Thoughts from 3 day a week student

The final countdown...........................

2007-06-01T11:21:00.000-07:00

so sunday is the big day, ill turn 21 the supposed last birthday before proper adulthood!!!

So this is a blog to warn you about my weekend and what ill be blogging on:

Star Wars exhibition in london tomorrow

Avenue Q

and the rest of beths surprises for my day out

Beths surprise presents(which are apparantly sensible)

Family and friends presents

My main parental present..............................................................all ill say is PS2 update is gone and an old favourite could be returning

So ill rpeort back soon on whats happened!!!

Having a ball................

2007-05-24T11:32:00.000-07:00

So im at the end of my 2nd year at uni now, which means loads of work and loads of play aswell,

Saturday night was our summer ball now for most unis this means a small get together..............Not Roehampton..........we might give out bad degrees bu we know how to party

So after the most rediculous anpointless orchestra concert that morning 9-1!! we went tot he ball it started at 1

so at 1.15 we arrived

1.30 Watched the tuberats(www.myspace.com/tuberats) they are pretty good

2.00 went on pedalos(beths didnt get the idea of 2 sets of pedals she relaxed)

2.15 massive slide!!!!

2.30 Dodgems I caned some lecturer(Later found out she was beths lecturer..........

3pm Football (this was so BORING!!)

4pm we went to see BLAHBLAHBLAH(funny band) and Richard Blackwood, now i wasnt expecting much from RB but he was so funny, borderline racist at times but hilarious!!!

After this we had a little rest and went for dinner at Nandos(best restaurant ever) and went home to get ready........................my time getting ready 4 minutes.....beths time getting ready........................4 hours..................ill not say who i thought looked better.............................but it wasn't her.........................................................................................................................................................................................And it was me

So we went to the nightime gig, so we got there....went on the whizzer...suffered whiplash.

Then had another rip on the dodgems before playign some frog game in which i kept whacking the carnie

then we made our way to the main stage to see the 3 big acts

First out was jocelyn Brown- AWESOME!!real diva to the soundman and stormed off in the end but her set was something else,

Then Liberty X came out- im not gonna comment on their singing but id like to point out michelle heaton pointed at me. blew a kiss at me and clapped when i started, this is not in my head beth and her friends all saw!!!

then came the big one THE ORDINARY BOYs!!!Awesome set only marred by chantelle refusing to come out the side of the stage.......i should point out we were at the front barriers with thousands of people behind us we could almost touch the acts;

Some facts from the day

1:The ORdinary boys played a new song; at the end when we were getting set lists and stuff someone gave me the new song unfrotunately their security saw and ripped it off me they were nice and gave me a normal set list but for a few minutes i had their new song written the day before hand

2. Not drinking is a moneysaver- if you wanted alcohol you had to buy a wristband- Wristband = 6 drinks and cost 12.50 a band- this got you a small glass of drink plus mixer- for 50p i could have a full can of coke!!BArgain!!!

3. Beth Cant do dodgems

4. Chantelle is actually quite pretty

5. I could see preston controlling himself as i shouted at him.................he has a bad history with simons

So that was out ball, we planned to stay to the end but we wussed out about 3.30 and came home but it was a good one, now ive got the college end of year bash in two weeks..except this time im running it so its gonna be a tad more stressful for me

Albums im listening to lots - Jocelyn Brown

Best Dvd ive watched-Not so much dvd but spiderman 3 was ok until the cop-out ending

What im looking forward to - LIVEEARTH and PARIS

PS2 Update- Fifa and Tmnt rule all

New YEars s resolution update- Both slow again need some work on them

It all ended with a mouse................

2007-04-27T11:42:00.000-07:00

So whats happening with me at the moment then..............

Ok so im finishing up the year at uni, Dissertation is going slowly but steadily!!gotta pick my third year modules that will decide my degree!scary stuff especially as im torn between whats easy and what ill do better in!!decisions

Jazz Band gig in 2 weeks, something i said after christmas was that i was gonna spend less time on jazz band cause it took over a bit, now i feel mega unprepared!!!! but i know itll all work out, i have a good team of friends round me who always rally at this stage of the year!! so itll be grand,
10th of may if anyones interested matt will be here whacking the binlids!!(PS the lower flashbox has our big number for the gig in it)

Work, just mega at the mo, got more contract which is good means i can buy nice stuff!!(see below) but just always seem like im running around..........i feel like im whinging alot..............i am whinging alot............now im whinging about whinging.......................i need to cheer this thing up!!

