tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2009-11-10:/The ups and downs of trying to lose a beer belly and all other random thoughts that come into my head during that time!MokoFeed2009-11-10T07:45:42+01:00tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2008-01-23:/2008/01/23/calorie_counter_and_year_aims~3622318/b_carpet2008-01-23T20:30:36+01:002008-01-23T20:30:36+01:00 <p>So i've decided in order lose my beer belly i really need to start stepping up my game and really go for it now. Its seems that i'm going to have to start really looking at what i'm eating and i need to get on my bike (quite literally) and put in some serious cardio work. This is even more important now that i've started doing some weights to try to get the rest of my body in some sort of shape too.</p> <p>So to start my food. I'm going to start doing a food diary and see how many calories i am eating a day, however i really need to find a calorie counter where i can tot up my daily total. (any help would be appricated).</p> <p>So aims:</p> <p>1) try to lose at least a few inches off my belly<br> 2) Increase my arm size</p> <p>I'll probably post my sizes as in waist and arm sizes tomorrow as well so i can see how well i progress over the coming months </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2008/01/23/calorie_counter_and_year_aims~3622318/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2008-01-19:/2008/01/19/new_year_new_enthusiasm~3601174/b_carpet2008-01-19T17:05:46+01:002008-01-19T17:05:46+01:00 <p> well the new year is well and truly under way and we are 19 days into 2008. I've started the year near on 15 stone however my beer belly isn't so predominate now a days. Its been a long while since I've wrote on here so i thought on this boring wet Saturday afternoon I'd do a quick update on my life.</p> <p>I've finally moved out and i am now living with a mate which is cool, however its kinda expensive! i seem to be constantly struggling for money but i don't regret it at all as i love it!!</p> <p>I've all but decided that I'm going to step down as the youth team manager, I've just not got the time for it. I'd rather concentrate on my uni work and going out, after all I'm at the age where i am meant to.</p> <p>I've started eating a bit better now and also I've begun doing weights so hopefully my arms will start to look a bit better soon instead of being the weak stick like things they are now!</p> <p>any way that's enough for right now, but i hope to start writing again regularly now. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2008/01/19/new_year_new_enthusiasm~3601174/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-09-17:/2007/09/17/a_good_effort~2992365/b_carpet2007-09-17T09:50:42+02:002007-09-17T09:50:42+02:00 <p>well it was my first day of independance yesterday and what a day! i dont think i'll be able to keep that up too long though! Its freshers week now in cheltenham so me and my housemate decided to check to see what new students were out last night, needless to say we got wasted and i think i might still be a little drunk now! the fact i'm sat here munching on toffee at like 9:45 confirms that! </p> <p>we woke up this morning to find the fridge magnets all over the place and the door window cracked which is quite impressive! especially as neither of us remember either! it must have been a good night.</p> <p>I also woke up this morning to be greeted with a opened full can of lager which i though was just a waste, so i'll probably drink that tonight! i think we will be going out again tonight to meet some more students, after all freshers week only happens but once a year!</p> <p>Ugh work is hard this morning, roll on lunch time! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/09/17/a_good_effort~2992365/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-09-03:/2007/09/03/first_coaching_session_of_the_season~2919364/b_carpet2007-09-03T21:09:22+02:002007-09-03T21:09:22+02:00 <p>So it was my first coaching session i've taken since the end of july due to the summer break and it went really well. The kids are under 10 now which means its their last season playing 'mini-soccer'. </p> <p>It went well i think, we changed our approach slightly by using my idea of splitting the kids down between the coaches which meant the kids got more time with the ball and more of our time.</p> <p>What made my night though was some one came up to us at the end (shes a training teacher who has never watched us train before as her kids turned up to the wrong session but we let them join in any way) she told us that if PE lessons were like how we ran our coaching sessions that she thinks the kids would have more fun at school and they would be more likely to do more exercise away from school. It was just a nice comment, she didnt have to say any thing like that so it was nice to hear. Things like that remind you of why you give up your time for it! