Other Stuff

So last weekend was a bit busy.

Friday night was the "Pizza and Wings" dinner at the clubhouse. This was lovely, and was followed by around an hours fooling around in the sand with some friends.

First thing Saturday morning, myself, Jon, Zach, Chase and Max all went fishing. Well, I couldn't fish, because I haven't got a license. But all the same, a good time out. Saturday afternoon, we all went to Concord Mills shopping centre. It's on par with Meadowhall, I think. And lastly, on Saturday night, we all went to Hooters. All in all, a very nice day. The weather was really nice too.

Sunday was equally busy. Started off on Sunday morning doing some of the cleaning, and then went into work to finish off a few odds and sods. Got back, and had a webcam with England, and sorted out some bills. Then, about half 1, Erin and Chase appear at the door. Erin and Max were going to a party, and both Jon and Zach were at work, so I ended up watching Chase for a few hours. Got the cleaning finished off, and had a walk around the park and Manchester Mall. Also found Dairy Queen :D

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"No, I didn't change my phone number...

Damn phone company"

Seeing as though Amber is single, I thought she might enjoy a "Pizza and Wings" dinner put on my the apartment management crew last Friday. So I sent her a message, and called later in the day. Both the text and the call were un-answered.

So I assumed that when Amber got her new phone a few weeks ago, she also got a new number. Apparently not. It just seems that the phone service is not so good.

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"Who needs a day off?"

Amber is working too much this week. Although, she's working on Saturday. Might go up to The Hoot on Saturday.

Otherwise, it's been nice at work now that I've been moved out of the Lab-to-be. It's still a bit too hot, but there's another AC unit on the way. Other than that, I walked out of the office with two lovely ladies from ASAP; Chelsea and Melinda. Hi girls!

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"I charge for the use of my voice services"

Aidan is one of the regulars at Empire.

He asked me to record an answerphone greeting on his cell phone. It's the whole English accent thing. I duly obliged, and apparently, people have left a few messages since.

I'd really like Amber to do mine. Must remember to ask her about that.

Coin collection

It seems like forever since I posted an update on the coins. Really, though, nothing has happened. Until today.

By random chance, I didn't have enough small change to get a drink out of the machine at work. Yes... I worked on a Sunday... So I stuffed a $5 into the quarter machine, and got 19 boring un-interesting quarters, and a Northern Mariana Islands quarter.

It's been placed in the collection. Only 2 more left...

The Sammies

So Friday night was gig night.

Venue? Visulight Theatre, Charlotte.

Band? The Sammies (Yes, that's a link...)

There were a couple of really great supporting acts, and as usual, Frank, Donnie, Bobby and Conrad made great music! Definitely one for the MP3 player, I think!

Was a bit sad that Amber couldn't come. Had to work. Dan, and a few other chaps from work are fans too, so we all met up and had a great night.

On Saturday, it warmed up quite a bit. We might have even hit 80 degrees F here. I managed to do a few lengths in the pool, but soon realised it might just be a bit too cold. Later in the evening, Jon and Zac came out to grill, so I went back to my place and got some beefburgers out of the freezer, and we tossed them on too. Mmmmmm... Then we all watched Saw 6.

Today has been miserable. Rain, rain and more rain. Supposed to be better in the week.

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"I'm Back
You're Back
We're Back
We missed Us"

You are.
I am.
We are.
We did.

Amber's been on holiday. She's back. :) :)

It's not only "Hump Day", but it's also St. Patrick's Day. A good excuse to buy Guinness.

There's a gig on Friday night. Are you coming Amber?

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NYC is on a grid... How clever.

This, I think, is in response to me saying that I don't know New York all that well, and not quite understanding the meaning of the numbers. I know they are street numbers, but exactly which one is 31st, and which one is 7th, or 34th, I don't know.

I'm British OK.... We give our streets names. Like "Park Lane", and "Strand", and "Picadilly Circus". "18th St." is well, just a bit boring.

Also got to meet Chelsea today. She's nice.

Hump day again today... All downhill to the weekend....

Another day at the office

As a result of the renovations in the office, I've had to move desks. My new desk isn't a proper desk, just a fold-up table in the new lab.

It's not a very big room. just big enough for the two of us - Ben has been moved in as well.

Unfortunately, it gets rather warm in there, as there's no air conditioning, 2 persons, 2 computers 4 monitors and a load of other electronic stuff heating the air up.

Luckily, Ben's brought in a fan from home, and that, at least, moves the air enough to keep it all bearable. Thanks for that :)

The old block of cubicles was being taken apart today, and hopefully the new dogbones will be up very soon, and we can move back into the main office. Yay!

Also, my little gadget from Hong Kong has arrived. It's a small adaptor that allows me to use standard headphones with my phone, and charge it up at the same time. A kind of splitter. It works well, and contrary to some reviews on the internet, it does output stereo sound!!

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"My stapler is on probation"

Amber's stapler has been behaving much better, so it's no longer destined for the trash can.

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"THe abuse of office supplies is wideley accepted in the US. Especially in bars. This is why we're not given desks!"

So Amber had a fight with the stapler at lunch today. It was misfiring, and getting blocked up. Not good.

Anyway, today was hump day. Wednesday. THe middle of the week. Over the hump, downhill to the weekend. Apparently supposed to be in the high 60's this week. Odd, as it snowed yesterday.

And I love guitar hero on the Wii. Beat Chase too!!! Will have to get that when I get home. Along with a copy of Avatar on DVD, plus a few other movies I've seen over here. HMV in CHesterfield are going to love me...

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"Smirnoff is for girls"

OK, so when I worked behind a bar (a long time ago...) we were given promotional T shirts to wear.

My favourite was a "Smirnoff Ice" shirt. I liked it so much that occasionaly, I'd wear it when I went out too. And occasionally, the person behind the bar would give me a free bottle of Smirnoff Ice.