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Friday - 11th October 2002

Today I did a bit of work to David's and my Nottingham Gay Scene website, then it some house work, getting the place really for David coming tonight, I am really looking forward to it, as I have not seen him since last Tuesday.

Monday - 14th October 2002
Today David and me got up at 6:30am so that we could get the 7:42am train to Liverpool, so that we would be there in time for his first lecture.

So it’s been a lot of a long day, well at least the train was on time, and David got to his first lecture on time. And better then all that I am getting to spent the week with David.

Thursday - 17th October 2002
Today I did some more work to the Nottingham Gay Scene website. We were hoping to get the website finished a long time ago, we never find the time to sit down and get it done.
Friday - 18th October 2002

Today I have mainly been working on my Killearn on the Web site. I have been working on it on and off since 2000, and at long last, I feel like I am starting to get somewhere with it.

I have also been doing more job hunting today, joining more job search engines etc. In the last number of days I have had some emails, and calls back about my CV, so you never know I may get a new job soon. Well we all live in hope.

Oh and i am also looking forward to Monday because I am doing some more work at Peatling for the first time, in god knows now long.

In the evening David, me and his housemates', went to the local Odeon cinema and watched Red Dragon. It was great film, well wrone going to see.

Sunday - 20th October 2002

I helped David do a meal for his housemates, myself and his Mum and Dad. Or should I say did the washing up, as I am not very good at cooking. It reminded me of being back at Peatling, because of all the wishing up.

Then I helped David sort his room back out again, after his parents where here, to put up a shelf and curtain rail and curtains. His room feels a lot more homely now. It also means that we should sleep better, since the room will be darker.

Monday - 21st October 2002

I am very pissed off today, as I should have been at work. But no one sorted out my rail tickets, so I had no way of getting to Stamford. I could have really done with the money. Oh well, at least there is one good thing about it. I get to spend another week with my David, which can't be bad at all.

Other then that David and me did work to the Nottingham Gay Scene website, if you have not looked at it more in while I would recommend that you go and have a look.

Saturday - 26th October 2002

Today is the day that David, and me have been waiting for since April. The Gareth, Will, and Zoe concert. It is also a very important day because David and me have also been going out for 9 months.

It was a great day but a very long one. We both got up at 6:30am to get the 8:21am train to Newcastle. The train was on time. When we got to Newcastle, one of my friends Alex was waiting there, to show us how to get to the Travel Lodge hotel, because we had no idea where the place was. It was great to see Alex again, has I have not seen him since 2000.

We then booked into the hotel, then we all went off to get food. We ended up going to Pizza Hut. The food was great as always.

Then we went to Alexs' flat for a while, met up with one of his friends that I have ever seen before.

Then David and me went back to the hotel to start, getting ready for the concert. By this point David was starting to jump up and down, because he can't wait to see Gareth again.

When we got to the concert we found that we were only 5 rows from the front. It was a great concert. The sound, and lighting was great, and so was the setup.

Over all we had a great day. I can't wait till we get the next concert booked.

Monday - 28th October 2002

What an awful day it has been. I have just had the worst train journey in my life. If I start to moan now, I am very sorry. I was just so pissed off by the whole thing. It started off very bad, first the train was 45 mins late in leaving Liverpool Lime Street Station. Then when it turned up there was way too many people to fit on a 2 DMU train. I had to stand the whole way to Birmingham. There was no way of getting a seat. I have never seen so many people on one small train.

Then on the way into Birmingham New Street station, the train sat in a tunnel for over 1/2 an hour. To make matters worse, yes it gets worse, the train driver had to turn off the train engine. So most of the lights went off, and the train started to get way to hot.

I was so happy when the train started to move again, just like everyone else on the train. Then the train got into Birmingham I started to feel a bit, happier because I started to feel like I was starting to get somewhere. At long last I got a seat, and got my laptop out. Then everyone on the train was told that the train would terminate here.

We all got off the train, then just to make things worse all the information boards were down. So I had no way of finding out when the next train was.

Then the next thing everyone was told to get back on the train that we had just got off. I could not believe it, I was starting to get, very, very mad by this point. I could not get a seat again, so I ended up sitting on the floor.

I was so happy with the train got to Leicester, because at long last I got to sit. I was so happy when the train got into Stamford.