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/09/03/first_coaching_session_of_the_season~2919364/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-08-30:/2007/08/30/its_been_a_long_time~2894325/b_carpet2007-08-30T10:56:01+02:002007-08-30T10:56:01+02:00 <p>well what can i say, its been a long time since i last blogged! I've gotta say i've had an eventful couple of weeks too! Some good news and some bad.</p> <p>First of all i started my new job this month, unsure if i blogged about this but i'm not really in the mood to check! Its ok, alot more professional than my last place, hell i even have to wear a shirt and tie! i'm not really sure on much i'm doing at the moment and i spend alot of my time just sat round doing nothing as i dont know what i am meant to be doing but i'm sure i'll start to pick up what i am meant to be doing a bit more soon.</p> <p>I'm not longer going to be a best man, not because me and my best mate have fallen out or anything its just the wedding has been cancelled. Many people may see this as a bad thing but she really wasnt the girl for him! she proved this on monday night but thats a story for a blog of its own!</p> <p>I'm finally 21, i had a great birthday weekend, where i dont remember anything after 10pm on the sat night and then i saw many of my family i havent seen in like over a year on the sunday which was really nice. On my actual birthday i made the four and a half trip to newcastle with one of my mates. This was a good night out, better than just having a tuesday night out in cheltenham any way! didnt manage to pull but hey thats my luck at the moment!</p> <p>I've managed to mess up another potential relationship too in less than three weeks and just four dates! worst thing is, is that we never even got into the bedroom! we are still gonna be friends though so at least i've got another mate.</p> <p>Finally the biggest piece of news is that i am going to move out of my parents house, while this will mean less internet access, less money for myself (as more will be spent on bills) but i think it will be really good for me. I'll have to learn to cook, do household stuff such as washing and ironing but i'll also have that little bit more independance. I think it'll help me grow as a person and i'm almost looknig at it like a challenge. I'll probs post more on this another time.</p> <p>Oh and i've put on more weight <img src="/img/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/08/30/its_been_a_long_time~2894325/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-08-02:/2007/08/02/cow~2746861/b_carpet2007-08-02T23:57:50+02:002007-08-02T23:57:50+02:00 <p>I cannot believe it i got stood up! its kinda dented my last bit of confidence i had left. It was meant to be my 1st date in a good few months and she didnt even bother to turn up. The worst thing is, is that she didnt know wot i looked like or even what i'm like as a guy! she wasnt even that willing to give me a chance!</p> <p>Needless to say i've spent the whole night drinking now and i'm a little worst for wear! i need to go to bed now so good night every one! lets hope everyone else did better than me! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/08/02/cow~2746861/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-08-02:/2007/08/02/count_down_to_date~2745374/b_carpet2007-08-02T18:51:00+02:002007-08-02T18:51:00+02:00 <p>so in ust ten mins i'll be setting off for my blind date today. I've got to admit i'm kinda nervous, i'm also thinking fuck it i'm nt gonna go. I always think that though before a date i think its just nerves, so i'm still gonna go. I've got to keep telling myself "whats the worst that could happen?! it goes crap so i get pissed, nothing lost!</p> <p>so wish me luck!... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/08/02/count_down_to_date~2745374/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-31:/2007/07/31/first_day_at_work_and_the_waters_back~2735256/b_carpet2007-07-31T22:34:36+02:002007-07-31T22:34:36+02:00 <p>so tomorrow is my first day starting at my new job, they offered me some more days off if i already had stuff planned but i kinda just wanna get in there and get started you know? my last job didnt go so well so i kinda feel like i've got summat to prove at this place. The people i have met (ok only 2 of them!) seem real nice and hopefully i'll get on with most people there but we shall see. I am slightly nervous but then i suppose every one is when they start a new job!</p> <p>The water finally came back on this afternoon too which is great news, which i celebrated with a nice long hot shower! you dont realise just how much you miss it until its gone!</p> <p>Hopefully my knee and my muscles which are playing up will recover in the next few days. i just bought some deep heat and i am putting a ton on every so often to see if it will help, i suppose only time will tell. