A/S/L: 37, Male, Weston-super-Mare, UK Marital: Relationship Interests: My kids, movies, music, literature and computing
Friday, 20th October 2006
No more 80084g3!
Okay, okay. The whole boob thing went incredibly weird.
Anonymous posting, insults, re-insults, misunderstandings, etc - the whole thing got hilarious. I must post about something that will spark off a comment revolution again!
Anyway, nothing much to say. I've listed some stuff on eBay to raise some funds, I went out last night at 10pm for 1 pint, ended up having 3 and not getting to bed til nr 2am, tonight sees me at a party and hopefully tomorrow I shall be making a couple of runs to the tip to start clearing my garage. Anything crap gets thrown, anything I haven't used for ages gets eBay'd. Someone, somewhere, must want my crap... don't they?
There is a possibility of change in job (for the same company and manager) that I am umm and aahing over. I haven't mentioned it to him yet as he might not even be interested, but I was sat in a meeting, actively thinking about it.
...no sooner did I start a link to him, I mentioned it to him. And he immediately moved it to another site running under a proper blogging engine (Word Press). Gawd bless him...
Pretty uneventful weekend. Got drunk on Friday night while out with Tim and staggered home around 4am. Although I had a good night, my heart really wasn't in it, so I might owe him an apology.
When I originally spoke to him, I was expecting it to be a crowd of people, but it ended up just me and Tim (like the old days - which was cool). Unfortunately, I wasn't in the right frame of mind and so if anything, ruined Tims evening, as he was well up for it. We started off in Liquid Lounge, then Latinos (a dump and full of ugly in-breds), then tried to get into Envy (but were turned away due to lack of collars on shirts but they would have rented us a shirt for �5), then Eternity (also a dump and full of ugly in-breds) and finished off at The Cabot.
Next weekend, we plan to dress up (dress shirts, Tuxedos, etc) and get into Envy. Maybe next week I will feel a bit better about myself and be on a mission like I normally am - I drink and then dance myself stupid.
Of course, it may have just been the music. The last time I went out I ended up in Vision, dancing away to hardcore and trance - which is more my style (you would understand if you saw my dancing ability). Or I was just highly depressed about life and spent the whole evening thinking instead of enjoying myself... But I'm going to blame the music :)
Recently, there has been a spate of people who have decided to start taking a picture of themselves every day for a year. Someone (damn clever too) has put a spoof video together... Enjoy!
Last Friday evening was spent at MrMans house and a good time was had by all - although I appear to have been the only one that got any sleep!
MrMan also had his birthday on the 9th - so here is a link especially for him. Enjoy!
We watched a few films. Equilibrium, Monster Man and The Man. A fairly awesome mix of films and the first time I had watched The Man. Bloody funny!
This evening I shall be going round to MrMans house to assist him in devouring his boobs. Erm. His boobs cake. Honest! Ian bought him a birthday cake in the shape of some boobs...
A nice slice of boob and a cup of tea can work wonders :)
Um. What else? Oh yes. Some recommendations:
TV - you should be watching "That Mitchell and Webb Look" on BBC3 on Tuesday evenings. It is awesome. The humour contained therein is the kind of stuff my mates and I would come up with while pissed as farts, but it works when you are sober. Some of the characters are truly superb and "Numberwang" is inspired.
Literature - I am currently working my way through a load of David Baldacci ebooks on my Palm E2. Bloody ace they are too. I am 2 books in of about 10. Plus I read a Nelson Demille book before that but cant remember its name. That was pretty gripping too. Following them, I have some vintage Philip K Dick to read - you cant beat the writings of a man on mind altering drugs!
Music - Counting Crows. I put "Recovering the Satellites" on my iPod so that I would get a few more CC hits when in shuffle mode. God they are good.
In fact I introduced Jon to them many years ago. I think we were listening to them in my car when I was driving him home. And we may have broken down (probably run out of petrol...) and he was then forced to listen to them for some time. Which worked out OK, as he is now a big fan.
