Well have got some spare time so I thought about another update.

Since the last update life for me has been tough....very tough.

My inner demons are having a field day at the moment, I seem to be very low on self beilef and self confidence. Im very paranoid about many things and can be very suspicious about stupid things.......I hate being like this really do. It seems this inner demons are winning as well....im trying my best to combat against this though but its not easy. I have good days dont get me wrong but when I have bad days then I very rarely talk as my brain is on overdrive....like a brave jedi knight against tons of evil empire troops....Im trying my best to battle against it. Use the force Mark.....use the force lol

I worry about stupid things and my friends know this very well (yup Caz thats you hun lol), for instance when I send a text to a friend and dont get a reply back then I straight away get suspicious no matter what the reason maybe for them not replying. Some people though I really wished did bother to reply come on a text only takes a few seconds to do and send. So I keep saying to myself........why do I bother.

Anyway since the last update I went to Dropzone and went tagging for only the 2nd time this year. I did enjoy it most of the time and did pretty well, I was distracted by things though which didnt help. Overall though Im still not keen as I was tagging wise....I just seem not to get the hang of things anymore. Again I dunno if its the lack of self confidence or esteem doing this or is it just me not liking it anymore. Will give it another go sometime soon perhaps for these Halo games im hearing much about.

The only thing that is really holding me together is LOTNA, Ive got many good friends their but for the first time I think since Ive joined I have thought about leaving for a little while but then thought no that would make me feel much much worse. Ive met some great friends but its true im not enjoying it as much as I use to though. I always put on a brave face while their...again i can be a different person when I need be (a clone as I said in a previous facebook post). I honestly dont know why im not enjoying it as much as I did? I wished i lived in London though as missing a lot not living there but their is no way Im going to move at the moment especially in the current working climate.

Work at the moment is crap which dosent help, cant give the reasons but hopefully this will be solved by the end of the week and then I will be getting very busy again....work will then keep my mind off things.

Relationships is always a major factor of my life at the moment and I think i now know the reason why I seem to fail so much nowadays, I tick all the right boxes (not bad looking, no ties, steady income and good set of teeth). When a lady shows an interest (it does happen a few times) then I get very keen.......too keen. I need to be more laidback I think. Problem is as it dosent happen often no wonder I get keen. Another tough challenge.

Tried to get myself organised and do other things so went to see Terminator: Salvation a few days ago and did like it.....it was miles better then the third film but not as good as the other two. Bit too much bang wallop for my liking and the storyline wasnt too strong but their was some nice touches making references from the previous films (Linda Hamilton coming back for instance...but wont say how though). As a Terminator fan I did enjoy it though and thought Christian Bale did John Connor pretty well....not outstanding.

Last night went to see 'Elivs on Stage' starring Lee 'Memphis' King with Mum as a late birthday pressie...she enjoyed it and I thought it was pretty good but not really my thing. Shame my seat was crap. Sadly the New Theatre is an old style theatre so dosent cater for anyone over 6ft so I felt very cramped. Had to watch the show on my side at one stage. Hoping to see Bill Bailey sometime in August so will try and get much better seats with some legroom.

Will try and think of other things to do......I may even be going to Amsterdam in a few months time which will be interesting.

Please comment back if you wish too, be nice to hear from anyone.

Well yup im back so welcome back me lol

Reason i havent been on for quite a while was due to no interest in LJ and my life wasnt that interesting if depressing to read hencewhy I sort of stopped for a while. I was also busy in other things and didnt really have time to get a journal up to date.......hence lack of action.

Anyway first thing you may notice is the new profile piccie, that was taken on holiday in greece about 3 months ago........more about that later.

So any updates on the last major post some 4/5 months ago??

Beatles Convention (Aug 22-26)

Overall it was an enjoyable if expensive four days with a few friends. Saw many bands in Liverpool and also went to the Cavern Club which was very dark and very humid but had fun anyway. Met my friends who did turn up in the end but sadly they met some other friends beforehand which meant I spent at least one full day by myself which wasnt ideal for me. Due too this and the event being expensive with me bored a few times (you get to a point when you dont want to hear another beatles song) I will probably not go next year and save my money (about £300) for something else...........but still glad that I went.

