people really need to get their facts right before opening their traps,could get them in a whole heap of trouble !

I'm quite glad I'm not a fan of Beyonce right now.

I'm not sure I'd like the idea of paying the kind of prices I've seen her tickets going for on eBay.

I like some of Beyonce's music videos.. usually just put em on, turn down their volume at bottom of the screen and play the music of something Steiny. :)
Can't argue she's lip syncing anything that way too ;) ;)

My sense of humor is often dry. I'm participating in writing a 'storybook' and enjoying the short time we spend here together. Having a couple laughs and as much joy as one reasonably can. Here's to thinking my artist page will make me a career someday. :twisted: And if it won't, here's a quote:

"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self." Cyril Connolly

Stupid time to waken on a Sunday

Haven't been to sleep and it's now Sunday.. probably should get some soon tho ;)
What time is it in belfast?

Well it's 8:39 where I am and we're on the same timezone as Belfast.

poor wee fox

dunno how it died, but i dont particularly fancy removing it...

equally not particularly keen on it staying out the back either

hopefully theres more foxes out and about, cause i like foxes, and i aint seen one round here in ages

harvester or frankii & bennys at the o2 arena tonight????

First day of my work trial today :)Here's hoping by my next day off (March 17th I think) I'll have a new job!

Harvester, by a mile.
I'm holding a grudge against our local F & B! When my kids were tiny we visited said outlet and were seated downstairs in the two-tier restaurant. They were at an age when very frequent trips to the lavatories constantly disrupted the meal. It was a particularly quiet lunchtime, virtually deserted in F & B's.
So, "I need to go to the toilet" was followed by a hike to the upstairs loos. No problem. This happened more than once. Then the nice young waitress who was serving us, kindly suggested that we may, in future, use the facilities which were only five yards from our table.
So, upon the next pitstop request, I used the room set aside for the disabled. Not something I tend to do, but I was in and out in a flash with absolutely no possibilty of delaying anyone who genuinely needed to use it.
Upon exiting the toilet I glanced across the very sparsely populated restaurant.
The manager, oblivious to the thoughtful waitress' conversation with us, shot a stare at me that, to this day, I will never ever forget. If his eyes were capable of firing lasers I would have been decapitated on the spot.

Frankie and Benny's has been a bit of a hit and miss experience for me. On occasions the food has been great, the service has been great and we've left happy but on other occasions it has been the complete opposite.

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Have eaten there once, the result of which means it'll be a cold day in hell before I eat there again. Fortunately there's always a choice so very unlikely they'll be given a second chance.

the sun is shining, the sky is a beautiful blue, theres not a cloud to be seen anywhere, no wind at all, im on holiday all week, got a gig to go to on my birthday... and meats dates have been confirmed

somedays are just FANTASTIC :)

enjoy your week off.

thank you

Just made a noise outloud at a KFC advert...oh dear!

The one with the dips box?

Yes!!!

gone really cold again

There's three near me, and I've found them all to be very good indeed. However Harvester has the salad bar, so that also gets a thumbs up.

Anything with a salad bar is good, loading the bowl with as much as possibleis an art form many haven't trained in. (Tomatoes always go in your pocket as they take up too much space!)

I kid you not, you've not experienced a salad bar until you've done it with Andy! There's a whole "right way" to fill the bowl as full as you can, it's an education!

Must admit that some of the fun left when Pizza Hut let you refill your salad bowl as many times as you want lol

The people in Hong Kong do it best, so I'm told, as they don't have shredded iceberg lettuce, instead they have kos lettuce, which they used to line the outside of the bowl to make a massive bowl... Talk about getting the most for your money, lol...

must be damn near 3 years to the day since the hang cool london listening event

Certainly is, long ago and far away!

The challenge is even greater when you only have one attempt!

That's hat sliced cucumber, croutons salad dressing and if you're really lucky celery sticks are for, construct a wall!

Meanwhile I eat meat, and pizza!

I don't think I've ever been to a Harvester :( Am I missing out?

