Musings of a Small Person

2007-05-09T13:04:00.000Z

Happy birthday Paul :o) xx

2007-03-26T15:42:00.000Z

We attended a call in The Gherkin last week, and I can safely say it's the poshest place I've ever been in. I even offered to put on a tie to the bloke that showed us in, although I'm not sure how professional that would look with a London Ambulance Service uniform! And we got offered posh biscuits. It makes a nice change to get a call somewhere where you feel obliged to wipe your feet on the way

2007-03-01T12:27:00.000Z

Dum dum dum dumdum dadadadum!This is where I'm working for the next few weeks. It's been really busy which makes a welcome change to my other placements which have been fairly quiet, and the crew I'm with are fab and have given me some really worthwhile feedback on how I work. Other than my first stabbing and epileptic fit last week, there have been lots of little things that I've not had the

2007-02-20T12:37:00.000Z

This was my first job last night, on my first day of placement in East London. Our second job was a double stabbing, although thankfully not fatal. What a good start to the next six weeks on the road!Edit: The story has just appeared on the BBC London News. I choked on my tea!

2006-12-16T12:55:00.000Z

I've finally broken up from university, so now I get three weeks of lazing about... no wait, I have an exercise physiology lab report and a 2500 word assignment on evidence based practice to write, plus revision for OSCE practical exams which are in January.Ho ho bloody ho!On a lighter note, this picture was taken just before me and my housemates went out to the Christmas Ball at uni. And yes,

2006-10-16T17:05:00.000Z

Training to be a Paramedic is HARD WORK.I'm now an Emergency Medical Technician (or EMT2) which means I can work for real money in my spare time, although I still have to be supervised. I'm doing my ECG and Major Incident courses this week before I get to go off on placement again, and now that I've moved up to uni I don't have to get up at half six every day just to get in on time. It's fabulous

2006-08-08T22:07:00.000Z

This is just a quickie, but I HAVE NEWS DAMMIT!I got to fly in the HEMS air ambulance today, which was ridiculously exciting and I was very unprofessional throughout the whole journey by gazing in open mouthed wonder at everything going on far below in the streets of London.Other stuff happened on my shift, but maybe I'll tell you all some other time :o)

2006-06-25T15:42:00.000Z

Okay, okay! Enough harassing me already, people!Today is my last day of freedom before I start the Summer semester of university, which involves going in every day in my tasteful green uniform until September. I'll try and update this thing, but the more people moan at me the less I'm likely to do it :o)

2006-03-31T17:03:00.000Z

Well hello there!I finished and passed my latest Technician Module last week, and FINALLY got to go out in an ambulance. About bloody time! The first day was full of cut fingers and minor things that probably didn't warrant an ambulance, and the second day was full of situations that definitely did warrant an ambulance, including a guy who'd gone into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at

2006-03-20T18:59:00.000Z

Just a flying visit - I've spent the last two weeks doing my Technician Modules at uni, and every day has been from half eight until half four. Add onto that the hour for travel each way, and it doesn't leave much time for updating my blog!Only three more days of it then I'm hopefully going out on placement on the ambulances... I can't wait! °h°

2006-03-01T16:51:00.000Z

Last night was the 'Pancake Partaaay' at university where me, Sam and Steph cooked 60-odd pancakes between us and only managed to drop one in a flipping frenzy. Actually, I wasn't the one to drop it which is quite suprising considering how clumsy I usually am! Before that we had a Pancake Race, which consisted of a 'track' marked out on the grass (with squirty cream and flour, no less) and a

2006-02-22T12:50:00.000Z

Must... motivate self... to... write... argh!The problem with a blog is that the longer you leave it to update, the more there is to write about and the less you can be bothered to actually do it. Or at least it is with me! Especially as I haven't done anything hugely out of the ordinary of late, what with uni work, busting my ass in the gym trying to get fit and attempting to pixel for my new

2006-01-23T13:43:00.000Z

I nearly had a heart attack this morning when I was about to get dressed for uni, as I glanced up and there was a pair of legs outside my bedroom window. Thankfully they were attached to someone, and that someone was my window cleaner... but at seven it the morning, it's enough to make you drop your socks!Oh, and the radio I won finally came in the post, it's a Pure Digital 'bug' which is the