Greece Holiday (Zante - Sept 14-28)

Overall had a brilliant trip to Greece for 2 weeks, my first trip away for 4 years. Got tanned went to some lovely places including Olympia (where the olympics was born) and met some nice people. Did feel let down by these friends and it was clear I wasnt going to keep in touch with them after  the holiday, im not fussed really they just didnt get on with me....they were hard drinkers I wasnt. I wanted to talk with everyone they would not be bothered to. I was seriously let down at one stage which made me very upset and fuming.....but despite this will go again next year and care more about myself....will get tanned...go on trips and have a nice swim in the warm sea. Didnt meet anyone nice sadly.....oh well..........i still enjoyed the trip though!

Birthday Bash (Nov 15th)

As I could not have a birthday party on my actual birthday (week before), I arranged a birthday party (80s/sci fi themed) which to some degree went very well indeed. Almost all 30 people that attended were in costume (I was in my BG uniform) and seemed to have a good time, I was miffed at one stage when nearly all shouted they wanted a dance....in the middle of my quiz.....I spent ages sorting this out and to get this feedback made me (quietly) angry....so I had to walk out for a few mins to get some fresh air and quieten down a bit. It worked thankfully as I came back and told people that the quiz was still going on. Some people made a fuss about some questions as well, for beep sake its only a quiz and do I care if this person came from this land not the other land etc etc. Anyway peeps had their wish and danced at the end....well only a few hardcore and most of those were not the people that wanted to dance! Anyway got some nice pressies and chatted to many people......it was a success I think?

Consequences 2008 (Nov 20- 24)

November was a busy month for me but its nice to be busy isnt it??? December will be quieter anyway.

Anyway attended my normal freeform convention at Naish Holiday park and took part in 7 games over a 3 day period. The games I felt this year were not as good as last year but it was great meeting everyone again (and made some new friends). I can remember at one stage chatting at an after game party to two former game wives.....it was very funny. This year I was a nasty spy, a best man, a mage (yuk), a director and a french mayor to name a few! Will go again next year most def.

Tagging

Will probably try and start this again early next year as I havent been for nearly a year now.....still not that keen but will give it a try one final try at least. May start again in March 09

Davy Jones Locker

Is going to be the new freeform game that I be running for LOTNA in March 2009, its based on Pirates and should be loads of fun to run. Will start looking at the game files very soon and will take about a month to set up and will involve about 11 players. Should be loads of laughs anyway. Always like to see people happy from what Ive done......even if it is knackering.

 Future Holidays

Was hoping to goto Oz in March 09 to see my sister but due to work commitments this is now off.....may go in 2010. Parents will still be going though but its not going to be cheap for them. I will be home sitting the fish for them lol Im not too bothered about it to be honest with you. Need to save for Greece 09.....dunno where i be going though yet.

General This and That

Generally things are going okay for me at the moment, just getting on with life got no choice really. Still playing tribal wars and now got guitar hero 3 on my xbox (with guitar) which is great fun. Both parents and sister are fine as well. Going to LOTNA more frequently now as did miss the regular meetings.....will still miss the odd few as cant afford to goto every meet.

Anyway thats it for now....enough typing has been done  lol

Well its been what 3 months or so since my last LJ report. This was really due to having no interest in doing it anymore and to be honest my life isnt that interesting for other people to read frequently (I hope so do anyway).

So what has happened since that Early May report......well:

Dropzone

Didnt go in the end only for one morning, the main reason was that a close family friend had died which meant I wasnt in the right mood to go anyway so I attended the LOTNA game and then went home for the weekend. I wasnt in the right frame of mind.

LOTNA

The past 4/5 months my attendance at LOTNA hasnt been that frequent. Its not because I dont like going I still do but its just clashed with so many other events and also I had to start saving up for a few things (Beatles week in late August, London trip in early July and my holiday in September). So hopefully going to the August 9th meet which will be my final meet for 2 months. This is because the next 3 meets will clash with my Beatles week and then my holiday. So after this my next meet will be the Auction (got some stuff ready for that). Sad to see Tlanti go off for a year but reading her reports when can and she seems to be enjoying life in NZ.....so good on her I say!

