In the spirit of Friday, what's giving you a little surge of niceness at the moment? Can be anything at all: letching over office totty, weekend plans, wearing new underwear, whatever you like.
Positively Fabulous Eating a scrumptious piece of shortbread from a tin that was brought to work as a leaving gift by a not-so-sadly departed colleague, and sipping the cup of tea that was just bought for me and brought to my desk. Knowing that my boss is going to give me a bottle of champagne at lunchtime for a recent successful project and that my efforts were noted and that I'm well regarded. Idly considering the haircut I will get tomorrow, and the cheesy theatre night out that I'll be going on to. Remembering that my friend is cooking me Sunday lunch.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
Zyban. I am taking the anti-smoking medication and it is speeeedy. My sleep needs have retreated to 4 hours per night, and my typing speed has accellerated past its usual 75 wpm into some kind of hyperwarp buzzhole, which is fun.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I am meeting my nan this weekend for the first time in 15 years.
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
I'm feeling chipper this morning, which makes me realise how long it is since I felt like this. It's gr9.
Things making me happy: Seeing dearest pals this evening for birthday party Hosting lunch tomorrow for funny people. The meal will involve eating the quince jelly I made. Myself. From quinces in the garden. Surely I am Nigella Lawson. The fact that I seem to be much more ahead with work than I thought. The fact that I don't live in East Manchester, where I went yesterday.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
blue sky, sunshine.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
The fact that sometimes you learn things that you didn't think would be true.
This morning a chapter of the book I am reading (Rally Round the Flag, Boys! by Max Shulman) involved a group of advertising executives who are trying to come up with a way to tie in a breakfast cereal sponsorship deal with a TV show.
They start spouting the sort of wankspeak that I thought was very recent in creation - things like 'blue-sky it', 'hoist it up the flagpole and see who salutes', all those expressions.
But! The book was published in 1959.
Okay, so not a happie as such, but still.
I know a happie - a photo I've just seen of London and Uber as kids. That's just great, that is.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by mart: I know a happie - a photo I've just seen of London and Uber as kids. That's just great, that is.
Aw!
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
Happies:
Going shopping at one of Holland's largest camera stores this afternoon and trying not to spend too much money.
Weekend playing with camera - hoping (but not confident) of sunny Saturday and getting up early for dawn shots.
Drinks probably at some point (D-B&W L8r?) putting paid to not getting up early for aforemention dawn shots.
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
My current happie would probably be starting to enjoy a bit of current music again. I don't know why because it hasn't changed much recently and isn't particularly original, but there's been some kind of subtle change that is actually making me look at the "Now Playing" text on the radio when songs are playing.
Like they just played The Holloways song Generator...
I can get a record player, and a generator, generate the music that makes you feel better
...which is just a daft, inspiringly chirpy little track.
Now they're playing Like A Pen by The Knife which is sort of electronica pop. I like the recent Beck singles as well, what was it? Oh Yeah I think and Cellphone's Dead or something. I nearly bought the new album the other day but couldn't see Oh yeah on the tracklist, unless it's called something else?
So, yeah, maybe it's just me but I'm hearing a freshness around the place all of a sudden.
Hey, videos are getting good as well. Or at least not getting worse.
[ 20.10.2006, 07:23: Message edited by: dang65 ]
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
yeah same here dang! i think it might just be the time of year but i have actually been able to listen to radio one for more than ten minutes without thinking about that line in that book by the man who wrote about things that dont exist any more* where he says that yes, modern music is crap but not as crap as going on about how crap modern music is.
*putting the italicsed words into google brought up no results. if someone could remind my poor addled brain what this book is and who its by, that would be ace! it came out last year.
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
other than that- the possibility of moving into a house owned by a woman who has spent the last 20 years collecting 1950s kitsch. its only a possibility, but theres a bar shaped like a boat in the living room and the fridge is pink. IVE GOT TO MAKE THIS POSSIBILITY A REALITY! I MUST WORK TOWARDS THIS END WITH ALL MY MIGHT.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by dance margarita: *putting the italicsed words into google brought up no results. if someone could remind my poor addled brain what this book is and who its by, that would be ace! it came out last year.