2006-01-22T16:00:00.000Z

It's a race against the clock to finish this bloody essay. It's supposed to be about manual handling 'in relation to health and health promotion', which in basic terms equates to me writing a load of bollocks. But, I guess if it helps me to pass this first year then I'll be happy! Right, back to the grind °h°

2006-01-05T18:38:00.000Z

Having slogged away at one of my assignments all day, I thought I would try and be healthy and eat some fruit.THIS IS WHAT I FOUND.It's so mangled and gross, I couldn't even tell you what it is. It's guess the fruit time, people! °h°[Edit: Before I forget, Happy HNT!]

2006-01-03T12:44:00.000Z

Happy new year! I know we're already three whole days into the brand spangly newness of it all, but personally I'm still getting over the fact that Christmas is over. And that I still haven't finished my assignments. So, go me :o) °h°

2005-12-25T13:37:00.000Z

Merry Christmas my little cherubs! As ever in my household, we're yet to open our presents because my mum won't let us until we're all looking slightly presentable. So here I am, in one of the new tees from my boys, writing this while I wait. Luckily I'm a bit older now, but when I was five or six all this waiting was absolute agony!Anyway, I hope you all have a fab day and can remember most

2005-12-20T11:40:00.000Z

I missed my placement last week to do my driving. But ye gads, I now have an LGV licence which means I can drive anything up to 7.5 tonnes! I nearly fell off me seat when the examiner guy said I'd passed, but I'm eternally grateful that I don't have to fork out £300 for a re-test. I am sending him a Christmas card with sparkles and kisses.We're finally gonna be giving each other our custom

2005-12-04T13:37:00.000Z

I have spent the last two weeks on my "Technician Module D" course for the London Ambulance Service, which included learning about administering entonox and oxygen, hefting a 50kg mannequin up and down flights of stairs, sticking things in people's noses and mouths to keep their airways open, strapping each other to orthopaedic stretchers and running off, and generally getting callouses on my

2005-11-18T16:48:00.000Z

There I was, sitting at the computer wrestling with the System Restore, when my brother tells me I have a phone call from the Hatfield Police Station.My first thought: Have I stolen any traffic cones or street furniture lately?-negative.And my second thought: Have I got home and found that a pint glass has made it's way into my bag from the pub?-also negative... although both are on my to-do list

2005-11-14T16:16:00.000Z

I learned today that my first observational placement is in lovely Tottenham, in North London. On the 14th, 15th and 16th of Decmeber, all 7am-7pm shifts.Nice of them to ease us in gently!And if anyone who happened to be on the M25 today spotted some crazy girl in a white metro singing along in a bunged up, hoarsely cracked voice to Rainbow's "Since You've Been Gone", well, it wasn't me.Honest

2005-11-11T13:17:00.000Z

The dreaded "Freshers Flu" has finally caught up with me. I have a sore throat and a cold, and in recent days I've developed a nice, phlegmy cough. I've never actually had a cough before in my life, it's probably time I stopped smoking all those fat cigars!(okay, I kid. Although I wouldn't mind one of those pipes that you can blow bubbles out of!) :o) °h°

2005-10-26T21:01:00.000Z

I got my paramedic uniform today.It looks huge on me, I wonder how many pies it would take to fill this baby out :o) °h°

2005-10-23T19:28:00.000Z

At around half past one this morning, some cock broke into my car. They managed to crowbar the top of the passenger door far enough to be able to reach in and unlock it, by which point the alarm went off and they did a runner.Thankfully my dad managed to bend it back, and they didn't steal my dancing coke can.But it has still narked me off! °h°

2005-10-22T13:02:00.000Z

It was my older sister's birthday yesterday, and her boyfriend of Five Million Years finally plonked a rock on her finger. Nice one! They have recently got their first mortgage together on a house, and probably the next thing will be obtaining some sort of small furry pet. Then babies. It's all downhill from here (o; °h°