London Trip - Early July

Went with a close lady friend for 3 days to London and saw many things including Tower of London, London Dungeon and Avenue Q stage show, everything went to plan and had a good 3 days away from work.........wish the company was a bit better though :o(

Beatles Week(end) Late August

From Aug 22 to 26 going to liverpool for 4 days with some old danish friends to celebrate the Beatles. This involved going to many concerts from tribute fans and doing various Beatle things. Should be good but problem is now that one of my friends could be pulling out due to her mother not being well at all. I fully understand this but if she dosent go her friend wont go which will leave me walking around liverpool for 4 days literally by myself trying to enjoy the event.......something which makes me unconfortable and alone. I hate being alone which is turning into a big fear for me nowadays due to being unlucky in relationships.

Birthday Do

In November im planning to have 2 birthday dos........one is a party on Nov 15th with my LOTNA friends which is themed sci fi/80s with 80s music. going to be great fun.........my actual birthday is on Nov 8th in which I have already planned going out with some other friends so doing this and then my LOTNA party the week after. Before you ask its not a big birthday yet.......still got a few years to go. Anyway something to look forward to after my holiday.......which is next topic

Holiday

Going to Zakynthos(Zante) in mid September for 2 weeks, my first trip aboard for 4 years and yes looking forward to it. Be nice to comeback to Britain with a tan hopefully. Going to see a lot of things which Im looking forward to.......its not that cheap but hey hope its worth it. Been saving since April for it and its finally paid.

General

Work is going okay I guess, not really enjoying it anymore but its better then no job, life at home is fine no problems just spending too much time by myself now and worrying about everything. Love life.....well non existent as ever and when I find someone......I ever become to attached and then let down or have no chance anyway.........im starting to get fed up of being just friends.......I want more is that too much to ask nowadays??.......been single for far too long now and yea its hurting badly now but I will try and get over it. 

Its affecting my moods though im a lot less happy then I have been and more withdrawn now.......holiday coming up should help I hope. My parents are concerned as they can see its clearly affecting me but its only me that can change them.......I do rate myself as being pretty unlucky though. Who knows may go and find myself a nice Greek lady with plenty of money and my age lol

I guess thats one reason why im not liking being called Plank anymore, I react to things I dont like more strongly nowadays. Parents are fine both now offically retired so on their travels leaving me many times home alone looking after the fish. They have a cruise in late novermber for 2 weeks, I should be away part of that time at Consequences freeform convention but yea got some good and bad memories of that now. The games are not as good as i hoped they would be (no fault of anyone) and also with the 2 birthday parties and Xmas i might not afford to go anyway.

Next year planning to go about a bit more, may go and see my friends in denmark, usa, Australia (my sister) and even Zante again if I liked it a lot this year. Who knows what may happen next year right???

Oh well thats it..........dunno when I will do a next report.......might be a while but hope u liked this anyway.

Well had a few busy days which was a nice change. On Friday went to a friends birthday party in which I had a nice time but my mind was on other things so didnt really chat that much. Also started to get a bit tired and needed some sleep (we had to be early up the next morning for tagging). Overall had 4 hours sleep and felt pretty crap the next morning, wasnt happy that I didnt get enough sleep and was watch looking for the last 2 hours at the party.

Saturday was spent tagging and the weather was fine, things are not what they use to be and Ive lost that tagging buzz, as to be honest.......Im no good at it and also its obvious only some key people have the best roles in the game and my tagging nickname of 'Plank' isnt helping.......makes me look pretty dumb at times when Im far from it. Oh well going to Dropzone end of this month..........sort of looking forward to it.........would prefer to watch Eurovision though (as its family tradition here) but no missing that. Hopefully I Player will have it on. Probably my last dropzone unless something drastic happens, I hate sleeping in tents also.

Went to my first LOTNA meet in 6 wks and took part in the Lotnamind quiz, came 2nd to bottom which wasnt brilliant but it went okay and people had fun. I was pretty tired by this time anyway trying to survive on my 4 hours sleep and then running around in a forest. Met some new people though which is always nice.

Next time I will see everyone will be week after Dropzone at a LOTNA friends birthday do and also will be

tlanti
farewell do as well. Be sad to see a good friend go........but wont be for too long.

My TV timetable for the week is pretty busy now.......new BSG (final series) on Tuesday nights, Apprentice on Wed nights and Heroes (trying to like it) on Thursday nights.

Got nothing planned this weekend.........as really need to save a bit more cash........tried to get GTA IV yesterday for my XBox.........no chance all sold out :o(

Anyway thats it for now soon be home time.

 

Rough night sleep last night didnt sleep at all meant having only 4 hours kip so another reason typing was to stay awake!

