Thoughts of a busy mind

I wouldn't want to be an apprentice star

2011-06-29T21:14:00.002+01:00

The Apprentice is a show which makes me feel good about myself. I watch the contestants on the show and thank my lucky stars that I am not as arrogant and full of myself as most if not all of those people. The whole concept of the show is stupid because when in business you are not in direct competition with the people on your team and so I feel it does not show the people as they may otherwise

SNP win

2011-05-06T19:55:00.000+01:00

Sat up to watch the election over night last night. I heard the news about the SNP's taking a landslide and I was not sure. Yes I thought they would do well and yes I thought the would win but when I woke this morning and saw how well they had been doing I was surprised. This lead to utter shock as I watched the remaining results come trickling through for the rest of the day. I never expected

I want to ride my bicycle

2011-05-03T21:55:00.000+01:00

I have decided that now that the weather is nicer, and that I have nothing better to do, I am going to ride my bike more. One of the great benefits I have found so far, and I have only gone out four times, is not the health benefits, or the weight loss, or even how much fun it has been, but how much scenery you can see that you never normally notice. I moved to Brechin in July last year and

Amy Macdonald, Love Love tour review, Aberdeen

2010-10-23T20:50:00.001+01:00

The crowds snaked around the streets but despite the cold the atmosphere was a happy one, with people eager to get out of the cold and in to see Amy. Roddy Hart and the Lonesome Fire opened up Amy MacDonald’s “Love Love” tour at Aberdeen’s Music Hall. Roddy, a singer/songwriter from Glasgow played a five-song repertoire to an unenthusiastic crowd. The soft rock band rushed through the songs

I like it

2010-10-17T22:17:00.000+01:00

I know I like this new job because never in my life have I ever taken work home with me, or done anything work related when I was on my weekend. This weekend this all changed as I just sat and did something that I could have left until I went into the office on Monday. Not only did I do it but I enjoyed it. Roll on the morning and even if it is cold I have armed myself with some new heat in a

Reporting for duty

2010-10-13T22:03:00.000+01:00

Three days into my new job as a reporter at the Brechin advertiser and Forfar Dispatch and I am loving it. It is a huge change from working in ASDA and I am over joyed that I was given the opportunity to work there. My years at uni were not wasted and finally are getting put to use. Now I just need to build my contacts and keep my head down.

Pics of the day

2010-10-10T20:28:00.000+01:00

One day to go

2010-10-10T16:50:00.000+01:00

So tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life as I start my new job. I am full of nerves but I am looking forward to it. Love the fact that I will be doing more sociable hours and that most of the weekends will be mine for the first time in my life. As a kid I used to swim a lot and the weekends were spent going to different pools across the UK. In my teens I got a weekend job and spent my

A new dawn

2010-10-04T19:51:00.000+01:00

After applying for what feels like 100 jobs I managed to land myself my ideal job. Starting in a week I will be putting my degree to use and will be joining the Brechin Advertiser and Forfar Dispatch as a reporter. Seems like everything is starting to fall into place. I moved to Brechin and landed an amazing job. Life has its happy endings.

Looking for work

2010-05-28T19:09:00.002+01:00

Looking for a job is becoming a full time occupation with no joy at the end of it. I have not got enough experience of anything it would seem. I may not have office experience but I have excellent computer skills and can do everything admin related without any problems. Without the experience you can not get a job yet you can not get a job to get the experience. The hunt goes on...

Exercising

2010-04-13T20:02:00.000+01:00

I think if I could get money from the amount of people who I have recommended these skates to then I would be pretty darn rich right now. They truly are wonderful. One minute you can be skating along on the hard tarmac with the wind on your hair and greenfly in your teeth and then the next you can be whizzing around the ice with the wind in your hair and freezing cold air in your mouth. At first

Exercise

2010-03-28T18:37:00.000+01:00

Since I got roller blades the weather has turned wet and cold. The few days that the weather was nice I was working all day and did not get the chance to go out in them. I have enjoyed a few occasions out on my new skates and I have really enjoyed them. I decided that it was about time that I was exercising 30 minutes five days a week as the UK government suggests. So after years of not