Are you thinking of Lost Worlds by my beautiful lovely future husband even though he's really old Michael Bywater?
Dang, The Knife is awesome! I'm listening to the album Silent Shout right now. You should totally get it!
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by dang65: Hell Yes not Oh Yeah. Duh.
Hell Yes is on the previous album (Guero) and there's also a cracking version on the remix album (Guerolito).
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: The Knife is awesome! I'm listening to the album Silent Shout right now. You should totally get it!
On CD they are the excellent. Live they suck!
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: my beautiful lovely future husband even though he's really old
What, is he, like, 20, or something?
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Someone offered me some coffee flavoured white choclate cups and I was scronf scronf scronf until someone said they had come from someones five year hamper. Now I have the taste of chocolate at the back of my mouth and it is the wrongiest taste. It taste guilty.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by vikram: On CD they are the excellent. Live they suck!
OTM re: live suckage.
Mart he is like 60!!!!!
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
You should stick with three 20 year olds.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: OTM re: live suckage.
Thought it was only Rose and I that felt this. Good to see others agree! How was afterpary?
[ 20.10.2006, 08:01: Message edited by: vikram ]
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
My current niceness-induced urges are being effected by the fact that I move house on Monday, therefore I'll be leaving the scally-infested streets of the Reddish/Gorton border for good. Woo hoo!
Edit: oh, and the live breaks mix that I'm currently listening to, courtesy of www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk.
Edit2: and after 102 votes, my photo on Hot or Not has now garnered a rating of 8.3. My brother's photo, which he posted on there to challenge me, has achieved a rating of fucking 7! That'll learn 'im.
[ 20.10.2006, 07:58: Message edited by: Zygote ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Hot or Not page now please.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
You might think I'm stupid, but I'm not that stupid. Suddenly, following a bout of zero ratings being posted out of 'nowhere', Zygote's rating plunges to 7...
quote:Originally posted by London: OTM re: live suckage.
Thought it was only Rose and I that felt this. Good to see others agree! How was afterpary?
Tristan sicked on the floor. Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: Yes, right.
Then just post the picture.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: Tristan sicked on the floor.
Yeah, he seemed really drunk mostly because he kept on saying how drunk he was and apologising for his behaviour. He was acting fine actually, if a bit child who'd drunk too much pop.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: Then just post the picture.
B-b-but you'll laugh at it. It was one taken of me on holiday, just before going into a restaurant wearing a suit. I look a bit gay in it.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: B-b-but you'll laugh at it. It was one taken of me on holiday, just before going into a restaurant wearing a suit. I look a bit gay in it.
Post it, please. I've never seen a restaurant wearing a suit.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
What are you? Homophobic? Post the damn picture. Suits are macho and tough and make girls tidal whump. Do it.
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
Jeez Zygote, even that guy off Will and Grace looks manly in a suit - you must have been mincing some.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
Especially for ralph:
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
homo
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Zygote, looking rather dapper and sharp in a suit, on holiday.
Dr Marten, Dr Marten, Dr Marten Boots, OI!
[ 20.10.2006, 08:51: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
Another momentary surge of niceness would be experienced if I could get rid of that fucking double chin.
Edited to add: NWOD - you twat.
[ 20.10.2006, 08:50: Message edited by: Zygote ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I'm pulling your cock. Very sharp you look.
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
What is a 'five year hamper'?
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
I'm still shaking with laughter. Nobody has ever compared me to the great Alexei Sayle before, but I must admit that we bear more than a canny resemblance.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Abby: What is a 'five year hamper'?
I'm glad you asked Abby, because I thought at the time of writing that it would need more explaining and that anyone who even gives a flying fuck would ask, so it pleases me for it to be you. Well. You've waited long enough and so the here is your explanation. Are you ready? It's a hamper that the company gives you after working here for five years.
In other news, I offered to cook dinner for my team and everyone refused the offer. I don't know why I bother.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: It's a hamper that the company gives you after working here for five years.
Depends really. If it's a specific range of hamper that she's referring to, the manufacturers sometimes offer a five year guarantee on the hamper. Taken from 'Optima's' website:
quote:The quality of these products is such that they carry a 5 year guarantee. Optima have been producing luxury English fitted picnic hampers for over 60 years combining the finest ceramics and accessories and presenting them in high quality, hand-woven willow hampers.