Me neither, I'd no idea what they were as they aren't over here.

But a combine harvester yes! Been on one of them :)

Pizza and salad sounds great this week!

pizza and two for tuesday sounds great


why am i so addicted to those bloody things???

Not long now till the gig :)

Had a running session... No energy now. My problem hammys and glutes hurt... Coffee.

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Just applied for a new job. It's a little bit different from anything I've done before but I'm trying to be hopeful.

May will be a very interesting fun-filled month for me. And September may turn out to be a very good month too. Hopefully I will be in Vegas sometime in Sept. Time will tell

that was a brilliant gig, great company

a good birthday :)

Hang Cool Teddy Bear like nearly every Meat Loaf album sounds real good on stereo earphones... it just sounds good. Lyrically there's so much grit and bite.. so much emotion and talented musicians. I read the one star reviews... and I just don't hear what they're hearing. A lot of people want Meat and Jim again. That be great. But I can totally dig these last two albums.. and if Meat and Jim work again, that kickass. If not.. it's all good.

that official pub thread thread was a good thread...

but my will power has prevented me posting in it again

That was a good sleep :)

Shouldn't have done back stretching exercises yesterday though :(

need sleep

and lots of it


today is the first time i remember ever having the opportunity to get meat tickets the moment they went on sale

Looking forward to my Motley Crue weekend! While some of you are enjoying Meat's show on May 17th in Ireland I will be seeing the Crue at Meadowbrook Pavilion in Gilford NH. Then on May 18th I get to see them again at Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. Now I just need a Meat Loaf show for the year to complete my concert schedule. Rock on!

Rock on, BostonAngel, Rock On! \m/

Sitting at work, on a saturday with no work email access or hard drive access.... what I shame lol

Just chopped back a tree in the car park and now twiddling thumbs...

Less than three weeks after I worked a seven-day straight, I'm working a six-day straight.

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Nearly done with the pressie buying run - Valentine's Day, three birthdays and a Wedding Anniversary done, one more birthday to go...

I know that to well! I'm currently on day 8 of 15/16 days straight :(

car insurance renewal time... not my favourite time of the year

and theyre being sneaky

My last ever shift at Tk tomorrow can't believe it

good luck

How was it?

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Pretty good thanks! We were all feeling a little fuzzy headed due to mine and a managers leaving do the night before but as days go it was good. Everyone chipped in and got me a box of chocolates and a cactus for my desk :)

I may soon have a number of car crashes to rival Meat's number of concussions :/

That doesn't sound too good, hope you're okay :0)

I'm ok, the car is not so... On the bright side, no one was hurt & I no longer need to get those tires changed lol

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Accommodation is really cheap in Vegas................I feel a plan coming on

yes!!!

ever so tired though

Bonnie Tyler to represent the UK at Eurovision with a Desmond Child song.

Is the Bonnie Tyler thing true?! Seen it a couple of places now, not sure if it's a wind up!

Well, it's in today's Mail, so it must be true!

Saw it on TV this morning...don't think I'll be making too much effort to catch that somehow!

YouTube Video

Yeah...cheers for that.... :?

O2 tickets arrived yesterday...getting closer !

being able to reprint insurance certificates is the best feature ever :)

as my ability to have no idea where the current certificate is... but be able to find the previous 10 years worth is not a great feature...

time to go and get some road tax :|

:twisted: Rest of Europe might as well not turn up :mrgreen:

as my 2 weeks off draw to a close... i can say with all honesty, i did pretty much ~~~~ all... apart from catch up on some much needed sleep :)

(and answer almost daily work related texts lol)

great couple of months to look forward to ...going down to London to see all my babies and might just go and see The great Man himself lol ...getting closer now

£150.9/litre

thats the dearest ive ever had to buy :(

lovely surprise this morning ..knock on the door and loads of lovely flowers and a lovely plant from all the kids...love them so much cant wait to see them next week

Nearly 4 hours into my shift on my proper first day back, and it seems like I was never away! Less than 2 hours sleep sucks though.

