Yes, I'm still here... if you're interested.

I've not posted anything in a while... and nothing really important since the turn of the year, I think. There is a reason. I'm kinda stuck in a rut, but not in a bad way. I have a few things on the back boiler that require resolution before I can move forward. The main one is that job I applied for last month. I'm still waiting to hear about it, but that alone is holding me back in terms of finding somewhere to live etc.

It's not that I've forgotten the blog, but rather that I don't have anything to say right now until decisions are made and other things can resume. Once that happens, I'll continue to blog, even if it does seem that only USHW is the only person to read the blog and I'm not even sure she pops round that often any more.

Slow news day

Things have been very quiet recently. I have been extremely busy at work, so my social life has pretty much been fucked... though I don't really need work as an excuse these days. It really is shit.

I don't really have any further news from last reports, save my asking USHW for random sex (nothing unusual there.. it's a monthly occurrence for a bit of a laugh, it's not like anything's ever happened) and vague thoughts about getting in contact with FA1 again.

I've seen GFW a few times. We've had chats and stuff, but it's been purely business (as much as a friendship can be), trying to sort out each other's professional lives.

Well...

I handed in my CV last week regarding a new position I was very interested in applying for. So far, I've seen nothing that suggests I would be ruled out and even better, today I got an email asking if I would mind travelling for up to six weeks? The answer is "of course not!" as I'd love to head back to where our clients are. It's a great part of the world with good opportunities for sight-seeing, shopping, meeting new people etc. plus I'd get an opportunity to see if I could meet up with V again.

I'm trying not to get too excited about it all, but there is a part of me that is getting a little optimisitc about the whole thing.

Bah.

Well, perhaps unsurprisingly, my work colleague has not decided to go apartment hunting with me and has instead found a few friends of his own who are looking for a place to live. Back to the house/flat sharing websites for me, then.

The work thing is still on the card, though I require permission from my boss to apply for it and then I have to go for it... fill in my CV etc.

Socially, I've not done much apart from see my cousin this week for the first time in ages. I am hoping that things might get better socially within the next few weeks though.

Dating is still a washout... not surprisingly really as my social life is so poor. I'm still expecting things to take an upturn when I find a place to live.

Woo! (Woo?)

I'm trying not to get too excited, but things might just be looking up after the somewhat disappointing second half of 2008 (and you only know the half of it, dear reader).

An ex-colleague/friend recently announced he was house hunting, albeit with a friend, but has been receptive to the two of us hunting out a place together as his mate is starting to consider other options. Starting tomorrow probably, I will be investigating seriously the possibility that we hunt out a place... possibly something rather groovy and preferably very soon.

In addition to that, there is the possibility that life might become more interesting professionally (and that's a good thing in general if RB was correct all those months ago when we talked about my industry), but that's all going to rely on a chat with my boss about promotion opportunities.

There's also a couple of offers on the table regarding travel and stuff that will make the first quarter of 2009 quite exciting, if a little expensive! Nothing really on the dating front either... as mentioned in previous posts, the social life has been extremely quiet over the past month or so (even over Christmas, sadly). Still, I'm meeting up with a cousin at the weekend for many, many drinks, which might be the start of more socialising.

A thought regarding girls who take their own photo using a mirror

I mean, for fuck sake, can you not read the instruction manual? Use the self timer, it's not fucking rocket science! Yes, you look nice... yes, your pants are very nice and you are using an inventive way to cover your tits. You look like a fucktard for carrying the camera while trying to strike a sexy pose though, just like these girls.

Well, OK then, I will sleep with you, but only because you asked nicely.

Sigh.

I've had a few weeks off over the holiday period and I've pretty much done nothing. While I don't mind that during the day, it's a real pain in the arse at night. I'd ideally hoped that I'd have had a few nights down in the pub. That hasn't been the case so far, though I'm just over halfway through the time off. I'd really like to get down to the pub at least twice before I go back to work. It's not just a matter of getting out of the house, but it's more getting out there into social situations with the possibilities of meeting people. I've been forceful enough in asking people to go out, but there seems to be this lethargy with people where they don't pull their own weight and I'm, yet again, sitting waiting for other people. This why I need to meet more people.

Ponderland

I often wonder (when drunk) if anyone else I know has a secret blog that no-one (or very few people) knows about. Certainly as one prime example, from what I've been led to believe from the years after FBS and I didn't become a proper couple, FBS was still extremely interested in me and, from that point of view, I'd be very interested to read her blog over that period of time. Of course, like everything else, be careful what you wish for. It would be like,reading her personal diary.Would I like to read that? Who knows! Would I like another crack at some naked, horizontal dancing? In my current inebriated state, definitely yes!

Woah!

Kate Beckinsale in Underworld! I'd forgotten how incredibly sexy she was in these films. Much better than her usual, big hair and typical Hollywood girl look. The skin tight black latex doesn't do her any harm either!

Yet more ground re-treading,

My cousin was visiting today and while we used to be close, we barely see each other these days. That's mostly his fault, and has recently been made more difficult by a lot of distance. A lot! Anyway, we (well, I) somehow managed to re-tread over over the whole RB incident. One of my cousin's friend's wives (convoluted!) is in the business, so he sent a text message asking her if she knew RB. Why he did this is beyond me... it's not as if this is going to change anything.

So here we are...

It was our work's Xmas bash last night and it was a really good night. I'm left, this morning, with a rather "meh" feeling to the whole thing. I'm off work for over two weeks, which is good, but I know I'm starting to fall in to my usual Xmas feeling, which is the hating of my current relationship status right now i.e. single, despite this year being quite good for me in that I met a couple of girls during my holiday earlier this year in addition to the much reported RB phase over the summer. I guess seeing a lot of the women from our firm get glammed up last night (and a lot of them really do scrub up well) which resulted in a bit of drink-related horn going on (which I'd never act on with a work colleague) which has evolved into my usual Xmas relationship mood.

Yesterday, SSCW told me that she was convinced that I would meet someone over the holiday period, which would be nice, I guess. Not incredibly likely, though!

I'm still waiting to hear from the nice girl about the flat, but I'm really pessimistic now. I'll drop her an email later today just to see what's happening, but my guess is that she's already told the successful new tenant and is ignoring everyone else that went to look at the place over the past three weeks. If that's the case, I won't be terribly amused by that!