General ramblings about me, my life and just about everything else.
Friday, December 31, 2004
Another Year
Hmm - nope no point I never think of any really good ones or ones that are so obviously going to be done..
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Three Things.....
Three names you go by:
1. Gordon
2. Gopher
3. G man
There are others but let's not go there shall we..
Three screennames you have:
1. Gopher_The_Angelic_Uncle
2. Gopher_Yarrowzoo
3. Gopher
I know I got more but they are on the same vain lol
Three things you like about yourself:
1. I'm sorry I'm not vain at all
2. Nothing
3. and erm nothing
Three things you hate/dislike about yourself:
1. I told you I'm not vain.
2. Nothing
3. oh nothing.....
Three parts of your heritage:
1. Scottish
2. Scottish
3. oh and did i mention scottish
Three things that scare you:
1. Heights
2. Drowning ( a little bit)
3. ?
and no it's not death, death doesn't scare me at all.
Three of your everyday essentials:
1. Tea (real tea not the iced crap)
2. My Mobile phone
3. Multitudes of Music
Three things you are wearing right now:
1. Jeans
2. Tshirt a "T in the Park The 10th Year" very good weekend
3. Socks
Three of your favorite bands/artists at the moment:
1. Snow Patrol - Irish band based in Glasgow nice sound - Album : Final Straw
2. Embrace - Good band, this is a comeback Album and it's Good - Album: Out of Nothing
3. Scissor Sisters - Nice New York Band - good sound I don't know i just like it - Album : Scissor Sisters (try saying that on the radio)
Actually I could easily add 4,5,6,7 and probably 8 there is a lot of good stuff out and I got a shed load of albums to
Three of your favorite songs at present:
1. "Chocolate" Snow Patrol
2. "Glorious Day" Embrace
3. "The Blower's Daughter" Damien Rice + many many more
Three things you want to try in the next 12 months:
1. Write more in my Online Diary
2. Get a life
3. God only knows
Three things you want in a relationship (love is a given):
1. Respect.
2. Companionship.
3. Intellect.
Two truths and a lie:
1. I'm cute
2. I'm modest
3. I can go eye to eye with Micheal Jorden without using a stepladder or the like....
Three physical things about the opposite sex (or same) that appeals to you:
1. Brains
2. Eyes
3. Body
Three things you just can’t do:
1. Sit up dead straight - goggle Scoliosis and you see why
2. Liftin' and thing heavy see above
3. I don't know honest
Three of your favorite hobbies:
1. music - I can play a little
2. cross-stitch - don't ask I do good at it.
3. graphics
Three things you want to do really badly right now:
1. sleep it's late
Three careers you’re considering:
1. none spring to mind
Three places you want to go on vacation:
1. Vacation what are those, can I buy them pre packed?
Three kids names:
1. I don't got none
Three things you want to do before you die:
1. I have no asparations like that.
Three people who have to take this quiz now or die a slow painful death:
1. Noone - Im not that cruel
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Holidays
darn it, I think I'll just write "it" all down on a piece of paper.. Oh affairs of the heart never run easy or smooth..
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Christmas Day
Opened all the presents I had- hmm 5.1 surrond DVD + TV (got that earlier), Bottle of Bailey's - hmm that will go down nice, Sweets - hmm well everyone gets the munchies now and then.. some PJ's won't go there, Shower gel and the like - hmm people trying to tell me something oh yeah they didn't quite know what to get me lol. Hmm Went to see nephew - that was fun hmm i'm sure he was cheating when I was racing him around his new scaltrix track hmm, got a bottle of macmillan single malt whisky hmm more alchol for me ;) and a robot shaped radio alarm clock from my newphew who has gone a bit robot mad this year..
