I love it when a plan comes together...

http://www.rent-a-keg.com/

8% of the world's countries

According to an application that I added to facebook. I have been to 8% of the world's countries. My initial reaction was that that was too high.

But doing a little research it's probably about right.

According to About.com there are 194 countries

http://geography.about.com/od/countryinformation/a/capitals.htm

And I have so far been to 16 of them

1 England
2 Scotland
3 Ireland
4 Wales
5 Spain
6 France
7 Cyprus
8 Italy
9 Monaco
10 Holland
11 Hong Kong
12 US
13 Turkey
14 Belgium
15 Austria
16 Finland (soon)

Hands up if you can beat that.

I feel quite chuffed.

Another year, another flat.

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the past couple of weeks and have decided that I don’t want to renew my lease at Mercury Mansions.

The are two main reasons,

a) I would have to live with a stranger and I’ve grown out of doing that
b) We would effectively be subletting our flat and if we were unable to find someone before August we would have to find the £1000 deposit on the room and pay the first months rent.

I think that’s a lot of risk to take on with a stranger. The rent is high so you’re not going to get a dreg of society but you just never know. Imagine me moving into your house…

Also as the rent and bills are high there will be less chance of finding someone due to the fact that they are less likely to need a flatshare which puts more enthuses on option b.

I spoke to Becky about it and she understands my decision but she’s really not interested in the hassle of moving flats again so has decided to move back to Colchester until she can find a place to buy.

This of course means that I will have to find a place on my own. I’m actually quite excited about it all as I do like my own space from time to time. I’ve got a lot more friends in London since the last time I lived on my own and of course I now have April to keep me company (and force me to keep it clean).

The question is where to live though.

Zone two is important as I have effectively already paid for a zone two rail pass with work. It’s probably not that difficult to change but I’d still like to be close.

South West is where I’d like to live as that’s where April, Steve and my rugby club is. This will save me a load of hassle getting around plus it’s much nicer this way.

The problem with all this is that living on your own is not cheap, especially where I am now. Having a quick look on-line yesterday 1 bedrooms start at £900 and they’re no way near as nice as my current place. But I think I’d struggle finding somewhere as nice as that anyway.

Do I want to go for another studio? If it was the same / similar layout to my previous place then I’d actually be quite happy. But it’s finding somewhere in the month I have left that could prove tricky. April’s volunteered to help me out so I’m sure we’ll get somewhere good.

Anyway… wish me luck, I imagine I’ll have a house warming around my birthday (31st August) so bring your sleeping bags!

SC Movie Review 17

Confetti

A 'mockumentary' about 3 couples attempting to win a most original wedding competition.

Along the lines of Best in Show this was an pretty decent comedy film, the good casting and improvised nature made this film a real Monday night treat. A must see.

Highlight: The two gay wedding planners. Hilarious!

SC Rating 74 / 100 (1 Vote)
IMdb Rating: 5.9 / 10 (1271 Votes)

Who says taking drugs to excess damages your health...?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/default.stm

Click on the image called THE BIG PICTURE on the right.

I won't be there for long so hurry up.

The Big Cheese

Yesterday we had a big corporate event where our CEO, Chairman and President (Same person, the holly trinity, or Pat Gallagher) flew over from America to talk directly his UK arm.

I was really impressed by his enthusiasm and public speaking skills. That's not something I say lightly as i'm usually not in to all this pep talk rubbish.

Thankfully I opted to leave early so that I could get the last tube home otherwise it would have been carnage last night. There are a few stories of drunken debauchery floating round that I will endeavor to find out more about.

How stupid do people think people are?

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Baned game

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/6767623.stm

Although it's not my sort of game, I still feel annoyed when this sort of thing gets banned.

There's too much governance in this country. Butt out of it all and get a real job.

As good as grass...

I recieved an e-mail with the subject matter Brooke Weston CTC this morning advertising astro turf.

Dear Sir / Madam,
We would like to inform brooke weston ctc about our synthetic grass products and playground safety surfaces. Please find all the details below or call the office on 0845 22 11 345 for a free consultation. If you are having problems viewing this email, a copy is available on our website at:

http://www.asgoodasgrass.co.uk/index.php?origin=nl

My reply

Although I went to the school I have no interest in synthetic grass. Can you remove my details from your mailing list please?

What a load of cheek!!!

Weekend

Yesterday was pretty good. It was one of April's flatmate's (Abby) birthdays. We met them in a bar called Gigalum where the manager was a complete arse, then we headed towards Balham were we went to a pub called The George.

I really liked the George, huge cavernous ceilings and loads of comfy leather chairs. There must have been 30+ of her friends there.

There was also a pool table where the lads played killer. Needless to say that I was the first out!!! I'd obviously passed my peek of 2.5 pints. I'm actually not that bad and kindly laid up some nice shots for the guy Steve behind me.

Thankfully we left at around 9 as the drinks were starting to get a little silly. I was in a round with a couple of others and our last two drinks were a turbo shandy and a snakebite and black.

After that we got a cab back to mine watched the end of Hot Fuzz (again) and tucked into a take away curry.

http://www.thebombaybicycleclub.co.uk/

I can highly recommend it!

I was planning on going to Greenwich today as Harriet has a stall on Greenwich Market and we were going to take a look. But I really fancy a day of doing very little and April was unconscious till 11:30...