark time there has been a lighter time!
So thank you readers - thanks for the contributions all of you who do - always a pleasure! Thanks everyone for the memories, learning curves, love, angst, influences and laughter!
And now for a footie score I think!!! Saturday's result - Bristol City 3 - Gillingham 0 - does not bode well for cup game. Question is should I go?!
Right I need SLEEP!!!!
SO Assume Nothing!
Question and attempt everything - you never know where it may take you.... :-)
Today has been spent manically beavering away over work items, stored procedures, methods & classes and aspx.cs pages... that's Project Management. Honest! After an early-ish start (not helped by tube network being totally up the spout) I managed to produce my PLAN!!! Leaving office at 7.30pm. Effort in equals, well, we'll see! The pressure of a deadline helps, half the office being on manoeuvres also helped! Peace and quiet!! It reminded me of my youth and doing my homework. Music and method. Yes I am off to the Paris office Wednesday morning for 3 days. Looking forward to it - but just want everything sorted before I go. Got a work event at Vinopolis tomorrow pm and then Thursday pm the Anchovy project is being celebrated - would feel a fraud if my end of the bargain was half cocked.
Spent the weekend here and in Kent - a flying visit home. Seconded the official wedding photos - there are some really good ones in the set! Aah happy days - all seems so long ago.
So what have I learnt over the last year? Like so many aspects of my character, that I have acquired, the blog started prompted by somebody I fancied. He and I were short lived. We are still in touch but I suspect it has no mileage - I haven't seen him in over a year despite the fact he is now in London. Shame really. Meow!! :-) I have a tattoo which was partly cos of someone I fancied and those amongst you who know my past may say my long hair was heavily influenced by a love interest. Hee hee! The rest unfortunately is fairly and squarely me! Cynical. Downbeat. Bubbly. Slightly mad. Slightly sad. Overly emotional and totally misunderstood. Still determined mind you and loving my current climbs. Just loving being me at the moment. Rollercoaster. It's a new ride every day.
Whilst looking for some ear phones in my cupboard in my old bedroom I stumbled across my journals - wow! I shuddered when I read some of the tings I wrote about. All the crushes I had - usually on people I had not even spoken too. Oh I wonder if the poor sods realised! The letters, printed emails and things I wrote - not much seems to have changed and yet everything has changed! Were have those people gone? Suzanne S, Jenny S, Rob Jones, Andy, Jo F, Nicola S, Gillian, Gill, Sarah Thomas, Bina Bagga, Sonia W, Sam Pick, Kevin Mansell, Dave 'lead bollocks' Ferra, Pete, Hitain, Darren G, Chrissy D, David L, Adam E?? All names from the past. Wonder who they are now? And the recurring names! Baggy, Ziggy, Dr Marc, Konrad, Sean and Lisa. Friends for life despite the ups and downs! AND of course all the new names harvested over the last (almost) 6 years here in London in this job, Swansea Jack, Maccer 40p, Camilla, Vaughany, Simon Morley, Lord RDM, Mikey Gee, John Dicko, Furry, etc etc. So I have learnt that life is always a tapestry - a never ending weave of threads. The circular nature of certain relationships - they ebb and flow but I am truly content - fit to bursting in fact - with the knowledge that for every dark time there has been a lighter time!
So thank you readers - thanks for the contributions all of you who do - always a pleasure! Thanks everyone for the memories, learning curves, love, angst, influences and laughter!
And now for a footie score I think!!! Saturday's result - Bristol City 3 - Gillingham 0 - does not bode well for cup game. Question is should I go?!
Right I need SLEEP!!!!
SO Assume Nothing!
Question and attempt everything - you never know where it may take you.... :-)
CHEERS!
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Alive!
Long time no posting. Been very busy, socially and work wise... today is a rare non football day and i have spent the morning cleaning and trying locate source of rather strange smell... after sorting all washing up and sink issues the smell remained. Removal of fridge and freezer gave me a clearer indication. Mice. So not only do I have to battle with moths I am now fighting against mice. Joy.
Anyway hair been re-dyed so now it looks blonder than ever! ha ha.
Had a good week all in all. Folks back in UK in one piece and Stu shared his Pearl Jam concert with me - ace!
At least the sun is out today... anyway gotta dash! Laters!
Anyway hair been re-dyed so now it looks blonder than ever! ha ha.
Had a good week all in all. Folks back in UK in one piece and Stu shared his Pearl Jam concert with me - ace!
At least the sun is out today... anyway gotta dash! Laters!
Monday, November 13, 2006
Me at...
various places around Melbourne....
Outside the Melbourne Exhibition Centre - October 6th
St Kilda Pier - October 17th
Williamstown - October 18th
Melbourne's Bridge of Sounds - October 19th
The Melbourne Cricket Club - October 19thBeen updating Unbelievable! too if you want to catch some more pictures!
FAC 2
We have been drawn away at Bristol City.
I think my moans of 'Nooo!' were heard all the way down the street. Can't quite the memories of last time we (I) went there out of my head!
