Chazlet's Journal

Kick ass.

2007-05-03T19:45:41Z

Your results:
You are Dark Phoenix

Dark Phoenix		59%
Venom		56%
Mr. Freeze		52%
The Joker		52%
Poison Ivy		51%
Mystique		50%
Dr. Doom		50%
Apocalypse		46%
Magneto		44%
Juggernaut		42%
Two-Face		42%
Riddler		41%
Lex Luthor		40%
Catwoman		40%
Green Goblin		38%
Kingpin		22%

A prime example of emotional extremes: Passion and fury incarnate.

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And yet even more tat.

2007-04-13T11:57:56Z

You scored as Hedonism. Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life’s pleasures as much as you can.

“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!”

More info at Arocoun's Wikipedia User Page...

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Hedonism

65%

Existentialism

65%

Utilitarianism

60%

Justice (Fairness)

60%

Apathy

50%

Kantianism

35%

Nihilism

35%

Strong Egoism

30%

Divine Command

10%

What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)
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More tat.

2007-04-13T11:48:13Z

Have kinda migrated to FaceBook after much persuasion... but still want to remain as faithful as possible to LJ.

Mini Update:

Had a lovely easter travelling around various parts of the UK visiting friends and family. Minor mishap on first part of the journey en route to Reading to see my parents when the exhaust decided to fall off of my car *half way along the m25*. Was 10pm on a bank holiday and my AA membership had expired the week before. Luckily was able to blag someone to come out and tow us back to Cambridge and we fixed Pippin the following day and resumed the journey. Feel a little trapped financially currently and have just received an electric bill that is more expensive that a PS3...! *sigh* Real life sucks sometimes but is all worth it in the end.

You scored as agnosticism. You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof).

Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe.

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agnosticism

75%

Buddhism

71%

Islam

54%

atheism

54%

Paganism

54%

Satanism

54%

Judaism

50%

Christianity

42%

Hinduism

42%

Which religion is the right one for you? (new version)
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And yet more procrastination...

2007-03-30T16:31:32Z

One word, yadda yadda:

1. Where is your cell phone? Desk

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend? *Amazing*

3. Your hair? Red

4. Your mother? Neurotic

5. Your father? Lonely

6. Your favourite thing? Books

7. Your dream last night? Death

8. Your favourite drink? Wine

9.Your dream car? Pippin

10. The room you're in? Lounge

11. Your ex? (a) Father (now)

12. Your fears? Loss

13. Where do you want to be in 10 years? Secure

14. Who did you hang out with yesterday? Work

15. What you're not? Decisive

16. Muffins? Filling

17. One of your wish list items? Farscape

18. Where you grew up? Reading

19. The last thing you did? Cooked

20. What are you wearing? Clothes

21. Your TV? Grey

22. Your pet? Non-existant

23. Your computer? Shared

24. Your life? Happy

25. Your mood? Excited

26. Missing? Family

28. Your car? Yellow

29. Your work? Unfulfilled

30. Your summer? Ace

31. Like someone? Boyfriend

32. Your favourite colour? Turquoise

33. When is the last time you laughed? Earlier

34. Last time you cried? Happy-Feet

35. School? No

Its obviously the day for silly procrastination... ;)

2007-03-28T18:13:06Z

What kind of nerd am I...? Hmm... can I be a multiple-nerd?

2007-03-28T17:53:56Z

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
Science/Math Nerd
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Drama Nerd
Anime Nerd
Social Nerd
Musician
Artistic Nerd
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Wii-full-filled :)

2007-01-23T17:52:38Z

Feel like I never get a chance to post these days, although when I do get free time I am now either Wii-ing (:D) or DS-ing. Yes. I've turned into a huge Nintendo freak thanks to my lush pink DS christmas present and our new Wii console - which took long enough to arrive. Aside from one quick cuss at PCWorld (useless tossers) I wont go into the whole saga of their incompetence. Just: needless to say we have one now and it kicks ass. Lots of tennis and baseball and fishing... oh yeah.

Things are going good at the moment. Work, if not great, is definitely improving as I get more responsibilities. Feeling like I fit a little bit more now, which is primarily due to departure of somebody who just didn't make me feel welcome and in fact made me feel the reverse for no apparent reason. Anywho, they've left and work is a much better place for it. The flat is amazing and it just feels so much like home already. :) In fact, have been dreaming lots about marriage these last few days... should feel scary but doesn't, which is nice. Aside from a possessed boiler we haven't had any real problems in the flat yet and I can see us staying the course.