[ 20.10.2006, 09:01: Message edited by: Zygote ]
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
I thought he meant it was from a hamper that was 5 years old.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I thought he meant a laundry hamper.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I did. But TMO once again has provided us with the knowledge. Imagine how useful that will be when your wife is sobbing because a burst pipe ruined her christmas hamper. You could say 'well actually Honey, turn that mother fucking frown upside down, because Zygote from TMO said our Optima hamper is guaranteed for up to five years' and she will stop crying and ask 'who's Zygote?' as she hurriedly scribbles her signature onto the divorce papers.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
you are ruining my thread with your hamper chate.
Mumm Cordon Rouge, in case anyone wondered. And I totally understood the five year hamper thing, the rest of you are all retards.
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
I thought it was a five-year-old hamper too, never having worked for the sort of gaylordian firm that gives people hampers for not leaving.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Nice hamper envy there herbs.
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
I've just had a happy-making shopping trip, despite being in the heart of nappy valley. I went to a proper fishmonger, with a man scattering ice over shiny sea-smelling fish, then a marvo cheese shop - inspiration for my future career - to buy some machego. Then a pastrami and cheese and gherkin baguette from a market stall. A wicker basket would have completed my idyll.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I remember a particularly bleak christmas my dad brought us around a hamper, which was a really nice gesture. It lost the appeal a bit by filling it full of Lidl tinned food like russian sardines in redcurrant jelly and pickled lemons. It wouldn't have felt so much like a red cross food parcel if he hadn't driven past the house and got his wife to hurl it out of the back of the boot.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Is it cruel/immoral to strap small weights to your kitten's limbs to slow her down a bit? I have this idea for The Dragons' Den, you see...
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Jesus, sorry
[ 20.10.2006, 10:03: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: Jesus, sorry
It wasn't even a picture of a mong. It was a spakker, ffs...
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: Jesus, sorry
LOL.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
My nan was dead 8 years before they stopped sending the hampers.
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
We should probably rename this thread Hampers
Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
Steak and ale pie with chips for lunch, the DVD box set of Firefly to watch this weekend, and the fact that I'm going to see an Aussie Rules footy match tomorrow, which despite the fact that I know barely anything about the game should be a top laugh.
Oh and the fact that I've been so rubbish at taking holiday this year, that I've now got so much booked in the remaining months of this year that I won't be working a full week for the next month and a half roughly, sweeeet...
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Oh yeah, as of today I am Black Mask MA.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
bender
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I'm happy because today I've fitted a bucket seat to my car, which means I can now corner at full speed without doing myself a mischief.
I'd post a picture but some twat would only 'hilariously' replace the image with something else.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: I'd post a picture but some twat would only 'hilariously' replace the image with something else.
VrrrrmmmMMM!
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: bender
Correct, I have a Masters degree in Queerness from the London College of Poofs.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
We're not having sulks today. Post the picture.
Or in fact, mail me a picture and I'll host it.
[ 20.10.2006, 11:03: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I'm not posting the picture, sorry. It's not amazing anyway, and let' face it nobody actually cares.
Perhaps more impressive is the fact I've managed to work on my car today without actually cutting or injuring myself in any way. This is possibly a first.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Right everyone can stop panicking. After the fifth attempt of asking why everyone was eating food from the hamper, it turns out the hamper was sent to him twice by mistake. So we are eating someone elses hamper probably.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
edited because duh. should read before posting.
[ 20.10.2006, 11:50: Message edited by: H1ppychick ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
H1ppy, what does a man with a two foot nob have for breakfast?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
This morning I had a cup of coffee and two doughnuts. Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
A rang tang tangatanga tanga tanga kish
edit: woah two foot wide on.
[ 20.10.2006, 12:04: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
ralph stole your punchline, dude. you should give him a chinese burn or something.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
As if.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: ralph stole your punchline, dude. you should give him a chinese burn or something.
...or an indian burn.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
He had two doughnuts for breakfast. How would I get my tiny mitts around his flabby wrists?
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Eating two donuts for breakfast is nothing. I eat two donuts for breakfast for breakfast.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: He had two doughnuts for breakfast. How would I get my tiny mitts around his flabby wrists?
