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Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:16:30 GMT

Hi, and welcome to the insanity known as my life!

Well, let's see....

I'm 33, Male and I'm from England. I'd like to think I'm a nice friendly kinda guy. I enjoy movies, sports, TV, relaxing, having a good time and computers. I work as an IT Service Desk Analyst for an outsourcing IT services company, and spend way too much time messing around with computers - I'm usually the one called upon if anything goes wrong with them, and I've helped both friends and family with any of their computer problems!

I'm married to Nic, and we got married in November 2002.
We live in a 3 bedroom house just outside Northampton with our little Yorkshire Terrier, Benny.

This journal is friends only, and finally, this journal is a drama free zone, and I'd like to keep it that way - so please don't bring any here, thank you!

Play sausage! Who has the longest?

Sat, 12 Jun 2004 15:59:11 GMT

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Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:40:35 GMT

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A rare public post

Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:41:56 GMT

I'm sticking my head above the parapet for once, as there's something that needs to be said.

I've always tried, ever since I've been online, to be a good friend to people, and for the most part, I think I've succeeded.

However, there have been 3 events in the last few months, with 3 different people, that's made me question exactly how people see 'me' as a person.

I think I'm a good person, yeah, I have faults, but, hey, no one is perfect.

I guess what I'm trying to say here is, if I've ever done anything wrong with anyone, whatever it is, then it's not been done with any harm intended.

I've never filtered any posts that I've made that people on my friends list on here can't see, and I'm not about to start now, as I firmly believe that I have nothing to hide, and that if I've trusted people enough to read my entries, then I shouldn't 'hide' anything.

Is it too much to expect the same from people on my friends list? I don't think so, but on 3 separate occasions in the last 6 months, it's happened to me, and I'm mystified to know what I ever did wrong to the 3 people concerned.

If anyone's read this far, then thank you for listening.

I'm seriously considering taking an extended break from LJ again, as I have had enough of people doubting my intentions.

That's all for now.

Ian

Test

Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:59:22 GMT

Testing LJ post by mobile e-mail

Sun, 20 Apr 2003 10:15:53 GMT

As of the next post - this journal is going friends only again - due to continued abuse.
If your not on my friends list, and want to continue reading, leave a comment here and I may add you.

Just a quickie....

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:24:36 GMT

Just a quick post to say happy birthday to webkin as it's her birthday today.

Today's been good, we've gone to Nic's parents for the day, and had a game of Ten Pin bowling at Newmarket, which was all good fun, I was last, as usual, but we all enjoyed ourselves, which is the main thing.

Gonna be heading back home soon, so I'll finish up here.

More soon,

Ian (vj)

Mornin

Mon, 07 Apr 2003 05:12:29 GMT

Well, it's Monday, the start of another week at work.

The weekend's been good, so hopefully this week will continue in the same vein, I'm hoping it won't be too busy, but, I'll just haveta wait and see.

Thank you to everyone who's done my poll that I posted in my last post, it's interesting to see just how much people think their journal reveals about them.

Before I go, I'd like to wish a happy birthday to apb who's birthday it is today, hope you have a brilliant day.

And that, as they say, is all for now.

More soon,

Ian (vj)

Sun, 06 Apr 2003 16:54:22 GMT

Hmmm, haven't done a poll in a while, and I figured I'd do this one for my own curiosity... so here goes:-

View Poll: General Journally stuff

A little update

Sat, 05 Apr 2003 23:27:10 GMT

Well, I haven't updated in a few days, and a fair bit has happened.

On Friday, we all got our pay review letters, as everyone was individually called into the office to get them - quite a lot came out screwing the letters up and generally not being happy (as they either hadn't got a raise, or didn't get as much as they hoped).

I was one of the last to get called in, so I wondered what news my letter would bring, and luckily, it was good news, as I got a 6% pay rise, which works out as an £800 increase for the year. so as you can probably guess, I was more than happy with that!

