The Zoos Shave All the Animals

Addiction point, no turning back
Don't generalise, this isn't crack.
It isn't weed or hash or dope
It's something higher; a gift of hope.

A hope that leads you far and high
No fear of death, no shame in life.
A hope that shouts, 'I'll not back down',
'Beyond this life, I'll lift my crown.'

How does it end? You may well guess.
In life forever, eternal blessed.
For hope will take us far and high,
By fanning faith, I'm made alive.

Ouch!

Awkward situations can and most probably will arise.

And 'Dani', if you're reading this.

'Hello!' :D

"We're lesbians"


- Works every time, apparently.

Na. It wasn't said to me.

I kid you not.

There is a film coming out called that.
Named after a book apparently.

I almost wet myself in the cinema.

(I know what pants are in America, but still!)

While walking along between the stalls -

Andy: I think all the stalls here are from French people

*Tom looks up at sign on closest stall which reads "Best British Meat"*

The firework display was cool though!

While in Next

Jen: Tom. You look really tired!

lol - thanks Jen! It was early.

So I was buying my stuff in Next with Jen and there was a very, very pretty person serving Jen.

She seemed a bit more interested in how I was paying for my clothes though and after flashing me a very pretty smile (which I obviously returned!) she started chatting...

Tom: Can I pay with this £25 gift voucher and then put the rest on my card?
Toms Sales Person: Yeah. Sure. That'll be x amount on your card then.
Tom: Thanks.
(The Smile and then...)
Jen's pretty sales person: Oh I wouldn't have used my voucher to buy anything in a sale.
*Jen and Tom look a bit perplexed*
Jen: Why not?
Jen's pretty sales person: Well, what if you saw something you really liked when there wasn't a sale on? You could've kept the voucher until then.

*Tom thinking* 'Well, I would use the £25 I just saved to buy it then...'

Bless her. It was early.

I was up at that time today.

Why you ask?

Next Sale!!!!

Remember those £60 worth of vouchers I won at work? Well, I turned £25 of them in Next vouchers and thought that this would be a great way to spend all of that.

However, because I couldn't actually try on any of the clothes (fitting rooms were closed) I had to wait till I got home.

2 t-shirts were brought which are fine and that was my main thing. But oput of 2 shirts I brought, one is too long and the other wants to kill me by suffocating my waist. I'm sure I'll swap the one that's too big, but I could get used to the other one. Maybe it'll be good for my... breathing... ?

"No pain no gain" ?

After that (6am), me and Jen went to Asda for breakfast. It was good chatting to Jen cos we don't usually have one-on-one chat's (well, sometimes at worship practise...) and it was nice to catch up. Hurry up and finished HP though Jen!

Then I was home at 7, bed by 7:05... and up again at 9:20.

I got my %age through for my 1st year the other day.

75%

*grin*

I also finished the 6th Harry Potter book about an hour ago.

I conclude that I will never win at mafia again. (no matter what character I am)

Last night, I was the doctor and was linched in the 1st round...

Says it all really.

I've only ever actually won it 3 or 4 times (to my knowledge) but for 2 out of those 4 times, I had all of them eating out of my hands, which is why none of the people who have played it with me since trust me... ever.

Thinking about it though, completely dumbfounding 'Rose' and Gemma in 2 of those 4 games makes it all worth while, no matter how many times Babz points the finger at me!

This heart was born to love You,
These hands were formed to give,
These eyes were made to see Your wonders,
This life is there to live.

These feet are here for walking,
To spread the truth of death,
How Yours has turned us heavenly,
With every precious breath.

This mouth was gave for praising,
This tongue put here to yell,
But why do I feel crippled?
With so many left to tell.

Atkins burnt 300 loaves this week!

Accident?

I think not.

From the depths of despair,
To the hair pin heights.
Your ways are wisdom,
Your burden is light.

From the cries of the carefree,
To the joys of the sad.
Your heart is loving
My God and my Dad.

From the now that has nothing,
To the then that will be blessed.
You are the creator,
And Your plans are best.

From the marks on the cross,
To the blood on Your side.
My Lord and my saviour,
I live for You died.