Full draw
Farsley Celtic/Milton Keynes Dons v Blackpool
Cheltenham/Scunthorpe v Wrexham
Brighton v Stafford/Maidenhead
Bristol City v Gillingham
Shrewsbury/Hereford v Port Vale
Macclesfield/Walsall v Rochdale/Hartlepool
Stockport v Wycombe
Weymouth/Bury v Chester
Barnet v Northampton/Grimsby
Tranmere v Peterborough
King's Lynn v Oldham
Darlington v Swansea
Salisbury City v Nottingham Forest
Torquay v Leyton Orient
Bristol Rovers v Bournemouth
Bradford v Havant & W/Millwall
Swindon v Morecambe
Mansfield v Doncaster
Chelmsford/Aldershot v Basingstoke Town
Rushden & Diamonds v Tamworth
Ties to be played on the weekend of 2 December
I think my moans of 'Nooo!' were heard all the way down the street. Can't quite the memories of last time we (I) went there out of my head!
Full draw
Farsley Celtic/Milton Keynes Dons v Blackpool
Cheltenham/Scunthorpe v Wrexham
Brighton v Stafford/Maidenhead
Bristol City v Gillingham
Shrewsbury/Hereford v Port Vale
Macclesfield/Walsall v Rochdale/Hartlepool
Stockport v Wycombe
Weymouth/Bury v Chester
Barnet v Northampton/Grimsby
Tranmere v Peterborough
King's Lynn v Oldham
Darlington v Swansea
Salisbury City v Nottingham Forest
Torquay v Leyton Orient
Bristol Rovers v Bournemouth
Bradford v Havant & W/Millwall
Swindon v Morecambe
Mansfield v Doncaster
Chelmsford/Aldershot v Basingstoke Town
Rushden & Diamonds v Tamworth
Ties to be played on the weekend of 2 December
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Gillingham 4 - Bromley 1 (FAC 1)
We won. But the score flatters to deceive us. We were fairly poor first half. No passing - all in the air and lacking control. Good to get the win but as soon as we meet a decent team we will be undone. I strongly hope we can start to raise out overall play - proper ball to feet and considered first touches. We then stand a chance.
Draw is tomorrow ... can't wait!!
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
15,000th Episode
What a damp SQUIB!!!!
Ruth bottled it. Like a firework left in the rain she lit the fuse - drove to Oxford and once there decided not to explode... oh well the Devonian goblin will take this badly and probably let slip to David... so the story will smoulder on for a wee bit longer...all in all a huge build up for a slightly disappointing finale. Top be expected bearin gin mind the characters and how of character they have been for the last three weeks... watch this space for more gossip!
Ruth bottled it. Like a firework left in the rain she lit the fuse - drove to Oxford and once there decided not to explode... oh well the Devonian goblin will take this badly and probably let slip to David... so the story will smoulder on for a wee bit longer...all in all a huge build up for a slightly disappointing finale. Top be expected bearin gin mind the characters and how of character they have been for the last three weeks... watch this space for more gossip!
League Cup
Without wishing to ruin my team's chances on Saturday with bad karma I feel I must congratulate Southend for their magnificent win last night over Man U. Well done lads. The less than half a million pound side beat the big side with their 7 internationals. Which proves that the romance of the game does exist... in small grounds with atmosphere and heart. Nice one!
Someone..
just asked what the colour of my hair is at the moment... as if I had changed it over night?!?!? Is it looking THAT blonde?!
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Tonight
is the 15,000th episode of The Archers... the plot has been thickening up rather spew provokingly. So the big question is - will Ruth and Sam do the biz at 7pm this evening?! And can the listening public bear to listen to the noises if they do?!?!
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Gillingham 2 - Chesterfield 1
Amazing!
Unexpected!
Unforeseen!
Impossible?!
Nah - just another reminder why I love the game.
We were 1 nil down for 89 minutes!
WE SNATCHED VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT!!!!! A first! Twiglet and MacDonald. Joy joy joy!
Lots of other weird things happened today too. People talking to me, solely because I was wearing a Gills shirt. All rather strange - I obviously had the 'its safe to talk to her' face on today - not that I was aware of any difference. Odd. Odd.
Who cares - 3 points and untold joy on a chilly afternoon. Plus the sunset over the Brian Moore Stand was totally awesome.
Unexpected!
Unforeseen!
Impossible?!
Nah - just another reminder why I love the game.
We were 1 nil down for 89 minutes!
WE SNATCHED VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT!!!!! A first! Twiglet and MacDonald. Joy joy joy!
Lots of other weird things happened today too. People talking to me, solely because I was wearing a Gills shirt. All rather strange - I obviously had the 'its safe to talk to her' face on today - not that I was aware of any difference. Odd. Odd.
Who cares - 3 points and untold joy on a chilly afternoon. Plus the sunset over the Brian Moore Stand was totally awesome.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
The Archers..
....Please post comments - observations here....!
thank you!
Starter for ten... it's a simple tale of everyday country folk.. (who at the moment seem preoccupied with having affairs with other people. That's the onset of winter for you and of course the threat of lessening EU subsidy)
For those of you not in the know check it out here!
thank you!
Starter for ten... it's a simple tale of everyday country folk.. (who at the moment seem preoccupied with having affairs with other people. That's the onset of winter for you and of course the threat of lessening EU subsidy)
For those of you not in the know check it out here!
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