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Well, where to start? On Vally's Day, I got TWO e-cards. One was a platonic one from USHW, which was very much appreciated plus another one from an unknown source that erm... wasn't. I hate not knowing stuff like that, so I sent an email to the Gmail account asking for their identity, but I doubt I'll ever get a reply.

I did chicken out of sending cards to any of the females who are currently taking my fancy - that'd be about three, I think. I blame the lack of contact details, but really, I have email addresses so I could have sent e-cards quite easily. Maybe I should just blame the fact that I'm chicken, especially when it comes to women. Meh.

As you might have guessed, things haven't moved on at all on any front. PD's still the most difficult woman in the world to get hold of and I haven't seen Lickable Girl from work in months. In fact, thinking back on it, I don't think I've seen her since before Xmas. That's most definitely my loss.

I have caught up with QC2, who was telling me all about her trip to NYC (thankfully, she returned a few days before the HUGE snowstorm hit), and it sounds like a fantastic place to visit. I haven't seen E since she came home from her skiing trip, so I will make a point of contacting her this week to see if we can't meet up or something.

Going away next weekend for a weekend on the booze with the lads, which promises to be excellent - lots of booze and lots of fun. Looking forward to that, already. I think I'm going to arrange a talk with the boss, too. I have concerns regarding work that need addressing if things are going to go well for everyone in my team this year, otherwise it could be a looong year.

No!

So, it's St. Valentine's Day tomorrow. I'm neither sending nor expecting anything (though am quite willing to be surprised). There aren't even any real targets. PD's still kinda floating around, but that's not looking as if it will develop anywhere and anything else is, well, just never going to happen. 

I did toy with the idea of sending PD (and a few others) an e-card earlier, before giving up on that idea. It did mean that I did find this cool e-card site: http://www.grtz.net/grtz/index.html It's well worth taking a look at.

Meh.

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I heard from USHW recently, asking after myself (but also being nosey about PD). There was nothing to tell, and that's still the case, despite the fact I heard from her (PD) today. It wasn't anything important, though, just the usual email asking what I was doing at the weekend, but no urgency about the two of us getting together for a chat.

General stuff.

Not been online much recently, but that doesn't mean there's a lot to report. Is it really a fortnight since I last posted?

The K, A and third party issue is still ongoing. K's gutted, A's gutted (but starting to cope) and F and myself still think the third party's putting it about a bit.

I've not heard from PD since my last post, but I've contacted her today, so let's see if that brings any joy.

Everything else is trundling along as it should, though I was disappointed not to have won £100 million on Friday in the Euro Millions draw. Still, there is always this week - £125 million!

Upcoming events include heading out for a meal with some chums on Saturday and then down to my mate's house on Sunday for beer, pizza and the Superbowl. It's Superbowl XL this year, which means Superbowl 40, not "Fat" Superbowl. Should be a good laugh.

Well, well, well.

I actually heard from PD the other day, too. I'd almost forgotten about that. Apparently she pretty much lost all of Christmas due to being laid up with the 'flu. I shall be contacting her this week and pushing a trip to the pub, I think.

Secret fun and games... part two.

Well, where do I start? I got a message from F yesterday, telling me that the third party had called it a day with K. (See this entry: Secret fun and games) That's interesting for a few reasons. The first is that, knowing K, she's probably infatuated with D. It seems to be how she is, but the "relationship" (and I use that term loosely) is just over a year old by my reckoning, so I reckon she's devastated. Secondly, to the best of my knowledge, the third party is still supposedly still dating A, another friend of mine. In fact, A's relationship with the third party is probably about 18 months old at the moment which means she's been seeing the third party longer than K has.

K's been aware of A for a while (in terms of possible relationships with the third party – K and A do actually know each other, though it would be inaccurate to call them friends), but I'm not sure how much she knows for sure. From what I can gather, K's been friends with the third party longer than A has, but when A and the third party first hit it off and became an item, the third party wanted things kept a bit hush-hush, so K wasn't told outright. Suspicious, huh? I thought so.

