I phoned Martins pet shop this morning, to find that Stanley had been purchased :(
I set my alarm especially early to get up and call JUST as they opened, but apparently someone was waiting outside for them to open to go and get him.
I hate myself! I should have got Stanley when I had the chance :(
Nevermind, we still have Keith! Though it's a bit annoying not being able to actually have him yet until we get back from Sweden. But still, that day will be awesome :D
Farewell Stanley!
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Tuesday 28 February 2012
A new lodger!
We are going to be welcoming a new friend to our apartment soon! A kitten!
Oh yes :D
Me and Robin went to town to exchange some money into Swedish currency, and we parked in the carpark just opposite Martins Pet shop. We went in there a couple of times before, and last time we asked Martin about kittens - if he had any and when he was getting some in next. He told us he last had some in at Christmas, and the next time he'll be getting some will be in March. We thought this would be an ideal time, as it's when we'll be back from Sweden.
However! After Robin went and got a ticket for the car, and we we're on our way into the shopping center, I really just wanted to have a quick look in the pet shop. I don't know why, because I knew if I was to see a kitten in there my heart would immediately melt. But since it wasn't even March yet, I thought it wouldn't hurt to have a look, and assure my mind that there wasn't any in yet.
So we entered the store, to be instantly overwhelmed by the smell of pet food and straw bedding. It's not a big store, at the front is all the food, litter, bedding, treats, leashes and the like, and towards the back are the actual animals.
I head straight to the back, actually hoping that I wouldn't come face to face with a kitten. I took a brief look at the fish and headed up the steps. Within a small area were hamsters, guinea-pigs, chameleons, lizards, the odd snake and some birds & parrots. After passing the hamsters and guinea-pigs, I turned to look behind the glass to see the birds and there was a large cage on a table next to the window. I look straight down into the cage to see two adorable little ginger kittens snoozing in a cardboard box. That was when my heart melted! :D
They were not only ginger, but one of them had beautiful blue eyes, and the markings of a little tiger! ^^ They we're perfect! And cute!. I immediately called my Mum! I couldn't just leave them there!
Robin persuaded me that it would be a bad time to get them, and a bit cruel to take them home, only to be then left with a stranger for 5 days when we leave for Sweden.
So we left. I didn't say goodbye, since it wasn't! We exchanged the money, had some lunch and did a bit of retail therapy and was heading back to the car. Just as we were exactly opposite the shop, I just had to go back in and take a final look, before someone came along and swooped them off to their new homes :( Plus I wanted to say goodbye and take some pictures!
As we stood, me close to tears looking at these two beauties in the cage, feeling like they we're meant for me, I decided I HAD to have them!
However, we we're still faced with the problem of having to leave them before we go to Sweden. I went and asked Martin if he was able to reserve them for two weeks for us, until we got back. He said he could only reserve for a day or two, but not 2 weeks. So we left :(
All the way home, feeling heart broken that I just left the two perfect little kittens that I'd always bragged about having one day.
When we got back to Mums', they we're just about to have dinner when Mum came up with the AMAZING idea of buying them, but asking Martin if he could keep them until we got back if we payed him a fee. I immediately got on the phone, and he was able to negotiate a price. Usually he only boards parrots and lizards for people when they go on holiday and charge a reasonable fee of £3 a day. Since he's never boarded a kitten for someone before, he suggested that he could keep them both for me for £30. Deal!
We headed straight back down in the car, walked right up to the cage that my little cuties we're in and couldn't stop smiling :D
However, in the car on the way down, we we're discussing whether having both kittens would be a good idea. It's not Robins first kitten, but it is for me. Plus we don't know how we would be financially with getting two kittens, since it's twice the food, twice the litter, twice the vaccination updates, and if they both get sick it's another load of cash evaporated. On the other hand, they are both brothers, and we would be keeping them together, and they are both just as cute! I'd have the ease of knowing that they both went to a good home, and when we we're out, they could keep each other company. Plus we named him Stanley :( That was a stupid idea.. naming him before we were sure of getting him :(
*sigh*
Anyway, we bought Keith! Yes we named him Keith :) And here he is! Next to him is Stanley *sniff*
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Oh yes :D
Me and Robin went to town to exchange some money into Swedish currency, and we parked in the carpark just opposite Martins Pet shop. We went in there a couple of times before, and last time we asked Martin about kittens - if he had any and when he was getting some in next. He told us he last had some in at Christmas, and the next time he'll be getting some will be in March. We thought this would be an ideal time, as it's when we'll be back from Sweden.
However! After Robin went and got a ticket for the car, and we we're on our way into the shopping center, I really just wanted to have a quick look in the pet shop. I don't know why, because I knew if I was to see a kitten in there my heart would immediately melt. But since it wasn't even March yet, I thought it wouldn't hurt to have a look, and assure my mind that there wasn't any in yet.
So we entered the store, to be instantly overwhelmed by the smell of pet food and straw bedding. It's not a big store, at the front is all the food, litter, bedding, treats, leashes and the like, and towards the back are the actual animals.
I head straight to the back, actually hoping that I wouldn't come face to face with a kitten. I took a brief look at the fish and headed up the steps. Within a small area were hamsters, guinea-pigs, chameleons, lizards, the odd snake and some birds & parrots. After passing the hamsters and guinea-pigs, I turned to look behind the glass to see the birds and there was a large cage on a table next to the window. I look straight down into the cage to see two adorable little ginger kittens snoozing in a cardboard box. That was when my heart melted! :D
They were not only ginger, but one of them had beautiful blue eyes, and the markings of a little tiger! ^^ They we're perfect! And cute!. I immediately called my Mum! I couldn't just leave them there!