Besides, to prevent receiving the burn, all I'd have to do is hold my arms over my head.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Wouldn't you at least graze them on the way past your beard?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: Besides, to prevent receiving the burn, all I'd have to do is hold my arms over my head.
It wouldn't have to be on the arm... Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
True, but he'd never get his tiny hands around that.
[ 20.10.2006, 12:42: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by 69 Comeback Elvis (Member # 9) on :
quote:Originally posted by mart: They start spouting the sort of wankspeak that I thought was very recent in creation - things like 'blue-sky it', 'hoist it up the flagpole and see who salutes', all those expressions.
But! The book was published in 1959.
They do this at the start of 'Twelve Angry Men' (Henry Fonda, cross). The angry man who just wants to get back to work and god damn the defendant all to hell is shown to be impatient because he says something about flag poles and ideas. Or it's not him, it's the weak one who goes along with everyone else. The creative (read: queer). Either way, not only did they have wankspeak back then, but they also considered it wank.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Hey, I bought a new nitro RC car at the weekend. That made me do a happy face.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
This weekend was shit but hey, the new last.fm beta is pretty good! Subscribers, have you tried it?
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
quote:Originally posted by mart: But! The book was published in 1959.
I was reading an old book the other day and it had stuff like "the darling buds of may" and "band of brothers" and "to the manor born" in it. Turns out that it was published in like 1620 or something. I didn't think they even had TV then.
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
My weekend was good, involving lots of socialising. Three lots of people in three days! At my age! Not a moment's gardening! It did however involve slightly too many cute one-year-olds with blond hair for my liking.
Now back at work, tension building in shoulders. Partly due to chair/desk height problems; partly due to unrealistic workload; partly due to having to choose an underling. Does one go on personality or experience? Is drawing straws an acceptable recruitment method?
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Also, though this more of a sadd than a happie, I saw Steelquim selling the big issue outside Clapham Junction station this morning. I don't think he recognised me. Mercifully.
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
That's what he wants you to think
Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
Sighting Stealgate is usually a premonition of imminent good fortune. Worth buying a lottery ticket this week, perhaps?
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Should I look for the legacy in the picture frame?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I had an ok weekend. went to borough market on saturday, was overwhelmed by the number of ***** taking photos. The stall owners should just lay all their stuff out and put it behind a curtain, and then charge people to look under the curtain and take photos. Nobody seemed to be buying anything, just earnestly snapping away at dead game and gutted fish, presumably for their blogs and flickr profiles. I bought mussels and steamed them in shallots, garlic and wine, then served them with cream, parsley, and fetuccini. Put in slightly too much wine, but it was still edible.
[ 23.10.2006, 09:33: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
By way of out-Baudrillarding Jimmy Big-Nuts, I've noticed that an increasing number of businesses seem to call themselves by the name of their website - there's one in Boroughbridge, for heaven's sake, called something like "www.classic-autos.co.uk" - as though the bricks-and-mortar building you see before you is actually a mere adjunct of a more authentic entity that exists in cyberspace.
Maybe it's a fair point: perhaps it's time we realised that businesses are actually sinister, Lovecraftian beings that have managed to bridge a spectral chasm between the dimensions.
Posted by Dedalus (Member # 892) on :
It's only a matter of time before you visit www.abra-kebabra.co.uk for a small shish after closing time.
Sour times, my friends.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
are you an Irish then, Dedalus?
Posted by Pepper (Member # 353) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: I had an ok weekend. went to borough market on saturday, was overwhelmed by the number of ***** taking photos.
Yes! I wanted to buy fish, but due to the scrum of photofiends around a monkfish spread over a log I couldn't get close. There were also some embarrassing performers clogging up the way, singing badly in an oldee stylee.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
This is BBN's opportunity to playfully banter with a newbie and keep them hooked on TMO. Don't mess it up Nutway.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
We were there at the same time. I saw that monkfish too. And those stupid performers. What a bunch of cocks. They may as well have set up shop in the middle of Borough Road for all the horrible congenstion they were causing.
I was only in that neck of the woods because I'd left my card behind the bar in a pub near Borough the previous evening, so the whole excursion was already tinged with bitterness and failure before I even got to the market.
