Entry Number Four: We're Off!...well six weeks off.

Your application has been at this stage since 2007-10-23 (1 working days ago).

Your application form has been checked, and found to be complete. It is now being processed, and for a non-complex application (one without qualification, identification, CRB or criminality issues) it will currently take approximately six weeks from the date above for a licensing decision to be made.

You will receive a confirmation letter together with your returned documents within the next two weeks. Please do not chase your documents unless this time frame is exceeded.
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Um, i think i have something to say at this point...um, Yahoo? no no , um YAHOOOOOOOOOOO....ok, so this is the first stage done, fine fine . It's not over yet, i now have to wait the full six weeks. But at least the first hurdle is done, thank the sweet lord above perched on his golden throne surrounded by angels and flowers the first hurdle is done!! I'm clean as Daz so there will be no problems with the criminal check. The remaining stages are...Qualification Check Passed, CRB Disclosure Requested, CRB Disclosure Received, Criminality Check Completed, License Granted, or License Refused

So now it's just literally sitting back, plonking my feet up and waiting. Or, should it say...it's just literally working in a soul destroying pig awful job, crying alone in the toilets because of the sheer amount of dignity stripped from me every night...and waiting. I've actually applied for something else in the meantime in the security industry i am hoping i will get until my license arrives, and I'm excited about that too. But getting my doorman license is the real baby.

I saw a doorman parading around without a license in his arm band last night at my local "dancing venue" Short fella, but stocky. I was going to ask him where his license was, but, i had been drinking. And something told me, the convo would start with my question and end with me standing in front of the club protesting to the Doormen. I was genuinely curious, because it's actually illegal. But "whatever" as the kids would say...whatever man, he can deal with any issues that particular chestnut might bring. Maybe he forgot it....? I LOVE YOU brother, and i know you forgot that shit...

I still watch the clubs now with a much more attentive eye then i ever did before. This is when i'm supposed to be out having fun remember. It's strange, and when you watch you see loads of potential kick offs, small arguments bubbling, and people to really watch for but still no matter what. I need to get in there, get my hands in there and take a few smacks, abuse to really know how i will feel about this. To be perfectly bloody honest, i can't wait.

Due to my work commitments, my martial arts training has gone down to once a week, which i wanted to increase the final weeks before I'm actually on the doors. Not that a quick burst of slightly more training than before will make me invincible, but at least I'll feel "oiled" for when something occurs right? Back soon...need that confrimation letter now, and then? the sweet plastic.