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/31/first_day_at_work_and_the_waters_back~2735256/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-30:/2007/07/30/ms_money~2729689/b_carpet2007-07-30T22:56:58+02:002007-07-30T22:56:58+02:00 <p>so after moaning about money in a previous blog entry gill36 told me to try ms money <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/18/where_has_all_the_money_gone~2658154#comments">(see here)</a>. Well i have got my hands on a copy and its seems quite good. Its a little bit confusing at the moment and seems very easy to get lost in but i'm sure i'll be able to pick it up. </p> <p>There is a great feature where you can anaylse everying you spend i just dread to think what the socialising category is gonna come out with :S But will be good to see just how much i am spending and where! maybe it'll be a wake up call and i wont spend so much on beer if i can see ust how much i peeing away on the stuff.</p> <p>Any way thats my first impressions of it probably talk more about it after i've used it for a few months </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/30/ms_money~2729689/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-30:/2007/07/30/any_excuse~2727523/b_carpet2007-07-30T16:22:03+02:002007-07-30T16:22:03+02:00 <p>well i seem to be finding any excuse not to do exercise at the moment and its started to bug me. That sounds silly i know as i'm the only one who can do any thing about it but hey! i need to really get my will power working in over drive now so hopefully i i'll start to improve.</p> <p>I should be doing exercise nearly every day without fail but at the moment an ant could die and i'd use it as an excuse just to say sat on the sofa instead of doing the exercise i really need to be doing! its like i want the weight to drop off but i'm not willing to put the work in.</p> <p>On a bad note i think i may have done some thing to my ligaments in my left knee as its killing me, i tried to jog down the road last night and i only got about six yards before it was too painful and i had to stop. So thats kinda put a dent on me starting me exercising seriously again for a little while! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/30/any_excuse~2727523/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-28:/2007/07/28/my_weight_and_the_water_crisis~2716907/b_carpet2007-07-28T16:05:32+02:002007-07-28T16:05:32+02:00 <p>So I’ve kinda been ignoring the fact I’m trying to lose some weight and ultimately my beer belly since this water crisis has being going on. To be fair I think of all the excuses a national emergency is kind of a good one don’t you?</p> <p>Since I cannot have a shower I have tried to stay as inactive as I possibly can so that I don’t get too hot and sweaty. Cause lets be honest when your washing out of a sink with the smallest amount of water in it once a day you never feel that clean or smell that nice! I’ve been using as much deodorant as possible though to try to mask any smelliness I may have! So basically I’ve done zero, zilch, nadda in terms of exercise this past week! </p> <p>I've also had far too much beer, cause all of football has been cancelled and oddly I haven’t be able to find any thing that I can do to replace it I’ve spent nearly all week at the pub (using portaloos and drinking out of plastic glasses!). This means I think I’m bound to have put on weight come Monday when I weigh myself.</p> <p>However I’ve said to myself as soon as the water comes back on I’ll start on my mission again in earnest! I’ve also re-evaluated my goals, I think I wanna look good for the start of next summer as this one is a wash out, so realistically that gives me around 10 months to get fit. I’ve gotta be able to do that surely? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/28/my_weight_and_the_water_crisis~2716907/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-27:/2007/07/27/my_last_day~2711347/b_carpet2007-07-27T14:59:13+02:002007-07-27T14:59:13+02:00 <p>so its finally here my last day in my current job. I've kinda done bugger all all day but then what does any actually expect me to do when i'm leaving and i'm the only one in the office?? off for a drink after work which will be cool to say bye to every one.</p> <p>Got a call from my new job to tell me not to bother going in on monday though as they dont want any one in that isnt essential because of the water shortage, best bit about it is that its fully paid!!</p> <p>Next months gonna be a real bitch though for getting money as i'm going from weekly pay to monthly pay :S </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/27/my_last_day~2711347/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-24:/2007/07/24/the_british_spirit~2692616/b_carpet2007-07-24T13:56:11+02:002007-07-24T13:56:11+02:00 <p>So Gordon Brown said he wanted to promote Britishness a few weeks back and one way he suggested was flying the Union Jack over all public buildings which was far enough and some thing i agreed with, but if he truely wants an example about the Britishness hes just gotta spend a few days in gloucestershire at the moment. I think the whole county has really being showing the British spirit by really all pulling together and making light of the situation we are in right now.</p> <p>Ok i know there has been fighting and stuff in supermarket car parks over water but i think some of this has got to be expected, people are panicing so what do you expect?