I have some very morbid thoughts...

I was watching MTV and Britney Spears song "Everytime" came on (the one where she appears to die in the bath) an I started wondering how people would react if I died tragically (it's gotta be tragically mind, I've always had an eye for the poetic!)

I wondered who would turn up at my funeral, I wondered who would be crying, I wondered would I be able to tell my friends from my "well-wishers", I wondering if my ex-girlfriend would come, I wondered how they would get there, I wondered...

I then started wondering how different people would react if it was them who found me dead...

It's an interesting thought, I wonder what the answer is...

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Values

A true story of values . . . . I was happy. My girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and we decided to get married. My parents helped us in every way, my friends encouraged me, and my girlfriend was a dream!

There was only one thing bothering me, very much indeed. That one thing was my fiancé's younger sister. My prospective sister-in-law was twenty years old, wore tight mini skirts and low cut blouses. She would regularly bend down near me and I enjoyed many pleasant views of her underwear. It had to be deliberate... I didn't notice her doing this near anyone else.

One day the sister called and asked me to come over to check the wedding invitations. She was alone when I arrived and whispered to me that soon I was to be married, and she had feelings and desires for me that she could not overcome. She told me that she wanted to make love to me - just once - before I got married and committed my life to her sister. I was in total shock and couldn't say a word.

She said, "I'm going upstairs to my bedroom, and if you want to go ahead with it just come up and get me."

I was stunned. I was frozen in shock as I watched her go up the stairs. When
she reached the top, she pulled down her panties andthrew them down the stairs at me. I stood there for a moment, then turned and went straight to the front door. I opened the door, stepped out of the house, and began walking directly toward my car.

My future father-in-law was standing outside. With tears in his eyes, he hugged me and said, "We are very happy that you have passed our little test. We couldn't ask for a better man for our daughter."

"Welcome to our family!"

Soon I was married and soon was made a full partner in my in-law's family business. Everything has blossomed in my life. I am a respected member of my community and church.

I was so pleased have affirmation of the values and lessons that I had gotten from family members as I matured from a child to a youth to a boy to a young man. That even though temptations might come across your path and passion could trigger foolishness - that it was prudent to try to give space to a next step, give time to fully understand what might be the dangers in a situation.

So, I am eternally glad to all who have molded and shaped me and taught me how to conduct my life. And particularly I am thankful to my uncle Bobby, and that I kept his lesson as a matter of faith, I really didn't know that what I had thought an inconvenience would end up being such an important factor in my life.

And now, I pass the advice that Uncle Bobby gave to me on as the morale of this story.

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Always keep your condoms in your car.

God damn it eBay!!

Bananas in Pyjamas

"Bananas in Pyjamas are coming down the stairs."
"Bananas in Pyjamas are chasing teddy bears..."

Ah the memories...!

An Apple a Day...

Mmmmmmmmmmmm.....!

p.s. I'm very pleased with it!!

Yaaaaaaaawn! (pt 2)

You ever had one of those days where your strength seems tobe completely gone and all you want to do is curl up in the corner and fall to sleep? I'm having one right now! I feel exhausted. No idea why, I got a full night's sleep! Oh BTW, the nightmares have stopped for the time being. Lets hope their gone for good!!

Quote of the Day

"Mmmmmm, slanty!"
Homer J. Simpson

Quote of the Day

Dental Receptionist : "If you have any problems, just give us a shout."
Me : "Oh I will. I'm not one to suffer in silence!"
Dental Receptionist : "You're a man aren't ya?!"

Excellent response!!

The Week that Was in the Stevie Experience

Well hello everybody! Miss me?!

What a week!! Last time I was talking to you was... last Friday week! That long?! And here's me thinking like it was just a couple of days! Ah how time flies when you're not working!!

Well the party... erm... well what I can remember was excellent!! I definately drank waaaaay too much! One of my friends kept putting double tequilas in front of me!! By the third one I was downing them without salt or the lemon!! God that was fun, watching the bartender's face as I knocked my head back and downed the full glass, put it back on the bar an my friend telling him to refill!!

Back at my place afterwards I spent most of the night in my back garden sitting on a garden table drinking beer, staring at the stars. It's at this point my memory gets hazy! I can remember a friend driving off to the 24hour shop and coming back with ice lollies... man, they were nice! I can remember getting (crawling!) into bed around 6.30am but I am definately missing about two hours somewhere!! God bless tequila!