Did you get anything in the end?
[ 23.10.2006, 10:45: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: This is BBN's opportunity to playfully banter with a newbie and keep them hooked on TMO. Don't mess it up Nutway.
I don't think that Pepper is a newbie. Been here since 2002.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
thumsup for the Nutway name, enwode. btw i was trying to come up there with an ewok/endor elision for you to imply that you're small, hairy, squeaky and violent but my brain gave up halfway :sad:. you'll have to fill in the mental blank yourself instead.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
it was borough market's 250th birthday...
on saturday i went to this, but turns out you need to book in advance. still, nice afternoon with my friend and her cool dog
Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
Did you get your card back?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
x
[ 23.10.2006, 10:50: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bandy: Did you get your card back?
yeah I did. No problems.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: I don't think that Pepper is a newbie. Been here since 2002.
See. Poor Pepper. We should never had allowed this to happen.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by vikram:
on saturday i went to this, but turns out you need to book in advance.
That looks fan-fucking-tastic!
Posted by Dedalus (Member # 892) on :
I'm not Irish, H1ppychick, but I do spend a lot of time in Dublin with work.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dedalus: I'm not Irish, H1ppychick, but I do spend a lot of time in Dublin with work.
You poor fucker.
Thorn's hair picture made me happy. I am easily pleased.
Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask:
quote:Originally posted by vikram:
on saturday i went to this, but turns out you need to book in advance.
That looks fan-fucking-tastic!
It would be better if it was quicksand rather than water - and if you had Christoher Biggins in a safari outfit squealing and capering on the shore.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
LOL. But - fucking hell - what was that programme called? I remember I liked the giant venus fly traps.
Posted by Pepper (Member # 353) on :
I can't remember what the programme was called, but I think I remember Gillian Taylforth being in it too.
You're right, I'm not new, but at 40 odd posts I am nearly-new.
I got eggs, creme fraiche and olives before going home in a huff. I'd only gone there at all because the so-called food market at Exmouth Market consisted of around six paltry stalls.
[ 23.10.2006, 11:57: Message edited by: Pepper ]
Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
On Safari. A drunk Jonesy once confided that this was the programme that convinced him his destiny lay with the small screen.
Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
I spent all yesterday being taught excellent stuff about Avid (posh off-line editing software). I have two more days of it. And work is paying!
Educational fun! Hooray!
Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
dp
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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
Bodes well
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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Morning boy racer, on this bright and sunny day. Posted by 69 Comeback Elvis (Member # 9) on :
This place is faster than the girls outside Lick'n Chick'n past midnight on a Saturday.
All problems, no solutions me.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
did you enjoy dara o'briain, elvis? i thought i was going to asphyxiate with laughter at one point. i was looking out for a pink shirt in the crowd but didn't spot you, i'm afraid.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
bottom right corner of this flyer make me happies:
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
My future husband is making me happy!
Shame he's gay. Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
felt up that camera i really want at jessops the other day. made me so happy. this week i am finally feeling financially irresponsible enough to buy it, but on the internets because it's cheaper and i like parcels delivered to me. somewhat related - i am giving up booze again, except the odd glass of wine at home. also, i will try to get zyban tomorrow like you said. healthy winter innit.
[ 25.10.2006, 08:31: Message edited by: vikram ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by vikram: also, i will try to get zyban tomorrow like you said.
Let me know how you make out with Zyban. I've been considering trying it but I fear drugs.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Zyban sounds like a masked avenger.
Can you actually give up drink again? If you had given it up last time then you wouldn't be doing it now.
I know. I know. Pointless drivel. Don't bother to tell me to shut up, I am going away now.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
I'm on it! It's fine. I mean, I couldn't sleep at first but I've got used to it now. And I totally don't want to smoke. It's so cool. You know how normally, you want to smoke, it feels like there's this emptiness inside that can only be filled up by inhaling on a cigarette? For some reason Zyban makes you feel like that bit is already filled up. Cigarettes just don't interest you. And you still get to smoke for the first week as well, and for some reason, it makes the cigarettes taste wierd. Hurrah for Zyban!
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: I'm on it!
Have you noticed any personality change since you started taking it, or have you always been this way?