Just wanted to update as last post was on a bit of a downer and I wanted to clarify that things aren't as bad.

Toodles to all,
Xx

When being a heffonian isn't all its cracked up to be...

2006-12-14T19:14:51Z

Will try and keep this short as I don't feel like writing a huge essay on how work sucks because I don't want people to think I'm unhappy here. I'm not. Living with Ax feels so *right* and everything in that respect is perfect. However, work is becoming increasingly hard. I had gotten to a stage in Oxford where I was comfortable; I was good at my job and I knew the people and surroundings. I wasn't naive enough to expect it to be the exact same job here in Cambridge, but maybe I was a little naive to expect it to be easier than it is. I feel belittled there. I feel like a temp - which I suppose I am, albeit a Grade 2 temp with 14 months experience - I feel devalued and I feel like all my faults are picked up on and none of my strengths highlighted. Don't get me wrong, the people are nice... but Heffers is a completely different ship and they value completely different skills. It would almost be easier if I was starting as a temp because then I would have an excuse for things that go wrong. As it is I feel like they are all looking at me and wondering why they hired me. I am trying *so* hard to get it right and to prove myself and all I get in return is patronisation and my faults highlighted. The deputy manager almost had me in tears today from his continual picking and I just felt so useless. It hurts and I am seriously considering not even staying the extra three months they've offered me.

*sigh*

That was longer than I anticipated. Apologies.

I fully intend to forget about it for now and concentrate on the good things: like seeing Ax when he gets home, the xmas meal tomorrow and catching up with all my friends and finally. the chocolate cake sat in the fridge calling my name. Droooool.

Toodles.

My Life Rating... somewhat meek

2006-11-29T19:33:43Z

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I feel somewhat disappointed... but am now determined to spice up my life ;)

Charlotte

Boxes. There's just so many boxes.

2006-11-20T15:23:47Z

The boxes are everywhere. *Everywhere* I tell you. Its the final day before we move into our flat and as a result I am surrounded by boxes of all sizes and stability. It still bewilders me that we can have so much stuff and then hide it away so spectacularly that we forget we even had it! Am still boxing the remainder of Ax's stuff up and I can't yet see an end in sight... *sigh* Worse still, because most of the stuff that's taken all morning to do - and is currently taking up space in the hallway - isn't noticeable, as it all came out of wardrobes and such. Bit deflating.

Am really excited about moving - *squeeeeeeee* - and tomorrow seems an age away! Roll on Tuesday.

Toodle pipsky Xx

From the land that is Cambridge...

2006-11-17T10:35:19Z

So have made it to Cambridge! W00t! For the last week have been living in a house with 5 other men and only one of them my boyfriend... ;) Testosterone overload hasn't been as bad as expected - although one of his house mates did freak when he saw flowers in the window of the kitchen... tee hee. Was actually Ax rejecting them from our bedroom due to evil allergy-ness of said flowers, but was still funny nonetheless to see him thinking I was feminising his house - and am slowly acclimatising to my new environment. Well, temporary environment as the big flat-move is on Tuesday! Yay. :D Am very excited as so far feel like a lodger in this house and am in desperate need of feeling 'at home' somewhere. Want to feel comfortable being all cosy sprawled out on the couch in my PJs watching TV or game-cubing and not having to worry about random people walking in on me wanting said TV. *sigh*

'Tis wonderful living with Ax - even in close quarters - and am loving the evening meals and swimming sessions and falling asleep in his arms and waking up knowing I don't have to frantically fight the M25 to get to work on time. Am a wee bit homesick and miss my family and friends and girlies lots! Intend to combat this with regular catch ups and visits! :)

Anyway, need to go pack up Ax's stuff and then go cheer him on in his work Fun Run at lunch today.

Toodles Xx

chazlet @ 2006-11-13T17:27:00

2006-11-13T17:27:09Z

I was torn on one question and one answer gave me Brian and the other Marsha. Woot.

Which character from SPACED are you most like?

You're Brian Topp! Artist...painter...it's a bit more complicated then that! Shy, reserved, scarred, short on the rent. But even you can find love and companionship! Oh, and your mum thinks you're a lawyer.
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Feeling a little dejected.

2006-11-10T16:46:48Z

Can't wait to get this day over with now. Feeling a little phased out, not in any kind of malicious way, but just like I haven't been here for 14 months. :S I dunno. Feeling a little emotional and am probably just reading into things too much. Got treated to lunch by Rich and said my goodbyes to the General Crew. Am obviously feeling lots of regrets and just can't wait to get home, pack and fall into Ax's arms.

