Sometimes I get nervous When I see an open door

Well I guess I ought to update this. Maybe. *Shrugs*. Does anybody read it? If so, comment dammit!

Interesting month... Despite not much happening. Finished work placement, but haven't finished portfolio. That's still at work. Reminder to self: Call work tomorrow today. Took my NVQ2 exams yesterday. Will see how they go, I swear about 3-5 questions I have never been taught or told to research, get results in Januaryish. Not 100% confident, some questions were really odd and had to think long and hard about them but meh, we shall see.
What else... Got an assignment in on Monday. Must complete that this week. Practicals at uni next week. VNT3&4 papers at uni week after next.

So that's what's going on in education. Education which costs me £3145 a year. Other than that, same old, same old. Majority of people know I have a car now. If you didn't, there you go. I have a car. It's a blue 2002 Fiat Punto. Great, now that you've caught up with everyone else, here's a photo.

So yeah, that's my car. It's nice. I goes from A to B. It's got a CD player (always a plus). And its fun to drive. So overall winner. And it's better than Phil's first car!

In more mechanical/technology news, my Xbox finally gave up and blew up on the 14th. Started being odd on the 12th, froze midgame and stuff, 13th decided to kick out some nice static and grinding noises, and the on 14th packed up and refused to boot up again. RRoD. That's Red Ring of Death if you didn't know. It looks like this:
What does it mean? "Hardware Failure: Return to microsoft for repairs".

Well, my xbox is about... 21 months old. Warranty only lasts 12 months. BUT Microsoft are nice, and changed their policy this year to say "If your xbox is within 3 years old and you get 3 red lights on the ring of light, indicating hardware failure, we'll fix it for free."
Woohoo. So off I went on a magical journey through time and space with naboo. Well, no. I went on the xbox site, registered my console and booked it in for repairs. I then get told to go to UPS and organise a collection. I then get told to print a delivery label and package up my xbox, taking off everything including faceplates, hard drive, etc etc. So, after a bit of waiting and internettage, my xbox was collected to be shipped off to the repair centre in Germany on the 18th. It arrived on the 21st. Damn fast I thought. So, about 1-2 weeks and I should get it back. OR a replacement. So No worries! We can play rock band and guitar hero at christmas people! (Looks for people who actually read this... Ah well, I'll let people know when I see them next)


Um, what else. That's about it really, picked up some new books in waterstones today in their 2 for 3 offer. Watchmen, Wanted and Batman: Jekyll & Hyde. Had Watchmen on my PC for a while now, but its a pain in the ass reading it off a computer screen and it's nice to have it in book form. Wanted is really good (Movie = Awesome, even if it does ignore physics.... Comic = Movie x100), and I haven't got onto Batman yet. I'll probably pick up Sin City #1, Hellboy #1 and maybe Batman: The Killing Joke next time I go in.

So that's life from the past month. Other than that, I've finished the CB08 videos. They're here:




That's all for now. Bye.

Oh. LYRICS!

Tell Me Doctor, Where are we going this time? - Back in Time - Huey Lewis and the News.
All These Things I Hate Revolve Around Me - All These Things I Hate - Bullet For My Valentine.
Postcard says "Wish you were here", but I rather I was there - The Dirt Whispered - Rise Against
And you're still probably working, at a 9 to 5 pace - Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects
We are the rust upon your gears, we are the insects in your ears - Education (Through Labour) - Rise Against