Hello Happy Saturday. Well that's another week that has kicked the bucket, wow we are flying towards Christmas.
A few things have happened since I last wrote anything here. Firstly a whole bunch of us (11 so far at the last count) have purchased tickets to the Gadget Show Live 2010, I cant wait and will admit that I'm a little over excited for grown up. Ah who cares..but I'm not sure what am more excited about...is it...halls and halls of gadgets, the live show, the pool in the Hilton, or the prospect of finally getting to meet my twitter pals. All of the above I think!! Its going to be a brilliant #GeekTweetup and if your reading this and you haven't got your ticket already.....wot are you waiting for....go and get it now!!! Friday 9th April 2010 - 4pm standard seating...come join us!!!
Last Saturday as some of you will already know @suziperry did interview at Rivera Radio with @rivrob. As we tuned in I realised that there were probably going to be a few people finding it difficult to get the interview to stream on their computer. I said a few sweary words myself whilst kicking my laptop into touch and I do this IT thing for a living. So I posted to Rob to ask if there would a link for a download. I thought this would be easier for most who either missed it or couldn't get the stream to work. Then low and behold right at the end of the interview Rob mentioned twitter and someone was encouraging others to listen by posting the link "weey in13 does that ring any bells!!" Yes it did take a few seconds for the penny to drop and I suddenly thought OMG that's ME!! After which Suzi then name checked me...at that point my tweetdeck lit up with messages from the others who were listening and I smiled. For us ordinary peeps its the little things that make a difference..when someone remembers your name, or remembers a small detail of your life... for a brief moment your are famous...or as some might say about me....infamous.lol Right after the warm fuzzy feeling that gives.... you pray to god...that you don't come across as some freaky space invading stalkery weirdo.....lol I'm not....honest
Most of you who come from twitter to read this will already know about the mouse episode.....yes living in the country is not always a bonus. I managed to dump £20 worth of diesel on my road to work..all due to a mouse eating through my fuel return pipe. A nice man at the Volkswagen garage gave me a replacement pipe for free. Unfortunately it was too big, so I had to heat shrink the pipe to get me home. Thank god I'm a little resourceful. Only to get up Saturday to find that Stuart Little had struck once again..this time duct tape tape did the trick till I got another bit of pipe..I'm happy to report that he hasn't been back since.
How could I forget to mention I've joined the gym...for those of you who know me...please stop laughing now...lol It is a well known JenFact that I hate anything diet or exercise related... I used to spend long shifts bouncing about the shop floor and never needed to either watch what I ate or go to the gym. I have relented, since I gave up smoking I'm sure have eaten more than double my own body weight in chocolate, which has subsequently doubled my body weight...ok not quite doubled...but its not to my liking. Am now driving a desk all day.... we won't talk about the fact that I'll be turning the big 40 next year...so shifting the extra pounds may be harder...ok I gave in an joined the gym. So far I have been twice and survived...I have till 6th December when I am weighed and measured again...then I'll let you know if its worth it!!!
One last thing I'd really like to draw your attention to. Last week @fierypinkgirl and @hellcatcustoms had a fire. So devastating was this fire that a video of it could be seen on their local news channel. I am very happy to report that no lives were lost, which so easily could have been much worse than it was. Unfortunately some very lovely custom bikes were, along with tools and part of the house. Yes they were insured but as we all know only to well some things are irreplaceable. Kelly's bike was a show bike and stunning. Today she tells me that because their agent forget to check the box that says custom she will only receive $800 for it.
Please please follow the link Rob's Blog to see pictures of the bikes before (they are stunning) and after. At the bottom of Rob's page he has included a way for people to donate to help out Kelly and Jase.
Enjoy the rest of you weekend
Jen
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