SNOW!!

It's thursday. But more technically, and actually, it's friday. It's snowing outside, and it's actually lying on the ground. The kids who were out playing in the snow in the street in the dark have finally gone in. And I want to use the word ambiguous. Ambiguous.
The snow is really very nice. Could be especially fun if I go out driving later. Maybe dent my car like Jillian did to hers the other day. Teeheehee. I have also decided since tomorrow shall be very cold, I am going to start compiling a file of music for songs. Should come in useful.......sometime, who knows when.
On other notes, the wonderful people of o2 finally managed to figure out that they gave me to many texts. It only took them another 48 hours since they told me. Maybe they found out by reading my blog. I know it's unlikely, but you never know. Maybe someday they will actually manage to give me the right number of free texts, and for the right amount of time. However I find this as likely as the people from o2 reading my blog, so I don't see it happening any time soon.
Anyway, it's late, and apparently sleep is actually good for you, so that's your lot for just now. Like it or lump it.

The brilliance of between Christmas and new year

I always think it's a weird time of year, the week between Christmas and new year. Don't know why, but it just seems like a bit of a filler. It's good though. Time to laze about. Even though I should have been doing a whole lot more work than I have been. But that is going to start tomorrow.
Well, since I last posted, it's been pretty hectic. Christmas Eve. Uptown, shopping, coffee. Main Christmas dinner. Carol service at church. Talking to many, many people after it. Then Sunday, and CHRISTMAS!!! Santa was pretty good this year, lots of good presents. Got part one of series one of Lost, and have already watched all 12 episodes. But more technically I finished them yesterday. Church as well. Was good to see everyone. And I ate far, far to much that day.
Well since then, I've been pretty lazy. TV, ps2, dvds. It's a good life.
And that's my last few days. Up until I was writing this. I got a text from o2 saying I hadn't used all my texts this month and they had run out. Then I sent a message, and it was still free. o2 just appear to be rubbish at telling you when things are happening. If I use all 300 texts up, then about two days later it finally tells me about this. Stupid. So stupid.
In other news, welcome to my first overseas reader. Even if you do just know my friend and not me.
Hope y'all enjoyed that.

Friday

That's right. It's a dull title for a post, but I don't really care. Even though my course does involve being imaginative and all that sort of stuff. But then this is the holidays, and my brain is pretty much on vacation. How American of me, saying vacation. Ha.
Anyway, my last two days have been pretty dull. Yesterday I left the house for a total of less than two hours. To go and see my churches kids club's christmas thing. It was good. I got a free chocolate bar afterwards too. There was a lot of lying around, lazing, being a pie, and any other phrase implying the same thing. It's good to be home.
Today, I was out of the house for an hour. Even better than yesterday. Was uptown, and finally found nice christmas cards to give to my family. Most of them were just the most rubbish things you have ever seen. Was unbelievable. I went into about nine different card shops in the last three days. Nine. Some I only just discovered we had here, and they were all rubbish. Apart from WHSmith where I finally found some. I bought some Plectros today too. Great invention. Makes playing the guitar even easier. They're round plectrums with a hole in the middle for anyone who doesn't know. Spent the rest of the day doing some guitar playing, some Scrubs watching (which happens very often), and a lot of guitar playing and tv watching in the evening. Much fun.
Well, it's only two days until Christmas now. Food. Presents. Jesus. What a day. One of the best in the year I would wager. Or say to be more precise. Always love the food.
Anyway, I was wondering at some point in the last couple of days, how cool would it been if you walked through your wardrobe and entered a Narnia like land. Would be great. I could be a King. And rich. And have many, many servants. But it ain't real. I think I've just had to much coke today, and hence to much sugar and caffiene. So I shall go now before I start rambling some more.
And remember, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

It's here at last, the wonders of Mini-Christmas!

