No surprises there then!

Your Taste in Music:

80's Alternative: Highest Influence

90's Alternative: High Influence

80's Pop: Low Influence

Adult Alternative: Low Influence

Classic Rock: Low Influence

Punk: Low Influence

Obsession...
Recently, my simmering music obsession has been rearing it's head again. It could be because due to the poorly computer, I have been listening to cd's (yes, remember those little discs of shiny plastic?) plus the radio a lot. I keep hearing tracks I had forgotten about and NEEDING to go find them. For instance, last Friday me and my colleagues were messing around, chatting about music and that classic 80's one-hit wonder came up: Freeze 'IOU'. I HAD to go find it. Actually found it on a cheap compilation cd in York on Sunday (where I did icidentally manage to find the black suit I have been looking for - hurrah!). I must have listening to it 30 times since Sunday.

And currently I have 5 items on watch over at ebay. 'Baby it's you' is a song I know from the Beatles, off their first album, Please please me. I didn't realise it was a cover of a Shirelles song until I heard it (the original) on the radio the other week. So I am trying to buy both versions.

Why can't I apply the same insane onemindedness to exercise? or diet? Or both?

Sigh...

So far, so good...
A goodish interview I think. Now it's a waiting game to see what they offer me. We got to the stage of discussing salary bands - got to be a good sign! Hoping for somewhere over 5%, but less than 20% improvement on my current deal. Fingers crossed...

Of course, this means I may need to be handing in my notice soon. Not looking forward to that one at all, especially as Mr C handed his in a few weeks ago and departs at the end of May.

Can anyone else believe it's the 10th of May already? Where has this year gone???

Brain fug
I am trying to learn how to read profit and loss accounts, balance sheets and cash flows. And it's not even directly for college. I just want to know. And as I am not an accountant, I am finding it a bit befuddling.

I am almost prepared for the interview on Monday - cross your fingers for me at 18:00 GMT. And I never did find a black trouser suit...

The Subways at Fibbers, York
Topic: Gig review
So 4 of us piled in Mr Chamberlain's car and toddled off to York to Fibbers last night. Fibbers is an excellent venue - a tiny pub with a stage at one end. Terrible acoustics, terrible visual lines, but a fantastic atmosphere. And they trust you to drink lager from a real glass! About 250 bods in there I think.

First band were already on when we arrived and I must admit I have no idea who they were and they didn't make too much of an impression. Sorry, whoever you were.

Then we were treated to Black Night Crash. They RAWK. Not as in, 'I loved them', but as in they actually RAWK. Think Led Zeppelin, the Music, a bit of Lenny Kravitz with a sprinkling of Guns n Roses. Not my cup of tea really, but Mr LMG was tapping his foot enthusiastically. I think they are still unsigned, and they appear to be only gigging in York, but they have that 'je ne sais quoi'...

And then on to what are billed as 'THE NEXT BIG THING' - The Subways. I loved these guys. Bags of energy. Lead singer isn't much to look at, so they have managed to get what M descibed as a 'very hot' female bass player. She isn't exactly Kim Deal, but wasn't afraid of getting a bit sweaty and jumping around with the boys. Think a blonde Avril Levigne (oops - I think Avril succumbed to the bleach bottle, but you know what I mean). The first single 'Oh Yeah' is absolutely fab, and they were quite adamant that they weren't going to be media whores and re-release it. Gotta love that rock and roll attitude.

A great night out.

Still no suit...
Another 3 hour session (in Leeds - I wasn't quite mad enough to try Trafford Centre) and still no suit. Found a gorgeous Christian LaCroix jacket for #899, but
a) is beyond the budget
b) unsuitable for interview
c) isn't a suit
There are hundreds of linen suits out there, and I only tried on one, as I had dismissed them from the enquiry, so to speak. Do I go back and find one that fits and risk the crumpled look, go for the slightly tight pin stripe from Next or the very tedious boring mumsy suit from Wallis?
I could of course make the trip to Trafford Centre any night this week, but I have a 3000 word assignment to finish tonight, research for the interview to do and an essay for economics to draft. Plus I'm trying to stay interested in work, eat fairly healthily, try to get some exercise in, catch up on all the tv I have recorded, and my back hurts. Whinge, whinge, whinge. Just shoot me now.

Busy busy bee...
Oh dear, too much to do, not enough time. I tried shopping for a suit on Saturday. 4 hours later, no suit (but 4 new cd's as compensation). Rather disturbingly, I have decided to go to the Trafford Centre on a Bank Holiday Monday. As I type this, I'm wondering what kind of fool I am. Perhaps I missed the perfect suit in Leeds. Perhaps I should go back and check all the shops again just in case? There is a plethora of linen suits out there. Linen and I do NOT get on. I have trouble enough looking groomed and professional without tossing the fabric that creases as soon as you touch it into the mix. All I want is a smart black suit that fits. Preferably one that flatters. How hard can it be? And then I need shoes. And a coat. Jewellry at this stage is a bonus. Gak. I may be some time...

Let m go home...
... I want to be knitting. Have just spent my lunch hour surfing for the perfect knitting site and found it. See links to the side. Last night I knit the back of this pattern:

And now I have to interpret the instructions to shape the arms. Can't wait to finish it. But I have to work. And then go to a silly networking event. Boo.

When I finish the sweater I am going to try to knit the stars on the site with the videos. They look fun and portable. I've never done knitting in the round before. I wonder if I knit enough, can I patchwork them?

Feeble cough...
I is ill. Scratchy throat, slightly dizzy, but not ill enough to stay in bed. Boo. Might skive off work and go shopping. I need some new jewellery (big pendant, maybe?), a black mac for wearing over a suit, a new suit (black trouser suit, yet again? Or a tweedy one? Hmmm) and a crisp white shirt which will button up. Bravissimo do both suits and shirts for the amply blessed, but I don't know what time they are open till.

I am unusally productive today and have sent 8 emails querying a design. Yay for me. Will spend the afternoon concocting some BD literature telling the world how fantastic we are, just in case I don't leave, and to stop the folks here thinking that I might. Now what can this poorly poppet eat for lunch?