SO beth had a lot of her little funny moments recently:

Yesterday she was going to view a house, this house is expensive, but really nice, and her selling point to everyone was its so close!its so close......................she wanted to leave 45 minutes before the arranged time.....if we're not punctual itll be sold!!

Then we watched Little Miss Sunshine...........i felt so smart.................i was working it out at quite a slow pace....but compared to beth it was lightning!!!

then her worst one of the week so far..........i Said"OH MAN SPINAL TAP are playing at LIVE EARTH"(which we are going to) she asked who is spinal tap???????????????

She is lovely though and in september we're going to paris to disneyland..............please dont make engagement jokes!!!im 20 shes 19!We just like rollercoaster and buzz lightyear!!

So thats all so far....

Albums im listening to lots - MIKA(see flashbox)
Best Dvd ive watched-Little miss sunshine
What im looking forward to - LIVEEARTH and PARISP
PS2 Update- Ultimate Spider-man SUCKS!!!
New years resolution update- ITS finally starting to happen!!BOTH ARE GOING WELL

from this(1st pic)....... to this(2nd pic)

2007-04-18T11:54:00.000-07:00

So yesterday was my anniversary with Beth, 2 years we've been together what started as a snog on a plane has developed into snogs in many places!!!No its been a great 2 years, lots of adventures and days out and even though its not always been easy(she can be REALLLLLLLLLLLLY Annoying) its been worth it, shes great shes everything i could want cause we match really well, we both had our fair share of Gymps before we met each other, so we're happy, and hoepfull we'll stay like that for a long time, so soppyness over, the best thing about her is..............SHE BUYS AWESOME PRESENTS!!!

Over the years(2 to be exact) ive got an original buzz lightyear in box,loads of dvds i wanted(family guy,jimmy carr ALL 3 TURTLES Movies(best surprise ever) etc etc) a limited edition vinyl gorrilaz doll(mega hard to find), a massive ceramic buzz lightyear, limited edition 2 tone old schools(never came out in the uk), so for anniversary i knew itd be good..................but i didnt guess what i was hetting,ill be honest i thought i was getting clothes, dont get me wrong she buys great clothes they are just a bit..................................non playable, so i thought i was getting clothes and when i met beth in kingston with her presents i got a shock when i saw the bag my presents where in...The entertainer...............its a toy shop....................so in the bag there were 3 awesome gifts

1.a Ropospider man- robo sapien dressed as spiderman

2.A spider man watershooting web slinger!!

and 3. A SPIDER-spud Mr potato Head Dressed as spider-man!!!!!

it was awesome,i was so pleased, so they are in the pic at the top of my blog,So today we went to chessington went on all the rides, saw some shows, i killed beth on the dodgems and we had a great time!!

So thats all for now i think, 2 blogs in a couple of days!!!champion blogger!!

Album im listening to lots - ben folds- not album just some tracks from many of his albums!!Best Dvd ive watched-Joey series one its not that bad!!

What im looking forward to - see beths newest blog!!!im so excited!!

ps2 Update- fifa still rules all other games!and ultimat spider-man sucks!!!!

New years resolution update- both going slow but steady

ok so i suck at blogging

2007-04-15T06:02:00.000-07:00

ok, so i havent blogged in a while and im sorry, ive had a hectic few months and it dont get any better over the next few either but i feel this weekend has been something that needs blogged!!

Friday i went to work as normal and at lunch time went to my favourite shop ever CEX, it sells and trades games and dvds and being bored with some games and dvds i decided to trade a bit so i gave him:

Napeoleon Dynamite
nacho libre
pro evo 4 for xbox
sopranos for ps2
and marvel ultimate alliance for psp

and he gave me in exchange

all5 batman movies (the originaL 4 and begins)
The whole series of Joey
series 4 of coupling
white chicks
ultimate spider man, xmen2, metal gear solid 2 and turok for ps2

BARGAIN!!!! so i had an awesome friday, i came home wathced white chicks and did some work,

on Saturday,

i got a taxi into redhill and got him to drop me at cash machine, and THE MACHINE ATE MY CARD!!so being an idiot and only having one bank account and its a saturday so no branches open that means me no money!and no way to pay taxi and no way to get home from redhill!! which is about an hour and a halfs walk from home!!!luckily the nice taxi man agreed to drop me home and now i just need to wait for 1. dad to get home and lend me money unti 2 new card arrives.

Albums im listening to lots - Fall out boy- infinity on high its not what i expected i like it
Best Dvd ive watched-2 point 4 children!!legendary
What im looking forward to - Seeing beth on tuesday for our 2 year anniversary
Wii Update- i sold it!bought a ps2!thats right ps2 not ps3
New years resolution update- both slipped a bit but still tring both

The New face of Grammar School Education!!