Well, it's been almost a year since the last one, but Mini-Christmas has once again arrived. That day we, (well, me and my friends anyway), look forward to each year. The exchanging of presents between us, and the watching of a Christmas based film. This years choice of film was Elf. I first saw this only a few weeks ago when I had a weekend in Aberdeen visiting friends. And my instant decision was that I loved it. This time I laughed pretty much the entire way through. So good. If you've never seen it before, then you definitely should. On the present front, one friend got me a microscope, which is quite cool, and another got me two remote control subaru impreza rally cars, which are amazing fun, tried them already. That was all the presents for this year, due to the slight lack of money, which is also due to the fact that I am at uni, and also have to buy other important things, such as notepads. And food. And Irn-bru of course. All round, a very enjoyable night.
Now working in reverse, the rest of my day. Up good and early, about half seven. And it was deliberate too. Mainly because I had to go into town, and couldn't be bothered walking in for the third day in a row. So I got a lift into town with my mum instead. I bought a couple of things uptown, some super exciting graph paper and some rolls, and had a drink and a scone in Kings before getting the bus home, as I really am that lazy. Did a bit of work once I got home, and watched a small amount of tv too as I was having lunch. It's good to have food that I don't have to buy. Still have to defrost the bread though. Played some guitar this afternoon, with some good distortion. Turns out Hark the Herald Angels is very easy to play as a rock song, and sounds quite good too. Might try and play it somewhere next Christmas. Maybe rock church when I get home from uni for the holidays. It's reminiscent of Rock Power Praise for any people who have heard it, which is not likely to be many people outside of my cu small group. Then went round to a friends house and watched yet more Scrubs. It really is such a good show. I ate a satsuma/clementine/whatever-it-was too, and it was very good. Proved to be a good way to put in a couple of hours before tea.
Well, that pretty much describes my day. Sounds quite busy when I type it out like that actually. But that may well be because a lot of it is rambling. But then what are you gonna do? It's free for you to read, and it's your choice. Ta for now.

My hair is now in a bin.

I say "my hair", but really it's only some of it. I'm not stupid enough to let them take it all. Although my fringe is now short enough that I can actually see without hair getting in the way.
Feel I'd better fill you in on the last couple of days too. Church on Sunday was good. Got to play the guitar again, and everyone was asking how uni was going. Met a couple of friends up town in Costa for a drink. I of course opted for Irn-Bru, as anything is yet to beat it. Church again in the evening, and then went to KFC with the same friends I had been at Costa with. What a busy day.
Monday. Montag. Long-lie-day. This involved a bit of work in the morning, before walking into town. Saw one of my neighbours who is 16 trying to act hard in front of his friends, and picking up and moving a traffic cone. Wow. Rebel. He then saw me, and looked kind of scared. Ha. I got some new trousers too. They are black. I don't own any black trousers that weren't bought for work. Headed out to a friends house in the afternoon. We tried to have a bonfire, but the wood was rather wet, mainly cos it had been in a burn just that morning. The paper and firelighters burned well though. Bit of a disappointment all round. In the evening I watched TV. It was really very dull.
Rest of today, tuesday, was alround mediocre. Did some work. Ate some lunch. Drove home. Watched some Scrubs with a friend. Watched some TV. Ate. Lay and watched TV for the whole evening. What a life.
Now, the main point of todays ramblings. Earlier on I was watching "Dragon's Den" on BBC2, that program where people with ideas go and ask a group of overly rich people for money and most of the time they say no. When we were in a management lecture one day, the lecturer recommended that we watch it for some reason or another that I forget. I have seen it once or twice before, but was paying more attention tonight, and I realised something. The people who go on it just haven't thought things through. Well, most of them anyway. There were massive holes in their ideas, and things that just made them totally unrealistic. This amused me, and made me wonder if I could do any better. Well, if I come up with an idea, maybe I'll find out some day.
Hope you enjoyed that. Wasn't overly exciting for me.

The first full day of being home

Well, my first full day back home is over, and what a day it's been. A long lie, followed by meeting a friend in King's for lunch and a drink. It was good. And very busy, but yet I still didnt feel bad about sitting with just a can of Irn-Bru at one point, mainly because I used to work there.
Then it was on to shopping. The ice rink which I mentioned yesterday was in fact not even ice, just some rubbish stuff you can almost skate on, and it is really, really, really small. I laughed because I went at George Square. Visited the good old wonders of Poundland too so my friend could buy a new saw. He broke the old one, which is interesting because I always used to make fun of him for how he couldnt use it properly. Maybe thats why he broke it I suppose.
Went to my churchs Christmas celebration too. As soon as I was in the door, three people appeared and asked how I had been getting on at uni. It was nice, and the christmas celebration went well.
After that, just had a nice quiet evening, went round to a friends house and watched nothing in particular on tv, just like old times. It was fun, and relaxing, and was great. And now I am tired, and bed beckons.
So here's looking to tomorrow. Church, meeting friends for coffee, more church, and then messing about in the evening. Get to play guitar at church too. Well, bye.

