Crash & Burn

I've been out and about today from late morning as I've got a lunch to attend with some friends in Essex. And, to be hugely selfish, I was half tempted to steal Phil's car because the weather is lovely (and his car is a convertible). But no, I refrain, and stick to the beemer and the air con. Shame really because I left it so late to getting ready to go out I could have done with some natural hair drying power down the M25! :)

Lunch is nice and afterwards we then head off for a very relaxing afternoon at Rich's, where there is copious amounts of x-box action, namely in the format of Burnout 3.

And... I know it's and old cliche, but women (and I say this as one) really are worse drivers than men! "How can SHE say this blasphemy?" you may well ask yourself (if you are a fellow female), or if your a bloke you're probably thinking "Told ya so" - but listen, it's not as heathen as it sounds...

You see the point of Burnout is in fact to drive as badly as you can in order to crash into other cars - the more damage you cause, the more points you get. And so in an unsurpassed winning streak of chaos and mayhem, I casually wipe out my fellow male comrades with nothing more than bad driving and an uncanny amount of luck. So there you go, being bad at something isn't always such a bad thing :)

I don't get home until about 8.30, and Phil has very kindly made some fish finger sandwiches, topped off afterwards with an ice cream sandwich (no, not made with bread, but a block of icecream wedged between 2 wafers - a childhood favourite of mine when you could nip to your local sweet shop and buy ice cream straight off the block).

There doesn't seem to be much on TV either, except a documentary about the "Boy With The Incredible Brain" - who in summary is a savant with the social skills that are more often than not absent from those who could be classified as such. Fascinating stuff I have to say, and this particular chap has a knack for maths. No, in fact it isn't a "knack" at all, it's an astounding ability. For example he could recite Pi (which most people think is an infinite, non recurring number) to about 22,514 places. Which, when considering I can't even remember my pin number most of the time, is enough to knock me off my impressive socks.

I also have some rather good news today, when I finally get to check my email - I've received a job offer! Yay! How chuffed am I?! It's with the company I was yabbering on about on Friday, 2 days a week, a good hourly rate and some really nice peeps from what I've seen so far. I start on Thursday and I'm already quite excited about the prospect of doing something different for a couple of days a week.

I really should see how long it takes to bike from home to the office - it's 3 miles in total, so hopefully not too long at all :)

Posted by Abi on the May 23, 2005 10:59 PM