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our American and South African cousins probably don't know this, but we've got a holiday coming up. A bank holiday - four days without work. I wonder, what are forumites planning to do with this golden opportunity? An away break to italy? catch up with family? Drink yourself into a screaming, crying mess and physically assault a loved one? Cheat on your partner? Lose it all online gambling? Crash your car? Fall off a ladder? Break a window? Burn the dinner? Sprain your ankle? Drop your ipod? Contract MRSA after a botched boob job? Accidentally injure a friend's pet? Start a fire? Throw a wobbly? Watch a box set? Begin a new fitness regime? Listen to an album? Read a magazine? Think about DIY? Get an early night? Call a pal? Watch Top Gear? Suck your own dick? Have a long bath?
The choice is endless.
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not much planned. My mother is coming up to London on monday. So I'll see her I suppose.
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Got some friends coming up on Friday, so probably a boozy lunch followed by either chilling out or maybe playing rock band. Saturday... an old uni friend of ours is coming over from Israel. He works for the UN, and is basically a diplomat trying to sort out the mess that's going on over there. He once pissed on my leg in a pub in Swansea. Now he's trying to resolve one of the most volatile conflicts in human history. Not hard to see why things have gotten out of control over there. Anyway. That means a whole bunch of other friends are converging on Oxford on Saturday and we're going for lunch at Jamie's Italian. Sunday I may be going punting with VP and some other people. Nothing planned for Monday.
Obviously all of this is subject to change if my daughter decides to turn up. I was cooking lunch last Saturday and Carolyn asked if I was cooking the mushrooms in oil or butter. I said oil. she said they'd taste horrible in oil. There was a pause and then she came into the kitchen and said "Sorry I'm begin ratty, but I think I'm in labour". Then she went back to the sofa and carried on knitting. So ever since then baby arrival has been hanging over me, like the sword of Damocles, only far more terrible and awful.
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punting might be okay though. Are you allowed to party on your punt, or do you have to be quiet and respectful of other punters?
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No you can pretty much behave how you wish, within the boundaries of normal social and legal restrictions. It's not like a no-man's land where UK law ceases to apply and anything goes, but on the other hand, boozing, laughing and shouting are all acceptable. We did it for a stag weekend a couple of years ago. It was good.
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I'm not a big fan of laughing, especially not when I'm boozing. Still, that sounds like a wonderful weekend that promises many treasured memories for years to come. Your friend sounds especially interesting and intelligent. My uni friends have all failed at life in one way or another. I wonder if we overdid it on the drugs. Nobody came out well.
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Thorn, you have to be with them all the way through it. It's awful. You can't just walk up and down, chain smoking, in the corridor outside anymore with your kipper tie at half mast. Glad I've got it over and done with.
Holiday wise I may be off to Weymouth depending on whether Rusty's fanny can withstand the three hour car journey.
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Bit of gardening, seeing the mother in law for her birthday, shouting 'crucify him' at 3pm on Friday, hopefully eating at least one egg (chocolate), sorting out house, again.
I'm somewhat restricted in what I can do, as my pelvis decided to start to part three months before it needs to. Now walking more than 100 yards is pretty much out of the question. I'm developing sympathy for oldsters, except when they overtake me on the street.
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Anyway. I plan to chill the fuck out for the next four days. Apparently we are closing early today so I really should be doing some work instead of fucking around on teh interwebz.
Also, a mate of mine is up from SA and will be coming around to see (marvel at) my new place. Much drink will be consumed.
Friday - Kate is on a 14 hour shift so I'll be left to my own devices which generally means alternating between pornography and video games. I think I've got a squash match in the morning though, so don't want to push too hard in that as injuring my right arm could kill my plans for the rest of the day.
There is a Fiery Food Festival on Hove lawsn on Saturday, Sunday and Monday so I'll go to that and eat some chilli I guess. No idea which day. One that isn't raining I guess.
Other than that, just enjoying not being at work for a bit. Might fill in this application I've got for an accounting job. Maybe. Might write a letter to barclaycard to try to get back the £100 they've owed me for over a year that I'm too lazy to try to get back. Might just do nothing.
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But, I just like to run around a bit and hit a ball and then realise I'm horribly unfit and enjoy the feeling as my vision starts to go yellow and I almost pass out and then I'm in pain for 3 days after. It's great.
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So, obviously everyone very busy tying up loose ends before the long weekend. You don't want your company to suffer from being closed for four days so you're all working extra hard?
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As of two minutes ago I might be going to Centre Parks. Does that sound like a wise idea? Are they not Butlins-style family horror? I don't really have the coins to go on any more holidays.
Before this opportunity appeared I was going to do some work on a grant proposal, go for some runs, hang out in the park in sunny moments, have a daytrip to Canterbury, go to a birthday party and generally mooch about.
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It's stuff like that that keeps you at the top of the TMO food chain. I picked it up because I'm a fricking genius. You're lucky to have me here.
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