The even better news is, there's a good chance that I may get a bonus in June, so if I do, I'll be very happy, but until it happens, I remain cautious.

In the evening, Nic and I went to Tesco's in Northampton to get the weekly shopping, and we also got a bottle of Vanilla Coca-Cola to try, must admit, it was very nice!

Today we've been down my parents, as it's my sister's 26th birthday today (Sunday, as it is now) where we watched the football and the Grand National (for those not in the UK, the Grand National is a very famous horse race), and my mum managed to pick the winner :)

Mum also bought us a coffee table for our front room via an auction channel on the TV, was pretty cheap too, at only £21 (was valued at around £130), and we also got given a towel rail for our bathroom.

We've got Nic's mum, dad and sister coming here later too, so that promises to be a good day also.

All in all, it's been a good weekend up to this point!

Anyway, that's all from me, more soon.

Ian (vj)

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 05:18:27 GMT

Oh dear, looks like yet another LJ password scam is underway again - for details, check THIS post from the LJ News journal.

Anyway, another day begins, gonna head off to work in 10 minutes, so I wonder what today will bring?

Hope you all have a good day.

More soon,

Ian (vj)

Good day

Wed, 02 Apr 2003 22:03:30 GMT

Well today's been a pretty good day, following an eventful evening last night.

Basically, last night we ordered a pizza from Dominos Pizza around 9pm, and normally, it gets here about 30 mins later - an hour went past, and still no pizza. Nic then phoned them up and the guy explained that they had only *just* received the order (as we'd ordered them online), so as compensation, they agreed to reduce the cost and give us a free garlic pizza bread, so we thought, okay, it's gonna be here by 10.30.... 11pm comes around.. still no pizza. Nic rang up again, and was told that the driver was on his way (he'd left 15 mins before). Then, literally 5 minutes later we get a phone call back from Dominos - the driver had been assaulted by a group of lads prior to making our delivery, so he'd taken the pizzas back to the shop. So, by way of compensation, they made a fresh order out to us, including the extra garlic bread pizza, and delivered it tonight free of charge, so that was a bit of a result.

Work was pretty good today, in spite of the fact we were two people down due to sickness, but we coped, which was the main thing, even so though, I was glad when 5 o'clock came around so I could get home.

Tonight I've watched the football on TV, and had a bath, so I'm nice and refreshed ready for going back to work in the morning.

Also, happy birthday to jeweleee hope you've had a good day.

Before I go though, I figured I haven't posted a pic of me in my LJ for a bit, so after the cut, is a pic of me taken from my web cam a little while ago:-

Anyway, that's all for now, more soon.

Ian (vj)

Mornin'

Tue, 01 Apr 2003 04:59:47 GMT

Gah,

It's too damn early!

Oh well, morning everyone, hope everyone's doing OK?

As for myself, well, I'm fine, work yesterday went pretty well, as it wasn't too busy, and the weekend was very good, as well as being a nice break for us both. The last few weekends actually have been nice, as we've always done at least something over the weekend, as opposed to saying here all weekend. We've even got this weekend coming up planned out all ready too (us, organised - yeah!). Basically we're going to my mum's on Saturday, as it's my sisters birthday on Sunday, and on Sunday itself, Nic's parents are coming here, as Nic's dad wants to watch something on the TV, namely, his football team playing in a cup final - and as it's only being shown on Sky, which they don't have, they're coming here to watch it.

Other than that, last night was nice and relaxing, we did all our jobs, with Nic doing the rubbish bags ready for the bin collection today, and me doing the washing up, and we watched a bit of TV ( Monday night is definitely Nic's night - 2 hours solid of soaps!) before coming on the PC's for a bit.

Anyway, that's enough of my ramblings for now, best carry on getting ready for work.

More soon,

Ian (vj)

Feeling Better

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:37:52 GMT

Well hey ho everyone.

