Below are the 16 most recent journal entries recorded in jonnycmusic's LiveJournal:

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
12:23 am	i have not written for quite sometime....... So ill jot some stuff down now, seeing as i cant sleep and i have plenty of time on my hands. Im not actually when i last posted so ill just talk about xmas and onwards, that'll do. Since Xmas i have been seeing a young lady who is awesome. I had liked her for ages, yet me being me, could never get the bottle to do anything so i let time run its cause. Time ran its cause, and ran its cause, and..... You get me??! Well, at xmas we started seeing each other, mainly due to her showing her feelings for me, which were reciprocated! It all seems to be going really well, and its a good start to a year that i wasn't generally looking forward to. Without having my mum around anymore i wasn't really the happiest guy, and having no job didn't help the situation either. Although i have been looking hard for a job, i still haven't found one suited to me. Its not that i am being picky, its just that i want to get a job that will have potential for development for a proper career, and it fucking hard to find something like that!! I have been to umpteen agencies littered throughout kent, and they all seem to do fuck all. Although there could be one i may rely on. She phoned me today about a job in T-Wells which she is gonna put me forward for. She seems like she is doing her job and going out of her way to source work, whereas the majority do very little. You turn up, fill in some forms, have a quick chat then get told they will call you, which they dont. Fuckers!! Although i know i shouldnt have, seeing as i dont have a job, but i went out to the land of Canadia with 2 mates for 2 weeks. It had been booked up for ages (last April) and i remember at the time thinking whether i should go or not, what with mums situation. i think i asked her, and she said i should go for it. So i did and do not regret a second. Loads of powder, some amazing terrain and 2 good mates, created a wicked trip that will live long in the memories. Just watching jamie faceplant in powder will keep me amused for many years to come!! Brilliant! We rode nearly everyday, and although Whistler is renowned for its nightlife, i dont think we really saw any of it. I didn't really mind, as i was there for the riding, so getting a good nights sleep was my first choice! We found an excellent array of take aways, conveniently situated a stones throw from out apartment. Burgers, pizzas, mexican etc. It was all there, and it was all good! I think Splitz was the highlight on the food front. Imagine a burger bar (with proper burgers!!) set out in a Subway style order system. you just go down the line asking for this and that, with that sauce but not that. You get the idea. It was brilliant. Im trying to remember what else we got up to, but i think i have covered it already. Food, a few beers and riding. That was it in a nut shell!! Got back sunday 4th March and have been on the job hunt since. Its pretty repetitive, but im sure something will come of it. its all about perseverance. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 17th, 2006
8:38 pm	bargain of the century. so, lately i have been trying to keep as busy as possible- what with everything that has been going on lately. On tues me and a couple of mates headed out for a night in canterbury to go see grooverider play at Alberrys- its a wicked night out and is always a friendly little venue. before we went, i had to go and see this job lot of records that i saw in the paper. it said that there were about 250 Drum and Bass tunes, along with some garage etc. the add said she wanted a £1 per record so i took out a shit load of cash- think i may be buying quite a few. So i got there and the kind lady led me through to where they all were. i was in awe as soon as i walked in!! There must have been at least 400 (or so i thought with a quick estimate.) I couldnt be bothered to look through them all, so i just asked for a ball park figure in the lot. To which she replied, "i Dunno, £150". I had to pause for a second before saying "yeah, that sounds about right!!" I got my mates to help load the car up and after a while it started to sink in the amount of tunes that were here. Literally, hundreds and hundreds (on a closer inspection there were at least 600 as i stopped counting at 450!!) All week i have been going through them all, re-sorting them into their correct sleeves etc and listening to what i want to keep and what i want to sell on. This has been a find of a lifetime!! Im hoping the woman who sold them had told her son she was getting rid of them because as i left there was a slight hint of "High Fidelity" to it, yet i was the greedy bastard and took the lot!! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
