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Drunk attempts to row home

A last drink proved one too many for a 78-year-old Swede who fell asleep while trying to row home - from Denmark. Reports say the man had been drinking in the Danish town of Helsingor but found he did not have enough money for the ferry home to Sweden.

Instead of waiting until morning, he stole a dinghy and tried to row the 5km (three miles) across the Oresund Strait to Helsingborg, police said. But he fell asleep half way and drifted until he was rescued by the coastguard.

The man, who has not been named, was found still asleep in the bottom of the boat, and towed back across the strait - a busy shipping lane - to Denmark.

He was put on the next ferry home after he had sobered up, writes the Danish news service Ritzau. Police said the owner of the dinghy had decided not to press charges.

Projects

Just managed to catch up with some peeps in terms of their blogs - and it seems I have missed out on quite a bit! I must admit, now that uni has finished i'm finding it very hard to procrastinate because i'm not being left alone. I'm working 5 days a week (40 hours a week) and weekends I spent babysitting leaving very little time to sit down. This actually makes me rather depressed. I miss procrastinating!

As I was reading around, some people mentioned about their Summer (our Winter) projects that they're undertaking over the break. I want to be able to work on such a project! Making something, learning something, redecorating etc...

BUT:

Time is limited WORSE than before
My room is office-like and thus, adding colour and decoration will only make my room funnier

The only thing I've been doing that's "me" time is fixing/renewing my iphone.

I kinda wish I had time and an idea for a "project" to work on - keep myself busy on a different level you know?

All this thinking has made me come to a final thought:

Procrastination and lack of creativity

Ah, THAT's why I don't start projects.

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Fact

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Useless web fact #432
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Nerd rating 9/10

The web universe increased by 3.9 million sites this month. When you

have a drink with friends this week, you can casually drop into the

conversation that there are now 172,338,726 websites in the world.
<http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/06/index.html>http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/06/index.html

A good many of which are utterly pointless. But make you smile.
http://www.exactcenteroftheinternet.com

and
http://utterlypointless.com/>http://utterlypointless.com/

Work

I'm having a difficult t ime at work at the moment so I'm looking for a new job. I have been wronged in so many ways that even my colleagues are surprised that I've not quit yet.

But enough of that, I'm buying this custom made necklace online. It's a tiny, smooth finish disc pendant on a delicate 16inch chain in gold vermeil. It's going to look really delicate. I've been wearing my silver set solitaire diamond for over a year now so I need a change.

I also really want a Circle pendant (in silver), it's SO CUTE see pic directly below. The disc pendant I'm getting will be the same size. The girl I'm buying from makes her own jewellery she can make them in brushed/hammered or in smooth finish, and any chain length. The Circle one would remind me of karma and that giving out bad vibes just means you'll get it back in some other form. Sometimes I can get stuck in my own bad mood and be horrid to others, so this'll keep me in check! (Haha like my reasoning behind 'needing' things?) She also has this cute Ohm necklace with a white topaz gem. I don't know what it means, but I think I need it to!

Circle pendant

Circle Pendant

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Then there's this eternity ring from Accessorize. Honestly i think I could be happy with anything from Accessorize but this ring looks nice on my finger. It's the right kinda sparkle and doesn't jut out on the sides of my finger. But I'd feel like I was being sad if I bought this for myself. I don't think I could ever buy this type of ring for myself - these things should retain their meaning!

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Anyway enough jewellery I've been off the coffee for some time now. I started to notice the bags under my eyes because I couldn't sleep at night, and also the twitch in my arm when I'm trying to sleep. Even if I have coffee at 11am I still have difficulty getting to sleep later that night.

My other half on the other hand has bought new coffee mugs. 'Design classic' is his take on it. I think they're nice. A little bit like drinking out of a beaker though. We also found some decaf ground coffee and tried decaf for the first time. I think it's blasphemous, but he seems to get on well with it. Personally the taste isn't all there with decaf espresso.

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We frosted the bottom half of our living room window to get rid of the ugly view and stop perverted truck drivers from peering at us at night.

When the sun's setting it really glows. It's perfect. It lets the same amount of light through but we still get the privacy and don't have to put up ugly curtains!

Sunset

The other weekend we went to look at some eco homes that are being built around the greenbelt of London. Some of them were occupied, and most empty. Some still being built. But it was like this little gated community of homes with solar panels, and a robotic, star wars feel. It felt like we were in the future!

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The neighbouring development were in a new cottage style of yellow brick houses. We found the perfect one down a quiet cul de sac, facing a HUGE field that went on for miles.

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The neighbours had put lots of flower plantings outsid and even a birdhouse and bench to make it feel really homely. It even has a two car gated garage at the side. We checked the prices when we got back and unsurprisingly they it wasn't cheap. The eco homes were cheap though... but that's because they were like made out of plastic (jk).

IM IN OVER MY HEAD

Free personality analysis from ColorQuiz.com.
Generated on Thu Jul 3 10:33:35 2008.

Your Existing Situation

Readily participates in things that provide excitement or stimulation. Wants to feel exhilarated.

Your Stress Sources

Wants to overcome a feeling of emptiness and to bridge the gap which she feels separates herself from others. Anxious to experience life in all its aspects, to explore all its possibilities, and to live it to the fullest. She therefore resents any restriction or limitation being imposed on her and insists on being free and unhampered.

