It finally read

lyinglistless @ 2007-06-01T21:07:00

2007-06-01T20:12:18Z

I've not read through this thing in what feels like years. It was actually since before christmas.
I'm always at Karls parents house nowadays and so don't ever really use the internet anymore, it's very odd. So i'm sorry that i don't know how any of you are doing- i just tried skimming through now and was shocked to see Chris and Carina have just had a baby- i didn't even know!! Congratulations!

There isn't much to do at home and i've hardly been out at all since i've been back but the result is that i've paid off my loan, got out of my £2000 overdraft (which i've been stuck in since about 6 years ago) and i am now £900 in credit- which feels most pleasant.

I think now i can maybe justify getting some sort of social life back. It's nights like tonight when the weathers nice and i could do with a beer and a good chat, that i really miss Nottingham.

I hope everyone's ok. I must come and see you all soon xxx

lyinglistless @ 2007-03-04T15:26:00

2007-03-04T15:27:33Z

Does anyone happen to know how horribly hard it is to get to the Bimingham Academy by car?
Just found out we have four tickets to NIN and the only way we can get there is if i drive and i can't say i'm looking forward to it, having never driven in Birmingham before... Hmmm.

Back online...

2007-01-15T18:18:59Z

Eventually!

I have only just managed to get back online properly since well before christmas.

I'm sorry to everyone for not saying goodbye properly or having any kind of leaving drinks. I ended up having my whole last week off work as my wisdom tooth op wasn't too pleasant and i was left feeling like death for a week.

I ended up leaving notts early and going home to my mum.

I hope everyone had a lovely christmas and New year! Mine has been pretty manic with moving home and jumping straight into a new job- but the job seems great...for now!

I miss Nottingham but have been too busy with other things to properly miss it and last night i became an Auntie! So it's all been a bit busy.

I haven't read any entries since way before christmas so i'll endeavour to do that as i have just sorted broadband. Yay! I feel human again.

Will do this properly when i have more time as i'm off to see baby Jedd now.

Should hopefully be coming to Nottingham for the weekend of Jemmas birthday, which is 17th, i think.

Hope everybody is well!

lyinglistless @ 2006-12-12T15:14:00

2006-12-12T15:14:54Z

Hmmmm, does anybody know anything about 'big, decent headphones'.

Apparently my brother wants some for christmas but i'm thinking they could be expensive.

I had been looking at ones with cords but now my brother's girlfriend has suggested wireless ones might be good because of baby walking etc.

He only wants them for indoor use for his stereo.

Are wireless headphones any good and which makes should i be looking at?

So far i've checked out technics, Sennheiser, Audio Technica, Sony, Philips and some unknown ones :S

Does anyone know how much i might have to be spend for them to be decent or can anyone recommend any?

Thank you!

lyinglistless @ 2006-12-07T10:20:00

2006-12-07T10:20:15Z

Hmmm, looking at the price of broadband for my parents house.

It doesn't have to be mega fast or anything and no huge limits.

I take it you have to continue to pay line rental to BT if you get their broadband? I've been looking at them as i think Broadbands quite limited where my parents live.
I know they can't get NTL and i'm not sure they can get Talk Talk.

I know people mentioned pipex last time...but what do people think is generally value for money?

Ta :)

lyinglistless @ 2006-12-06T14:49:00

2006-12-06T14:49:55Z

After having paid 450 pounds for car insurance at the weekend on my current account, i've been left a little screwed with regards to money, as i thought my overdraft was much bigger than it apparently is.
I've just been into HSBC though and apparently my overdraft hadn't been reduced but the car tax payment was pending so that i couldn't see it- but the money had actually been taken out. So when i went to check my balance, the payment hadn't come out (visibly) but the total had been taken off my amount of available credit. Highly confusing but apparently normal, so now i can not stress about having to buy all christmas presents on my credit card.

My dad wants a Norman Wisdom DVD for christmas but i have no idea what sort :S There's a live one on play for 9.99 or some huge box set for alot more. I'm already getting him some other stuff so i don't want to spend loads.
I don't have a frickin' clue about Norman Wisdom...

lyinglistless @ 2006-12-06T13:21:00

2006-12-06T13:21:50Z

Just a quicky and nothing particularly important but just ramblings.

