I am Mike. Here me roar.

In response to: "Of nieces and doctors..." 423 days old
by Andi M [Visitor]

Hi--good posy. Nothing like getting back into your favourite pair of jeans. Peacocks are mine, they have some great jeans online at the moment. more…

In response to: "Lemon juice on a paper cut" 773 days old
by Mcgill [Visitor]

James Blunt is not providing the sort of music that people to love to listen to. He's no more a singer, more precisely. more…

In response to: "Wanted, dead or alive..." 800 days old
by Clapham [Visitor]

"Would I pay £200 for six weeks of lie-ins and the odd night in the pub? Rhetorical, that." - I know the question is Rhetorical, but i think its worth it! :) I hope you did well in the interview. more…

In response to: "You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole" 938 days old
by jamesz [Member]

Hehe. That was awesome. Life can feel a bit unfulfilling sometimes. I'd let the crisps stay as crisps. McCoys - the king of crisps: Thy only bag better than thou bag coloured green, is that bag coloured red.

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In response to: "You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole" 975 days old
by beccasawyer [Member]

he's back in action! more…

In response to: "You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole" 1020 days old
by morelearning [Member]

Hey, welcome back. more…

In response to: "Lemon juice on a paper cut" 1159 days old
by becca [Visitor]

I HATE that James Morrison song, thank you mike for so wonderfully stating what I had been thinking since I saw his bag o' shite video on the box. Well, believe me when I say the musical soundtrack to any job in retail teaches most musically inclined employees a lesson in feigned deafness. I seem to remember we had a video selection at topshop in w more…

In response to: "Lemon juice on a paper cut" 1160 days old
by  [Visitor]

I don't think I have heard anything by him although I thought that I had only heard one James Blunt song but without me noticing I seem to have heard the whole album.

Probably through shopping in places like Borders...where, incidently, I was yesterday. Buying holiday books with my boyfriend (although I came out with Baudillaire -degr more…

In response to: "Lemon juice on a paper cut" 1161 days old
by morgan [Visitor]

Ha. You OWN me? Didn't they make you dress up like a wizard? what are you going to do, cast a bookselling spell condemns me to a life working for the borders group?

glad to hear it's going ok, but it is dull, isn't it? Much as the lure of full time work enthralls me, the last thing i want to do now is have to prove myself to more banal more…

In response to: "Blogging is really really difficult....." 1163 days old
by  [Visitor]

I ONLY blog at work.

In fact I've started to believe that is what they are paying me to do.

Here right now and all weekend.

Sigh.



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In response to: "Bordering on the insane" 1169 days old
by beccasawyer [Member]

I know I was one the who said you could read lots of books, well bollocks to you. However, if you fancy gettig me a job too.. I mean, that wouldnt be too bad would it? I am nearing mental breakdown when I think about my money situation.. god its screwed. Royally. Hope you are spiritually replenished. more…

In response to: "Bordering on the insane" 1171 days old
by  [Visitor]

Pleased you got a job.

If you are still working there on Christmas Eve I'll be the one looking panicked ,running around buying ANYTHING. It's almost a ritual now.

Party Bizniz...my, what an inventive use of spelling....sounds like hell on earth.

Enjoy your weekend...sounds nice. more…

In response to: "the best sport in the world" 1174 days old
by Emsbabee ^Pro

Bloody hell, you are dedicated to your cause. Why not bump off that god-awful film critic in the Daily Mail and then apply for his job, shake the place up a bit? more…

In response to: "Wanted, dead or alive..." 1177 days old
by beccasawyer [Visitor]

Ha ha, you do live in the edge Mikey boy. I had a clepto moment was I was in the states and stole some tic tacs. I was blind drunk, and didnt even manage to steal the flavour I like (mint) and ended up with the orange and lime flavour ones (shudder). I think that speaks volumes about the morality of stealing. You may steal, but you will pay eventua more…

In response to: "Wanted, dead or alive..." 1178 days old
by Emsbabee ^Pro

Book shop job, book shop job, it's a great way to meet women (apparently). Have you seen Black Books? It's also a great way to meet big hairy men and make them your slave more…

In response to: "Wanted, dead or alive..." 1178 days old
by  [Visitor]

I suggest you go back and admit to your crime immediately and offer to wash dishes for a day to repent.