I'm home!!! Wahey!!

Well, I am finally home, for just the second time since the start of the first semester, and roughly nine weeks since I was last home. And it's amazing. Well, technically its still the same as it always was, but its good to be home. And I found out that we have here an ice-skating rink roughly a sixth of the size of the one in george square in glasgow. Its so pathetic its unbelievable. I laughed quite a lot.
I took a visit to where I used to work too. Had a hot chocolate. And a spiced hot chocolate. Both were nice. It's good to be back and get good hot chocolate at a reasonable price again. Viva la Kings!!
Well, that's about it for my day, just say about for the whole evening watching the wonders of Family Guy. What a life I lead. Here's looking forward to the next three weeks of fun. Bring it on!!!!

Nearly the holidays!!!

It's nearly the holidays, and how excited am I? The correct answer to that is "very", or even "very, very". I only have one more class and one more christmas party to attend, and then home!! Hoorah!

Anyway, in the last week, many exciting things have been happening. On saturday night I was helping at the CU toastie bar, and saw Rachel Stevens leaving the all nighter, and she is very very very small. I also saw Edith Bowman. She is not as small, and is also much friendlier than Rachel Stevens. And this toastie outgiving continued until about five in the morning when i wimped out and went to sleep. But others went on till eight am. Applause is deserved. This was followed by much sleeping on Sunday to recover.

Monday, didnt have many classes, so a group of us went to see Narnia at 10.40am. Earliest I've ever been to the cinema. It is a very good film, I recommend going to see it. Tuesday, I actually had classes and lectures, but did virtually nothing, and then went and partied in Dennistoun without getting attacked!! Wahey!! Small group partying at Alison and Louises flat. There was much merriment and Christmas rock music. Wednesday, had no classes whatsoever, so I did my Christmas shopping in its entirity, which was good. Then in at the deep end at the chaplaincy, which Olu didn't make it to as she was asleep. I later told her it was a very poor excuse. Back at the flat, me and flatmates ordered an indian for our christmas meal, which was good. Then I went to the carol service at the tron, which was very good, and was followed by mince pies and hot chocolate. I now have 12 mince pies in my flat too, since they bought far more than they needed.

And now for today. I actually have a class this afternoon, preceded by mulled wine and mince pies in our DMEM studio, which is nice. Then after that, the biggest christmas party of the year, the Christmas Twee, at the flat of our CU's first lady. Should be good. I envisage much partying into the night. Followed by being very tired tomorrow when I have to pack and then go home!!!!!

Well, hope you enjoyed my last week as much as I did. Bye for now.

A most excellent of days

Well, what a day this has been. Since the nice people at the uni decided to cancel my one class today, I had a whole day to waste. Which was nice. This was very useful, and resulted in me not evening getting up until roughly quarter to twelve. What a life.
And things got even better. Not only did I get to eat a pie and beans for my breakfast/lunch combination meal, and drink that most wonderful of drink that is Irn-Bru, I got to go ice-skating in George Square. And what's even more impressive is that I didn't fall over. Not once. Unlike Peter, who tried to hit me and ended up falling over most spectacularly and rolling along the ice. And unlike Chris, who tried to go fast, and ended up spinning through the air, before landing on his back. Such fun. There was a crazy santa too, whom Alix claims pulled her over when she was skating along. I think she just didn't like him. Perhaps she has some sort of grudge against jolly red men, who knows.
I visited my local Co-op too, where one of only two cashiers, serving a queue of fifteen people, seemed to have forgotten how to work the credit card machine, and then, much to my amusement, appeared to not know how to use a pen. Ah, the joys of shopping.

Quite apart from all these goings on, I have been trying to think of something fun to do to make life interesting. After thinking of several quite poor ideas, such as not using anyones name for a week and trying to speak in a foreign language for a while, I think I might be coming closer to something. I am thinking of calling myself a different name for a week, such as 'Sam', and not responding unless people call me that. Either that or I'm just gonna speak with a Northern Irish accent for a while and see if anyone notices. Still going to try and come up with something better though.

Well, that's all my happenings from today, so you can all get back to your busy lives now.

Wow, my first post!

Inspired by the blogging of many people that I know, I have decided to start recording my own happenings and doings. Should be quite fun. Now I just have to wait for some doings and happenings to happen.