• I have to get into my bed from the left side only. If I get in from the otherside, it doesn't feel right. (no pun intended)
• I write with my right hand yet I use scissors with my left.
• I make sandwiches for work but sometimes don't eat the final sandwich until just before going to bed.
• I smile at myself in the mirror after cleaning my teeth to see how clean they are.
• I hate moths - but only since someone (I'll call him Rose) pointed out to me that they have big hairy bodies and are basically just nasty. I actually used to laugh at him for being scared of them.
• Every summer I think I can last 1 hour in the sun without any suncream on. Every summer, I am proved wrong.
• I have got to check my emails at the beginning of every single day.
• A week without church/worshipping God feels empty.
• I enjoy being praised for good work, but I feel embarrased when it's done in front of lots of other people.
• I think it's disrepectful to call someone you may want to go out with 'fit/hot/fine'. Of course you can call them that when you're going with them as long as they don't mind!
• I don't mind being called 'fit/hot/fine' whatever the circumstance.
• I always save the meat in a meal for last.
• I always eat steak with BBQ sauce.
• I can't put clothes on if I'm not 100% dry.
• If I'm going to get wet, I'd rather I got soaked. I don't like being a 'little' wet or having one part of my clothing that is wet.
• I spend more time getting ready in the morning (sometimes upto an hour) than most girls I know.
• If I looked better with a shaved head, I'd keep it shaved for the rest of my life.
• I don't like my hairy legs.
• I don't like my skinny arms.
• I love my chin - and the fact that it's still a bit numb.
• I like my eyes. *wink*
• I like dogs but wouldn't want one as a pet.
• I could probably live without my mobile phone (just)
• I'd love to learn more languages if I had the time.
• I'd love to travel the world.
• I'd love to make an album.
• I'd love to lift up God's name in front of 1000's of people even though I'd be cacking my pants.
• I hate my weak ankles.
• I like my hair... not the style, just the softness of it and the blondeness of it when nothings in it.

Today has felt like that.

Not sure whether to start with the positives, which are actually really great, or the negatives, which are really crap.

Well, you probably need cheering up, so I won't even mention the negatives! It's safe to say that I'm not the only seriously angry person in England right now though. But you can read about that else where, for this is my blog. All about me. And people I know.


RESULT!!!!

So, my 1st Year results came out today. I got a First. Aww yeah. How cool is that?! Not sure of my exact %age. I'm told that will be up on the UWE intranet tomorrow afternoon. And I will fill you in. Oh yes.


BONUS!!!!

In work (AXA) I work in a department of about 100 others and we have a kinda nomination type thing called 'Stars in Your Eyes' where people in the dept are recognised every month for basically going above and beyond what others expect such as being incredibly helpful or delivering really good work constantly.
Cos I've been pretty good the last few weeks, my line manager decided to put me forward to the dept manager as someone who had been, basically, more than helpful. I knew all about this, and it was the 2nd time I'd been nominated. It's all good cos there's a £10 gift voucher in it for me too!
So we had our dept presentation today where all the teams put a presentation forward of how the month has gone, so one or two people from each team stand in front of the rest of the dept and explain stuff. Pretty relaxed and usually really funny.

Anyway....

At the end of the prez the 'Stars in Your Eyes' list is flashed up on the slide show of all the people who had been nominated that month. However, this month was *slightly* different in that each 1/4 year, all the team managers in the department pick one person who they think has been the best from all the people who had been nominated in those 3 months.

So a long list of about 20 names was on the list. Some people even had 2 nominations! And there was me, near the bottom, proud of my £10 voucher, and the fact my manager had nominated me.

Seriously not expecting anything else, I went a bit red when my name appeared on the next slide in HUGE writting, with "Q2 Stars in Your Eyes Winner" title. Man, that was a good surprise!

The bonus part is something that took me about a minute to notice and it was the writting '£50 voucher winner' written on the slide. So I got like £60 worths of vouchers in 1 week. So cool!

All this and I was only working 10 hours a week for 2 of those 3 months :D

The only problem is that all my team are now asking for chocolates and cakes.... so I've got to use about £10 of my vouchers on Sainsbury's ones! lol

And why am I up?

Because I've had a stomach ache for the past 2 1/2 hours and cudn't get to sleep. So I'd thought I'd go on the computer and on MSN.

Unfortunately there is something wrong with MSN tonight 'Service is temporary unavaliable' , as there is with the normal functioning of my bowels.

I think the worst has past now though ;) If you know what I mean.

Night.

1. You are sat there bored so start playing eye spy.
2. You really are getting paid for nothing.
3. You ask people what they are doing for Christmas
4. You start singing Christmas songs.
5. You make up songs about people on your team and email them around when you have email back.
6. You are asked to make it look like you are busy but can't even be bothered to do that.
7. You mingle with other teams.
8. You go outside and sit in the sun for half an hour even though it's not even your lunch break.
9. You find excuses to go to the toilet.
10. You spin around on your chair making whirring noises.