MIND THE GAP.

Journal is now Friends Only

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:27:23 GMT

If you've come here just to find my icons or ficlets, go to - respectively - clez_icons or clez_fics.

Welcome to my journal! If you feel you're ready for the insanity that is Clez, go ahead and join the madhouse ;D If you're somewhat sensitive or frail, I'd refrain, cuz some weird shit goes on behind this door :O

Countdown

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:13:12 GMT

This journal will be going Friends Only in... *looks at clock* five minutes.

Just a warning ^_^

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:55:28 GMT

Stole all these from Sammy-boy *grins*

Your Anime Self by blargityblarg
Full Name:
Hair Style:	Long
Hair Color:	Blonde
Eye Color:	Green
Weapon:	Nunchucku
Role:	Evil Mastermind

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MWAHAHAHA! Cool.

What would you look like as an Anime Charecter? (MODIFIED!) by tobyspit
Name:
Gender, Age, and Species:	Female; 789 ; Halfbreed (Elven/Demon)
Walk of Life:	Templar
Hair Style:	Pigtail Braids with Bows on the ends
Eyes Type and Color:	Content, Aqua
Clothing:	Red trenchcoat, big boots.
Weapons and Accessories:	Oversized Boomerang, Electric Guitar
Memerable Quote:	"My dick feels like corn."

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Um, yeah... the trenchcoat is cool though.

Which anime charictor is YOUR alter ego? by Tabbykit
Name or username:
Age:
Gender:
Charictor:	Kenshin
Traits:	fun to hang around

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Cool. Fun to hang around with. Yay!

Your complete anime profile by Ice_mistress
Name
Birth place
Hair color	White
Eye color	Red
Element you can control	Stone
Age	263
Weapon	Katana

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Oh yeah... red eyes AND a katana. I kick ass.

what type of fantasy RPG/anime character are you? by eionicle
your name
your general weapon	a gun...
your quest	helping the main hero
best relations with	whoever is extremly perky in the party
a funny/embarrasing moment	you proved yourself almost useless in battle
a sad moment	someone in your party died

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Heh, gun... cool. And I'm helpful. Can't be bad ~_^

What kind of Final Fantasy Character would I be? by TheBlueParadox
Your Name/Handle
Your Hair Style	Tons of Pink Braids
Your Clothing Style	Swimsuit "No one complains!"
Your Weapon of Choice	Machina
Your Mission	To Save the Love of my Life!
Your Role in the Fantasy	TragicVillian."Death is LIFE!"

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Um... okey dokey then o.O

What kind of Final Fantasy Character would I be? by TheBlueParadox
Your Name/Handle
Your Hair Style	Green in a Long Ponytail
Your Clothing Style	Loose Clothing/Lots of Jewelry
Your Weapon of Choice	Kitana
Your Mission	Mission? I'm here to get paid.
Your Role in the Fantasy	Awkward Out Of Place Freak O_O

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Oddly enough, I love it.

Your Final Fantasy 7 Life by childdoll
Username
Favorite Color
Hometown	Midgar (Slums)
Materia Owned	Odin
Job	Bartender
Weapon	Firecrackers

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Firecrackers? There's a new one...

What Final Fantasy Class would you be by Black_phoenix1d
Character name
Age
Class/Job	Bard Dancer
Weapon	Dagger
personality	Dark and Brooding
race	Fae

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Could be worse.

Who are YOU in the Final Fantasy 7 world? by ragna_no_chaos
Favorite Color
Astrological Sign
Lucky Number
Residence	Cosmo Canyon
Job	Shinra Office Assistant
Lover	Chocobo Sage

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Hey, I find Chocobo's cool ^_^

What is your Final Fantasy Look by BulletProof
Name
Gender
Hair	Blonde, lots of braids
Eyes	Blue
Cloths	Black Leather
Shoes	Engineer boots
Weapon	Buster Sword

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No idea what a Buster Sword is, but it sounds pretty cool, and I'm imagining that character in my head, and it's... cool. ^_^

Yeah, so even though I'm not much of a FF fan, the animation is awesome, so I thought I'd do these out of curiosity.

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:26:29 GMT

Contemplating making this lj Friends Only, and even have the banner already. starrygirl604 was kind enough to make it for me. 'Tis very spiffy. Just have to figure out that bit. So, if you're reading this now, and think I'm either wacky or interesting enough to keep reading about, just randomly reply to this, and I'll add you to Friends in advance so you'll still have access if I go ahead and do it.