Robin persuaded me that it would be a bad time to get them, and a bit cruel to take them home, only to be then left with a stranger for 5 days when we leave for Sweden.
So we left. I didn't say goodbye, since it wasn't! We exchanged the money, had some lunch and did a bit of retail therapy and was heading back to the car. Just as we were exactly opposite the shop, I just had to go back in and take a final look, before someone came along and swooped them off to their new homes :( Plus I wanted to say goodbye and take some pictures!
As we stood, me close to tears looking at these two beauties in the cage, feeling like they we're meant for me, I decided I HAD to have them!
However, we we're still faced with the problem of having to leave them before we go to Sweden. I went and asked Martin if he was able to reserve them for two weeks for us, until we got back. He said he could only reserve for a day or two, but not 2 weeks. So we left :(
All the way home, feeling heart broken that I just left the two perfect little kittens that I'd always bragged about having one day.
When we got back to Mums', they we're just about to have dinner when Mum came up with the AMAZING idea of buying them, but asking Martin if he could keep them until we got back if we payed him a fee. I immediately got on the phone, and he was able to negotiate a price. Usually he only boards parrots and lizards for people when they go on holiday and charge a reasonable fee of £3 a day. Since he's never boarded a kitten for someone before, he suggested that he could keep them both for me for £30. Deal!
We headed straight back down in the car, walked right up to the cage that my little cuties we're in and couldn't stop smiling :D
However, in the car on the way down, we we're discussing whether having both kittens would be a good idea. It's not Robins first kitten, but it is for me. Plus we don't know how we would be financially with getting two kittens, since it's twice the food, twice the litter, twice the vaccination updates, and if they both get sick it's another load of cash evaporated. On the other hand, they are both brothers, and we would be keeping them together, and they are both just as cute! I'd have the ease of knowing that they both went to a good home, and when we we're out, they could keep each other company. Plus we named him Stanley :( That was a stupid idea.. naming him before we were sure of getting him :(
*sigh*
Anyway, we bought Keith! Yes we named him Keith :) And here he is! Next to him is Stanley *sniff*
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You can see why my heart melted, right? :D
Anyway, when we payed for Keith, and agreed that Martin was going to keep him before we got back the shop was near to closing.
The girl that also worked there removed Keith from the cage and brought him down to ask where to put him upstairs. I heard little Stanley meowing in the background, already missing his brother! I felt so bad :(
Despite the fact of being incredibly excited that me and Robin bought our very first kitten, and he's a gorgeous one at that! I'm still in two minds as to whether we made the right decision to only get the one :(
I hate knowing that poor Stanley is still in the cage (since as I mentioned the shop was nearly closing so I doubt anyone came in and bought him last minute), and it would only be a call away in the morning to being in the possession of Stanley also, but I'm tied!
They're both just as cute, and when we we're watching them play together in the cage, they are both just as feisty!
Oh well, we shall see how events turn out!
All I know is that I can't wait to get Keith home :)
Monday 20 February 2012
Walking Dead (Spoiler Alert!)
Ooooo, they are continuing the second season of The Walking Dead :D
It ended with episode 7, when they shot little Sophia in the head after she stumbled out of the barn that Hershel was keeping all the zombies in :O!
The group spent the entire season 2 looking for her after she disappeared into the woods when running away from ze zombies! As the episodes went on, we all started to come to the belief that she was a zombie now anyway, and it was getting a bit tedious when basically, we knew what the next episode was going to revolve around >.>
And Shane! The bastard! Shooting poor Otis :(
Even though it was wrong to leave him for zombie bait, I can't help but think that if he didn't shoot him, would they both end up dead along with Carl? Was it a good thing that he shot Otis?... No.
Carl would never have survived if Otis didn't volunteer to assist Shane in getting the gear in order to save Carl!
Therefore I've come to the conclusion he be selfish! Otis basically saved Carl's life, and Shane just had the option to live or die.. He didn't HAVE to go.. He didn't HAVE to shoot Otis... Hell, he could have shot himself if he thought someone had to distract the zombies. Someone else could have gone instead of Shane and they might have both survived!
I'm sure Dale would agree with me :) Too bad he doesn't just tell the rest of the group what Shane did, even though he has no proof. I'd still let people know.. though he'd be at risk of being shot too :P
I'm quite liking Daryl. He has the proper weapon of choice - a crossbow! Though I'd definitely make more arrows than he has o_Ó A little too few for me to be comfortable roaming around with the undead - using the term comfortable lightly.. how comfortable can you get knowing the world is infested with ex-human, flesh-eating, disease-infested, brain-munching, stomach-churning rotting specimens of what they used to know as 'real people'.. you know, the appetite-sustaining communicating kind. And these little shits are everywhere! I'd definitely have to go for a crash course in archery though if I was planning on using a crossbow in the upcoming apocalypse :P
Annoys me a little when you see people posting on threads or talking amongst friends about how 'prepared' they are if a zombie apocalypse occurs. Yes, of course you are. We all have a bullet proof amoured tanks with a snow plough attached to the front, stacks of guns with a lifetime supply of bullets, shitloads of tinned soup and funky looking weaponry such as chainsaws attached to mop handles.. For a start I don't even think anyone around here has a garage big enough to contain that shit.