He got one of those really cool robosapiens from santa but it don't wanna play ball (might just have to call santa and tell him off) oh well time to crack open the bailey's - oh did I mention my mate is here and he has even more baileys oh hope I don't run out of ice...*hic*
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Useful day maybe
I finally got to go and see the other end of the connection that was the problem, hooked into the router at that end - told it to behave, gave it some more info to make it play nice and it did, well port mapping external to internal ip will do that lol (maybe I shouldn't have stuck it in the DMZ) but it worked when we tried it and keep stable for hours lol I go to try it just before leaving as we have to check the remote camera only every so often - and "Nothing" NO... can't be
oh well it was a useful day upto that point
God darn it it will be something equally STUPID (like me!)
Monday, December 20, 2004
Feelings, all my life is feelings....
Do I write a letter to someone explaining how i feel about them and be made a fool of maybe due to the minor fact that sometimes they let slip things i've told, okay maybe not what i wrote maybe I hope.
or do i not, do I hide my feelings once more, like i'm doing now - I don't know what a moral dilemma...
Do I tell her that i'm the shoulder she can cry on, the shelter in the storm, the tower of strength she can draw on.. or do i not..
Sunday, December 19, 2004
Xmas Day
Hmm don't say it - xmas is a family thing ~ not in this family it ain't ~ unless you wanna count a couple of stubborn people as stubborn as mules that is ...
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Lazy Day
Remind me not to include alchol in that equation next time - ended up about 1am depressed due to alcohol (darn it sucks)
Friday, December 17, 2004
Crash, Bang, Ouch!
Had the idea of taking it down
Me - boss this board is off no use here can I take it down?
Boss - sure, no point in it being up there if it's not being used...
(or words to that effect)
Me - Ok..
Took all the screws out bar one, yup it was the last one that sunk me, oh that and a minor problem with a barrier being "UP" that I went to take down... Brain in "neutral" for sure...
you can imagine what happened next...
the screw holding it to the wall was only just slackened... it moved sideways and down on this...
nothing to worry you thing nothing in the way I've been sensible and cleared it all away - wrong "Blonde" moment.. didn't move Computer monitor out the way 1st and you guessed it , it went for a flying lesson straight to the floor. Now it don't work and makes noises that it shouldn't oh well have to figure out how to replace it temporaryly.. darn my shoulder hurts cos I got the board on the shoulder as I had to lever it out ..
Darn it call me BLONDE for sure..
had to laugh like either that or cry - oh well it wasn't one of the companies monitors anyway it was someone elses and they ain't got no spares oh well..
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Panic !
It was closed - not normally closed on a wednesday kinda went "eh!!"
food what am i gonna eat - was looking forward to a ham & mushroom with peppers pizza but no I'll have to settle for a Microwavable Cheese burger and some chips well actually I passed on the chips couldn't be bothered..
Monday, December 13, 2004
Roadworks
Took me 40 minutes to go something like 3 miles or something like that.
Didn't know there was roadworks on the road did I - thought I'll take the next slip road off but no that's the one they were working on :| God Darn It oh well after that of course road cleared was able to get up some speed - journey that normally takes 15 minutes took 50 was not best pleased shall we say.
Friday, December 10, 2004
Re: Website
not really but the 1 page that isn't won't ever be unless do a minor re-write of it and that's gonna happen anyway as I'm tweaking that page and removing the code that is causing the fault to another page and doing the same thing in a different way. I'm toying with merging the entire sidebar + the "clock" - which is causing the problem because of the way I coded it - don't ask HTML complience is a royal pain in the rear but useful if people see it and say well I wonder if he can help me :D
so if you wanna go and visit this site and see (oh and feel free to leave comments private / public it don't matter)
http://www.yarrowzoo.freeserve.co.uk
updates coming soon - it's all there just some pages need refreshing they are a bit stale lol (go on say it why didn't I update them when I was getting them complient - because I don't know what to add / tweak yet lol)
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Waste of Space
Thankful he was out the office doing some "work", i put it in quotes cos that's what it was - meant to go to one place and fix something but it needed something arranged and he didn't check to see if this had been done.
thankfully however he managed to go some place else and fix something else on the list of things we got to fix 1 down so many to go...
To make matters worse we had a Work Inspection to allow us to continue to say was are approved by blah, we past thank god...