</p> <p>Another thing that i thought was typically 'British' was the way people were all in a nice orderly que waiting for water in the car park of our local supermarket. you see it in other countries where they all crowd the van and the aid workers have to just do the best they can to give every one some but here every one is just standing in the que waiting their turn.</p> <p>Finally a massive thanks to the emergency services for their great work, last night when it seemed that they were going to lose the electricity plant they managed to save it. The water was an inch away from having half a million people without water so the fact they saved it means a lot to a lot of people! so WELL DONE GUYS AND GALS! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/24/the_british_spirit~2692616/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-23:/2007/07/23/and_so_it_begins~2688816/b_carpet2007-07-23T20:57:51+02:002007-07-23T20:57:51+02:00 <p>well as of an hour and a half ago the water has run out. Its come out today that it will not be back by wednesday as first thought but now at least 7 days without water! its an odd feeling when you turn the tap and nothing comes out. i'll be interested to see what happens over the next few days, how will it effect businesses? and more importantly will the pubs be open? i'm guessing not, but if thats the case its gutting as i was meant to be having my leaving due on friday but i suppose i'll have to put it back a week.</p> <p>Its going to be an interesting week. here is to praying the electric keeps holding out! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/23/and_so_it_begins~2688816/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-22:/2007/07/22/light_those_candles_electric_to_go_next~2682596/b_carpet2007-07-22T20:15:55+02:002007-07-22T20:15:55+02:00 <p>So with the news the water is shut off that i talked about earlier we have just got news that the electric is also about to go. Apparently a sub station just down the road is about to be flooded by rising water and there is nothing any one can really do about it! so this time tomorrow we could be sat round with out electric and water. Lets just hope this feud with Russia doesnt take a turn for the worse in the next few days and we lose gas too! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/22/light_those_candles_electric_to_go_next~2682596/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-22:/2007/07/22/about_to_run_dry~2682071/b_carpet2007-07-22T18:38:51+02:002007-07-22T18:38:51+02:00 <p>Ok so here is the scene its the wettest july on records, with have just had two months worth of rain fall in one day, people's houses are flooded, people are having to be air lifted off their houses roofs as the flood is so high, people's cars are/have been under water (so basically more water than you can shake a stick at!) so whats the problem? well in a few hours we will have no water we can use to drink/wash with! </p> <p>Basically they have turned off the water so gloucestershire only has what water is left in the pipes and that is meant to run out today. The worst thing is that we wont get it back until wednesday!!</p> <p>People have started panic buying water and any liquid they can get their hands on. I know that tesco, waitrose and morrisions are sold out of water and i've heard a rumour people are travelling all the way to bristol just to get bottles of it! Its madness! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/22/about_to_run_dry~2682071/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-20:/2007/07/20/its_raining_it_s_pouring_the_old_man_is_~2669732/b_carpet2007-07-20T12:46:16+02:002007-07-20T12:46:16+02:00 <p>god how depressing is all this rain?! i've got soaked through today in just over an hour and this rain is like we are have a monsoon season! its really heavy and hasnt seem to have stopped all summer. Yeah i did say summer then, as in case people have forgot (cause i have a few times) it is summer right now!</p> <p>This time of year we are all meant to smell cause we are sweating at just the thought of moving in the blistering heat, but instead we are all indoors watching the rain hammer down against the window. its just so depressing, bring on the winter, at least it dont rain this much! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/20/its_raining_it_s_pouring_the_old_man_is_~2669732/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-18:/2007/07/18/where_has_all_the_money_gone~2658154/b_carpet2007-07-18T15:57:49+02:002007-07-18T15:57:49+02:00 <p>So ive mentioned a few times i used to be in debt to the tune of a few thousand last year, well 2007 i've been relatively debt free just owing my parents twenty quid there and thirty quid here (but then who doesnt borrow off their parents?)but yet i've still got as little money as i did when i was in debt.</p> <p>Ok i know when i was adding to the debt i was living beyond my means, spending more than i earnt (generally having a bloody fantastic time!), but when i was paying off the debt i was plowing a few hundred a month into it. So not only was i living within my means but i was paying off almost £100 a week yet i still managed to have a social life, with me so far?