Not too bad really. Terri was on the war path today, but Ali and I got the all clear for some reason. She was snapping at everyone else's heels. She took me into the education room this morning pretty much first thing to offer her condolences regarding my nan. That was nice of her. She said if I ever needed to talk, or just take a breather, I could, and that was touching. I appreciated that.

Well, there were five of us in Ents today. Me, Daz, Ali, Maz and Ryan. Only four assigned rotas... heh. Here's the funny part. These guys are all like, "I want C!" "D's mine!" "Can I have B?!" that they don't realise, whoever doesn't get one doesn't have to do any talks! XD So I let them fight over them, and hand them out, and get out of display talks! Mwahahaha! Go Clez for her cunning! XD

Anyway, so I was odd-job person. Had to do a little of Daz's rota in the morning, cuz Simon had asked him to count treasure trail quizzes whilst he was away, but hadn't put down how many of these things were in each box... so poor Daz had to get up on the ladders in the cash office, haul down a box, and count them out >.O

Hmm... what else? Oh yeah, Terri is calling me "My woman" all day, which means you KNOW you've either done something right, or you're in her favour for no real reason. I think she's just giving me a break for now, cuz of recent events. Quite nice of her really, not that I want special treatment over all the others, cuz I'm actually quite lazy from time to time at work.

Had to cover FOH (front of house) lunch, and Ryan and Suzie got told off for continuously having their lunches together. So those two aren't allowed to do that anymore. Tut tut, guys. I did TRY and warn Ryan yesterday that Terri wouldn't like it. Never mind...

Tony apologised for his behaviour yesterday, and I told him it was all right, because we'd all had long days, and we were all stressed. That was that, and we're pals again ^_^ Yay, cuz I like Tony.

Not much else happened until I was on my lunch. Had a cheesburger and chips today (naughty me) and went to get a cup of chilled water from the office, cuz it's more hydrating that Sprite or whatever. But as I was just about to go into the office, I hear Terri's reproachful tones down the bottom of the stairs, out of sight in person, and I hold my keys still and quiet at my belt, and listen.

"This isn't the first time today, and I'm not naming names, but none of you are where you're supposed to be." Uh oh... that had GOT to be Ents.

It was only when I got back downstairs, that I found out this was Ryan and Maria. They got a verbal WARNING! O.O Ryan said he was about ready to quit, but I told him he has got to just roll with the punches, cuz Terri is the boss-lady, and it's her word goes. We all have our off days, and I'm not supporting her bollocking those two, cuz they're my friends, but shit happens unfortunately. She'll get over it.

Daz apparently got collared for his shark feed talk being individual as well. He doesn't do it like the rest of us, and changes the data around to make it different from a run of the mill shark talk, which is fair enough, cuz as he put it, if people come back for the feed, they don't want to hear the talk again, do they? *shrug*

So Terri had decided that Ali or I could go first. But she sent Ryan home first of all, because, as she told Ali, "I'm sick of him." ... Quite rude, actually. Don't tell another member of the Ents staff that! We're all friends, and WILL share information/gossip! >.<

So yeah, Ryan went home first. I was on FOH by this time, cuz Suzie was unwell, and is having a blood test tomorrow, and got sent home early. Fair do's. I was handing out leaflets and quiz cards. After that, Ali was the next to go. But before she left, she told Maria and me that Terri was angry and Maz and Daz cuz of the talk and "not being where you're supposed to" thing. Odd.

We stayed open later than normal. 'Til about twenty past five, I think, and about ten minutes later, I shut down that godforsaken pit of a touchpool. (Note: I let a crab freely walk across my hands for the first time today - I'm a wuss, I know, but she was majorly placid) After that, we had a look about, and Maz and I split up. I went onto front desk, where Nicola was counting vouchers (NOT FUN! - speaking from experience) and I ring up to Terri to let her know.

"Just to tell you that I've emptied the touchpool, because there's no one in the centre until after that point."

"Okay. Fine. So is there anyone left in displays?"

"Yeah; they're all in sharks and beyond."

"Okay, you can all go home then." What the...? I hadn't been expecting that. Maz comes over, and I relay this to her, and then we go to get Daz-man (my silly nickname for him) and tell him.