Roll on Friday
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Re: A random entry
Knew I'd be back as "the muppet" forgot to pick up the network switch from IT (and the RJ45 crimp tool + crimps just incase I'd mucked up one of the connectors), install it, move the wifi box from downstairs, test that it all worked correctly and tidy it up. I know for a fact he hates working with RJ45 connector. So i went down to discover that he was trying to get a Digibox (Digital TV down the co-ax kinda new in the UK) to stay tuned in and not have any picture loss / breakup / drop out and the dude who was helping him snapped the main TV ariel so a 10 minute job became 2hrs as my mate who was driving had to go get a new ariel so ya can image what I was like, got the whole thing tested as best as I could - plugged in the wifi unit and saw there was a connection to the socket it was going to, tested the other it failed - darn it if one of the pairs hadn't flipped around :-S oh well fixed that and it worked nicely - got the laptop with wifi built in to it and instant connect and a perfect connection.. Saved the day, then i had to get back to work asap as someone was covering why me and my colleague (we share the shift between us see previous entries for pattern) and thus I wanted to let them go home..
What a day - got the TV tuned perfectly (God Im a genius ta boot) :P
Website
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Xmas Shopping
Didn't get up early, went into town and erm well let's see got most of it just got 1 person to get and then I remember "my colleagues" at work - eek oh well there is always next week or some personalised CD eh...
Friday, December 03, 2004
A random entry
well not so random..
Got to love being able to get out the office and do some "field" work..
well heck all i had to do was pick up a couple of RJ45 couplers and put on 4 or 5 RJ45 connectors and wire up a couple of network points - cable had been run
dead simple - couldn't test it cos didn't have a 10/100 Switch as someone forgot to mention the small fact when I was going for the couplers otherwise I'd have gotten a nice 5 port one at the same time... oh well no doubt I'll be back to test it next week.. should be fun Cat 5 is such fun to work with (more fun then who I was working beside - *mutters something about a muppet*
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Re: Money
Put check in, ah cash in the account.. my card ain't gonna bounce
:)
Monday, November 29, 2004
Money
Got it today, went to bank - discover it's dated 30/11/04 no can cash it (and have it instantly clear) till tommorrow argh... I could put it in but it would take about a week to clear
thank god I can get to the bank tommorrow...
God damn wages clerk
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
More Musings
and guess what it was - my pin number for my new bank card - hmm not bad.. need more money since I managed to spend all the money I got out on Saturday...
Christmas is exspensive - hmm but worth it
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Musings
the Nice new shiny card valid for a good while longer than the one that just got eaten.. Hmm wonder when I'll get the new pin (cos no doubt they will have reissued a new pin)
Monday, November 15, 2004
Parents :|
They've been getting funny calls - withheld numbers since thursday and they have got it into their heads that it's my sister (who they ain't speaking to - don't ask ya don't wanna know) or her boyfriend making the calls
I know for a fact that it's not but they still think it is, well I told them straight that it's not and that I'll fix the phone so no-one can call without us knowing who is callin'....
Time to call BT I guess
Friday, November 12, 2004
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Game Talk : Joint Operations
updated it as requested..
read what the update did and went :| I normally play a sniper role in the game
Snipers have been to put it bluntly Castrated :-& Scope should have a Zoom, it's gone, fixed times Scope now, my fav weapon the L115A has had a reduction in the scope zoom for x16 to x12 :| a few other bugs as well - hmm but heck there is enough to fill a WHOLE forum - well a Novaworld forum anyway - I'm not the only one slighty / majorly / now where did I put my "gun" peeved off with Nova Logic for doing this change..
It also did crazy stuff - now I had to uninstall it an reinstall it, I updated to the previous patch since I had that and it works WAY better..Can't get on to 99% of games online with it because I REFUSE to update again..
Saturday, November 06, 2004
A Bad Day / Good Day
I had decided that maybe I should upgrade my graphics card but was only thinking about it until I got told, so I was to the Computer shop for some Retail Therapy - My Style.
