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    Abandoned
    May 16th, 2006 at 22:25

    I discovered on Sunday that my parents were going to Menorca for a week. From yesterday.

    Well, that’s a slight exaggeration, but it was quite a shock for me to discover that my sister and I are having to fend for ourselves. To make matters worse, I’m not allowed to use the car for a week, so they’ve effectively broken my legs and taken the dishwasher (ie: my mother) with them. The plan is to buy some paper plates and plastic cutlery and cups. Or rather, I would, if I could drive to a shop.

    Not satisfied with leaving their kids in the drought-striken famine-hole that is South Leicestershire, they’ve sent me a number of picture messages of them jangling my car keys, just to taunt me.

    In retaliation, I sent them a picture message back of the wild teenage party we were obviously having in their absence.

    Yes, that is a screencap from the BBC One “rave” ident, that I’ve cropped and made slightly grainier.

    Other than this, things are going alright so far. I went to the University “workbank” today after seeing a poster (ie: analogue banner-ad) that suggested that they were looking for |33t h4X0rs like me, saying “We’re looking for people who know PHP/MySQL/Java/HTML/CSS/GNVQ/ICQ/AOL/WTF”. I went in and the conversation went something like (ie: exactly like) this:

    Enter James.
    “Hello, is this the workbank?”

    “Yes”

    “I saw a poster advertising for people with programming skillz”

    “We don’t have any jobs in that field at the moment but we do have waitressing

    “I’ll erm… come back another day, then”.

    James exits stage left.
    I was annoyed by this exchange because the woman didn’t even humour me by tapping at her computer or pretending to check whether there was any jobs. She just continued to look at me in a patronising way and apparently just knew that there wasn’t any jobs.

    Incidentally, I’ve got my first day as an exam invigilator tomorrow, which should be… interesting. Tune in tomorrow to find out how I get on.

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    1. The French
      May 17th, 2006 at 4:51 pm

      Dont you live opposite sainsbury’s, and round the corner from the only good pub? I mean, its not like you even NEEDED to drive anywhere, its quicker to walk to those two places. Dont yo know how to wash up? Dont you know how to cook? I reckon Lucy should leave you to starve.

    2. mum and dad
      May 18th, 2006 at 5:28 pm

      Abandoned! How dare you! What an

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