"But there's still people in the centre," he said, brow furrowing. He's clearly not impressed by this point. I joke about and say, "She's THAT sick of us." I laughed, but he twisted it around, and said, "I'm sick of HER." What else could I do but nod? I mean, Terri can be a lovely woman, but she can't half be mean at times.

Ah well. Oh yeah... Daz said the sweetest thing to me earlier. I'll try to put down as much of it in his own words as I can remember:

"Oh, I was gonna text Tina, to say sorry about your nan. I got REALLY busy, and just forgot, but I AM sorry. I had no idea."

"Thanks for that. That was why I was so down before my absence."

"Yeah, I thought as much. But like I said, I'm really sorry, and if you ever want or need to talk, I'm here. If you need a ten minute break, even if you've already had one, TAKE one. I don't mind at all. But like I said, I was going to text Tina, but couldn't get around to it. How are you now, anyway?"

"I'm better now, thanks." It was so sweet, I just about cried. He can be a bit of a bruiser, but damn he can be compassionate and considerate when he wants to be. He's really sympathetic, and we get on really well. We've known each other a few years now, and he's one of my best mates there, I think, though all the ents team are quite close. Not sure about Simon though... he needs to get more involved.

Gah, I've rambled again! Got home about ten past six, and had my dinner, with some lovely gateau (sp?) afterwards, and a cup of tea. Computer didn't really want to do anything at first, but it didn't want to turn off tomorrow either.

Oh yeah, one more thing for now... I have to work tomorrow, when I was supposed to have the day off. Terri asked me if I was up for a few extra hours on my additional third day off to go in the shop. I said, if she needed me, I was hers, to which she agreed and jumped at. So... she puts me in tomorrow. Nice warning there, though I should've known that was coming, heh. Huge delivery apparently, so Becky and I (who actually volunteered to come in on her day off, but Terri still brings both of us in o.O) are starting at 11, and supposedly working 'til five, but we'll see what happens. Might finish early, so long as we storm out that delivery.

All in all, not a bad day ^_^

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 00:19:08 GMT

Yay! I wrote some! I WROTE SOME!

YAYAYAYAYAYAY! I feel accomplished now, even though it's not exactly long, it's two POVs, and... yay!

XD

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 00:00:59 GMT

WTF? A bug just flew out of nowhere, and landed on my desk... O.O Weird-shit-o-meter just went up a few notches. Okay, it just fell OFF my desk... dumb insect.

What I was GOING to say is... must write collaberation piece before bed! O.O

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:25:04 GMT

You are Anna Valerious!

The gypsy princess out to rid your family of a
generations-old curse by defeating Dracula.
Fearless and strong, you are an accomplished
swordswoman and would give your life for the
souls of your family. Plus, it doesn't hurt
that you look damn good in a corset.

.

Which Van Helsing Character Are You?
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Hehe... not too bad, though there are a lot of people out there who hate Anna...

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Hehe... not too bad, though there are a lot of people out there who hate Anna...

<_<...>_>

Please don't hurt me... I have a sword! *brandishes sword*

New iconses

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:52:30 GMT

As you can see, I've switched a few of my icons around. Was feeling like they needed a change, so... they got one ^_^

It's always hard changing my icons over, cuz I never know which ones to change, and which ones to put in, considering I made 36 last night, and had to choose. Heh... picked mostly my Mad At Gravity ones, cuz that band rocks, and I like those icons. Proud of my new ones *hugs*

Oh it's so 'lovely' to be back at work...

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 21:06:33 GMT

Well... you know you're back at work when, by half five, you're falling asleep when guarding a fish tank. >_< Goddammit... I wish it wasn't so stressful. Meh, shouldn't I be glad to be back? You'd think so, wouldn't you? After all, I was gone nearly two weeks. I miss NOT being there now. Seeing my friends again was great, especially since I got two hugs after being there five minutes. *smiles*

Anyway... let's see if I can work through the events in order. If not, screw it, whatever, right? It's under a cut cuz it's so LONG... O_O

Anyway... first of all, Lauren wasn't in today. Apparently her voice is gone, which I found funny, cuz Lauren is a loud person. So it's just me, Ryan and Ali until twelve when Maria is supposed be in. (She did turn up, just so you know)

We have to man the touchpool all day. Sigh. Thank you Tony.

They want to catch a regal tang (Dory) out of one tank, and we've tried this many times before, and the buggers must KNOW we're after them, because they all vanish when we get there with coaxing food and nets. So that went down the pan.

