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Sunday, January 15th, 2006
11:43 am	Kevin sent me a nudge Wow, I guess I haven't updated in ages. What's new with Charlie?? Still smoking... started dating a smoker... we might try to quit together. That way we can both be bitches!! Went to Northern Ireland for Christmas. It was WAY cheaper to fly there and spend christmas with a friend than it would have been to come home to Minnesota. I'll be coming back to MN this Easter and hopefully at Christmas 2006 as well. Spent New Year's in Warrington-- just out of Manchester with some friends. It's a tradition that they have a big ol house party and invite all their friends over. Dumbest thing I've done so far in 2006--- My car wouldn't start! I freaked out... well, I got a ride into work from a coworker, then took the 31 bus home. It turned out my car wasn't broken, I had just let it run out of fuel! Oops!! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 27th, 2005
6:03 pm	Off work again this week-- had a fantastic weekend in Edinburgh- and a fantastic 7 hour train ride each way. Heck, it was only £27 as opposed to a £90 flight. I think I was the winner here. Got to read my book and play sudoku. Anyway, if anyone ever decides to move to edinburgh, let me know cause I want to move there too! Go trainspotting!! (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 25th, 2005
12:00 pm	I've realized that I am so happy that my flatmate found a boyfriend. Well, don't know if we can call him a boyfriend as he's 16 years older than my flatmate... (sugar daddy?) I'm just happy cause that means that the flatmate is at leatherboy's house and not here annoying me! Oh, I'm a bastard! Current Mood: happy Current Music: Radio 1 (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 4th, 2005
5:16 pm	Smoking I still say smoking is sexy and hot... but I quit!!! I was smoke free on Thurs and Fri... fell off the wagon on Sat while drinking at Reading Pride (had like 8 fags, but didn't buy any)... and doing good today! I just went out and bought loads of food so I can get nice and fat while I quit! YAY!!! Current Music: BBC TV-- Songs of Praise (WHY??) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 3rd, 2005
10:51 am	PRIDE!! It's Reading pride today! Going to limp my wrist and wear a tiara! hehe... I'm a bit nervous as I hear that there's familys that show up to the event. I'm out to most of my co-workers, but not the students at my school. (Well, one girl knows, and that's because she told me that she's bi). Last year was the first Reading Pride. I was too scared to go... going with quite a few friends today. One teacher was there last year (poofer like myself)-- and they took his picture for the Reading Chronicle (local paper).... then the next day at school, students came up to him and asked why he was in the newspaper under the PRIDE story... There were 4 men and a "lady" in the picture. The kids asked who that woman was... he told them, "that lady... he's my parter!!" hehe... Well, off to do some early drinking! Love you all! Charlie Current Mood: anxious Current Music: whatever's on the local radio... 2-Ten FM... 97.0FM (Comment on this)
Friday, September 2nd, 2005
7:03 pm	Whining bastards! Hey, we're hurting here too with our fuel prices. I'm sick of American papers I read online going on about "boo hoo- it's $3 per gallon..." Well buddy... So what, it's hit $3 per gallon. Big whoop! In the UK we're ketting killed! £1 = $1.84 (today)... There is also 3.75 litres in one US gallon... that means that Americans are paying $3 / 3.75 = 80 cents per litre... 80 cents / 1.84 = approx 43.5p per litre... Well, at the BP station just down my road, they're now charging 96.9p/litre. Using the same conversions... that's 96.9 * 1.84 = $1.783 per litre. Multiply that by 3.75 for gallons and you get $6.686 per gallon. So next time I hear an American whine about filling up your damnned tank, SOD OFF AND KISS MY NUTS! [sorry I get annoyed easy.. I'm on the nicotine patch again] Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
1:21 pm	THANK GOD!!! I decided to be a responsable homo and get myself tested for nasty diseases... results back today. I'm CLEAN!!! Haven't had the tests done in almost 5 years, so this is very nice news. They say that every 30 seconds, someone becomes infected by HIV... (knock on wood)... thank GOD I'm not one of those. I've done some naughty things in the past, and I've got to act like a grown up. I recommend everyone go out and get yourself tested if you've been cheeky lately. I say that because I love you. Charlie Current Mood: relieved (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 4th, 2005
5:01 pm	I need to get off this internet!! Found another one... Your Love Style Is... Caring! You seem to have it all worked out. You are emotional strong, warm and know how to love. More importantly you think with both your head and your heart allowing you to handle all romantic situations calmly. How did you get this smart!! What is your Love Style? Find out at DatingTips.ws Supposedly I'm caring... what does this bleeding computer know anyway!! Current Mood: geeky (Comment on this)
