iPod + Andy... And iTunes 7. Again.
# 01 February 2007 13:52
Soooo, I bought a new iPod, yay!
The old one was dead, so I got a pink iPod nano, lol.
So anyways, this meant I HAD to upgrade to iTunes 7. Took me all night but I got there in the end. Of course, I've lost ALL the ratings and playcounts, but at least it works now. Lost all my playlists too, so I now have to rebuild those... Only got 9 days of music to listen to to do it. :S
Poo.
Labels: music
oh noes!
# 25 January 2007 22:20
My iPod appears to be b0rked. :'(
*sniffcry*
Tried to charge it and update it, but there appears to be no signs of life in it at all :S
Aww, pooey. It has served me well, at least. Never mind.
Labels: music
Two Thousand and Six (plus one)
# 31 December 2006 11:46
Well 2006 has been a strange year, a bit of the old but lots of the new. It's been pretty good overall, which has got to be a first... I mean the last few years before now have been pretty shitty to be fair. 2006 has been the first year that I have been comfortable with myself for a long time, and I've actually made a few accomplishments and new friends that I plan to keep.
Lets see what happened this year?
Hmm, in January I had my SCARY First Aid Course at Kidderminster College with Sam, as part of my promotion to Shift Manager at McDonald's. That was a nerve-wracking experience, but wasn't so bad and definitely can?t have been bad for my confidence.
February saw me actually go get my eyes tested and get some glasses, while March saw talk of the family moving to India, and a certain troublemaker who shall remain nameless finally quit at McDs - much to my joy. Lol
April brought my Shift Management Course at the Hamburger University in London, with Sam. Much fun was had by us down there and on the Tube. Was quite an experience and although I thought it would be scary it actually wasn't.
May was the month I started cutting down my coffee, and me and John broke up. I also had the start of my nightmare closes at work, with the Bitch Brigade out in force on my early ones to make my life hell, lol. And then there was the open that sent my on a mission to find a key in Anna's house and get back home for about 2 hours sleep before work. Oh god, what fun that was.
Then we get June, and the dreaded 06/06/06... Look up the blog post if you want, but it's where the catchphrase "it could only happen on an Andy Beard close" came from. I also got pissed off when my phone died after I got it slightly wet. And let's not forget that I came out to my mates at work, which caused less trouble than I thought it would? So I actually spent a lot of time worrying about nothing? Hmm, I can see a pattern emerging here lol.
In July I was feeling a bit down, cos my birthday plans were all turning from crap to crappier? Then I got together with my first proper boyfriend, Ashley, which totally changed the outlook I had on the year and lifted me out of my little rut and gave me another confidence boost.
August and September were actually pretty good, as I was seeing Ash, but it got crappy at the end with what was undoubtedly my worst week EVER, where everything I had planned to do on my week off went completely wrong and lasted until the beginning of October when Ash broke up with me. So that little crappiness overload dropped me back down into that hole again, but my mates helped me up out of it. Yay for them!
Also in October I started getting more into Numerology and stuff like that - it's interesting, I think, lol - and had a few drunken nights, experienced general crappy feelings on and off throughout the month and was made Co-Forum Manager at JPLegacy.org (the web's largest Jurassic Park information resource - yes, I'm a geek, so the fuck what? lol).
And on to November... Hmm, was a tough month with things going on in regards to work, friends, and guys, where I didn't know what was going on and stuff, but I got through it in the end. Think I've talked about some of the events enough so I don't see need to continue further about it.
Lastly, December comes along, and to be honest, it seems to have been the best month of this year. I've done things I thought I'd never do, and things I rarely do, and apart from the ever-present crappyness at work things went pretty good.
Hehe, so that was my year in brief. I've met a few new people who have affected me greatly in this year. Strangely I got to know them all through MySpace.com lol
Firstly there is Andy, who used to live in Stourport but moved to Brum, to go to the College of Cakes. Almost had a thing going on with him towards the end of the year but that didn't work out because of distance, and other things. But he's been a good online friend throughout the year, although I actually never managed to meet up with him.
Then I met Ashley in Game in Kidderminster, and later on MySpace too. We got talking and eventually started seeing eachother, and for the first time I was actually in a relationship with someone I could actually be with, hold, and was truly happy with. Things didn't work out, however, but we're still friends though so that's all good.
The third good friend of this year is Anthony from Redditch. He has been a really good friend and helped me out a lot despite the fact that we only ever spoke online for most of the year, dunno what I would have done without his advice really. Also he led me to...
...the last but definitely not least, Jon (aka Billy), who is an amazing guy who I really love spending time with and hope to spend lots of time with in the new year. He has become such a good friend in such a short space of time
So, yeah, 2006 certainly has had its ups and downs, but I've pulled through it and think I actually have become a stronger person for it. I've changed a bit too; personality-wise I'm still the same old annoying Andy B, lol. But I seem to have more confidence than I did at the start... Basically because the events of the year have required me to build some up.
Now as for 2007, I plan on finally getting away from McDonald?s. Have grown so fed up of the place now it's unbelievable... Still the same old shite as ever, being under-appreciated and underpaid as ever, so the time has come.
Also I plan on moving out of my parents' house, although this will prolly depend on me getting a new job first so I can afford it. Lol
Don?t plan on any new relationships, I'll just wait and see if anyone comes along. Just looking for new friends and such for now. If I met the right person I'm sure I could make an exception though.
Want to go out with my friends more too, don't seem to do that enough despite having good times.
Soundtrack of the year would definitely be mainly made up of Snow Patrol and Death Cab for Cutie for me... heh, how depressing. Add a dash of The Boy Least Likely To, and My Chemical Romance ;)
Hope everyone has a great night tonight, and hope 2007 gets off to a great start for you all!