BA Strikes

2010-03-26T19:48:00.000Z

Cabin Crew are striking because they feel that company cost cuts have started to jeopardise the customer care standards that the public receive. So, they decide to strike causing huge disruption to the paying public, giving them the worst possible customer service ever. So what is it that they feel has caused them to be so upset? BA cut the number of cabin crew on a long haul flight by one

Playing my geeetar

2010-03-23T23:14:00.000Z

Start of another working week for me and not much happended. Have seen a few amazing looking jobs today one in Aberdeen and one in Dundee. As for pictures I never really got one that I properly enjoyed the look of so decided to pick up the guitar and have a wee tune (although at this stage I do not really know how to play a tune properly). Went out on the rollerblades again and had much

Lights

2010-03-22T15:51:00.000Z

Waterfalls

2010-03-22T15:50:00.000Z

Stolen toilet roll

2010-01-18T19:15:00.000Z

This made me laugh today when I was at the doctors. It amazes me that someone would be so keen as to steal the loo roll in the first place. It was not fancy paper, just one of those huge, hard, cheap rolls that really should not be used. Someone, somewhere is subjecting themselves to a sore bottom just so they don't have to buy nice paper.

The sun was shining!

2010-01-17T16:26:00.000Z

The sun was shining so I went for a walk and took a few pictures that showed that the sky was blue, the sun was out and there was no snow on the buildings. At times like this I love Aberdeen!!! There is something I really do not like about boats but they certainly give you the feel of Aberdeen and when I see them it feels like home.

Strum strum

2010-01-13T23:11:00.000Z

New year resolution number one:This is the start of one of my resolutions: to learn to play the guitar. I have practised today and so far so good. My fingers ache tho so that's not the best but apparently it's normal for beginners. Now I need to find more time to enjoy this new past time of mine. I haven't really got any other major resolutions as I never stick to them. The usual start of the

Went for a drive..

2010-01-10T20:14:00.000Z

Went out today in search of some decent up to your chin deep snow and boy did I find some. I got just past Inverurie and was greeted with some stunning sights. It was just a pity that the snow was not suitable to build a snowman. I was fairly dissapointed by that but life does go on. The only bad thing is the fact that people seem to think that it is funny to throw snowballs at your window

Grumpy public

2010-01-08T20:27:00.000Z

Well today the public seemed to be getting grumpier and grumpier the longer this weather continues. People seem more likely to snap at you and are less willing to wait or take their time. Patience seems so 2009 with impatience being the grand theme of 2010. Could we all not be like this seagull and just chill for a while instead of constantly running around. There seems to be a distinct lack

End Of December's 50 Books Update

2010-01-07T22:40:00.001Z

End Of December's 50 Books Update 1: A Place Called Here (Paperback) by Cecelia Ahern 2: The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book (Hardcover) by Frank Warren 3: Passive Aggressive Notes: Painfully Polite and Hilariously Hostile Writings... by Kerry Miller 4: If You Could See Me Now (Paperback) by Cecelia Ahern 5: The Bell Jar (Paperback) by Sylvia Plath 6: The Secret Shopper's

Crosscut by Meg Gardiner

2010-01-07T22:32:00.000Z

Crosscut by Meg Gardiner My rating: 2 of 5 stars This was a slightly odd book full of unexciting information leading to an all too small climax. Someone is gradually killing off members of an old high school class and it is up to one class memember to find the killer. Having back ground information about the reasoning of the killings and the possible suspects Evan decides to try and stop the

The Club by Mandasue Heller

2010-01-07T22:28:00.001Z

The Club by Mandasue HellerMy rating: 5 of 5 starsAnother really gripping read which I read in one sitting.Jenna ends up inheriting her fathers night club and although she is not keen to take it on she feels obliged to. Not knowing anything about running a business and certainly not a nightclub she goes into the venture with blind eyes.She thinks that the only threats to her club are from the

yum yum in my tum

2009-12-30T19:30:00.001Z

These did not last for long before I munched them all up!