2005-10-06T18:57:00.000Z

My gosh, what a packed schedule! Every day I have to be at uni for nine o'clock and I generally finish between four and six, except on Wednesdays. This is probably the first chance I've had to write anything on my blog!I even manage to stumble out of bed at half six to leave the house at seven.WHERE IS THE REAL HELEN, WHO IS THIS IMPOSTER WHO CAN ACTUALLY WAKE UP!So far I have learned:~ In

2005-09-09T18:05:00.000Z

I passed my LGV theory test today. Huzzah!Not bad considering I only booked it two days ago, when I knew nothing about lorries. Much cramming, cups of tea and ashes cricket later, I have a nice certificate and everything :o)Now all that's left to do is rag about in a truck weighing a half-dozen tonnes to get my full licence! °h°

2005-09-08T08:58:00.000Z

My stethoscope came in the post today!I got the list through of things I need for my uni course, and on it it says I need a stethoscope. And it has arrived! I'm gonna wear it around the house all day, and pretend I'm on ER by spouting off random sayings like "I need a cup of tea, stat!" and "I won't lose her, dammit! CLEAR!"...sorry, I was getting quite into that. The other thing on my list was a

2005-09-06T14:04:00.000Z

I'm sitting here drinking some lemon tea debating whether I should get a new picture as my logo. I mean, this one has been up there for a good three years, and the picture itself is getting on for four years old... I don't think I've actually changed in appearance at all during this time!I want to look seventeen forever :o) °h°

2005-09-05T11:36:00.000Z

I am back! Me and Paul have been in Croatia for two weeks, and now it's back to a normality of sorts... although I'm not at Wilko now and I'm starting uni in three weeks. It's all feeling a bit weird!I hope everyone is fab, I got a number of texts while I was away but couldn't reply to any of them because the Croatian networks are a pile of cack. Damn nice place though :o) °h°

2005-08-09T11:29:00.000Z

Two weeks left at work... I'm so excited!Me and the Suz went to Chalkwell-on-Sea last week, and filled the basic criteria for visiting the beach:~ having a picnic (with a wicker basket of course!)~ eating ice cream~ collecting random shells and weirdly-shaped stones~ paddling in the sea / sludge / Thames Estuary~ digging a hole!~ burying things in said hole! And~ building sandturds.Perfect!Even

2005-07-28T10:30:00.000Z

I AM STRESSED.I'm supposed to have sent off a photocopy of my driving licence to uni by the 31st July to prove my entitlement to drive a vehicle of ambulance weight, and the deadline is fast approaching. The problem is, the DVLA still have it. They've been sitting on it for three weeks, give it back god dammit!Ahem. Other than that, I've had the first of three Hepatitis B jabs which was most

2005-07-14T09:36:00.000Z

It's one week since London was hit by a series of explosions, and I still can't quite believe it happened. The day was utterly surreal; I went to work as normal but my shop was so devoid of customers that we had little to actually fill up in the evening. I feel lucky in that no-one I know was caught up in the blasts, but at the same time it must be awful for people who still don't know whether

2005-06-22T11:59:00.000Z

I've attempted to hash together a new commenting system using the one on Blogger so feel free to try it out. It's either that, or reverting to the guestbook! °h°

2005-06-20T10:14:00.000Z

Oh dear. I'm glad I'm pretty much immune to hangovers, or I'm sure I'd have felt terrible yesterday morning! We went to see Green Day at the Milton Keynes Bowl on Saturday, and I am ashamed to say I got plastered. On saying that though, I'm sure I wasn't as drunk as Martin...The acoustics weren't all that brilliant, which I suppose comes with the territory of playing on the base of a hill.

