this week ive mostly been spontaniously getting up and with my friend making plans so vague its unnbelievable and yet still pulling off the best nights ive had in a long time. its been a great shift from my normal organised self cos my mates laid back enough for the both of us soo it takes a load of pressure off for some reason im no sure i can explain properly.
in the last few days ive been in st.andrews, dundee, glasgow and edinburgh for nights out. granted, some of that was just using my bus pass for a sleep to stay warm cos we were tired and bored, but thats besides the point.
Excuse the rather obvious title but it had to be done.
With little to do over the next while and my sister running late on her pregnancy and my parents coming back in a day or 2 im doing the grown up/awesome little brother/cool uncle Dave thing and getting and overnight coach to london for just over a week in a day or so. ill be there to look after my neice while my sister zooms off to hospital with my bro in law then to just help about the house whilse she settles back in.... like a nanny that doesnt get paid. i know, i know. it sounds too good to be true.
But it'll be fun, cos ill get to see my neice, ny sis and bro in law and the new baby. The downside is that ive gotta come back to look after the pets. AGAIN.
the reason i moved out was to stop this and here i am right now with the dog at my feet and when i come back ive got to have them again for another few days. Its my last time tho, and only cos its my mums birhday i can be bothered doin it again.
woah... ive went into 'emo blog' mode. i think its living in such a big house alone i rekon.
im gonna make a burger.... yes, its 4am almost. but im hungry. and it'll go well with smallville.
Here's my answers to questions Suzi gave me, and just so you know Suzi - Damn good questions, Ive really had to think about the answers!
Q1. for as long as Ive known you, you’ve wanted to work with children. what drives you to do that?
Simple. Its easy, fun and I think I'm good at it. Ive always felt that working with people was easy or if not easy it would be a learning experience that became rewarding and id get the rewarding experience out of it.
I really like working with different age groups and different groups in general because you either get a group of great kids or kids you have to work with to finish a project or help them develop. Ive done everything from jigsaws and building sandcastles to helping design and watch youths act out a play of what 'being a young person means to them'.
Long and short, I like being able to have fun and a laugh and since that ties in with helping people - all the better :)
Q2. for some unknown reason, you’re on death row. what would your final meal be?
Spaghetti bolognaise, no doubt. Its by far my favourite meal. It'd have enough spaghetti with plenty of mince and a nice bolognaise sauce with sweet red peppers chopped up in it topped off with melted mozzarellaand maybe a pinch of salt.
Q3. you’ve got a year free and a budget of £3,000. what do you do with it?
Id divide the money up into a certain amount for the month each (£250) and buy myself something that i could use but also be left behind for someone - like games, maybe a cool suit, some films; that kind of thing. id use the excess to enjoy spending the time with friends and family - making more of an opportunity than i am just now to see people and hang out lot more and spend some money buying rounds or paying for foodstuffs cos id be able to afford it.
Any excess money from that month I'd either carry over or put into a bank account to be passed down to my nieces (and possibly nephews) - probably the bank account thing though.
Q4. which piece of art (visual, prose, poetry, music, film) resonates the most with you, and why?
I guess the book come film 'The Rules of Attraction' originally written by Bret Easton Ellis in 1987 and the movie was directed by Roger Avery in 2002. Its great as in both it portrays a story told from 3 different points of view, a gay guy, a drug dealer and a girl whos settling rather than waiting on her 'true love'. I guess it resonates with me as it is blunt. Its real, and it tells you how life is and how it will be.... with a bit of an exaduration to make it readable/watchable sure but the characters are awesome, some more appelable than others but they all remind you of someone you know at least in a small way and the book leaves you with some questions answered and more questions to ask yourself.
Why wasnt uni like that for me? Are people really that blunt?, How do I make myself more like that person/these people? How do i bring a bit of that into my life? wtf did that say in french?? It ended how now?
Amongst others. The book is based in the 80's when it was written and the movie is done with a modern twist but in no way lacks to the book. (for those of you who didnt notice itrs written byu the guy who wrote "American Psycho" and one of the characters in this, Sean - is Patricks Batemans brother).
The books great, the movie is awesome and they really make you think.... and about yourself and your situation, how everything and every decision has a consequence.
I Hope I Answered That Question Right....
Q5. if you had to do something today which scared you, what would you do. (and i mean scared, like out-of-your-comfort-zone scary. not necessarily adrenaline-high scary)
I guess it would be something Ive always wanted to do but never managed to or got around to yet,but to keep in line with your question, it wouldn't be something like bungee jumping or sky diving which i know would scare me but would still love to do. It would more be like something I'd never done but i knew had a lot of risks attached to it. Something with a thrill factor but maybe could get me in trouble or could pay off if i got away with it. (I hope this is making sense so far).
Well, now that Ive described the kind of thing id do, the reason id do it, maybe needing more of a risk factor/adrenaline involved i cant actually think of an answer of somthing id want to do that i havent done that fits into this category....... Maybe I'd wait for someone to dare me to do someone to dare me to do someone i liked the sund of but didnt thikn i was confident enough to do. Then i'd realise that that was the exact thing i should go do.
Very Well CL, I ask you the following 5 questions:
1. If you had to choose one thing, person, or moment inspired you to chose the university couse that you are on now - what would it be?
2. Do you have a plan for after university, i.e. further education? work experience? a job? marry a rich man and just live off his money?
3. Based on your last answer where will you be and what will you be doing in the next 5-10 years? who will you be and who will you still know that you know now?
4. Is there anyone you look up to? be they a real person, a character from a book or someone from tv. it doesnt have to be the whole person, just aspects of them that you admire.
5. What is your quote or are your quotes to life, and why?
Suzi, the following 5 questions are for yourself;
1. Do you have any regrets in your life up to where you are right now? what are they?
2. Is there something that you are really looking forward to at the moment? Maybe not something thats set in stone but an idea in your head that you plan to follow through with your excited about?
3. We've been friends now for about 5 years maybe, and we've kept in touch for a lot of this time. Do you think we will keep this friendship going for a long time in the future, even if we end up in different places?
4. whens the last time you done something you would normally never do and what was it? - was it a good or a bad thing?
5. What item, or persons do you treasure the most in the world? is here anything you would give them up for?
Ive started writing a bit again, well continuing more to the point. busses seem to be the perfect environment for me for some reason, they give me about 2 hours at times of time to just write. Ive got most of the story sorted now too which is cool, I'm just a bit stuck on how to expand the middle, although i guess ill figure that out as i go - its whats been happening so far. i reckon ill start typing it up soon too so i can get a better grasp of the length and grammar.
Ive also been given a number t call about getting volunteer work in a local community education centre which ill do tomorrow so hopefully ill sort that and have something to do to keep me occupied whilst looking for work... damn lack of work!
theres this advert on tv just now about a meerkat saying how he compares meerkats and how people trying to 'compare the market' keep stumbling accross his websit, he then continues to tell you to compare the market go to www.comparethemarket.com or www.comparethemeerkat.com for comparing meerkats ... thinking it would be a false website, but also wondering if they could advertise a webdite without owning it i decided to go onto it..... and lo and behold,
there is a compare the meerkat website where you can compare meerkats of different sizies, types, from locations.... hell - its pointless. but its amazing the effort tey've gone thru for teh sake of an advert and to amuse simple folks like me :D