2007-02-03T13:09:00.000-08:00

A sleepless night................an anxious wait on a letter........................knowing that 15000 people are going through the same as you, but you've the most important................................................knowing this piece of paper could determine the rest your life........................................ oh and i forgot........YOU'RE 10 YEARS OLD So this morning my little bro adam(ads) got his 11+ results and found out that like his 2 brothers before him he got an A!!!i was so pleased for him, anyone who knows what its like to put a kid through exams knows the stress of it all so thats why my mum and dad have always been into helping us with exams, and we always got told "itll be worth it when the results come out" now having heard that at 11+, gcse and alevel i can safely say its the most annoying phrase ever, because when your mates are outside playing football thats where you wanna be and you know you'll be there in 15 minutes but you gotta finish this stupid practice paper!!!but it is worth it, adam is now gonna carry on the white boy tradition of going to Regent House Grammar and leaving his mark on it, anyone who knows ads will know he's quite a brute so whereas most kids would be scared about carrying on from 2 famous brothers adam will just go for it and probably end up leaving just as big a mark, let me explain in a points system with:

Rubbish = 1 point
Average = 2points
and good = 3 points

Matt was rubbish at rugby(1), good at music(3) average at school work(2) and good at drama(3) = 9 points for matt

I was average at sport(2),good at music(3) average at school work(after 3rd year)(2) and average at drama(2)= 9 points for simon

Adam will cane eveyone at rugby becuase he has my build and is incredibly strong for his age so id predict good at sport(3), he plays piano and corent and will only get better at both, as well as his song writing career, so id say good at music (3) , at the age of 10 he is Daddy Warbucks in his school play and has for the last 5 years been "Man with dish cloth on head supposed to be a shephard" in the corps nativity so id say goo dat drama (3) and school work i think its safe to say there is no Dr White between the 3 of us, we're all smart and good at school but i reckon he has the white curse.......which means science will just confuse him so ill say average at school work(2) that means 11 for Ads so he kicks me and matts butts

so yeah thats ads he's done really well and i think my readers can look forward to a number of humourous stories about him as the months continue..................................story 1 mum bought him a regent coat this morining so that people know where he is going!!knowone is believing her it was in the sale excuse

So as always

Albums im listening to lots - Richard Cheese + ounge against the machine
Best Dvd ive watched-Some more scrubs
What im looking forward to - Seeing beth tomorrow and getting new laptop stuff(see next blog)
Wii Update- See next blog it'll explain alot
new years resolution update- both slipped a bit one is still going alot better than the other

the passion of the scooby.....

2007-01-25T09:32:00.001-08:00

So for anyone who reads glynns blog you'll know that on tuesday we all went to see ben folds!but after reading glynns blog i realised he missed many important factors and events that i feel the public should know!

So 6.30 tuesday night i met matt, glyn and beth and we made our way to the apollo. now ouside the venue was when the fun started when going through forthcoming events we saw some events we'd like to go to:

Nelly Furtado- matt suggested this but he only wanted to go if she did her old preachy stuff before she turned to canibalism.

Barenaked Ladies - well Glynn wanted to see this even after he found out it was the band rather than a description of the act. but it was pointed out he knew 2 songs so may get rather bored.

and the Best- Scooby Doo - back live on stage- Now id like to focus on the BACK LIVE ON STAGE, they are gonna do a live resurection of scooby doo on stage!!! at this stage i did an impression of Scooby doo greeting mary magdalene after his live resurection!and decided that mel gibson should now focus on "The passion of the Scooby"!!!!

so then we moved into the gig, my first innapropriate comment of the night came as we entered the venue "WAOH clem snide are playing" now clem snide was the support act who wasnt too bad, he just has the most unfortunate name ever, for an acoustic folk singer, clem snide should be a heavy metal death band who worship satan and turn their amps up to eleven!but its one guy and a guitar, now he was good but unfortuantely he walked onto the stage wearing a long white coat and looking like a gymp. He also proved that the best way to silence over a thousand people is to walk onto a stage the room died!!!!!but luckily 1 brave soul managed to help the poor guy out and break the atmosphere, there was an incredibly sarcastic "woo..........clem.................Snide" and "plug your guitar in, it will work better"but credit where its due........he was average.