They suggest their plans include: First going to get guns. Fail #1 - where you planning on finding those around here? Member of the army? No? I don't think you'll be finding any at your nearest Costcutter.. Plus if we HAD any gun shops around Nuneaton, don't you think they'll be extremely dangerous to try and enter? Other people going mental oriental to get their own supply and shooting all others who try and stop them. That'll be ironic - being shot by the living as opposed to eaten by the dead.
Their next genius step: Buy food. Not necessarily a fail, but good luck. If people have trouble even getting into Asda due to panic buyers because they heard it's possibly going to snow (a max depth of an inch), then what do you think Asda will be like when a freaking zombie attack is happening? Tinned food first option? Yes. Asda first option? No. If you try getting all the food first, you'll probably get shot by the guy who just got his supply of guns.
I'd probably leave it until they are all dead or zombies, when shooting them doesn't make you feel as bad, and rummaging through their freshly stocked cupboards makes food finding more accessible.
More later! Robin just downloaded episode 9 :D
It ended with episode 7, when they shot little Sophia in the head after she stumbled out of the barn that Hershel was keeping all the zombies in :O!
The group spent the entire season 2 looking for her after she disappeared into the woods when running away from ze zombies! As the episodes went on, we all started to come to the belief that she was a zombie now anyway, and it was getting a bit tedious when basically, we knew what the next episode was going to revolve around >.>
And Shane! The bastard! Shooting poor Otis :(
Even though it was wrong to leave him for zombie bait, I can't help but think that if he didn't shoot him, would they both end up dead along with Carl? Was it a good thing that he shot Otis?... No.
Carl would never have survived if Otis didn't volunteer to assist Shane in getting the gear in order to save Carl!
Therefore I've come to the conclusion he be selfish! Otis basically saved Carl's life, and Shane just had the option to live or die.. He didn't HAVE to go.. He didn't HAVE to shoot Otis... Hell, he could have shot himself if he thought someone had to distract the zombies. Someone else could have gone instead of Shane and they might have both survived!
I'm sure Dale would agree with me :) Too bad he doesn't just tell the rest of the group what Shane did, even though he has no proof. I'd still let people know.. though he'd be at risk of being shot too :P
I'm quite liking Daryl. He has the proper weapon of choice - a crossbow! Though I'd definitely make more arrows than he has o_Ó A little too few for me to be comfortable roaming around with the undead - using the term comfortable lightly.. how comfortable can you get knowing the world is infested with ex-human, flesh-eating, disease-infested, brain-munching, stomach-churning rotting specimens of what they used to know as 'real people'.. you know, the appetite-sustaining communicating kind. And these little shits are everywhere! I'd definitely have to go for a crash course in archery though if I was planning on using a crossbow in the upcoming apocalypse :P
Annoys me a little when you see people posting on threads or talking amongst friends about how 'prepared' they are if a zombie apocalypse occurs. Yes, of course you are. We all have a bullet proof amoured tanks with a snow plough attached to the front, stacks of guns with a lifetime supply of bullets, shitloads of tinned soup and funky looking weaponry such as chainsaws attached to mop handles.. For a start I don't even think anyone around here has a garage big enough to contain that shit.
They suggest their plans include: First going to get guns. Fail #1 - where you planning on finding those around here? Member of the army? No? I don't think you'll be finding any at your nearest Costcutter.. Plus if we HAD any gun shops around Nuneaton, don't you think they'll be extremely dangerous to try and enter? Other people going mental oriental to get their own supply and shooting all others who try and stop them. That'll be ironic - being shot by the living as opposed to eaten by the dead.
Their next genius step: Buy food. Not necessarily a fail, but good luck. If people have trouble even getting into Asda due to panic buyers because they heard it's possibly going to snow (a max depth of an inch), then what do you think Asda will be like when a freaking zombie attack is happening? Tinned food first option? Yes. Asda first option? No. If you try getting all the food first, you'll probably get shot by the guy who just got his supply of guns.
I'd probably leave it until they are all dead or zombies, when shooting them doesn't make you feel as bad, and rummaging through their freshly stocked cupboards makes food finding more accessible.
More later! Robin just downloaded episode 9 :D
It's Monday..
How long would it take to defrost a chicken?
Like a full on chicken.
We're supposed to be having chicken for dinner tomorrow, I took it out the freezer a few hours ago and put it in the fridge (which took up the majority of our lovely fridge space -.-), but I wonder how long that will take.. hmm
Our fridge contents can be quite strange sometimes. We went to Asda this morning and got a shitload of stuff, so at the minute it's pretty full. However, before we had: A practically empty jar of salsa (don't know why we didn't chuck it, I guess we had a connection), 1 egg, 1 random twinkie (which I'm surprised I didn't eat), about 5 bottles of wine, a tiny tiny tub of sweetcorn that didn't quite fit on my mini pizza last week so we had to foster it, 3 sausages, about 5 slices of pepperoni and some juice!
Wonder what type of meal you can make with that? :D Maybe a tiny tiny omelette, a twinkie for desert and a very drunken Lizzie!
Last few days we've had no milk, so I've had to survive on no coffee or tea :( which makes a sad brit!
Even though Aldi is about a 5 minute walk down the road >.>
By the way Loveitts still haven't called. I saw Paula again today, and I was going to confront her, but the faggit had the guy from next door to help her remove a battery from the dying smoke alarm (which had been going off for the past... month!?), so I left her to it.
That's about it.. I'm enjoying my coffee too much to care about writing anything interesting :D
Like a full on chicken.
