Crushing tin

Front end impact

Originally uploaded by swingnut.

Yesterday I got to see a car roof get cut off by the fire service. Unfortunately I was in the driver’s seat at the time, and moments before when I colided with a car cutting across my path on a junction at a dual carriageway (it wasn’t my fault).
I got taken in an ambulance to Casualty (ER for the American readers) where I got x-rayed and generally checked over.
Luckily I did not break any bones, although I have got very bad bruising on my chest from hitting the steering wheel, and also where the seat belt cut into me. I’ve also got bruising to my knees when they hit the dash board, and wrenched thumbs from the steering wheel. Painkillers and anti-inflamatories have been prescribed, and they are my closest friends at the moment. Yay for strong medication!

It was a nasty accident, and one which I have learnt much from. From now on I shall change my driving style and general mind set, and I intend to be a more careful and safer driver. I shall also only be driving very safe, slow and sturdy vehicles.

Seriously though, incidents such as this can be life-changing, and I have certainly be effected by the experience. I intend to take something positive from this, and I hope anyone who reads this will consider doing the same.
We only have one chance at this life, and I think I’ve be warned by some higher being to make sure I take better care.

Cringe-worthy pics of my car afer the accident in a storage yard can be seen here on my Flickr photostream.

10 things that I love about my wife

Get your sick bags at the ready, and shut the fuck up, Mary (I’m married - I’m allowed to do this kind of thing every now and then).

1. She laughs at all my silly jokes;
2. She makes me smile everyday;
3. She knows exactly what to say when I need a pick-me-up;
4. She forgives me for all the stupid things I do or say;
5. When I’m grumpy she’s understanding;
6. She never tires of me;
7. She makes me want to be a better person;
8. She’ll always be there for me;
9. We fit like soul mates;
10. She chose me.

10 things to do before I’m 30

1. Lose some weight (I’m getting there!);
2. Gain some muscle (I’m getting there too!);
3. Book a holiday abroad;
4. Figure out what I’m going to do with my career;
5. Finish most of the DIY jobs around the house;
6. Go to Brighton, have fun;
7. Learn to play something new and cool on the guitar;
8. Sort out a bug (classic VW beetle) for us;
9. Take a photo to end all photos;
10. Have a threesome with Angelina Jolie and my wife

10 things I hate about Work

1. They make me get up really, really early every single day;
2. I have to battle through cut-throat traffic for half an hour every single day to get there;
3. I have to go through four (4) secure doors (ID card swipe) in order to get to my seat;
4. There’s not much work at the moment. I have internet access. When bored one tends to surf. You’re not really supposed to be paid to surf the net, but what’s a guy supposed to do?! So I end up in that stupid position of Stealth Surfing;
5. They try to make us eat in the canteen area (I say try because they have yet to make me! I defy them by spreading crumbs and debris at the comfort of my desk);
6. They make me say my name when ever I have to answer the phone;
7. 3 cubicles serving way over 100 men = Not pretty;
8. I have to spend most of my waking life sitting near and talking to people I absolutely fucking despise;
9. Office politics;
10. They make me wear formal attire and don’t even serve Martini’s.

10 things I like about me

1. Being slightly hard of hearing has made me grow up to be a lot more observant and appreciative;
2. I like being tall and strong, and also relatively flexable too;
3. I seem to derive a huge amount of pleasure from photography, and I seem to be relatively good at it;
4. I am the sum of my parents, but with loads more Beta-testing and upgrades applied;
5. I can move both eye brows independantly and at will;
6. I am quite practical, and can usually turn my hand to most jobs that some people would have to pay a tradesman for;
7. My blue eyes;
8. I managed to find and marry my soulmate ;
9. I have a great relationship with my family;
10. I didn’t turn out to be anything like the kids in the neighbourhood I grew up with.

10 things I hate about you (me)

Inspired by purrplechick’s post I have decided to start a ‘10 things…’ series too.
This is my first blog in the series: 10 things I hate about you (me).

1. My memory is worse than that of a brain dead goldfish who has had a frontal lobotomy, and has suffered an amnesia inducing knock to the head;
2. I can’t read a map well enough to actually get to another place;
3. I have a bad temper and get very frustrated;
4. My posture is dreadful;
5. I hardly ever finish a house DIY job properly;
6. I almost never have cash in my wallet at any given time;
7. I have the attention span of the aforementioned goldfish;
8. I’ve lost the back of the car key fob, and now the batteries fall out;
9. I can’t bring myself to buy any other colour boxer shorts than black;
10. I’m too self critical.