So then the main act arrived MR FOLDS, 3 men making the same noise as 30!it was awesome he is a legend on keys and his drummer who learnt the set in a week was great, and the bassist knew 4 notes!one on each string!!!!!he played most of the songs i wanted, except his 2 rock numbers!but he was awesome he played for nearly 2 hours and had the crowd into it the whole time, Although i would like to mention that he does seem to have a following of incredibly tall people, he should probably mark on his cd "Ben Folds: official music of Giants"but he was awesome.

So afterward we were leaving and saw someone signing autographs, after some suggestions from everyone"its ben folds"Matt, "its the queen" beth(who always answers the queen to any question, guess who rang today beth? THE QUEEN???)and glynns suggetion that it may be scooby king of the jews, we soon realised it was JAMIE CULLUM the jazz dwarf so after everyone realised and waved to no reaction i deicide to hang out the window and inform him he rocked to which he replied Thanks man please join me on my next tour to play trumpet and please accept this cheque for 5million pounds as a deposit"to which i said thanks jambo.(please make your own decision as to when this became a dream)

So that was our night at ben folds

Albums im listening to lots - Ben Folds Songs for silverman
Best Dvd ive watched-Frasier series 5
What im looking forward to - Seeing beth tomorrow
Wii Update- Still in the box but with good reason(see next blog ill write)
new years resolution update- both going well!!

2007 so far.......

2007-01-19T09:15:00.002-08:00

So 2007 so far has been interesting, ive gone back to some old ways and embraced some new ones.but so far its been a good year. some new things ive embraced:

Music Dvds- now if you'd asked me before xmas about these id say....BORING, but i got one for christmas(mcfly) and i loved it so i decided to try some moee, i got busted live(awesome)and then last week at matt l's we watched divine comedy and ben folds, and ive now ordered reel big fish and jamie cullum, so they arent as boring as you'd think.

Healthy eating - so ive tried this loads before but its actually going well now, its quite simple it just takes a few slight alterations in normal meals..

Crisps become sweet chilli rivita
Fizzy Drinks become water
and Chocolate becomes...........................an apple(possibly not quite a slight alteration)

Work - ive started going to bed earlier and ive found i actually enjoy it more, i dont mind doing long days or boring jobs because its work and i like getting paid.

Time management - so last term at uni was work- uni- organise jazz band stuff - bed, but ive decided i need more time to myself so im gonna manage time a bit more, spend some more time with beth and have dates, we went out for lunch today and tried to remember the last time we sat in a restaurant for dinner, i remember a tgis in early october, Thats not good!

Some old ways im going back to...............

Church - so since september we've ( we've meaning me and beth, not that i have many personalities)being looking for somewhere to go and struggled to find somewhere we both fit in , but we always said we'd start going somewhere regular after christmas, so fingers crossed we start church in 2 weeks when we go back to uni,

Brass Band= See above.

So thats 2007 so far, ive also decided i need something new on my blog, so at the end of my blog you get updates

Albums im listening to lots - The ordinary boys - How to get everything you ever wanted in 10 easy steps

Best Dvd ive watched-Scrubs Series 4

What im looking forward to - ben Folds on Tuesday Night

Wii Update- Still in the box after christmas but it will come out on monday or tuesday

new years resolution update- both going well!!

so its all over..........

2007-01-10T11:39:00.000-08:00

So christmas has come and gone............and i didnt blog, come to think of it 2006 and been and gone and i barely bloged!But christmas 2006 was a classic so ill run you through it all.

I went home on on the 2oth!6 hour journey to the boat!It was 6 hours of Russel brand and Psp, if was fun, then me and dad got home and saw the family and all that stuff, then came christmas morning, it was weird our first christmas without matt, but we had to go with it and it was ok, not the same but still really good,so were awoken by the child of the house at 5;45( thats me by the way) and at 6.30 we went in !now i had asked for money for christmas so thats what i expexted but WAOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i had loads of wrapped up presents i had the series of scrubs i asked for, my it crowd dvd, cds,aftershave,clothes.,EVERYTHING!!!! and a cheque!!it was so awesome and i still had a mini christmas with matt and that other lady to come, now at this point you're probably saying what about beths presents??well we got bored one day in december so we had christmas!it was great i got everythign id asked for and loads of surprises!(an original buzz lightyear in box!!) so then we had normal stuff dinner, sleeping parents and the usual malarchy.

so a few days passed we had the traditions violent football and hilarious family events, then beth arrived on friday morning and we went shopping, now usually beths spends loads and i say shes stupid.........this time reversed roles as i bought a WII, not for anyone who doesnt know what that is or tinks i bought an aftershave made out of urine, wii is the newest computer by nintendo, it has no controolers just a remoted that you throw, swing and even juggle to play the games!its awesome and we didnt break anything!

so new years eve we had people round and had a good night did the usual countdown and all that jazz.

so that was christmas, now for 2007, only 2 new years resolutions and im not making them public as ive decided to revisit 2 things ive never been able to beat, but they are going well and ill keep you updated with how they go,

so i suppose thats all for now, i am gonna try and blog more but its not a resolution!