I woke up on Sunday morning (well technically it was Sunday afternoon, but whatever!) and amazingly, my head wasn't too bad! My stomach was screaming it's protest to my new found love of tequila but other than that I wasn't too bad...

...at least I wasn't too bad until everyone had left. I started the cleanup and everything was going well until I decided to go down to the supermarket to get some food. As soon as the fresh air hit me, I became really (REALLY!) tired and just wanted to sleep! The girl I live with was laughing at me because she said I immediately turned a pale green as soon as I got outside! But, to my credit, I didn't throw up (Saturday or Sunday). Go me!!!

Monday and Tuesday were fairly quite all round except that on Tuesday evening I got a message from a girl asking me was I Stephen? Apparently she had my number in her old phone and she was wondering who I was. Now I have no idea who this girl is or how she got my number but what the hey! I replied and said yes, I was Stevie. And we started chatting. Still don't know how she got my number or knows who I am. She told me that she got it off a friend. Anyways, we've chatted a few times and the text messages are getting... steamier! Now I know good textsex (thanks Dee!!), and she seems very clumsy, but she is making an effort! Who knows maybe she'll improve!! Lol, that makes me sound very shallow! Oh well!!

The rest of the week I spent at home with the family. I enjoyed it, it's nice to go home for a while.

I had to go to the dentist AGAIN on Saturday!! A filling and an extraction. Not fun (the whole left side of my face stopped working for an hour) but just one more visit (another filling and extraction) and I should be finished... hopefully!!

I got a 40Gb iPod on Saturday as well! It's my parents present to me for my 21st, and it kicks ass!! With the ability to hold 10,000 mp3s, I have my ENTIRE CD collection in the palm of my hand! Ah the joys of technology!

Well that's you all up to date! I'm back to work today and I'm snowed under already!! Yipee!!

Stevie ;)

Well I'm off now... PAAAAAAAR-TAAAAAAAAY!

My 21st party is tomorrow night, hopefully I'll have a great time! And I hope to see all you fine people there!!

I have next week off for my holidays so the next time I'll be in work and able to post properly will be Monday, 23rd August. I'll try to get some time o post before that if I can.

Of course I want to see a whole bunch of presents in my inbox when I get back!

Anyways talk to you all later!
Stevie ;)

Stop that damn THUMPING!!!

Argh, my head! This week is not being kind to me! I got a migraine last night just after I came home from work. Even though it was a really mild one (the fact I'm able to look at a computer screen now shows that, usually I'm out for three days) it still knocked me for six. I went to bed last night at 6.15pm yesterday evening and only got up to throw up until 8.30am this morning... not a pleasant night.

Now it feels like I'm hungover (without the fun beforehand!). Head is full of wool, my stomach isn't feeling its usually jovial self and my throat has sealed itself shut! Oh dear, oh dear!

Other than that I'm feeling great!! ;)

Quote of the Day

"The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left."
Jerry M. Wright

Yaaaaaaaawn!

I'm sooooo tired right now. I can bearly keep my eyes open. I'm still not sleeping well and it's getting really annoying. Same dream again last night. I'm so tired

I got a webcam!

ditto!

The Lonely Brain Cell

Once upon a time there was a female brain cell which by mistake happened to end up in a man's head.

She looked around nervously but it was all empty and quiet.

"Hello?" she cried, but no answer.
"Is there anyone here?" she cried a little louder, but still no answer.

Now the female brain cell started to feel alone and scared and yelled at the top of her voice...
"HELLO, IS THERE ANYONE HERE?"
Then she heard a very faint voice from far, far away

















"We're down here .."

Quote of the Day

"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others."
Edward Paul Abbey

Quote of the Day

"To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad."
Jack Handey

Quick Thinker...

A man boarded an aircraft at London's Heathrow Airport and taking his seat as he settled in, he noticed a very beautiful woman boarding the plane. He realized she was heading straight toward his seat and bingo! she took the seat right beside him.

Eager to strike up a conversation, he blurted out, "business trip or vacation?" She turned, smiled enchantingly and said "Business. I'm going to the annual nymphomaniac convention in the United States."

He swallowed hard here was the most gorgeous woman he had ever seen sitting next to him, and she was going to a meeting for nymphomaniacs!

