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As Time Goes By | Monday, 27 August | Respond

Thanks to the wonders of Flickr, we can look back in time and see exactly what we all looked like in the past! Isn't technology wonderful?

You can see me go from extremely thin, to less thin, to sort of - well, thin, if we're honest. And then you can try and figure out why each picture was taken, and who else is in it! This isn't Facebook - no tagging here.

The photos are in as much of a chronological order as is physically possible at 3.30am, which is when I put it together - therefore meaning that they're in no order whatsoever. Enjoy, and you can download the originals from Flickr HERE





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Britain Britain Britain...

Daily Nixx Archive | Wednesday, 08 August | Respond

Britain, Britain, Britain....



I felt the following content deserved that title, to be honest. This is a moan I've had for some time - and it basically revolves around the approach we've developed as a country to introducing new laws to...

... solve problems we have. Bad driving by young ones like myself, smoking in public enclosed places like .. urm...Nope, I can't think of anyone I know who smokes anymore... does... or alcohol.

I'm beginning to think the government are using some kind of broken 8ball to come up with their solutions to problems that face us. Let's take a look at three of the latest ones, that have come to my attention.

IT'S A 30 YOU SILLY LITTLE BOY.
Bad driving by young ones. What shall we do? It's a puzzling one - because a 17, the bus is getting a bit annoying and we're big enough to like, want a wee bit of freedom. But we drive like idiots. Apparently. And we don't really do it very safely, either. Perhaps it's just because we're so used to driving the lego cars and not giving way to anyone?

> INCREASE THE AGE LIMIT TO 18. Sorted.

[Tip: In order to average out the number of good young drivers to be higher, you should give me a licence, DSA. Ok? Ty]

SMOKING IS KILLING PEOPLE
We're all going to die. Yes, still a fact - but no, we're not going to do it from passive smoking. Unless someone smokes by us. Argument's already been done, so I'll shut it.

>>BAN IT
>>INCREASE THE AGE LIMIT

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GETTING DRUNK TOO MUCH
Oh yes - it never used to happen in my day. Young-ens are getting pissed, at least 2 14 year olds admit to having drunk alcohol at least twice a week. OMG what can we dooooo? Doctor's sayyyyy......

>>INCREASE THE AGE LIMIT


Well that was a shock, heh?

See you tomorrow,
Nic xx

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Fail

Daily Nixx Archive | Tuesday, 07 August | Respond

Well, I suppose after my last post I should be telling you all the big result. But I think I might make you wait for it, in the way that marketing people would suggest? Yes, I think I shall. So...



... what have I been up to?

It's been hundereds of Muffins, Mochas, Cappucino and Dishguard for me - oh, and a slide of florentine also. Yep, I've been contributing a major factor to the Costa store in Bromsgrove. Oh joys - what a great thing it is working more than one of the full time staff?

I mean, on Sunday I ran the entire day. That's a bit shocking. Tbf. Wow, I use that too much now Lukey has got me into the habit. So how is everyone eh? You all been missing me? I hope you have.

On the subject of missing people - this has taken a particular interest of mine. It's a site called MyDeathSpace, and it's a site which archives the MySpaces of the dead. Now - the internet, your internet persona stuff interests me anyway with how you can be who you want, act who you want on here. And no-one will ever know different - but, this is where real life kind of "interfaces" with it, isn't it? And it's odd to think that if, say, I were to die I'd leave behind not only a body - but also some of my personality. And if you think to the past, when is it you can leave behind personallity aside from in this internet age that we (certainly you, I presume, as you're reading this) live in?

It's weird.

Somewhere deep in cyberspace, where reality blurs into fiction and the living greet the dead, there are ghosts. They live in a virtual graveyard without tombstones or flowers. They drift among the shadows of the people they used to be, and the pieces they left behind.


Click here to read the article

And I failed with 3 minors, 1 serious for pulling out on a guy at a police-controlled (because of an accident) T junction. I was being instructed as far as I knew....But heh :D


Oh well - talk to you soon,
Nic x
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