Budget rant, sock porn and fist action

Work's been hogging my attention this week which is no bad thing. Everyone wants a piece of me lately and I've been rewarded with a good reputation with managers. The budget annoyed me this week in the most obscure way. Normally, such a dull subject passes me with only a headline to summarise my understanding of it but this year will cost me an extra £500. I've been waiting to buy a laptop since last year taking advantage of the Home Computer Initiative with Kerry's work offering it once then my work mentioning its fore-coming last month. But thanks to a fat Scottish bloke I'll have to either fork out extra or get cheap crap. Rant ends.

Flickr brings up some strange encounters every so often. My latest Spinnaker Tower photos impressed someone in the weirdest way. This photo was picked as someone's favourite for a disturbing way. Flickr allows you to see their photo collection in a picture-loving community way but after seeing this guy's photos I'm not so sure it's such a good idea. Even stranger was his friend's photos!

Tomorrow I'll be entering a karate tournament in Reading. Never done anything like this before so it should be interesting. There's two parts to the competition: the first is performing a kata which is an individual routine or sequence of moves, blocks, punches and kicks in front of judges then getting scored like a gymnast; the second will be kumite which is 'non-contact' fighting with 90 second bouts. They say non-contact but part of the conditions to enter are shin/foot pads, groin and mouth guards. There's some guys in my club I try to avoid when sparring as they turn into 'did you spill my pint/what are you looking at' brawlers, just looking for a channel to divert their GBH tendencies. I've been told that some of these guys will be there but even more to worry about are the brown belts of other regions who will have more clout, experience, mental problems and a point to prove. By Monday I may look like Shane MacGowan dressed as a panda. Wish me luck!
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Steve Wilde said…
What did you tag that photo with? Like - how do you find sock pictures? Euww... No, that's all wrong!
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