2:01 pm	this life. I just checked on the last time i actually updated this livejournal and it has been fucking ages. So much stuff has happened, and as i haven't updated it for ages there is probably loads of stuff i will never get round to writing about as i would have forgot about it all. 4 years ago January my mum was diagnosed with Sarcoma Cancer. Supposedly this is one the rarer forms of Cancer and because of this, is harder to treat than the likes of breast cancer etc. After numerous operations and chemotherapy, we were told that she had been given the all clear about 2 and a half years ago. Personally, i never really believed that fully, as cancer is a bitch and will come and go as it pleases. Which it did. It then came back,i think around january 2004, and due to the amount of radiation mum had been subjected too through the chemo days, they couldnt do anything else to treat it, as the treatment itself would end up killing her. She was just prescribed drugs that would combat the pain and help to make it livable, to an extent. On friday she passed away at thw Pilgrims Hospice, Ashford, after fighting it for 4 years. I dont think she ever gave in to it, and we would rarely talk about her dying, because she was so adamant that she would fight it with all her might. Now that she is gone, i am in a sense relieved, as she is no longer suffering, yet i am now without one of the most persons in my life. We all knew that this day would come, and personally i feel ok about it all. She lived her life, knowing that tomorrow may well be her last, and visited countless countries and did things she always wanted to do. My dad also made a point that we have all been putting our life on hold, because of mum being ill. I perhaps would have gone off travelling, or worked somewhere across the other end of the country, but because we were such a close family we all chose to be close to home, so that if anything did happen we would be able to be there in a heartbeat. Now that mum has gone, we can finally let go of that and do the things we could never have done when she was around. Although that sounds very selfish, i never really realised how tied down we all were because of the illness. Me and my sisters can now chase careers and get fully focused on them, instead of thinking " I couldnt go and move there, because i wont be near mum if anything happens." Reading that back it sounds awful, but we have all been on hold for 4 years. Saying no to offers of going off round the world with friends, or moving here or there to start jobs. Now that the end is here, we can start to slowly make something of our lives, and hopefully she will look down us and be proud. (Thats if i ever get a bloody job!!) Current Mood: determined Current Music: Grooverider (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
11:03 am	Unemployed joy, to some degree. So, looks like i am no longer in the evil grasp of HMV, top dog for suicide. I finished there on Sunday, and got a beautiful leaving card (thanks guys!!) and to top it all off 61 pounds in HMV vouchers which i managed to spend in one foul swoop, which isn't really difficult if you know me well. Ive basically done nout for the whole of this week. When i say 'nout', i have done a bit, like watched some DVD's, played on the decks (thats not a euphanism!) and generally chilled out. I have been emailing people about jobs here, there and everywhere, and have managed to arrange a few meetings with some agencies. I wish those bastard agencies weren't so secretive on the jobs they have on their books. But then again, if you found out the company that had the job on offer you would just go directly to them, and fuck the agencies. Thats better than the agencies fucking you, which is what normally happens. Monday morning was my first 'meeting' with an agency in Canterbury. Technicaly, i had been out of work for about 18hours, and i was already trying to find work. I must have been pissed or something, because looking back at that, i should have slept in till midday and then did naff all for the whole day. But i didnt, i chose to go to some scummy little agency where they say "Do you fancy doing some data entry?" and i say, "fuck you." Its a fucking joke. I would ideally like to get a job that is relevant to my degree, and all they have on offer is some shitty little job with some freaks tapping away at keyboards all day, no thank you love. Maybe i have too high expectations for a job, but then again, as my sister said, if YOU dont aim high, no one is going to aim high for you. So ill be sticking to my guns, and refusing all shitty jobs that come my way. If worst comes to the worst, ill go and do a few days at my uncles for a quick bit of cash. So, where were we. Oh yeah. Agencies. I personally think that most of them are proper shit, as i know very few people who have managed to get a good job via an agency. Fuck, read that last line. why the fuck am i even bothering with the bastard things then!! Note to self- screw agencies from now on Jon, ok. On wednesday me and some mates decided to go to Thorpe Park for the day, and it was pretty damn good! Although the rides are nothing on Florida, it was still good to just go to a theme park with some mates, and have a bloody good laugh. Im not sure if you have been there lately, but there was one ride that nearly killed me. Its called the slammer, and all it does is spin in full circles. Either forward or backwards. Im generally ok on the roller coasters, as i know which way im going because you can see the track, but with these ones that just spin about, they are not good. I felt like my brain was going to pop