1. It is wise to always know where your cigarette is in relation to your body and whatever it is you are doing. Answering your phone with it in your mouth and accidentally hitting the phone off the lit end, making said end fall into your clevage is seriously not a good thing to have done. It hurts, burns and will leave a mark.

2. When removing a burning ember from within your clothing, it is a good thing not to do it when sitting on your faveourite blanket. Inevitably, a piece of it will scorch your faveourite blanket, making your curse like the dickens.

3. Never, ever let anyone in your family know about points 1 and 2. They will make your life a living hell.

4. It is unwise to try to remove a box of chocolate from a 3 year old's hands. They will scream and it won't be pretty. Even if it was your chocolate in the first place.

5. The bulb in the bathroom light will go out at 1 in the morning when all the shops around are closed and you have a guest staying. Sorry Cousin Brian, but you will have to pee in the dark. Please try and hit the mark.

6. Catwoman, while not the best movie in the world, wasn't actually that bad. I will admit to that in any court of your choosing.

7. I love Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger? it makes me laugh. Funny cats. I will not admit to that in court.

8. It is wise to make sure that you can see out of the back window of your car before reversing. You might nearly hit your neighbour.

9. My neighbour has a good sense of humour. And will not sue.

10. My sister really wants me to buy a dog. No matter how many times I tell her I want a cat.

11. I do not learn from my mistakes. Please see points 1 and 2...and possibly 8.

Er... wee question re point no.4?

What on earth were you doing - letting a child near your chocolate?

Isa greedy selfish chocoholic. Even the dog, mayhecausemayheminheaven, knew not to mooch chocolate off me

Sounds like an eventful Christmas, Maz!

1. Never believe mechanics, especially when they make you order a 300€ wheel hub on the sole basis of "some other guy in a tyre changing place said the wheel hub looked wonky" without bothering to check aforesaid wheel hub.

2. When you go in to have the wheel hub changed and they find out there is nothing wrong with the original one, stand up for yourself when the idiot guy who made you order it without checking says he won't take it back.

3. Never believe mechanics. Especially not when you're unemployed, broke, and it's the middle of the christmas season.

4. Don't even think about going shopping on new year's eve, even if you really don't have anything left to eat in the house. Except cherry liqueur chocolates.

12. Today, apparently, is the day I ruined several peoples New Years resolutions. I learned not to bring in two tins of sweets and chocolates to work. And Hazelnut Whirls hurt when hurled at you by someone who plays camogie.

13. Boss man is still a wanker. Miracles do not happen overnight, nor do they happen over Christmas. Bah. Humbug.

14. Realised why my brother is moving to a different town. He's got a new girlfriend who lives even further away than it. Think he is trying to tell us something but I can't quite put my finger on it.

15. Cheap nail varnish is worth less than you paid for it.

16. My cousins 3 year old chocolate stealing girl no longer likes me. Boo Hoo.

17. If you leave work for a week and a half...it does build up. And my boss has no problem with approaching me knowing that I have a week and a half worth of work to catch up on, tell me I am now the proud owner of a new project, I'm covering reception while the silly mares go and celebrate someones birthday and would I mind having that report she didn't bother telling me about ready by tomorrow morning.

18. The death stare does not work any more. See Above.

19. Hold a six month old baby for any longer than five minutes and you will be covered in drool. No matter how cute baby is.

20. My car is a heap of shite and people will honk at you if your car decides to completely lose all power in the middle of a junction. It is also impossible to get a reliable garage to work on your car directly after New Year.

er, Happy New Year?

Number 1 for today: Youth Hostels. It's all in the name. If you're not a Youth, and therefore don't party until 4am, and especially if you have to get up and go to a job interview the next day, stay away even if it is the only accomodation you can afford in the whole city.

2. Italians suck, especially when drunk at 4am when you're trying to sleep

Ouch, Katcal... Hope your interview went well! ::Fingers crossed for luck::

Things learned today:

No matter how bad your most comfortable shoes look, if you have to run around a city all day between interviews, go with the comfy shoes, or your feet will wait until you're asleep and then strangle you.

QWERTY sucks.

Hope your successful with your interviews.

Things I've learned today...

Lad in office has no new years resolutions - still a liar, still lazy... Probably still thinks we (others in office, including moi) are stupid.

Pigs still fly

How true, how true! The worst is when you end up cutting both your ankles and your toes on them. I hope the interviews become worth it!

Rewr, Pigs are very aerodynamic animals. I thought everyone knew that

On a side note, I'm smoking again and I just had a Chinese. I have re-learned that New Years Resolutions do not last

Well no wonder. The Chinese are not known for their curing power of addictions, especially smoking being such prodigious smokers themselves. Having a Chinese likely got you a hit of nicotine that reignited your brain to its craving and said "smoke a cigarette NOW!"

I dread to think what having an Indian would do

1. Don't go to Sephora with your perfume-loving best friend. You will leave this place as good as high