Right, i havn't updated for a while, am not even sure anyone cares anymore but blogs are more about the writer than the readers (certainly in this case anyway) more often than not.

So, i've been home for about 3 weeks now and have been working at The Three Hares. The Three Hares for those who don't know (and can't be bothered to look back) is a small country pub. We do some fantastic food and the whole place has a brilliantly relaxed atmosphere and a really nice 'terrace' or beer garden if you like. So while i've been working there over the last 3 weeks i havn't been getting the amount of hours that i'd hoped for and so have started working at Perk Up a small but very nice little coffee shop. I worked there for a month last summer as some of you might remember as it was my most active blog period (Having something to write about is great huh!). So Tues and Sat I work at Perk Up and the other days depending on the requirments of the Head Chef, I work at The Three Hares. This i'm finding is working out really well. When working at The Three Hares i concentrate on the desserts and prep side of things (some fantastic desserts on the menu at the moment) and when at Perk Up, The Chef and I are trying to move away from sandwiches and push out some nice hot food. We have some fantastic yet simple dishes such as poached eggs on grilled ciabatta, poached eggs and asparagus, breakfast ciabattas, and the most popular Steak on grilled ciabatta with caramelised onions and bernaise sauce. I can't express how fantastic the steak dish is.The thing about perk up is the trade and what people eat are really variable and depend on the weather.If it's cool, people will have the steak, soup of the day and other hot food. If it's hot people want more sandwiches.

I've just had a thought, i've actually blogged more about food than i have any other subject, which on having a blog on The Spoke should i suppose be technology and my involvement with computers. Is there a general rule that says i'm not allowed? I'm thinking as a practise for some more Php and MySQL that i might write my own blog for my website and i can then write about whatever i want (within reason ofcourse, we all know blogs can get you into trouble if you're not carefull ).

I got my results for my second year of my Computer Science with Business Information Engineering (I just like saying it really) course. Not what i'd hoped for but still i passed. I will admit that i've never been top of the class for anything academic, and struggle alot to remember information in exams but am pleased that this year my coursework skills have come on alot. I have been getting mostly A's this year with i'm really proud of. If i can really improve my revision and exam technique i could pick up a 2:1 in my third year, which would be, well, nice!

I watched Ladder 49 with Claire (My girlfriend of 4 years on 25th July, Yikes!) on sat night. I thought the film was fantastic and thought Joaquin Phoenix' performance (of Gladiator, Signs and The Village fame) was amazing. John Travolta although he didn't play a huge role was still very good indeed. Claire... fell asleep though, oh well. I can still recommend she watches it again though.

It was fathers day on sunday and me and brother James went to see our dad who lives in Harrogate. We took him his present which was a very nice set of silver chopsticks. He was very impressed indeed which is nice. So after that we went over to his local pub and took part in the Sunday night quiz. It's fair to say that apart from the odd question i am far too young to play. I only go to add comedy value by giving stupid answers i'm sure. But a good night was had by all.

Right i'm out of things to write about I Think, so i'm going to get something to eat and get ready to go to The Three Hares for an emergancy shift. Ho hum, more money i suppose :D

Catch y'all later, I hope eveyone enjoying the lovely weather while i sweat in a hot kitchen.