We're supposed to be having chicken for dinner tomorrow, I took it out the freezer a few hours ago and put it in the fridge (which took up the majority of our lovely fridge space -.-), but I wonder how long that will take.. hmm
Our fridge contents can be quite strange sometimes. We went to Asda this morning and got a shitload of stuff, so at the minute it's pretty full. However, before we had: A practically empty jar of salsa (don't know why we didn't chuck it, I guess we had a connection), 1 egg, 1 random twinkie (which I'm surprised I didn't eat), about 5 bottles of wine, a tiny tiny tub of sweetcorn that didn't quite fit on my mini pizza last week so we had to foster it, 3 sausages, about 5 slices of pepperoni and some juice!
Wonder what type of meal you can make with that? :D Maybe a tiny tiny omelette, a twinkie for desert and a very drunken Lizzie!
Last few days we've had no milk, so I've had to survive on no coffee or tea :( which makes a sad brit!
Even though Aldi is about a 5 minute walk down the road >.>
By the way Loveitts still haven't called. I saw Paula again today, and I was going to confront her, but the faggit had the guy from next door to help her remove a battery from the dying smoke alarm (which had been going off for the past... month!?), so I left her to it.
That's about it.. I'm enjoying my coffee too much to care about writing anything interesting :D
Saturday 18 February 2012
Loveitts!
By far, probably the worst home rental company, period.
From the very first time I called them to get a viewing of the properties, to a month in our new place - they have been nothing but a bunch of arrogant little shits. I don't know what the problem is with the douche on reception, since every time I call she's always whining at me and sighing, as if I'm wasting her time or that she could be doing something more interesting. If you don't like the job love, by all means, noone's forcing you to stay.. Hell, I'd kill for a cheerful receptionist to answer whenever I call your shitty company.
I wouldn't mind about the fact that she sounds like a stuck-up cow if I didn't have to speak to her, but I have to call all the time about the numerous things that are wrong or broken in the apartment. Maybe if they did something about my multiple complaints and phone calls from an on-time rent-paying tenant, then she wouldn't have to sound so god damn miserable! Or maybe it's just more than her jobs' worth...
When shes finishes her little hissy fits, she then just puts me through to another twat, yay! Except this time I have to speed through what I have to say since she always seems in such a rush that when I finish saying my name and which apartment I live at, she thinks that's the conversation ended and starts saying bye! She doesn't even take note of what I'm saying - I may aswell be speaking Russian.. atleast then she might pay more attention -.- Here's an example of my last conversation:
Me: "Hi, my name's Elizabeth Gochenour, I live at Blah blah blah, shit keeps fucking up at my apartment. I called 4 weeks ago about getting my lock fixed, since it was broke before I moved in.. and still noone has come to even look at it. One of my kitchen hobs still doesn't work, there's a freaking hole through my wall, and I want a refund for when I payed for the carpets to be cleaned.
Twat #1 :"Right. So err.. what did you say your name was?"
Me: "Elizabeth Gochenour"
Twat #1: "*Sigh* Err.. who do you want me to put you through to?"
Me: "Someone who can fix shit?" (Here's me thinking am I doing her job?)
Twat #1: "Alright" *puts me on hold without even notifying me first*
Twat #2: "Hi, how can I help you?"
Me: "Hi, yea, I just wanted to get the stuff fixed in my apartment, you know, the list of things that I've been wanting to be fixed for the past 4 weeks now?"
Twat #2: "Sorry, who is this?"
Me: "Uh, Elizabeth Gochenour"
Twat #2: "And which apartment do you live in?"
Me: "Blah blah blah" (Did the fucktard receptionist not tell this twat before hand? So now she's wasting my time... well played receptionist)
Twat #2: "Right, so what is it that seems to be the problem?"
Me: (Seems to be the problem? Is she kidding me?) "For starters, I still haven't got the main lock on my door fixed, and it's been broken since I moved in 4 weeks ago."
Twat #2: "Alright, I'll put it through to maintenance, ok? Byee!"
Me: "Err, no, excuse me, I'm not finished? There's also one of the kitchen hobs that don't work."
Twat #2: "Right, ok. Well I'll put that through aswell, ok? Byee!"
Me: (ffs is this woman for real?) "Again, I'm not finished, are you in a rush? We found a hole in our wall. It seems to be where there has been a cable or a pipe fitted in the past, and it hasn't been filled, since it's bringing in a draft"
Twat #2: "Wheres the hole?"
Me: "In the living room wall"
Twat #2: "Where abouts in the living room?"
Me: "On the furthest wall, the wall with the window on, it's in the bottom left hand corner"
Twat #2: "It's in the corner of the window frame?"
Me: "No no no, it's in the bottom left corner of the WALL"
Twat #2: "Right, ok, well i'll add that to the list too. (Cheeky bitch!) Thanks for calling, byee!" *Hangs up*
Me: WTF?!
*facedesk*
So anyway, on Thursday, a guy rang the door, claiming he was from Cartwrights' (the company that actually own the apartment building), saying he has come to look at the door lock. He came in, looked at the lock and just said "So what's the problem?". I'm just like wtf.. I've phoned these people like seven times telling them that the latch on my door is broken, and when they eventually send someone out, they don't even inform them?!
I tell him the problem (again), and the guy is like "Yea I can see it's broken". So why the hell waste my time by asking me the apparently obvious question?! GAH! He takes a quick look, then tells me how he's got to make a trip to Rugby, and it will take him a few hours. I don't really listen because I don't really give a damn, but while he was here, I tell him about the hole. He gets out his crumpled piece of paper and shows it to me.
"Yeah, says here that you've apparently got a hole in the corner of your window frame?"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGH! How many times do I have to tell them! It's not in the frickin' window frame! It's in the GOD DAMN WALL!
