jimmybob69

Hi people.....
Haven't updated in ages so I think I have a lot to write....but we'll see. Where to start?
Well....a couple of weeks ago I went away with Senior Management for the Microsoft Challenge up in Scotland.It was 5 days of orienteering, canoeing, running and mountain biking around the Isle of Arun and all over and around the mountainous regions.We had to complete tasks, collect tokens etc in a wide variety of challenges that tested intelligents fitness and strategy. It certainly isn't everyone's cup of tea but I was in my element! The weather was glorious the competition was fun and the management team are all really great guys. Darren put together a slideslow on a dvd and I just watched it. No word of a lie....I actually had a tear in my eye, I still can't believe it is over and I refuse to settle back into work again!
I started seeing a Kiwi guy called Shaun but that has kind of fizzled out now and I'm currently dating a guy caled Shane from Southend. He is a primary school teacher, although he has a law degree, and it quite refreshing to meet a guy so far apart from the corporate tossers I normally like. We are on our third date now and it is certainly looking promising. Watch this space.
I have FINALLY sent off my provisional license form and hopefully I'll start learning in a couple of weeks. I have aready saved a couple of grand for my first car, so I'll be the honourary driver for all nights out when I eventually pass my test.
I have also started teaching down at the diving club on Sundays. Since my banking job is certainly unfulfilling and rather dull at times, I wanted to do something a little more rewarding. The kids are all brilliant (bar a few tantrums here and there) and I've entered a few in their first competition in a couple of weeks which I am really excited about!
Hmmmm....what else to report on? Ah yes....I have entered myself in my first triathlon for September. It is the annual Men's Health triathlon meet so I am training hard at the moment for that. Hopefully I won't keel over and die/make a complete prat of myself. It will be in London so any support will be greatly appreciated, although I am pretty sure I'll be f*ing and blinding the whole way. It won;t be pretty that's for sure.
Well I think that is pretty much it in the life of James at the moment....until next time, bye for now! (what show is that from???)
xjx

Things to do.....
1) Send off for provisional liscence
2) Send off Uni application
3) Meet a new hot guy that takes my mind off arthur
4) Save £300 a month for property
5) Go to brighton, Manchester, Exeter and Southampton.
6) Book a holiday.

Hopefully within the next two/three months I will have done all of these things!
J

I'm sitting here at work...a little bored and this amazing thought came to me. As I sit her with my mouth closed, my mouth must be a really dark place.
This revelation has blown my mind!
xjx
P.S: Must stop sniffing glue, haha!

Hi everyone.
well...at the start of this week I was a single man with his dignity intact. O what a difference a week can make. i plan on doing nothing this weekend as this week has been filled with thrills and spills. I shall begin......
I returned to work Tuesday begrudgingly, and arranged to go out with an old 'flame' as some may call it, others who are less polite would call it a 'shag' lol, in soho fro dinner and drinks. We went down into the friendly society and consumed bottle after bottle after bottle or rose wine. (I think it is fair to say that's where it all went wrong) Me and Lars (his name-he's Danish)continued to scour sohos bars looking for hot men, before we began chewing each others faces off and had a rendezvous in the toilets in rupert st. (Yes I am a classy laydee, I know!) Post bum-fun we decided to call it a night as it was getting late, so he walked me to Tottenham Court Road station. after Lars walked off I thought it would be a great idea to pop round to Arthur's (wrong move, I know!) I buzzed his door and he let me up, and as I stumbled into his flat I started to declare my undying love for him and that I wanted him back (this was my way of trying to get some action) When he explained that one last night of passion was not going to be healthy, I stormed about screaming, took all my remainding stuff out of his wardrobe and left.
On the tube home I decided that I didn't really want to go to my house, so I phoned up Arthur's mates' ex boyfriend (who has since become a good friend of mine) asking if I could stay. he sayed yes, as he is a night person anyway and so I travelled to Canning Town. When I arrived at Canning Town station I called Leon asking for directions; he continued to explain that I needed to cross this arterial motorway "at the breaks int eh barriers" which is basically a crappy way of saying "at the traffic lights." I looked for these 'breaks but I couldn't see them so I just hopped over these barriers. In the middle of the motorway, under the flyover I went to jump a 3rd barrier, i then fell a good 6/7ft drop. whoops! I was stuck in this hole and I couldn't get out. I then noticed a tunnel, which I thought would lead me out, so I crawled through this black soot/dust/crap and found myself in the middle of the roundabout nearby. Again....James was stuck. At this point I was hysterical so I just sat cross-legged in the middle of this grassy roundabout and cried. I had to phone Leon who had to pull onto this roundabout and rescue me. O DEAR!
I was supposed to have drinks with Arthur Wednesday night, but he cancelled as 'I treat him like shit' which is a fair point as I have been pretty abusive when we have rowed drunkenly.
So wednesday night I had dinner with the girls which was a wicked evening, but the food in Zizi's is proper bland. Of course, the company made the night anyway.
Last night I had the gay-interbank function at the swanky 'prism' bar down by Bank station. It is basically where gay suits in their 30's get together for formal post-work drinks- a great opportunity to (a) find a rich man and (b)get some connections. I thought I wouldn't drink but they gyus were having none of it, so glass after glass after glass was consumed (all for free as the MD of rabobank was out) and I continued to flirt quite profusely to every man with two legs and a penis in sight. at the end of the night I decided my colleague (a rather loaded one with an apartment) looked better than at the start of the evening so we had a bit of a rendezvous round his. I was a true laydee and we only snogged and maybe played briefly. Of course this morning was not at all awkward when I bumped into him in the lift. I do kinda like him, but its definately a non-starter!
I am out tonight in London I believe, and then my weekend shall be soent recouperating.
That is a week in the life of James.
Hope you enjoyed readin this! Lol.
xjx