*sigh*

The Last Day

2006-11-10T14:36:09Z

This is it. Officially. The Last Day. Feels very weird. Its just like a normal day, except when I realise I wont be around to complete an order for a customer or for an expected delivery to arrive. Its like there are so many things left for me do to still and that I actually want to do, yet am unable to. Would be easier if I could just transport this job to Cambridge with me - and heck, if I'm doing that then I want it to pay more too. Damn straight. Will miss my niche and will miss some people even more. Its too easy to say the infamous "Let's keep in touch" and not. *sigh* Will promise to visit but know it wont be the same. So will be happy and say goodbye to this part of my life and welcome the next with a big hug. :D Woot.

Toodles Xx

The Penultimate Day...

2006-11-09T17:08:12Z

Its all approaching so soon! :D My last day at Blackwell in Oxford is tomorrow and then on Saturday I will officially be a Cambridge gal! Woot! Its all terribly exciting and the only down side is the packing. I have too much stuff. I don't think Ax realises exactly how much and he will have a lovely shock when I turn up on his doorstep with stuff-galore. It took two suitcases for my clothes alone, a box for the gamecube, another for my shoes, two more for my DVDs and there's still my books, VHS and other crap. Eep.

Am sad to be leaving Oxford as I've been at this job for other a year now and despite its ups and downs I will really miss it. Have only just settled into a nice new role, get on with the people and feel like I have a niche. Just hope I can find a suitable niche in Cambridge. But whatever happens I will still have Ax to hold my hand. :)

Went to Lufbra last weekend and attended the Flix 60th Meal at Browns Lane (read: very expensive restaurant). Twas much fun and the food was really nice. Also got to see Amelie and hang out with Abi and Craig as well as see fireworks! Score. Off there again on the 18th for Scanner Darkly! Yay.

Anyway, best pretend to work on my penultimate day. Leaving do tonight!

Toodles Xx

Female sensibilities...

2006-11-07T14:06:33Z

Why, oh why, do women put absolutely everything of value and importance in one place? Purse, keys, iPod, boyfriend's DS Lite, book, rail pass, diary... get the picture? All in one place: my bag. Which was stolen on Thursday. Aargh. Whilst at work. D'oh. Foolishly left it behind the Travel desk as was running late back from my lunch and didn't want to hold up the next girl to go. It was concealed but apparently when I nipped to the Politics desk someone had seen me hide it and decided to take it. Bastard. So now have had to cancel all my credit cards, contemplate changing car and house locks, reapply for a drivers license and rail pass, claim for iPod and DS, repurchase make-up and book as well as sponge off family and boyfriend as said tasks now leave me money-less until new cards arrive. *sigh*

Luckily I'd left my phone at home that day as think this was the only thing that held me together emotionally. The phone was the only sentimental item I would have had in my bag with text messages and so forth and if I'd lost that I don't think I would have been able to hold it together as well as I did. Everyone was so supportive and lovely and I had money given to me from the petty cash to get home as well as a list of numbers to report it to the police and cancel all the cards. Just wish I could have back all the stuff he isn't going to want... don't like to think of my make-up and diary and other non-monetary personal belongings being dumped in a bin somewhere. I repeat, bastard.

Oh well... that was Thursday and now its Tuesday. Am feeling a little off my game health wise and didn't make it into work yesterday. Head is really heavy and am sat in the Range Shop at work wishing I was tucked up in bed with hot chocolate and my boyfriend feeding me marsh mellows. If only...

As an aside... the fire alarm went off today and four of us managed to sit down on some wet paint. Nice. We all sport fabulous yellow bottoms now and my cords soaked it up so well that I needed to go to Primark and buy the cheapest trousers I could just to avoid leaving a yellow mark everywhere I sat! :D Tee hee.

That is life.
Toodle Pipsky Xx

Rooster: Rock 101 - an introduction to rocking out.

2006-11-01T09:35:08Z

Just a belated post about the Rooster gig we saw on Friday! The wombat that I am, I left the tickets in my other bag - in Reading. So standing outside the gig in Cambridge that was a very useful situation to be in. Luckily they reprinted the tickets for us as we had booked at the box office in person and we got in okay! Phew. The gig itself was in this tiny little venue, very reminiscent of Uni gigs, and was a wee bit chilly - and loud. The start up, Get Amped, were really cool from the bits I heard and Rooster themselves were great fun! The audience were the only let down really; consisting of mainly young teens and their rather drunken parents. The kids themselves were quite cute *baby horns* but the parents were obviously not there to enjoy the gig and were just laughing at those who were. *sigh* Moving as far away as possible from the worst of them we managed to get into the swing of it and be entertained. The frontman was so energetic and really looked like he was enjoying himself, something which I've found makes a big difference. I've found a review for the gig in Oxford which pretty much sums up how I felt.