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
What way? No, everything is exactly the same.
eta - actually, the end of the first week / beginning of the second was a bit rough, because zyban's a bit speedy, and i was not sleeping much. as soon as you wake up your mind goes AWAKE AWAKE!!!!! and that's it. you're awake. but your body adjusts to that really quickly - i've started sleeping again now, and i'm half-way through the 2nd week.
[ 25.10.2006, 08:49: Message edited by: London ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: What way? No, everything is exactly the same.
eta - actually, the end of the first week / beginning of the second was a bit rough, because zyban's a bit speedy, and i was not sleeping much. as soon as you wake up your mind goes AWAKE AWAKE!!!!! and that's it. you're awake. but your body adjusts to that really quickly - i've started sleeping again now, and i'm half-way through the 2nd week.
lol. I didn't mean that way in a bad way. You're just...you know.
Have you smoked since starting? I don't like the speedy aspect, but if I can adjust quickly it would be worth it to not be killing myself slowly anymore.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
Just... what? Immensely compelling?
You smoke throughout the first week, and then on day 7, you stop. That was last Friday. I haven't smoked since then. I haven't even wanted to, AT ALL. And my sister, who was like massive granny-ash addicted smoker, much worse than me, she's been given up for like a month now and I think she was only tempted once - and she resisted. And even if she hadn't it would have tasted minging anyway, so, urgh. You're on it for 2 months and at the end of that time, when you come off it, you'd have to be stupid to want to start again, surely.
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
Is Zyban an over the counter remedy or a doctors note ?
I'm happy, I sould get my first pay packet in almost two years later on today ! Go me !
Off to Ikea to buy a new dining table on special offer.
(From 299 Euro to 99 for one week)
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: Just... what? Immensely compelling?
You're on it for 2 months and at the end of that time, when you come off it, you'd have to be stupid to want to start again, surely.
Yeah, sure. Immensely compelling.
Ah, so Zyban might not be the wonder drug I had hoped for. I need something that not only reduces the urge to smoke, but also makes me not stupid. The last time I quit I was smoke free for almost six months. But then I got a case of the stupids and thought I could just have one every now and then. Ha! Back to a pack a day in the blink of an eye.
[ 25.10.2006, 09:21: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I was off smoking for 4 months solid. Just gave up. Paf. Just like that. Stress rising. Work is difficult. What's one cigarette going to do. Lead to me to a slippery slope. Now I smoke again. I need to get off of it. I actually don't like smoking. Hate it. It stinks. Burns your shit. Makes a smell. Deadly. Fucking gay peer pressure.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
Yeah. My sister says she has to act like she's a recovering alcoholic and can't allow herself one tiny drag or that's it. Surely if you gave up booze you can give up fags?
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
Yeah, I know that feeling Ralph.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: Surely if you gave up booze you can give up fags?
You would think. But booze was easy compared to smoking. I smoke all day long, whereas when I drank, I tried to keep it to non-working hours only. Nicotene is supposed to be as addictive as heroin, so kudos to anyone who's ever stopped.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
I stopped. Just went cold turkey one day. It helped that it was just gone midnight on 01/01/00 and that I was in Rome, and threw my cigarettes and lighter in a bin whilst walking back to the apartment. I don't know why it stuck, though.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Did the romans throw away their fags at the turn of the century?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I don't really smoke when I'm not drinking, and even then, I don't smoke much at home.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
There was definitely a drinking correlation for me when I smoked and that was what escalated my smoking to probably 20 a day anyway - I was stuck on a dead end project job in Birmingham and staying in a central Brum hotel with a large crowd of other project people. For nine months. We escaped to the loos at work during the day to smoke because the job was so shit and we went out every night because we were on expenses.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I found stopping smoking whilst drinking the hardest, but I don't get the urge anymore. The one context in which I cannot resist a cigarette is when I'm looking at porn. I don't know quite what it is, but I'll just see a pic of some chick bending over in white knickers and it's like 'bang!' I'm gasping for a cigarette. So strange. It's only soft porn that triggers it, too.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: I need to get off of it. I actually don't like smoking. Hate it. It stinks. Burns your shit. Makes a smell. Deadly. Fucking gay peer pressure.
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