I was scrolling through Tik Tok the other day and came across a post by a random guy that said about a golden generation of co workers that were the reason to go to work, that they were once in a lifetime group, that you'll never be able to replicate that group and when that group broke up it was  sad, sad day.

Picture the scene, the time was 1996 and the world was changing for me. I was shedding the childhood years and making a new identity for myself. It wasn't just me changing, the whole world was going through an evolution and at the forefront of this was a new music wave called Britpop. Bands like Blur, Space, Suede, Pulp, The Manic Street Preachers, Ash and of course Oasis were at the forefront of this new culture. It might surprise people who know me, given the fact I was an ardent Oasis fan during the war between them and Blur but the first album of the era I purchased was The Great Escape by Blur but it the Gallagher brothers band that had the impact on me. They had the swagger, the attitude, the whole I don't give a f**k thing going on and I can't deny I thought it was the coolest thing ever.  

I've never been a huge fan of the hot summers. I've always preferred the winter. I love snuggling up under a duvet on a cold night, listening to the wind and rain outside whilst I watch a good horror film, there's just something not as satisfying about doing it during the hot summer, and this summer has indeed been a hot one, far to hot for my liking, and now we're about to hit another heat wave, with most of the country being on an amber weather alert for heat. 

In my last post I promised I would post a little more regularly and well as you can tell if you keep an eye on this thing I haven't kept that promise....but in my defence I have stupidly busy with work, it's been the end of year school party season and I've come to the conclusion that I dislike school children with a passion! I think I may be in the wrong job!

So it's been nearly a month since my last entry, that's a long time for you poor people who read this to wait for an update to my life.....well if my reading figures are true there are a few out there who do take the time out of there busy lives to read the drivel I come up with, so to those people thanks for sticking around and I promise to be better at updating in the future!

So where to begin with this one?

One of the biggest regrets of my life was when at the tender age of 15 I cheated on my then girlfriend Kel by kissing her best friend Lauren when she was away on holiday. I did it on a drunken Friday night at the Town Hall and before you all question how it was allowed that a 15 year old was drunk, let's just say they played fast and loose with the law and besides it was a different time and the world was very much a different place, how else can you explain how they'd get away with playing Children of the Night at least five times a night for us?

It was Benjamin Franklin who said the only two certainties in life are paying taxes and death. I've been on this planet for 43 years now and I can attest to the first one on  an almost daily basis, but lets not dwell on the amount we all pay. The second one not so often but recently its hit home a little bit that we are on this planet only for a finite time and that eventually we all leave this mortal plane.

It's been a while since my last post and a lot has gone on, some bad but mostly good, some sad some funny, some involving drunken midgets and that isn't a joke but that's for later.

I love a good practical joke, during my younger years I was very proficient in pulling off some that looking back were how can I put it not very nice. Laxatives in drinks, putting a nine volt battery upside down in a urinal so that when the urine stream hit it the person using the facilities would get a little shock in a delicate area, sending a video of a clown via Facebook Messenger to someone who was deathly afraid of them all rank in the maybe I shouldn't of done those but it seemed funny at the time.

So this week saw me complete another trip around the sun and add another year to my total. I've never been a huge one for big birthday celebrations and this year was no different. I've never felt the need for big parties or big events and normally I treat the day like it's any other. This year wasn't much different. I spent my actual birthday watching some of my favourite films of all time The Naked Gun (original not remake), Hot Fuzz and The Goonies, after having lunch out with my mum, nan and two aunts, yes I had officially joined the Furnell females club!