Scene: Warehouse, Southside Oswestry

Int: Paul Hughes, Space Adventurer restrained with copious amounts of rope, while looking like he has been through hell. A shawdowy figure walks around, keeping the face out of the light.

Paul: You think you can get away with this?
Shadowy Figure: Of course I can, I already am in fact. Even as we speak, the tides of war are hovering over this land, and a new order will reign. Humanity will finally face the consequences of its actions.
Paul: There are so many innocent people out there! Why would you do this? After what i have been through, at least tell me why.

The shadowy figure steps into the light, the space adventurer’s heart quickens, as the awful truth is revealed in the strangers face. It was….

Ah, well that’s a story for another time! Hello campers, Naturally I can tell you have all been dying to know what the weekend held for me as of course, twas the day of the second coming, either that or my birthday, but the jury’s still out on that one.

I have turned 24, which means for the next year, I will live like Jack Bouer, fighting bad guys, in real time with a clock bit which will reveal what other people are doing at the same time etc etc….Hence the opening sequence of suspence. You open big on things like this!!

But anyway, The weekend of course kicked off, rather unexpeditly on friday night, as first I got in touch with Mr Tebbut about the missed weekend of bank, and what life was affording him these days, and right now I must thank him most publicly for something no sane person should be without. Well the picture will explain:

Isn’t that the sexist thing I have ever posted on the blog of what!!?!?!?
After the conversation with my fellow crimelord, I was going to prepare a few bits and bobs, settle down for a nice cup of goo, and genrally freak out as we all do (don’t deny it), when Ms Natalie contacts me for a nice drink out in Shrewsbury with a fellow who randomly picked her up from a bus stop as you do. I said fair enough. However what started out ok quickly turned silly, as it turned out the Pub in question, was not in Shrewsbury, it was in some unknown deepest outback south countryside!!! I eventually turned up, and the fella turned out to be a nice man, who apparently is a programmer from Leeds who used to live around here and was back for a week. GSOH as they say on those adverts where people try to pick each other up, but ulitmalty fail as they are too stingy to pay for the service to contact the other people.

Bit of a tangent but the point remains the same!!

Saturday, actaully was a bit of a f**k up in terms of what I did want to do. Becuase i overslept from the night before (easy tigers) The little list I had of things to do, like sort my watch (encounter with the ski machine in the gym!) Mow the lawn, kill next doors cat for shitting in the garden, and visit the parents (who I thank for the t-shirts for my birthday along with Kerry, Thank you Family!!) sort of got pushed back, so things kept happening later and later during the day. That’s one of the things that I have gotten very very bad at now. I have become late for everything. Whenever I say I will be somewhere at sometime, it is a certainty that I will be at least an hour at least. Don’t know how it’s happened or why, but it disturbs me greatly, and I wonder how to change that. Does anyone know any time management courses? 🙂

The nighttime was unplanned really. Sian invited me out (Stop it at the back)for a night out in Wrexham, which hadn’t really been bad to be honest, the prevoius times we had been out for dave’s birthday, was when I met Colin and got back in touch after how many years. But anyway, it was Me, Sian and Ruth as apparently Laura dropped out due to wanting to “hang out with the boys”. : ) But still, it was nice seeing them both, and it was Ruth’s first ever trip to Oswestry. It was rather bizzare seeing her where I live, where sian for the time, it was the norm. Suppose I felt giddy!! Boy Howdy!

We went to Lloyds, where a pulling contest was decieded on, thanks to one slighty drunk ruth. Oh yes, I have excelled at that in the past, haven’t I? F**k me, there’s more chance of me having plastic sugery to remove my man breasts than successfully pulling a nice woman in a club (well, for the record, I met Natalie in a club so I guess anything is possible. But then again she is the only one, and I would not meet anyone like her normally in a club, so perhaps it was just a freak occurence. She has made me feel happy again, that women aren’t all bad again, so only good has come from that. Maybe clubs aren’t all bad either….who am I kidding?!?!)

We went into envy liquid, or whatever it’s called, but i went in the wrong bit and ended up paying just for the prvilege of going round the full club, whereas the ladies got in free. DAMN!!! There was a while while I was in the Liquid bit where all sorts of people were asking me when it all opening up, becuase the way I was dressed (Smart black shirt, trousers, with White tie) they throught I was a bouncer! Hmm, maybe could have used that angle!!

But yes back to the night proper, there were a couple of women who did keep looking at me, or so Sian says, with my learning difficulties, I wouldn’t know! Ruth apparently pulled someone, and haven’t a clue about Sian. Still a good night was enjoyed, and it was a lot better than the staying in that I was going to do, having no clue of what to do for the birthday this year. Guess i should plan better! Cheers girls, it was nice. And as an added bonus It was nice to see ruth, if only to know she was still about!!

Sunday, after still being slightly hungover, and dazed, took Natalie to Chester as, she had never been before, and it would be a good place for her to take photos of some of the arcutecture, shop a wee bit, and walk around. She was like a kid in a candy store, and worse than the japaniese tourists with that camera of hers!! The sun was shinning for us which made the day very good indeed. Took some birthday texts from Chris and Dave (and others of course). I felt rather good for the ripe ol age of 24. Today at work, I was realing from the effects of the weekend, boy I was tired, but it was worth it.

Hell, Tonight, Dave and Chris visited me at home, wishing me a great birthday, and just spending time talking about issues of the day, I asked about whether or not, that becuase My attitude has changed from not caring to now caring what other people think, and trying to be nice, that I haven’t had as much fun recently, and there is something at the back of my head now, wondering about what I do. Which is better? Live the Life of “Say what you see, and damn the consequences” or restrain yourself, be nice, and “tolerate” things that people do. One was fun, but the other is more considered of other people. I can see merits in both of course, but for me, the Say what you see attitude did actually get results, even if it hurt people. It just felt like progress was made. Now I don’t know. Hell, some of that even the reason for the deletions on this blog.

But anyway, THANK YOU CHRIS: I can’t believe I got the Collectors boxset of Doctor Who Series 1. It was very very generous, ta very much fella!! Dave has something in store for me too. But that will wait till the next time I see them. Ta very much everyone for the great gifts, Mike the neighbour for the tie and Cufflinks, Aunty Bett for the money, Sian for the wine, BO Basher (yes I always said i smell), Natalie, for the Tie and eau du toilet. All of you that are mentioned here, thank you again.

I guess after all that I should leave you all alone again, and in the meantime, take this with you: That weekend was as intense as the time I forgot how to sit down….