Blogging can be quite an addictive pastime, as I have discovered.

Signs to look out for :-

• As soon as you wake in the mornings you log into your site.
• Constantly looking for any comments that may have been left.
• Checking number of hits on your site.
• Logging onto Entrecard before checking Emails.
• Thinking of your next post to write, even if it’s past bedtime.
• You get excited if you get new comments, even if it’s one a day.
• Dissapointed if you don’t get comments.
• Dissapointed if you don’t get subscribers.
• Dropping hundreds of cards so you can buy adverts.
• Get excited if your purchase price increases.
•  If you have more than one blog spot.
•  Doing all the above several times throughout your day.

I was going to set up a site for us addicts, but unfortunately both bloggersanonymous.co.uk and .com have been taken and am sad to say, are being unused.

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I will mention Entrecard  for it has been my main source of getting visitors to my site, it’s definitely a handy thing to register with as you can drop your so called business cards on other bloggers sites, which in turn draws them to your site, if not only to drop one of their cards onto you, but also to get you regular traffic. So if your just starting out as a blogger you would do quite well if you registered as it is handy for increasing your popularity. I will explain a little about the way Entrecard works but I’m sure if you look at there site they would be able to explain a lot more than I could.

OK firstly, design a "business card" for yourself that measures 125×125, it would be much better if you have one ready as the basic templates don’t really attract other advertisers

example card basic example

Try and make it as appropriate to your blog as much as you can, for example if your writing about films don’t put a nice cute kitty on it, Unless you add a cinema screen or something once you have done that register with Entrecard and upload your card now your ready to get advertising.

When you start, if you go to campaign pick a category that you would like to drop your cards into, once the page has loaded you will see other advertisers cards displayed, it will show you how much it will cost you to advertise on there sites ,but first you need to get credits to do so. To get these right click and open link in new tab go to the new tab and click on the link eg. http://www.examplelink.co  the advertisers site will come up, most of the time the Entrecard drop card is at the top ,but it’s usually the advertisers decision where to place it which means it could be anywhere so you have to search for it. Once you have found the entrecard just drop your card, for every card that you drop it will give you 1 credit, so the more cards you drop to start the more credits for you to buy adverts.

 When you have enough credits to buy adverts, again you go to campaign where you’ll see the advertisers cards, as mentioned above, click on the Advertise section of the business card where it will then take you to a new page to confirm, it’s as simple as that. The higher the purchase rate means that is where the most traffic is and is more likely where your card will get noticed. Also the more times your site gets visited through adverts, the higher the purchase of your card will be.

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After a small amount of consideration I began blogging just 21 days ago and am quite pleased with the amount of viewers and readers I have received , mainly because I have always thought that I haven’t really got anything exciting to write about, well I must be doing something right.I have found that my movie reviews are getting a little more attention than my other posts, so am debating whether to just keep reviewing films rather than blog about all sorts, trouble is there are plenty of other sites that are based on film reviews only, so really I want to keep my site quite interesting by adding posts of all sorts, from my everyday activities, news in brief and basically anything goes. Any feedback would be great as it could help me improve my site, obviously I want to attract visitors and  don’t want to turn them away by putting a load of old cods wallop on. If you think that a particular post is boring tell me, because if that is the case I can either jazz the next one up or stop writing posts about that particular subject out altogether.

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The other day I thought I would try my luck by applying for a popular British game show, to be truthful I didn’t think I would hear anything but to my surprise I have .

Yesterday I received a phone call off of one of their researchers who asked me a few basic questions and asked where would be the best place for me to audition. Upon receiving the call he talked me through the process of the audition then told me there is two parts to it and that it could be approximately two hours. I couldn’t believe my luck when he told me that I had past the screening and gave me a date for my audition which is on the 26th. Obviously I am not building my hopes up and am prepared not to go through the next stage , but bloody hell if I do get through it would help me enormously firstly I would go private and have a cycle of IVF and then I would try and settle my debts ,depending on how much I could win. Even if I did get through it doesn’t necessarily mean I will win but just having that chance would truly be appreciated. So now I am sitting hear thinking about the possibility of winning a small fortune, I cant wait to go to the audition and find out the outcome.

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I mentioned in an earlier blog that i finally got back into work, which I was ecstatic about, that was two weeks ago. Today i was due to get my wages for working a week in hand, which I accepted readily, but to my dismay not only have I been paid by cheque but I was also stopped emergency tax, nothing wrong there  I hear you say.The thing is I have been working for an agency since November 2007 so they have all my records, including bank account and Tax code so why have  I been stopped emergency tax and been paid by cheque.