You'll be pleased to hear that I'm feeling a little better today, I've spent most of today relaxing as I've been off work again. I spoke to my mum last night and she reckons there's a bug going round at the moment, so I reckon that's what's done it - tho I've now had it 2 weeks running, which is a little worrying.

I've been trying today to comment on peoples entries on LJ - thing is tho, I never know what to say, I mean, I do read all the entries on my friends page, but, I dunno, I always feel that unless I've got something to say, then I don't comment.

I know you should never base your friends list on here by how many comments you get, but I'll admit it's nice sometimes to get a comment every once in a while from people so that you know that they are reading what you say.

Tomorrow Nic and I are off to Nic's mum's for a Mother's day thing as Nic's Uncle, cousin, nan and Tom are going, and then on Sunday, we're going to a Charity celebrity football match in Cambridge - the information being HERE so that should be a good laugh :)

Anyway, that's all for now, more soon.

Ian (vj)

Grrrrrrrr.........

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 02:15:10 GMT

Random Yahoo Messages = Annoying!

Bleh

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:11:49 GMT

I'm still feeling crappy :(

Today

Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:33:39 GMT

I've been feeling mainly crappy....

I woke up this morning with an utterly blinding headache - it was so bad that it was making me dizzy so I made an immediate decision not to travel down to work today, as my big fear was having an accident on the way down (and on a 42 mile journey to work I have every morning - I wasn't risking it) so I've been in bed most of the day.

Both of our mothers received their mothers day flowers this morning that Nic ordered earlier in the week, OK they've got them early, but at least they've got them, and we've been told that the bunch of flowers they got was huge enough to fit in 2 vases! But, seeing as it's down to their love and support that Nic and I find ourselves in this house, we figured that it was about time we did something back to say thank you.

Anyway, I just plan to relax tonight and see how I feel in the morning with regards going into work, if I still feel rough, then I'm not gonna go in.

That's all for now, more soon,

Ian (vj)

Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:54:04 GMT

gahhhh It's toooooo early

Anyway, not much to say, except to say:-

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA

Hope your having a brilliant birthday

Gotta go to work soon, fun huh?

More soon,

Ian (vj)

Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:24:29 GMT

I've finally got to reboot my machine, but, it's done well really :)

Here's the figures:-

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998
Upgrade using CD /SrcDir=\\NICNAKS\D\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
IE 5 6.0.2800.1106
Uptime: 3:06:13:32
Normal mode
On "PLANETVJ" as "default"

CyrixInstead 6x86MX(tm)
32MB RAM
29% system resources free
Windows-managed swap file on drive C (566MB free)
Available space on drive C: 566MB of 3234MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive E: 17298MB of 28601MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive F: 0MB of 695MB (CDFS)

Yup, its been on solid for 3 days without a reboot :)

Webcams, fun times and Birthdays

Tue, 25 Mar 2003 06:11:40 GMT

First of all, many happy returns to Cass (amarettochick), hope you have a great birthday!

Well last night was enormous fun!

Nic and I were talking to the ever wonderful Andrea (expressomaniac) on Yahoo with our webcams on, where we were having our usual nightly (or morning in Andrea's case) chat, when my chair suddenly gave way from underneath me, tipping me on the floor - must admit it hurt at the time, but both Nic and Andrea were laughing their heads off over it, but luckily, I'm now using my new office chair at my PC desk now, so it's not too bad. We all had a good laugh during the evening with our chat, with Andrea at several stages going into fits of laughter because we were all messing about so much.

I'm off to work soon (in about 20 minutes), so here's hoping today will be a good day for me *fingers crossed*

Hope everyone else who reads this is doing just fine too.

More soon,

Ian (vj)

@ Work

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:51:08 GMT

Hey ho, it's an update from work.

Well, this weekend's been lovely, very relaxing and Nic and I have throughly enjoyed it.