I lost ten pounds yesterday (and not of the weight variety!) and i can't believe how annoyed i got about it. I felt so angry at myself as it was in my pocket (the one where i keep my staff ID card/buspass) and i'm assuming upon swiping to get into work, or getting on the bus that i pulled the fucking thing out of my pocket.

This wouldn't normally annoy me this much but my dad gave it to me as he had won his section at his fishing match, awww :( I feel really bad as he wanted me to use it as petrol money for my mums car, which is now oddly mine. So i'm just going to pretend that i used the tenner for something marvellous and lost a tenner of my own money and it makes me feel less shit and dopey. Some fuckers walking around all smug with my tenner.

I went to the hospital for a jaw appointment on monday and have been told i will have to have my wisdom tooth surgically removed. So i'm on a waiting list for that. It's the same tooth that gave me lots of shit a couple of christmas' ago, when i was puking constantly and Spike had to stay up with me all night. My jaw now opens 4mm wider than it did three months ago and the next usual step would be surgery of some kind. Either a camera into my joint in my jaw and flushing it out or some kind of injection into the joint. I whinced noticeably when she mentiond them both to me and she said she was happy to see how my jaw progressed with the mouth brace for a bit longer and lots of ibuprofen and she was optimistic that having my troublesome tooth removed might bring some kind of relief, so fingers crossed but ewwwwwwww, i don't want it cut out :(

I have friday and monday off work, woo. Long weekend. Then after that i have only 9 days left at work and then i move back home.
Must choose an evening to go out for a few drinks!

Now to go and try and find some kind of present for my mum...

lyinglistless @ 2006-11-24T12:20:00

2006-11-24T12:20:12Z

Do you ever think you're just ever so slightly mental?

And wish you could stop certain destructive patterns of behaviour.
Merh.

lyinglistless @ 2006-11-23T12:47:00

2006-11-23T12:47:36Z

As of tomorrow, i have 20 days left at work- and five of those are out of term and should be a doddle- including watching films in the empty lecture theatres at work (Mainly ones with Arnold Schwarzenegger in- i think we're starting with Terminator).

I'm wishing these days away but i know in the last week i will be sad to go!

I'm struggling to think of things to buy my parents for christmas this year and it's doing my nut in. Why are they so difficult to buy for?!

I've noticed just lately that it must have become obligatory for all female students at this uni to wear those fucking shit boots that EVERYONE has at the moment. The ones that my mum had when i was about 5- the ones that are terribly 80's and GROSS. The vintage 80's pixie, slouch boots with a tiny heel- in a whole range of shit colours from grey to brown. YUMMY. I hate them.
(No offence to anyone who has a pair on here ;) )

This weekend i'm going home. For a change. I want to see Pan's Labyrinth and i'm going to take some of my shit back with me, as i may as well make a start on moving back.

Amy's post has just reminded me how sex starved i am. I think i've sealed shut.

I really fancy some chocolate....mmmm.

lyinglistless @ 2006-11-20T12:20:00

2006-11-20T12:20:16Z

Thanks to those who wished me luck and stuff on my previous entry :)
I went to Karls this weekend and have stupidly left my debit card there. I can't remember my credit card pin numbers either, which may be a good thing.

I'm trying to think how i can get myself lunch though. Does the tesco's self serve bit still not require a pin number? I think last time i checked it didn't.

I want to see lots of things at the cinema including 'Pan's labyrinth', Bond and the prestige.

Work is dull and i'm beginning to loathe it even more- probably because i know i'm leaving.

lyinglistless @ 2006-11-16T09:45:00

2006-11-16T09:45:24Z

I've not had a chance to read through old posts but i shall do so in a second.

I just had to send this to my boss:

"Dear Craig,

I am tendering my resignation as I have been offered alternative employment, which will be starting the 2nd January 2007.

To this effect, my last day with the University will be the 31st December.

Many Thanks

Caroline"

He said if i put the 31st on, that i will be paid for my christmas holidays still, so this is all good.

So i had the interview yesterday and i didn't think it went that well.I stressed so much before hand and Karl did an excellent job of calming me down, awww.
I answered some questions well, others not so well and i really didn't think i had got it. I got told when i left that i would be told either way as she would ring to give feedback in 2-3 days time.

