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Dec. 15th, 2009
10:13 pm - Sick of shit TV!
What the fuck is it wht the cult of celebrity status that seems to be permeating every pore of UK society. Why are footballers wives are as famous as footballers! Anyone who gets on TV for 2 seconds ends up having legions of fans dedicating their lives for them. Soap-opera story lines can actually make national news headlines! WTF is going on!
I'm so fed up with being force fed shit C list dancing celebrities and Simon Cowellesque shit music performed by a bunch of attention seeking Billy No-Mates. Not to mention the non stop barrage of pretentious soap operas pretending to provide a narrative for the lives of the ignoramuses that invest their time trying to find a story line to which they can relate, so as to give their otherwise trivial lives some sense of purpose.
To the TV Program controllers:
F*CK OFF and put on something vaguely stimulating for those TV licence payers who actually have more than two brain cells to rub together.
12:27 pm
Разумеется, всё впереди
у расколотой кости.
Рукоятка торчит из груди -
то ли нож, то ли джойстик.
Сердце бьётся, встаёт на дыбы.
И, как пламя, под кожей
ощущение новой судьбы,
ни на чью не похожей.
Dec. 14th, 2009
08:16 pm
One week and we will be on a flight to the Canary Islands :)
Christmas week in La Palma.
Seens as we couldn't get the jabs to go to India in time we decided to have a luxury holiday for ourselves :)
12:24 am - * * *
Ляжет порошей и время, и месиво
из темноты и сухого бревна,
вышел домой - впереди супервесело
кровь из волос (натуральная хна).
Снежные крепости для безопасного
сна небольшой накидали редут.
По-человечески хочется красного.
Волосы падают, слёзы идут.
Dec. 13th, 2009
07:48 pm - To my friends in NZ
Introduction
Me and my wife visited NZ in 2005 and fell in love with the country. We have always wanted to go back, and today we saw a migration consultant and have decided to make the move. We also have a 2 year old and a 4 year old who we don't want going to school in England. However, I have just been reading this thread britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php
and it's scared me. I really, really want to move my family to NZ, but im not so sure it's the right move any more, any advice would be gratefully received.
My scenario
I'm a polytechnic lecturer and my wife works in administration. I have a post graduate diploma in Education (soon to be a full Masters) and my wife has an NVQ3 in business admin. We have been told that together we should have about 125 points without a job offer for me. I have no intention of moving down to NZ without a job offer, but my main fear is that even with a good job I will not be able to provide a comfortable living for my family. We have a lot of creature comforts here, but we are not really material people. Personally I'm quite happy with a load of books and my telescope to keep me company. My wife isn't a crazy shopper, and my kids are too young to have been programmed by the UK consumer market. That said, I don't want to live like a pauper.
Finances
I've been told to expect a salary of about $50-70k, and I might have about $25k for a deposit for a house. I would like to buy a small 3 bed house, and I don't mind were I live in NZ as long as it's not much colder that the UK! We did love North Island.
Do you think a family of 3 could live on that salary? What might our quality of life be like? Will we be living in bargain basement bins, or will we be able to shop at supermarkets? As I said, I would hate to live like a pauper, all I'm looking for is a good quality of life with no stress.
I would really appreciate any advice anyone can give me.
Thanks.
07:37 pm - * * *
Ты говоришь - не сезон.
Дело вообще не в сезоне.
Снегу примерно с ладонь
выпало нам на балконе.
Виски уснули в пруду.
Полный кревет в морозилках.
Пишем по тонкому льду,
маясь похмельем в затылках:
"Свет наилучшей из звёзд
с нами прощается - значит,
этот (Рождественский) пост
кончился раньше, чем начат".
Dec. 11th, 2009
05:04 pm - Advice needed from New New Zealanders
I'm off to see the migration company tomorrow and I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice as to what questions I need to be asking them. Any advice recieved would be appreciated.
Dec. 9th, 2009
Dec. 8th, 2009
11:41 pm - Oh New Zealand, so near and yet so far...
I thought everything was going ahead as planned with the New Zealand moving agency, but unfortunately me and Sue misunderstood their quote. We thought they said £425, they actually said £4252! I wish I didn't have to use them but when I try and fill in my EOI I can only seem to get 100, and they have guaranteed me that I should be getting 125 without a job offer. They have also said they can get me a job, house, permanent residency, and project manage the whole move.Plus if they don't manage everything in their contract get my money back. To be fair, I told them I couldn't afford that and they have offered to drop £252 and change the payment plan which is mighty fair of them. Now we have just got to decide whether or not we can afford it yet. I really want to emmigrate, I just wish the fucking house prices hadn't have crashed. Hopefully I can make a visit in Easter and do some job hunting by myself.
02:43 pm - Рекламным работникам на заметку
Агентство DraftFCB, из которого меня только что вынесло по собственному - это чемпионы мира в своём роде.
До сих пор не могу в себя прийти, честное слово.
Никогда, ребята. Никогда. Ради вашего же.