I had the walkie talkie to contact Lou most of the day. Mwahaha, the power... if the damn things would work without having to be turned on and off every hour or so to make sure you can use them properly. So I was getting messages from Lou all day, which mostly consisted (when she wasn't using it seriously) of, "YUMMY!" a la Ace Ventura. Strange girl. o_O

Had my lunch about 12:45 with Lou after the ray feed. Now, get this, every time I do one of these, I. Get. Wet. No matter what. It's usually right after I warn everyone about the splash factor of the animals as well. But this time, I thought, 'Aha, I'll outsmart the buggers. I'll stand up on the steps here, above the water.' Did it work? Hell no. One of the animals went postal, and thrashed everywhere, so I just closed my eyes, sighed, and... got wet. -_- Le sigh... whatever. Why do I even bother trying to get away? Heh.

We had to get a turbot out of the ray tank as well as a tub gurnard. We got the gurnard first, which Martin actually flipped up out of the water when catching at first - he was in the tank - before he got it. We take it round to its right tank (it had got through a gap between the tanks) and dumped it in. We go back for the turbot which he has caught when we arrive. That bastard was heavy. He had a big sore near his head. Ouch. Handed him over to Martin and Lou, before I tried to get a photo of the sucker for head office - don't know why they needed one, but whatever - but the thing is a piece of crap. Digital camera... more like medieval wetstone for all it's worth. We gave up on that.

I was rota-d (wtf sp?) down to do the shark feed talk at two, but when I was walking around at about half one, I see Kim from the photo section walking around, looking as though she's searching for someone. So I turn to her (radio still in hand) and give her an inquiring gaze. She shows me a family photo, and tells me she's looking for a little girl, about six years old, with down's syndrome. She said she'd been round twice looking for her already, and one of her guardians (not sure what else to call him, considering he wasn't the father) was there too. So I lend a hand, contacting Lou and telling her to keep out an eye. I go through the entire centre, force my way through the tunnel to look, and take a look in the toilets as well. Nothing there. I go past the ball pit, and Gilly is in there looking, and she turns to me, and says, "No, nothin'."

Lou is with me by this point, and we take the initiative to go out the side doors, onto the patio and beyond. She went right towards the beach, and I took a left towards the seafront and where people walk. I asked a few people at the benches, look all over the place as far as I can see, and even go along the front of the building. Nothing whatsoever.

We head back in, to find that Tamsin and Hayley (on-site managers for the day) have now been called onto the scene. Luckily we have a photo of the child for reference and can therefore tell others what to watch out for. Tamsin sends Lou and I out again, and we go. Lou went towards the Marina Centre down the right of the seafront, and again, I went left towards the Pleasure Beach. I'm going along, telling loads of people what she looks like, popping into the Winter Gardens amusements, asking around, and nobody's seen anything. I mean, how do you not notice a kid like this?

I manage to get all the way down to the bungee thing that launches you up about thirty feet into the air, and ask someone in there. Nothing there either. I don't have my radio by this point, cuz I gave it to Suzie on front desk in case they found her and could tell Lou or whatever. When I'd gotten that far, I figured I should be heading back (not terrible weather to search in anyway - sunny).

I was worried, so I could only imagine what the family (let alone the kid's MOTHER) was like. I worked my way down the back of the way I had already come, looking along the beach, but unable to see anything. I get all the way back, and we all met up in front of the main entrance again. Tamsin is in alert mode, cuz this kid went missing from inside her centre, so... uh oh for her, basically. She sends us out in pairs this time. Gilly and I are sent to the left to work back along the prom. Two heads are better than one, etc.

It was as we had passed the back of the centre that we saw a family coming around from the back of the old pier, and one woman had a child in her arms. I see the turqouise shirt, and the blonde hair.

"I hope this is the right child, or I've just run off with someone's daughter," she said to me, and I get a good look at the kid.

"It's her," I sigh, relieved, and me and Gilly are grinning with happiness at having 'found' her. I say 'found', cuz she was found for us. The woman handed her over to Gilly, and the kid (Joanne) gave her a kiss on the cheek, which was quite sweet. The woman had promised little Joanne a strawberry ice cream, so she gave the kid a £1 for one. Apparently, it was how they had persuaded her to go with them to find her mum.

Grinning like idiots and telling Joanne how worried her mum had been, we get around the front of the building again, victorious, and I'm not sure if we were strutting or not, but we had to have been. Heh. Certainly felt good to find the kid. We yell out to Tamsin who's standing outside, and Ali points down to us, and she turns, and we call, "Got her!" Tamsin's face lit up, let me tell you. It was a good feeling.