On the drive home with Karl, a withheld number called and it was the woman who interviewed me. She left a message asking to call her back.

She said 'Hi Caroline, i'm just ringing to give you feedback on you're interview" - at which point i thought i'd fluffed it up but then she went on to say 'I am pleased to tell you that you were successful and the position is yours".

So yay. I won't be starting until the new year so i get to enjoy the run up to christmas here. No matter how much i moan- i will miss the people here.

So i'll be moving back home before christmas and i'm sort of sad and sort of happy about this, as i know there are things and people that i will miss.

But woo for having a new job with better pay :D

lyinglistless @ 2006-11-07T10:21:00

2006-11-07T10:21:23Z

Erp.

I have a job interview back home.

I need some help. Again.

It's next wednesday and i have ten minutes to do a presentation on a 'subject of your choice'.

I'm a bit stuck.

The job is as a 'Children and Families information and outreach worker' and you have to provide an impartial advice and information service about the 'surestart' scheme.
My guess is that they don't care what the content is but that they want to see how well i can deliver information?

I was thinking i might talk about travelling and why i did it and stuff. Although i have a feeling that could be pretty wank.

If anyone has anyone magical ideas or any ideas for subjects or stuff then i would be really appreciative as i'm a bit stumped.

I just want to know what sorts of things people think might be interesting.

Thank you!

lyinglistless @ 2006-11-01T14:56:00

2006-11-01T14:56:32Z

On a slightly better note and because they make me smile, here are a few pictures from our night out on saturday. I'll post the rest when i get them off my camera.

lyinglistless @ 2006-10-19T15:19:00

2006-10-19T15:05:00Z

I've not posted to this thing in ages.

That usually means you've been happy but it's kind of not the case for me.

I've been deep in thought about alot of stuff as i've generally been unhappy. Fed up that i never see Karl anymore and when i do i have to go back and encroach upon his parents and stay at his house as he has to now work saturdays.
So i either get the choice of not seeing him at all or staying friday night and getting up for work with him on saturday morning and then spending the day at work with him. Either that or hanging round his parents house which i wouldn't particularly like as i'd feel like i was in the way. I don't think it looks particularly good if i go and hang around his work for the whole day, either.
I can't see him in the week as he only get's one day off and so it would be pointless. Merh.

The last two weeks i've sat in everynight doing sweet fuck all. I have no money anymore and i'm generally unhappy here, anyway.

So i've decided that i'm most probably going to be moving home in february, back to my parents to allow me to live rent free for a while and get myself out of the fucking red! I've been overdrawn since finishing uni three years ago and so i think moving back home will be the help that i need to get out of it.

It seems like a big step backwards but i am actually really looking forward to it now. I spend most of my weekends back that way anyway and i just really want to move back for now. I know within days i'll end up hating it but i really think it's necessary.

I'm also fed up with working at this shit hole.

My boss made me cry yesterday. I've been here nearly three years and i've put up with all of his shit and mood swings and never broken down in front of him.
Yesterday he was such a cunt, though. I can't believe the unfairness of it and it's hard to explain on here but it ended with him screaming at me and me walking out trembling and crying. FUCKER. I think that with my current mood it just got to me.

Anyway, enough of the happiness. I can't wait to hand my notice in here!

I wish we had the internet at home so i could sell my life on ebay again!

lyinglistless @ 2006-10-05T15:40:00

2006-10-05T14:42:21Z

Anyone fancy killing some time at work on a thursday afternoon?

Ace quiz thing

You have to guess the films and it took me 38 mins and 44 seconds. That was with the help of Ste at work, who is quite into his horrors.

lyinglistless @ 2006-10-03T12:05:00

2006-10-03T11:12:28Z

Oh dear

Had a nice weekend. Went to Karls and just had a relaxing one, drinking way too much wine and playing shitloads of burnout 3.

Attempted to watch Brick but i'm obviously not intelligent enough as i really didn't like it that much. I didn't realise it was film noir before we started watching and i just sat through the whole thing, totally puzzled by the language.

Went into Pulse on saturday with Karl and we watched amy do some tattooing, which was quite interesting.