Well just had a pretty busy weekend which went mostly to plan.

Had Friday off and went to Orprington (as needed to be at the tagging place pretty early the next day), found out from Dave that due to some bad luck only 5 of us were going to be at the tagging event the next day instead of 10 (shame not seeing Cathy and the others but it was nobodys fault and there is always next month). That evening we got some food ready for tagging event and also food for the evening and then watched DVD 'Aeon Flux' which was weird!!

Saturday soon came and off to Wickham, in the car was me, David, tlanti and her brother Richard. We left nice and early but despite this the journey took nearly 3 hours because of traffic jams on the M3! So we got to the tagging event around 10.45am and had to rush to get ready for the first event. The first one being the ongoing role playing tagging game that started last month, this game normally took place in the afternoon but due to a punk band filiming a pop video that afternoon and thus using our village we could not do this then. The game was pretty good I was amongst the prisoner guards who had arrived and I was appointed point man (front of the group) things were going well until we reached another encampment, I shouted it "We come in peace" and promplty got shot by 12 people.......thankfully luck was on my side as I didnt get many hits!! Well in the end we all got hit/captured and the majority of the team were brainwashed except for me and one other person. After another attack by another group we both escaped and managed to get to the village and joined up with this other group who we later found out to be locals and the game ended with us launching another attack despite being totally outgunned!! Sadly I wont see what will happen as I will miss the next instalment as the tagging event is clashing with the Nuts Forum meet !!

Weather was thankfully not too hot, I did sweat a lot but was okay in the end. In the afternoon we did two skirmishes, to my surprise I was appointed team captain and in charge of 20 people (well eveyone nominated me) and I think we won that game but I 'died' towards the end due to my sensor dying! It also didnt help that one of my tag guns ran out of energy as well! By 5pm it was all over though and as I had to get back home I wanted to leave around that time, in fact I finally got home about 10.30pm.........it was certainly a long day!!

Sunday was back at home and it was a pretty normal day really nothing special.

Next LOTNA night is 12 Aug and at the moment I may not go, the reason being is the week after is the NUTS forum meet and as Im staying in London its going to cost me a small fortune so something may have to give. I cant afford going to London two consec weekends in a row all the time. I heard it maybe a book quiz and as Im not really a big book reader Im not too upset about it. Hopefully my quiz will happen in early September looking forward to that.

Been asked to stage another Murder Mystery Night problem is my new game "Return of the Curse" is still a good 6 months planning away (thats if I get time to do it), so Queenortart if you are reading this have you got any games that I could borrow and host??? If so then please let me know and we can talk more about this at Pirates perhaps.

The LOTNA night on Aug 26th should be a blast and looking forward to that as we are going to do some acting lessons! My freeform experience should come in handy here.

Anyway feeling much fresher today which is a relief problem is its now raining and I didnt bring a coat!! (as its still warm)........thankfully did bring an umbrella though. Not much planned for this week as got bills to pay, nothing planned this weekend just one spent at home.

Better do some work anyway...

Doughnut Signing Out........

Well its odd for me to say this but Im going to be very happy the weather is starting to cool down after nearly two months heatwave and a month of very high tempertures. Its so annoying wearing a nice fresh shirt for work only to get to work covered in sweat! Ive now started to bring a spare top to wear for the journey home (so dont smell too much). With the predictive weather saying its cooling down (well for a few days at least) then this is not going to be such a problem. Did see that the heatwave will be coming back with a bang around 8/9 Aug and then after that its back down to fresher 20-22c but of course predicting the weather is never an easy thing to do.

Weather for tagging this weekend is fresher but at 23-25c i have to think sensibly what Im going to wear. No point having my camo jacket on as I will bake and as I dehidrate very quickly then that would not be a wise thing to do...and yea I could faint if Im not careful enough......normally the body warns me by having a headache.

So what shall I wear? Well near enough decided its going to be camo trousers, black or green t-shirt, black cap and black webbing. With my leg and elbow pads as well and my new lightweight boots (are they strong enough??) then I should look pretty trendy and cool. With so many LOTNA peeps going Im really looking forward to it. Normally about 20-25 people attend these skirmishes but with 10+ from LOTNA alone then this number will def increase and also will make the day much cheaper for everyone...probably cost everyone about £5.

