Budgeting 101

Do you see what we’ve done?

We’ve gone and made such fools
Of ourselves

the Paramore track is amazing!

Birthday Girl

Brown leafed vertigo

Halloween is on Friday. I love Halloween, I wish that we made a big deal about it in this country. I love walking home from work in the cold and seeing the trick’or’treaters and jack-o’-lanterns on peoples doorsteps whilst blasting some Misfits on my iPod. Last year I decided to go out to Satans for Halloween, it sucked. I usually just sit in and watch ‘good’ horror films, I’ll be doing that this year. The Shining, Halloween, Pet Cemetery, The Omen, Evil Dead. Good horror films are SO rare. I’m looking forward to just kickin’ back, eating crap and scaring myself shitless, plus, it’s on a Friday. BONUS! A great start to the weekend. Bonfire Night and Xmas soon!

Awesome!

Yob culture

My little sister was in college yesterday, she told me that these two scallies started fighting in front of a big crowd outside the front of the South Trafford entrance. She told me that this one chav was laying into the other one, he absolutely battered this guy, then when he was lying on the floor the chav stood over this guy and shouted *in a manc scally accent*….

‘Pay your debts you little tramp!’

Hilarious!

The Old Man and the Lisa

This episode of The Simpsons was on Sky1 last night, it is one of my all time favourite episodes, and it is absolutely hilarious! Mr. Burns becomes bankrupt and asks Lisa to help him become rich again. There is a scene is this episode that sees Mr Burns grocery shopping before being committed to a mental institution, I was in pain with laughter, I actually thought that I was going to choke and die whilst watching it.

Mr Burns is probably my favorite character and this episode is nothing short of genius.

Homecoming

I arrived back in Manchester on Friday after spending a month away from home. I feel really refreshed; it’s good to be back home in the presence of my friends and family.

I really miss Australia like crazy! I’ve even bought a jar of ‘Vegemite’ from Tesco, I’ve been eating it on toast and listening to The Veronicas, it’s a good way to start your day (trust me, it really is!). I’m back in work this morning, it kinda sucks, but I just need to save up some more money now so that I can go back to Oz in the near future. I’d love to live there, I really want to get a visa sorted so that I can work there on a trial basis for a few moths or so.

Overall, I seem to have a more positive outlook on my situation back home in the U.K. I really needed this holiday, its done wonders. I’ve had a lot of time to think and value what is really important in my life, so I’ll will be working hard and keeping a positive attitude.




Good fucking times!

Air Traffic Control

British Airwaves fucking shit up!

I should be on a plane to Hong Kong right now, instead I’ll be flying out to Frankfurt tomorrow morning. There was some huge fuck up with air traffic control at Heathrow airport and our connecting flight got cancelled. Today has been so stressful, I’m ready to just put it all behind me now. Hopefully we’ll get some sick compensation payout on our insurance for the cancelled flight.

Fell at the fist hurdle, this is not a good thing.

This affected us....

Flights to and from some UK airports have been cancelled or delayed because of a computer problem at the main air traffic control centre at Swanwick.
Airports across the UK have been affected by delays of flights using airspace in the south-east of England.
The problem has now been fixed and although services are said to be returning to normal, some delays are still occurring.

Make the great escape, and find a way to make ends meet

I’m flying out to Hong Kong on Thursday. Stoked!

I really need this holiday, I’ve been waiting too long for it. There have been lots of things going on in Manchester this summer that have been dragging me down. I need to find some sort of solitude. Isolation. No doubt I’ll return home a new man, a lot happier, the same old posi Alex that people seem to be missing. Lots of relaxing, exploring, bonding, reading, writing, BBQs, surfing, swimming, rollercoasters, shows, eating, drinking and just general lounging in the glorious sunshine.


I’ll be updating this blog as much as possible over the next month with pictures, stories etc.


If anybody needs me, just get in touch through email/myspace/facebook etc. Also, I’ll have my phone with me. I imagine that I’ll be getting online frequently and it’d be nice to hear from everyone.

east_alex@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com/alex_heffalump
www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=504218384

My summer starts here. This year has been shit, it’s time to turn it around.

see you all next month

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