Ali goes off to find Lou and Nicola (who'd gone right again) that the kid had been found, whilst Tamsin goes in to tell Joanne's family. Her aunt (I think it was her aunt) was already outside, along with what I presumed was two cousins. They looked pleased to see her alive and well. Around this area, kids are picked up so easily. These guys were LUCKY. Joanne's mum and sister come up... these two are a mess, in tears and overwhelmed with joy and relief to see her unharmed. Her mum just grabs her, and can't let go. Joanne obviously doesn't understand, but just seemed happy to be hugging her mum, bless her.

Because it's obviously a bit daunting to be watched by all those people, I - on Tamsin's advice - take them into the education room for a quiet moment, whilst the managers ring the police to give them the all-clear. I ask them if they want any drinks, and ended up getting the mum a bottle of chilled water from the restaurant. She looked like she needed it. We left them to it after that.

Now obviously, by this time, I'd missed my display... oops. Who cares? That kid was more important dammit, and no one really cares how long the sharks are/will get when they can see... hurrah, hurrah, chunks of dead fish falling/eaten by them. So that wasn't done. Whatever.

We got new bigbelly seahorses today. Now, I wonder how long THESE will last.

Oops, missed something out. Earlier sometime - it might have even been after the Joanne palava, who knows? - I was called to Venom, where we keep our sea snakes. Little did I know at the time that an Ents (Entertainment Team member) person has to evacuate the entire zone whilst we feed the sea snakes! o_O Makes sense I suppose. It could be dangerous. So I march in there.

"Excuse me, everyone, can I please have your attention? *everyone looks at me* We are about to feed our sea snakes, but due to strict regulation, I am going to have to politely ask that everyone leaves the area, due to the task being potentially hazardous. This shouldn't take more than a few minutes, but if everyone could clear back out near the frog display, that would be great. Thank you." I actually felt mean, but it was cool to boss them around. Heh.

There I am standing at the entrace to the main Venom area, keeping people out and talking to a family about them, when I hear Martin yell, "We've got a shed!" Ooh, excitement! And that skin was cool too. Complete, and banded and everything. Very cool. That makes two sheddings now, apparently, and if they shed whole skins, they are healthy, so that's some good news.

I go for my tea break, and get a glass of chilled water from the office dispenser, along with a photocopy of my rota to stare at during my sit down, as per usual. Of course, I get two minutes in - not even THAT - before my radio alarms. I say into it (to Lou), "You did that on purpose," thinking she's pranking me, cuz I told her I was going on a break. Turns out she wants my help to try and catch this tang again. Argh... okay, "I'll just drink my water, and then I'll be right there."

Down I go... can we find the buggers? No. Martin is in the column tank next door, draining and getting all the clownfish out, etc. Ryan is reaching up over the tank (awkward bugger that must be a bitch to get into/out of) to get the net each time, and there's this annoying family who are all in the way. Keep telling them to get back, but it takes them ages to actually bloody get the message.

Tony arrives, and like the cheeky sod he quite often ISN'T, tells us that we needn't be doing both tanks at the same time. -_- Whatever, Tony. Bye bye. So we leave the nets in the tank for the fish to 'get used' to, and I wander off.

Not long after that, about twenty to four, we have a fucking flood... I'm fed up with those. It was - surprise, surprise - around the ray tank, and Maria came up to me to tell me. Guh... quite a lot of water. So we march off to food prep (food preparation area) and grab some brooms and mops. I tell Ryan to kick open the touchpool fire escape doors in order to sweep it out if need be. I don't know who designed this aquarium, but get this... the drains are the highest point in the floors! >_< So there I am, sweeping this crap all towards the train, with this ANNOYING brat of a child who keeps walking through it. It's not amazingly deep, but it's a good inch or two deep. I'd already yelled up to everyone on the 'promenade' around the tank, "Excuse me, guys, but we have a flood in this area. Instead of coming down these stairs here as usual, you may want to double back, and come through these doors here. It is quite deep, and it IS salt water and WILL damage your shoes." Heh, got some people's attention with that one. So most people do the sensible thing as we clear.

Lou comes along eventually, to find Ryan, Maria (Maz) and I clearing it up with mops and brooms. She lends a hand. Ryan goes off - at my advice - to check the opposite side, and starts mopping up a slight puddle there too. Martin arrives after a while, and helps out.