Nic got her new mobile on Saturday, and of course me, being the geek that I am, just had to have a good look at it. Thing was, it wasn't set up for GPRS and MMS, so a quick phone call to O2 Tech support (and they even let me deal with it, even though it's Nic's phone) got that sorted. It's a nice phone, and it has all the features Nic was after.

Anyway, yesterday we went to Nic's nan's for lunch, as well as to sort out the GPS satelite navigation system Tom (Nic's nan's husband) had bought for his car, but I got it sorted in the end, took about 2 hours tho!

After that we went to Nic's aunt's house for a bit, before heading over to Nic's mum's to see if I could fix their PC, which I couldn't as the power supply, I think, has gone faulty, before heading home, arriving back around 9.30.

We both had a fitful nights sleep last night, as our phone handset kept ringing for no reason during the night - either the handsets are faulty, or I need to check the ADSL filters again, which I'll do when I get home tonight.

Work today's not been too busy, thank god, so that's not too bad. Roll on 5pm tho!

Anyway, that's enough from me for now, more soon.

Ian (vj)

Phone

Sat, 22 Mar 2003 14:37:18 GMT

Test entry from Nic's phone

Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:33:04 GMT

Is anyone else having problems viewing comments pages tonight?

Nic and I both see that we have, say 2 comments, we go to the comments page and only one is there? We have to CTRL-Refresh to see all the comments... weird!

Today

Mon, 17 Mar 2003 21:46:30 GMT

Well hey ho, time for an update.

Well, today at work's been reasonable, I got to finish a little earlier as Nic needed me here to collect something, I obviously have to make the time up, of course, but it was nice all the same to be home at 5, and not at 6.30 for a change.

The weather today has been lovely, nice and sunny, shame really that I was stuck indoors for most of it, with the added annoyance of the air con at work pumping hot air into the system, basically meaning that we were all boiling!

Anyway, I've got in, and had a lovely cooked dinner courtesy of my darling wife, which was nice. I washed up after and Nic did the rubbish out ready for the bin men to come tomorrow, there was tons of rubbish in this (computer room) alone!

As well as that, tonight I've cancelled our Freeserve dial up account, seemed a bit silly having it now we have broadband, so if any of you have my Freeserve address, don't use it from now on! If you don't have my current e-mail address, and you want it, then ask me for it!

Anyway, we're just gonna relax for the rest of the night!

More soon

Ian (vj)

Webcams, PC's and meets

Sun, 16 Mar 2003 20:30:03 GMT

Evening all,

Well, it's been a few days since the last update, so I figured I'd post again.

Got back home on Friday night after my week away at my mum's. it was a very weird week, but a nice break all the same.

Anyway, yesterday was a productive day, we paid in the cheque from the police following the damage they caused to the house, we also went shopping in Northampton too, which was good, as we'd never been there before to shop, and we also got some electricity cards for our pre-pay meter.

In the evening, I finally got round to sorting out my webcam on my PC, which had caused me no end of trouble since I bought it last weekend. In the end, I reinstalled Windows and restored some system files and it's now working, and the image quality, compared to my last cam, is superb. The comparison is behind the cut:-

The old cam - a Logitech QuickCam Express

And this is from my new cam - A Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000

Anyway, today we went and met up with Katy (webgirluk) in Stevenage for a meal and a few drinks, as she was visiting her sister, we all had a good time, as after the meal we went into Hollywood Bowl where we had a few games of Air Hockey and 2 games of 3 player Ferrari F355 Challenge (which I won :) )

After we said our good byes to Katy, we headed to my mum's for a bit, and got some of my old videos from there, as well as an electric tin opener, which I'm sure will be put to some good use!

Anyway, that's all from me for now, more soon.

Ian (vj)

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Just a quickie....

Mornin

A little update

Good day

Mornin'

Feeling Better

Grrrrrrrr.........

Bleh

Today

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA

Webcams, fun times and Birthdays

@ Work

Phone

Today

Webcams, PC's and meets

A rare public post