No point wearing a lot of gear when the forest is going to be pretty humid.........no where something light and then in the colder months can wear a lot again. Problem I have is that I have to pack and carry everything that I have to take to tagging to and from home. So this involves a pretty big wheeled back which is annoying to carry especailly on the underground! Oh well its not too heavy so its not a major problem.

Anyway last day by myself at work....got the bosses fan in the office so not too humid and today decided not to wear a shirt but a general top so feeling a bit cooler today. Looking outside looks likely we are going to have a rainstorm soon though......thankfully got a small unbrella in my bag.

Thats it for now.

Doughnut Signing Off........

Well here we go with another journal report and at work by myself for the next 3 days so dont have to worry about the boss looking over my shoulder!

Anyway plenty to talk about so will use the cut function again as it worked pretty well last time.

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Anyway thats it for now.........

Doughnut Signing On and then Off !!

Well its not been the best of weekends for me but will try and not sound too depressed here. I guess the year so far hasnt been one of the best either but I seen far far worse.

Anyway week at work was pretty normal seemed to go on for ages, the weather was nice outside and being stuck in a stuffy humid office didnt help at all, then as to make things worse came Saturday and it chucked it down in Oxford and got completely utter soaked. I was on my way to the football match the do or die game for my beloved Oxford. They had to win to stay in the football league. So I finally got to my seat utterly soaking wet had no change of clothes but luckly being a long way up in the stand I quickly dired but still felt pretty darn cold even if it was a warm day.

Anyway another football warning, if you dont like the sport dont look until the next paragraph or two as I will mention about Oxford Utd.

The atmosphere in the staduim was electric a record crowd of 12,240 saw the game (it was acutally sold out but somehow some 260 didnt make it??), Oxford started well against promotion chasing Orient and in the 14th minute we took the lead........1-0 to the Us!!! The staduim erupted with joy all the fans (including me) thought we may have a chance and stay up.......well until 3 mins later when Orient scored 1-1. Second half Oxford were pushing forward all the time but it was Orient who made it 2-1. Then a few minutes after they scored we scored with a header 2-2!! That wasnt enough though as we needed to win. To make matters worse one of our players got sent off and literally a few minutes later in injury time an old player scored for Orient and they won and got promoted 3-2. This means Oxford 44 year spell in the league is now over. I've never felt so depressed (well since my sisters cancer announcement a few years back). For about an hour I had to be by myself. As soon as I got home my Mum was trying to be nice and say we heard and felt sorry for me and the supporters. Dad though tried a joke which backfired right at him, I could have erupted with fury at him but no I was calm and sad it wasnt funny. He did feel guilty after saying it. I know some peeps are not football lovers but you have to understand when you have followed your club throughout your life and then see them tumble down and become a non league side its so heartbreaking. Oxford throughout the season have been awful and to be honest deserve to go down but its still not a great thing. We are now the biggest ever side to lose league status and it seems odd that only 20 years ago we were in the top division. Since 1988 its been a slow slow decline. Oh well have to remain positive all the so called Stars of Oxford Utd will be sacked as we cant afford their wages and gives us great reason to start a fresh with players who love to play for the club not these so called stars who think its an easy job. I never seen so many sad faces around the group, men, women and children crying it was so depressing and didnt help that in the away ground the Orient fans were celebrating (as the win meant they were promoted). Saturday night I just decided to watch TV didnt feel like doing much.

Its now Sunday and feeling a bit better and again tried to put the tent up again (this time less windy conditions). Falied big time again as I needed another person to help and yet again my parents are away today. So have no choice taking it to see my friend Dave next weekend and we may try and put it up then but as I have had a good look at it now and bascially know how to put it up it might not be needed until Dropzone.

Well have paid for Pyrates (well I hope I have as still havent received anything back saying that I have) so need to book some days off in mid November so something more to look forward to. Will do a small talk to the LOTNA group on Sat night about the game but it may come a bit too late as places are filling up very fast. I guess I need to confirm how many places are left. If I get one or two who want to join me in November then that would be great news. Looking forward to that anyway.

Well my mum did a great job in getting my velcro straps done on my Dropzone gear last few days, I actually now got name tags (one with Plank the other with Doney). So you will know when Im in a serious or non serious mood as I will have a different tag name! I love the character of 'Plank' as people take it in a way of him being a very nice pleasant character (which is me as well) and despite some people saying I will never get rid of this character unless 'Plank' is taken the wrong way. I actually act 'dumb' sometimes as it means I can get away with it.