</p> <p>So here is the confusing point, if i could afford to pay all that AND still have a social life why now i'm debt free am i struggling to find my social life let alone even about saving money, and dont even mention a pension?! I just cannot puzzle it out. i'm having less nights out now than ever before i'm sure of that but i must be spending huge amounts when i do go out.</p> <p>So to the plan of action. In one week time i'll be converting from weekly pay to monthly pay and so i'll need a lot better grip on my finances so i dont overspend again, so i have decided i think the best way forward is to note down over the next week where every last pound is being spent so i can see where all the money is going. Hell with this new job i might even save a bit! now theres a good prospect! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/18/where_has_all_the_money_gone~2658154/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-15:/2007/07/15/blind_dates~2641824/b_carpet2007-07-15T23:38:38+02:002007-07-15T23:38:38+02:00 <p>So my best mate texted me tonight asking if i wanted to go on a blind date with his girlfriend's sister. Now my first reaction to this was "I aint been on a date for a few months so its a little scary" but in the long run i've not got alot to lose any way have i? so if its a crap evening then so what? i'll have been sat in the pub, had one or two drinks and took a chance i could have found some one that i might have had summat wiv. If however its a good evening then all the better!</p> <p>I do wonder what people will think though (getting ahead of myself here lol!) if i do start dating her as both me and my best mate will be dating sisters, doesnt that only happen in films and stuff?</p> <p>I havent really been on a blind date before, i got set up by a mate before but i had seen what she looked like and talked to her before i went on the date. As it happened that one didnt go too well but never mind.</p> <p>My only concern at the moment is how the hell am i going to know what she looks like when i'm meeting her?!</p> <p>Also if my mate is setting me up with his girlfriends sister he must of had the blessing from his girlfriend right? does this mean she actually likes me?! cause usually my best mates girlfriends see me as the evil best mate that he shouldnt see at all costs as i lead him wayward? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/15/blind_dates~2641824/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-15:/2007/07/15/paraniod~2638491/b_carpet2007-07-15T13:42:41+02:002007-07-15T13:42:41+02:00 <p>ok summat i've been noticing the last few weeks i've been glass collecting in my second job as a bar man. You stroll up to some ones table with a tray in your hand (as this is a posh hotel your not allowed to just carry them) and you pick up one glass, suddenly the whole table must come over all thirsty or some thing cause every one will either pick up their glasses and clutch them to their chest (almost like the ring out of LOTR, its their precious drink!) or they will take a sip out of theirs as if to say "I'm still drinking this so bugger off if you think your taking it!"</p> <p>I think its quite funny, but i dont get why people do it, if there is clearly drink in there i'm not gonna take it now am i? and if it looks like there is the smallest amount in there i still ask if its dead before i take it so, why do people do it?! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/15/paraniod~2638491/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-11:/2007/07/11/pre_season~2613462/b_carpet2007-07-11T09:01:28+02:002007-07-11T09:01:28+02:00 <p>SO it was the first pre-season training session for me last night with my footie team. Now my level of fitness as a keeper is about zero so i always struggle with the whole running in training during the season any way, but during pre-season its summat else!</p> <p>i didnt manage to do all the training as i dropped down dead before it was finished but i gave it my best shot. I'll tell you one thing though i dont half feel it this morning! my chest is bad, all my muscles ache and my legs feel so heavy! dammit, i'm just lucky its just one a week i gotta put myself through that for the next month and then it starts to calm down again </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/11/pre_season~2613462/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-07-09:/2007/07/09/computer_problems~2605437/b_carpet2007-07-09T22:54:59+02:002007-07-09T22:54:59+02:00 <p>SO i just get back into blog world and finally have a little bit of spare time to keep my blog updated and what happens? yeah thats right my computer decides its going to blow up! not only that but while trying to get my hard drives into another computer i managed to break that one too.</p> <p>Right now i've got one up and working (clearly otherwise i wouldnt be writing this) but its not working fully and seems like its just flatly refusing to see my hard drive with all my stuff on, its so annoying!