Take care,
Andy
xxx
Labels: boys, crap, family, friends, music, new year, websites, work
Science vs Romance and other random things
# 30 October 2006 22:03
Sooo, Saturday night was Science vs Romance's first gig, at the Flapper. Which is co-incidently the first place I saw Mr Allan's old band, Far From Silence. But yes anyways it was pretty awesome. Good to hear them play live at last.
Almost got lost in Brum on the way from Snow Hill station though, LOL. It was all good fun though.
Today I had a managers meeting (even though it is my week off) about this silly training day we have next week. But this morning Ad texted me saying the meeting was cancelled... Only to text me later to say it was back on again. lol
Made a right tit of myself by saying Safety instead of Service for QSC, lol... Such a n00by thing to do, I get the feeling I'll never live that down. haha. My excuse is that I am in week-off mode. :P
Othere than that not much else is going on, but to summarise:
* Have the strange urge to go shopping, even though I have no money. Will prolly do that tomorrow.
* Still single. And guys at the moment are just confusing me, so I dunno really what's going on in that department.
* Was promoted to Co-Forum Manager at JPLegacy, woo! So that's pretty cool. Well, I think so.
* Got a payrise at work, at last. :P
* Have to work a shift down at the other Maccies in Kidder next week so that'll be fun. Erm. lol
* Got a night out in that lovely Brummie place up there! 2nd December I shall be on Broad Street making a drunken fool of myself with people from work. Hoping to meet a few people I know off MySpace too, so it should be cool. Then I have an 8 til 4 the next day... hahaha! Classic.
Anyways, that'll be all for now, I think.
'til next time...
Andy
x
Labels: drunkeness, music, work
Shoppingness!
# 09 October 2006 18:03
Went down town earlier cos I was bored.
Got the X-Men 3 DVD and the new Killers album, Sam's Town.
They had it playing over the spekers in Woolworths so I thought I'd buy it. Woolworths need the money cos they suck, and I felt sorry for them. :P
And--this has to be a world first--I went into Game and actually didn't buy anything. *gasp*
I usually end up picking up a couple of games that I'll never play or soemthing, but not today! Aren't I good? :D
And I bought some nice new jeans which are pretty nice, methinks. Went into TK Maxx but couldn't see anything that grabbed my attention. And that's about it.
Yeah, so it's boring really. :P
x
spreeeee
# 08 October 2006 13:32
iTunes spree. God knows why. lol
Just downgraded iTunes back to 6x and now I'm giving them money again >.>
Nobody is online again, damn them? Did everyone go get lives or something? lol
x
Labels: music
iTunes 7, revisited
# 02:19
Just updated to iTunes 7.0.1 and the bloody thing STILL doesn't work. GRR!
Guess I'll have to downgrade again. Damn you iTunes!
And, I'm bored.
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tiredness
# 00:40
God, so tired. Slept for a couple hours just, and woke at at 1am, lol.
Was looking up about that concert in Jan. You should go check these out:
http://www.theboyleastlikelyto.co.uk/
http://www.wearethelittleones.com/
Do it, or else.
Other than that I'm tired. Oh wait I already mentioned that. Umm yeah, none of the people I want to invite to start up on my new forum have been sighted online, so thats going a bit slow. Hmm.
Laters
x
Random thoughts
# 07 October 2006 06:21
Hmm, my heads a bit weird from last night. Damn you Duane, getting me drunk. Again. Saw Mr Malik downtown too, crazy. lol
Oh well. Paracetamol it is, then. :P
Well, it should be too early in the morning for this thoughtfulness.
Had a weird dream, and me being me I figured out what I think it means.
Basically, sometimes you get what you want easily. Other times you may have to look for it. And occasionally, you might get it, and realise that it wasn't really what you needed afterall, but you still want to get it back.
And when you do get it back, there may be obstacles thrown in the way; little that seem minor, but when you put them all together they do create a barrier between yourself and enjoyment. Some people can get past them easily, but with me it's inevetable that breakages will occur--sometimes even the thing you try to save is the thing that breaks.
But that's life, isn't it?
Sounds prophetic and wise, eh?
In other news, Ash sorted the tickets for the Boy Least Likely To concert, but its been postponed til 23rd Jan... Doh!
Oh well, something to look forward to. Now I need something to do with my weekend. Apart from this 8-4 I am about to do.
Hmm.
Take care ppl
x
iTunes 7
# 19 September 2006 13:01
DO NOT install iTunes 7
Honestly, it will give you NOTHING but GRIEF.
I'm half expecting Microsoft to contact me to tell me to stop spamming Windows error reports at them.
GRR.
It's the "Determining gapless playback" thing that crashes it (usually)... But I can't find any way to disable it. >:[
GRR.
Labels: music
I'm happy if you're happy
# 20 August 2006 00:47
It's all Ashley's fault! :P
Yeah, he said a while ago that he was looking for a CD... The Best Party Ever, by The Boy Least Likely To.
So I thought I'd be clever and find it for him, only he found it himself and now I have a copy too. lol. But yeah, got kinda hooked on their catchy tunes. yay!
So, I now have had "I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon to Your Star" stuck in my head for a few days. Set it as my mobile phone ringtone too, lol. Deary me.
Must have been another of his grand and evil plans. 
We are going to see them in Brum in October! :D
In other news, I am still working on Galactic Basic v8, it's just been slow. Worked 10 days in a row, just. And I finally got a weekend off, and have nothing to do with it! :(
Went into Kidder earlier to spend my £40 clothing allowance from work, and anoyingly I managed to not getting anything for work, so I'll have to go back sometime... Need to find a decent tie that I like! Sam and Karla reckon I should get a pink one, but I'm not so sure about that. Hmm...
Anyways... I'm going to sleep now. lol
Take care pplz!
x
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