First Sunday off today :D Spent the morning peeling Veg and baking Scone and butter puddings x 2

Why has this year been so lousy?

Cream crackered

Forty Days by ML is BIG. And if 'Brave And Crazy' is Bombastic .. Ear Candy .. I'm pumped for it :)

Mock run in the gym today 2.4km in 11mins. Considering I`m at 2000ft in dry hot conditions I`m happy. Oh amd Jim Steinman just sent me a message on Facebook, major confidence boost!

lovely lucnch,lovely pressies and messages what better for mothers day

Ho-Hum, it's Monday, back to work :-(

But it's 3.20am, so currently it's BACK TO BED!

Congrats :cheer:

Well April is going to get off to a great start. :(

I found out yesterday that I'm going to be made redundant on the 2nd April.

How long you worked for them?

Only since May last year although I worked for a different branch of the company from Oct 2009 until January 2012. However as there is a gap in my service, I won't get a redundancy payout. :(

It'll be the third time I'll have been made redundant in five years.

Shouldn't you get a 30 day consultation period?

I thought that Jonty...a while back I had a little job and was faced with going from being paid weekly to monthly, and even with that they had to put things in place so that I didn't have to suddenly go three weeks without pay.

As it goes it didn't happen but I thought that they can't just stop your pay (short of being fired!)?

I'll get four weeks notice pay but that's about it.

I'm a bit surprised at how soon they're planning to close us but there you go. I've known for a couple of months that this was a possibility but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with.

My concern is finding another job. Retail is all I have ever done and it's such an uncertain field to be working in these days

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Hate to say it but that's quite good, they could get away with none as you've been there less than two years

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!!!!!

They're also giving us double time for the last two weeks of trading so it's a lot better than some employers would offer. I'm just going to have to be careful with money for a while and save what I can.

Thanks.

I'm keeping my eyes out for suitable jobs in other fields anyway because you never know.

Good luck Jenna. Have you thought about pursuing a career in website design ?
I don't know what would be involved, but you really do have a great talent.

I'm studying with the Open University at the moment to try and get a qualification that I hope will make it easier to go into that field. I don't know for definate that I will but it's an option that I'm considering.

good luck, Jenna!!! your artworks are really great!!! fingers crossed for you!

good luck on the job front Jenna!!

as a general rule, ive always been lucky, though very unorganised... but maybe im leaving this farewell tour gig a touch too late :?

Having dispatched 22 hand-stitched bags today (!!!!!) I'm sitting with my feet up, a well earned G&T, and flicking through some of the old fanclub RVMs....I forgot how much I love them! The photos in them are so brilliant, it's such a shame they had to stop

I think I should have joined the Meat Loaf fanclubs well before I plucked up the courage to do so. The RVM's were something that I missed out on.

They were wonderful. I joined MLUKFC in 1998, missed the first three issues but got all the others, they were just brilliant. The reviews were always great with stunning photos and fan accounts of events, some interesting interviews too.

I guess with the forums and a review thread per show there's less of a need for them now, but they were special, they're a treasured record of my Meaty life!

heard adele's skyfall tune for the first time today... and by less than 2 mins in, i was singing along with " diamonds are foreveeerrrrrr"

and there was a great bruce springsteen song on the radio, from a japanese import version of the album, cardboard... looks like an lp... and can i remember the name of song now????

midnight, darkness, city??? cant remember :(

good song though!

but theres a good reason i forgot the name of the springsteen song

i have a terrible habit with cd's, of not putting them back in the correct cases, especially when listening in the car... and its not unusual to have several discs shoved into the wrong case. but ive been dyin to listen to hell in a handbasket, since that thread when did you last listen to hiab, but i'd no idea where i put the cd.

tonight i found it :)... i said i hadn't listened to it since may... and it was in the case of the album i bought in may oops

then in my excitement at finding the cd, ive forgotten the name of the springsteen song

lack of sleep messes with ones memory!!!