America Online To Sponsor The

America Online To Sponsor The ‘Madonna Drowned World Tour 2001’
Madonna Is Coming To Town And The First Place To Get Advance Tickets Is Through AOL – well if you live in the US that is shame they never did this in the UK it would have made my ticket quest much easier!

Oh and Dom at work

Oh and Dom at work has just told me this little gem via IM:
I see that Robert De Niro is being lined up to play that Doctor Harold Shipman in a new film!
Apparently it’s called “The Old Dear Hunter”

I’ve had a few days

I’ve had a few days to think now and chatted with my folks. Went on a nice [but short] trip with Andrew driving up north for the first time in a year really was kind of wierd. It was nice when I got up there though. Met up with Keith who I haven’t seen in ages – unfortunately I was not very talkative – sore throat and tired after the drive.
eventually named Andrews yopungest bearded collie – Shadow – since he never leaves your side. So long as he is following someone [doesn’t mind who] he is fine.
The drive down was nice – except for the rip off Burger King prices in the service station – ?4.99 for a meal you can get for ?3.99 anywhere in London. Motorists sure do have a hard time.
Went for dinner last night [after training] around at scally‘s which was nice. We were supposed to be putting up his new Ikea Wardrobes but decided watching a film would be easier. His newly fitted bathroom is lovely. Shame the lounge is now unrecognisable and you can’t see the nice laminate floor we laid in February.
Mad thunderstorm last night too – was kinda cool and scary all at the same time – only scary cos I was walking Jack in it .

Derek has been working hard

Derek has been working hard over in eire and launched derektroy.com – and not before time either. It’s only taken him like a year or something

okay well i made a

okay well i made a post last night and then decided to move it to my personal journal. It was not really good for public consumption and I figured it would be best. I have had a bit more time to think about what I wanted to say and have thought of some words to express how I am thinking at the moment.
The upshot is that I have been unhappy in London for a while now – I never planned to work in an office, I never planned to work for a corporation and I never planned on being more worried about my salary and expenses than people I care about. Yet this is how I am feeling at the moment – trapped I guess in a world I never wanted to enter anyways.
I did my thesis on eco and rural tourism for god’s sake and here I am working for an ISP doing training. When actually what I want to be doing is hiking in remote parts of the world showing like minded individuals that your 2 weeks vacation needn’t harm the environment and doesn’t have to involve sun sand and 5 star accomodation.
I am not young anymore and if I am going to follow my dreams I need to sort it out fairly soon.
I have quit smoking and alcohol and started to train and get fit in the hopes that it will give me some energy with which to slingshot out of my daily routine. I need to go back to my parents this week end and plan my future see what my options are and come back with a clear and level head. Stop doing what other people expect me to do and actually do somthing for my soul not my wallet.

oh and work is pissing

oh and work is pissing me off too just to cap it all off. and yes I know I sound like a drama queen at the moment and NO I am not usually like this. Oh and the entire living with other people thing is really not for me I think. No offence meant but I like my own space.

my brother and sister in

my brother and sister in law [ooh and my neice of course] are coming over from Singapore for the next 3 weeks to visit family and friends and get a bit of a holiday too I hope. So I shall be going home to Liverpool at the week end to see the folks. It is nearly a year since my last visit home and I suddenly felt very guilty this morning. When I think of how many friends I have over here who are all from other countries and cannot afford to go home and visit and yet here I am a mere 300 miles or so away and haven’t been home. Especially since my gran isn’t getting any younger.
Jack will have fun too – he can wreak havoc on the beach and hassle my mum’s cat for the week end !

I was reading this morning

I was reading this morning in @metro about the demise of Govworks.com and it got me to thinking that if they could make a film about short lived .com enterprises then imagine they could make a mini series out of others like lastminute.com and amazon.com [still not made a profit I hear]. In fact it might be the only way some of these dotcom’s could make money – by selling the screen rights!

my stars [no i don’t

my stars [no i don’t normally read them…] today have a lot of not so hidden meanings or maybe not so hidden. thisislondon says;
AQUARIUS
21 January – 19 February
Peace at any cost seems a good idea. But not at the expense of your feelings. The last thing you want now is to assume you’ve got to be defensive. The Sun and Moon are reminding you about the injustice of divided loyalties. So use your ability to rationalise the situation, and then others will begin to see the folly of their ways.
The one in the standard I will scan in but reads;
AQUARIUS
21 January – 19 February
Unavoidable though it is, you could feel like you have let someone down. Of course, the truth is, you haven’t. But the idea that you are responsible is still giving you guilty thoughts. Don’t over-compensate by becoming all gushing and nice. After all, generosity of spirit is better is better aimed at yourself, rather than at those who undervalue themselves.

Disturbing thoughts abound now…