I have been worried about my last skirmishes performances though in tagging, ever since I slightly pulled my hamstring in September last year I have become more wary on how to do things and normally prefer to stay in the background and not go in the frontline. This has affected my recent performances and at one stage I even felt that I wasnt enjoying tagging anymore as my low confidence decided to have a field day. I also have weaker ankles that can go anytime but as I have done this so many times now its not such a problem nowadays. Also the past few months my weight has risen sharply again, I've always had weight issues (well issues for me anyway). I did go on a diet about 2 years ago and lost 1.5 stone but since them have regained about a stone and now about 15.5 stone. Thankfully due to my height you dont really notice it that much (except in my face). Im very imagine consicous and i never rated myself as handsome but yea average. Looking down seeing my cider gut dosent help though. I sweat buckets at tagging and last month decided to try my contacts which in some ways did help as my field of vision was much better but somehow my aim was a lot worse (another reason for me not enjoying the last skirmish). Im not going to give up though, Im just going through a bad patch at the moment and I will recover from it.

Looking forward to the LOTNA skirmish on May 13th (weather looks resonable if a little wet) and of course dropzone at the end of the month. Its based on Stargate theme though and as not a big fan of it at all (I dont follow that many sci fi series except BG and Doctor Who) so I will try and enjoy it but I feel already that last year for me was much much better.

Anyway better stop as this is close to a novel, back to work tomorrow and a busy week (including wear a suit on Wednesday) should be okay. Looking forward to seeing everyone next weekend as I feel I need to see my friends before this slump/ worries get worse. I know they will cheer me up they always do.

Doughnut Signing Out...........

Well its the end of another pretty good if busy weekend.

Yesterday went tagging with tlanti, azaxyr and friend dave and had a pretty good time. Tried my two new tagging guns with tlanti helping out and we played about 4 games of just skirmishes and no real role playing. Im a more of a role player tagger so didnt enjoy yesterday as much as some of the others but still had fun.

In the evening watched the next episode of Doctor Who with tlanti, azaxyr, katana137uk, david, dave and his wife Janine and it was so far the best episode of the new 2nd series and I think everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. Im not a huge Doctor Who fan but do like Science Fiction and this was pretty good. Had some pizza during the evening which was worthy of a mention here as it was also very nice!!

Today was mainly travelling home back but not all by myself thankfully as had tlanti with me which was nice. Came home and found out that Oxford Utd are one game away from relegation to the Conference League (they must now win on Saturday or they are down) and Rooney is near enough out of the World Cup!! Football wise then not a great weekend. At least my Cherbourg side are still top in Managersim ! :o)

Also sent my money off for the Pyrates freeforming game in November (Nov 17-19) and hope that some LOTNA friends will join me this year, will be doing a small talk about it at the next LOTNA night on May 13th. On this day we are also having a newbie tagging game which should be a great laugh (which Im sure the newbies will love playing).

Anyway better go and have some tea.

Doughnut Signing Off...

Well a quick report as nothing much happened today.

Still in a lot of pain due to my injury caused on Saturday, took me much longer to walk to work today but I managed it and got quite a bit done.

The last few days been talking pretty regular to my Lycos lady and things are going very well I think. Who knows we may meet in the new few weeks as she lives pretty close to London. This is def one thing that has kept me pretty happy the past few days (even with the painful hamstring injury).

Obviously its race against time with that now to see if I will be fit enough to make the a Stag tag do, even if their is a slight niggle to it I would not risk flaring it up again so what could happen is me actually going to the tag event but instead watch what happens instead (or be a NPC). I aim to take part though. At least the drinking session in the evening wont be affected.

Curse has been taken second fiddle for now and I will now not think about it until after Cult TV and Tombstone so around November 14th it will be full blown Curse of the Pharoahs again!!

Also will prepare a back up LOTNA quiz this weekend, 4 rounds of sci fi oriented questions. Will do a bit of internet searching to make sure I get the questions and answers right.

Well another packed weekend for planky.

Arrived in Orpington after a pretty nightmare bus journey (which should of taken 1hr 40 but instead took close to 3 hours due to packed London traffic and also our driver deciding to have a road rage argument with another car driver in the middle of a packed London Street!!). Evening was spent watching some old Monty Python but was pretty tired.