on this slammer ride. It didnt even start off well. I only went on it because everyone else was and i didnt want to be a pussy, and because of this, i nearly passed out. I think another reason this ride didnt go down too well is because we had just had (well, i had just had my 2nd meal for the day. First was a KFC, then a quick Burger King for pudding). As the park was so empty, we could queue for about ten mintues and get the front row seats on most of the rides, one being Stealth. This little bad boy does 0-80mph in 2.4 seconds, goes up this massive U shaped bit of track, then plummets back down to earth. It was damn good!! Ill finish this story off some other time, as the sun is out and i need to be doing something more constructive than typing into some keyboard! Peace (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
9:08 pm	howdie people work is still pretty shit, yet i will be leaving soon so thats a bonus. It wont be a bonus that i will not be recieving monthly wages, yet i think that this is only a slight glitch in the long run. I commented to steve today how proud i was walking through the County Square in my corporate HMV attire, clutching a tray of Starbucks coffees. I was living the dream right there and then, and i felt sold out! Although everyone (well, i presume the majority of people with a shed of decency) seem to be hating the multinational corporate companies that fill our high streets, it is quite hard to steer clear of them. Matt wanted a drink, not your standard coffee from the kettle, so the obvious choice would be a Starbucks. If it wasn't Starbucks then would it be Cafe Nero further up the high street? I presume it probably would be. One of the main reasons people continue with repeat purchases at these corporate chains is due to the fact that you know what you are getting. Memories of previous purchases are also accountable. The last time matt bought a coffee (or hot chocolate, without cream!!) he may have been in an exceptionally good mood, so by buying another drink from that specific chain it would, within reason, put him back in that previous situation, whereby he was happy etc. I know this is all a bit much, but this is how it has been proven to work. I cant actually see where i am getting with this babble. Oh yeah, corporate bastard companies are shit, but some of them make good coffee. i think that was the point i was getting at! So, after work i headed home. Picked up the dog from our friends who look after it during the day. mainly because mum cant take her for walks, so we just leave it at friends in the village who spoil the thing rotten. I picked her up the other day, and the daughter was giving the thing a bloody chocolate mousse! Now, this dog is a pedigree thing, that we got from my gran. I believe she paid 600 for her, but became ill and decided she would not be able to look after her, so we took it on. Now, im not sure if anyone has a dog, but they take up a shitload of time, and this one also takes many shits daily. If it eats anything bad, then it gets dodgy guts and has dodgy shits. Chocolate mousse is not a good idea. Due to the dog having long white hair, if it has dodgy guts, it has dodgy shits. These shits (as in chunks of shit, real chunks!!) get stuck on the dog and we have to clean the bastard thing!! Now, if this ever happens, i usually swear a lot, and then scrub the thing raw with this plastic brush we have out the back for this specific occasion. My sister always says "Dont use that, you will hurt her." It kind of reminds me of the scene on the league, whereby Dr Chinnery goes out to see that pooch that is being fed Fois-gra (or however you spell it!!) then he sticks his hand up its arse to relieve it and the thing shoots onto the fire and explodes!! Proper TV gold dust that is, genius!! Ok, back to what i did this evening. Picked up the dog, and was planning to get on the decks. I pull up at home and then remember its wednesday, and my auntie (mums sister) is here. Shit. Now, over the years i have realised how pathetic this woman is. She has all these ailments, self diagnosed i presume, similar to that of her mother too! When gran died, she took about 2 months off for sick leave. her job isnt exactly taxing, she works in some herbal remedy shop where they send out pills and potions to people who think they are ill. Its a bit of a joke when she used to think she was ill, and phone up whinging to my mum, who has been diagnosed with terminal sarcoma cancer since january 2005. You would have thought she would realise that a common cold is fuck all against one of the rarer forms of cancer, whereby nothing can be done in order to stop it spreading. Anyway, i saw her car. Said out loud in the car something along the lines of "oh fuck", dumped the dog off, said the hello thing, then went down to Tom's ramp for a skate! I dont really enjoy having to stay in the house all the time. Im 23, and still living at home with the parents, although in this current situation i sometimes think its for the best. It would be good if i moved out and got a place of my own, but then again i dont. Having to see my mum, day in and day out, and watching the gradual deterioration is one of the worst things. I have an older sister, and she lives in reading, so when she comes back every few weeks it must be pretty bad for her. As she doesnt see it gradually, she will come back and notice that mums mobility is a lot worse, yet because i see it everyday, i dont as much if you know what i mean. Anyway, as im typing this my auntie has been in so i had to hide the page in case she read the bit whereby i was slating her!! I best head off and go sort some shit out in my room. peace in the middle east Current Mood: mellow Current Music: fabio and groove (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, September 1st, 2006
