Ok, so I'm in a slightly better position than last time, cos I've left myself with more time to do my work, but I'm completely uninspired and finding it really difficult to do anything. It's really stressful, cos I'm just staring at the blank space in the word document with no idea of what I'm doing. Worse still, I've realised that aside from the 10,000 words i've got to write in the next 2 weeks, I've also got to write an assessment of myself and my progress and make sure all my time sheets are in order. It's all a bit poo really. I'm not even going to start on the whole Chill side of the stresses. I'd better get back to that expanse of white that is my assignment.

Ok, so its been 2 months since I've done anything on this. Ironically, not having a job and therefore having more time, I've not been bothered about posting. I wonder if that'll change around once(if) I do get a job. I'm quite surprised how difficult it has been to get a job. Firstly, I have 3 A level passes (CDD-not great, but passes), which is more than most people in the country, I am generally a reasonable person-polite, patient, hopefully likable and I have good references and yet B&Q have turned me down! B&Q! I've got nothing against the people at B&Q and I'm sure that this doesn't apply to everyone, but it's not the hardest job and some of the people at my local branch aren't the brightest sparks. They were advertising for jobs too, it's not like I wrote to them to see if they've got any spare.
At least they replied-I reckon about 30-40% of the places I've applied to haven't replied. I appreciate they have a lot of applications etc but if I've made the effort to apply to them for a job, filled in application forms/quetionaires/personallity tests, can they not at least say "sorry, we've filled the position." I don't know if they're just going through a lot of applications and taking their time or if they're not gonna reply at all. In the unlikely event I do get an offer, I might be between two minds about accepting it if I'm waiting on another that I might prefer but they've not replied to me.
I'll let you know if I do get a job (not that anyone reads this that doesn't know me...come to think of it, not that anyone reads it at all) and by the way, thats not me and I don't have kids to support I just want to buy some Christmas presents.

A couple of weeks ago, when I was talking about pelican crossings, I mentioned people that cycle on the pavement in a rather derogatory way. Let me explain: I don't have a problem with people who ride their bikes on the pavement as such, its just people who think that it's their right to and that pedestrians are just people in the way!
Let me give you an example; I live near two quite busy main roads. On my way to school one morning, I was coming to a crossing near the junction where they both meet. As I was about to cross the road, a car sped up so I stepped back onto the pavement and at that moment a cyclist (about 40-50 years old) came round the corner and went straight into the bag on my back. He tried to steady himself but ended up riding into a small wall behind me and fell over the top. I immediately went and helped him up and apologised and he had the cheek to have a go at me and tell me to look where I was going!! Although he could see me the whole time and he was riding on the pavement, which he shouldn't have been and he was going to fast to stop and so could've injure some small child or something, he still had the audacity to blame me! I barely moved half a foot!
So that's my problem with some cyclists.

So, here's something that really annoys me; people who don't stop at pelican crossings. I tend to walk pretty much everywhere and so have to cross a number of roads. In England, it is the law for a driver to stop if there is someone waiting to cross at a pelican crossing, providing it is safe to do so. But cos its one of those laws that its quite easy to get away with, like cycling on footpaths (don't get me started), many drivers don't tend to do it. I've even had people speed up as they come up to the crossing after looking me in the eyes! I know this is pretty much nothing and it's not as if it's something that constantly annoys me, but its just inconsiderate.
I've got a plan though. What I've found is if I put one foot down just on the road, right up against the curb, there's pretty much no chance of getting hit, but they stop. Scares them a bit too. Is that a little evil?

So I know I've been a bit rubbish so far in this whole blog thing so far. To be honest I've had more important things to do than update my blog. Recently we've been trying to sort out a weekend away and me and Paul, the youth leader have been put in charge of a group bonding game, except I've done all the work and I should imagine I will end up doing all the work. This isn't a rant about exploitation (but I could go on), but about how hard it is to actually think up a few non-cheesy exercises as part of the game. The internet is no help and I haven't got a clue.
The main idea is that an alien ship's crashed and the group has to split into groups and find parts of the ship, but the parts need you to do some sort of exercise to get them. I know the main premise is cheesy, but if we aim for that but keep the exercises non-cheesy, it should work.
I'll let you know how that goes.
Another thing is my good mate Joe Hopkins is on a gap year in Brazil at the mo. I know that wouldn't make me busy, but when he comes back, he'll be touring the country with his team going into schools and stuff and I'm coordinating their week's stay in Aylesbury, including accomidation, transport, visits etc. I haven't got a clue!
And finally and I suppose most importantly, I've now got a girlfriend and she takes up a fair amount of my time. I'm not complaining, but that's why I've not updated my blog for ages.