Its not like it used to be..................

2006-11-05T13:20:00.000-08:00

So quick recap

Fabb Gig - really good, got some more gigs out it band did really well.

Big Band- gig is in three weeks but last week i got the best surprise ever,knowing i was struggling to find charts my best mate sat me down and told me pick charts and he'd pay!he bought me 6 charts and is a really great mate.

kids Day- Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....i really enjoyed it for me it was a total break away from what i do so i felt it was worthwhile, although possibly the only time ive ever had my musical experience questioned by an 8 year old!!

So recently ive been thinking about age........alot of my life is spent interacting with older people, at work im the youngest at uni my best friend is 26, at church im usually with people older than me, even at events like youth councils i find myself with the token oldies (you know who you are...................Hotpants hill) so ive been thinking has it made me older??

loads of stuff has made me think this:

I think ray should win xfactor cause they dont make singers like him anymore
i think no comedy will ever beat faulty towers
i think all dance music sounds the same(although i always have)
and worst of all if i coo a meal that knowone compliments i say "well i dont know about anyone else but mine was lovely" (although that makes me more like my mum than makes me old.

So i could get past this until yesterday when me and Beth went to oxford street,

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!

it is the best time of year by far and in the white Household the begining of christmas is always marked by the arrival of the coke adverts on tv with the red trucks and polar bears,but yesterday walking down oxford street with my grande gingerbread latte with cream from starbucks i turned to beth and said "oh its christmas now ive got my gingerbread latte!!!" WHEN DID I BECOME A GYMP!!!i hate coffee ive never drank it but i love gingerbread latte mostlly cause it comes in a festive red cup,

so at some stage my prioritys changed from Red coke lorries and Polar bears to Red cups and gingerbread lattes!!!

im trying to convince myself im not getting old and that culture is changing, dylan moran says thats kids today aren't like they used to be, he took his son to a 7th birthday party and the birthday boy couldnt go on the castle cause he had a migrane and another boy went home cause his expresso wasn't hot enough!!!people dont get it

Santa is red becuase of coke Therfore

Coke = red
red=santa
santa = christmas
christmas = red
Christmas = COKE(Not in a Kate Moss Way)

So ive decided that its not christmas yet, i will not get christmassy until i see a polar bear and a red van................together...........................on tv...........................how cool would it be if this year the polar bears drove the trucks........................

FABB or will it be?

2006-10-15T12:31:00.000-07:00

So tuesday night is the debut of my new project FABB or Funding a Big Band, now ive done quite alot of playing in my life but recently im losing my passion for it,its not exciting me and i needed something to excite me so i decicded to join a jazz combo, we are an 8 piece group and i had really big plans for it, unfortunately because i had the ideas i had to put them in motion so i became arranger and organisor so its been really hard to do but now its kinda ready for tuesdays gig but ive never been so nervous about a gig as i am about tuesday night!im singing a MCFLY song!its gonna be intersting!then im playing 15 songs!i have solo's and loads to play !i need to get my passion and feeling back so any suggestions would be great!

Also we went to see disney princesses on ice!im sure beth will blog about it!
Ill let you all know how tuesday goes!!!

Ps Bethany did the awesome poster!I love having a girlfriend/skivvy!

Some big events in Simons Life

2006-10-03T01:23:00.000-07:00

so over the last few weeks some big things have happened so i thought id blog them,

1. I went to see Mcfly at wembley, they were awesome they held off right til the end to do 5 colours(my favourite mcfly song)and when they did dont stop me now brian may came on stage and played the guitar solo, truly awesome

2. i recorded some tracks for a band called neat people,these guys are an up and coming band from colchester who could really make it theyve already been on radio 1 and xfm,it was a cool day,big thanks to jon mits for getting me the gig,oh watch them on www.myspace.com/neatpeople (better video than ok go)

3.Jazz band and combo started up again its going well looking forward to getting ready for a few performances.

4. Fifa 07 = awesome

5. I got a psp!!!!!!!!!best invention ever

and thats about it...........................................oh and i bleached my hair peroxide blond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beth Smells Bad!

