Ladybird.

I saw a Ladybird today. It's October but there's still Ladybirds about. Wierd.

Anyway. The Creative review ad seems to be working... but in the wrong sort of a way. I've had two offers for more advertising prospects, costing an arm and a leg of course. One would be extremely advantagous but I simply cannot get the money required in the space of time I have, especially this near to Christmas. I feel like I'm passing up a really good oppurtunity here, but I simply don't have the money to do it and a bank loan doesn't seem to be a sensible option either. So, I have two more months in Creative Review and I think thats going to have to do for the time being. If I can just get rid of the sales calls and get some actual commissions from it I'll be far happier about my decision to pass up on this latest offer. :-(

Sucks.

Ichi, Ni, San, Go..... no stop.

So we have a one week break from our Japanese night classes this week for half term. I discovered last wednesday that my Mathematical dyslexia/brainfreeze/utter uselessness is still just as bad in other languages.

We had to do simple maths. And I mean simple... very simple; like sums involving digits under 10, or should I say Jū. This poses a second obstacle for my poor little mathematically reundant brain. Not only do I have to do basic, under pressure maths in front of a crowd of people, but I have to think of the numbers in a different language!!!? It was painful. Almost. My way of tackling it was to just take it slowly... which of course made me look like a bit of an idiot... but even then the brain freeze kicked in and I couldn't remember the word for one (ichi) which was the answer!! The shame...

Our first lesson back is going to be maths again as a review. Maths is crap. In any language.

F1 is not recommended for sick people.

Well. I wasn't well anyway... but thankfully my heart held out for the entire race. It was possibly one of the best races of the season, full of action and full of drama but unfortunately not on the right side! I'm genuinely gutted for Hamilton but if it wasn't going to be his title, I'm glad for Kimi. Just a great big huge freakin shame that he won it in a Ferrari. Hopefully next year the FIA can be sorted out and we can have a scandle free racing season.

I think I've just about recovered from it. It was indeed, very stressful viewing! Who needs exercise!!!?

Now... where've I put my Sudafed?

RAOK

Yep. I was subjected to a RAOK today. I was so shocked by this Random Act Of Kindness, that I just had to report it. It's kind of sad that in this day and age I should feel the need to blog about something that's sadly so rare! But still, the young Aston Villa fan who offered me his seat on an otherwise packed train of footie fans who only had a one stop journey, really impressed me and just about made my day. I declined his offer but thanked him for being so sweet. He put all the other fat arsed lager lout men to shame.