Well if the weather permits it tomorrow, at half 12, Faze should be airborne in a helicopter for half an hour...

I suppose I should actually get some sleep, boy would my face be read if the black box reveals a lot of yawning and then:
"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... *KERPPOOSSHHH*!!!"

So in case you don't hear from me:

 

Originally posted by totalnerduk:
I'm optimistic that tomorrow, I'll get my coat back from the taxi driver. If, that is, the next person to use that taxi didn't pick it up off the floor where it fell, and decide to keep it. Thank God it didn't have anything in it except an empty crisp packet.

I've only just realised that it's missing. Karma, I suppose. That's what I get for buggering off and leaving people in the town centre at five past twelve.

It's wierd, I had 2 t-shirts stolen from my washing line a couple years ago, 2 of my favourite ones, but I didn't realise one was missing until about a week later, and the other one only just recently....

Well, I got my coat back. It's got a muddy footprint on the back, and smells like a cheap cigar, but otherwise it's fine.

Optimism works! 

After running Kip around making phonecalls for me to EasyJet I finally managed to contact them and they told me my reservation is ok. Another worry down the drain...

Bump

I start work on Thursday

I never realized how much I love school until I left it.  Stupid kids, I'd send them to day care year-round if I could.

Also, I start school (again) tomorrow.  I look forward to seeing my favorite teacher.  I'm sure he still won't let me live down that time I was sleeping in his class, but he's a decent person and a cop's cop, I deserve nothing less than being the butt of his jokes until someone else trumps my mid-class snooze.

Also, my handlebar bracket arrived today so I could fix and ride my motorcycle.

Also also, the bratty dork next door told me I'm doing much better on my bike.  That's just what I need, an ego boost from someone I'd just as soon feed to radioactive piranhas as I would look at.

Also to the Maxx, I had a training session today for the new computer systems at work.  It's pretty cool.  It's like the old system but without the dot-matrix printer.  I'll miss Old Noisy, but we've got to wake up and join the future.

 

I never realized how much I love school until I left it. Stupid kids, I'd send them to day care year-round if I could.

Damn right! All these rants I read from kids hating school piss me off, I would love to be back in school! Okay, school itself sucks but I'd love the oppurtunity to act like a kid again, homework that does not take up every waking moment, and to be free from responsibilities like financing and getting a job and stuff.

It was cool being a smartass at school too 'cause you pissed other people off. At Uni, people like it because it draws attention away from them.

I can relate to that... but everything suddenly got better in the sixth form (the morons exited stage left after sitting their O levels). But I couldn’t go back to my high school now even if I wanted to: it’s been demolished and replaced by a housing development. Went to a reunion just before they pulled it down, but the one person I was hoping to see didn’t show... guess I was being too optimistic there.

I have to say, school hasn't been as bad as I thought so far. My schedule is set up in a way so any academic classes I have are in the morning and I always finish with electives. It's pretty cool actually.

So that's my optimism...maybe school won't suck so bad?

I bet a month later I'll read this post and go "Man, what was I thinking?"

I saw Robbie Williams penis for the first time!

I went to the shops today and I was looking through the Heat Magazine and one of the articles showed a picture of Robbie completely naked and he was holding his penis. The picture was from his new book “Feel”.

 When I saw the picture my eye were wide open and I got excited. I was trying to not to let people know that I am aroused. I quickly put the magazine in the basket finished off my shopping and went out of the shops. I was saying oh my god in my mind.

I am definitely going to get his book

I was pleased to hear a few days ago that I'm "fitting in nicely" with my shift.  I'm not really a popularity whore, but I am relieved.  I have become too aware of the venomous enmity that my coworkers exhibit against those they dislike while not in their presence.  Of course, it could be that they're boldface lying, but they usually don't do that.

Things have been looking up for me lately. Last night, I was messing with my earrings and... discovered a new hole. It ends up I have eight piercings in my right ear, instead of the seven I'd always thought. It was bizarre but great.

I'll be legal in four days, and I'll be leaving my mom, brother, and constantly smoking neighbors for college in two weeks. I'm so terrified excited!

 

Originally posted by SlackJawedMoron:
  Yeah, my old Schustafel teacher, Mr Gruber, was a riot. Always something interesting to say. Or shout, as it were.

I had a course called sS1 once. I got an A+... Is that a good thing?

But this is the optimistic thread, so here's good news, everyone: I'm not poor anymore! Finally I have enough money, and like all capitalist pigs, I'm not giving it away!

It seems like only yesterday that I was offered a job with the [REDACTED], but I was going through my papers and realized it was exactly one year ago tomorrow.  It's sort of strange to still be the newest guy in the group.  There have been several cadets that have come aboard since my hiring, but cadets hardly count.

I also found $14 worth of change in my locker tonight.  Score!

I don't really hate school but... I don't really look foward to it. I mean I have a job at Gamestop (Video Game Store) and I look foward to my shift. But with school I enjoy but it does nothing for me other than the fact that I need to be what I want to be which is a cartoonist. I guess I don't really need school then.

 

Originally posted by TheLampIncident:
Reasons I like work more than school:

-I feel useful. What I do at work helps other people. It doesn't mean shit if I don't do anything at school.
-The people at work don't judge you for what you're into, they judge you for your personality. Because of this, I have no problems with anyone I work with.
-Time always goes by faster.
-Working makes me feel in shape. I've definetely got more muscle tone now than I did a year ago.
-I sometimes get free food.
-It's often shorter.
-I get paid.
-I don't get forced to contact people, but then again, I have no problems with anyone I work with. Nobody asks you questions all the time, they just let you do your job.
-Managers are more friendly than teachers. In my experience anyway.

Yes, work is better for the reasons you mentioned above. For some reason I think managers are friendlier than teachers. Thats probably because they don't have deal kids all day.

I had a gig on Wednesday and tonight and both went down really well. The previous two gigs were utter crap and seriously disappointed me, but after a pretty enjoyable gig on Wednesday and having a sizeable audience today really put up my confidence. We played a very tight set, and the feedback I got was that we sounded great off-stage- for once, the mix was perfectly balanced. Now I'm feeling pretty confident about a gig this Friday (supporting the Nightingales) and one a couple of weeks after. After a really dreary summer for us, the end of the year may work out very well (especially if we get into the Leicester Comedy Festival  ).

On schools: My school years weren't the best of life either, but knowing what I do now, I would love to go back and do things differently. I can't, but at least other kids have a chance to make the most of their childhood. This is the one time in your life that you can screw up and not worry about it because it won't matter in the long term. You don't realise it at the time, but once you leave school things change. People you used to know disappear, your attitudes change- whatever happened in school simply won't matter anymore. I wish I'd known that, so I would enjoyed myself instead of trying to fit in and suchlike.

Well, it was a fun trip...

The Emperor is dead! Long live the Emperor!

I just opened the three days worth of mail that built up whilst I was in London. My credit card people have upped my limit by 20 percent... unbelievable.

How stupid can these people be?

If you were born at midnight