The whole journey has put me off using trains. I have heard of these things happening to other people, but had never happened to me before.

So that was my day. All this just to get to work, to make some money.

Tuesday - 29th October 2002
Today I have been helping out Mark. I have also been at Ian's house, helping him, and Mark put in phone extensions. Then in the evening Mark, and me went to The Willoughby Arms, the local pub to get some food. Then I spoke to David on the phone for a while. Then it was off to bed. I went to bed earlyish as I have still not fully recoved the the other day, I still feel very tired and have been most of the day.
Thursday - 31st October 2002

That's me just finished giving Mark a hand, sorting out the website, the network and some other stuff.

Now it's back to Liverpool again to be with my David till the next time, I am at Stamford. Which all going to plan will be within the next number of weeks.

Saturday - 1st November 2002

David OrangeToday David, me and some of his house mates went into Liverpool City centre to meet up with one of his old flatmates from last year.

When all went to Weatherspoons for a meal. David had a Mixed Grill, and I had a double cheese burger, which was very nice indeed. Then we all went for a look around the shops. I got myself some combat's and a new t-shirt. David got himself, a very sexy new Ben Sherman jumper, and some funky fluorescent yellow hair gel.

Monday - 11th November 2002

What a fun day it has been. I got lots, and lots done. It's the first time that I have been at home, in 4 weeks. Sorted out lots of things on my computer, backed up all my website's, emails etc. Then I washed my bike, and give it a quick service. As I don't think that I will be using it much again this year. As it is getting to cold for me to cycle.

Then in the evening Darren, cooked us both tea, before giving me a lift to Little Bytham. Because I am helping out Mark most of this week.

Then Mark and me went to the local pub for a drink.

Thursday - 14th November 2002

David OrangeGod what a long day, it has been I got up at 7:00am. Then helped Mark put computer's in his car that he needs for doing a training course. Then he give me a lift to Stamford train station. So that I could get the 7:50am train to Liverpool Lime Street station, to spent a long weekend with my boyfriend David.

The train journey went not too bad, for once. I did not have to change at Birmingham New Street station, which made a nice change. The train was still late getting into Liverpool, but only by about 25 minutes.

When I got there my boyfriend David was waiting, it was great to see him again. I now know that this is going to be fun weekend.

In the evening I had some fun taken photos of David wearing some sexy very gear. He liked wearing my England Away top, don't think that he really liked wearing my running suit. No idea why, because he looked so hot in it.

Friday - 15th November 2002

David OrangeIt's been a very good today. David and me met up with one of his friends that he has been speaking to on the net for a number of weeks. His name is Damian, he came from Manchester by train to see us.

David cooked us both lunch, we had pasta and chicken. Then we all went into Liverpool City centre to have a long look around the shops. There was lots of very nice things in the shops, but for once David and me were both good, and ended up not getting anything.

Then like last evening, I had fun taken photos of my David. This time I took photos of him in my sexy white cycling top. Better still I even got him handcuffed while wearing it. Then after taken the photos, we had some fun!!

Sunday - 17th November 2002

David and me went into Liverpool, so that he could start to get his Christmas shopping. It was a good day. I can't tell people what he got, because some of them may look at this website and find out what they are getting. Which would not be good at all. We also went to Pizza Hut for a meal, which was very nice, as we had not been to Pizza Hut, since we went to the concert in Newcastle.

Stephen Gately in LiverpoolThen once we had finished looking around the shops we went to see Stephen Gately turn on the Liverpool Christmas lights. It's the first time in my whole live, I have been to see Christmas lights turned on. We even had snow, well OK it was fake, but it was still well cool.

I think that a great day was had by both of us. Now I just need to start to get my Christmas shopping done. I still have no ideas at all what to get people! If you have any ideas, then please let me know.

Monday - 18th November 2002

Today I walked from David's house to Liverpool University, because it was a nice day and I could do with the walk. But the main reason, was to meet my David, then he finished University for the day, to do some more Christmas shopping.

We had a good look around town, but in the end, we did not get anything else, but we did come home, with some good ideas of what else to get people.

Monday - 25th November 2002

That's me back in Little Bytham again, helping Mark get some more stuff sorted out. Helping him sort out some more websites, that he likes doing now, but he still can't get his head fully around some things, to do with HTML.