Got a Nice New Graphics Card that runs like twice as fast as my old one, has 4x the video memory on it and what can I say runs sweeet as a nut..
oh boy tried it out on a game I normally have to have the fx down on, turned EVERYTHING to do with FX on in the game and I mean them all, played smooth and it was like Huh is this the same game... I could actually make stuff out clearer and from further away it was like OMG...
Got a few more games as well so gonna have fun playing them
Friday, November 05, 2004
Birthdays & Fireworks
Monday, November 01, 2004
Back to Work
Friday, October 29, 2004
Almost The End of My Holidays
Oh well back to it on monday morning bright and Oh My God it's an EEEEarly start..
Got all of the things I want done, done. Well Not true but they are completed enough that I don't give a stuff about it...
Thursday, October 28, 2004
My Xmas Present Real Early
Monday, October 25, 2004
The Unit / My Room
Saturday, October 23, 2004
The Attic cont...
well that's all the PC's up, stuff up, just now got to set them up.. oh boy I forgot how many cables and stuff was behind this pc. hmm 5 Usb, 3 stereo leads for 5.1, mouse / keyboard wireless reciever, video cable...
Thursday, October 21, 2004
The Attic...
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
New Car
What Me not happy about is I've lost my bank card and almost didn't get my car because of it... oh well happy days are here again...
oh and it drives really sweeeeet...
Friday, October 15, 2004
Ah Last Day for a While
2 Weeks OFF - bliss, got things to do but they will all get I hope...
Floor the attic, move PC's, move furnature, set up PC's again, re-network all the pc's adjust the lights up there. Oh and get a newer car as mine is stuffed :|
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Car Update...
But I'm Happy Again....
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Car Update...
nice almost new Vauxhall Corsa, bit pricey, a not bad Puegot 206 and a nice Silver Ford Ka (I know it's not to everyone's taste but I like).. £3,995 much newer than my old car so me happy, have said I'll think about it..
Saturday, October 09, 2004
My Car....
it fails :| BADLY, so badly it's not worth fixing, would cost me as much to fix as the car is worth, infact the 6 CD changer I got in the car is worth more than the car itself...
I liked tha car :( Now I'm gonna have to go hunting and find out how much the car is gonna cost me and how much the insurance for it is gonna cost
and to top it all I ordered some flooring so I can move all my PC's into the attic this morning... oh well it's only money.
Saturday, October 02, 2004
Working...
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Ponderings
Darn it gonna be working 12hr/day all week - eep!
oh well time to get some sleep then ...
Monday, September 06, 2004
Lifeless
All my friends are far enough away that it's difficult to organise a night out with them. Not that i go clubbing, etc, not my kinda thing at all..
Maybe that's why I lost the one thing i truly cared about...
Mind you I blow that one totally all on my own..
I don't think I will ever LOVE again, I don't know anything anymore.
I've even though of deleting my self.. I thought about all the ways I can but it take bravery to do that kind of thing and I'm not that brave, well I am but only in my own personal "space"
So thus I have no life, all i can do is move one foot in front of the other
Every day it's a case of plodding onward one step at a time.
Est Sularus oth Mithas
Friday, September 03, 2004
Randomesque Entry
Nope, Eek... Why! cos hmm let see from this tuesday to two weeks on wednesday I'll be working 12 shifts - 5 days a week, overtime galore thankfully
pattern: work, eat, sleep, work, eat,sleep....
Friday, August 27, 2004
Holidays
Got 2 weeks booked off the end of October - what I'm gonna do with them is still in "planning"...
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Confused ?!?
I think, I don't know, maybe it's just my instinct to protect coming out
I don't know, I'm Confused!
And the rest at work don't help, always making remarks about the 2 of us, I don't think she's notice yet...
I was thinking of writing a letter, but I don't wanna ruin the friendship we have right now !!!
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Evening Invite
Had loads of fun, the whole of the daystaff were there...