Saturday went off to the skirmish and it went well until early afternoon, in the middle of one game I was running towards a tree when I felt a large pain in my leg, oh my did it hurt!! Funny thing was that the other taggers thought I was acting out an injury really well, until they realised that I was def not! I ended up with a thigh muscle strain which still hurts quite a bit at the moment. So for the last 2 hours I was in the car not really doing that much :o(

Evening was at LOTNA when 15 people turned up (which I was told a low turnout), but we had some games and the night was pretty successful.

Sunday went to a car boot sale with Dave and his wife Janine to find some cheap tag gun bodies and found two for a pretty cheap price. Got home in the evening and went for a chinese with parents but as I was in a bit of pain I ended up not that hungry (despite not eating much that day) and to top that had an annoying headache as well!

So overall it wasnt the best of weekends for Planky but it did have some good highlights :o)

Well had a nice surprise last night, my ISP broadband people actually did what they promised and now I have got a 1gb line for the same price that I paid for my old 512k connection, cant actually see much difference at the moment but its meant to be faster.

Anyway attended the Oxford Brookes Freshers Fair today at stand 107 for work (Oxford University Air Squadron). Overall a pretty good day and plenty of interest (mostly from women!! which is great news I think). It was a nice day only drawback is that I had to wear a suit for it (warm day as well). Its the only freshers fair that I will be attending though sadly ( I dont think I will be allowed to goto Reading one next week). Needed this day anyway as its generally been a pretty hectic week overall. Back to office tomorrow of course. Oh wish I was 10 years younger seeing all the ladies at the fair as well........oh well :o))

At least got the weekend tagging and LOTNA so looking forward to that. Did a little bit of Curse of the Pharoahs tonight (but not much) just made the character sheets look a bit more well presented, also checked on my 4 Managersim sides (yes its now called Managersim not Soccersim and got a new slow tick side PSG which will take AGES to develop!).

Again ran out of time last night to do a journal entry so here it is backdated to some sort (as doing this at work the next morning).

The past few days have been pretty much bog standard in Planks life, the weekend will be a busy one though. The plan is (hopefully) that work as normal tomorrow and then off to London Victoria via the Oxford Tube Bus. I decided I like going by bus more then train, its generally a lot quieter and also less hassle when you carrying a lot of stuff (in which what I will be doing this weekend). I also can fall asleep without any hassle (….tickets please!!!).

Friday night will be spent at Orpington and then the next morning will be off to a tagging skirmish in Wiltshire. The weather again this week hasn’t been the best (have we really had a summer here in the UK this year?) so lets hope its not too wet for Saturday. Then in the evening off to the next LOTNA club night. The next day off to the Military show and then evening at Orpington and then back home the next day.

Tonight is pretty busy as well, first I need to pack ready for tomorrow which will not take too long, then probably get something to eat and have the normal shower/shave. Will then phone tlanti to see how she is, probably not a long chat this time as we chatted for ages on Monday (and it was a nice chat as well) and anyway will hopefully see her tomorrow night or Saturday night.

Checked on my Soccersim sides, Benfica are through to the next stage of the CL and no surprise getting pretty thrashed by all the other sides (it was a big achievement getting that far), as its December game time they got no league games so the players are near enough fully fit now (so the unfit problem has now gone thankfully). Cherbourg have just started their next league campaign and started slowly, its going to be another one of those seasons and finally Real Madrid are having a good season 2nd position in Div 2 (yup no Beckhams, Zidnanes, Roberto Carlos or Owens in my side and the stadium is half the real size!).

Oh another case of ‘Walk’ Rage here, you know I moan about tourists who like to walk VERY slowly and are normally in groups of 30-40! Well add to that if it rains (as it has been most of this week) when they all carry umbrellas its like something from Ancient Greece/Rome when all the soldiers put their shields over their head in a ‘caterpillar’ movement I think its called? So when you approach this caterpillar you have to make an almighty detour around them which is normally in the road where you will ever get 1)soaked by on going cars or 2)Nearly get run over! Yup I’ve had experience of this :o)

Read the first 10 pages of Ancient Horizons yesterday and I was amazed that it actually made quite a bit of sense, overall I did 20 pages and up to seven chapters, its still unfinished though. Oh the southern bit of the Earth didn’t get hit by nuclear bombs it was a huge meteoroid instead so from one disaster to another one!