Sadly, A's a bit insecure (actually, K is too, but K's bunny-boiling tendencies tend to over-ride that) so didn't tell K directly that she was seeing the third party, due to the third party's wishes for secrecy, but instead dropped loads of hints. I've already said that K would ignore the most obvious signs if that's what she didn't want to hear, so it's possible that she has deliberately ignored what A has told her.

That has all been covered before, though.

I haven't spoken to A for nearly a week, but when we last spoke, she was planning on being a bit more forward in getting what she wanted from her relationship with the third party (and the third party has been a shocking boyfriend to A since I've known her) including visiting the third party this weekend. This is what strikes me as strange – why did the third party dump K on the eve of A's first visit down there in months? Did A get to meet up with the third party (who can be difficult to pin down with arrangements)? Did the third party dump A, too?

I have loads of questions about this, because it all smells funny to me. As I've said, the third party is a shocking boyfriend to A, and from the little information I've gathered from F, to K too. So, is the third party actually looking for a relationship or just some sort of on-call fuck?

It would appear to be the former at this moment in time, and with A rather than K, though it's my personal opinion that the third party really needs to pull his socks up if he's to make anything last with A (though A will desperately hang on until the bitter end rather than be pro-active about the whole thing).

I suppose it's pointless pondering this further until I've spoken more to both A and F. I should speak to A at some point over the next week and I know that K is visiting F next weekend, so there'll be some gossip/news after that.

Travelling.

Again, this year looks as if it could mean a bit of travelling. I've already plans to go to Dublin, the lads and I are planning a foreign beer weekend at the end of February, probably to a Baltic state and I've promised F that I'd go visit her around May/June. None of these weekends will be cheap. Dublin's always at least £100 for a few nights out (though as I kip over with a mate, there are no hotels). The Baltic states will be expensive too - it's about £80 for a flight plus £100 on top of that for a hotel and then there's the spending money. Visiting F will be expensive, too. It's about £50 for a flight and £120 for a hotel for two nights (hopefully, Holiday Inn will do a special offer before then) plus spending money. And I was supposed to be saving money this year? Fucking hell.

On the bright side, I have been in contact with F, who's doing well by the sounds of it and has given me gossip. I may post it later as I've previously touched on the subject. Plus I got an email from QC2 who I haven't heard from in ages. Now that she's back online, I'll have to arrange a drink or something. I've also not forgotten about E, who's a bit skint at the moment and probably pretty stressed given everything that's happening with her at the moment. It's a shame because a night out on the piss is probably what she needs, but she's can't afford it at the moment.

Dirty minded test.

http://www.queendom.com/tests/minitests/fx/dirty_mind.html

I scored 90%, but then again, anyone reading this blog knows exactly how much I think about sex...

Goal setting - 2006.

OK, so I actually got around to typing out a post a few days ago and then my PC promptly crashed, the bastard. I've totally forgotten what I was going to say, too.

Ah well, here's another one. I started off on the first of my many goals today which is to sort my financial situation out. It will be a long, hard slog, but all the pieces have been put in place and within a week or so, that can kick off properly. I'm also hoping to be in a position before too long to start thinking about mortgages and the like, but my current estimates are looking at between £4K and £5K which is bloody scary, quite frankly. I might have to seriously consider a second job for a while, part-time of course, to speed up the saving process a bit.

In other news, work's getting back to normal. There was a huge fuss made over Xmas by a couple of people who have ideas above their station which turned into a circus by shoddy management. One of the guilty parties has handed in their resignation at the start of the month, and while I quite like the person, will not be sad to see his attitude leave.

Their replacement was supposedly meant to be one of the attractive looking ladies that I had done a bit of office perving over, but it seems that the company reshuffle has given her the opportunity to go to another company, which she's taken. It's a shame, really. Our team needs more females in it, and if they're attractive and sexy, then all the better.

2006

Not much to say, really. Pretty much just wanted to post something seeing as it's 2006. I've got a busy week this week, what with going back to work and all and with it being the start of the year. I don't really make resolutions as such, but I've a few ongoing goals to achieve, both short and long term, that will need worked on this week, plus it's ages since I've seen E, so I'll try and arrange to see her ASAP too.