2006-09-20T15:07:00.000-07:00

So anyone who has read beths blog(links My Bird) knows that it sucks, and she has now resorted to some sort of challenge to prove how good it is,when basically we all know its rubbish, it has knowhere near enough simon in it and too much non simon passages, so in my quest to prove my scientific theory "Beth Cant write blogs cause she smells" i have come up with this list of points to explain why my theory is true:

1. Beth smells bad
2. Beth Wears Rubbish clothes
3. Beths hair always looks greasy
4. Beth is a chubster
5. Beth studies an easy subject (1 textbook all about the same bloke)
6. i beat her at gcse
7. Beth has been seen kicking small adorable kittens
8. Beth spent 23 years in prisons for offences related to being stupid
9.did i mention she smells bad
and 10 beth said that anyone who reads her blog is stupid, therfore dont give her the joy of thinking you are stupid and continue to read simons blog as simon appreciates all of his loyal readers!

All comments are welcome....................as long as they agree with me

S

a new blog!!

2006-09-12T05:37:00.000-07:00

so i have a new blog to update you all about some of my summer,i went down to colchester for a week with the Salvation army which was really good, i was a bit concerned this year cause i felt i might be too old but i went anyway and went as a leadership student meaning i got a bit of reponsibility in the school,now i expected to have a tiny job but what i eneded up doing was megA!!!the first day i was told id be in the brass auditions which was interesting cause it meant auditioning friends which was an interesting process but it went well,then the big job came because of a security issue that night everyone had to stay in their own flats,now due to certain circumtances on the first day there was only 1 male welfare staff so they asked teh leadership to help!this was scary,it meant i was putting people to bed who were older than me but i was shocked by the overall maturity of the school as everyone we spoke to went to bed without an issue,th erest of teh week i was allowed to lead sectionals and even lead a day of rehearsels when the conductor had to go off campus for a day,it was an awesome week with mates,leaders and God,other higlights of the week were being reunited with jon and rich from NI was good to catch up,a week of making new friendships and developing older ones,beths blog explains the next few weeks so read it http://bethany-beths.blogspot.com,then i went home for a week, i was awesome seeing the temple crowd,seeing all my family,pending loads of time with ads and mum,winning a golden DABLOON!

So what now-well i start back at work tomorrow which will be good, beth moves to uni on sunday- i start uni again next week- me and beth need to find a new church now we're both londoners - ive still not seen the producers on the west end - im away when high school musical is on and thats about it,

If you read this please leave a comment as beths convinced she gets more hits than me but i know she doesnt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you couldnt make it up

2006-07-13T11:20:00.000-07:00

ok last week was possibly the funniest week ever.Im just gonna diary this cause its so good it doesnt need an intro

tuesday 4th July

10.30 pm i get a call,
(Beth)"hey simmy""
(simon)Hey beth"
(beth) "i dont have a dress for my prom...............tomorrow night

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH so after a long convo we decided that we'd get a dress tomorrow(wed) in chelmsford so beign the good BF that i am i said ill come down for when debenhams opens what time is that...9am.......that means i leave at 7........that means i get up at 5 to pack and clean the house..........its now 1.30am.............to put some other details out my parents are on holiday they get back when im away o it needs done before they get back........................so at 1.30am i go to bed and get 3.5 hours sleep.

WED 5th July

so i get there at 9am and we go to debenhams,now this is ugly dress city,everything is horrible,so we go to monsoon,we see a dress a really nice one so beth tries it on TOO BIG!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHHH damn my skinny girlfriend,o we ring around to find the dress and we find it in Colchester so we go to the train station and are are running for the train when beth stops...............cause her shoe......no wait it not a shoe its a FLIPFLOP falls off so we miss the train thus adding 30minutes to our journey,so to say i didnt take it well would be true..i hate flip flops beth cant run in them and we always miss stuff cause of it..........now i underestimated beths mental state at this stage.....i cant remember the exact words but they were harsh(mainly about the flip flops not beth) and then it happened in chelmsford station platform 2beth cried..........now at this point im a rubbish boyfriend.........i made my girlfriend cry on her prom day,so we sorted that and the rest of the day ran smoothely beth got a haircut my crazy foreign tailer got me a new matching waistcoat for beths new dress and she looked stunning, really proud to be with her and a really good night,oh and we went in style..........BIG SILVER MINiBUS!!!!!!!! i loved it