I show the guy this hole in the WALL, he takes one look and says "Ohh yea, looks like there used to be a pipe or cable going through it" Well duh, thanks captain freakin obvious.
Then he says he's going to leave because of going to rugby blah blah blah, he'll call me in a few hours and come round tomorrow or later today to fix it, and off he heads out the door.. I'm like "Don't you need my number to be able to call?" So he shows me he already has my number, which was amazing how they managed to come somewhat prepared, and then leaves.
Shock horror.. He hasn't called. Neither has he come back to fix it. So basically I've waited 4 weeks for a guy to come round, look at my broken lock, tell me I've got a hole in my window frame and then leaves.
I'm seriously debating whether to go all out and verbally bitchslap some douches over the phone.
Basically.. I wouldn't recommend Loveitts.. Not even to the homeless.
From the very first time I called them to get a viewing of the properties, to a month in our new place - they have been nothing but a bunch of arrogant little shits. I don't know what the problem is with the douche on reception, since every time I call she's always whining at me and sighing, as if I'm wasting her time or that she could be doing something more interesting. If you don't like the job love, by all means, noone's forcing you to stay.. Hell, I'd kill for a cheerful receptionist to answer whenever I call your shitty company.
I wouldn't mind about the fact that she sounds like a stuck-up cow if I didn't have to speak to her, but I have to call all the time about the numerous things that are wrong or broken in the apartment. Maybe if they did something about my multiple complaints and phone calls from an on-time rent-paying tenant, then she wouldn't have to sound so god damn miserable! Or maybe it's just more than her jobs' worth...
When shes finishes her little hissy fits, she then just puts me through to another twat, yay! Except this time I have to speed through what I have to say since she always seems in such a rush that when I finish saying my name and which apartment I live at, she thinks that's the conversation ended and starts saying bye! She doesn't even take note of what I'm saying - I may aswell be speaking Russian.. atleast then she might pay more attention -.- Here's an example of my last conversation:
Me: "Hi, my name's Elizabeth Gochenour, I live at Blah blah blah, shit keeps fucking up at my apartment. I called 4 weeks ago about getting my lock fixed, since it was broke before I moved in.. and still noone has come to even look at it. One of my kitchen hobs still doesn't work, there's a freaking hole through my wall, and I want a refund for when I payed for the carpets to be cleaned.
Twat #1 :"Right. So err.. what did you say your name was?"
Me: "Elizabeth Gochenour"
Twat #1: "*Sigh* Err.. who do you want me to put you through to?"
Me: "Someone who can fix shit?" (Here's me thinking am I doing her job?)
Twat #1: "Alright" *puts me on hold without even notifying me first*
Twat #2: "Hi, how can I help you?"
Me: "Hi, yea, I just wanted to get the stuff fixed in my apartment, you know, the list of things that I've been wanting to be fixed for the past 4 weeks now?"
Twat #2: "Sorry, who is this?"
Me: "Uh, Elizabeth Gochenour"
Twat #2: "And which apartment do you live in?"
Me: "Blah blah blah" (Did the fucktard receptionist not tell this twat before hand? So now she's wasting my time... well played receptionist)
Twat #2: "Right, so what is it that seems to be the problem?"
Me: (Seems to be the problem? Is she kidding me?) "For starters, I still haven't got the main lock on my door fixed, and it's been broken since I moved in 4 weeks ago."
Twat #2: "Alright, I'll put it through to maintenance, ok? Byee!"
Me: "Err, no, excuse me, I'm not finished? There's also one of the kitchen hobs that don't work."
Twat #2: "Right, ok. Well I'll put that through aswell, ok? Byee!"
Me: (ffs is this woman for real?) "Again, I'm not finished, are you in a rush? We found a hole in our wall. It seems to be where there has been a cable or a pipe fitted in the past, and it hasn't been filled, since it's bringing in a draft"
Twat #2: "Wheres the hole?"
Me: "In the living room wall"
Twat #2: "Where abouts in the living room?"
Me: "On the furthest wall, the wall with the window on, it's in the bottom left hand corner"
Twat #2: "It's in the corner of the window frame?"
Me: "No no no, it's in the bottom left corner of the WALL"
Twat #2: "Right, ok, well i'll add that to the list too. (Cheeky bitch!) Thanks for calling, byee!" *Hangs up*
Me: WTF?!
*facedesk*
So anyway, on Thursday, a guy rang the door, claiming he was from Cartwrights' (the company that actually own the apartment building), saying he has come to look at the door lock. He came in, looked at the lock and just said "So what's the problem?". I'm just like wtf.. I've phoned these people like seven times telling them that the latch on my door is broken, and when they eventually send someone out, they don't even inform them?!
I tell him the problem (again), and the guy is like "Yea I can see it's broken". So why the hell waste my time by asking me the apparently obvious question?! GAH! He takes a quick look, then tells me how he's got to make a trip to Rugby, and it will take him a few hours. I don't really listen because I don't really give a damn, but while he was here, I tell him about the hole. He gets out his crumpled piece of paper and shows it to me.
"Yeah, says here that you've apparently got a hole in the corner of your window frame?"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGH! How many times do I have to tell them! It's not in the frickin' window frame! It's in the GOD DAMN WALL!
I show the guy this hole in the WALL, he takes one look and says "Ohh yea, looks like there used to be a pipe or cable going through it" Well duh, thanks captain freakin obvious.