This sort of behaviour is the first step on a slippery slope to crime.

Next thing you know you'll be helping yourself to the odd pick 'n' mix as you walk past the counter in Woolies.

When I lived in South Lo more…

In response to: "Wanted, dead or alive..." 1179 days old
by enos grave [Visitor]

Man steals coffee, then agonises. Wow.

But at least you shared it with the world. more…

In response to: "Wanted, dead or alive..." 1180 days old
by timekillingkid [Member]

7-5, 6-4! Might want to make that a tenner. ;) more…

In response to: "I am not a beautiful and unique snowflake." 1180 days old
by  [Visitor]

My God. I now know more about 'bashful bladder' than I ever thought possible, or indeed useful. I can regale my male friends with my new found knowledge and make them worry about my mental health, so thank you!

Was that your brothers only voyage into journalism?I hope it didn't put him off... more…

In response to: "I am not a beautiful and unique snowflake." 1181 days old
by morganb [Member]

my branch of books etc is looking for staff right now. any cv that mentions that you have read a book in the last five years will get you an interview, and any knowledge of a review section will get you the job, once in said interview.

it's near london bridge, the discount is 30%.
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In response to: "I am not a beautiful and unique snowflake." 1181 days old
by mikeyboy [Member]

Ah cheers m'dears, but I know I'm not alone, my brothers suffer from it too - it must be genetic. In fact, my brother actually researched and wrote an article about the condition - it's called paruresis - and sent it to Take A Break... who rejected him flat-out, assuming him to be taking the piss. Pun intended, but I'm not lying about the article o more…

In response to: "I am not a beautiful and unique snowflake." 1181 days old
by  [Visitor]

I saw they had lots of Front of House jobs going at the Barbican the other day if you want something student-y...don't know if you are going to do an M/A or not.Part time, mindless, but nicer than Borders and Starbucks with a handy staff pass that gets you into lots of places free and an array of entertainment at your disposal.My V&A one gets m more…

In response to: "Stupid keyboqrds qnd nqrroa)-minded English tourists (moi)" 1188 days old
by  [Visitor]

we need pics of this said fez!! juz like that....;) (Cooper, T) more…

In response to: "Stupid keyboqrds qnd nqrroa)-minded English tourists (moi)" 1189 days old
by  [Visitor]

You bought a fez????? more…

In response to: "Right on, Brighton (or: Brighton rocks)" 1190 days old
by beccasawyer [Member]

genuinely glad that you were genuinely glad to meet up with me... more…

In response to: "Pretentious? Moi?" 1192 days old
by  [Visitor]

I was about to say i can't imagine being like that with any of my friends but actually...since a few of them have had children or got married I have found it very hard to relate to them. Alot of my friends are married with kids and it's fine.

But some...the change between us has been huge and I can imagine meeting up in just 5 years an more…

In response to: "I love the smell of keyboards in the morning..." 1192 days old
by  [Visitor]

I suppose seling out is not working towards what you want because you are too scared of not suceeding or want to take the money now. Selling yourself short perhaps and taking the easy, maybe better paid, option.

I have a couple of friends that are successful journalists now and whilst our other friends were working in the city, earning more…

In response to: "I love the smell of keyboards in the morning..." 1199 days old
by mikeyboy [Member]

cool. Can you get me a job?

nothing wrong with Smallville, by the way. Had I the capacity for such long-term commitment then I'm sure I'd be well into it right now... apparently Lois has just joined. It's on E4 all the freakin' time but... an hour... every week... same time, same place... never going to happen. Too many ellipses. Again more…

In response to: "I love the smell of keyboards in the morning..." 1199 days old
by morganb [Member]

I think you were too hard on Superman. If it is, as almost every reviewer would have us believe, the most relevant form of the judaeo-christian mono-myth going around then I think you can consider Superman Returns the re-Genesis chapter, and thus its length is unavoidable. If i'm honest I didn't even notice my legs were dead half-way through more…

In response to: "I love the smell of keyboards in the morning..." 1201 days old
by timekillingkid [Member]

Well if there is a God, he's a Geordie. ;) more…