Thursday 6th June

So today i get up at 10 having gone to bed at 4 had a nice day went out bought a pink shirt for the pink party we were going to,so after this we go to beths mate house to meet our lift so we set off and stop at beths school,have a very funny encounter with the head of 6th form(what a gymp) and start down the a12......now halfway down teh car goes mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!swerving so we pull off at services and Kim (the driver)rings her parents and we all debate whats wrong then someone gets out and realises that there is a flat.......now imagine the scene 4 private school girls all dressed to go clubbing and me.whos gonna change the tyre....luckily the 1 good thing to come out of my time at safeway is i worked in the petrol station and learnt to change a tyre, so i did it i changed a tyre outside a little chef on teh a12 and it worked, we got there had a great night free j20 and lemonades i love it!!!!!!!!!

so thats my week there is another story that may appear soon i just need to clarify it wont get me in trouble,

As Always

Simon

Play??????????/

2006-06-28T11:18:00.000-07:00

So on saturday i took beth to see over the hedge,since christmas we've said we'd go and on saturday it finally came out,so we went, we had a big half and half pepsi(dont start i hate it but apparantly its healthier)so we got in and the movie started really funny,really good,so we're happily sitting watching and then it happened the most influential and amazing part of the movie...........for 3 minutes this character arrived on screen who made my and beths night,this massive scary dog comes on screen looking fierce and says in this little kids voice...................................play?this was a huge dog and for 3 minutes he had a huge chase scene breaking stuff knocking people over and all he was saying was Play???it was absolutely hilarious, i advise you go see it just for this.

But this isnt the first time this has happened

I love star war but my favourite character is boba fett,hes on screen for 5 minutes then gets eaten by a rocky horror picture show reject

Xmen3-awesome movie- but the best bit is probably the mot uninfleuential bit of it......colossus walks past iceman and says "shes gone man"..............nothign special except that while he says it he's walking along with a huge tv under one arm as if its nothing.....i laughed for at least 15 minutes

Beth loves disney,but her favourite disney character is Mulan....who's ever heard of her

I love toy story but not woody,buzz,potato head or even rex i love the shark in ts1 (Im woody howdy howdy howdy) and in number 2 its wheezy the penguin "you've got a friend in me"

so my point is that sometimes you dont need to be at the forefront to be the best as proven by Owen Hargreaves(take that Captain hanover!!!!!!!!!)

for my adoring fans............

2006-06-19T12:07:00.000-07:00

so people kept having a go at me for not blogging so here i am.so whats happened in the last 4 months

1. i got given the jazz band at uni and had our first gig which was a huge success,big crowd,awesome band i used a few mates and family members to help and it was awesome,everyone pulled it out on the night and i lost about 4 stone with my quite overexcited conducting

2. Matt(my bro) came in to help cause my drummer had to pull out for good reasons,its really weird conducting your brother you feel quite proud but also quite scared,luckily he was awesome so i didnt need to tell him off,he really gave 110%(read matts blog)

3. Still with beth, shes cool getting exams over so he can enjoy prom and stuff,had out 1 year anniversary,as with every milestone she was on holiday so i was alone but it was cool to have a day out when she got back

4.finished 1st year really scary how fast it went,but its doine so waiting for results

5. got a job i am the self proclaimed "Head of transport expenses for Surrey County Council" i have my own desk I LOVE DESK "are you just pointing at things and saying you love them bryn?"

6.i got a new phone,n70,very differant from my old one,dont say it isnt

7World cup COME ON HARGREAVES

8.2 stag days!!!karting and paint balling .............imagine them together

9.realised how much i missed father ted what an awesome comedy although please please please tell beth they dont sing "I love my horse"

10 by getting back into FaTHER TED im back into divine comedy "theres a jolly hostess selling crisps and tea"

11.apparantly ive grown up and become less innapropriate i took that as an insult( anyone who saw me dancing that was highly innapropriate)

12.im an awesome dancer and proud to admit i specialise in gay disco and thrusting(sorry angie)

13.IM 20!!!!!!!thats weird im old,for my bday i went to thorpe park with beth and to see XMEN 3 and she bought me clothes and a wallet,what a classic girlfriend, he always know what to buy me and always surprises me.

14.more people read my blog than i knew,its quite scary but hey to all my fans

15.does anyone have steve hanovers email address??he's a hard man to track down.

Thanks blog soon i SWEAR!!