Takes us a good half an hour to do this, and Ali - bless her - volunteers to do my four o'clock shark talk. She's a star *grins*. I was exhausted after doing that. Martin somehow shattered the face of his watch, bless 'im. He wasn't thrilled. Apparently he'd only just spent £4 to get a new pin 'for the bastard'. Poor Martin ^_^

After that, I actually go for a tea break, and just about collapse into my chair after downing a cup of cold water. MY head thunks down in my arms, and I swear I almost actually fell asleep O_O But after a moment or two of that, I turn to look at our notice board, considering I'd been off a while, and might have missed something. There's a new 'read and sign' form. So I read it... and here's the list of names:

Simon
Daz
Ali
Ryan
Mat (whoops, guys, two T's there!)
Maria
Lauren

... Okay, so do I not bloody EXIST now, guys?! Ugh... offended lil' me. -_- Maz came up after that, cuz she was only down to work 'til four, and I tear this thing off the board and say, "I've worked here more than a year, and they forget me. Charming."

Thunk. Head goes down again. I'm getting a headache by this point too. So after a minute, my head comes back up, I grab a pen (don't know what the hell it was doing in the condiment tub, but whatever) and write my name REALLY big down the bottom, and sign in before tacking it back up.

After my break was over, I go back down, and run into Tony. "Do I not exist now?" I asked. "That new form you put up about new procedures... you left me off."

"Oh, did I?!"

"Yeah... I'm offended." (Lighthearted, granted, but... *frowns*)

"Oops... sorry!"

"You should be."

"Guilt trip me, why don't you?" Tony laughed.

As he was walking on, obviously busy, I called after him, "Damn straight!"

About half four, where I'm just about falling asleep, and things are getting tedious, I'm walking by touchpool, and Ryan has just been relieved by a not-so-happy looking Ali.

"I asked him to stay here for an extra ten minutes so I could have a tea break, but he said no," she tells me, pouting. Heh, bless 'er.

So I march off after Ryan, and find him by the column tank, where Lou and Martin are getting to work on getting the moray eels out. Now, one in four bites from these guys gets gangrenous, so we have to be very careful. Martin passed one over to Ryan (6'5, this guy) and he grabs the stick, and puts it in the bongo (VERY big bucket). I sent Ryan off to cover touchpool for a while. Martin snags the second one, whilst Tony has another go at these regal tangs. Lou and I are standing waiting to get this eel, and when Martin offers it over, Lou reached up, and I yell - not amazingly panicked, but warningly - and this eel has got his gaping head hanging over, as if to say, "HELLO, LOUISE!" We back off, going, "Whoa!" or whatever. Martin can't do bugger all, cuz he's IN the tank, after all. So Tony lunges in, and catches the bugger with his own net, and drops him in the bongo, going, "HAH!" Heh... quite funny.

About five o'clock, Ali and I go to empty the sodding touchpool. Our daily rotas run out at five, and we'd all run out of patience after the hectic day. So we get the crabs out, and actually stand talking to Tony for a little while whilst we can't get through the shark area due to Ryan's talk. He SEES these crabs in the bucket, and is talking to us. He seemed a little stressed, but not too bad.

When the area cleared, we get through, and head to quarantine to replace these crabs. Tony comes along, and... GAH... we have to put stuff back IN, cuz, "There's still loads of people coming in; we're still open; we need the touchpool open." Fuck do we. If there ain't a starfish in there, people don't CARE! Whatever... we take a crab back. We agree to do another fifteen minutes each until six. Bleeeeh.

Tony actually pokes his head around when Ali and I are standing there, to CHECK we're there! Cheeky bugger! >_<

"There's two of you... again... why?" Okay, someone needs to chill here, he sounded annoyed, and this guy (cute as he is, whatever) is NOT our line manager. Despite being displays supervisor, he can't really moan like this, especially since Ali is his new girlfriend. Nerve, if you ask me.

So I just look at him almost reproachfully up that ramp, sigh, and then walk away, and he has the NERVE to carry on. Out of patience with him getting pissy, I yell out around the corner (area is clear of patrons, btw, all safe), "ALL RIGHT! I'm GOING!" and march off. Grrr...

