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Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 10:37 pm on 08/04/2023
Tags: autism, Carroll's, Darndale, dirt bike, , Noonan, , ps5, psvr, psvr2, scumbag, security,   

Oh hi

Oh, hi there. It’s been a minute. So let’s catch up. Again.

I no longer work for Noonan. I still do security, but now it’s for a retail company instead of a security company. I work for a gift shop called Carroll’s Irish Gifts. I chose it herbage it pays better. Noonan was minimum security wage, which I believe is €11.65 per hour. When I got started they’re, I got €13 an hour. A few months ago i applied for another security job that paid €14. When Carroll’s found out, they offered me more money. Not €14, but 13.50. I accepted it for 2 reasons. Familiarity, and the job I applied for would have been working in Dealz (basically the Irish version of PoundLand in the UK). So yeah, I still work in Carroll’s. Although I am still looking for other jobs that aren’t security. I have made some good friends there though. Some of the best I’ve had since I moved to Ireland. They feel like a real family.

What else? Errm, I still have a kid. He’s 7 now. Officially diagnosed with autism. I can’t remember if he was when I last posted. Think he was all but diagnosed officially. He has sensory processing disorder and speech delay. He doesn’t speak as well as he should be, and he has trouble handling his emotions. Loud noises can upset him, which is unfortunate in Darndale because scumbags ride around on dirt bikes everywhere, including places you’re not supposed to. I hate Dublin.

I still have a girlfriend. She still hasn’t left me yet, somehow. I’m sure she’ll see sense one day. But it’s been 12 years so far.

OK, what else is there? I have a PS4 Pro AND a PS5. Lucky me, eh? But it did cost. A LOT. I really want a PSVR2 though. But it costs a bit more than an actual PS5. I do have the first PSVR, but I don’t really have the room to use it much.

I can’t think of anything else and I’ve just finished a 9 hour shift, and I’m tired. So bye

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 11:46 pm on 02/12/2017
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A fresh new update

Oh, hello. It’s actually been over a year since I last posted a blog. But now here I am.

Baby Daniel is bigger. Time does that. He loves running all about the place. He loves climbing things. He loves throwing things. He loves blabbering random sounds. He’s in creche now, for 4 hours a day. A slight relief five days a week for Tracey, and one day a week for me.

So. Work. I got a security job, the one where the office is in Swords. They started by putting me in different places, mostly in the city centre. Penney’s, Dunnes, Northside shopping centre, H. Samuels, sometimes even Croke Park, the Gaelic games stadium. But now I’m permanently in Dunnes in the Ilac centre in town. So come see me if you’re around. I work most days except Wednesday and Sunday.

With the decent money I get from work (€11.05 an hour), I managed to get myself a PS4. A white Destiny one. Not a pro though. Not yet. And a Vita. I’ve also been getting upgrades for my Amiga 1200. I have an ACA1221EC accelerator, a gotek floppy disk emulator, and a little adapter that goes in a slot at the back so I can plug in a compact flash card. But I think I broke something and it doesn’t come on. So I’m devastated. I might have a look tomorrow.

What else? Oh, I have Elite: Dangerous on PS4 now. I’ve been waiting ages for it, and I love it. I have a HOTAS flight stick to go with it. It’s a lot more immersive with one. Official PlayStation magazine also gave away a unique paintjob for the Cobra Mk III, which I obviously got.

Oh and I also have a new phone. New as in a couple of years old, but still the best one I’ve had so far, even better than the decent Timmy M9. It’s a Sony Xperia M4 Aqua. Only problem is the lack of storage, like Sony tend to do.

Anyway it’s late and I haven’t been getting much sleep these past few weeks thanks to Mr Wake-up-at-5am. That’s Daniel.

So toodles

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 3:56 pm on 16/11/2016
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Some more changes

As usual, it’s been a while since I did a blog post. I know I keep saying I’ll do them more often, but stuff happens.

So, the work subject. After the short trial thing I had at McDonald’s, they let me go. So I’m currently unemployed. Again. So I started handing out CVs.

I gave one in to a cinema down the road, and left. And the security guard dude came running out after us (Tracey was with me) and asked if I considered a job in security. I did once, but I didn’t get the job for reasons I’ll explain in a minute. I told him I applied for a security job before but didn’t get it. He then told me I could do a security course and if I passed, he could get me a job in security, and gave me some details about it.

So I did the security course. It took up a few days over a couple of weeks and cost me €250. I passed. I actually got a much higher mark than I thought I’d get. Anyway, long story short, I’m now a qualified, soon to be licensed security guard. Minimum pay for it is €10.75 an hour. McDonald’s was €9.20. I didn’t know that the security guards at McDonald’s were making more than us, more than the managers I think.

I already have 2 jobs lined up. One is fairly close in Swords, the other is across the city in a place I can’t remember the name of. Well them are the places I’d be trained in anyway, they’d put me in a store or something in a different place.

So yeah, that’s good. I just have to wait to get my license to work for the close place, but the across-the-city one got in contact with the governing body of security, the PSA and asked them to make an exception for me, with a letter that lets me work for 90 days without a physical license, but only with that company. But my license shouldn’t be too long anyway. I’m hoping to work with the close one of course.

That’s enough work talk for now. I’ve got a new phone. Well, newish. I’ve had it for a few weeks and it’s been around since last year, but you know what I mean. It was really cheap as well, because it’s actually a Chinese phone. It’s called a Timmy M9. It has good performance for it’s price. It was €45 I think, and has 1GB of RAM, a 1.3GHZ quad core processor and an 8 megapixel, 1080p camera. Not bad for €45! It’s a surprisingly good phone. It even comes pre-rooted, so that’s saved me the job.
Of course a new phone is going to be one of the first things I buy when I’m working, after a computer, a phone for Tracey, a PS3 for Tracey and a PS4 for me. And I’m sure I’ll be getting baby Daniel lots of toys and stuff. The spoilt git.

Anyway that’s enough for now. I’m trying to get the baby to sleep. Toodles