2005-06-16T09:34:00.000Z

How rude, Enetation has stolen my comments. Hot damn! °h°

2005-06-13T00:06:00.000Z

Salutations! Before I go any further, a terrible tragedy has befallen my beloved mouse with the duck floating in it. On better days, it looks like this:But since someone in my household has obviously hit it in a fit of rage, it has ceased to work properly and I have recovered several bits of broken plastic from inside it.In resorting to my old scroll mouse, it was to my consternation that this

2005-06-07T00:55:00.000Z

Waaaah, my monitor has gone all yellow. As much as it's my favourite colour, it's starting to burn my retinas! would anybody care to buy me a subscription? °h°

2005-06-04T12:44:00.000Z

I don't feel any different now that I'm older... maybe I'll stay seventeen forever :o) °h°

2005-05-26T10:48:00.000Z

It is currently Helen's birthday minus one week. Ish. Huzzah! I'm so excited :oD not that I'll be doing much or getting many presents, as I always forget to buy presents for other people and wouldn't expect anything in return for my poor memory skills. In fact, I should buy everyone else a present instead for putting up with me dancing around like a girl possessed just because I'm a year older! °

2005-05-18T22:42:00.000Z

Courtesy of Martaaay, this picture comes with a Parental Advisory caution as it is highly offensive (to me, anyway!)Faaackin' mint, mate! °h°

2005-05-16T15:24:00.000Z

I have just been sent home from work. Sitting around waiting to feel better is so not my thing! °h°

2005-05-16T11:13:00.000Z

I am sick. And my face hurts.I have inadvertantly failed to follow Adam Ant's summer skincare regime, and my cheeks and my nose are all frazzled from sunburn. We went to 'Fiesta in the Park' yesterday in Kettering and the weather was surprisingly glorious, and although there were more Escorts, KAs and Focuses than Fiestas it was interesting to see how much effort people will put into making their

2005-05-09T12:09:00.000Z

Hello! This is The Suz temporarily taking over while Hel figures out what to say.There have been a lot of birthdays this week, and Helen wants them written up (why can't she write it then?) so happy birthday to you all... kiddie show stylee!Hello to Paul from Harold Hill, who is 22 today, with love from mummy, daddy, little sis and Helly!And a big hello to Adam, who turned 22 yesterday! Mummy and

2005-05-02T10:18:00.000Z

Happy 18th birthday the Suz! °h°

2005-04-23T18:32:00.000Z

Happy Saint George's Day to all! Guess who's going to university in September :o) °h°

2005-04-14T11:05:00.000Z

For the past couple of days, I have been farting like an absolute trooper. It's been so bad, I've felt compelled to isolate myself at work as some of them are fair ol' rippers that could easily suffocate small children! Any suggestions? It's a good job I'm not a smoker, I would've been blown up by now :o) °h°

2005-04-10T13:43:00.000Z

Me and Paul have just finished watching the MotoGP after getting back from Harlow. It's the second time we've driven over there this weekend to get Paul's car exhaust checked, not because of the scenic concrete or grubby buildings but because the grease monkeys were too busy fitting blingin' chrome wheels and phat under-car blue neon lights. I love the Essex Cruise Scene!(ahem)Last night we all

2005-04-04T18:06:00.000Z

My car is dead, again. The starter motor has blown up so it is now sitting in my dad's yard next to my mini, which has a nice shiny new exhaust (hurrah!) but still isn't fully roadworthy (boo!) ah well. I walked to and from work today which was quite nice, as I got to listen to my Jukebox Zen and strut along in time to Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music". Rock on :o) °h°

2005-03-31T18:12:00.000Z

I swear I've been awake for a whole week. My waking hours have been extended as I've been working during the day at the Wilko in Dagenham, and what a delightful dump it is too! I still have all the wheels on my car which is nothing short of a miracle, especially when they made me move my car THREE TIMES in one day. It's a conspiracy I tell you!We went to Brands Hatch on Monday to see the

2005-03-24T11:05:00.000Z

On Tuesday night we went to see Jimmy Eat World live at the Astoria in London. Me, Paul, Martin and Adam met up with Suz and friends, and later on with Richard and Gemma in the queue. Although I have never seen so many Converse shoes in one place in my whole life, it was a fab night! I managed to get a really good view by sitting on the barrier between the main pit and the area around the bar,

2005-03-21T22:45:00.000Z

I HAVE LOST A DUCK BADGE. It wasn't even two weeks old!Ah, I'm such a klutz.I ripped my trousers in work today, so to avoid distracting my staff with the wanton temptation of my seductive ankle, I have stapled it back together. It looks quite good considering I had to twist my leg into previously unknown directions, plus I managed not to staple my leg. Reeesult :o)

