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Tuesday - 2nd October 2001

Today I got the new Elton John album. I would really recommend, that you buy it. I said say that it's his best album in a while. I have only had the time to hear it 3 times. I am already in love with it. It also has a track about Matthew Shepard. Elton John at his best again. Now everyone will think that I work for a PR company.

Thursday - 4th October 2001
Today I came out to my parents. At about 4:55pm, if you wanted to know the time. I did really come out the way that I wanted too. I had a bit of a crap day, at work and tried to quit. Not the first time, that this has happened. I told my dad, over the phone. He said that he had knowing for a while. Because he had found one of my websites a while back on the Internet. He said that mum, also know and that it does not really borer them.

I am so glad that I have done this at last. I did not like having to lie, to them all the time, about where I am going to, and what friends I am going out to see. Don't really know what else to say.

Saturday - 6th October 2001
Today I got up in the morning which, on a Saturday I don't often do. Will it looked nice outside. Which of case all changed. I will tell you about that later.

The first thing that I did was cut the back grass, and then played about on the net for a while. Then I went a cycle to Stamford, it was going very well, still it started to rain, and believe me I got, very, very wet. What happens once I get back home, of change the sun came out again, just my luck.

Monday - 15th October 2001
Oh dear, it's back to work tomorrow after an interesting weekend up in Glasgow to say the least.

Oh the new Kylie DVD is fantastic. I was watching it on the train on the way back down to England. I had to stop myself from dancing on the train.

Friday - 19th October 2001
I have been staying at a friends house most of this week. Tonight when I got back from work, I put the key in the door, and turn it and does the door open. NO!!!!! So I keep on trying for a number of minutes then phone, my friend whose house I am staying at to ask if they have any ideas. Just to make thing worse she is up in Glasgow. So I went over to the garage, and the nice man over their got the door open for me. Thank god.
Monday - 22nd October 2001
That's me back in Little Bytham, for the first time in just over 1 week. I have been up in Glasgow for a weekend, then been staying that at friends house, and now I am back in Little Bytham. When I first walked in the door, I was sure that I had walked into the wrong house. The two people that I stay with have been doing a very big clean up.

Oh and I am so happy because the Digital Radio that I got a while back also works. I was thinking that it might not work here, because my mobile phone does not.

Tuesday - 30th October 2001
Today one of my friends phoned me to say that she has just moved down to Peterbough of all places. At first I fort that she was just having a laugh. She said just check the number then you will believe me, which of course I did. Why anyone would choose to move to Peterborough, I have no idea.

I have not seen her in a while. I can't wait to meet up with her again soon. We both going to get to know Peterborough together. Because I have never really taking the time to look around the place. It will great to do it together.

Friday - 2nd November 2001
I can't believe it I am going on a blind date tomorrow. I have never done anything like this before in my life. Normally I know what the person looks like before I get to meet them. All I know about him is his name. Wish me luck!!!! I will tell you all about it very soon.
Saturday - 3rd November 2001
I had a fun night in Peterborough. I went out with Margaret, some of her friends, and also the guy that she was setting me up with. It was a good night out. We went to a pub in Peterborough called the College Arms. It was a nice place, and better still it had a no smoking area.

Now to talk about my blind date. It was good fun. He is a great guy, easy to get on with. That's all I am going to say on the matter. Sorry! OK then just one more thing then, his name is Daniel. So if your reading this "HELLO!!"

Sunday - 4th November 2001
I had a nice day looking around Peterborough with Margaret, and Daniel. It's the first time in a while that I have got to look around the place. It was also nice since it was a Sunday so the place was died.

I don't think that I have walked so much in a long time. I got to see place of areas of Peterborough that I have never seen before. Which is both a good and bad thing.

Wednesday - 7th November 2001
God what I busy day I have had at work. Been busying getting a new website sorted out. All being well it will go on-line tomorrow morning sometime.

Tonight I am at the Peterborough Greyhound Stadium. Don't worry I don't work there. But I did get my friend Margaret a job there. I just hope me being there on her first night does not out her off too much.

Thursday - 8th November 2001
Tonight I met up with Margaret and Daniel, for a night out on the town. It was good fun, once we made up our minds where we all wanted to go. Just to make matters waist it started to show, when we were standing outside, making up our minds.
Monday - 12th November 2001
Would you believe it? Today I made my first cup of tea at work. I just hope that it tasted OK, with not drinking tea myself. I have no idea how to make good tea.
Sunday - 18th November 2001
I am so going up in the world. Today I went hot air ballooning. I did not get to go up in it. But it was still great fun. Chasing the balloon in a car is a lot harder that you may think. You may be able too see it, but getting to it is another story.

Other then that my weekend has been boring. But if you like David Beckham or Michael Owen, you may be happy to know that at long last, I have got around to updating the websites that I run on them.