Not long after that, it's my turn on there, and I have my head down on my arms guarding a SINGLE crab, with NO ONE in the centre. Bloody pointless... *grumble grumble* I'm just about falling asleep there, and I look up groggily to see Ali and Ryan comin' towards me. Turns out they've conferred, and they say to me, "Go home."

"Wha...?"

"You're falling asleep at the TOUCHPOOL. We're fine to stay, and Ryan wants to wait for Suzie anyway. Go home. It's fine."

"O-okay." That said, I go upstairs, check it with Tamsin, and I'm OUTTA THERE. Ugh... that felt good. But congratulations Tony, you managed to piss off most everyone today, and you weren't even there for more than three hours. Heh... mission accomplished, and in record time.

Ugh, not much to say, other than it took me AN HOUR to type this up, I had a lovely pork salad dinner with chocolate mousse for dessert, followed by a wonderful nap, and here I sit, listening to my awesome new cd, having vented, and about to write the collaberation after checking all other sites.

This is Clez, signing off. *salutes*

The rest of today's stash

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:38:00 GMT

Here's the rest of the icons I made today ~_^

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18.

19.

Whew! That's a lot of icons! O.O Opinions...?

Icons, icons everywhere! @.@

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 21:47:58 GMT

Made lots of icons... here's some now. Enjoy! Hopefully...

Two Farscape

1. 2.

Many LXG

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Wow... that's a lot... and I'm not done yet! XD

Oh!

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:59:08 GMT

I forgot to do something in here yesterday!

I just happened to check my email last night, as you do, and guess what I found? *bounces* It's a piece of fanart by someone I requested a piece from ages ago, and they finally finished, and... and... SQUEEEE! O.O

Ain't that just cool?! I didn't really specify apart from a fight between the two as will be seen in my story Ghosts of Old, but I was so happy when I saw it. Well done, Tobias!

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:08:43 GMT

Stupid internet... just froze up on me when I was writing this before. Ended up having fish in sauce with veg and new potatoes. Fish in sauce is my favie ^_^ Well, favie-ish... can never beat spaghetti bolognese.

Anyway... just gotta drink my tea now, after my plate-full and my chocolate cake. I'm satisfied, and full. And tea isn't a stereotype, it's just very good and tasty... so there. *pokes out tongue*

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 16:09:39 GMT

That's better. Not falling asleep at the keyboard now. Mum and dad are back from taking Tina home, and I'm overly hot again. I feel like I'm going to melt.

Gah, mum just came up and said to me, "New potatoes," and then ran off this list of what we could have with it (all of which seemed to include fish). To which I replied, "I don't know, I'm not bothered."

Don't sigh at me woman! I don't care what we have... so long as I can eat it, hehehe. Hmm... I have bedhair...

9_9

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 14:05:20 GMT

Why am I so tired? I've only been up about four hours... I know what it is. It's that insanely long day I had yesterday. I was up at half seven, and didn't go to bed til twenty to four this morning. My bad *grins*

Methinks I should go have a lie down... the bed IS right next to me after all. And then, when I come back, sethoz should be online, and we can talk about our collaberation (she e-mailed me some insanely cool ideas this morning), and I can work on Above & Beyond...

Okay, so, be back in an hour or two *waves, and yawns*

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:06:24 GMT

Sister's gone back now... :(

Damn... oh well, maybe I can concentrate on stories again. Sethoz sent me some cool ideas for the fic we're gonna work on together, so I think I'm gonna write a little more of that today. I mean, I have the time, I have the means, and I don't have Farscape playing incessantly down my ear all day *grins* Not that I especially minded, but needless to say, LXG will be going on later.

Now talking to Tat about her formal. We never had anything like that, and I'm not sure whether to be glad or not. Sure, we had a final dinner, but no dates or anything like that. We had awards for every pupil... I got Best Prefect... what a crock of crap, considering I was only a prefect for a couple of months.

Teachers: Oh dear... what're we gonna give HER? I know, let's give her that one. It's boring and bland, and doesn't require much thought.

Bastards. *grins* XD

Anyway... why the hell am I watching the reflection of my typing in my CD case? Gah... I need entertainment and STAT... savvy?

Aaarrggh...

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:28:41 GMT

Oh yes... one of THE most annoying people on the planet... my cousin that is.

Michael: *stumbling into the room, drunk* Let's watch 'Starrsssk-y & Hutch'...
Us: No, Michael, it's 1 o'clock in the morning.
Michael: So?
Us: NO!
Michael: Can I lay down? *meaning the sofa bed, as in MY bed for the night*
Me: No! I'm sleeping in here, Michael, not you. Go in my room... shoo!