Well I rang them up this morning and asked them what the deal was and why this had happened. Apparently because my last contract for them was dated 15th December they discarded all the information that I provided them and that I will have to re inform them of my details, my representative had not informed me that this was going to happen so I assumed that I was going to get paid as normal ,like  I did before Christmas. If this is the case then that will mean if I only work for two weeks and my contract finishes then start a new one two weeks later, I am going to have to keep giving them my information, how bloody silly is that, surely it would be far easier to keep everything on record for the next job that comes up. I’m totally pissed, not only have I had to wait two weeks to get paid in the first place I am now having to wait another week for the cheque to clear. My advice for those out there that are thinking of joining an agency to find work, check with your adviser about how, where and when you will get paid, and if your details stay on record for your next contract of employment, regardless of when your last contract was. If I had been told this in the first place I would have given them all that they needed again, instead I’m sat here like a prick waiting another week for my hard earned cash.

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Yesterday on GMTV it was said that there is now a new procedure for breast enhancements, without using implants. It involves making a 3 mm incision in the fold of the breast and then injecting fluid into the breast tissue. The whole procedure can be done in your lunch hour and has minimal discomfort.

Although the fluid can only take you up by one or two cup sizes it is a lot safer than using implants and the fluid is non toxic. The cost of the treatment is still the same as using traditional implants ranging from £2500 to £4000. The advantage of having breast enhancement in this way is that the fluid will eventually disappear into your body without harming it. At present this procedure can only be done in the Asian continent, but has just been CE approved which means that it may come to the UK in the very near future. There are some disadvantages though, one being that the fluid lasts just a year, with some of it disappearing into your body ,which means that you can either have a "top up", or just let nature take it’s course. Myself in the long run if you want to keep them pert new boobies you may be better off opting for saline enhancements, Whereas getting the fluid and top ups is going to be far more costly in the long run.

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Chris Fountain gave an amazing performance in Dancing On Ice on Sunday evening ,if it hadn’t been for his little falter on one of his lifts it would have been perfect 6s all round, is he just getting a little big cocky now though, he has been very talented and competitive from the offset, which you can’t blame him, after all it is a competition.

Suzanne Shaw also gave a very fine performance as did Zaraah Abrahams, they also looked stunning in their outfits, ice skating is certainly doing justice for their already perfect figures. My bets are going to definitely be on these three to be in the finals. Gareth Gates is getting a bit wobbly on his skates now, perhaps thats down to him being a perfectionist, nothing wrong in that, but if you try too hard, mistakes can and usually will happen. Saying that I wish I could glide on the ice like they all are, it may just be envy on my part that I am criticizing.

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Martin Lewis otherwise known as Money saving Expert  did an article yesterday on GMTV. There apparently  is billions of unclaimed money to be had because of bank accounts and building society accounts that have been laid dorment for some years even the odd unclaimed pension. He advised that if you think you may have any money that may be due to you ,wether it be an inheritance or as said ,a dorment bank account then to check this site out, http://www.mylostaccount.org.uk/ it is a free service that you can check yourself with no hidden charges. Martin Lewis always offers sound advice on money matters so also check his advice blog on my sidebar, You would be a fool not to.

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The film starts with a group of high profile people holding a party for a friend who is about to embark on a new journey in the Asian continent. As the party is being recorded, the party goers hear an explosion and run out on the balcony to investigate. As they stand there looking on, debris comes hurtling toward them, they all panic and make there way out of the building. A group of four friends stick together while one of them records what is happening, they try to find safety as Manhattan is being terrorized by a huge bug, destroying every thing in its path.

The film was based on a video diary which I found the camera view to be very irritating, as it was jumping around a lot and sometimes you could not see anything at all, The storyline was a bit lame and at times just seemed a load of rubbish. Personally I was very disappointed in the quality. The previews make it look more interesting than it actually is, and the ending was crap. Not worth paying for in cinema.

My rating **

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A beautiful young violinist who has been blind since the age of five undergoes a cornea transplant, as her eyes begin to heal she starts seeing visions of shadows which affects her life. Not coping very well with her healing process, she asks her therapist if he can provide with the name of the person who died and donated their corneas, which to start he doesn’t divulge, until she locks herself away in her apartment after seeing another disturbing vision. As they drive to Mexico the violinist visits  the dead donors only living relative.. her mother, there the young woman discovers the reason for her visions and has to decipher what she has to do to stop them.

A brilliant film that gives your mind plenty of exercise, there are some spooky moments which make you jump a little, the film was well written and definitely worth watching.

 My rating *****

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