November 30th, 2006 by 0lly

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November 30th, 2006 by 0lly

Yes, the ilnessess that have been flating about the world latley, has finally caught up with me. I have a bad back, ny neck aches, my nose is blocked, my throat hurts and i cant stop coughing. But apart form the man flu, im super smashin frickin awesome!

I got these bad boys today;

Aint they just the most amazing colourway ever? White/White and a Gum Shell! They are part of the adidas Superstar Skateboarding series.. They have the padded sides, tounge and have double stiching everywhere.. I can safely say i wont be wearing these till the floors are dry and clean! I.e. summer!

I havent bought any sneaks for what seems an eternity! Ok, so my last pair were the superstar halloween editions, again ltd edition and very sexual

Heres my collection so far;

18 pairs of some of the finest sneakers adidas have ever made. im up to 19 now with these new un’s, wonder if ill make 20 by the end of the year? Hmm

I find that buying sneakers makes me very happy, as if im not buying them, im buying weed, petrol or crap. At least with these i have something to show for my money. Id say my collection os worth over £1000 by now, as som are very limited and go for hundreds on the bay.

I get to see gem again tongiht, we havent seen each other for a few days and im gettin withdrawl symptoms. I need to see her NOW please!

Im gonna go do a bit of work i recon.. Do some tidying till 5pm, then im off to meet a SSDB member and give him some sneakers that were posted with mine.

Rock on!

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November 29th, 2006 by 0lly

Hi guys I hardly get time to update this any more. Monday’s and tuesdays i always have things to do, and it tends to be 6pm before i can say “Bollocks dave, you dont do it like that” So we go home and then the next day arrives. Wednesdays and thursdays and fridays are a bit quieter, but as the new guy now technicaly owns my pc i have been letting him sit here and do the work he needed to get done. And as i have been working at weekends too, i just havent had the time required to sit here and ramble on about complete shit for half a hour.

But, luckily today is wednesday, and the new guy is doing some other stuff so i have this pc all to myself
I have really been getting into Lost recently, in fact its all Gem and myself have been watching. The stories are really good, and as soon as one ends, another one begins! We have nearly watched all of season 1, and im getting season 2 and 3 off my mate wiggy as i write this It doesnt compare to Prison Break (episode 13 seasion 2 being watched tongiht!) but its deffo one of my favorite programs!
Going back a few days, back to saturday, and back to what i thought was gonna be my last security shift EVER. The shift went really fast actually, i think its cos i knew gem was at work too, so i wasnt really anxious to leave. About 6pm, it got dark and i had forgotten a torch. Now these building sites really dark, there aint no lights, and there is crap everywhere. So you look round one shit load of bricks, and there is something moving! Ok, so it might just turn out to be a plastic bag stuck to a tree branch, but it was still scary!

I was doing a patrol about 6:30pm, and it was very very dark. As i was walking i got that strange, “i am being followed” kind of feeling. I froze, spun round, couldnt see anyhting. This repeated about 3 times, until i noticed something moving near the fence. it was a fox! And it was FOLLOWING me! it followed me all the way to the end of the site, stopping and looking everytime i stopped. Then i lost him. But low and behold on my way back i saw him follow me again, and he followed me all the way back to the compound where i quickly locked myself in to avoid being mauled by a pack of rabid foxes. Was he the reccy fox? Was he looking for food and was gonna signal his posse? Or was he a lonley unloved unwanted orphan of a fox, who just wanted a friend? No one will ever know.
I did manage to kind of photograph him, twice! 

Can you see him? You wont be able to actually see a fox, only his eyes! It was really scary when all i saw was the eyes in the photo. Although when my phone flashed i could see quite clearly it was a fox or a small fox like dog

Anyway, it turns out that that wasnt my last shift, and thor have got a few sites a bit longer. but without going into too much detail, the future doesnt look good for thor. Im not in a position to disclose any further information on the subject, but lets just say dave and myself are getting our own office at exactly the right time. Its almost a sign. Like, as if someone somewhere wanted maxxd to succeed. Im glad someone does, as well as me and dave!

Its all very exciting, and also very expencive. This week i personaly have paid £125 towards hosting and a new licence for the DIR. I dont mind tho cos i know ill get it back as soon as its possible. And it was for things we desperatly needed.

In fact, Djb31st is currently fixing the dir for me as the phpmydir support is ass. Rock on DJB!