2005-03-20T14:46:00.000Z

The past few days have been sunny and boootiful outside. And I have spent the entire time at work! Yesterday morning I was determined to enjoy it and pranced into my garden wearing my little blue sundress, only to freeze moments later and stamp unceremoniously back into my house. I know it's only March, but whatever happened to global warming! °h°

2005-03-17T01:51:00.000Z

This morning, I hoovered the inside of my car for the first time in eight months. So understandably it was quite dirty, but what I hadn't bargained on finding was: - a pen - a packet of Trebor XXX Strong Mints, best before October 2004 - a resusciade for giving people CPR, and - two pieces of metal that look like they should be somehow attached to my car. Hmm.I'll probably only find out what

2005-03-10T12:38:00.000Z

Happy birthday Milb!

2005-03-09T13:01:00.000Z

I am now the proud owner of an Early Learning Centre Badge Maker courtesy of my mum. Woo! I've been searching for things in my house that I can mash into a circle shape, and so far I've done these of my little pixel ducklings. Considering it's a kid's toy and I should really be doing better things with my time, it actually works quite well and I fully intend to turn my house into a

2005-03-08T13:10:00.000Z

I dreamed last night that I was at university and had to stay in the same room as twelve strangers. And they were all nudists... I don't want all these naked people going around in my brain, I am suitably freaked out! My dreams have been getting mighty weird lately, like last week I was getting chased by zombies and one of them was someone I used to go to school with.I must need therapy or

2005-03-01T10:53:00.000Z

What a weekend! After working from two o'clock and finishing at ten on Saturday night, me and Paul jumped on a train to London and met up with Martin and Adam for a spot of birthday shenannigans. By this time they were both quite drunk, and I was quite shattered! We made our way to the Mean Fiddler in Charing Cross Road and joined the mother of all queues for their Frog evening, and although

2005-02-25T00:38:00.000Z

In the past three minutes, I have developed hiccups.[hic]I am now holding my breath while I type to try and combat this, but black spots are starting to materialise in front of my eyes! Breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeathe... that's better. Anyhow back to all the breaking news from the world of Helly - today I had my work appraisal, which is meant to highlight what training I need and to generally assess how

2005-02-22T22:52:00.000Z

Urgh, this past week I have been feeling all crappy with a cold and I ache all over. Even putting my new artist's mannequin into a Flashdance pose astride my monitor has failed in giving me some energy and enthusiasm, so I have taken to listening to all the feel-good pop-tart music on the computer.However, when it comes to me there are only so many times I can listen to the Jackson Five singing

2005-02-12T23:17:00.000Z

Yesterday me and my parents drove over to the University of Hertfordshire, so some blokes could talk to me about the paramedical science course I want to do in September and interview me to determine whether I have enough braincells to be studying there. So we drove around every back-road and country lane my dad could think of to get us there to avoid using the M25, and once we arrived we were

2005-02-07T23:46:00.000Z

Meet Hermes. He's my new computer companion for when I sit here late at night surfing the internet and drawing pictures! Hermes has been watching me work on a new website layout for the past week, because as much as I love this layout it isn't mine, which makes the whole site seem quite impersonal. But then again, maybe that's just me wanting something random to draw rather than thinking of

2005-01-27T23:02:00.000Z

Now maybe I'm just emotionally and hormonally challenged sometimes, but when my car wouldn't start last night and I couldn't get to see Paul my family were a bit miffed when I started blubbing in front of them. My mum took pity on me in the end and drove me over to see him though, what a top lady! I'm weird like that sometimes, I'll be happy for weeks then the slightest thing will make me

2005-01-26T19:22:00.000Z

Me and my mum have not long been home after four hours of wandering round Romford. I deliberately avoid using the loose term of "shopping" as a fair chunk of that time was spent in the opticians with some blokey shining lights in my eyes, and a smaller, more bitesize chunk was spent perusing the books in Oxfam which doesn't really count as a shop. It's 'charidee', don't you know! It does seem

