Afternoon all!!

It has been a couple weeks since the last update.

Daughter was sick not last week but the week before, the flu or the cold or something. So she missed three days of school. She did get to go to art club on friday and dance class on saturday so her weekend was at least ok.

Partner go to BIG assignments off of her chest. She submitted her paper the geographical journal for publication. She also sent out the piece she wrote for a geographic encyclopedia (which pays 150 bucks) and they have accepted the draft. She is excited and relieved at the same time.

We decided for both of our sanity, mostly partners (and he ability to get work done), that we were going to get daughter a tv. The one we ordered was a sony lcd. Not sure of the model right now, but it was not expensive, we just wasnted to know it was at least a decent tv. This also means we have to get a tv license, which is 140 GBP a year, uggh. It will be worth it though. The tv we got, and alot of others, will have a Freeview+ antenna, apparently Freeviw is a collection of free digital channels available here in England. The show channels number about 40+ as well as like 30+ radio stations that can be received. So that will be cool and daughter will enjoy it.

I have been working as much as possible recently. This past week, I worked quite a bit of extra time. I am pretty tired but, it will pay off. Next week I will be working more than 50 hours. While they do not pay time and a half for overtime, it will still be about three weeks pay in one week. I really am liking the job, the schedule is rough but otherwise, the people I work with are pretty cool. It is also really awesome that with all the turmoil, both in the UK and abroad that my boss is able to offer me so much more time. At the moment I am taking pretty much anything she can offer. Hopefully while partner and daughter are gone I can pick up even more extra time. I actually had about four cups of coffee yesterday, pretty rare for me to have coffee but I was and am still dragging.

Tomorrow we might go to London and catch a Cirque Du Soleil that is here. Daughter is pretty excited about it, as are partner and I. I also plan on starting to pay off my Citi card and hopefully, my solitary month can help go a long way towards that.

I would also like to thank my mother for the wonderful towel and stickers that she sent. They are really cool!

Love,

Chris, partner and Daughter

Peace... One Love

Movies in 2009

The Best Upcoming Movies of 2009
My ideas about what the biggest an best upcoming movies of 2009 will be.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1415419/the_best_upcoming_movies_of_2009.html

Transformers Galvatron: review

Transformers Universe Galvatron
A recent purchase of Transformers Universe Galvatron gets a review and Transformation guide from me.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1389754/transformers_universe_galvatron.html

Cheers

Hi guys, hope all are well. I actually am having trouble remembering the last real post I made so I have a little to relate. Okay first daughter had her first Spanish club class this week and she seemed to love it. Daughter has also been enjoying sleeping in me and partners bed this past week, a bonus for her with me out working. She is getting big; and she keeps telling me and her mom that, and really she is, give her another two or three years and she may well be as tall or taller than her mother.

I finished my second week at my Boots job, I put in 28.5 hours, which I am pretty excited about. hopefully I can keep getting extra hours in like this as I am actually only contracted for 18 a week. I had another interview this past Friday, this time for a part-time weekend post at the library (Royal Holloway); the nice thing is that it would pay 11 GBP an hour, which would be awesome, the job runs for the remainder of the University terms. I think the interview process went well, the only thing that I think would keep me from getting the job would be the Boots job and the potential for overlap of hours, the overlap would not be for sure just possible. Partner said however that if I did not get this or another second job, to not worry about it at the moment as the Boots job, especially if I can continue to get the hours I am, should cover most stuff for us. She also said that she would prefer to have me available to help out around the house more, but also that if i did get the job, the money would be awesome. Personally, I now think I should hold off on a second job, at least until I can get used to this working till midnight four nights a week.

The worst thing about the job interview from my last post, is that they never contacted me back, no email, phone call or anything. That is just sad but it means it is probably for the better as it might well have been a disappointing job with that much dis-organization.

Saturday morning, daughter went to a dance class at the town social hall that is right around the corner, said she loved it, so that gives her something physical to do on weekends and it is only 3 GBP each session. Partner also purchased her and daughters plane tickets to go stateside, partner is going to a big geography conference and daughter is visiting gram and gramp. Since the trip will slightly co-incide with daughters two school break so they will get to be stateside for nearly a month... wow. Partner is concerned about me being alone for that amount of time but I have assured her I will be ok.

That is about it, Sunday partner is making her amazing Jambalya (sp?) so it will be a good day. We are experiencing some rough weather also, the weather Friday was forecasting downpours and winds up to 90mph. I do not know if the winds are 90mph, but they are blowwing good, and we managed to escape the day long rain they predicted but, it started after dark. so....