I best tidy up here and do one now. I have to go to my mums to see if any of the furnature she has there is suitable for our office, if it is im robbin it. If anyone reading this knows where i can find 2 desks, and 2 chairs for a smallish office at a pretty cheap price - let me know! :) 

Untill tomorrow, sionara.

November 24th, 2006 by 0lly

Another week has flown by. I have spoken to mark and my last official day at mini marquees is the 20th of december. After then its Maxxd all the way! Im very excited about working on something i enjoy and love so much, but there are a few things that are hanging over me that im not exactly jumping for joy over, im not gonna go into detail about them because they are things i have to discuss with him, not the world. I have been looking at desks for our office, and chairs, and other random bits and bobs - and its not until times like that, that it actually hits you! We are going to be runing our own company, and that is the only income we will have. We will be supporting ourselves, and working for our benifit only.

I guess thats one of the things that winds me up most about working for someone else, i just see me filling someone elses pockets with gold, and mine with bronze. I want the gold now thanks.
Someone mentioned to me today that i might be diabetic, as i am always tired. But does that mean i wouldnt be allowed to eat chocolate? Or i would have to eat chocolate? Cos i cant live witout gold bars and mars drinks! if it means i cant eat chocolate then it looks like ill have to just plod along. If i get to eat lots more then i might go get my doctor to check me out haha.

I think me and gemma are gonna pop out tonight, and go to the cinema or something. We are getting on so well, shes everything i could want in a partner. I asked myself a question when i was with my last long term girlfriend, and the answer to that question was a definate NO. I asked myself that same question at this stage of my relationship with gemma, and the answer is a yes. And its not even something i have to think about, just yes. The question is kinda obvious, to people that are long term readers of my blog.

Anyway its the weekend soon, and i have to work tomorrow, then LSOM on sunday. Im sick of not having weekends, but from now on im probably not gonna have many of them. Unless me and dave jsut put the hours in during the week instead. Either way the future is bright. The future is maxxd.

I just wish our members could see that dave and myself are doing this for their benifits as well. I guess we’ll of ruffled a few feathers, and might lose a few members, but they need to take the stick out their asses and let me and dave do what we want to a website that we own, pay for and run. The site would be nothing without the memebrs, but it would be a whole lot less without us two. If any of you are reading this, just let us do what we got to do, alright? Stop with the mardyness, and get on with your lives. Maxxd will always be here and if we got anything to do wtih it wil just get bettter and better from now on.

Ah well, i guess you cant please everyone.

November 23rd, 2006 by 0lly

haha.. i havent blogged in ages, so im gonna make this one as full as possible. My head has been a right shed as of late, ive had so many things on my mind, so many things to sort out and so many things to arrange its all been a bit too much. I guess this is what self employed life is like, constanly stressing about making ends meet, and worrying if im gonna afford food to eat (i didnt make that rhyme on purpous honest..) but to be honest its a lot more satisfying than just sitting here wasitng my life.

I thought last weekend was gonna be my last security shifts, but i have to work again this weekend. The site i was at last weekend was in notts, and there was supposed to be some mad open day on the sunday so i prepared for that and sat in my car near the gate most of the day - whereas usually i sit in the canteen watching films, and doing my patrols every hour. I still watched some films, but in segments so i could still do my actual job in case i was checked on.

Im at bleinheim this weekend but only for the saturday. Its LSOM on sunday and we are raising money for charity (nch) so i need to be there about half 5ish to make sure everyhting is set up right.

im glad that part of my life is drawing to a close (security) as its just not suited to me any more. I cant sit there for 12 horus at a time when i know there is things i need to do. I see it as a waste of my life 12 hours at a time. 1 more to go tho, hopefully!

Me and dave seem to be doing ok, things are progressing quite well, and the not too distant future - although it seems riddled with obstacles and set backs - looks bright. Just a few things to sort then there is no stopping us. I just wish we had the support of all of the maxxd members.

From time to time, and suprisingly only when we look to be making money, we get the impression of tension on the forums. Certain members/staff seem to snap, and post messages that are almost trying to spark an argument. I dont know why they just cant let us do what we need to do to continue to provide them WITH A FREEE FUCKING SITE TO USE FOREVER AND EVER. I mean, its not as if me or dave EVER get thanked for putting the site there, for paying month after month for the benifit of others, and dedicating our lives to something we have only JUST started benifiting from. I can see why so many sites come and go, cos it really disheartens you when all you get is shit from people who are supposed to be your friends.

