i see i never brought you the result of the exam I took. I know you will be anxious to know.
Anyway, i passed, so am now an Associate Tax Technician.
Wow!
Off to donate platelets again this afternoon.
Giving blood etc is a simple task, it doesn't really hurt and it does give you a reason to feel good about yourself. If you have never tried to give, please give it some consideration if you can.
Platelets takes a bit longer...
It used to be out one arm, in the other, so you were completely out of action. Now you have a hand free for scratching, tea drinking and adjusting the settings on your PSP. I have a UMD of The Mighty Boosh
Saturday night seemed to be going reasonably well with the soundchecks done. All the bands were happy and we were ready to roll.
The numbers didn't seem to be as high as previous occasions, but there could have been a last minute rush, but then with 5 minutes to go to the first band the landlord came and had a word. "we have a little problem" he said. I thought it would be just that there were too many under agers trying to get in so "the sound engineer has walked out on me, taking his team w
When Eddie Argos took to the stage last night he cut the figure of a someone who had imbibed the band's rider all by himself. He look wrecked, you could see it in his walk and in his eyes.
Yet as soon as he picked up the mike he was transformed and all hell broke loose. This was a hell of a gig, easily one of the best i've seen this year and was confirmation that live, Art Brut take some beating (whereas on record, it's not quite the same).
Bar three songs this was the same set i'd seen
It IS supposed to be women that are obsessed by shoes, but I've just got another pair of Converse...we're into double figures now on colours i've got.
These are the latest ones, bought off ebay -
but these are still my favourites, although they are falling apart now (and they seem to have stopped making them
This obsession is a big help for those that know me, as xmas/birthdays are a cinch!
and another one I've read back and immediately spotted 2 or 3 things i'd change.
gah!!
Anyway, 3 acts that you can judge for yourself on 18th November on channel 203 on your Sky box. I recommend you have a look at Gideon Conn.
see here
Friday saw the second of the Latitude at the Globe band nights that i'm involved with, and i certainly had another banging time, judging by the Budvar induced headache the next day.
First up were It's a Buffalo, who are signed to Akoustic Anarkhy. The were pretty good, but after a little DJ set by myself came the Courteeners.
They had hogged most of the soundcheck, and seemingly brought most of the crowd as there was suddenly a throng at the front. They are led by singer/songwriter Liam
I came out of this morning's exam thinking it had gone pretty well and that i had passed.
Then i looked at the text book.
It'll be touch and go...find out on 24th Jan.
Anyway, only 2 weeks to hols now!
and whilst it brings another exam, a week today, all that is on my mind is the holiday we have had booked since last December!
Fly out on 23rd and i'm not back until 29th December. My libido must be down, as i'm only thinking of this trip every 8 seconds!
22 days to go!
I bottled out of another Efests meet at the weekend. In the end, the thought of walking into a pub full of people i didn't know who had been drinking for 6 hours already did not seem like a good thing to do, especially after we lost 8-0, and so i went back home and unexpectedly turned up at my mates Halloween party (where the family were) to find i was the only one not in fancy dress. I may have been better off going to the meet (although it did mean i was ok to study for an exam sunday mornin
I'm back online for a reasonable amount of time again after a month of jury service. That's double the usul 'tour of duty' but the case was quite complicated and needed the time. Still, after a year without a holiday, it was quite nice to have a month off work. The result was one guilty, one not guilty as there wasn't enough evidence.
Anyway, I've been back at work a week now, and already am back into that depressing groove. But this morning was a bit different on the daily commute when I
It's the FA Cup tomorrow, as the mighty Glossop North End welcome Seaham Red Star to Derbyshire. We know absolutely nothing about the team, although having scored 14 goals in 5 games this season they clearly can create. 12 conceded suggests a less than solid defence though!
£1000 is up for grabs to the winner, plus a place in the 1st round qualifying. The FA cup is STILL the greatest competition in the world in my book, and I'd love to finally have a decent run in it.
COME ON!!!!
