Moi? Why I'm SHINEY............

[Mouseface]

S - Sexy
H - Hot
I - Ingenious
N - Notorious
E - Enigmatic
Y - Y do you ask!

Welcome to the something thousand and something thread of the Shineys.

We chat about health, diet, exercise and cock cake.

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I'm Mouseface, I've lost 8lb now since joining the clan and hoping to maintain it for the future.

They remind me of my days when I was 18, living alone & living on cornflakes, beans on toast & waffles

a quick visit before I go to work!

fanny - glad that the money sit is looking better but that it's not feckless BIL taking some responsibility....

Yank - sorry you feel so blue, you've had a tough year, and our organisation is not the happiest to work for atm....

Morning all. Have tidied a bit, as my ex-housemate is using us as a B&B so she can go out to some event (she still works here but lives in a town between here and where her boyfriend works, and doesn't want to drive home after whatever the event is). Anyway, since we used to live together I have just hidden a key for her and said 'do as you like'. Does that make me a neglectful host? Or is it exactly what you'd want if all you needed was a changing room after work and a bed after the thing?

Sounds bloody perfect to me Trills, I'd be chuffed if that was me!

Morning.

Trills - if it were me, I'd be happy that you are comfortable enough not to act as host IYSWIM, if I just needed somewhere to crash.

The fact you used to live together as well - sounds like you are being sensible.

Good, glad I'm doing it right. I have located and put out clean towels, and will turn the futon (currently being a sofa in the living room) into a bed in the spare room with clean bedding before she gets back.

Trills - would be what Id want exactly.

Double - you're insane and just so Oirish or rather just so what I like to think of as Irish, all stereotypical pixies and poeticness and at one with nature and totally slightly bonkers

Trills - I'm obsessing on your phd. Would you say you're glad you did it? And has it made any difference to your job cash? Im trying to work out whether to do one that I want to do just for enjoyment (masters not phd sorry) or one that might help job prospects but that I probably wouldnt enjoy so much...

Morning the rest of you reprobates

morning all

Trills sounds spot on.

Yank - I'm so sorry to hear you are struggling...as DIB says, it's very hard to imagine the gorgeous vibrant woman we met (and know through here) suffering in such a way. I do hope your dr does get the meds back on track and you beat the black dog soon.

Mitts - I miss the warrior bit of your name when I imagine you facing those bullies and giving them 'what for'. I hate those bastards but I bet they got the fright of their lives when faced with the wrath of the goddess!

Fanny glad you are getting some of the money back...phew

It's sunny here - I'm at home. I don't know if I've caught it off Bella & Bitter but I am now obsessed with decluttering which is most unlike me. I was feeling so blurghh about our house but it's not the house - it's the mountains of 'stuff' that make it horrid. Slowly slowly getting there. And what a huge difference it makes as each little spot becomes clutter free.

Fluffy, you could at least call us sexy reprobates

Whats a 1+3 masters? My options are criminology or criminal psychology- fantastically interesting but nothing to do with work or an mba - dull as shit but good work wise. Dunno.

Norma - you know you're sexy grrrr

Oo Fluffy you saucepot you

Saf.

I need to shower and tackle the laundry mountain that has magically appeared now it is raining.

Oh and Hells - Yay for decluttering - cleaning is good for the soul.

My PhD was a sciency labby one so basically full-time (and then some, sometimes) working in a lab doing experiments, reading papers, attempting to wrte a paper, etc and then writing it up into a thesis.

I did it because I thought I might want to be a scientist. That turned out not to be the case, but I had an enjoyable 3 and a bit years, I was funded by one of the government research councils so it didn't cost me anything except perhaps some lost earnings (£12k a yr tax free, went up a bit later on, plenty to live on when you're still living as a student), and I learned a lot of useful skills that are very useful in my current job. I don't think I would have got my current job if I hadn't done the PhD (although it might be that if I had tried for a similar role back in 2005 there would have been less competition because it wasn't a recession then). Oh, and I met DP, and made some lovely friends. And writing up led me to discover MN.

Is that enough for you Fluff?

By the way - a PhD will eat your life. You will think about it all the time. There is no escape. I don't know how people who do history PhDs (for example) do it. Science was ok because there was structure to the day, but just reading things and having to think all the time would be very difficult.

Thinking is a danegrous past time for me, it's always better if I don't....though sometimes thinking before I speak would be a good idea

Trills - NO I WANT MORE INFO

Not sure, think would try Masters and see how it goes. Original plan was always to do history masters and then phd and lecture at uni, but need to earn money took that one away.

Think might go for ou and just do course at a time, not too stressful that way.

If I do mba work will sponsor me but i think its about £20k and they'll want their money's worth and then some.

Secretly i only want a phd so i can insist exh and exfil call me 'doctor'