Yesterday was a sad day

Switch: My Memoirs

On the 18th of March I worked my last day at Switch. I first joined Switch in August 2009, as my first 'post University job'.

I really enjoyed my time at Switch, and got on well with my team and co workers. Eventually I had to move on to try and further my career and get more money (in aim of getting a mortgage).

Here are some of my memoirs:

- My first bit of work being creating a new competition on a website.

- Going out with Switch people for the first time, everyone got a beer, but I decided to get a rum punch. The restaurant instantly ruined my image by putting a pink umbrella in it.

- Simon saying a man looked like Ian Wright, because he was wearing the same hat that he always wears on TV. I twisted it to make it sound racist. This was pretty much ongoing for the duration of my time there. Sorry Si!

- Joining the gym that some of the guys at Switch went to. The first time I had ever properly, regularly gone to the gym. At one point I actually hit nearly 13 stone, and mainly muscle!

- Getting a bonsai tree. Everyone was sure it had died, but then it suddenly sprouted. And then died.

- The Pi game. See who can find the longest, earliest string of numbers in the first million numbers of Pi. That sounds nerdier than it was.

- The Googlewack game. Seeing who could find the least results in a two, real word, Google search.

- "American Psycho? Was that set in London?" - Matt Burns, 2011.

- "The Amazon river? That's the one that goes though Egypt isn't it?" Simon Del Giudice, 2011.

- My questioning conversations with Jon, leading to the Twitter account 'Stuff Andy Asks'.

- Going to the great Bombay Bicycle Club gig.

- Upsetting everyone in the office by cooking pilchards on toast.

- The gambling month, seeing who can make the most profit with £25. Winning steadily, despite Simon having a week of making loads of money, before losing it all.

- Steve shouting "Andy, I think I just saw someone walk off with your bike". Me thinking he was joking at first, then running outside with Leon, to find some bald smack-head walking off down the road with my bike. I confronted him and he said sorry and walked off. Such a confusing moment.

- Bi-monthly morning MMA conversations with Matt. Convincing Leon that he will become an MMA fan.

- The birth of Famous Fit Female Friday.

- Christmas party, everyone discussing the age old question, a 4" penis in the bum for 5 minutes, or a 12" penis gently slid in once.

- Making Simon think Matt had sucked his chocolate egg while he was downstairs.

- The ongoing debate on quantity versus quality for the biscuit tin.

- The ongoing debate about what context 'verses' can be used in.

- The ongoing debate about tea/coffee quality.

My Next Fight: Blood on the Canvas, 18th March

My next boxing match has been set up. Friday 18th March, in Oceana, a big nightclub in Birmingham.

I am against Nigel Hood, an old school boxer who can quickly and easily get on the inside and unload a shite load of punches. I will have to train pretty hard to make sure I don't end up with any broken ribs.

Here is a video of him training on Saturday, with me watching, skipping in the background behind him.

Wish me luck!

FFFF: The Grand Final

The FFFF everyone has been waiting for. What everything has came down to. The Famous Fit Female Friday Ultimate Winner.

Here is every winner, back from over a year ago. Vote wisely.

Arianny Celeste (22nd Jan, 2010)

Megan Fox (22nd Jan, 2010)

Roxanne Pallett (29th Jan, 2010)

Heidi Klum (5th Feb, 2010)

Megan Gale (12th Feb, 2010)

Kim Cattrall (19th Feb, 2010)

Kayleigh Pearson (26th Feb, 2010)

Allison Stokke (5th March, 2010)

Zooey Deschanel (12th March, 2010)

Elisabetta Canalis (19th March, 2010)

Miranda Kerr (23rd Dec, 2010)

Elisha Cuthbert (18th Feb, 2011)

Pick 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. The person scoring the most points will be crowned the ultimate winner of FFFF.

FFFF: Everybody Else (Results)

The results are in!

Elisha Cuthbert

Very appropriate that I win the first AND the last. But everyone loves Elisha Cuthbert.

Elisha Cuthbert - 14
Sienna Miller -  9
Katharine McPhee - 8
Brooklyn Decker - 7
Adriana Lima -  7
Lucy Verasamy -  4
Tanit Phoenix -  4
Kristen Bell -  3

FFFF: Everybody Else

Today is my last day of work. It was suggested that I do one final Famous Fit Female Friday, a feature that was very popular on my blog this time last year.

So this could well be the last FFFF, at least in this format, where people are able to nominate a woman. Being the last one I wanted to ensure a high quality, and didn't want to cut out anyone, so the category is "Everybody Else", which is women that haven't yet been nominated.

Without further jibber-jabber, here are the nominations:

Adriana Lima

Brooklyn Decker

Elisha Cuthbert

Katharine McPhee

Kristen Bell

Lucy Verasamy

Sienna Miller

Tanit Phoenix

Get your votes in!

Captain Vestman Gypsy Spotted

I got a text message from a friend last night saying he had seen a gypsy wearing my vest on TV, along with a picture. It is pretty special.

It looks like the Vestman Craze is taking over, with people from all walks of life wearing the vest in pride.

The program it was from is a UK program called "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding". I won't talk much about it, but you really, really should watch this clip. I can't embed it, sadly, but it shows the way of life for gypsys, and their courting methods, which involve grabbing a young woman (any older than 22 aren't worth it) and literally dragging her back to their caravan.