On sunday, i got to see my brother and his girlfriend and had a roast dinner with them and my parents, who look mega brown from their holiday in Portugal. Jealous.

They brought me a huge bottle of Ultraviolet perfume, so yay :)

It's getting colder in the mornings and next week i have to start at 7:30am- GASH!
:(

lyinglistless @ 2006-09-22T10:50:00

2006-09-22T10:00:13Z

My hair is so fucked from all the bleaching and straightening. It looks so unhealthy and i have so many snapped strands of hair. I have strips of hair that are about four inches shorter than the rest of it because the ends have snapped off. I'm thinking of dying it all one colour to give the hair a chance to recouperate! I'm probably too old to have bright pink hair anyway, haha.
If i dyed it with one of those Schwarzkopff LIVE colours, like a reddy brown colour, then would the bleached bits of hair go a brighter colour than the dark bits? i think they would.

Arh, i dunno what to do. I just think that if i keep on bleaching my hair, i'm going to end up bald!

I'm chunky again and my boobs have grown back. They went horribly small when i lost most of my weight and my bra's would gape and stuff but it would appear i've put lots back on again. I want to be as slim as i was but i want to keep my boooooooooooobs- arh :(

Edit:- Oh and i wore my mouth splint thingy for the first time last night and it's uncomfortable and makes my mouth dry out. It makes my jaw ache in the morning when i take it out but apparently that's normal. I shall see if it actually does any good!

lyinglistless @ 2006-09-21T14:51:00

2006-09-21T14:13:17Z

It's so gorgeous outside. I wish i wasn't at work but then i get to leave in an hour and ten minutes!

I saw my old landlord yesterday- i forgot to mention on here that he sent us all a really badly written letter to our new address saying we wouldn't be getting our deposits back. Luckily this was only 50 pounds but it totally infuriated all three of us because he was listing things in the letter which we simply were not guilty of.
For starters he said that we 'neglected the garden and did not look after the plants'- the best bit of this is that the garden was a shit heap when Jemma and Aislinn moved in, so Jemma and her mum planted lots of their own plants and bought lots of plant pots -NONE of them were even his- the tosser!
Apparently we broke the fence in the garden- which we fucking didnt! Apparently i broke my bed in the last house we were in (for only 3 weeks) which i know i didn't. The divan was already broken before i moved into the room and it sagged on one side so i never slept on it. He listed a whole world of other shit, including things like 'lounge carpet and bathroom carpet need replacing' - he told Jemma and Aislinn he would replace them two years ago because they were in a state and he never did. The whole house was fucking disgusting before we moved in and he's just trying to get the money from us to do a load of new work to it.

I rang him as soon as we got the letter. I was so angry-it's not even the money that i'm bothered about, it's that he could think that i'm the sort of person to go around breaking stuff on purpose, or even worse that he can lie about the state of the house and it being our fault!

I'm not the sort of person to get angry at all and if i do, i cry before i get really mad. So i rang him and when he accused me of breaking the bed i couldn't speak because i was so fuming. I was on the phone for 25 minutes but i couldn't even get my words out because i was sobbing so hard and screaming at him. I couldn't even catch my breath, it was horrible. Still, there seems to be nothing we can do about it because he is adamant that we have done the damage, or at least says he is. I told him he should check his houses better before letting them out to other people and that i was going to go to citizens advice, to which he responded that he would make us pay more if i did.

Annnnnnnnyway- when i saw him yesterday i nearly fucking punched him. He had the cheek to look at me reaaaaaaaally sheepishly and smile and say hello!!!!!!! ARGHHHHHHHHHH- how the fuck? I felt like knocking him down in the middle of the road except he's four times bigger than me.

So that was a pointless rant but something i needed to get off my chest.
I can't believe how upset it made me.

Karl came up last night and we watched 'Pet sematary'. It made me laugh from the beginning when i saw Herman Munster and heard how stupid he sounded when he talked. For those of you who don't like the achilles tendon bit in hostel, this also has a pretty grim, achilles tendon slashing but it's sort of comedy because the baby looks like chucky.

That was a totally pointless entry anyway. I need my mouth splint which the post office have had for nearly two weeks now because our post man is a chav CUNT and doesn't knock on the fucking door and just pushes the cards through. Grrrrrrrrrrr.

lyinglistless @ 2006-09-21T11:18:00

2006-09-21T10:31:55Z

Boring question, if anyone can help.