Struggling to maintain his composure, he calmly asked, "What's your business role at this convention?"
"Lecturer," she responded. "I use my experience to debunk some of the popular myths about sexuality."
"Really", he smiled, "what myths are those?"
"Well," she explained, "one popular myth is that African-American men are the most well endowed when, in fact, it's the Native American Indian who is most likely to possess that trait. Another popular myth is that French men are the best lovers, when actually it is the men of Greek descent."

"We have also found that the best potential lovers in all categories are the Irish."

Suddenly the woman became uncomfortable and blushed. "I'm sorry," she said. "I really shouldn't be discussing this with you, I don't even know your name."


"Tonto," the man said. "Tonto Papadopoulos, but my friends call me Paddy."

;)

Naked Spider-Man

Oh no, civilisation as we know it has ended...
Click here... if you dare!

I can see my house from here!!

Some beautiful aerial photos from around the world

But I'm afraid of heights...

Dreams of Fear leads to Fear of Dreams

I hate having nightmares. Which is usually ok, because I hadn't had one in years. Until last week. Now I've been woken up every night in the last five days with the fear of God in me. Last night was especially bad...

I was in a dark room. I could just see the outline of a door ahead of me, the light peeping through the keyhole. I looked around and could see nothing else. I couldn't tell if I was alone or not. I thought I could here breathing but anytime I tried to listen for it, it stopped. I walked towards towards the door. When I got to it, I couldn't find the door handle. I searched frantically for it. Suddenly I heard really heavy breathing behind me. I spun around to see what it was and I was confronted by a young child. She smiled and then disappeared. Not in a puff of smoke or anything, she just kind of dissolved into the background. I turned around again and I could see the door handle at last. I went to open the door but a tremendous fear took hold of my heart. I forced myself to ignore it. As I opened the door a great scream echoed through the room &...

... I woke up. I was sitting up in bed, panting, heart thumping & a cold stream of sweat snaking it's way down my spine. It took me another hour to get back to sleep.

Now I'm not the type of person that allows dreams affect my life. A dream is a dream, it can't hurt you and while it's a major event while it lasts, it's gone as soon as you wake up. But what I realised this morning really shook me... I'm not looking forward to going back to bed tonight. I'm like a two year old, scared of the monsters under my bed. I'm actually afraid of having another dream like it. Which is really stupid. The only thing I can see that I'm scared of in this case is being afraid. I'm going around in circles! I'm afraid of being afraid. That sounds so stupid when you think about it!

As scared as I was/am, I am really interested as to the reason why I've suddenly started having nightmares again. Is it something to do with John? Claire? Something else? Tonight, if I have the same dream again, I'm going to try to talk to the child. Ask her a few questions, see if she can answer my questions. She might be my guide through this.

And what is on the other side of the door that has me so scared. Why can't I see what it is? Why did I wake up just then? So many questions...

Anyways,
Talk to you all later
Stevie

Miss Ireland 2004... especially for JaG!

Quote of the Day

"The way today is going, anything could happen..."
My dentist

That didn't exactly fill me with confidence!!

Miss Ireland 2004

The following is a picture of Miss Ireland 2004. Anyone who has an objection to beauty pagents shouldn't view this picture as it was taken during the "swimwear" round.

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I am Batman

Really, I am!

Fucks sake

I just got a text message from my ex saying she thinks it's best if she doesn't go to my 21st next Saturday...

WTF?!

We're finished, I get it. I thought we were going to stay friends?! I want my friends at my 21st. I still care about you, I don't want to lose you friendship as well.

Argghhhh...

Chicken

Hi all, I trust everyone had a fun weekend!

My weekend was... different. I went home Friday evening and did basically f*ck all for the whole evening! Caught up with the family's stories but very little else!

When I woke up on Saturday, almost immediately a fierce dread hit me... I had to go back to the dentist today! Oh no! Not only that, I also had an appointment with the hygenist... ah well, it's for my own good... gulp!

The dentist actually wasn't too bad, (a filling in 6, upper left, if that means anything to you!) the real pain came at the hygenist, which surprised me. She went around my mouth with a "scrappy thingy" (thats the scientific dentist name for it!) which shot a freezing cold, tiny jet of water out of it. Freezing water impacting on an exposed nerve... ouchie! I felt like strangling her a couple of times!! Oh well, at least she was good looking!

Yesterday was John's funeral and I chickened out. I couldn't go, I couldn't face it, I couldn't see all the same faces again. All the same faces I saw just a year ago. The same faces, the same conversations, the same "it's such a shame" looks from the mourners, the same, the same, all over again. So I didn't go. I didn't know him well enough for me to be missed. I spent a couple of hours in my room thinking about him. I said my prayers for him. I went to the grave that evening to pay my respect. I hope you understand John...