Then he says he's going to leave because of going to rugby blah blah blah, he'll call me in a few hours and come round tomorrow or later today to fix it, and off he heads out the door.. I'm like "Don't you need my number to be able to call?" So he shows me he already has my number, which was amazing how they managed to come somewhat prepared, and then leaves.
Shock horror.. He hasn't called. Neither has he come back to fix it. So basically I've waited 4 weeks for a guy to come round, look at my broken lock, tell me I've got a hole in my window frame and then leaves.
I'm seriously debating whether to go all out and verbally bitchslap some douches over the phone.
Basically.. I wouldn't recommend Loveitts.. Not even to the homeless.
Friday 17 February 2012
Photo Update!
Title says it all..
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Painting is clearly finished now, as its been the 2nd (3rd?) week since we moved in now :P
Our living room wall is rocking the mocha!
Robino doing an excellent job :D Yea we only painted the one wall..
Anywho! We shall continue..
Marble cake! Vanilla and choc sponge mix :)
BEEF! Damn good beef too, bro!
Personal faves: MJ and Bush :D
Testing out a photo app :)
Here's that awesome lantern I was telling you about :O
Miranda announced last night that her birthday will be fancy dress. Apparently she's either going as a birthday cake, or a fat stripper (A sumo suit with a thong) :D, I don't really do fancy dress, so this will be as far as my attempt goes:
Hangin'!
Ugggh, hangovers.
Probably wasn't the best idea to try and cram a night of drinking in one pub to save buying the piss water they think is alcohol that they're selling in Fever. :(
Though I found out that Eristoff gold and coke is nice :D That and Disaronno are the only drinks mixed with coke that taste decent.. that I've so far found out ^^
Oh, and everyone else had a proper tequila with the lemon and salt, all I got was a tiny piece of Lime instead :( I hate Lime.. and tequila.. and salt. Bleh.
Plus we met the dudes from the Kingswood tav last night in William whites, and we found out that the three of them used to work at Fever, which was a bonus as we got in pretty smoothly, and with a free drink! :D Tasted like shit, but a free drinks' a free drink.. can't argue.
Anywho, we're planning on having another house party in a few weeks, except this time it should be more like a party than a house warming :P
Last time it felt more like a 'get-together'. Some people we're driving, some had Uni the next day, others we're just being twats and not drinking anyway >.> The handful of us that we're, just played shit drinking games.. However we found out during dirty pint that mixing wine with sidekick just curdles into a lovely spongy, floppy, vile blob of nastiness. I think the remains are still clogged in the sink pipe o_Ó
We'll do it around March when dudes aren't at Uni and have the Easter break from college, then it should be more of a party than a book club -.- woo
Not really feeling up for going to the pub tonight, not after the fiasco of last nights binge >.< Good times :P
Oh and Robino had his first job interview today ^^. He applied for a sort of stock control position at Bookers - a warehouse that sells products for shops and restaurants, but in bulk. The dude who interviewed him is apparently an arsehole, as my mum generally knows the majority of the staff, but he told Robin he should call later today :)
If he gets it, he'll be working 4 hours a day, Monday - Friday. Not bad really for his first English job :P
Just heard Paula outside the apartment door. Couldn't help but sneaking to look through the peephole thingy to see what shes doin'! She was showing a guy and his two daughters around the apartment opposite us. She's so full of fakeness -.- She's anything but informative, and she just talks bollocks (whenever she does speak to you without sounding like a snobby bitch). Felt like slipping the guy a note under the door saying "Save yourselves!".
Time for today's Horrorscope!:
Probably wasn't the best idea to try and cram a night of drinking in one pub to save buying the piss water they think is alcohol that they're selling in Fever. :(
Though I found out that Eristoff gold and coke is nice :D That and Disaronno are the only drinks mixed with coke that taste decent.. that I've so far found out ^^
Oh, and everyone else had a proper tequila with the lemon and salt, all I got was a tiny piece of Lime instead :( I hate Lime.. and tequila.. and salt. Bleh.
Plus we met the dudes from the Kingswood tav last night in William whites, and we found out that the three of them used to work at Fever, which was a bonus as we got in pretty smoothly, and with a free drink! :D Tasted like shit, but a free drinks' a free drink.. can't argue.
Anywho, we're planning on having another house party in a few weeks, except this time it should be more like a party than a house warming :P
Last time it felt more like a 'get-together'. Some people we're driving, some had Uni the next day, others we're just being twats and not drinking anyway >.> The handful of us that we're, just played shit drinking games.. However we found out during dirty pint that mixing wine with sidekick just curdles into a lovely spongy, floppy, vile blob of nastiness. I think the remains are still clogged in the sink pipe o_Ó
We'll do it around March when dudes aren't at Uni and have the Easter break from college, then it should be more of a party than a book club -.- woo
Not really feeling up for going to the pub tonight, not after the fiasco of last nights binge >.< Good times :P
Oh and Robino had his first job interview today ^^. He applied for a sort of stock control position at Bookers - a warehouse that sells products for shops and restaurants, but in bulk. The dude who interviewed him is apparently an arsehole, as my mum generally knows the majority of the staff, but he told Robin he should call later today :)
If he gets it, he'll be working 4 hours a day, Monday - Friday. Not bad really for his first English job :P
Just heard Paula outside the apartment door. Couldn't help but sneaking to look through the peephole thingy to see what shes doin'! She was showing a guy and his two daughters around the apartment opposite us. She's so full of fakeness -.- She's anything but informative, and she just talks bollocks (whenever she does speak to you without sounding like a snobby bitch). Felt like slipping the guy a note under the door saying "Save yourselves!".