For those MySpace users who want to grab some favoured MP3s - go and checkout MySpace MP3 Gopher. Excellent piece of software. You can also grab a little application that informs you of messages, comments, requests, etc from the same guy called MySpace Informant. Quality!
Anyway, enough babble - here are some links:
Sexual Consent - a video about making sure you get a sexual consent form signed before engaging in making "the beast with two backs".
iPod Randomness - an article about how the iPod "shuffle" function sometimes seems a little freaky
Also, some news items I spotted in some RSS feeds - Poor woman!
The BBC investigate what happens when you put an unprotected XP machine onto the net. Part 1, Part 2
I am also planning on going to the Theatre both this month and next. First up is Tim Vine playing at the end of October at Westons Playhouse and then going to see "Mitchell and Webb Live" at the Colston Hall in November. Much shortling will follow..
I think there has been a Black Wednesday, a Bloody Sunday but not anything on a Thursday. Let me know if you have evidence to the contrary...
Nothing has happened this week. Apart from Tuesday when I woke up late so worked from home.
Tonight I am off to Acoustic Night at Back Bar. Have to see Ryan so I can get a CD from him with his track "Theres A Scene" on. That way I can listen to it in its entirety and not just the MySpace version on my iPod.
Speaking of MySpace, I now have an cool mix of "friends". Several people I know from Back Bar, some people with similar music tasts to me plus Magnum, Thunder (who have a new album coming out on October 30th - which I have pre-ordered), Bob Catley, Robert Plant, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Marty Friedman and Robert (Fucking Hell) Plant! Don't ask!
I'm not fully taken on the whole gamut of social networking sites. Saying that, I have been a member of Linked In for a couple of years - but that is more professional/career networking. This whole thing of finding someone interesting and asking them to be your "friend" seems a bit odd. I understand the idea of getting people with similar interests together - that seems fine. I have used/still use Egroups/YahooGroups for communicating with similar minded people. But thats all email based and not "interactive".
Its fun though - getting a friend request, browsing their profile, listening to their music selection (which is the main reason I am there) and finding their interesting "friends" to be "friends" with, and then... ad infinitum.
It can get quite addictive and time consuming. People must spend days going around, adding friends, leaving comments, etc, etc.
And the aim? I have no fucking clue!
My aim? To introduce myself back into grass roots guitar rock again and rediscover past talent. For instance, last night, looking through a list of one of my new "friends" list of "friends" I came across Tony MacAlpines page. Until that moment, I had forgotten he even existed. Next thing I know, I've grabbed a load of his tunes and have immersed myself back into his music that I had forgotten about for the past 15 years or so...
Best thing so far? Finding Jason Beckers site and seeing that he is still alive, still has a sense of humour and is still making music. Jason was a member of Cacophony (with Marty Friedman) and also played lead for David Lee Roth (A Little Ain't Enough album) - replacing Steve Vai (I think I have every album he has been involved in). Jason was diagnised with Lou Gehrig's Disease in 1989 and was given 5 years to live! He cannot move and cannot speak, yet he hasn't given up on his life. Makes you think no matter how shitty your life may be, there are people out there who manage every day under far worse circumstances...
Oh but the MySpace interface is shittier than a shitty thing that just been shat on. I hate it. With a passion!
First up, Andy (Mr Man) came down from Bristol and we headed to Back Bar to see Balance of Power. And verily they did rock! With covers of Van Halen, Journey, Queen, David Lee Roth, Bon Jovi and many more they had the whole place going. Once again, the failed to disappoint.