Things have died down regarding chatting to my Love at Lycos lady, I guess we just ran out of things to say, we still send the odd message but that’s about it really, oh well these things happen I guess (seems to happen a lot for me).

Playing Second Life a lot (did last night) having some fun on that, I don’t actually do that much just chat to my friends. I also checked my podcasts on my I-Pod will download the next ‘Chris Moyles’ sometime tonight so I can listen to it on the bus to London tomorrow evening.

Generally feeling okay (better then last week trying not to remind myself of that), I like to be busy as it keeps me thinking other things that generally disappoint me. May have time to do a journal entry tomorrow depends how busy I get, if not then the next entry maybe sometime next week I guess.

Anyway that’s it for now……Doughnut signing off.

As expected not finding the time to do that much in the journal this week as been at work. Today another pretty busy day as I had to plan the next year out on things to do etc. Had a good night last night though, first Dave a fellow tagger phoned about what was going to happen this weekend, its going to be another busy one. Then about 20 mins later tlanti phoned and we had a great long chat, about the Saturday visit and also about the weekend as well (will see her then). As normal will goto London directly from work and then take it from there. Got a skirmish on the Saturday (lets hope the weather is okay for that) and then LOTNA night. The Sunday we maybe going to another Military show where we can get some tagging gear but this is a bit undecided for me as I may need to go back home then. Looking to stay over that night as well so I can enjoy the full day with my friends.

Checked the normal things tonight like Soccersim and mail then watched the footie on the TV.

Well spent a few minutes looking around here and also changing the look a bit. As a 'Free' user its not going to be that pretty to look at but hey its fine by me.

Have added one friend to my list of buddies here, Tlanti is the name, she told me about this whole live journal thing so I decided that she should have the honour of being my first friend here. I hope to get a few more though as just one looks well pretty crap!

Doughnuts Law #3

I dont swear that often, I was brought up to be polite and generally a nice bloke (hence I think still being single I guess). So you will probably see by my journal entries that I wont be using much foul language at all (if I do it will be Doughnuts slang i.e Fiddle sticks, darn it etc etc). The only time I really swear if someone or something really gets on my nerves!!


Anyway my main aim of these journals is to keep a record of my life and also to make new friends here, I do belong to other groups on the web (yup some dating ones as well and no its not that sad). As i have been a computer user since 1983 and on the net since 1998 I know computers really well, sadly I cant fix them due to my colour blindness! (not too bad but not confident enough to do them.

Okay well here another law i just thought of, remember these are my own laws that I follow my own bible I guess :o)

Doughnuts Law #4

Im not a confident person so this journal should help me in that. I have had a pretty sheltered life I guess but im a person who dosent take risks or like major changes. This can of course backfire and it has big time sometimes. My social and to some degree love life has gone downhill fast the past couple of years due to family illness and just the way I look at things. It took me a lot of guts to try and get things sorted and I think they are slowly getting better. Anyway #4 is that sometimes here I wont be in happy mood so please bear with me I do get happy sometimes!!

Anyway back to normality and the entry, its Friday today and I got a day off from work (I work in Oxford, UK) a lovely city that is currently full of tourists who have a habit of walking in large no very very large groups and love to hang around in the middle of the pathway just chatting....oh the pain when you are in a rush trying to catch your bus home and to find them in the way!!) AAAGGHHHH! Oh well I will be patient honest!!! Its a pretty boring day for me and for once got nothing planned this weekend, thats the problem when all your friends that you grew up with have now since left/ got married or you just lost contact with, this dosent help my own confidence problem I must admit. Trying to do something about it though started laser tagging and going to join a sci-fi club in London so hopefully will meet some new peeps there. Will let you know how i get on here. Aahh another pain this flipping keyboard it just dosent like my caps sometimes and fed up changing i to I all the time I may not bother anymore! Just glad that i do type very fast!

Anyway better go and check on my 3 football sides on Soccersim. Its a free online football management game that i've been playing for the last 6 years or so. Having great fun! My 3 sides are Antwerp, Cherbourg and the mighty Real Madrid on 3 different servers! Will let you know more about this later on.

Oh I better check Love at Lycos as well thinking about it............not very successful but having a good chat to one lady who seems very nice. Better let some of my tag friends that I've got this as need to build up my journal entries.

Cheers for now!