Pebbles and JimmyThen once I had done that, I cleaned some of the house, as I can't stand mess. Then I walked Jimmy and Pebbles, which I have done, in a very long time. It was nice, and the weather was not 2 bad for it.

In the evening Mark and me went to, The Willoughby Arms, the local pub. I had a cheese burger. Which was very, very nice indeed.

Then after all that I did some more work to this website. At long last I have sorted out the news archive, if you want to have a look at it. If you do, please can you tell me what you think of it.

And in other news it was 10 months ago today that, I first met my boyfriend to be David.

Tuesday - 26th November 2002

News just in David and me have now been going out for 10 months. I LOVE YOU David.

In other news, I did a lot of work to my Killearn on the Web site, I made Business Directory a lot easter to use by sorting it out into category's. Other then that I did not do a lot.

Saturday - 30th November 2002

David Orange and me at Hyde Park, LondonI went to London, for the first time in my life. And I got to do it all with my David. Let's start at the beginning. Darren give us a lift from Nottingham to Peterbough. So we could get the 9:45am GNER train from Peterbough to London's King Cross. The train was a whole 5 mins late.

Once David and me got there we had to wait for a long time for Carolyne because her train from Liverpool Lime Street was very late.

Then we went a walk all around London. We went to Hyde Park, Buckingham Gardens and so many other places, I can't remember.

I when back from London at about 7:00pm. David and Carolyne stayed because they were going to G-A-Y to see Gareth Gates. I would have loved to go, but I could have not coped with having to stay up all night. I am getting to old for that type of thing.

Sunday - 1st December 2002
TODAY is World AIDS Day

I have not done that much. I did not get out of bed till after 11:30am. Because I was so tired from going to London yesterday. I did speak to my David, we had a great night a G-A-Y last night, know in a lot of ways a wished I had gone.

Monday - 2rd December 2002

I had a lot to do today, before going to Stamford, to help out Mark again. First for all I had to get out my bed. Well we all have to start somewhere don't we. Once I was out of the bed, the first time that I did was to have a bath. Then I had to do washing, as I have not done any since last Wednesday.

Once all my clothes were washing and drying then I could start to pack my bags. I had to pack a lot of stuff, as I will not be back in Nottingham now till David finishes University for the Christmas holidays.

In between doing all that I have been doing a lot of work to my Killearn on the Web site, which looks like, at long last I will finish it in the next number of weeks.

The Willoughby ArmsThen at 4:00pm I left home, to get the 4:12pm bus into Nottingham to start my journey, to Stamford. At first it was all going to plan, I got on the 4:52pm train it left died on time. It's when I got to Leicester, from going so well, that it all started to go wrong. At first the information boards said that the train was on time. But then it started to become later, and later. In the end it was over 1 hour late leaving Leicester train station. Oh well better late, then never.

Lucky after all that Mark and me went to, The Willoughby Arms, the local pub. We both had a 10oz Gammon Steake. So over all it was not 2 bad, of a day.

Tuesday - 3th December 2002

GNER Electric 225It's not been a bad day. Got lots done. I first got up at 6:15am ish, to help Mark put computer's in the car, for a training course that he was doing. Then I went back to bed, and did not get up till about 9:00am.

Then I did some washing up, tidied up some more of the house, put some things in the loft, walked the dogs. Then I tried to get some photos of trains going though Little Bytham, on the east coast main line. I only managed to get two photos, but I only managed to get the middle of both trains. I got a photo both a GNER Electric 225, and Class 373/2 GNER Eurostar, which was the main one that I was after.

After that, when I was walking back to the Mark's house, Mark got back. So I helped him put the computers, back into the house.

"Class 373/2 GNER EurostarThen later in the evening, I went a walk to see where Mark, was speaking about. He told me a good place to get photos of the trains, going up and down the east coast main line. So I found a place to sit down, while I waited for a train, to see what it was going to be like for getting photos. While I was sitting outside waiting for a train, my David phoned, and for one I could get a reception, in Little Bytham, when I am in Marks house, that next to never happens. So that's been my day.

Thursday - 5th December 2002

At long last the Nokia 221 T Mediamaster (Digital Terrestrial TV receiver, for watching Freeview), turned up, that David ordered for my Christmas. He ordered it about 2 weeks ago, from DigitalBoxShop. It toke so long to turn up, because there only just out, and there is also a big waiting list for them.