4:54 pm	Just a bit bored... Well ended up at the pub (as usual) last night... good times! Not much to say.. however, I found this. Give it a whirl! What The Hell Happened Last Night? LJ Username What did you drink? You wake up in the morning next to: jgallus ...who is wearing: a Star Trek VI Captain's Starfleet uniform ...and rolls over to you to say: You disgusting little subby bitch... ...and then: uses your PC to check LiveJournal This fun quiz by joneccleston - Taken 200662 Times. </a> New - How do you get a guy to like you? (Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005
11:28 pm	BOYS BOYS BOYS BOYS I've been dating this way FIT air force boy... well, we've gone out on a couple of dates, but things have seemed to be going great! I then met another boy... this time it was a boy my flatmate met off of gaydar.co.uk-- he was on my flatmate Matt's MSN when Matt had stepped out. I tried to say "sorry, not here", but he kept chatting with me. Well, Matt gave him my number and he started texting me often. I couldn't go for it cause of this air force boy though. GRRR!! Well, air force boy (we'll just call him boy 1) was off away all last week and just came in late last night. Had a tiny chat on MSN with him-- he's busy but keeps saying "see you soon"... At the same time, I told the other boy (boy 2) that I couldn't date him cause of the first one. I haven't seen boy 1 in 2 weeks now? He lives about an hours drive away, so that doesn't help things any. My dad and my brother from Minneapolis are coming to town this coming monday for 2 weeks, and I don't want to wierd out boy 1 if he can make it down. I really like him, and I really like boy 2 as well. Boy 2 started seeing someone else but hopefully we can be good friends.. He's hilarious! Anyway, that's my rant. Oh, and there's some bee sleeping on my ceiling and I'm allergic! Matt's sleeping and won't deal with it. Found my shot kit, so I'm going to try and kill it. Wish me luck! Charlie (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 30th, 2005
12:40 pm	Wow! It's been AGES since I've updated.... Well, I've moved from sharing a house to renting a flat here in Reading. Now I'm living with a super camp boy instead of mister super straight man. I've been in my new flat for nearly 2 months now. Life is good, we have high speed internet, school's out for the summer, and I've been dating yet another lad-- hope this one works out. Flatmate has gone home (about 3 hour drive) for the weekend yet again.... yes, I get to relax!!! Thought of the day-- Three's Company is hillarious when you're drunk (or anything else mind altering) :0 (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 24th, 2005
11:08 pm	Well, the new attitude might be working, but really it's not... It seems as even with this new attitude, I'm destined to be 'just a good friend' AGAIN. Grr... I'm sick of being 'just a good friend' to all my friends! So in case you didn't guess, I was looking for a good snog, and all I got was a slap in the face! (not literally) Current Mood: moody (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
5:42 pm	Woo-Hoo Well, I had a sweet weekend. Both of the boys that I fancy in town made a flirtatious pass at me! Yup that's right, I had two bum grabs! I have to tell the journal cause I can't tell anyone here! Going to one of their homes for a DVD & wine night... how exciting! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
9:53 pm	Something to look forward to I got this friend Matt from Manchesterland (Crewe to be exact), well, he's got a job in Reading! We've decided to be flatmates. He's way cool, but allergic to everything! (I'm quitting smoking AGAIN this sunday, so don't got to worry about that). I'm way excited to finally live with someone like myself (er, gay and likes to listen to Kylie!) Had to give my current housemate the notice that I'm done at the end of the lease, or sooner if possible. He's a really nice guy, so I feel bad leaving. (He's way in debt as well, so he needs my rent!) However, I can't wait to live with one of my friends and not have 4-10 football lads sitting in the living room watching sports all night on the telly. Should be great! Current Mood: excited (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 11th, 2005
11:23 pm	No update for a while Well, I made it back to Minnesota for 2 weeks back at Easter time. One person (who didn't mention me in their journal) seriously made me feel very special during that time, and I keep those positive memories to this day. I had been quite down lately before coming home-- thinking that I was unattractive and "just a good friend named Charlie" to many people. I'm so sick of being "just a good friend". Well anyway, that person made me feel very good about myself, and now that I'm back in my town in the UK, I remember that someone made me feel attractive and feel worthwile. In fact, many friends made me feel worthwhile again. So CHEERS to all my peeps in Minneapolis, Saint Cloud, and my friend that traveled to St Cloud from Green Bay to hang out with me-- it made my self-esteem skyrocket! And thank you SO MUCH, Kevin for mentioning me in your journal. That made my week! (I read it on a Sunday, so that's 7 days of happiness you sent me) Love all in the US, and miss you. Charlie xx Current Mood: grateful (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 10th, 2005
