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Its times like now, I wish I worked normal hours. Just finished all I need to do today… and its 230am. great.

So my weekend pans out like this: Sleep, get up, try n finish my paperwork before the weekend… fit in a haircut, register at the dentists, tidy the flat (it is sooo messy, i hate it), get my E111 + Euros… maybe even think about what I need for spain… then DJ for 5hrs at Fruit, sleep, get up, drive to somerset, work there… drive back, sleep, get up, pack, DJ at Karma, dance at Hed Kandi… Sleep, get up… go to spain…. and relax

              

what the hell does it mean “the world is your oyster”

I don’t like shellfish…. so I looked it up…

THE WORLD IS AN (ONE’S) OYSTER - “If you have a lot of money, you can have anything you want. The proverb first appears in Shakespeare’s play ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ (1600).

‘Falstaff: I will not lend thee a penny. Pistol: Why, then, the world’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.’ Act II, Scene II.”
From “Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings” (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).

: A second reference says the phrase means: “All the pleasures and opportunities of life are open to someone because he is young, rich, handsome, successful, etc. Shakespeare invented or popularized this expression.” From “Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins” by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).

: it is interesting that the Shakespearean use requires that the speaker does something about it - often the phrase is used is a glib way - that all opportunities are available, without the note that opening an oyster requires strength,skill and the tools for the job.
: As an oyster is usually opened by inserting a tough blade into the crack between the two parts of the shell, the mention of using the sword in martial skill to ensure success was particularly apposite.

: Usually a bit of depth with Shakespeare…

so there you go, more mysterys of the world solved

              

Following on from the “being english…” thread the other day, I spotted this: Citizenship Test

I only got 12 out of 15, although i got the important ones right!

              

I’ve not been feeling great this week, run down and full of cold, sore throat… bleurgh.

I was talking on MSN to a mate earlier who said I should just go and rate some random people on hotornot.com to cheer me up

For those of you not familiar with this long running website, its goes like this…

1. you put your pic online
2. Anyone who visits the site gets a random picture (based on preferences you choose - men/women&age group)
3. They can then vote that person from 1 (NOT) to 10 (HOT)
4. once they vote, they get to see the persons average score so far and another random picture is shown

It’s quite brutal and shallow, I know… but jeeebus, I laughed hard at some of them..

Here are my tips for getting a good score on hot or not: (don’t judge me!)

• Not looking at camera = -1 pt
• Studio shot you score a 1.. if you needed a studio makeover you get an instant NOT from me!
• Nose Pierced = -2pt… pet dislike, never worked out why
• Scary hair you score a 3 - choose a picture from a good hair day!
• Bad attempt at porn/model type pose = 1 point, you just look silly love
• Showing a bit of flesh = +1pt for bravery… but be warned…
• Showing too much flesh = obviously a hussy, -2pts
• Having WAY too much flesh = score a 4, couple for bravery but.. ew, no
• Having WAY too much flesh AND showing it = 1 no no no NO!

Hmmm, I’ve noticed I’m not scoring many people over a 5… maybe I’m not a nice person… nah, I’ll put it down to illness induced negativity!

EDIT: I?ve taken the Hot or Not pic off this site now, if you really still want to see it click here

              

On friday I took 2 canadian friends to a “Contemporary Stylish yet Traditional English Pub” (their words not mine) near Camden Lock… sure enough, all the olde English traditional pub meals were on the menu, like Gammon n eggs… Bangers n Mash…

Great, they want to do a “pub lunch” so in we trot… One of my friends wants a pint of beer, this is where it goes a bit wrong… of all the drinks available only 1 was English (unless you count Stronbow, which while English isn’t a pint of beer).

Makes me ponder what it means to be English, if a “C S y T E P” (see above) offers 1 bitter and 1 cider from this country.

Is it just me or do Wales, Scotland and Ireland have a much clearer sense of who they are?

              

It’s so easy to forget how important sleep is, when you lead a busy life something has to give… often its sleep.

Which is fine to a point, that point was monday… but now… look out world,I’m coming to get ya!

A mere 11hour sleep has put me back to almost full health, slight sniffle but nothing like yesterday.

Raaaaaaaaaaaa!

Note to self: Remember how important sleep and downtime are.