When we plugged it in we were, both amazed by just how good the TV picture was. It will be better still in January, when more of the TV channels get switched on. We have both been having fun watching Fame Academy, we both think that David is well fit.

The only bad thing about Freeview, for David, is that I will be driving him mad, watching the two music channels on it.

Thanks David for a really, really, great Christmas prenet.

Monday - 9th December 2002

Today David and me went into Liverpool City centre, so that I could get my Mum, and Dad a Christmas card and also get David his birthday card, trying to get one so near to Christmas, is not very easy at all. Lucky we manned managed one.

I also got a audio so that I can plug my Nokia 221 T Mediamaster into a Hi-Fi, so what I get to watch things in stereo at David's house, in Liverpool.

Thursday - 12th December 2002

TODAY is my boyfriend's 20th birthday. Happy birthday David. So go to his website and sign his guestbook.

As you may have just read, it's my boyfriend's birthday. Today went very well indeed. But I did feel sorry for him as he had to go into University for a lecture. He was mint to have two but the second one of the day was canceled, lucy for both for us, because David made me to go it. So I very happy to find out that is was canceled.

When we both got back from University we had to pack all his clothes, and computer stuff, as his Mum, and Dad are coming from Nottingham, by car to get us, and all the stuff that we are taking back to Nottingham.

David drove back, because his Dad had already drove to Liverpool, which is a long way from Nottingham. The journey was not too bad.

It's nice to be back in Nottingham again.

Saturday - 14th December 2002

Not really done that a lot today, because my boyfriend has been at work all day. It was nice to have most of the day to myself, to catch up on stuff that I have been meaning to do, for a long time.

I spent most of the day since getting up working on my Gay Glasgow site. I re-coded all the pages on it, to make the website easy to navigate. So in other words I updated well over 100 pages and images.

When David got back from work, he helped me fix all the spelling mistakes that I had made. Then we spent the evening with Darren, as he had cooked us a really nice meal, and then all watch TV for the rest of the night.

Tuesday - 17th December 2002

In the morning I spend a while updating my Paul Nicholls website, for the first since September 2002. All that I really did was to made it work with Netscape 6 and above.

Things today were going well till I got a email, saying that my "Queer As Folk" fan site, will be deleted because it's using to much bandwidth. If I don't pay for it, they will delete it. So it looks like another of my websites will be going. I would love to keep in on-line, but I just don't have the money too. Oh well these things happen.

Well at least things got better when David got back from work. Because he had got me a copy of SimCity 3000. I have not played that game in a long time. I am sure that I am going to have great fun, playing it again.

Wednesday - 18th December 2002

In the morning I did some more work to the Nottingham Gay Scene website, I added an organisations page, and also started working on an events calendar.

Then I cycled to my David's house, which is about 8 miles from where I stay in Clifton. I had forgetting just now cold it is cycling in December. It's only the second time, that I have been a long cycle in December, the last time was this time last year, then I cycled to Stamford, from Little Bytham.

Then when I got back I had a quick play about with SimCity 3000, that David got for me. I have not played SimCity since, I was working at Alcan, over 2 years ago.

Monday - 23th December 2002

Today was mainly spent mainly my first WAP sites. I made a Killearn on the Web and Nottingham Gay Scene ones. It was good fun doing them. I just hope after all my work, that people use them. So please, please, please check them out!!

Killearn on the WAP: http://www.killearnontheweb.co.uk/wap/index.wml
Nottingham Gay Scene: http://www.david-orange.com/nottinghamgayscene/wap/index.wml

Tuesday - 24th December 2002
Today I cycled into Nottingham City centre, to get David a Christmas card. I could not believe just how warm it was for the time of year. I put on lots of clothes, thinking that it would be cold, but in the end I was too hot.

Once I got back I got some clothes, and other stuff packed for spending Christmas at David's parents house.

Wednesday - 25th December 2002

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Me on Christmas dayIt was a very good Christmas. I spend to day at David's parents house. They both made me feel very welcome. The only bad thing, about today was, for the first time in my live, I was not with my parents. At least I get to see them in the New Year when David, and me go to Glasgow for a number of days.

David got me a Nokia Freeview Digital TV Set Top Box. I did not not get him anything, mainly because he could not make up his mind what me wanted.

 
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