8:39 pm	looks like i havent done much on this thing for quite a while so ill just type out a quick review on what has been happening. Cant quite remember when i last wrote something down so ill just fire away and if i have repeated myself, then fine, you just get to read it all over again. So, i handed my notice in and havent done as much as i should have to find a new job. Although i have been pretty busy with work, and out of hours socialising etc. My mum isnt getting any better, and by this i mean it is quite a bad state. Last night my dad and sister literally had to carry her to her bedroom from the sitting room due to her not being able to even move properly. Its not a nice sight, especially knowing that she used to be one of the most active people around. Going to the gym, helping with cubs in the village, sorting out loads of the scout stuff, cleaning the house all the time (especially due to us kids destroying the place.) Its just quite sad to see someone that you love so much in such a state whereby they cant even, if they wanted to, move about and do what they used to be able to take for granted. Stupid things like walking up the stairs, or walking out into the back garden to let the dog out. These things are mammoth tasks now, that can barely be achieved. It sucks!! Ok, onto to a lighter note. Fuck- i dont actually have any thoughts on what to write so im gonna sit here and think about something. Fuck it, cant be arsed. speak soon Current Mood: blank (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, August 18th, 2006
2:52 pm	After all this moaning on about how i hate work i finally did something about it and spoke to the manager about leaving. Ill be working the 4 weeks notice period, then im done and dusted! Im quite scared about having to leave as i know i may not have any money coming in for a few weeks/months (hopefull not months!!)but i know its the right thing to do. A lot of friends were saying, "you should make sure you have a job to fall back on." But its so difficult to find a job, whilst you are working. Its the last thing you want to do when you get in from work. So, by leaving the job i have forced myself into a position whereby i will have to find something new. I was talking to a mate from Oz and he said how i should just leave the job, as i was going on and on about how awful it was. I think that if the shop was somewhere other than Ashford, then perhaps i would enjoy it more. But i hate the fact that i see people from school, earning good money, and im stuck in some shop scraping by. I saw some girl up the pub ages ago, who i used to go to school with. She reminded me of how we did some poll back at school and i was voted as the "most potential successful student" in the form. Now, depending on your definition of success, i wouldnt really class myself as that just yet. Then again, define success. Who is more successful. The guy that works 60 hours a week and has no time for his family, yet earns a shit load of cash that he doesnt have time to spend, or the guy that does his 40 hours or so per week in some shop and is happy doing just that. Life is all about balance i suppose, and if you can work out a good balance then you've got it sorted. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
7:23 pm	the past few days Ive been upto quite a lot since the last post on this little blog thing. I had a job interview, and got an email. (yes, a fucking email. Saying how i was not suitable for the position.) Perhaps i should have given her my mobile phone number and she could have text me. That would probably have been less hassle for her wouldn't it. I was wanting to have known about the interview last week, before i went to the festival, but only checked my emails for my job applications on monday and got the great news. Everybody says, "Well, at least you have a job." And yes, i suppose i can agree to that to some extent. Yet its not really the kind of job i had in mind after coming out of uni with a shit load of debt! But hey, i do get cheap music. Then again, if i were earning some proper money i would be able to buy a lot more music wouldn't i!! Fuck- rant rant rant. But i suppose this is the place for ranting so im not really doing anything wrong am i. So, had the job interview. Got rejected. Plenty more fish in the sea and all that. I think i should start broadening my horizons and think about a move somewhere. If you are willing to travel, there are far more job opportunities available. I did get an email off of my uncle about one of his mates who has just bought some hotel out in Thailand and needs help marketing it. Im just hoping it isn't one of those dodgy hotels if one gets my