Time for today's Horrorscope!:
- February 17 -
A true chameleon, you constantly surprise friends with an ever-changing array of hair colours and outfits. But when a spontaneous gene mutation causes you to actually transform into a giant lizard, it will be your friends' turn to show their true colours.
Beware of: Icebergs containing frozen dinosaurs.
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Wednesdays'...
Wednesdays are generally quite boring.
The middle of the week - not quite as shit as Mondays, but not close enough to the weekend for some people. However since my "weekdays" are Saturday and Sunday, I quite look forward to Mondays :)
Today we had a plan! But it went to shit, as we we're supposed to go to town and buy a rug off the market, check if the other bedside table from Argos was in stock, and get some smarter clothes to wear for Robin's mums funeral. Buuuut we ended up just going to Asda, getting some food and going back home :P
Though we did get some nice clothes for Robin ^^
The other day in town however, I managed to pick up the lantern that caught my eye in TKMaxx. I saw it the day before, but it was £20 and I was skint :P
But now it is in my possession! It's not only awesome, but I thought it would fit in nicely to our oriental theme in the living room. Interior designer much?
Though I still have to make that lampshade stencil of a blossom tree :O
I have a thing for candles.
Personally, I find they're quite relaxing, and being a sort of pyromaniac, I love the aspect of having fire close :P Plus it makes meditation a lot easier when mixed with some incense. Though not the shitty sort, like the cheap sickening vanilla or lavender. I've tested quite a few different types from a small shop just out of town called Spellbound. Sounds a bit cliché, but their incenses are really nice! The names for them are a tad strange, and often don't smell like what they're described, such as 'Grass' or 'Rain', but generally they're really good, and cheap! Therefore I'd recommend :)
I haven't been in there for a while either. It's not a very commonly used shop for most 'normal' people, as they'd probably take one look at the name of the store and think it's contents include wands, cauldrons and books of spells-for-the-gullible. But they'd be wrong!
They do actually sell cauldrons ^^ but only small ones are they're not used to boil rats tails and slugs - just to boil herbs to make your own remedy's, or to experiment making new scents for incense burning :)
Other things they sell include candles, gemstones, ornaments, books, and CD's, although most of the CD's are for meditation. They also have lots of dream catchers that I looove :D Which Robin has bought a few for me in the past :)
Some stuff can be quite 'religiony' in there. Personally, I'm only interested in Buddhism, and Wicca, as they're the only two that make any sense to me. But they have some full-on Christian bible and Jesus orientated crap, which doesn't appeal to me at all. But I just ignore that stuff whenever I visit ^^.
I think the first thing I bought from there was my Wiccan pentagram ornament. Both Buddhism and Wicca are very meditation based religions. One of the differences for me is that with Buddhism you don't need to use anything to meditate, whereas with Wicca, you use the four elements and it's best to have them present whenever you do meditate.
For example, the four elements include; Wind, Air, Fire and Water. My pentagram ornament is used for the earth element (or else you could just use some earth from your garden), I have some nice pentagram decorated candle holders and lighted candles for my Fire. For Water, I use a bowl that I also got from Spellbound (similar style to my pentagram ornament), and for Air I use incense sticks :)
Those you have present whenever you meditate, but it's not always a must, I just find it nice to do it properly :D
Though I haven't meditated in a while :( Maybe later tonight, or when I have moved over my Wicca stuff from Mum's ^^
The middle of the week - not quite as shit as Mondays, but not close enough to the weekend for some people. However since my "weekdays" are Saturday and Sunday, I quite look forward to Mondays :)
Today we had a plan! But it went to shit, as we we're supposed to go to town and buy a rug off the market, check if the other bedside table from Argos was in stock, and get some smarter clothes to wear for Robin's mums funeral. Buuuut we ended up just going to Asda, getting some food and going back home :P
Though we did get some nice clothes for Robin ^^
The other day in town however, I managed to pick up the lantern that caught my eye in TKMaxx. I saw it the day before, but it was £20 and I was skint :P
But now it is in my possession! It's not only awesome, but I thought it would fit in nicely to our oriental theme in the living room. Interior designer much?
Though I still have to make that lampshade stencil of a blossom tree :O
I have a thing for candles.
Personally, I find they're quite relaxing, and being a sort of pyromaniac, I love the aspect of having fire close :P Plus it makes meditation a lot easier when mixed with some incense. Though not the shitty sort, like the cheap sickening vanilla or lavender. I've tested quite a few different types from a small shop just out of town called Spellbound. Sounds a bit cliché, but their incenses are really nice! The names for them are a tad strange, and often don't smell like what they're described, such as 'Grass' or 'Rain', but generally they're really good, and cheap! Therefore I'd recommend :)
I haven't been in there for a while either. It's not a very commonly used shop for most 'normal' people, as they'd probably take one look at the name of the store and think it's contents include wands, cauldrons and books of spells-for-the-gullible. But they'd be wrong!
They do actually sell cauldrons ^^ but only small ones are they're not used to boil rats tails and slugs - just to boil herbs to make your own remedy's, or to experiment making new scents for incense burning :)
Other things they sell include candles, gemstones, ornaments, books, and CD's, although most of the CD's are for meditation. They also have lots of dream catchers that I looove :D Which Robin has bought a few for me in the past :)
Some stuff can be quite 'religiony' in there. Personally, I'm only interested in Buddhism, and Wicca, as they're the only two that make any sense to me. But they have some full-on Christian bible and Jesus orientated crap, which doesn't appeal to me at all. But I just ignore that stuff whenever I visit ^^.