8:34 pm	I've been meaning to update this... So I think last entry I said I was going to meet a boy... Well, long story short... I met him, we went out, hit it off very well. BUT He's still getting over his ex of 3 years. He was dumped 7 weeks ago and rightfully isn't over it still. On top of that, this last weekend we ended up in Manchester-- him, myself, Chris, and Chris's boyfriend Diego (that boy's from Spain), and Charlie's beer-ometer didn't tell him that he was way drunk. Charlie (me) ended up getting not allowed into a club, told the bouncer to f@&% off, ended up at another club, got kicked out when I told that bouncer to F@&% off... Let's just say I didn't impress this Dave boy. Well, we had a good talk, and realized that we could be good friends. He's not ready to date, and I'm not ready to impress anyone. It seems that wherever I end up, all I end up making is good friends. That's not totally a bad thing, but a little annoying at the same time. Peace. Current Mood: blah (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 27th, 2005
4:36 pm	I might have pulled!? First off-- Chris is just a friend now. After "the talk" and Charlie in denial and Chris gaining a boyfriend, Charlie is over it. He is my best friend, but I've had crushes on best friends before. When the crush goes away, the friendship is still strong. Anyway, one of Chris's friends Dave found me on gaydar.co.uk. I'd met him a couple of times before, but we got to texting and chatting. Well, I went out to the pubs with my usual group of Lee and his boyfriend Joe. We started off at Back of Beyond (which is going non-smoking like me again) and then went off to the Granby about 3/4 mile down the road. Well, I feel like a jerk, but ended up ditching my friends and talking with Dave all night-- until close! We seem to hit it off well-- hope something works out. I'm on chat right now with him trying to get him to ditch his friend tonight and come out with me tonight! Wish me luck :) Current Mood: hopeful (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 13th, 2005
10:29 am	Nightmare! Friday night I was way excited-- I got a good group of my friends to go to the G-A-Y in London with me. I think it's the biggest gay club in London. I got way too drunk. We did some shirtless dancing; I lost my shirt. I couldn't find it anywhere! I also lost my coat-check slip. It took like an hour to finally get my coat. I was so drunk, it wasn't funny. All I wanted to do was get back to the train station so I could get home. I guess everyone was looking for me, but we never found each other. I hopped onto a bus and fell asleep-- this was like at 3am. All I know is when I woke up, I was in some bus garage in Barking (zone 5 North-East London); I wanted to make it to London Paddington (zone 1-2 border West London). Now, London is a BIG place! My mobile battery died, I walked all over the place trying to find a bus that was going to the nearest underground stop. Finally like 2 hours later, I got on a bus that was going to a station. I got on there, it was like a 40 minute journey to the train station, then got on a commuter train. I fell asleep on each train I was on- mind you, I had to keep my coat on the whole time cause my shirt had gone missing. Somehow I woke up at each of my correct stops. In all, when I finally got back to Reading it was like 11:30am, and I felt like hell! 5 hours of trying to get home just because I drank way too much. Lesson learned: Don't get pissed in London at a dirty club! Contacted everyone-- they all just had a laugh. Nobody's mad, they're just glad I was ok. Aww, to have such good friends! Current Mood: embarrassed (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 1st, 2005
7:24 pm	Great night last night / Great day! Last night I had way too much fun! I went out with some buddies to the pub-- pubs close at 11 here, and then we ended up going to a friend's house and then out to a club till about 1:30am-- ON A BLOODY SCHOOLNIGHT! I felt great all day though-- only a minor headache. Today I had one year 11 in my lesson that was just off the wall. He keeps disturbing the lessons, throwing things, and just being a twat. I gave him a bollucking-- told him that he needs to grow up, and that the other students in this class want to pass their test and it's impossible to learn with him acting like a little prat all through the lesson. I don't remember half of what I said, but I was angry. After I was finished, I walked away from him and he started bitching again. That was when a student who is respected in the class said "SAM, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" The class was silent-- I had them on my side with this! It feels great to have this class on my side finally. I didn't repremand this boy for swearing at him; instead I thanked him quietly. He told me that he thought I was a good teacher and he didn't want to see me leave. He said that they scared off several other teachers over the years-- he said I was one of the few "safe" teachers in the school and it would be bad if I left. I felt way appreciated today after that-- it totally made my day! Current Mood: pleased (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 25th, 2005
5:47 pm	Extra Peppermint Gum makes you poop! Yeah, I'm serious! This is one reason why I ended up falling off the wagon more than I wanted to. On the side of Extra Sugarfree Gum is a warning... CONTAINS A SOURCE OF PHENLALANINE, EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION MAY PRODUCE LAXATIVE EFFECTS Isn't that disgusting? The real disgusting part is I really was having the #2 like 2 to 3 times per day. I thought it was all the veggie burgers. Is that warning on the US packs, or is it a UK thing? Current Mood: curious (1 Comment |Comment on this)