drift! Back onto other things. Electric Gardens Festival. Got my tickets and was well up for it. Dance day Saturday and then indie/rock on the Sunday. Saturday was awesome! Freq Nasty played and literally took the roof of the tent off. Everyone was super charged after his set, especially knowing that the Plump DJ's were on afterwards. Oh yes. It was pretty good so we stayed for the beginning of their set, but then left to go and see audio bullies- which i personally thought were fucking shite. Im not sure if it was the crowd, or just the music they were playing but i didnt really rate then at all. It could have been mainly due to the venue, as they audio bullies were on the main stage yet the plumps and Freq Nasty were in the dance tent. Throughout the whole weekend (apart from Van Helden) all the gigs out on the main stage were nothing compared to the dance tents. Perhaps it was down to the club style atmosphere that the tent contained, and the way the music can't escape the way it does outside. Not sure about the highlight of the saturday- its gonna probably be toss up between Freq Nasty and Van Helden. So once the evening had finished at the festival, our night had just begun. This was down to the fact that we hadnt managed to get any camping passes, and i was rather unfit for operating a vehicle! We thought it would be ok to just get the sleeping bags out of the car and just crash there, but a mates mate said it would be cool if we camped with them. They had paid for a pitch, and we had not. We would just have to set the tent up, at night whilst completely fooked. It was eventful, seeing as i just sat on my arse and watched Chris put the bastard thing up all by himself. Cheers mate!! After a good, well, after some sleep we woke up to find ian had practically been up since 6am, as he didnt bother bringing a proper sleeping bag. Have a guess what the guy brought?!! An in flight blanket stolen from BA. It was a rather chilly night for Ian! So we got up, dozed out in the sun for a bit whilst the girls we were camping with were necking some vodka- 9am. Nice. It made me feel rather queezy, but not as queezy as when i made my first visit of the weekend to the camping toilets. Holy shit. Its perhaps the most retched, putrid smell ever. So why the fuck do the put the bloody fish and chip van next door to it!! Holy shit people! In order to queue up and get some food you are punished by inhaling the shit of that man further down the queue with that dodgy beard. Sort it out people! So, after nearly puking my insides out, we ventured to Canterbury to get a bit of supermarket grub and then headed back for further beers, and chilling. The first band up on sunday were on at 1.30pm so we had plenty of time to chill and indulge in the finer things in life. Sunday was so chilled compared to the previous day, and a lot busier too. Probably due to the Rock N Roll revolution that we are currently going through, its all "popular". You should have seen the amount of people dancing once Automatic got on stage. What a crock of shit they were. Every song sounded the same, yet everyone in the crowd was loving it. We were quite far up the hill so weren't really involved with it all. Just watching the bands that we interested, or venturing back to the other areas to see bands that we wanted to catch, such as Electric Soft Parade. These guys were really good. Go and check em out people. Anway, back to the Automatic. I noticed this one girl who was dancing away, and thought i recognised her. After another quick look i realised it was an old mate from school. The obvious thing was to go and say hello, yet i couldn't be fucked to. Its like what me and Matt were saying the other day at work. I kept in touch with the people that i wanted to keep in touch with. If i had approached her, like i have on a few other occasioms since leaving sixth form i would have asked the same boring questions, and received the same boring answers. "what you doing with yourself now, still doing this and that." "do you still see him and her." "you still in woodchurch." To be honest, i didnt actually give a fuck about what she was upto, and she probably didnt quite care what i was upto either. So i saved my energy for something more positive, like watching Ian skin up another joint! That will do for now folks. Hope you are all well! Current Mood: blah Current Music: fabio & grooverider (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
1:51 pm	so, where are we at? I, trying to think what i last wrote on here, and can't, for the love of god remember so ill just type away and see what comes out of these fingers. Oh yeah. Last thursday was my day off for the week due to me picking up a mate from the airport. Dan had buggered off in November to travel round mexico and indulge in the white stuff and rum for 7 months. I think he enjoyed it, although his liver may not have! Many stories have been told of how he had to trek up to some village shack and buy coke off of some 80 year old woman that sells it on the porch. Imagine that in England! Excellent. So, Dan is back in the country for a bit now so i have my DJ partner back. Before he jetted off we would always be round each others house playing on the decks. Its so much more helpful playing