A lot has happened since the last blog not all of it of interest to yourselves, but the christening in Nottingham went without a hitch (although EVERYONE said i should have gone to prague), as did my cousins wedding in Llanelli and the subsequent camping, although we did get wet.
Got a real shock yesterday though when i was informed that a 17 year old lad from the local radio station who I've met a few times and got to train with the club for a feature pre-season had died in a car accident.
Ring ring, ring ring (actually, it was Day Tripper, but that wouldn't set the scene that took place this lunchtime)
Me - 'Hello'
Sister's fella - 'Hey haggis, you doing anything this weekend'
Me - 'Yeah, I've got a Christening to go to in Nottingham...a mate's daughter...they are having a BBQ on saturday
SF - ' that's a pity, you could have come to Prague tomorrow. Everything is paid for, you'd just have to transfer the flight for £35'
Me - <see title of thread>
I went to see the lovely Captain on Monday. They were fabulous, and Clare's cheekbones are something else. Well worth a look
Review is on egigs. Shinyhappy didn't get back to me, so I am culpable for the mistakes still. I'll be blind to my own shortcomings for the usual 7 days i expect
http://www.egigs.co.uk/index.php?a=11151
It's the 16th August and here i am, annoyed by bloody football already. An insipid 3-1 home defeat last night and Glossop North End are already staring into the abyss of a long hard season.
Some FA Cup relief on Saturday, with prize money at stake. They'd better turn up for that one
As I always do a week after a gig, i've gone back and read what i wrote. And as I always do when I read what i wrote, i've cringed at the countless errors, typing mainly but also grammatical, that i made.
Why can't I proof read??? Sometimes i type completely the wrong word but i don't pick it up before i submit. Is it because I'm so desperate to get it online? I need someone to vet my work before it goes to egigs central...any volunteers?
The season has started and it was Nantwich Town 3, Glossop North End 1.
We're back in the routine already, with the usual off-field kick off of our keepers top being green, the same colour the home team play in.
This weekend the team play in the opening round of the FA Cup...in August. It's a long way to the final in May, but we could be out before the bank holiday.
North Shields FC are visiting. If any efesters are stuck for something to do on Tuesday night and fancy going to their h
What a night. As a Director of a non-league footy club it's my job to sort out player registrations, and it had all been going swimmingly until I couldn't get confirmation my last batch of registrations sent on Saturday had been received - a batch that included our goalkeeper!
Somehow, the man who's job it is to register players had managed to wangle a holiday, starting Monday (and not bothered to tell me!). Great for him, but bad for me given that I'd sent him the forms on saturday and the
I went to see Peter Bjorn & John last night, purveyors of fine Swedish whistling pop.
I reviewed it too. See here >>> http://www.egigs.co.uk/index.php?a=11145
I'm still loving the bits i do for egigs. In a clichéd manner, it's something i've wanted to do for most of my 36 years, but never had the bollocks to do anything about it before. Hurrah for Neil.
Fopp + Lunchtime = -£20
Brendan Benson Lapalco & Alternative to Love (£5 the pair), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (£6), The Monkees (£3) and The Sound of Music Soundtrack (which IS for kids - £5).
Now i just have to sneak them in the house - this is why men file in alphabetical order. It's not that were anal, it's so we don't get told off for spending money we don't have!
So with Friday night ruined (see below and add tantrums), it was Plan B - D:Percussion in Manchester - that was to be the highlight of the weekend. But then Mrs Haggis didn't get back until 11, and then promptly went out to the vets with her mum (and her cat, my m-i-l goes to the doctor when she's poorly, Les Dawson fans).
Eventually, after everyone was fed watered etc, we made it down to Castlefield for about 6pm. This after nearly ten minutes hanging around the car waiting for the free pa
The kids are always telling me I should go on Millionaire, especially when I ace another £32,000 question before the answers come up, but i tell them it's not that easy (when in truth i'm just too tight to enter given the chances of successfully getting on the Tarrant show).
However, when I saw the advert for a new show, i decided that it was time to give it a bash, and filled in the application form.
A few weeks ago I got a call telling me that i sounded like 'just the sort of person' t
