So since i last posted everyone who i work with at the Debenhams cafe has had their hours reduced. I blame the credit crunch. Its the beginning of the end as far as many are concerned, first its hours reduction, next redundancy. Many people have kicked off saying its not worth them coming in now as they will be earning so much less (made worse by staff no longer getting free parking at the mall!, but to be honest its not so bad for me. I have extra time to do extra work for my summer A-levels, and yes i will miss the extra £50 a month or however much it is, but it could have turned out a lot worse.
I had to wait on at a college sports dinner to raise money for my South American rugby tour, it went well, apart from one of my teachers trying to get out of paying £40 for wine he owed.. oh well, he paid at the end and because we had handed in the money already it was an extra £40 to be split for tips!
I also had my yellowfever jab for the same mentioned rugby tour, i still have to get hepatitis ones.. oh well. I'm not a bad person when it comes to injections, its hardly a very traumatic thing having a needle with a tiny end stuck in your arm compared to other things that happen every day, for example blisters on the soles of your feet i'm getting from my football boots at the moment.. absolute agony!
I watched Cloverfield (Really good!) and Outlaw over the weekend. Outlaw is without a doubt up there with Help! by the Beatles as one of the worst films i've ever seen. With Sean Bean, Bob Hoskins and Danny Dyer all actors i've heard of i really didn't expect it to be so bad. Basically a load of tragic people are brought together to get revenge as a gang of outlaws led by Sean Bean, everything about the film is cheap.. props, camera work.. its shoddy. Supporting actors are awful, and the ending is poor. I hated it.
Apart from that all i've been doing was working for a history course essay i had today which went well, but then i found out there was a word limit so i have been pooing myself just a little bit ever since this morning.
Oh well.

I went in to pay for Kos and they have changed the flights so i would have missed rugby tour. Its a package holiday so i can't get a flight the day before or anything, it has to be the previous week. Absolutely gutted. People were actually annoyed at me for it? Can't see how any of it is my fault but whatever, gutted.

Also, the college i emailed about next year possibly got back to me. No.
They are oversubscribed, even if i wanted to repeat the year, and wouldn't take me half way through the course even though we're doing the same in 2 of the 3 subjects i'd be taking. And i know for fact people have dropped out in my year there. I'm more upset about this than Kos though, i really am not happy at my 6th form now and definitely made a huge wrong choice when i decided to go there, and it seems like theres no way to get out without completely leaving further education which i don't understand.

Also, season finale of skins? So boring.
Mark Speight aswell. (How was he hanging undiscovered for 6 days??!!)

Everything at the moment is getting me down!

I go to a sixth form in Altrincham, and went to the connected senior school before that, and the prep school from the top infants before that (All 3 were boys only.) (No I'm not gay). I have spent 10 years doing with the same school routine and i am now getting sick of it. At my sixth form nothing has changed from my time in the rest of the school. I travel for an hour to get there, there is no-one in my year and often the year above on the bus, and i don't really like the people in the year below so its an hour of my life wasted sat listening to my I-pod. Boring. My friends are skipping at least a lesson a day, or just aren't growing up.. the banter in the last couple of months has become absolutely shocking so there's not much to enjoy at school. We still have to wear full school uniform, which they are really strict on, and the 9-3.30 days are driving me crazy.

I'm thinking i want to go to a college, and i have one in specific in my mind. It was the same one i debated going to in September but in the end decided against it because i only had 2 years left and thought if i didn't enjoy it i could last it out.. but i really am struggling. I'm not stupid, i get good marks but i hate going in.. there's no freedom. The college i have in mind has much MUCH better facilities (buildings etc.) than ours, you don't have to wear uniform, and there are girls there. It just appeals completely. Results are pretty similar.. and there is a bus route from the top of my road.
I am seriously thinking of just getting my head down, working through my final 4 weeks and the exams and then applying to go to this college in September for A2.

Its a pretty big decision i think, and i'm really not sure what to do, as every decision before this has basically been made by my mum and dad but its my life and im not planning on going to this college, dicking around and dropping out so im going to tell them tonight i think.

Any advice to give?

Theres this band that i love, i mean, really love. I've paid to see them live twice and also bought my Glastonbury ticket last summer with them in mind. I bought their CD the day it was released, (i NEVER buy CDs these days) and go on their website and a band-member's blog at least once a week. I wont name the band or band-member unless you ask really nicely, because i dont think you'll want to feel let down as i am!
Now this band-members blog is what has provoked this post. This guy is really cool, when he was on stage he's always good to watch, he's good at guitar, but now after reading his blog post its just not the same.He has a blog, as do i, but his, nobody comments it at all! (i normally get one a post and im no keen, popular guy on here!)I mean seriously, i look up and down through all of his posts, and he has no comments. Now this is extremely shallow of me, judging people by their comments, im sure you will agree but this isn't even the main point.

This guy's blog is filled to the brim with spelling mistakes. Not even small mistakes, he puts "accept" instead of "except." This is what disappoints me the most. He was one of four heroes of mine in this band, and yet he is thick as pigshit!
I guess everyone is human but this guy wasn't in my eyes, i idolized this band, and now.. will never be able to in quite the same way.

I suppose the moral is, don't get too involved or dive too deep into your hero's lives as there's always something you don't like!

So i had my theory test this morning. Despite not being able to get to sleep until 2.30am (my sleeping pattern is awful atm) the 8.30 start was fine and i passed!

I had a bit of a chuckle half way through aswell at one of the questions.It was along the lines of:
Q:A farmer is guiding a flock of sheep down a narrow country lane, and he asks you to turn off your engine. Should you:
A:Turn off your engine and wait (correct)
or another possible answer..
B:Ignore him as he has no authority. (Surely shepherds of Britain deserve more respect than that!)

I was really happy i passed, yesterday's cramming session really paid off. I was also the first person in Runcorn and probably further afield with a new certificate that was introduced today (I was quite quick the guy said)
I got in and had to go back to sleep and did until about half 4 and i have been relaxing ever since, basking in my glory haha.
Our house has just got central heating fixed today, which is nice because its been so cold these last few days, and i had my first shower at home for 1 and a half weeks (including holiday!)which i very much enjoyed.
A night in tonight, im going to watch last nights Skins and the new Dirty Sexy Money, which im really getting into!