with someone else, because they can tell you how shit, or how shit hot each mix etc is. Definitely good for learning and progressing. So, got dan on the thursday then went straight up the pub for a swift half (or 5) before taking him back to his parents house (who didnt even know he was back in the country!) Thats what i did when i got back from canada. Didn't tell anyone (expect my two mates who picked me up from the airport, and then just walked in the door back home! It does freak them out, but in a good way!! I had an interview this week for a new job. James Villa Holidays need a marketing assistant and hopefully i will be the one they choose. Interview went well, but you never know do you. Rob at work seemed to think as soon as you walked out the door of an interview you can tell whether you got the job. I personally think that is a load of shit. Yes, you could be confident that you did well, and that you answered all the questions correctly. Yet, to walk out of an interview knowing you HAVE the job is a little far fetched. Usually, after an interview (and this one was no exception) i will go over every last detail and think about its consequences. "should i have laughed at that point in the interview, did i stutter on that question, did i move my hands about too much, did i fidget too much" etc etc. I suppose its all up in air now, so we will see what happens by next week. Fingers crossed. Superman Returns. Went to see that last night at Ashford, and i thought it was bloody good. Its quite bizarre sitting in a cinema and watching a Superman Film, because i wasn't really old enough to have seen them the first time round. Although this may seem weird, there was a sense of amazement sitting in a cinema with the Superman theme tune on, and actually watching it!! Some people have given mixed reviews on it but i thought it was brilliant. Although i didnt see it as i was walking out, kris noticed that during the credits there was a dedication of the film to Christopher Reeve and his wife. The perfect final touch, to an excellent film. thats all i have to say about that. Current Mood: calm Current Music: none (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
9:05 pm	So, im still slaving away at HMV in the corporate world. It does suck, but we all got a little perk in the shape of a gift voucher for 200 squid. A nice end to the month. On my initial purchase i bought 70 pounds worth of stuff, pretty much everything in my "stash" at work, which is quite good going really. It has saved me spending the pittance i get every month, so ill be able to save a little next time at least. My Mum came out of the hospice the other week, yet she has been put back in again this week. It is for the best really, as when she is here i dont think she takes the correct doses of the drugs when she should which mucks her about and she starts talking ga ga. (Not radio). Its sad in a way, as i dont think i will ever get to see her again as how i used to when i was younger. Yet the way i see it is that there is always someone worser off than you. Thats some form of condolence if you like. So, back to where i was going. Im not sure what direction this live journal is going so lets try and steer it into a positive one. Fuck, somehow i just lost a load of the shit i had just typed down. bollocks. So, yeah, im still at HMV for my sins. Been spending the gift card money like wild fire but i suppose it has to go on something doesnt it. I have a meeting with this guy at a job agency in maidstone on Thursday and he is gonna have a talk about potential jobs etc. I need to be brave and bite the bullet and leave before i do some damage to someone. Perhaps one of the customers that just come up to the till and shout out random words such as "Coldplay", or "Crazy song." Or the people that say "why is this so expensive??" I should really try and think of some cheeky answers, like- Get fucked mate. Or- i dont know and i dont give a shit love, now fuck off and take your children with you!! Bah hum bug. I best stop writing now before i really get ranting. If you enjoy rants, visit www.funk-hq.com its my mates forum and is full of rants, and comments on life in general. Shabba (Comment on this)
Monday, June 26th, 2006
9:44 pm	So, i think i got up to the bit where we had arrived in the little vilage of Croyde. Nice little campsite, nice little spot. All is good. BBQ for dinner, this trend followed for most of the week. Its just plain and easy, and everyone likes it. I think we had a few beers, ate, chilled out and then went to bed. 5 hours or so of solid driving sent me straight to sleep. I think i notched up around 420 miles that day, on my brand new car. I was quite annoyed, yet also satisfied by this. Annoyed due to me putting unwanted miles on her, yet happy as i got to drive it a long way away. Whenever we do these road trips, i usually always drive. Im not sure why. Perhaps i like being in control by having my car with me, or perhaps a lot of the others are taking me on a ride! I dont think they are, although ill think about that one. So, wake up in the morning and hit the surf. Im not the best swimmer in the world i must confess. I can move about alright in the sea but im not super confident. One on my hates about surfing