I walked into Universal Studios behind this guy - his back to front baseball cap conveyed an amusing message (Disney brand - "BEING GRUMPY ROCKS"), but unfortunately I had forgotten to turn the artistic filter off on my camera that I'd been playing around with.


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Here's something that's given me joy (and which I look forward to eating) - I occasionally get given these free gingerbread men with my Morrisons home deliveries. I think I'll eat this with dinner later.


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I've been trying to convince some of the guys to form a team for life-sized Monopoly next week ( Read more... )

A day when I've trying to keep my emotions in check, and stop dwelling on the things in the past I can't change, or projecting hypothetical future situations.

I'll set myself a goal for the end of November, which is to organise a first mentoring session; I really hope that I learn who my mentee is soon (and that I get picked).


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I wish sometimes that I wouldn't place more weight on my mistakes than what I get right ( Read more... )

Finally, thefridayfive has been updated.

1. Do you tend to remember book titles or authors the most?

Almost always the titles; there are a few obscure authors whose names I struggle with.

2. Do you play any memory games to try and improve your memory

Not really, no; I probably should since I'm constantly being reminded of things I completely forgot about. ( Read more... )

Last night, I was getting out of the car after getting a lift home; I stepped out onto the pavement, and suddenly out of the darkness, a teenager on a bike zipped past, and I realised what a near miss I'd had; it had me a little rattled, at how badly it could have ended up for me ( Read more... )