Stolen from Matt,who stole from lard

2006-02-06T11:34:00.000-08:00

Four jobs I’ve had in my life

Conductor
office temp
Returned mail opener
cinema usher

Four movies I can watch over and over

daredevil
Stewie Griffin Untold Story
madagascar
spiderman 2

Four places I have lived

Newtownards (NI)
Merstham (Surrey)
chelmsford (Essex)
Belfast (NI)

Four TV shows I love to watch

Simpsons
Desperate Housewives(although im starting to replace it with shameless)
Family Guy
frasier

Four places I have been on vacation

Sweden(where i met Beth)
Florida
italy(Orchestra tour)
Blackpool

Four of my favourite dishes

chinese
lahore kebabs
crunchy nut cornflakes
garlic bread and sweet chilli sauce

Four websites I visit daily

4barsrest
yahoo(movie trailers)
Ebay
football365

Four places I would rather be right now

Northern Ireland
Chelmsford
Northern Ireland
DA ZOO

Four bloggers I am tagging

Matt W.Matt L,Lard(he gets more trailers than me)+ electralytes

written on wednesday but forgot to post

2006-02-01T12:06:00.000-08:00

my day today was pretty awesome i met beth in london and went to a weird art exhibiton,then had a day in london,just wanna list a couple of key moments

1.i get modern art,well some of it,its very intelligent and the meanings are very hidden which made me think what is the target audience for it?im a realatively smart guy and i struggle with it so is it purely aimed at members of mensa?

2,my hatred for reed is growing,they rang my house in ireland today to say i hadnt turned in for work, when i had been told not to !!!!then my mum had a go at me about it!seriously ive decided i dont wanna bite my tongue anymore so i rang them and told them how i though id been treated...........................they apologised so i reckon i didnt burn my bridges

3 i completed my family guy today!!beth bought me series 2 for valentines day not romantic but very cool!!

4 my girlfriend is a teddy murderer,today i went to buy her her valentines teddy and the first one she tried to stuff blew up and stuffing went everywhere on the 2nd floor of hamleys it was liek saving private ryan but with teddys

That was my day complete with a couple of other interesting moments,i can now smell crispy cremes!!i think thats a talent and we found the longest route round london so we didnt have to go home early!

more and more people are reading this now so i feel under pressure to make it better

simons top 5

2006-01-31T11:32:00.000-08:00

this is now my 2nd blog,its interesting cause i started so entuisiastically but soon died off cause i didnt have time so whats changed since my last blog

1.Big G(my dad) has gone away so im all alone and realised i suck at being independant
2.i had a rehersal on sunday for a big band, the top trumpet player does the job i eventually wanna do.....he is awesome
3.i have a job im an administrative assistant in a leasing company
4.ive cut down on fizzy drinks
5.i gave up making beths present and bought her something

so how do i change 1+2,survive 3,keep up 4 and get away with 5

1. this week i will wash,clean,and dust the house.Ill also find my housekeys!
2.im gonna ask this guy for lessons i gave up lessons at uni basically caus ethe teacher sucked and he wasnt gonna teach me anything but ive been lazy since
3.oh my word team leader means team ass!!!!it kills me thy think they are managers i had more authority when i helped in yp band!!!they are plain and simple gymps,it kills me,they sit beside fax machines and still walk at least 50 metres to hand me their faxes to send!ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i need my degree i couldnt do that for a living
4.stop buying them at work i drink pure tropical juice,good at the start but horribel after a while but better for me than coke............and ginger beer(my achilles heel)
5.well i worked out i needed something she can take to venice(yeah my girlfriend is in the most romantic city in the world on valentines day......................im in merstham!!)so every time we go to bluewater she loves bear factory so im gonna make her a bear tomorrow in hamleys,and dress it up because my girlfriend is totally 100% broody!!it kills me!!so i reckon i give her a bear she can dress and everyones a winner and her dad doesnt break my legs!

thats my thoughts for the day!although i feel a controversial rant about films andmusic coming on so watch this space!

My first blog

2006-01-23T05:53:00.000-08:00

This is my first blog, i dont really know why i wrote it, i saw everyone else using it and thought i should really get in on this act, rather than give u a history im gonna talk about present, went to see nizlopi last night and loved it!!!ive played in big orchestras for years but ive never seen anyone play a double bass like i saw last night!he was awesome he was beatboxing and double bassing at the same time it was awesome!!got me missing my bass guitar,before i left ireland i had started to play a bit more and wasnt bad but seeing him last night made me want to do it again,now for my first rant.i dont wanna name names of companys but this week ive had major issues with a recruitment agency,ill just say they are named after what you put in a clarinet or oboe to make it sound.# times they've rang and offered me jobs and told me everythign about it icluding start times and uniform..............then everytime they pull out which makes me think what is the point of it.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr not a happy boy!My plans for the rest of this week include
Family Guy series 4
Frasier series 4
writing a new piece of music
finishing(+starting) my girlfriends valentines present
cycle or run every day
eat healthily
tidy my room
and practice my instrument at least 1 hour a day

Ill let you know how i get on!