is getting battered by the waves and knocked down, and then getting churned about along the bottom of the sea. I always reappear though, usually rather dissorientated- and pissed off that the wave beat me yet again. Although if you are fighting mother earth i believe she will win all the time. So, due to a mix up in communication we only had 3 boards for 4 people. Dumb bastards! me and chris had headed off to plymouth to leave ed and john to sort the boards. Ed or john obviously forgot how to count so we had to play the share game for the majority of the hols. A few more days of chilling, surfing and BBQs entailed and we headed back to Exeter on thursday for the football. Yet again a shit game. I dont know why i bothered watching it. Every single England game has been piss poor and dont know why all these stupid fuck nuts with england flags hanging off their cars believe we even have a chance of winning. Ive been so tempted to sort myself out with a german flag for my car. I dont think i would leave it on whilst parked up anywhere, but it would be brilliant to see all those fuckers faces as i drove by, just think about that!! We got back home on the friday, and im now trying to recall what i did at the weekend yet i can't.It will come to me im sure. The weekend just gone i attended this VW Expo at Paddock Wood Hop Farm with the Funk Crew. An excellent day out. Got some ideas for the car, and saw some wicked VW's. Also got some footage of us overtaking some of the Funk at about 130mph in Kris's green hulk. Rather funny, yet also rather dangerous, all in one! When ever i have these weeks off i always say to myself, "Ok jon, you need to start looking for a proper job now." Yet i never do. I may look for jobs, and apply for numerous ones yet nothing will ever come of them. I dont know why i fucking bothered with Uni. I agree it was a good laugh, and one of those "life experiences", but if you go with the idea that you are going to be coming out of it and getting an amazing job then you are kidding yourself. (and if you do come out and get an amazing job then im jealous, you bastard!!) Fuck, this will do for the time being. I will try and update this thing again when i can be arsed. Peace and fucking, believe. Current Mood: grateful Current Music: Fabio and Grooverider (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, June 23rd, 2006
10:49 am	shit, its been rather a long time since i last wrote some shit down for this isn't it. Quite a lot has happened in my little world since then so i will try to go back and remember what exactly. I have finally gone and got a sweet new car. A guy at my dads work who is in charge of all the company cars was selling a VW Golf Gti and i have been quite keen in getting one for a while. This one was Mint and has had one owner since new, 95000 miles (for a P, 97, this is rather damn good.) as it has also been a company car they have not scrimped on the finer things so this little baby has come fully loaded. Air conditiong, fully electric windows (front and back) electric sunroof, CD player, on board computer telling you shit loads of stuff like average speed, MPG, oil temperature and even the time. Although i havent figured out how to change that one just yet. So i said to my dad if i could get it and he was keen, seeing as my other car was on its way out. I had to pick it up from Crowborough, the other side of Tunbridge Wells so my maket kris gave me a lift over there. I was pretty much expecting to turn up, hand over the cash and then drive off. So we got there after a bit of confusion on where he was. Kris didnt bring the Sat Nav you see! Bloody maps,useless. We got there eventually and he got the car out of the garage- where i assume it has been kept nearly all its life as it looked mint. I think Kris was more excited than me. He was looking all through it, checking this and that. Nodding to me, and looking impressed. So, paper work done i drove the beast home. And i think i have the VW bug now. I ensure it is clean at all times, and although it looks sparkling at the moment i still think it could be cleaner. Yes, i definitely have the bug. Although im not too keen on putting the extra miles on it, we took it down to Devon for a little surfing adventure. There was me, John and Chris and we were meeting ed down there. We got to exeter, after leaving Ashford at about 11.15am, for about 4.00pm. Which isnt bad going. I could have got there quicker but didnt want to abuse the car so soon into owning it. So we got to exeter. Had a breather, then Chris wanted to go to Plymouth to get his surfboard so we left John and Ed and said we will meet them in Croyde. A little village where we will be staying for the next few days. Got to Plymouth. Picked up the gear then headed over the moors to Croyde. Chris kept on going, "Its another half hour, its another half hour." After about an hour and half we arrived in Croyde, set up camp and got the barbie on the go. Il finish off the rest later, i really cant be bothered right now! Current Mood: calm (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