I think the first thing I bought from there was my Wiccan pentagram ornament. Both Buddhism and Wicca are very meditation based religions. One of the differences for me is that with Buddhism you don't need to use anything to meditate, whereas with Wicca, you use the four elements and it's best to have them present whenever you do meditate.
For example, the four elements include; Wind, Air, Fire and Water. My pentagram ornament is used for the earth element (or else you could just use some earth from your garden), I have some nice pentagram decorated candle holders and lighted candles for my Fire. For Water, I use a bowl that I also got from Spellbound (similar style to my pentagram ornament), and for Air I use incense sticks :)
Those you have present whenever you meditate, but it's not always a must, I just find it nice to do it properly :D
Though I haven't meditated in a while :( Maybe later tonight, or when I have moved over my Wicca stuff from Mum's ^^
- February -
The Month of Bleeding Hearts
Aquarius: February 1-19 - Pisces: February20-29
Plant to Avoid: Bleeding Heart
Doomsday Device: Poison Valentine
Evil Omen: Butterfly kiss from a cyclops
- February 15 -
Your an expert at managing crises and keeping your cool when situations begin heating up. These skills will be put to the test, however, when you find yourself trapped in a crematory furnace.
Dark days: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Valentines!
Today is Valentines! :D Good for those in relationships of course :P Or those hoping to be!
This morning I woke up to mine and Robins 4th Valentines, and he had some goodies for me :)
Yes, that is one huge rose :D
But he also gave me a real rose for the occasion ^^
Tonight we shall dine with steak! A nice piece of BEEF! We we're originally going to get the meal deal thingy they had going on for Valentines at Sainsburys, but funny enough, they had no Valentines meals -.-
We looked last week when they had them in stock, but the food expired on the 13th.. the day BEFORE valentines! Dipshits!
So naturally, I phoned and complained.. and what did the guy on the phone say? "Oh, I'll pass your complaint through".. That's it?! Where's my free shit!?
That seems to happen to me alot -.- I'm not very good at negotiating. A couple weeks ago, I had some chips from the chippy, and took a bottle of Fanta. When we got home the fanta tasted weird, and when I looked it had expired October last year. When I went back to complain and hopefully get some form of refund, all I ended up doing was leaving my number and later got a call saying basically we'll do fuck all! >=(
Oh, they could refund my bottle of Fanta.. 90p.. thanks.
I also seem to have a bad time complaining about things fucking up at our new apartment. That Paula woman doesn't seem to give a shit.
So far, we have a hole in the wall that seems to be bringing in grass flies and causing some mold growth, one of the electric hobs in the kitchen doesn't work, the heater in the kitchen didn't work, the heaters in the bedroom we're buggered, the hot tap doesn't come on in the bathroom when the shower is on, and I want my refund from having to get the carpets cleaned myself!
The carpet issue I found out when I had a horror film night at Maries', and the gay couple from upstairs come down for a drink with us and we chatted about how Paula is bad at her job - she breaches confidentiality of the other tenants - which is how I found out that the lad upstairs had his carpets steam cleaned before he moved in. My carpets had massive stains all over them, and when I asked if she'd clean them, she looked at me in disgust!
I want my refund!
Oh and I'm still waiting for a reply to see when someone will fix the lock on my door.. Been waiting 4 weeks now.. *impatient*
And the best of it was how I had to wait another 4 days for Paula to come back from her holidays just to tell her about the freaking hole in the wall.
*facepalm*
Anywho, I've apparently got side-tracked from the main theme today of Valentines day ^^.
I also haven't updated this for a while, so I've also missed out the horrorscopes :( And so far I haven't yet moved the book over to our apartment either :P Oh well!
A mate of mine is having an "Anti-Valentines Day" today, involving an all day event of cake, pizza and gory horror movies. That all sounded pretty much my kind of day, but I feel dedicated to spend the day with Jobin :) So sorry Kate!
Happy Valentines :D
Karaoke!
Oh yes, I indulged in a bit of karaoke tonight at my new local - the Kingswood Tavern! Chanices birthday is on Wednesday, so we plan to go to Fever Thursday night, but for tonight, we sang!
A bit of everything was playing out night, some classics, some new shit, and some really bad soppy shit. I hate sometimes when you've just heard and enjoyed a classic song the entire pub is singing along to, and the next song creates an entire downer when some soppy bastard sings a sad ballad!
Oh well! All's well and ends well :)
Despite I'm not exactly the next Whitney Houston (though its possible now, HA! too soon?), no-one gives a shit when your drunk and merry :) And I could have quite possibly ruined a few songs for some people :P
I also apparently made a new friend, the karaoke manager! As if karaoke's need managers?! Just shove a song on and pass us the mic!
Good times!
Though I must add for any future karaokes, one must consume a fair amount of alcoholic beverages before one can take part in such acts ^^
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A bit of everything was playing out night, some classics, some new shit, and some really bad soppy shit. I hate sometimes when you've just heard and enjoyed a classic song the entire pub is singing along to, and the next song creates an entire downer when some soppy bastard sings a sad ballad!
Oh well! All's well and ends well :)
Despite I'm not exactly the next Whitney Houston (though its possible now, HA! too soon?), no-one gives a shit when your drunk and merry :) And I could have quite possibly ruined a few songs for some people :P
I also apparently made a new friend, the karaoke manager! As if karaoke's need managers?! Just shove a song on and pass us the mic!
Good times!
Though I must add for any future karaokes, one must consume a fair amount of alcoholic beverages before one can take part in such acts ^^
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