2005-01-22T11:58:00.000Z

Well it's been a while now, hasn't it? I thought I'd best update this thing before Gareth has an apoplexy. So here I am... er... Christmas was good, New Years was good, and it's been not-too-bad ever since. We went out to the Blue Orchid chinese restaurant on Wednesday, which was totally fab, and then I scared the others to death when they didn't get my text message saying I'd not been mugged

2004-12-23T01:55:00.000Z

I really should go to bed, I've become addicted to the deviantART website and have been looking at it for hours instead of going to bed. Maybe I'll submit my pixel art picture once I finally finish it, I've been drawing it for months now... I probably should have chosen something smaller than a whole room! Either way I like it :o) I am going to bed now. Honest. I'll just check it one more

2004-12-12T23:58:00.000Z

It's been nearly a month since my last post, and quite a lot has happened since then what with Paul getting a new "proper" job and me actually applying to university and hatching an cunningly evil scheme to take over the world... hang on, you didn't just hear me say that! The festive season is upon us, and my neighbours have taken the liberty of putting up a 6' tall inflatable Father Christmas

2004-11-18T13:10:00.000Z

I am the Queen of the M25, woo! Me and Paul went to Harrow yesterday, and I was pleasantly suprised that my car could get up to 70mph. What a bonus! I'm still trying to write my personal statement for university, I'm not nearly interesting enough to pad it out much more... maybe I'll tell them I like rock-climbing or something random. Or maybe I should actually start rock-climbing! Oh the

2004-11-08T13:22:00.000Z

It is four years ago today that I had my brain surgery. It's hard to believe it has been so long, the scar feels the same when I run my fingers across it now as it did when I was a baby of sixteen... I've been through quite a bit since then, some of it good, some painful, but all of it necessary. I wonder where we'll all be in four years time °h°

2004-11-01T13:12:00.000Z

I'm afraid my account of Saturday night's festivities at Schpunk are somewhat shorter than Gareth's, as my evening began after a dodgy time at work that lasted until 10 o'clock. I wanted to dress up and everything, but I guess it'll have to wait til next year! Suz put in an appearance (using my ID no less) and was dressed as a bumble bee, but she lost her sting at some point during the night...

2004-10-29T22:32:00.000Z

I'm finally not ill anymore! Woo! I got sent home from work and everything, it was mega nasty. But enough of that, maybe I should start writing about real and pressing issues and politics and other interesting topics people can debate in pubs and gather myself a cult following... or perhaps I'll just continue to blog a cheesy website for my own benefit and those who care, and be happy :o) °h°

2004-10-11T21:40:00.000Z

We went to the banger racing yesterday at Arena Essex, and having never been before I was dead excited. But then, I get dead excited with just about anything really! There were load of cars bumping into each other in the supposedly "non-contact" races, with clapped out saloon cars hurtling around the dusty track at suprising speed and the small mini-stocks whipping around driven by even smaller

2004-10-08T01:56:00.000Z

Brrr, it's chilly down here at this time of night. Or morning, whichever way you look at it I suppose... I've been running the shift at work for the past couple of days which has been interesting, although being the gaffa has meant that I've been working 2pm-12 midnight so here I am still trying to wind down. I went to see young Girth and the mad dogs earlier with my present of a little cake

2004-10-03T13:07:00.000Z

I bought an exercise bike yesterday after me and Martin spent a half hour trying to figure out which of those in the Argos catalogue was the best for not too much money. I didn't realise how bulky it would be though, we tried carrying it through Romford with all the old people tottering about in the way and the teenage mums barging us with their prams, and some woman walked straight into us and

2004-10-01T22:37:00.000Z

My gosh, we're already in October...it'll be Christmas before I've even had the chance to turn around! I've been feeling rotten for a couple weeks with a sore throat and a bunged up nose, plus I've decided what I want to be in life after twenty years of looking - which is nice :o) I'm currently attempting to draw a pixel art picture on my computer, the people who do this for a living must have

2004-09-10T11:39:00.000Z

I had a weird dream last night that I let my little sister drive my car and she crashed it into a parked car and it got all mangled. How it was mangled and she was unscathed I'll never know... maybe it's a sign that I should be carrying my insurance details around with me in preparation for the time that I start driving into people. Now there's a morbid thought if ever there was one :o) Me, Ad

