» Will you go out with me?

Cheesy but it worked
Not current, but hey.

A pleasant early summer's day a few years ago. I'd effectively already graduated from uni, having no finals and my dissertation handed in. Life was good so I was hitting the uni bar regularly.

We're out at the uni club, at my favourite indie night. Within 5 minutes of walking in, a girl catches my eye. Being nicely drunk, I believe I winked and wandered off. More general fun was had, until again this girl catches my eye, in another part of the club. Somewhat (and much alcohol) later, there she is again. Alcohol-induced confidence means it storm over this time and declare:

'Are you following me?'.

Cue much bumping and grinding and a night at her place. And a very, very lovely summer of fun with her before I stuffed it up by skipping the country for a while. Ach, too many regrets.
(Fri 29th Aug 2008, 19:49, More)

» Claims to Fame

rubbish celebs
i work in a big students union, so get to meet the odd c-list celebrity.

on tuesday Goldie (rap geezer and actor, was in snatch and the world is not enough) said unto me 'double vodka on the rocks mate'. i ignored him (mostly because we cant give freebies even to shitty celebs)
i met marco from BB5 (incredibly camp one). He really is that camp-i got a proper 'hiya!' *insert wave here* from him.
and i met Mr Scruff too. top bloke, gave freebies to all the staff.

my job rocks. thoguh probably not befitting of this question.
(Thu 24th Feb 2005, 18:57, More)

» Office Christmas Parties

No humbugs here...
I guess ill delurk merely because its my xmas party on monday.

Its actually a half decent one, held in the club i work in (behind bar), free food, entry and all that jazz. Whilst being a nosy bastard and snooping around the boss's office, i stumbled upon the drinks prices-virtually everything £1 or £1.50 a drink, not bad. They offered us double time for bar staff to work it, but im much happier to go and get plastered.

However, this pales in comparison the the end of (academic) year party they throw. Where they bring in 25+ crates of beer, plus anything in the cellar likely to go rancid over the summer, sit us in the bar with free chilli (plus the inevitable people turning up with drugs of choice), and leave us to it. I stumbled home at 9.45, having to move out of my halls by 10.00 that morning.

Then again, we damn well deserve it (and better), because its the bars we work our asses off on that make ours the best Student's Union in the country.
(Sat 18th Dec 2004, 14:40, More)

» Have you ever started a fire?

Bar antics
Well, i like to think of myself as a bit of a pyro, although actual damamge caused is minimal.
Anyhow, compared to most of the stories here, this is pretty tame, but it was funny at the time all the same.

Down in the bar in my hall, a load of us were sat round having a pint or two, like us students do. Anyhow, one of us, Tom, was fiddling with a bic lighter, cranking it up like everyone does. He lights it once, and nearly sets his eybrows on fire. Not put off, he continued cranking.
A few minutes later, he sparks it again. Flames literally burst from the lighter, enveloping it and half of his hand. we look round and see these huge flames (he'd pretty much cranked the little thing off). Being quite disturbed by this, tom decides to fling the lighter away.
At me.
Said fireball bounces off my shoulder, which is pretty startling, and lands on the bench next to me, scorcing the fabric. cue lots of shouting and beating to put out this little maniac lighter. Apparently with this trick he burnt up half the fuel in a brand new lighter in maybe 5 seconds.

I dont think tom plays with lighters anymore.

Long time lurker, first time poster
sorry about length for such a boring story
(Wed 3rd Mar 2004, 20:50, More)