>_<

Grah... oh well, he'll be gone in less than ten hours. Thankfully. Why couldn't Jon or Anthony have stayed? Anthony is cool. He likes the same films, is considerate, and about the same age (both physically and mentally). Damn rotten luck o' mine. We had to get stuck with the youngest, who thinks beer and cigarettes are cool. I mean, our nanny just DIED of lung cancer! You think he'd learn his sodding lesson. But noooooooooooo... -_-

Not only that, but he topped up his mobile (cell) phone with £10 this afternoon. Give him ten minutes, and he's done to 90 pence! Downloading crappy ringtones. Ugh... what's the point?

Agh, and onto the second piss-off of the day (other than this annoying heat). We had the funeral this morning as you know, and there we all were, dressed in our suits (mine, which reminded me of Dorian Gray cuz of its colour) and all appropriate and my Uncle Graham's fiancé's (whatever) two daughters (Claire and Natalie) are in the kitchen eating chocolate bars, drinking milkshake, and wearing black sweaters, and whatever, and TRAINERS! TRAINERS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! IT'S A FUCKING FUNERAL, NOT A MOSH PIT! JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! (on a bike...)

I felt like marching in there (on my heels) and slapping them about the face for the nerve...

Gah... must focus on something else... post! I need to finish this post I've been stuck on for ages... it's bugging me, and not exactly going how I thought it should.

*gets back to that*

is now a mushy, messy puddle on the floor

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:17:14 GMT

SO... WARM! Goddamit!

I'm sleeping on top of the covers tonight, let me tell you! When I eventually go to bed that is... squawk...

Too warm. Tina found me more pictures to make icons out of, but she won't be here when I make them, so I shall just have to work very hard XD And make her pretty stuff.

*giggles - combination of heat and sugar has sent her mad*

melts all over the floor

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:16:53 GMT

O_O

This heat is insane...

Plus, on a mind-blowing note...

MY SISTER HAS RUN OUT OF FARSCAPE TO WATCH!!!!

Ahem... she needs more DVDs... any volunteers? o_O Heh...

Now gotta type up some stuff, and I'm posting ping pong with my buddy sethoz... *melts again - knows this isn't possible, but doesn't care*

>_

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:08:08 GMT

I want to... *makes strangling motion*

My cousin is annoying me... he's putting on being drunk, and I'm just about outta patience...

HELP MEEEEE!

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:04:27 GMT

Back now. Had the service this morning. Didn't go too bad, but it was upsetting, as you can expect, obviously. They're not exactly the happiest things in the world are they.

Cousin Michael is staying tonight. He's had too many beers XD Mwahahaha... (he's offended now... only kidding, Mike)

Gotta go up town. He needs cash... you know how it goes. Money makes the world go round, which is from a play I can't remember. Whatever. See ya later.

rushing

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:12:15 GMT

Gotta be speedy so I don't get yelled at, cuz we're about to go over my nan and grandad's to spend the night. Cousins Jon, Anthony and Michael (haven't seen them all together in years) are staying here, and there's not enough room. So I got my books and pens and cd's (even taking LXG, on Tina's advice) to take with me.

Bought myself a grey trouser suit, and some shoes to go. Have to say, I looked pretty smart. Shame about the occassion. Got my silver St. Christopher my nan left to wear.

One last note... we saw someone who looked frighteningly like Crais from Farscape up town... O.O

See you in about a day.

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:06:19 GMT

Haven't done much today, apart from chat to people, and update my character backstory on one of Sam's RPGs. Finally getting back into the character, so I've gently poked him into furthering the action, hehehe...

Well, I think he was gonna do it anyway *shrugs*. Fun, nevertheless.

I don't think I have anything else to say, other than I am Farscape'd OUT! @_@ I'm gonna be saying stuff like "frell" and "dren" for a week! O.O

Oh well... makes Tina happy anyway. And I'm gonna have to take some books to my nan and grandad's tomorrow, or I'm gonna go stir-crazy with nothing to do in their house... and that would be very bad.

Check ya later!

WTF?!

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:04:17 GMT

D'Argo's son Jothee in Farscape is Matthew Newton! He played Armand in Queen of The Damned! My god! Aaaaiiiiyeeee!

O_O

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:55:51 GMT

It's... SO... WARM!

*melts*