2004-09-06T22:43:00.000Z

I have a very itchy forehead. For I have not one, but TWO knatbites and they're driving me nuts! If I ever catch those jammy little bastards... well, the consequence doesn't bear thinking about. I may be a vegetarian and not very tall but I'll show them who's boss they may steal my

2004-08-31T09:55:00.000Z

I just won this on eBay.I have wanted a dancing flower for absolutely years, but I never got one when they first came out in 1988. Ah I can't wait for it to come through the post :oD °h°

2004-08-29T16:16:00.000Z

I have commandeered Paul's computer as he is currently having a snooze on the sofa. Snoozing is his usual state of consciousness, so normally I have to employ ruthless bullying tactics to get him to wake up. Like, extreme poking. Or a leg-slapping perhaps. Either way, I'm making it my life's work as I prefer his company when he isn't in a semi-comatose frame of mind... but what can I say, he

2004-08-26T11:21:00.000Z

Last night, I went to The Proms and it was really good. I feel ludicrously cultured! The conductor was getting into it a bit much though, I could've sworn he was gonna fall off the stage in a state of religious ecstacy at any point during the performance, he was swaying about that much. I would talk about what was played but I doubt people would be all that interested :o) I suppose I should go

2004-08-20T09:54:00.000Z

Me and the little one Suz went to pick up her AS-level results yesterday, and it was the first time in ages I had to get on the horrible smelly bus with loads of students. I'm so glad I've left that place, god knows how I survived the journey for all those years! Either way she did sickeningly well and I'm disgustingly proud of her, as ever :o) Yesterday was mostly spent brandishing the

2004-08-15T12:43:00.000Z

Car insurance is sooo expensive. I need to befriend some rich people to subsidise me! Since the Mini isn't ready yet I'll be driving my mum's new Metro for the time being, which should be interesting as it's a diesel and sounds like a tractor! No more sneaking away in the middle of the night then, not with the racket it makes. Me and Martin gave it a good clean yesterday so at least it's a

2004-08-13T22:01:00.000Z

Go me, I passed my driving test yesterday. Bring it on! °h°

2004-08-11T10:06:00.000Z

Blimey I've been slacking lately, this website will start growing a bit mouldy if I don't update it soon! This past week I've been on holiday from work again and with the fab weather we've been having, sitting in front of the computer was the furthest thing from my mind. Right what have I been up to? Ah sod it, here's the week in pictures! Saturday 31st July The monthly

2004-07-30T23:31:00.000Z

Woo, only one more day at work and I'm off on another week's holiday. I can't wait! We all had an evening at Paul's on Wednesday and watched one of Adam's scarily ancient kung-fu films with terrible dubbing, worse acting and everyone calling each other "magnificent bastards" the whole way through it. In short, it was great and we loved it. Anyone up for a spot of shimmying at Schpunk tomorrow

2004-07-25T16:30:00.000Z

I'm back! Did anyone miss me? Didn't think so :o) well I've been on holiday with my dudes for the past week in Norfolk, and it was fab. I'm gonna try and do a blog of everything we got up to but that'll take a little while so in the meantime, you get to put up with mediocre, sub-standard posts like this one... back to normal then? °h°

2004-06-28T22:33:00.000Z

I've just been browsing my photos, and I've been making everybody look more sexy by getting rid of their spots and giving them whiter teeth. Most of the people in my photos don't need this, but there are a couple who really, really do... they'd probably get a shock if they saw how they could look if they brushed their teeth once in a while :o) the scary thing is, some of you will actually know

2004-06-20T15:43:00.000Z

I'm feeling a bit on the icky side today. I was supposed to be going to a family gathering but I'm in a strange mood as well... a great way to spend my day off! I've hardly sat in front of the computer at all this past week. That's not to say I haven't done anything though - this week I have: * read six and a half books * worked for 35 long hours * spilt noodles down my front whilst listening

