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Addiction to shower gells?

By Happiness & Joy, Life, Love & Relationships, Thinking4 Comments

“Let me look in that cubboard?” Curious David said. Using my body as a barrier: “You won’t understand.” Lovingly David moves me out of the way. He opens up the cubboard, looks at me and says: “Your ill.”

This is how David discovered my 20+ shower gells all lined up. He doesn’t understand! So to help explain I told him this story:

I was once in morrisons and saw a particular brand of shower gells that I love buy-one-get-one-free. So I couldn’t leave them there for that, could I?

(I seem to have inherited my mums attraction for bargins.)

So I bought 10 and got 10 free. David’s response to this was: “Your very ill.”

I am unsure were this need to have plenty shower gells in stock. Perhaps someone once made a comment about my hygiene? (Doubt it as always have been very clean.) Or did I once run out? And my OCD (obsessive, compulsive disorder) set in – giving me a need to stock up and put them in an order. The latter is probably true. So Ok, I do have an addiction to shower gells, but perhaps there is worse addictions?

And can I just say at this point: Supermarkets you don’t help! You always have offers on them and place them on the end of the isle – so I can’t even aviod them by not going down the isle.

So what do you think? Am I “ill” as David suggests? Do I have an addiction? Leave a comment.

Blog about random things soon.

Antony

(P.S Oh and in relation to David – I will let you know what’s going on, when I do.)

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Wednesday 21 January 2009

Job Interview & David

By Life, Love & Relationships, Thinking4 Comments

Yesterday I had a job interview. The interview had taken a lot of work in the form of research and putting together a five mins long presentation.

There were three women who were doing the interviewing. A very friendly manager, a blonde woman who seemed to be new to interviewing and finally pratitioner. The first two seemed open, but the pratitioner seemed to be closed to what I was saying with her body language.

I gave the presentation, answered the interview questions (some of which were more about common sense than the job role) and was informed that they would let me know either that day or Friday.

I recieved a call on arriving home. I did not get the post. Someone with more experience, that had been doing some project work in the service got the job.

Getting the job would have ment a pay rise and a move of house – which would of been hugely positive.

I guess it was like my recent situation (see Good & Bad News). Ofcourse she would have more experience than me, already working in the service.

The feedback was all positive, good presentation, answered the questions well. I stated that I would be looking out for other posts with in the service and she said that she would definitately interview me again. On reflection, I would have reduced the amount of points on my presentation, due to the time allowed.

After the call…
I then decided to make some plans with David for the evening. My suggestion (and it was only a suggestion) was to go to the cinemas. We ended up having an arguement.

I hate to argue because when your busy arguing you are not listening to one another. I have also in the past have been in a relationship were we had massive alcohol-fulled rows, which has created nothing but negativity. And ultimately achieved nothing. I swore after that relationship, that I would not argue again with any subsequent boy friend. So I feel gutted that we have argued again.

Yes, this is not the first time. Over Christmas and New Year we had two arguements. I am aware that I have communication issues sometimes. I leave arrangements to the last second and don’t really reply to texts. The thing is with texts as of recent, is that they take ages for me to write (out of practice) and the reciepitant can’t tell the tone of your voice.

I think we need some space to really look at our relationship. I am absolutely fed up with arguing. This is not the first time we have had a rocky patch (see A mad week!), and I am begining to ask myself is it worth it? The pain and the hurt are not pleasant.

It’s at times like this I say to myself:
Antony. It’s time to pick yourself up off the floor, dust yourself down and carry on.

So over all a rubbish start to January. But I am sure it’ll get better.

My love to all,

Antony

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Saturday 17 January 2009

The Weird Dream

By Life, Paganism, ThinkingNo Comments

In the last week I haven’t slept well as you may know (see The Week of Recovery if you don’t).

But on one occasion when I did sleep during the week, I had the weirdest dream:

First there was some sort of battle going on, with a struggle and I was trying to save someone.

Then I suddenly appeared at the side door of a building and saw a wiseman who I recognised. I wanted to ask him how the struggle went, what happened, and if I saved the person I was trying too.

A brown, old fashioned leather suitcase appeared in my hand. The wise man ignored me and started to walk away. I decided to follow him. He stopped and looked at this side door. By his look I assumed he wanted me to go through it. But when I looked at the door the shutter was down. Knowing that it was the side door, I decided to walk round to the front main entrance.

The wise man, looked at the door and the shutter opened. The wise man walked through and I followed. I asked “where do I go now?” He walked towards an escalator and I followed. I realised it was a dream and woke (or at least I thought).

I was in my room with stuff all over the floor (which is typical of my room, I am not the domestic goddess I would like to be). I felt very restricted with what I was wearing. I stood up out of my bed and unzipped and took off the tightest body-warmer ever. Underneath it was another one so I did the same with other body-warmer. I felt restricted wearing them and very warm.

I decided I needed some water. I went over to my desk and picked up a glass hexagon in shape with water in and took a sip. I went to put the glass down but it would not stand with out spilling the water.

Next to my desk I saw a bucket about half filled with water. I poured the water out of the glass in to the bucket on the floor. Then the bucket started to leak all over the floor. I remember feeling panicked about the water all over the floor.

I then realised I was in another dream and woke myself up.

Weird, eh? If any of you are good at dream interpretation please leave a comment with some interpretational stuff.

Thanks & Good Night,

Antony

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Saturday 10 January 2009

Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers of 2009 Announced

By Gay, ThinkingNo Comments

Stonewall have realised this list of the Top 100 Employers who stand for equality.

Interestingly high up on this list included the Police. The police have a history of institutionalised rasicism therefore making them historically inequal. Therefore they must be making progress.

However I still feel they need to continue to work on equality. I have got several gay friends of mine that have recieved a poor service off the police. Indeed some of them have had homophobic remarks made by police officers. Some of my friends tell me that police officers have stated that it is their fault when reporting homophobic crime.

It is nice to see that central and local governments are on the list seen as they make the equality legislation. Next year it would be fantastic to see some NHS organisations on the list! This is because I know a lot of work goes on to protect equality of their employees in the NHS and respect & value the diversity of their employees.

Wishing you all equality always,

Antony

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Friday 9 January 2009
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