Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Britain's Got (a dog that has some) Talent

I don't know what it is, but I don't like to see performing animals. There's something just a bit twisted about getting entertainment from watching an animal make a prat of itself.

I'm referring particularly to Britain's Got Talent's dancing dog, and its owner who has no human friends (the girl's mum said that. Her own mum!)

A few people I know have said that the dog obviously enjoys it blah blah and it wouldn't do it if it wasn't happy - but truth is, the dog gets treats for doing the right tricks, and it was given treats the whole time it was trained. It's the same as me going to work - I may not actually enjoy it, but my reward is I get paid.

I'm not gonna have a rant about this, and if people like doing it and the dogs/horses/whatever arent getting hurt then it's fine....

...but who'd have thought dancing animals would be one of my 'buttons'?! Very strange

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Chicken Monkey Shoes?

Since I'd not been on here for a while I thought it might be worth me checking my profile on here. That and I was horribly bored. So I went through all the sections, favourite books, favourite films, and so on, and come to the final question, which is a random question. The first question that I come across (as you can choose to get a new question if you don't like the one you get) is this;

You're going to the Moon! What have you forgotten to pack?

Well, I am one of those people that has to triple check everything and still feel like I've forgotten something. So chances are, I haven't forgotten anything for my Moon trip. I have noticed though that, particularly when going to stay at Simon's before I moved, I would forget pyjamas and knickers. Whether that was my subconcious doing it deliberatley, I don't know. Anyone else have this problem?? And this, fellas, is why your girlfriend starts to leave things at yours occasionally - it's not cos she's trying to get you to commit, it's cos she's sick of going commando the morning after!

Deciding that I didn't like that question much, I flicked through and had a look at some of the other random questions. If anyone can come up with a sensible/senseless answer for thesequestions, please let me know!

Q. OK, we know they don't need them, but don't you think some fish would like a bicycle?
A. The sensible part of me says 'well how would they ride them?', and the fantastical side of me says 'YES! What good exercise for them! Anything that will help the problem with fish obesity'.

Q. You've just inherited a manufacturing plant that specialises in plastics! What's the first thing you make?
A. A 'replacement man'

Q. You own a sweater that goes right down to your feet. What colour belt do you wear with it?
A. Ah, a question I can relate to! Depending on the colour of the sweater, it would probably be a wide red waist nipping belt. Perhaps even a waspie.

Q. Chicken Monkey Shoes?
A. ....Pardon? Is this some sort of password? Erm.... Liver...Parakeet...Volkswagon...

Q. You have to dig a hole to China. Where do you start?
A. Erm... China?

Honestly, if you're ever totally bored at work and have a blog, just go and keep clicking for a new question on your profile, it's whole minutes of enjoyment!

Monday, May 12, 2008

Quick Catch-Up...

In case anyone's interested, I am still alive and actually for the first time in ages I can say that things seem to be looking up!

I got a new job on friday, as a HR Admin at Matthew Boulton College. Up until now I've been temping at Sutton College so it'll be nice to do something different. Right now all I'm doing is photocopying and filing... terribly annoying on so many levels (this is NOT what I went to uni to do!!) So that job starts next week, muchos looking forward to it!

I've got my holiday booked for this year too. Simon and I are off to Tunisia in August, and I've gone on a geeky rampage of organisation, from researching local restaurants and reviews of the hotel, to learning a smidgen of Arabic. It's all good fun, and if it all goes arse-up I can fall back on my French. It's going to be hot hot hot! I'm kinda struggling somewhat in the heat right now so god knows what I'll be like then! We're planning to go and visit the Sahara and camel ride and all sorts so it should be good fun.

I've started doing loads of exercise classes of late and have started to pick up badminton again. It's doing wonders for my body, just in time for summer haha! I also get a free gym membership with my new job, so that's a nice little bonus! Tomorrow me, Si and Liam are going to a class called circuit training, which from what we saw last week is kinda like a full on hour of going round, running, skipping, doing sit-ups and push-ups, jumping on trampettes and many other little mini-exercises that swap every minute. It was knackering me out just watching it! Will have to see how it goes...

Big shock - I'm not going to any festivals this year. The only one I would possibly go to is Reading cos the line-up looks ace, but I'm far too poor and it would be too close to our holiday!

That's all for now, maybe I'll do a full on blog one day soon!!