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My work experience/trial/whatever the heck it was ended on Friday, and they did not offer me a job, so I am going to assume they're not going to at all. Which is a shame, because I really actually enjoyed it, in spite of having dry a f hands with tens of tiny cardboard cuts on them.
Oh well.
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In other news, I am reading another book! It is Richard by Ben Myers, and it is fucking awful. It is a fictional autobiography of Richey Edwards (hence why I am reading it) and it's just. Badly written, and badly researched, and it relies on some terrible, horrible, out dated a f stereotyping (anything related to Richey's mental health problems, but also with regard to Sean and his weight). I'm actually surprised he's not more shitty about Nicky's choice of attire/love of make-up, if I'm honest.
I'm going to leave a scathing review on Goodreads, and hopefully the author will never find out it was me, because he lives locally and he could probably kick my arse.
Tangentially talking of the Manics, I am now caught up on every single album! I don't know what I was worried about (apart from Postcards From a Young Man, that can go in the bin; I did not like it). The only problem I've found is that the copy of Lifeblood I received has a scratch that renders the second half of To Repel Ghosts and the entirety of Emily unplayable, which is not good (and a shame, because I was enjoying Ghosts till it started skipping).
I have put in a request for a replacement and apparently the site I bought it from will send me one and not ask me to return the current copy because it's worth less than a fiver! Well, maybe. I'll have to see what they say. I feel bad about complaining, but this is literally the first time I've ever had to ask for a replacement or refund off this site - everything I've ever bought from them has always been in really good nick.
But other than that, things have generally been a good time! Now I just need to rip everything to my external HD and then I will be very happy.
Oh well.
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In other news, I am reading another book! It is Richard by Ben Myers, and it is fucking awful. It is a fictional autobiography of Richey Edwards (hence why I am reading it) and it's just. Badly written, and badly researched, and it relies on some terrible, horrible, out dated a f stereotyping (anything related to Richey's mental health problems, but also with regard to Sean and his weight). I'm actually surprised he's not more shitty about Nicky's choice of attire/love of make-up, if I'm honest.
I'm going to leave a scathing review on Goodreads, and hopefully the author will never find out it was me, because he lives locally and he could probably kick my arse.
Tangentially talking of the Manics, I am now caught up on every single album! I don't know what I was worried about (apart from Postcards From a Young Man, that can go in the bin; I did not like it). The only problem I've found is that the copy of Lifeblood I received has a scratch that renders the second half of To Repel Ghosts and the entirety of Emily unplayable, which is not good (and a shame, because I was enjoying Ghosts till it started skipping).
I have put in a request for a replacement and apparently the site I bought it from will send me one and not ask me to return the current copy because it's worth less than a fiver! Well, maybe. I'll have to see what they say. I feel bad about complaining, but this is literally the first time I've ever had to ask for a replacement or refund off this site - everything I've ever bought from them has always been in really good nick.
But other than that, things have generally been a good time! Now I just need to rip everything to my external HD and then I will be very happy.