</p> <p>Hopefully i'll have it all fixed soon but until then i may still be randomly poping on and not being regular with my blogging </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/07/09/computer_problems~2605437/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-06-21:/2007/06/21/exercise_and_my_moods~2496419/b_carpet2007-06-21T22:57:23+02:002007-06-21T22:57:23+02:00 <p>So i think its pretty well known that exercise can put you in a good mood cause of all the hormones and such right? well thats fair enough and i've gotta say i completely agree with it, however, what happens if your like what i've been this week where your not feeling in a perticulary good mood? cause i dont know about any one else but i cannot get motivated to go to the gym if i'm feeling a little crappy? ok i know i'll feel better after it but still its that actually physically moving to the gym i've not got past yet.</p> <p>I think i've kinda not been so into it this week as i managed to put on weight last week which was so crap as i had been so good! i know i'll put on weight again this week as i've not tried but i'll have to just put more effort in next week i think!</p> <p>Oh and we won my first game back in the 5-a-side footie <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"> we won 5-0 and i managed to keep my 1st ever clean sheet down there! i'm so chuffed! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/06/21/exercise_and_my_moods~2496419/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-06-20:/2007/06/20/long_awaited_come_back~2490203/b_carpet2007-06-20T22:54:40+02:002007-06-20T22:54:40+02:00 <p>So i make my come back into 5 a-side footie tomorrow and i cannot wait! since i broke my wrist i havent been able to play for around 3 months, mainly cause of my wrist but the last month because of my finances.</p> <p>I just hope that it goes well and i aint too rusty, it will be good for me to get a bit of exercise. it certainly cannot hurt anyway! I might even write about how it goes tomorrow </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/06/20/long_awaited_come_back~2490203/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-06-19:/2007/06/19/21st_birthday_present_i_ve_got_no_idea~2482065/b_carpet2007-06-19T17:57:17+02:002007-06-19T17:57:17+02:00 <p>Well its around 2 months until my 21st and my parents have started bugging me about what i want for my 21st birthday present and i dont have a clue! I'm not one of these people who really ever want much, a few pints, a game of footie and a nice lady and i'm perfectly happy!</p> <p>This however isnt good enough for a 21st bday pressie so i've really gotta come up with some thing and soon! i've got £75 to spend (we aint the most well off family i got to admit!) however so far what i come up with is either way too expensive (The PS3 idea!) or a bit too cheap and almost not worthy of a 21st (The £5.29 'Join Me' Danny wallace book i want).</p> <p>I've thought about maybe asking for a skydiving trip, a flying lesson or some thing like this but i've got a feeling this would be far too much? ah i dunno, guess i'll ust have to keep thinking... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/06/19/21st_birthday_present_i_ve_got_no_idea~2482065/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-06-13:/2007/06/13/a_weight_off_my_shoulders~2447379/b_carpet2007-06-13T19:15:31+02:002007-06-13T19:15:31+02:00 <p>Well its been just over a month since i last blogged and alot has happened to me in between! the most important thing though is that today i handed in the last of my college assignments, although yeah i'll get one or two handed back for resubmits its still a weight of my shoulders that i'd been carrying around for the last 10 months!</p> <p>I also found out today i didnt get the job that i have had a few interviews, while its bad news they say they might have some thing else for me so i'll have to go in and see them again next week to see if i can sort some thing out and see what its all about.</p> <p>I'm still incredibly fed up at work and cannot wait to find some thing else to move on to, hopefully it is just a matter of time. I also need to start getting paid more as i seem to be almost starting that slippery slope into debt again as i owe £100 to different people already!</p> <p>My sister got married just over a week ago in Turkey, it was actually nice to go on holiday with my whole family again, but not just my immediate family it was nice to have auntie and uncles there too. Unfortunately i had my phone stolen while i was out there, its not so much the phone i'm annoyed about its what was on it you know?</p> <p>I'm back onto my fitness program again this week, i've done real well so far. i've managed to only have one packet of crisps so far this week(compared to my 5 a day thats one hell of an effort!) i went to the pub last nite and only had 3 vodka and diet cokes compared to my usual 6 or 7 pints of lager, and in around half an hour i'm off to the gym. Hopefully i'm gonna start to really knuckle down and get into shape. My mom is helping me with the food this time which is a real help as shes so strict when she wants something done even Hitler would have been scared to upset her! I've take some photos of my beer belly as motivation, i might put them up here (probs only so friends can view them though, if you can stomach them!) I am however at a real heavy weight of 15 stone again and my biggest ever waist of 40"!! but not for long i hope, but we shall see!