6:55 pm	fuck yeah. Today i got home, had a cup of coffee and then came and checked my emails, which i do every single day. I like routines such as this. Its similar to my morning routine where i wake up, have a shower, get dressed and then go and have a cup of coffee and read the paper. I actually get pissed off if someone has taken the paper and they are reading it. Seriously, it pisses me off! Anyway, so im checking my emails from my two accounts and i see an email from the extreme channel. I did some work experience with them a while ago. Just a couple of days everyweek for a few months. I had to give it up after a while as it was getting me tired and i like my sleep. mmmmmm...............sleep. Back to the main point. They have asked me if i want to do some more work for them, still unpaid though, but the thing is that they still remember me so i obviously made a lasting impression on them! I am actually happy, made up! I think i will be blogging for them, but i dont really know what ill be blogging about but hopefully they will phone me to talk about it sometime soon. It is so true with the saying "something will turn up around the corner." I know that this isn't exactly a job that will be bringing in vast quantities of money, but i still have my foot in their door! Im also going to be applying for some marketing job at HMV head office, which sounds like it would be good. Seeing as this is what i went to university to study, it would be nice if i actually get a career in this field!! Ok, that will do for today. Time to play on the decks. (that is not a euphanism.)!! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, May 8th, 2006
6:59 pm	I actually had one of the best days at work on sunday. Although i wasn't actually rota'd on, i was asked to come in and work, so i said yep. Got there, and i wasn't exactly "up" for working, although knowing that i was getting double bubble made it manageable. Got there, and we put on March of the Pengiuns, with the sound on and pretty much watched the whole thing! Then i got bought a starbucks mocha, so i had something to drink whilst watching the film!! Once that had finished we put on some David Attenborough wildlife DVD's and it transformed the shop into this Jungle like place. All these sounds of raging monkeys, macaw parrots and angry bears!! Attenborough is a living legend! Still havent found a new job yet, no one ever bothers to reply to the emails and letters you send out. I am tempted to go and do my snowboard teacher training out in Switzerland next season. Ive had a friend who did it, and it costs 5 G's, but i think its something i really wanna do. Current Mood: content Current Music: none (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 28th, 2006
4:56 pm	ok, so if you are reading this you must have gone through the link on myspace web page. Now i dont have a clue about all this computer crap, so id just like to say thanks to steve who gave me all the info on how to do it all. We got there in the end, although the link is a bit weird!! Ill sort that out soon though. So, other than going to work and spending far too much money today- i also managed to find out that i am getting taxed too much so had to sort out some new form and hopefully they will be giving me some money back. Im not sure how much, but we will just have to wait and see. The main reason i realised that i was missing so much money was because i was expecting loads of money, and got a lot less. So, i had to trawl through all my old pay packets and look at the codes to see what i was getting taxed- blah blah blah. Anyway, its sorted now. Ive been applying for a quite a few jobs this week and have had a phone call for one of them. Some job down in folkstone doing something. I cant quite remember what but im sure it would be better money that HMV (wouldnd exactly be hard). Thats the main reason i dont like HMV at the mo, the money. I know i could be earning better money somewhere else, i just need to find that somewhere else first of all! ok, im bored now and im sure your bored of reading this so i will stop. Peace Current Mood: calm Current Music: none (Comment on this)
Monday, April 24th, 2006
8:52 pm	ranting and raving so, this is what i did today!! Ive been meaning to get rid of this guitar i got given ages ago so i put a few posters up where i live (like in the fron window) and a few ads online asking for about 70 quid. i was talking to a guy at work (Matt R) and he was like "Ill buy if off of you". Result!! 60 pounds in the back burner and no guitar getting in my way. I felt a bit bad selling it as i had been given it by an old uni mate that owed me money, but seeing as things are tight at the moment (mainly due to me spending ridiculous amounts of money of records) i thought it was time to get rid of it, so i did. I now have 6 days off and have some money to spend, woo hoo! Although its only 60 quid which isnt gonna get me too far, but at least ill be able to get some petrol and leave the shire that is "Woodchurch" for a few days. Think im gonna be chilling with some mates tomorrow and then the rest of the week will involve a lot of job hunting as i am desperate to get out of HMV. I feel too comfortable here already, which i dont think is good and i dont want to turn into some kind of corporate robot. As i think thats what will happen if i give it long enough. Current Mood: enraged Current Music: none (Comment on this)