2004-06-07T22:47:00.000Z

Ah, I love the beach. The crashing waves, the sound of kiddies building sandcastles, the smell of burning flesh... unfortunately for me, I'm thoroughly roasted! Oh the sacrifices I have to make just so I can laze about in my new bikini and eat cheesy sandwiches. A nice day was had by all, and I think Martin was especially chuffed with the fetching new pair of flip-flops he purchased, in a

2004-06-04T23:46:00.000Z

I have bought the best mouse ever. Ever. It's not the easy-on-the-hand ergonomic shape nor the well crafted scroll button that sets it apart, oh no. The bottom half of it is filled half with water, half with blue oil... and there is a fooking duck floating in it. How much more fab could it possibly ever hope to be? Ever get the feeling I'm too easily impressed? I thought so :o) °h°

2004-06-01T10:52:00.000Z

Woo, give it up for the birthday girl!Paul bought me a digital camera and it's beautiful, I'm dead chuffed :o) I apologise for any dodgy photos I post on here in the near future, I get a bit excited when I have nice new shiny things!Thank you the peeps who sent me messages, I'm off to London soon so tah-rah for now! °h°

2004-05-30T14:16:00.000Z

Here we are again, the morning after the night before... we went to Paul's cousin's wedding yesterday, and it wasn't half as bad as we thought it might be considering these facts:1. The groom (Paul's cousin) has received at least one death threat from the bride's family should he choose to pull out of the wedding2. Paul's ex-uncle showed up and even read a quote from the bible in the service

2004-05-20T22:15:00.000Z

I drove my mini for the first time on Tuesday! It's exciting stuff. Okay so I only went backwards and forwards in my dad's yard as it isn't roadworthy yet, but I managed not to hit anything and it only stalled on me a couple of times. My dad however, caught the corner of it on a pile of corrugated iron and took half the number plate off! Anyway enough of that, what have I been up to for the

2004-05-07T01:31:00.000Z

I was in charge today. Me? Being responsible? Nay, surely not my friends, my cover of being the little one with no braincells to my name will be blown if anyone finds out! It wasn't too bad really, I was expecting everything to crash and burn around me but then how hard can it be to tell people what to do :o) It's Cathy's birthday today (or at least it was, when I started writing this damn

2004-05-04T00:45:00.000Z

Oh. yes. I now fit back into my old jeans, after I have been fighting my 'temporary' (ahem) FAT ARSE experience. I would take a picture of the newly fitting phenomenom except the fact that it's behind me, and my arms couldn't bend that way to hold a camera... so I tried to find a picture of a bum online and all I got back was, well, a nice load of pornography. I mean really, if I'd have wanted

2004-04-28T01:20:00.000Z

I've just got home after a night of hardcoreness at McClusky's. I've already got bits of muffin between the keys of my keyboard by munching whilst arguing with the monitor... I need to get some sleep! There was just a massive clap of thunder outside, nice to know that I might get electrocuted just by updating my blog :o) There was a bomb scare in Romford today, apparently a 'suspect' package

2004-04-26T23:59:00.000Z

Well peeps, I'm finally putting in an appearance at Freak@McClusky's tomorrow evening after I've finished work, so no doubt everyone'll be a little on the smashed side by the time I get there! Despite McClusky's being far from the nicest club in Romford it'll no doubt be a good night with loads of familiar faces (edit: haha, I actually spelt this faeces first post around... what does that say

2004-04-20T00:12:00.000Z

Lindsay left work on Saturday, and it feels like the end of an era. In the crunchiest of digressing crunchy nutshells, our possy are scattered to the winds all chasing after their chosen careers while I'm left floundering behind in their wake bewildered and undecided as to where my life should take me. It seems to be running off without me and it's almost too late to catch up with it. It's

2004-04-07T23:51:00.000Z

Today has been a good day. I got to spend time with Paul in the morning, went swimming with Martin in the afternoon then got to go to the pub and put the world right. Nice :o) °h°

2004-03-31T12:48:00.000Z

This is a 1988 Mini Designer with a teeny 998cc engine. And it's all mine. Welcome to the wonderful world of Helen's Car. She's gonna look spankingly marvellous by the time I've finished, rar! I can see all my hard-earned cash being squandered on a nice exhaust and fuzzy dice and I can't wait to get started :o) °h°