Wednesday - 21st November 2001
Oh god, what a day that has been! Everything that could go wrong at work did. The network was playing up big time, when people would print anything with Word 97, Word crashed. And who's the person who has to fix it me. Well it is my job, just doing like it when everything dies.
Thursday - 22nd November 2001
Today I booked my train tickets for going up to Glasgow for xmas, and New Year. I can't believe it's that time for year again. If your on a GNER train over the xmas time then, you never now you may get to see me. Not too sure if that is a good or a bad thing.
Tuesday - 27th November 2001
At long last I have got around to phoning Alex who stays in Newcastle, it's the first time that I have really spoken to him in over a year. Yes it's my own entire front. I have always been bad like that.

It's another night at the dogs. I don't mind too much has it gives me the time to catch up on emails that I got well over a year ago. Better then that I get to watch all the cute bar staff.

Wednesday - 28th November 2001
Today at work I installed service pack 3 on the Novell Netware 5.1 server. I was amazed that it all went to plan. I started downloading the service pack on Friday. It's the biggest file that I have never downloaded for the Internet 280 Mb in total. Now that takes a very long time to download via a single ISDN line.

The main reason that I downloaded the pack was so what I could install Apache on the server. That also all went to plan. I just now have to work out how to get CGI scripts to work.

If you know anything about Novell Netware 5.1 and Apache, and have an idea how to get CGI to work then please contact me. I have got CGI to work with Windows 2000 Professional, running Apache.

Tuesday - 11th December 2001
Jesus what else could go wrong? It's just been one of them days where nothing has been playing ball at all. First the database stopped working. The printer started playing up again, just after we had someone in for about 2 hours, fixing the fucking thing. When I was thinking things couldn't start to get any waist then the Internet connection stops working too

Well at I am sure that I will have most of the things working again soon. Well at least I hope so.

OK that's me stopped moaning now.

Thursday - 13th December 2001
Tonight myself and some friends went to see Jack Dee, in Cambridge. It was a good night out. It's the first time that I have seen him live. The first half was not that great. But the second half more then made up for it. It was so funny. Oh and better still they was lots of really cute guys there too.
Friday - 14th December 2001
I am so glad that, that's week over and done with. It has been so stress full, with all the computer etc playing up at work. Well at least I think that I have got most of the problems sorted out now.

I just hope that everything keeps on working next week. I can't be doing with a stress full week, just before I go up to Glasgow for my Christmas holidays.

Monday - 17th December 2001
I had the day off work for reasons that I will not go into. It was nice to have some time to myself, with all the stree that I have been under for the last number of weeks.

So on my day off I cycled into Stamford, it was a bit cold. It's not that often that I cycle in December. I mainly went the cycle to get something from Argos. To cut a long story short, I wait for a long time, then they tell me that they can't find the thing that I what. So I get my money back, then cycle back to Little Bytham. I much have been waiting for at least 45 minutes for them to work that out. Oh well at least one member of staff was cute.

Tuesday - 18th December 2001
I am happier today then I was been for a while. Mainly because all the computers, at work were working. So I did not have to get all stressed out trying to work out why then were not working. Lets hope that it lasts.

When I got back home, I got a Christmas card from one of my friends who lives in America. It really made my day. Thanks very, very much Tom. xxx.

Friday - 21st December 2001
It's now just gone 9:25pm and I only just got a sit on the train. Let's start at the beginning. I got to the train station in Peterbough on time. First they say the train was going to be about 15 mins late. Then it came over the speakers that because of a tech problem the train had stopped at Huntingdon. Then about 45 mins after that they said that train would only be going has far has Peterbough. The train I should have been getting would have left at about 6:15pm. I did not end up getting on a train still about 7:15pm. Well I was very happy because at least I have on a train now. Has I was guessing when I got on the train it was busy.
Tuesday - 25th December 2001
First of all Merry Christmas everyone.

My Christmas was not too bad at all. I got a new power supply for my desktop computer at all last. So that I can put more memory in it etc. I also got a Batman DVD from my younger brother Craig. God I have not seen that film in a long time. It will give my something to watch on the train going back down to England.

Friday - 28th December 2001
I had a great day in Glasgow catching up with a friend that I don't think that I have seen since September time. We went out for lunch, then did some window-shopping and also watching all the cute guys in Glasgow, of which you have so many to pick from.

Then it was a night in for me watching the TV, surfing the net and playing about with my webcam.

Sunday - 30th December 2001
I went into Glasgow to meet up with a friend called Roblz. We went to Borders, a big shop on Buchanan Street. We went to their café, he had a green tea and I had a Irn-Bru. I first met Roblz at the end of 1999 in Delmonias. Once we were finished in Borders we then went a walk around some shops. Lucky the shops were not any where near as busy have they have been.
Monday - 31st December 2001
I went into Glasgow with my Mum and Dad to do some shopping, well OK I wanted to do some shopping. I have been wanting to get a new mobile phone for a while. At long last I have got a contract one with Orange Everyday 50. So that I can make 50 minutes of off-perk calls a night. I got the Nokia 6210 so that I can connect it to my laptop with Infrared, is that I can check, my email anywhere.

Tonight being Year News Eve. I bet you can't wait to hear what I did. I stayed at home, with my Mum and Dad. So may think that's a bit boring, but it was my way of saying thanks to my folks, for being the worlds best parents.

 
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