Anyways, that was my weekend.
Hope you had all a good few days
Later
Stevie ;)

Quote of the Day

"We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife."
Groucho Marx

Mmmmmm... philosophical!

My head is getting back to normal. After the hell that was last weekend, I'm finally getting used to the idea of not seeing John* or being with Claire* anymore. Course it'll be a while before I'm totally over it (John's funeral is on Sunday) but I'm getting here.

On my way back home to the family tonight. I got ANOTHER dentist appointment tomorrow, oh lucky me! I'll be back on Monday with a sore mouth (might shut me up for a while! ... Actually, no, it probably won't!) and hopefully that'll be the end of my dentistry for at least a year... please God!

Made a few new MSN friends through this blog, a big shout out to you, you know who you are!! ;)

And also a big shout out to all my regular readers... although I have no idea why you would be interested in my life, I'm very glad you are!!
JustAgirl
Zia
Kaalia
Jenny
Hun

Anyway kids, that's me done for the time being. I'll post later if something comes up. If not, I'll talk to you all on Monday

Stevie ;)

* Names changed

Welcome back!

Just a quick shout out to my girl, JustaGirl!! Welcome back girl!! :)

Quote of the Day

"After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then, to keep the whole thing from collapsing, He invented humor."
Guillermo Mordillo

Ingrediants to make a Stevie (or a Stephen if the fancy takes you!)

SHAMLESSLY NICKED FROM JENNY!
anyone seeing a pattern here?!

How to make a Stevie

Ingredients: 3 parts competetiveness 3 parts self-sufficiency 1 part leadership

Method: Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Add wisdom to taste! Do not overindulge!

Username:

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

How to make a Stephen

Ingredients: 3 parts intelligence 1 part brilliance 5 parts sarcasm

Method: Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Add a little cocktail umbrella and a dash of sadness

Username:

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

Quote of the Day

"Things do not change; we change."
Henry David Thoreau

Weekend from Hell

Hi all. Sorry if any of you missed me, I was on holidays since last Wednesday. Not a fun few days...

Thursday and Friday went okay. Went home to the family, stayed there until Friday evening and then came back here to Waterford. As I was walking into my house I got a phone call from my girlfriend's best friend asking me to her 21st that Sunday. Nice one, I thought, a fun weekend ahead! Alas...

I was woken up on Saturday by my mobile phone ringing beside me. It was my Dad. I answered him and I could tell from the quiver in his voice something was wrong.

DAD: "Stephen, sorry to have to tell you this... John*... John was killed last night in Spain. He... ah... he fell of a balcony."
ME: "... ... Fuck... ..."
DAD: "I know, I'm sorry Stevie..."

John was a friend of mine from Primary school. He's the third person from the year above me to die in the last five years. We weren't that close, but he was a friend. I spent the rest of the day in shock.

I decided to go to the 21st anyway. It might take my mind off things. I got on the bus at 12.30 and arrived 3 hours later. Not a bad bus journey considering. I got to the birthday girl's house. It was a fun gathering but I was distracted. I went into my room for the night to change my shirt and my girlfriend Claire* followed me. We started talking and we came to the conclusion that although we really care about each other, it just wasn't working between us. I knew this, I just didn't want to acknowledge it. We decided to break up. A mutual decision, the right decision but I still hurt. I know it wasn't working with her but I will miss her.

That night we all went clubbing. I drank waaaaaay too much and then everything hit me at once... John, Claire, the drink... and I broke down in the middle of the club. Spent the next hour outside trying to compose myself. Claire came looking for me to see what was wrong. I told her about John. I spent the rest of the night spilling my heart to her about John, about her, about everything. It was such a relief to get everything off my chest. I think we are closer friends now than in the whole nine months we were going out.

And that was my holidays, not the best, but definately the most memorable.

Claire, I love you & I will miss you.

John, God speed. I hope it's better up there than down here at the moment. Put in a good word for me with the Big Guy!! ;)

Life extinguished way too early,
God takes what we earned fairly,
Life demanding more than I can give,
God challenges us, our life to live.

04/08/2004

Anyways, that was my weekend. Definately the most eventful of my recent life.
Stevie

* Names changed

Quote of the Day

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
Mark Twain