Right......EVERYONE!
Now that I am a singleton and I'm still a little hurt by my split with Arthur, I feel the need to spend as much times with my friends as physically possible. So can we all/ individuals let me know when you're free so we can have a drink and a boogie, and then I can dance my troubles away.
I truly need my friends right now, so if you don't want to comment can you call/text me in the next couple of days.
I have a date with a cute personal trainer from my gym in a few weeks, but I'm hoping to get under a few more men before then. So PLEASE help me in my search for gorgeous guys with great bods. I would go life but it aint pretty in there nowadays.
xjx

Well....for those of you that didn't know (which is probably very few) I broke up with Arthur on Sunday night. We had two rather large rows on both Friday and Sunday night and it just made me look at the whole relationship and it wasn't going to work. He wanted to move in an area that i couldn't really afford. He's also 15 years older and has already seen and experienced so much that I still want to experience. I want to travel, to do volunteer work, to pass my driving test, to start my degree. He just wants to settle down. we are basically at two different stages of our lives. I have no regrets of the past 8 months with him; but here is to looking into the future and all the cool exciting things that we are yet to encounter!
xjx

Hi all,

Hope you have all been well. I have been gymming it stupid amounts recently. I actually went twice today and my body has had enough, it actually hurted my arms to brush my teeth this morning. It is a tragic state of affairs.
I just fancied an update, as i haven't in a while, although there is not much to tell.
I do however have some good news....
I got selected to go away with senior management in June. It is an outdoor pursuits week up in Scotland where we mountain bike, kyack, swim and run across muddy and hilly terrain, whilst solving puzzles. I am basically going on it to network with senior management, so when bonus and pay-rise time come round again they may be more than kind.
Also enjoying work alot more recently, made a few gay friends who are quite senior in the company, so I have permanent gym and lunch-buddies. I'm also getting to know alot more people around the bank and everyone is so friendly, so I don't feel as confined to my desk space anymore.
In other news Arthur returned from Aus Sunday morning, so he took me out for a champagne breakfast at Balans in soho, and then we continued to drink for a further 11 hours with his friends. Getting a McDonalds at the end of the night seemed like such a great idea, and i discovered those free vouchers you get when you purchase an extra value meal are deadly, 2 big macs and a cheeseburger later I had to stick my fingers down my throat as it wasn't sitting too neatly in my stomach. I know what you're thinking....."classy lady" indeed!
As I said....Hope all is well with everyone that reads this.
xjx
P.S: Thanks Prue for going out of your way to bring my wallet round....appreciate it muchly!

Hi guys....particularly Martin!!!!
I have been given this puzzle to solve to decide whether I get to go on this adventures weekend with senior Management from rabobank.

Wondering if anyof you have a clue???

It is as follows:

FPT5 UDOSSDSA RH TOEG AOANT G TTGOHO OAET ER


There no clues, but I assume it's an annogram???

The weekend is based on team building, and it raises money for the NSPCC. I don't know if this info will help. It is also up in Scotland and involves activities such as kyacking, running and mountain biking.

Please help if you can!

Loves ya all
xjx

Prue......I NEED my wallet, phone and i-pod back.
Can you reply on this or call me at work to arrange returning them. Cheers babe.
I'm not sure if I can even get into work without my pass that's in my wallet.
My work number is 0207 809 3058.
Or if anyone has Prue's number can they please e-mail me it, either on here or james.matthews@rabobank.com.
This is URGENT!
So can whoever please reply asap.
Thanks!
xjx

I CAN'T STRESS HOW URGENT THIS IS!!!!

Hi all,

Had a really hectic weekend all in all but it was SO much fun.
Went to Brentwood Friday night with Kate, Dani, Steph and Caz. Was a superb night. Just getting a silly drunk and dancing like fools. *does crazy scream whilst shaking head like the drugs people whose heads exploded* It always seems like such a good idea at the time to start breakdancing to Run DMC's It's like that. But i wouldn't recommend backflipping in the middle of a club to anyone.
Saturday I went to Covent garden to gym it, and then ended up goin out with Arthur's friends in soho. Stayed at Arthur's friends apartment in docklands (which I have now decided thats where I want to live), woke up still pissed and started the day as we meant to go on with vodka martini's in bed at 10 a.m. Went out for a Whetherspoon's roast on the Sunday, returned home and then went to 131 last night. Which is actually a bloody good night.
Now my head hurts, my throat is sore and my voice is so hoarse that I sound like a drag queen. Drinking is not big and its not clever......but it is fun!
xjx