Okay, I would also like to than all readers of both my blog and my articles which now have over a thousand views so I am trucking along. Mom, I am taking some of your advice and have begun writing on some things regarding US-UK or UK centric so..


Love to all family and friends I hope this weekend finds you well and happy!!

Peace... One Love,
Chris

Transformer Concepts

Transformers Universe Concepts I Would like to See
There are some Generation 1 Transformers that have been left in the relative dark since back in the 80's. Here I give an idea what new takes on these toys would look like.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1354742/transformers_universe_concepts_i_would.html

Sideswipe review

Transformers Universe: Sideswipe
I review my recent gift of Transformers Universe Sideswipe figure. I give my personal opinion and provide a transformation guide.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1353241/transformers_universe_sideswipe.html

Transformer Wishlist

Top Transformer Toys on My Wishlist
Here I take a look at current Transformers toy lines and pick which figure's I would like most. From Transformers Animated and Universe, as well as Marvel crossovers!
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1356121/top_transformer_toys_on_my_wishlist.html

Recent Events

Hello all,

Well start off with, daughter went back to school this week, much to her chagrin. It snowed Monday, not a lot but enough to make snowballs and such, perfect snowballs. Monday also saw me start a job, at a pharmacy called Boots. It will generally be an evening gig, 530 pm to midnight. I have had it in for a week now and am enjoying it. After my first shift on Monday I got a call for an interview with another job, when it rains it pours right, and interviewed for it on Friday. Daughter starts Spanish classes next week.

This week also saw the first official teaser poster come out for the upcoming Transformers movie (this is just for me, lol).

The job pays minimum or a little better so I am happy. I also told my current boss that I was available during the day also, hopefully that will get me some more hours. The job I interviewed for on Friday was a Space Management Administrator (entering information into a database) and is with partners college. The two together would add up to about a full time job.

The interview (Friday) itself was a little weird, I was instructed to be at a certain room in the university building at 930. Well I was at said room at 920, no one there, a lady asked if I was lost and I replied about the interview, she went and got a ket to give me access to the room and prepare for the interview. I sat in the room for 30 minutes, until a guy popped his head in asking if I was here for a meeting and I said no, an interview. I was asked to come out of the room while he called HR to find out if there was a mix-up, HR said yes there was an interview (at least 3 actually) scheduled in the room I was at AND that I was not on the list, even though they had spoken to my partner to confirm I was coming! So the lady (Josie) that had originally asked if I was lost informed me there was another applicant sitting in the hall and invited us to follow her to the mess hall, so to speak, and got us each a cup of coffee, meanwhile we were waiting on a return call from HR trying to figure out what was going on. Josie said she would wait for the call for us, it was coming to her office. The call apparently never came, so Josie found out on her own where the interview were supposed to be held, a floor up from where we had been although no one had informed the applicants, and she came back to get us (me and the other applicant) and showed us the way. Man was this lady nice and on top of her game, she said after she took us to the interview room that if it did not work out for either of us for the interview to come back and talk to her about a job in the catering department. How awesome is that? The interview did seem to go better than the last interview I had at the Uni, I will hear back Monday, Also Monday I am returning to speak with Josie about maybe something in catering. (sorry for the length I arrived at the school at 930 and di not finish my interview until noon.)

that is about it for me, another wild and crazy week. I will try to continue to post at least weekly, although I still have to work my posts around partners schedule and now my own.

Thank you,
Chris

Peace... One Love

Top ten pop songs for karaoke

Top Ten Pop Songs for Karaoke
My list for favorite pop songs for karaoke
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1378126/top_ten_pop_songs_for_karaoke.html

Top ten rock and roll karaoke songs

My Top Ten Favorite Rock and Roll Karaoke Songs
A great list of my ten favorite rock and roll karaoke songs
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1378079/my_top_ten_favorite_rock_and_roll_karaoke.html

'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' Stills - Photo Gallery on Yahoo! Movies

'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' Stills - Photo Gallery on Yahoo! Movies

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Review of Transformers Universe Acid Storm

Transformers Universe Acid Storm
Transformers Universe is a line of toys with characters based on those of the original toy-line/cartoon but made with modern technology. Here I take a look at the Acid Storm toy from wave 2!
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1348039/transformers_universe_acid_storm.html

Transformers the Movie Bumblebee review

Transformers the Movie: Deluxe Bumblebee (Camaro Concept)
Here I give my opinion on the Bumblebee Transformer based on the live action movie based on my being both a big kid and a collector.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1337102/transformers_the_movie_deluxe_bumblebee.html