The members on my superstar site regulary thank me for puttin the site there, and proving a nice place for them to chat and share their common interest, is there something different with car modders that means they are incapable of saying thank you?

Anyway, fuck all that shit.. Heres a bit of fun for Fee, HSB and any other hip hop fan who may be reading this.. name the song and artist! Dont use google, unless its to confirm a song.. i.e. dont google the lyrics! CHEATERS!

Hip Hop Quiz!

1) Man I got evidence I’m never dense and I been clever ever since, My residence was hesitant to do some shit that represents the M-O..2) Yippy yippy yay yippy ya yippy yoh, Like Deck said this aint your average flow

3) Fuck an acid tab I’ll strap the whole sheet to my forehead, Wait until it absorbed in and fell to the floor dead

4) Stay wit’ the rats ‘cuz the rats is real, Wanna fuck? Then we fuck already know the deal

5) I had a Long John but no Silver, No gold or plat, I was simply red from the years I been holdin’ back

6) funny with the money oh you got me mistaken honey

7) I would trade my life for yours, behind closed doors, the only girl that I adore, everything I’m askin for
Being low down I do the showdown wit’ any little ho round, no!

9) Who made these rules? We’re so confused, Easily led astray.

10) And then we’d hit the corner store for Roots, paper, and brew.

11) hear me talkin bout checkbooks, credit cards, more money than a sucker could ever spend

12) C-A-O lime will make bleach powder, Galvanic metal beats stomp out louder

13) Hope you niggas know we comin’ through full steam, Can’t see you better turn on your high beam

14) The simplest of tasks, just dont come out right, Im losing the faith, and simply losing the fight

15) Lames hide your wallets hatin broads clutch your purses tight

To be fair, to a true hip hop fan this should be easy. There is one red herring in there, see if you can tell me which one it is - and why its a red herring
EMAIL me answers to : olstar[at]gmail[dot]com - as comments are published straight away, and you dont want to gie answers to anyone else do ya
Good Luck!

November 17th, 2006 by 0lly

God damm time is flying. It doenst seem like it should be friday, but it is. I wish i wasnt at work tomorrow, but i am. I suppose its my last weekend EVER doing security tho. So thats food for thought. Its quite ironic, i havent yet recieved my SIA licence, and ive already finished working for the company. haha.. i guess i can use it as photographic ID instead of my driving licence from time to time.

Gem is coming to my house tongiht, and i think we are having a night in. I am feeling realy tired at the moment, i hope im not coming down with something? It feels like my body has been trying to be ill for weeks now, but its not quite managed to break through. It just grinds me down and makes me tired instead.

Hopefully when i get home tonight, i should have the new log books and tax disks for my cars - so i can put the plate on my golf, and finally get rid of the clio. Its doing my head in now, i want the £300 to pay a few debts off etc, and to buy some wheels. Yet the wankers at the dvla just plod along and do things at their own speed. People sit and wait for you bastards to process things, and mail them out. For the amount of money you charge, you should at least get things done and sent out as quickly as possible, you bunch of disorganised arseholes!

/rant off
im going now, as its nearly 5pm. I doubt ill get on net over the weekend, so until monday - ttfn!

November 16th, 2006 by 0lly

Anty, jim and freddo have been dead now for over a month. Billy was thought to be the only remaining alive ant in the ant house, but over the last few days we have noticed that digger is still alive and kicking. It’s mad to think these two little guys have lived for over 2 months in the confined space of the Ant House.

This is the most recent picture of the ant house, and you can see digger in his tunnel hard at work. Billy tends to wander about trying to find stuff he can sell on eBay - as ants cant have jobs can they! The progression of the ant house inhabitants will continue in another blog post.

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I had a call from my bank about some loan review or something. I have had the loan for about 4 years, and ive never had a review before so i wandered down to see what they were on about. I think im gonna borrow a little bit extra, which means i wont be debt free as soon as i had hoped, but to be honest my lifetime plans have changed considerably since meeting a certain someone. Having a bit of extra cash means i can tie up loose ends, pay off little debts and have money to spend at xmas.

I swore id never get any loans or finance again, but this isn’t a new loan its a slight extension of my existing one Anyway i may need to bail myself out of shit if things dont take off as me and dave have planned.