Anyhow, best get back to work. Its so damn cold that I am *advertising* the merchandise and consequently am sporting a rather fetching Oxford Uni hoodie. ;)

Lovely.

Toodle Pipsky Xx

R.I.P to a landlord we never met...

2006-10-30T15:42:29Z

So apparently our new landlord is dead. Not recently dead we think but still dead nonetheless. The property is actually in the hands of a collection of people and we need to deal through lawyers rather than the landlord - being dead obviously. So here's to the landlord we never met. *tings imaginery wine glass*

Xx

Flame the train network - flame them all!

2006-10-30T14:08:35Z

Feel I want to start this post off with a wee flaming of the train network. Didn't get to work until 12.30pm today when I was meant to be in for 10am. I feel hot, sweaty and tired and I blame the train service entirely. See, I was a good girl and not only checked my train times before I left for Cambridge, but also before I needed to return home. All seemed good. However, once I arrived at the station Sunday evening the only service operating out of Cambridge was a bus to Stevenage. Useful. Apparently all due to planned engineering works. Getting home for 11pm to catch my connecting train to Pangbourne was a thing of the past and instead I was confronted with a potential arrival time in Reading of 1am. Not for me. I opted
to stay the night in Cambridge and to leave in the morning. Having declined a £25 upgrade fee to travel at peak times I was left with catching the 9.45am train. Two changes and three hours later I arrived at Oxford. May write and complain about the lack of information about this *planned* engineering work if only to release some of the stress.

*sigh*

Aside from the train fiasco I had a lovely weekend and it was mine and Ax's penultimate goodbye. Just 2 more weeks to go until the big move to Cambridge. :D We have a nice two bed flat (woo) which we move into on the 21st November and I am so excited! Start at Heffers on the 23rd November and work through to the end of December. Sometime between then I need to find a job... *aaargh* Here's hoping it goes smoothly.

Am off to Loughborough this weekend for the Flix anniversary so get to see Abi again, which will be really cool considering we haven't seen each other in an age! Just need to get through this week at work...

*sighs some more*

Toodle Pipsky
xx

Its been shamefully too long...

2006-10-09T19:49:41Z

Was talking to Ax yesterday about how strange it is that we post so much when we are down and then are lucky if we even post a 'Am good' post once every month when we are up. I was a regular poster when I was feeling angsty and they aren't nice posts to read, so will make a conscious effort to leave lots of nice posts to read back on. :)

Work has been incredibly stressful as of late, but in a productive way. Have left the general desk permanently (a hard decision but one I am very proud of) and am now informal deputy to the Politics and Range (non-book to you and me ;)) departments. Has come with a little pay rise and more responsibility. Its a temporary move considering I am leaving in December to move to Cambridge (still feels like so far away) but its still exciting. Also, on Friday I got told that I had been nominated for an award for all my hard work on the Range project :D If I win I get £250 retail vouchers and if I don't I can still have a juicy little tidbit for my CV as well as the bottle of wine, £25 blackwell vouchers and complimentary plant for my efforts. Woo! Felt very valued and appreciated and made all the stress a little more bearable.

Went for a meeting with the Heffers manager last week and had less good news. He was really lovely and told me he'd hire me in a flash for the recommendation I'd received from Zool (my project supervisor for the Range work) *if* he had the money. Crunch of it is, the store isn't doing very well and in January he needs to reassess his current staff and justify them all. So am applying to other places just in case and if all else fails he has said I can temp there until Jan at least, which will put a bit of pressure off. Always nice to be able to be flexible with interviews *and* have a residence when applying for new jobs.

On a lighter note, we're starting to house hunt this week in readiness for house viewing for the 18th/19th October when I go to Cambridge for Fightstar. *horns* :D Here's hoping we find a nice place! :) Can't wait to be able to not leave Ax every weekend... it seems like I miss him all the move every time we have to part... :S Sometimes I feel like I'm too happy and that its not allowed and that to balance the cosmic scale I'm going to have to lose it all if I relax too much... and sometimes I just let myself be happy. :)

So... here's to a potential house that is sat waiting out there even now for us and to my potential new job! :D

Woo!
Toodles xx

Which Firefly character am I?

