She'd been ill for the last couple of weeks, and for a moment it seemed she was getting better (even the vet said she was), but for the last couple of days she's looked quite ragged. The last time I saw her alive was last night around 2am when I went to bed.
I gave her a burial in the back garden just half an hour ago, and the song played for her was Robbie William's "Nan's Song". I felt it was the most appropriate.
She has lived with both myself and Helen while we lived together and at each other's houses. She's had two other collegues throughout her life; Brown, who died two years ago long before her time, and Misty who came to her aid when she was lonely after Brown's death. Unfortunately in early 2007, territorial dominance drove them apart. Since then White has lived alongside Misty in seperate tanks, occasionally touching noses as if to say "Hello neighbour!". She fell ill a few months later. For two weeks she had been at the beckon call of her owner. Sadly, two days after her owner's birthday, she passed away, leaving behind broken hearts in those who cared for her.
She fought the battle right up to the end. Now she will have her well deserved rest.
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Yes everyone! I finally picked up a copy of Nintendo's new Zelda outing on the DS.
After waking up with a (not as bad as I thought) hangover, Matthew's birthday card for me had arrived. He included a £15 HMV voucher inside for me to spend on whatever tickles my fancy. The thought crossed my mind that maybe I could get Spiderman 3 on DVD for absolutely nothing with it... but I decided to get the new Zelda game instead!
If you've seen screenshots of the game on the net, you might think "Huh, this isn't very good", but you'd be wrong. The touchscreen controls are really intuitive and the gameplay I've seen so far can only be rivalled by the other Zelda titles. I've read a review the other day though which said that the game was somewhat easy. It's a good thing I knew that before I bought it, otherwise I would've been disappointed.
All that's left now is for Kirstie's card to arrive in the post. She sent her's the day after Matt's, so it should arrive tomorrow...
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I am now officially 25!
I've gotten a few things so far. I got money off some of the folks, and Paul stopped by last night to drop off a card and a present. It's a t-shirt with CTRL ALT DEL on it, in a font that looks like keyboard letters. Not bad.
I'm just waiting for tea to be finished - a beef stroganoff (love 'em!) and then I'm off out on the lash! I'll see you all there!
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Only one day left until I turn 25. A quarter of a century! Oh dear!
I've already come to terms with being in my mid-twenties, but before I was in my early-mid-twenties, y'know?Still, hopefully tomorrow night will be a blast! I'm going out for alot of drinks, starting in Isaac's with a load of mates. Fingers crossed I'll end up with a parmo with a candle in it by the end of the night!
That's not all though. Hopefully I'll be able to go out and sort out my new image as well tomorrow. The shaving rash has more-or-less gone now, so I can move on to the next stage. I won't tell you what it is until I've unveiled it to the world...
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This week I've had to catch up with my holidays at work, by doing the occasional full-time shift. This happened because I'd taken three weeks off back when I was in the technical support department so I could focus on my final year project (which will be available on this site soon). Now that I've been moved to a department which makes outbound phonecalls, I'm over my holiday allowance because our holidays are allocated to days where we can't legally call our customers (christmas, easter, bank holidays etc).
I've got four days to make up, and yesterday I did my 2nd day. I've got two more days to make up next week as well. It's a real pain in the arse because barely anyone is availabe during the day, since they have better things to do. Still though, thanks to the handful of payments I got yesterday during the day, I managed to meet an incentive that we had going on, so I've won a prize! However, all the prizes I've won in the past through incentives have been terrible. My team leader insists that I haven't won yet another mini bag of Haribo, but I have to wait until Tuesday to find out what it is. It's probably a slightly larger bag this time...
Oh, and I'm full of cold at the moment as well. I could feel it starting on Monday but it's hit me with a vengance today. I wonder if it has something to do with going to the gym yesterday morning. They say that you shouldn't go to the gym if you have a cold. It's true that in some cases you need to sweat out a cold or a fever, but physical exercise is not the way to do it as it actually lowers your immune system which, of course, makes it worse. I'm taking vitamin suppliments at the moment in an effort to reduce the cold before Monday. I don't want to be celebrating my 25th birthday with a bunged up nose...
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Back on the 2nd October I ordered some Wii Remote Jackets. They're a new accessory that Nintendo have released for their Wii Remotes, and all remotes (by now) will be sold with one in the pack as well. However, since many people have remotes without the jackets, Nintendo offered free ones to them... including me! They arrived this morning.
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Weird huh? I've tried it out with Wii Sports and it does seem to stay in my hand a little more comfortably, but my remote won't fit in it's charging bay next to my Wii with the jacket on. I've found I can quickly peel off the bottom of the jacket and all's well though.
Has anyone else received any of these yet?
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I took White to the vets again for a checkup today. The vet said that she has improved. She's not squeaking or clicking when she breathes and she seems to me much livelier than she was a week ago, which is good news. "She is a bit on the thin side though" she pointed out, and I agree as I'd noticed it as well. Nonetheless, she is eating cos I've seen her munching away at the foodstuffs in her bowl. I'm told to continue her anti-biotic treatments until I've run out and we'll decide then whether she needs anymore. So yes, all in all, she's getting better.
And why "My Lovely Gerbil" as the title of this post? Because I got hold of the video and mp3 of Father Ted's "My Lovely Horse" on my phone today
Watch the video below and you'll agree it's hilarious!"We HAVE to lose that sax solo!!"
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Just a few moments ago, andrew-irvine.co.uk switched over from notnet's servers to my own server sat in my room. I now host my own website on my own web server (yay!).
I've done the same for www.theanythings.co.uk (formally Nemo - link below) and I'm going to make arrangements with a friend of mine who has a family name website that I host at notnet.
As you may also have noticed, the site looks a LOT different to before. The same links remain but now I'm running on PHP with a new blog and photo gallery. Feel free to browse and leave comments
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My 3 year old gerbil, White, is ill. She's having difficulty breathing and seems to just sit around dozing off with her eyes half closed. She doesn't seem to move around much either.
I took her (and Misty, my other gerbil) to The Animal Health Centre today, a vets down the road from where i live. They agreed with my prognosis as they also noticed that she seemed to squeak each time she breathed in and out, like we would when we have a cold. She gave me some antibiotics and told me to administer it every day for the next week. Hopefully she'll be on the rise soon. I'll keep you all posted.
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I've decided to go clean shaven. I ain't shaved for something like 5 years, so this is truely bizarre for me. The shaver I used is one of those Philishave CoolSkins, that cums moisturiser on your face while ya shave. It's certainly done the job!
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I'm in the process of changing my image. I've got a few other things in store but the first is getting rid of the stubble/beard. I'm starting now because by the time I can afford to do everything else, the shaving rash will've disappeared. What else have I got planned? You'll just have to wait and see...
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