Yes, I’m still alive and well, but I have been fucking busy as hell over the past few weeks with various things.

First and foremost, I’ve been driving my new car into the ground. I’m absolutly loving topless driving (no not *that* kind, you dirty perverts!), I just can’t describe what it’s like to cruise around in the baking heat with the roof down, the sun overhead and an open road in front of me. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to a normal car again. On the back of this experience, I’ve also taken over the website pug-cc.com (if you have a cc type peugeot, you should head over!), as part of this I’ve been doing a full CSS redesign, patching the message board, working on a content management system etc etc etc, and it’s keeping me quite busy!
Secondly, I’ve been looking after my two new hamsters. I originally bought just the one hamster, but she was so cute and so much fun that I went crazy and bought another.  I now have two hamsters, One is a tan coloured, shorthaired female Syrian called Minni, and the other is a dark grey long haired syrian male called Max (minni and max, gettit?). They both have very different personallities so require different approaches when it comes to getting them used to being handled. Minni was a biter when I first got her, but has recently chilled out and become quite easy to handle, Max on the other hand is chilled out and very docile until you pick him up at which point he likes to go crazy and jump out of your hands, no matter where you are. I’ll post pics of these guys very soon hopefully.

Also, last week I went on a crazy stag weekend in Berlin and I can honestly say, spending time in Berlin has really changed my view of the Germans. I used to think they were all precise, cold uptight pricks but I couldn’t have been further from the truth. In my whole time in Berlin, I didn’t meet a single German that met my stereo type, in fact, most couldn’t have been further from that! Also, while in Berlin I discovered that I quite enjoy a round or two of the old Kareoke and that Germans make very very nice beer. I really want to go back to Berlin for a week or more, so I can see a bit more of the place without the influence of quite so many beers.

On top of that, of course, theres the day job plus running my own business, spending time with the missus and various family bits and bobs as well. You could say that there just aren’t enough hours in the day!

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