</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/06/13/a_weight_off_my_shoulders~2447379/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-05-10:/2007/05/10/too_little_time~2248346/b_carpet2007-05-10T22:27:40+02:002007-05-10T22:27:40+02:00 <p>I aint managed to blog for some time as it seems i just have no spare time at all at the moment! the worse thing is that i really dont know what i'm doing the whole time?! </p> <p>I'm meant to be going to the gym a few times a week, getting college work done, filling in application forms (oh yeah i'll say more on that in a bit!) playing the guitar and finding new exercises for the lads to do at football each week, let alone having a social life and maybe even playing footie again myself! I'm also stoney broke, where as i only have £30 in my bank account which isnt good! but hell i'll just compare it to this time last year where i was still around a grand in debt.</p> <p>So i've been filling in loads of application forms, i've got so depressed and resentful about my current job i'm desperate to change it. the only problem is that i've only got experience at the place i am now which isnt helping me find a job! Also why is it that job application forms are so bloody awkward to fill out? i mean does any one actually know what they want you to write in some of the gaps? for example "why do you wanna work for construction uk?" um cause your gonna offer me £20,000 a year?</p> <p>I've really been negelecting my exercise and diet too. I've not been on a run or to the gym in ages! and for my diet well i've kinda just been eating what i can when i can and so far its not been healthy! i've also been on alot of nights out which doesnt help. The problem i've got is that its end of the football season so i've got two presentation nights which involve lots of heavy drinking, every one seems to be turning 21 (again lots of heavy drinking!) and then every one seems to want me to visit them atm which for the last time involves lots of heavy drinking! i think from next week i'm gonna have to maybe just try to get out of some of these social things i've got planned!</p> <p>My college work is in dire straights too, i've got two assignments where i really dont have a clue what to do! i'm just looking at them and going "bugger!" i really dont know what to do. I've also got a total of 6 full assignments and around 5 re-submits to do within 5 weeks! thats gotta be impossible aint it? well i'll have to have a go at it.</p> <p>Well sorry to ramble its just i think my heads a mess at the moment as i've got so much flying round in it! i'll be glad when college is finished, the footie events are done for a few months and i just have crappy work to contend with.</p> <p>oh and dont even ask how the guitar is going! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/05/10/too_little_time~2248346/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-05-01:/2007/05/01/what_a_week~2189939/b_carpet2007-05-01T11:23:57+02:002007-05-01T11:23:57+02:00 <p>well ok so now i'm realy broke and it looks like i'm going into my overdraft for the 1st time this year when i travel up to brum to see my friend on friday but WHAT A WEEK!</p> <p>it was great fun, even if some bouncers and another bloke tried their hardest to spoil it!</p> <p>On the wed, i went to plymouth to see some of my mates who go to uni there. I arrived around 2ish and needless to say we went straight to the pub. We lasted drinking all day and even managed to see the 2nd half of the liverpool vs chelsea game. We then headed onto a club where all was going well until the last song. yes it was the last song and the bouncers suddenly realised they hadnt had a fight all night! so who was the unlucky chap who they decided was gonna get it?...yeah me! how bloody crap. basically i was happy just dancing away of the dance floor with my pint in hand when suddenly 2 big blokes grabbed me; one on either arm (apparently your not allowed drinks on the dance floor there and i'd already been told!) well i was well confused what was going on as i'd had one or two and i basically thought these blokes were about to rob me, so i happened to try to struggle free but i caught one of them in the face with my elbow. That signalled for all the other bouncers to join in and i was carried out by about 6 big blokes! they chucked me onto the concrete and its clear from the bruise they also hit me. it was completely over the top! it was the last bloody song and all i was doing was i had a plastic cup in my hand!</p> <p>Thursday we went for breakfast and dossed until the afternoon where i made the 2 and a bit hour trip home, stopping for a quick kip at a service station! even though what happened with the bouncers still a good few days which i enjoyed.