2006-09-19T19:05:15Z

Will drag myself away from my life not to post but to inform of which Firefly character I am. :) So cool. Things are good at the moment, if a little lonely sometimes... Work is up and down and still haven't heard back from Heffers yet. :( But have had some lovely weekends with Ax and look forward to being able to not be apart from him for so long so often...
Toodles for now xx

Your results:
You are Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic)

Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic)		60%
Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)		55%
Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)		50%
Wash (Ship Pilot)		50%
Derrial Book (Shepherd)		45%
Inara Serra (Companion)		40%
Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)		40%
Alliance		40%
Jayne Cobb (Mercenary)		30%
River (Stowaway)		30%
A Reaver (Cannibal)		20%

You are good at fixing things.
You are usually cheerful.
You appreciate being treated
with delicacy and specialness.

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Hectic scheduling...

2006-08-07T17:10:11Z

Wow - its been a while! Have had a busy couple of weeks and have barely had time to stop let alone sit still long enough to blog. First things first, changes are afoot at work. In the process of trying to go to a Grade 3 bookseller (marginal pay increase, but every little counts) I got seconded for 6 weeks for this new project. I am working within a team of 4 other people to help incorporate a new range into Blackwell's: stationary, DVDs, clothing etc... Lots of merchandising and office work, which means I get lots of more cookies to be on my CV for when I change job. :) Also is a good way of gaining enough skills to finally get the Grade 3. *sigh* The bonus is that I get works shifts of Mon-Fri 9-5:30. Works out very well for visiting a certain someone. :D

However, so far its not amazing. Its a lot of hard work and am left on my own a lot to get on with mammoth tasks. Not bad, but not great either. Just feel very disillusioned with my whole working existence and just want to feel passionate about it again. Or at the very least, if I'm not passionate about it I want to be paid more than minimum wage. Is that too much to ask? *sighs some more* At least Cambridge will hopefully be a nice new start, whether I end up at Heffers or elsewhere.

Had my birthday party on Sat! *so* *ace*. :D Everyone made such an incredible effort and seemed to have a really good time! Thank you to every one who came and made it so special for me! Its not everyday you see Spiderman, Lara Croft, Danger Mouse, the Wasp and assorted X-men chilling around a BBQ with beer and wine. :D :D Would post pictures if I knew how!

Elsewhere in my life, things with Ax are still going fantastic... Sometimes it overwhelms me just how much I love him and how much I want to spend my life with him. :$ Long may it continue... :)

Anyway, am off to watch a DVD - as my collection is rapidly approaching the 200 mark this may take some tome - and have some dinner.

Toodles xx

My Meez :D

2006-07-28T21:33:34Z

Will post soon, honest! But for now I will just say things are good :) And here is a Meez of me, so cool! :)

xx

Could It Be Magic.... ;)

2006-06-22T20:25:56Z

So, went to see the boys themselves last night with Angie! :D Take That's 2006 tour in Cardiff - woo! Felt like we became 11 year old screaming girls all over again and was so ace! It was a wonderful feeling of nostalgia and it was so great knowing every single word to every song! :D And then Lulu turned up as a surprise guest for her part in Relight My Fire and they even had a Robbie hologram for the introduction to Could It Be Magic, which he had recorded specially! *sigh* Was just so ace.

Apparently I deserve a little mockage for seeing them - thanks Ax :P - but I still enjoyed it and loved every minute, even the Sugababes! ;)

Am off to add the greatest hits to my iPod now!

Toodles xx

Just a quick update...

2006-06-20T19:09:35Z

So its been over a month since my last update! :O I've been a busy little bunny and also a travelled one! Spent a lot of time going back and forth from Cambridge and have just returned from a two-week jaunt to Canada with Janie! I have now officially driven on the wrong side of the road in an *automatic* for *eleven hours* and filled up at *gas station*! Phew. Survived to tell the tale, which is the important thing, and actually had a really ace time despite feeling lazy being clutch-less! Am more in love with Vancouver than ever and still want to return for a longer period and the holiday was so adventurous - with highlights including white water rafting, ziptrekking, horse riding and glacier crossing - that I now need at least a week off to recover! Alas that was not to be and I was up at 7am this morning for work :( Drat.

Things are actually less good at work currently and am feeling increasingly dissatisfied with the way the company is run and the staff are treated... will a well-paying, enjoyable job please step forward...? Will keep with it for now but am keeping an eye out for brighter horizons.

On a lighter note, things with Ax are great (:*) and I can't wait to see him this Friday for his drop-in visit! Three weeks has felt *so* long! So roll on Friday! :)

There, that's about as updated as I can be at the moment in my current state of jetlag...
Toodles xx