Its becoming increasingly harder to make myself look busy at MMX3. I really am running out of ways to waste time. I have actually started writing guides for everyhitng, cleaning printers, ordering paper, so that the new chap can refer to them if he’s stuck at any time. But like craig said im always on the end of a phone.

Its gettin quite exciting now. I had to tell someone that i was self employed today - for the first time ever! it felt great and when she mentioned things like “well, when your business takes off….”  a smile was brought to my face. The maxxd dreams are becoming reality.

November 14th, 2006 by 0lly

SInce i last wrote, quite a few things have changed. We had sorted our differences out with the people we share an office with, but now things have taken a turn for the worst. Things dont look good for the security company, as they have had a few setbacks this week. So its panic stations for them, and we are left in the lurch wondering if we are gonna have an office to work from.

So, me and dave are gonna leave early today and go look for some offices. We have looked for some before, although before we were looking for something with a shop front. Now we dont have to actually display any products or anyhting - we only need a little office somewhere, which means that the costs are lower.

I dont seem to have the time to update my blog as uch as i used to, but im still gonna keep the imortant things documented. Afterall, in a few years im gonna want to print it all off and sell it as my autobiography
My new car is now on the road too, its great. It drives great, I love it!

Ill update more tomorrow. Peace out.

November 10th, 2006 by 0lly

Well.. What a bizarre week! First off monday and tuesday flew by - followed by a wierd wednesday, thursday and friday. But becasue i wasnt aat MMX3 till wednesday, it didnt feel like my week started till then, so it now currently feels like a wednesday, but its actually a friday. That friday feeling has gone, cos my body has no idea what day it is. It is friday isnt it?

I havent had time to check up on my mates blogs either, i love reading about their lives and how they are getting on. With my busy life it means i can stay in touch at my convenience. I know that sounds terribly selfish, but i just dont have the time i’d like to keep in touch with everyone. I think ill make that a new years resolution. To make more time for my mates.

I have a weekend off this weekend, well, i asked for the weekend off to be honest. I kinda wish i could work every weekend at the mo, as i could really do with the money. But i want to spend time with my beautiful girlfriend, so il have to stick to one weekend on, one weekend off.

In preperation for being broke, im slightly increasing my overdraft. I hate doing it, cos its jsut getting further into debt, but i have things i gotta buy this weekend that are important, and expencive.. Like car tax, and transferring my number plate over.. cars are so expencive!

Also, my clio sold for £330.56 on ebay! Im rate happy with that, i expected about half that! There was a right bidding war going off, and in the end the price increased by about £70 in the last 40 seconds! The guy who has won it has no feedback, but i got a message off the person who came second, sayin if the top guy drops out, he’ll pay the winning bid for it. So either way, i havent lost. woo!

Im gonna mince about for half a hour now, as i only get paid for the work i do now. So i have to stay till after 5 or i end up not earning enough money.

Peace out for now guys, ill probably update over weekend if icget chance. If not ill update on monday.

Peace and love.

November 8th, 2006 by 0lly

Well, this week has been a proper week. I did monday tuesday maxxd, its snow wednesday, and im at mmx3, and i will be tomorrow and friday too. This is how my weeks are going to be structured - and already i want to concentrate full time on maxxd stuff. MMX3 just bores me now.

Before, i would sit mincing about making myself look busy, as i was on the books and if there wasnt any work for me to do, then there was nothing i could do. Now, becasue im self employed and am invoicing them for the amount of hours im working, i cant mince about as if there is no work for me to do mark will tell me to go home! I need to work 24 hours at mmx3, at £7.50 a hour. That earns me enough (as well as my 1 shift a week on security) to pay my bills and buy food etc.

If i want to earn more i have to either do more security work (no no!) or do a few extra hours at mmx3 - that is until MMS starts paying us.

Like ive said a million times these next few months are really the deciding months, we are gonna set on a sales employee, and we are gettin someone from the college to work with us - and do admin type stuff. With them, david and myself - we should be able to get things off the ground pretty sharpish.

We need to get things rollin asap, as the office we are using is owned by a proper scitso (sp) who annoys us both, has no idea how to run a business - and is gettin on at (mainly) dave all the time. We cant create our empire in an enviroment like that, so as soon as possible we’ll be gettin a little office of our own.

Wow, i feel all grown up and shit..

Oh yeah, i  paid council tax today.. £104.90! Fuck!