Good fun was had by all,even me and I wasn't drinkin'
I just Ache a little all over...
Monday, August 09, 2004
Back Online
Well that was the point kinda.. besides it gave me breathing space...
On a Lighter and different note.. I'm going to a Evening Reception at the weekend - that will be a laugh (I don't think) everyone in the daystaff have been invited and I mean everyone and we're all going..
Not looking forward to it, but then again I'll be saved as my friend / colleague / part-time partner in crime is going as well, picking her up in fact.
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Online Chat
All my pagers is off-line until further notice... If they ever get switched on again that is...
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Website
Friday, July 23, 2004
Thunderbirds
Friday, July 09, 2004
Holiday
I might actually get around to doing some of it lol
Might go see a few movies that are at the cinema I don't know..
Friday, July 02, 2004
A Movie Giggle
ah felt great for a while.. Hmm oh to live once in a while....
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Movie Anyone?
Living Life 2hrs at a time (Coming to a Cinema Near You)
Friday, June 25, 2004
Website
Ah the weekend oh great..
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Work...
Me Gonna have to make big appology tomorrow..
Gonna blame the heat as it was too warm no matter what I do and felt dehydrated :-S
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Thank God It's Over - Continued
Someone who I disowned aka he's related by blood but that is all as far as I'm concerned... Hope that clears something up.. Enough said.. Want more details if you know me, send me a message you know the contact points..
The Meeting...
My sister is stubborn as hell!! She wonders why mum didn't phone her to tell her he was around, etc, etc, saying "she's just looking out for herself and her reputation." Great eh.
Accusation & Counter Accusations flying around, great still no further forward.
Also went to fix scanner - it's not broken computer can't see it.. still can't see it. Great day. Really great. Oh well guess I'll just have to "upgrade" her machine a little :|
Oh What a Marvelous Day.
Mother was Worried when I got home wondering what was said, I lied a little said I had went to a mate who had called me.. She wasn't happy but tough
Monday, June 21, 2004
Thank God It's Over (Part 1)
This is gonna be fun...
Friday, June 18, 2004
D-Day
Got in to work, ah nice day.. well apart from somethings being a little off due to other people being stupid but nothing new there eh... Driving home thinking of the fun weekend I'm gonna have cos my mate will be down all weekend and I can sit and relax, chill out and kick ass on-line all weekend...
but no almost home and my mobile rings... My sister, problem at home.. Don't go home come to her house... So I go and well get told someone whom I wish was dead (I don't wish people dead very often believe me) is in the what I consider my house, and I can't do **** all about it...
Weekend almost ruined - saved though cos I don't need to really leave my room :D
Thursday, June 17, 2004
More Computers - Later
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Computers
I come home from work - left it on cos I couldn't be bothered - power up and it start wierd, mind you been doing this for past few days :-S
Today it wouldn't start - went to work - came back still nothing, tried power supply - nope, video card nope - thought stuff it... I'll get back to it later...
Sunday, May 30, 2004
The Party
Some how I kept it together - if i had been drinking alcohol I would have been out of it... totally out of it...
I just wanted to leave but im a coward and didn't, im not as strong as I thought I was... I should have left but that would have left ???'s too many ???'s
Oh well at least i didn't have to step back into the shadows again...
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Working...
little or no notice so NO will be the answer to that one..
Friday, May 21, 2004
Me, My Mate & Harry......
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Party
Hey Im cool with it, means more fun can be had maybe :>
but no "exit" route without look suspect.. oh well ;)
Saturday, May 15, 2004
From The Shadows......
Ah Summer is here, more sunshine in my life :) and Im not just talking during the day ;)
I think I'm finally stepping from the shadows into the light, letting it touch me, soothe me, recharge me... no longer do I hide from the light..
ah it feels good :) maybe I should just hibernate :P or drink more fluids ;)
darn not being hydrated enough will send ya a little screwy :D only just finding that out... it explains a lot
Peace Out ... :)
*sending out a gentle bearhug to all who read this, the kind that warms from the inside out*
Monday, April 12, 2004
What a Day
Why oh WHY would anyone in their right mind want "Spice Girls - Wannabe" played - full listing is available at the website just look for "10 hour takeover" or similar
I got to clean the house over the next few days ARGH I hate cleaning..
