Well September's 'Month of Action' certainly started with a party yesterday at Brighton Pride... I had an awesome time! I was there with easyJet and managed to blag a place on their float. The application procedure was to submit a 15-second video on why we're proud to work for easyJet. I did a quick last-minute vid in my bedroom and managed to submit it just 1 minute before the deadline!
Cheesy as it was, they must have liked it, as they offered me a place on the float. It was decorated like a bright orange furry plane with a big pointy nose and massive tail. It had a DJ deck in the middle with space for us to dance either side. Words don't really do it justice though, so here's a pic...!
There were 8 of us on the float, plus a DJ, and every second song played would be 'Flying the Flag' by Scooch, to which we had a dance routine. Gotta say I loved dancing to Scooch and the crowd seemed to love the routine too. I'm sure it'll end up on YouTube before long so I'll post a link once it appears! All 8 of us on the float were cabin crew, but they wanted at least one person in a pilots outfit... so I got a temporary promotion to Senior First Officer for the day.
Hot or what!?
In other news, the Month of Action has been going well today. I had several bags of VHS cassettes that had come out of my parents' loft when they recently moved house. It took ages, but I went through each video to make sure there was nothing on them that needed saving. I spoke to a charity shop about having them, but they said they don't really sell, so I've been advertising them (as a freebie) on Gumtree and Crawley's 'Freegle' group (a new type of freecycle). Two people got in contact, and one guy on Gumtree asked if I could post them. So earlier today, I finally got round to boxing them all up (they JUST fit after removing a couple of the plastic cases) and weighing them. At almost 17kg, they're not light, but I can send them via courier for £9, so I've charged this guy £12, and they're now boxed, booked in with City-Link and sitting in my car ready to be dropped off at the depot after work tomorrow. My room already looks a bit emptier, and it's 17kg of crap I don't need to worry about anymore. Yes, I admit I could have just thrown them and avoided a lot of hassle, but they still work, so I think it's much better to give them to someone that would use them. I've also advertised a set of floppy disks that I need to get rid of, again as a freebie, so hopefully I'll get some responses to those adverts tomorrow.
Somehow I managed to completely go against the spirit of decluttering yesterday at Pride and brought home about 30 easyJet whistles, 5 or 6 t-shirts, a bright orange wig, a feather boa and some other stuff! They were gonna be binned otherwise, so I thought sod it, why not! The t-shirts have a silhouette of a plane with a rainbow coming out the back and 'EZY RIDER' printed on them. I'm keeping three... two for something to wear on days off when I'm just lounging about the place, and one as a memento of my day at Pride with easyJet :) As for the whistles, well I'm gonna chuck a few in my crew bag and give them out to anyone that wants them tomorrow... I don't think I'm reeeally gonna find use for 30 whistles.
That's it for tonight... I was supposed to go to bed at around 9.45pm (as my alarm is set for 4.45am) and I was yawning back then too, but it's now 00:10, whoops. Keep an eye out for my next post, when I'll be announcing an interesting piece of news, closely related to something from this post :)
Night!
P.S. I have what appears to be a large bruise on my right leg... I didn't get drunk at Pride nor have I bashed into anything, so I'm a bit like 'wtf!?'. Maybe its a bite... it's a little painful to the touch and feels quite solid. If it's any worse tomorrow, I'll upload a photo so you can all admire it.
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