As I prepare to go to bed at 4 o'clock in the morning, for what I fear won't be the last time in the next 2 weeks, I'm reminded of every time when I was at school I left my homework to the last minute. Evidently some things don't change, but of course coursework for a degree brings it to a new level. I often think about what I would say to the 10 year old me, who couldn't be bothered to write a paragraph about castles. I can't help but think about the way I'd be able to manage work would be a lot better if I'd built up gradually. I'd better get some sleep, I've got to be up for work in 3 1/4 hours.

Wow. Looking at my last post, evidently its taken me longer to get back than I thought it would. I could tell you what I've been up to in the meantime, but a)it's not that interesting and b)I'm not sure if anyone reads this that wouldn't know. But what the heck - lets get the ball rolling again.
I started uni back in September. Except its not really uni; I go in 2 days a fortnight and its not at a university. It is a proper degree course, but its mostly based on the practical youth work I do. Also, I get to say I go to university in Oxford.
Also, my girlfriend's moved to a different country. I try not to take these things personally, but I can only take so much...
Anyway, if anyone's out there, I'll try to do a bit better with the blogging from now on.

Shake it.
Just a quickie til I can get properly blogging again.

A bit like the 4 chords one, but this guy's funnier. Still struggles with the high notes though.

The Four Chords Song

This is pretty cool. I know most music uses the same few chords, but there's obviously a lot of work gone into this. Check it out.

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.