I'm trying to get contents insurance online and am discovering that most companies ask if the people living with you are immediate family?

I'm trying to get a policy that will cover me, Aislinn and Jemma. Does anyone know if we will need to get individual policies? Or can we get one to cover us all?

Any help will be appreciated!

lyinglistless @ 2006-09-19T10:19:00

2006-09-19T09:33:21Z

Sooooooooooooo i have the car for two weeks. Yay.
I went to collect it on friday before quickly waving goodbye to my folks and driving off to Karls house.
Spent a really nice weekend there, not doing a hell of alot but still having lots of fun and drinking lots (especially wine....which led to me puking- nice!). I even got a roast dinner and everything. Mmmm.
Friday night we spent the whole night playing 'stubbs the zombie' on xbox, 2 player. It's such a pointless game but it's so funny and ace! We managed to complete it by sunday day time. I particularly like the bit where you had to wee in the water tank to contaminate the water supply.

I've text my mum to ask if she can get me some jagermeister, perfume and tobacco from Portugal- woo!

I have my new Virgin card now, which is ace and PINK! I've managed to persuade my mum to get one, Katie to get one and apparently now Glenn has one, too. 0% interest on balance transfers until next september!

Think i'm heading to Karls again this coming weekend. I need to spend as much time with him as possible before he starts working all the hours at the tattooists- merh. I have no idea how i'll cope only seeing him one day a week- maybe not even that much as he will be working most weekends.

I'm a bit disturbed by that guys and dolls programme. How odd was that?! The guy who was on about how he had 'tried dating organic women- but it's not the same'. Of course it's not! You're piece of plastic never says no, does she?! He was majorly camp anyway- something strange there!

What an interesting entry.

lyinglistless @ 2006-09-19T09:29:00

2006-09-19T08:31:47Z

People keep reminding me to talk like a pirate.

Fuck off! I'm not awake yet!

I have a question- We have argued about this for quite some time now at work.

Remember the song that went 'i'm a man not a boy, man not a boy' etc etc.

Who the bloody hell sung it?

Searches suggest Chesney Hawkes- but Nikki seems to think it could have been a boy band?

Answers on a postcard purleasse.

lyinglistless @ 2006-09-12T10:53:00

2006-09-12T10:16:27Z

The weekend was good- it was nice to go home and actually see my parents for a whole weekend.
Got to see some relatives that i've not seen in ages as i got dragged to the cricket with my mum as she was doing the 'tea's' for the players.
I snook off to my aunties farm in sawbridge and checked out my cousins new horse and her new brand new Land Rover which is the greatest car EVER! It is however a gun metal grey colour and would look a whole lot better in black. I so want one!
Played with the little ferral kitten she found abandoned in her barn which she has now adopted and then played fetch with her collie's Tilly and Meg, before driving back to the cricket to have steak on the BBQ. Mmm.

I tried the bridesmaid dress on on the saturday and i look HORRID in it. I look so frumpy- my hips look HUGE and it's going to look crap. To be fair it was a size 18 dress which she had to pin round me, so maybe the real one will look better.

Got a gorgeous roast dinner on sunday which i loved (having not had one in what felt like years) and then headed back to Nottingham in the car with the folks on sunday evening.

Karl managed to get himself a job yesterday- hurrah!
This is very good news but at the same time it's quite gutting as it's in Northampton. This means i will probably never, ever see him but it's a trainee tattooists position which he really, really wanted and simply couldn't get into in Nottingham and so i guess i'll have to deal with it until he has enough skills to bring to a place up here. I'm really happy for him though as it's what he wants to do, it just means seeing him a lot less than i have been.

Karl arrived at mine last night and we headed out and celebrated with a few jars in speak easy before heading to Junction 7 to check out their new rock night. The music was good but i don't like it being in the downstairs bar bit.
Got home and got to bed late and feeling very pished, only to be awoken at 5:00am by Karl struggling to breathe and having an asthma attack as he's quite badly allergic to Aislinns kitten. We then realised he had his nearly empty and out of date inhaler instead of his new one and so his breathing didn't get any better. I panicked and cried and then rang NHS direct who told me i would have to take him to a doctors today.
Eventually he got to sleep using the last little bit of his inhaler and luckily i asked around at work this morning and Chris has a salbutamol inhaler which he has very kindly given to me for Karl. PHEW!