Your Restrained Characteristics

Feels that she cannot do much about her existing problems and difficulties and that she must make the best of things as they are. Able to achieve satisfaction from sexual activity.

Your Desired Objective

Needs a change in her circumstances or in her relationships which will permit relief from stress. Seeking a solution which will open up new and better possibilities and allow hopes to be fulfilled.

Your Actual Problem

Feels restricted and prevented from progressing; seeking a solution which will remove these limitations.

Your Actual Problem #2

The fear that she may be prevented from achieving the things she wants leads her into a relentless search for satisfaction in the pursuit of illusory or meaningless activities.

Stepping Along

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It's funny being gone for so long. Been trying to log onto Vox for ages and every time it hasn't been loading properly and I lose interest. What has happened so far? I dunno. I can hardly remember anything - I've written down things that I wanted to post about for a while but now, when Vox finally works I have no idea what to say.

I have had free time. Vigourously looking for a graduate job - landed one and hopefully will sign a contract shortly. It's a standard job that will hopefully take me places, and now that I've sealed that job for next year I am now able to organise a decent trip somewhere. Need money though. Anyone care to donate?

The job is good in the sense that it will give me new challenges. I don't think I can do what I do now forever. Although I love the company I work for now - there's just no place for me to move. It was funny, the new place wanted to call my manager as a reference before they can offer me the job but then my manager has been so busy he never returned any calls. So the place called me and I just spun around and asked my manager then and there to be my reference. That was the weirdest request I made to him ever. So random and on the spot! I dont' think he expected it.

What else? Oh we're moving areas at the office, so I lose my window seat - going to miss that fun...Gee, come to think of it I haven't done much beyond work. Pretty much the day after my exam I've been working and working and working...

Graduation - the day I wear that expensive robe and crap? Well, I've decided to miss it for September and October this year and shift it to Autumn next year. That way I will have the rest of the year "off".

Oh, and I went on a tragic date. How is it that we have so much to joke about daily and yet run out of conversation at a date? I'll leave you all in suspense for the fun of it...

Moose wedding

The male moose mascot of a tiny North Dakota town has a mate, and she's the city's namesake.

Joe the Moose has long been the mascot on the sign leading into Anamoose, in north-central North Dakota. But officials of the town of about 260 decided to give him a mate, Ana, and held a mock wedding Saturday in celebration. Maury Becker, a resident who acted as minister of the ceremony, told the guests he was joining Joe and Ana "in an estate of continual turmoil," and officially declared them "miserable mates."

The moose couple -- Ron Cartwright as Ana and Barb Martin as Joe -- cut the wedding cake and handed out what they called moose droppings.

"Really, you've got to have a little fun and live a little," said Danelle Olson, the pastor of the United Community Baptist Church of Anamoose. "It's a silly event. But, you know, sometimes you've got to act a little silly to keep your sanity in life."

Offensive name change

A New Mexico appeals court on Friday ruled against a Los Alamos man who wanted to change his name to a phrase containing a popular four-letter obscenity.

The man appealed after a state district judge in Bernalillo County refused his request to change his name to "F--- Censorship!"

Judge Nan Nash ruled that the proposed name change was "obscene, offensive and would not comport with common decency."

The man - whose current legal name is Variable - argued on appeal that it was improper government censorship to deny him the name change.

"We do not believe that the district court's action infringes on petitioner's right to free speech," a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals said in its ruling.

The man has the right to call himself whatever he wants, unless there's fraud or misrepresentation involved, the judges said.

But once he seeks court approval for a name change, the court has the authority to turn him down on several grounds, including if the name is offensive to common decency and good taste, the judges ruled.

That law was clarified in a 2004 case in the same court that apparently involved the same petitioner. In that case, an Albuquerque man whose name was Snaphappy Fishsuit Mokiligon got the go-ahead from the appeals court to change his name to Variable.

Son turns his dead dad into a teapot

John Lowndes has no problem stirring up happy memories of his dad after putting his ashes in an urn with a difference.

He found that when Ian died 10 years ago aged 75, one of the things he missed most was their tradition of putting the world to rights over a nice cuppa.

So he brewed up the idea of giving him leaf eternal by having his ashes mixed with clay to make a teapot.

John, 54, said: "Those cups of tea with dad were special and when he died I really missed them."

John, of Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire, approached local potter Neil Richardson who made two teapots - in case one breaks. John added: "Dad would understand. The only thing more appropriate would have been a pint glass."

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I went for a cleaning today, which was beyond difficult since I can't open my mouth wide. So they were nice enough and took xrays for free, and they saw this little white thing where the top of my jawbone is where it stops when I try to open my mouth. It's also where the pain is. They said it was the same material as a filling, so it's metal. Great. They told me to call the oral surgeon asap and they're going to send over the xrays and Dr. Lewis is going to email him.

I'm SO pissed. I mean, of fucking COURSE this happens to me. Of course. The 1 in 100 million chance of FUCKING UP happens to me. This is probably going to require another surgery, another week out of work, another 3 weeks of recovery. I mean, I really don't have time for this shit right now. My month of July is booked, but at the same time, I don't want to not be able to open my mouth for another month. It's annoying when I can't even eat a fucking cupcake because my mouth wont fit around it.

I am SO aggravated.