Ok first things first, I am sorry I havent been keeping this blog up to date. One post a month is not enough, so I will see to it that I give this blog more attention and update those of you who waste your time reading it with the current dealings going on in my life. So lets get started.
Ok, New Year, New Start, New Resolutions...
We all make them, resolutions I mean, be it quit drinking, start the gym, loose weight ya-da-ya-da-ya-da.... well mine is to get back into shape. Im in training at the moment (not a diet, training!) and i have done pretty well the first month, although I havent made it to the gym this week much but tomorrow is Monday and I will go then. My aim is to just be healthier, America is so bad for you, for example last week I went to see Avatar, and they had PIZZA and CHICKEN and BUTTER... ACTUAL BUTTER that you could put on your popcorn.... no wonder your the fattest feckin nation on earth... its time you all started smoking and lost a bit of weight.... EAT AT HOME... feck sake!!
So anyway... yeah America's food is bad for you.
I think at this point I should probably explain about the title of this blog entry to my trans-Atlantic friends who read this. Normal Stanley Fletcher was the main character in a sitcom in the UK in the '70s. The sitcom was about prison life and called porridge. As people in prison in those days would change the saying "doing time" to "doing porridge" as it was the only thing they ate in the mornings, and lets face it, we were the ones who invented the language so we can change it around to suit ourselves. Take That censorship America!
So this dude was doing time (porridge) in prison and that is how I have felt recently, very alone, even though I have tons of great friends around me, a beautiful flat and a good job, I am just starting to feel really home-sick, and I know its the time of year that makes people away from home feel like this, but it has also hit me that most of my friends will be gone next year, and I have also heard things like my good friends in relationships splitting up, which sucks. Life at the minute has just become a mundane struggle between work, gym and the apartment. Money is pretty tight at the moment, the weather reflects my mood, raining and cold... sometimes when I close my eyes standing outside in the rain I feel like I'm back home in Northern Ireland, and that I can go and hang out with my mates at the pub and watch a match, or go play a few frames of snooker before coming home to a warm house and hot cup of tea, and watch stupid programs on sky whilst my dog lies asleep in front of me. Even talking about it now makes me feel homesick... talking with friends back home just reminds me of what I am missing.... so yea this month has been pretty hard... but with every dark cloud there is a silver lining.
And in my case I have one thing that keeps me going, and 2 things that I can look forward to....
Merve...
My beautiful smoking hot girlfriend keeps me going... this funny, cute and loving girl makes me feel so happy, and it is a pleasure to hang out with her. She is way to good for me, and I'm afraid that when she finds that out she will be gone haha... so I'm keeping hold of her as long as I can at the minute... love ya darling...
Kenny... YEAHH!! he got his flights sorted... I got my time off work and we are hitting VEGAS BABY!!!... expect photos and a few posts about when he comes to visit in Feb... cant wait man... cant wait...
and finally my family are coming to visit in March... so that will be cool to see them... and really looking forward to skiing in Lake Tahoe... maybe a bit of gambling... and then chilling out with them in San Francisco... Hopefully the weather is good when they come!
So... yeah... errr..... oh right work...
So the boss has rented space up at the Fishermans' Wharf in San Francisco... big open place and its going to be a walk in shop where people can buy their tours directly from us. Its a big move and something that is going to work out in the long run. But the mean reason why I am excited is because I get to do all of the design work... YEAH... from things like banners and posters and logo's etc to perhaps t-shirts or pens/pencils/travel mugs/ souvenirs... we move in on Feb 1st... So watch this space for my designs... honestly cant wait!!! (fyi I included some photos of a design which I made for a convention recently. Really cool).
Not much else to report. Everything is going well... as I mentioned bit down in the dumps but things will pick up and when I eventually get home in 6months I will probably want to be back here haha...
But just a quick note to everyone who is still reading this... Thanks for listen to my talk about my life... but I am quiet sure you could be doing something better with your time than listening to me ramble on haha... so I think I will leave it there.
One last thing... a big shout to Kelly McAleese... not only a friend and Jamie Glass enthusiast/wannabe... but a really decent girl... (big softy)... I love this girl... and miss her terribly... and it doesnt help when she says the same thing about missing me... because even though I give her headaches (they cost money apparently)... and even though I annoy the crap outta her... I love her to bits... as she is literally the female equivalent to me. x
Love - Jamie xx
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