I'm fucking knackered and bored. I think tonight i'm going to order us Dominoes and sit in and watch my new 'Higher learning' DVD and 'wishmaster 2'. Yus.

lyinglistless @ 2006-09-07T09:40:00

2006-09-07T09:01:00Z

If you like the Nightmare before christmas and you're bored- watch this- it's ACE!

Karl has been here for most of the week which has been ace! So nice to have him around and have some company :) Went to rock city on saturday and vaguely remember seeing some familiar faces, though i'm not sure i said hello to many people as i was way too drunk.

I'm still not happy with my new room layout, there's something missing. I still have loads of crap to buy for my room and bathroom, some of which my mum has brought for me and so i'm going home this weekend to pick that up and to also get all of my washing done as we are still minus a washing machine. Grrrrrrrrrr.

I will also be going for a bridesmaid dress fitting on saturday (Yes, it's funny i know- can you imagine me in a dress? I'm sure it's a sight most people would pay to see to laugh at me). It's for my cousins wedding which isn't until.....next August- stupidly organised, obviously! The dress is very pale blue, which i can imagine will look lovely with my reddy/ pink hair and won't clash at all- oh no!
I think i may have to dye it all brown by then.

Visit to the maxillofacial woman was ok, though she appears to have injured me further. I had to have some head X-ray thingy (which involved me taking all of my piercings out- arh!) and then she poked and prodded me for some time. She measured how wide i can open my mouth which is apparently 3.3 cms and then took an impression of my bottom teeth (by forcing some stupidly large metal plate full of green goo into my mouth and practically forcing my jaw open- it now fuckin killllllllls!).

I got handed a leaflet on TMJ (temperomandibular joint disorder) and told to avoid anything which might make me open my mouth wide (hur hur). So things like, stifling yawns etc and then avoiding eating hard/difficult foods like apples and carrots. Then there's the whole biting my nails thing.
They are sending me a mouth splint in the post which i have to wear on evenings and in bed as much as possible, as well as taking things easy and using anti-inflammatories. Gah.
Then i have to go back in 3 months- its annoying that there is no quick fix. I hope this works, too as she said the next step would be to operate and clean the disc between the top jaw bone and the bottom jaw bone. Great.

Anyway, enough moaning.

Why does it feel like friday?! Ugh.

lyinglistless @ 2006-09-04T10:23:00

2006-09-04T09:26:02Z

How odd that Steve Irwins dead. I sat watching him and laughing at him on more4 last night. Poor bugger!

Going to see the specialist about my jaw today- whoop! That means half a day at work, woah yeaaaaaaa.

Not having a washing machine is beginning to take it's toll! Then there's the not having a fridge thing, too. Agency's are SHIT!

lyinglistless @ 2006-08-30T15:56:00

2006-08-30T15:07:58Z

I just almost let a bit of wee out laughing at an NTL complaint letter- i think i've read it before but it still made me chuckle.

I want to kill NTL. I asked if i could move the service to our new address and apparently they don't have cables there yet, which means i had to cancel my contract with them. It was then that the little shit on the phone decided to tell me that they needed 30 days notice to cancel the contract and so they would be taking £35 from me for septembers bill, even though we aren't receiving any service.
Quite frankly, that's bullshit. It's not my fault that they don't provide a service in our new area. Apparently it's written in the contract about the '30 days to cancel' thing- but the fact is that i didn't cancel it because i thought i would just be able to 'change address'.
Do you think i would get anywhere if i rang and complained or wrote a letter?

Anyway- this leads me to ask who people have as their ISP?

As our house is brand new, i'm pretty sure that before we can use anyone we are going to have to pay £75 to get a BT landline installed, first. Does anyone know if that's right?

So far i've heard the following names mentioned:

Bulldog
Toucan
Talk talk
Virgin
BT

I think that's it.

Does anyone have any helpful info on any of those companies or can anyone suggest a good one?

Thank you muchly xx