</p> <p>Friday signalled the start of my sister's blokes stag due in newquay! we arrived around 5ish and headed onto the pub around 6. I dont remember too much bar i got in at 5:30 in the morning, many drinks were had and i stood up for my mate. Now i'm kinda seem really voilent with this but i'm not i just hate seeing my mates get hurt. As i came out of the club i looked left down the road and saw my best mate get pushed then punched. Well i kinda ran the 100 yards and hit the guy who hit my best mate. I think seeing me run all that way was enough to scare his mate as he ran off and the other guy was taken away by the bouncers of the club. Me and mate? we were asked if we were ok, which we were. I really dont like fighting but i had to stick up for my mate didnt i?</p> <p>Sat saw a game of golf for the afternoon, which i really suck at but it was good fun all the same! mind you i still managed to lose 5 balls! we all then went for a curry and into town. This night saw no more trouble but actually saw us all in a loving mood and i think apart from the stag and the golden oldies we all got at <em>least</em> a kiss of a girl (if thats what you could call the girl 'Oasis' pulled!) was a real good night again though.</p> <p>Sunday was the goodbye to everyone for a month until most of us meet again in turkey for the wedding. We had the four hour drive home which was hell for me. I had the biggest panic attack i've had in years, all cause i had to sit in the middle seat and it made me feel exposed i guess. I used to suffer real bad panic attacks where i couldnt leave me house, but i hadnt had one for about a year until sunday <img src="/img/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" class="middle" border="0"> that kinda put a dampner on the end of the week but i'll just need to forget it!</p> <p>In all i spend around £400 on drink and £100 on food. so it was expensive but i did have fun most of the time! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/05/01/what_a_week~2189939/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-04-22:/2007/04/22/a_weekend_of_work_finally_ends~2137518/b_carpet2007-04-22T12:36:15+02:002007-04-22T12:36:15+02:00 <p>So i had a big telling off from my boss of friday when he got back from holiday, and from all accounts he also moaned about me to the trainee painter. Luckily that trainee painter happens to be my mate so he rang me to tell me what he said! I think that confirms it, i'm now going to work slow and not not do any thing i'm not paid to do until i pass my college course and leave in july.</p> <p>I went back to see my old boss as well at the hotel on saturday. i sat down had a cup of tea and a chat, it was good to catch up. Me and my old boss always got on, so he cheered me up a bit. He even tried to convince me to work for him again, dont think i will though as there isnt too much money in portering at the hotel. However we shall see, i need some thing to do once i leave my current job before i start my own company (Yeah i'm still planning that, still yet to tell my parents yet though).</p> <p>So doesnt sound like i've actually done much work yet this weekend though does it lol?! well i have really. I finished my 5-day week at my real job at 5 on friday night and i was at my second by 7! i also work 7 till 4:30 yesterday and now i'm doing college work! its crazy i've hardly had any time to myself this weekend, i'm so glad i've got half a weeks holiday next week!</p> <p>I've just gotta carry on working and putting in the effort now until 3 (he says as hes not working but blogging!) and then i can stop working for the weekend and go down the pub and watch the footie (which my prediction is a 2-1 win for us) UP THE VILLA! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/04/22/a_weekend_of_work_finally_ends~2137518/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:bcarpet.blog.co.uk,2007-04-19:/2007/04/19/finding_a_decent_guitar_teacher~2123734/b_carpet2007-04-19T21:25:10+02:002007-04-19T21:25:10+02:00 <p>how hard is it to find a decent guitar teacher in Cheltenham? ok yeah i know you can search the net and stuff and it does throw a load of names at you, but thats a problem within itself. All you get given is names!</p> <p>Now to be honest i wanna see/hear some reviews of people who have been taught by them, i wanna know some stuff about them such as who they like listening to/playing to. I wanna see what they look like, just things like that so i can get an idea if i will like them, cause lets be honest you've got to be able to get one with your guitar teacher for it to work really.</p> <p>Just imagine if you are like me and wanna play stuff such as oasis and the artics and your teacher is more into blues? it wouldnt really ever work would it?</p> <p>Well thats my thoughts any way! if any one knows a decent one drop me a line </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://bcarpet.blog.co.uk/2007/04/19/finding_a_decent_guitar_teacher~2123734/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>