http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/ Geek Pie Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:50:00 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2007. Humor Science & Nature Entertainment http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/49.html Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:03:58 GMT I doubt it's been noticed, but I've not written on here for quite a while. Truth is, I'm not really sure what to write here anymore. It started off as a blog about trying to get a job in publishing. Now I have one. End of story. We actually had a plans (we wrote notes too) for what our next two Geek Pie adventures were going to be, but now I'm working I haven't got the time to execute them properly. If I get the sack or we find some way of getting them done, they'll be up and I'll let you all know. So, for now, I'm going to leave it here. For updates and general random rubbish about my... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=49 http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/48.html Sat, 20 May 2006 18:42:18 GMT If you want a phrase to say to your parents that will drain all the colour from their cheeks, try this one for size: "Mum. I want a little brother!" My Dad shook his head and stormed out the room, muttering the words "No more. I've told her five was too many in the first place!" My Mum carried on with her washing up pretending that she hadn't heard me. So I repeated it again. She looked me square on in the eyes. "Look, Caroline. When you get to a certain age, it's not really possible for ladies to have any more children, as much as they would like to... and....." "What?! I don't want one... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=48 http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/47.html Sat, 20 May 2006 16:47:05 GMT Since I started this whole working for a living to buy my daily bread, I've barely seen Breezy. I leave before she gets up in the morning and she's out by the time I get in. I would say life has been great as a result, but I do miss her. She wears far too much pink and sometimes she doesn't always appreciate my opinion, the words "I can't believe you're still talking" being a regular reply to lots of things I talk to her about. I said to her yesterday, during one of the brief snatches of time I could grab with her, that we should do something over the weekend together, but she shot me... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=47 http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/46.html Mon, 08 May 2006 20:21:21 GMT Is it sad that I actually inwardly "woopdy wooped!" today when I heard someone say: "So if you just show Caroline to her desk..." I don't think it was ever my dream to get an office job, but it was my dream to be a journalist and now I am one (with more than just business cards saying so) with my own workstation and an iMac. Despite my reservations, it did go well today. Well, apart from the bit where my boss asked me what I'd been doing with myself since I went there to temp and all I could think to mention was skipping around with my Spongebob balloon at Ruislip Lido and cavorting round... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=46 http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/45.html Wed, 03 May 2006 18:06:05 GMT At times like this, words are not enough. Below are the photos showing Spongebob's final moments with us. The end came quickly and we like to think he suffered no pain, although I did see Breezy club him with a toilet roll moments before his demise. Propped up by pillows and smiling through the pain Breezy reads him his last rites Me and Spongey B talking about the good times And then he was gone... At times like these, it's important to feel that you are not alone and we know that Spongey B touched many lives while he was with us. With this in mind, please feel free to leave... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=45 http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/44.html Mon, 01 May 2006 10:12:45 GMT Getting on that train turned out to be one of the best parts of our day. For some unknown reason, it made me and Breezy get extremely hyperactive, but conversely made the boys want to sleep. Also, a troop of Brownies got on and Zack (he's a Beaver) started to get a bit arsey. He hates girls at the best of times, but for some reason their yellow uniforms and their general perkiness made him even angrier than usual. This is Zack telling me off for singing the, "Zack and some Brownies sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" song I don't think I helped matters much either. I kept asking him if... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=44 http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/43.html Mon, 01 May 2006 09:10:57 GMT I thnk it was Spongebob's intention to make it through our little period of private time together, before giving in and letting death takes it's course. This is, as after our little period of reflection, he seemed to start losing air at a tremendous rate. I think the windy conditions, the fact that we had been manhandling him all afternoon and the raveages of old age had started to take their toll. We were going to go home and put him to bed, but then we realised we still had one more thing to do. The Ruislip Lido Model Train Ride. It is, to be fair, the only thing of real note to do at... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=43 http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/42.html Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:27:17 GMT Spongebob and I took a well earned break and sat on the fake seafront, reflecting on our week together and -- to quote any reality TV contestant worth their weight in Heat magazine interview commisions-- it was time for me to concede that we had been on a great journey and I had learnt lots about myself. Now after writing that paragraph, I've been sitting here racking my brains for something I might have learnt from this whole experience. If I'm honest I can't think of anything really. What I do know is that I have enjoyed having him around, as he has provided me with a one way ticket to... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=42 http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/41.html Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:11:11 GMT By the time we'd driven to Ruislip Lido, the mood in the car had taken a slightly more sober tone. The car journey making both my nephews sleepy and less fracious. The nephew who had been sporting the Speedo's when we were at his house had started complaining of being cold and wanting to put his clothes back on. This was a result as I had no intention taking him anywhere without, at least, a shirt on. The other suffers motion sickness and --thanks to a bit of well timed rally driving by Breezy-- he was a lovely shade of green by the time we got to the car park. I asked him if he still... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=41 http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/archive/40.html Sun, 30 Apr 2006 04:21:47 GMT By the time we got to my brother's house to collect the kids, it turned out my Mum had already phoned ahead to say we were on our way. Thing is, if you want to keep kids under control, I'm of the opinion that you should never give them any advance warning at all. Otherwise they get too much time to mull over where they're going and whip themselves up into a frenzy. It's why teenage preganancy rates are so high in this country. Kids are told around the age of 11 that one day (when they're 16) they might be able to have sex. This gives them a good 4-5 years to sit around twiddling your thumbs... (more) http://geekpie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=40