Friday, April 09, 2004
Films
Thursday, April 08, 2004
Easter Weekend
Lets see this year I've not got any easter eggs and not bought any not even from my nephew, mind you he'll get enough from other people..
I also got work the long weekend :| oh well at least it should be quiet at work - well maybe....
Hmm learned a new command today: End What If :)
I've stuck a whole load of them in the program that is my life...
Ah! much better...
Hmm the only things I now got worry about is watch Film to watch next
Sunday, April 04, 2004
No More Alcohol.....
Well I decided a few weeks ago that I wouldn't get anymore alchol like i normally do when Im not working the next day, so far so go, been almost a month.
Alcohol wasn't "doing anything" for me, wasn't helping me forget, was more like showing me the "darkness" Not a Good Idea at all.
I watched Donnie Darko the other week on DVD and I got it 1st time, got me thinking it did..... Life is what it is and nothing can change that even if you could change time other things you might not want to happen will happen... A Paradoxical Thought eh..
"The Darkness....."
Hmm why I still go back to all the point of my first true relationship, looking for things I could have done differently, things I should have done, things I shouldn't have (possibly), should have said, should never have said (words can hurt greater than any blade can). Think IF ONLY, but now it's too late for that.
Those who say "you'll get over it" or "go out and find someone new" have never felt the true pain of breaking up with someone you deeply love.
Im one of those people, I wear my heart on my sleeve, what can I say...
I show my emotions the full range, I cry, weep, sob, smile, laugh, giggle, glow with inner happiness, blush, grimice and all the other emotions you can feel... although the negitive ones don't get to rear there head that often, I try not to bear grudges etc..
There I've Said it.. Heartache takes Time but at least I can say "I feel"
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Ponderance
Hmm my mate was around the other day, dropped of a game called Tetris 4000, hmm intrestingly ADDICTIVE game, 2 games, many levels and difficulty settings also, you can put your own music in the background .......
Monday, March 01, 2004
Modems
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Life Errors
I'm all over the place, some days I just feel like crying for no reason... wierd.... ARGH!
Monday, February 02, 2004
Ponderings and musings
I get to watch all the romantics in the world do all the romantic stuff like flowers, cards and stuff.. hmm fun...
What will I be doing... working, but it won't be without some fun....
Boy setting up the office staff they way I have is so much fun...
now I really must figure out how to / who to get to do some flash for me :>
I know you'll all tell me it's simple but heck I can't get my head around it yet..
Having Fun and on the rebound still (so keep away :P)
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Hmm What a Day
hmm well colleague went to set up a CCTV camera on a remote site and all went well till he turned it on... and the gremlin of a Duff Connection reared its head.. BT said the line was okay (it wasn't) well got the camera up eventually and got it all running and as then it died totally, I left with it down... oh well thank god I got a nice 4 days off to relax in....
Happy and Tired
Friday, January 16, 2004
What a Week
Windscreen got scratched and needed replacing.. the bit that caused the scratch I can't get till tuesday at the earliest (dang cars)
Hmm work is work.. loving winding my boss up with the "affair" me and the company sectary are supposed to be having... lol what a laugh
Hmm decided that having the slowest machine as the main machine wasn't on.. besides I want 5.1 Sound :D shame it takes so dang long to re-install Everything.. Power cuts excluded...
Well I'm off to sleep / have some fun or both ;)
Friday, January 09, 2004
Hmm Interesting
What is one to do eh?
Woke Up and Found The Sun / It's Good to Talk
But I woke up this morning and felt better, hmm It's part of the healing process.
I care about the answer to the question but it's not important now...
Oh I took someone elses advice as well give my PC a "minor" upgrade, well my K6-3-400 got retired I replaced it with a XP2600+ :D just to crunch :P