Sunday, Oct. 19, 2009 - 23:50

1. Earlier on I found a copy of a discipline report that I must've written about a kid when I was teaching. It contained the phrase "Michael and Ben then described Liam as 'a spacker' and had to be removed from the classroom". Is it wrong that I laughed upon discovering this un-PC statement documented as such in my neat writing on triplicate paper? Worst thing is, since I still had all three copies of the report, it means I didn't take the matter any further and punish the two little cunts properly!

2. I had a quietish Friday night (TV, sausage roll, can of beer) because my folks were popping down this weekend on the way to some motorbike jaunt, and I knew I needed to get up and tidy the flat on Saturday morning. It was a bit of a big job forsure, as my flat can get very untidy very quickly (mainly because I've far too much stuff, and every time I try to get rid of stuff, I only end up getting rid of a small amount) but I got the place shipshape soon enough.

3. Was nice to see the 'olds though - we pissed about for a while in my gaff 'cause my Mum brought down a memory stick with a load of her and my sister's CDs saved on it, so it took time to rip all that to my PC and bollocks about with the titles n'that. I've got a feckload of new music to listen to because I bought some CDs in town too.

4. We wandered about town doing a bit of shopping (shirts, CDs, bookshops) and also went for a pub lunch. The food was a mite basic, but was OK - nice to see Villa beating Chelsea too. In the evening had a pint or two and then went for a curry at my local. Soured a bit by my Dad getting mildly drunk and slightly bigoted, but I put him right :-)

5. I've booked my tickets for going to see my mates and my God-daughter the latter half of next week. Boo-buffalo-Raj! Don't let me hear you calling me 'Alex' any more, you horsey little pixie!

6. Had a funny moment in the week - I called my boss up (the Quality Manager - late thirties, nice lady married with a couple of young kids) to ask a couple of things, and we had a chat about a few bits and pieces. I finished the conversation up by saying I'd sort out what she'd asked and I'd see her when she's next on site, to which she replied "OK, see you then, love you, bye!".

7. Poor woman - she was probably going bright red at the other end of the phone - it's one of those conversational tics I guess you say at the end of phone calls without realising, esp. if you're married or something.. amusing though to get such positive feedback from your new line manager! :-)

8. Football this weekend held some surprises. As mentioned, Villa beat Chelsea - some defensive lapses at set-pieces allowing the Midlanders to get a 2-1 victory. Liverpool lost 1-0 in Sunderland to a Bent shot which hit a beach ball on the pitch. Arsenal and Man United both won (against Birmingham and Bolton) as did Spurs over Pompey, and Stoke against West Ham. Wolves drew 1-1 at Everton. Middlesbrough lost 1-0 at home to Watford and slip to 4th.

9. Today Blackburn won 3-2 in the East Lancashire derby against Burnley. Elsewhere in the North-West, Man City could only get a point against Wigan. Jenson Button won the F1 Championship, a rather good show by Braun.

10. LISTENING TO:- this afternoon, 'One By One' by Foo Fighters, which was very good indeed (and had some nice quiet tunes on it too). Also listened to Glasvegas 'Glasvegas', which is also very rather splendid.