During the set break, I asked their keyboard player (Barb) if she could send me a gig list - and this morning it arrived in my inbox. So here it is:
Oct
Sat 7th Blues Club - Portland
Fri 13th Plume of Feathers - Sherborne
Sat 21st Little Ship - Portland
Sat 28th Excise House - Weymouth
Nov
Fri 3rd George - Dorchester
Sat 11th Scallys - Weston Super Mare
Sat 25th Red Lion - Beaminster
Dec
Sat 2nd Plume of Feathers - Sherborne
Fri 8th George - Dorchester
Fri 15th Manor Arms - Burton
Sat 16th Ropemakers - Bridport
Thu 21st Cheese and Ale - Blandford
Fri 22nd Back Bar - Weston
There are a couple I will be going, but some are too far away (even if they are convenient).
Anyway, after the gig we headed to Cabot, where Andy stood, foot tapping at the edge of the dance floor, ogling the gyrating female forms in front of him. Me? I was wandering between Andy, friends on the dance floor and elsewhere in the Cabot, chatting here and there. A great night that was finished off sat in the dining room devouring Miss Millies. A top night!
Saturday saw my mate Jon come down for some beers, curry and general chit chat. Due to a misunderstanding over some information that I could have provided him earlier, the evening was spent with nervous laughter, panic stricken looks and claims of being a "bastard". We had a great night though.
In response to the comments he has made on his blog, I would like to put down some comments that some of my mates have replied when I've told them the situation. So here goes:
With Jon having previously avoided being injured by an identical bomb at the last minute, it would not be unreasonable for Tudor to expect Jon not to be so dim as to pick up the bomb again without thinking through the consequences.
and a response to his Haiku:
After losing arm.
That was put in Lion's cage.
Do not put head in.
Superb. Love you Jon! Hope you have managed to start implementing your DR plan...
In the news today, I came across this little nugget: Parent wants Farenheit 451 banned.
I suspect that the parent in question hasn't really read the book or understands the deeper meaning behind it. The story is superb (and also made a great film thanks to Fran�ois Truffaut) and is about a future where books are banned and burned. How ironic!
I have also put my plans for Xmas presents into action. I now have 90% of Rhiannon/Chandlers Xmas presents either stored away or ordered. Plus I still have �100 of Boots point to use up... Chandlers birthday (6th December) is the next thing I need to worry about...
So. Dead Or Alive - what a pile'o'shite�. Absolutely terrible. If you are a prepubescent lad however, you will think it the greatest film EVAR! Only once you've grown up will you realise just how bad it was...
But the bowling went well, came 2nd in both games with 2 terrible scores (111 and 116).
Then Friday night! Well - what an evening. Duncan, James, Andy and I started off at The Knights Templar and then moved to Lloyds Bar, where we stayed for some time. Drinking cocktails. I know we had pitchers of Cheeky Vimto and also some other ones but I cannot remember what they were or even what they tasted like. They had a live band and we danced to them and the music following - still while drinking the cocktails.
Duncan left at some point - I'm not sure I said goodbye to him though. James went off elsewhere, while Andy and I hit the "Soho Club" - a little club in either St Stephens Street or Small Street - I can't remember. But it was kicking. Great DJ, not too expensive drinks and a decent crowd.
The only thing wrong was the large number of people dressed as wrestlers - with capes, masks and all. Andy and I looked a little out of place for a while until the club filled up.
Next time I go out, I think I shall take some fabric and some permanent markers with me, just so I am prepared for any occasion!
Saturday night saw me staying in and watching a great British horror - Severance. Truly superb. Funny, gory and perfectly executed. A few inventive touches to the gore side and at times its both tense and funny and capable of generating a laugh, an "eww!" and a "what?" within seconds of each other!
Today I also invented a new word: gig-age[gig-ij]
1. the amount of memory in your MP3 player expressed in gigabytes
2. the amount of disk space you have at home available to store illegal MP3s and DivX files
Usage:
1. "New iPod? Whats your gigage?"
2. "You need *another* 400Gb drive? Whats your current gigage?"
This word needs to be introduced into popular culture as quickly as possible. A big thanks for Fluff for this - if it wasn't for the conversation I had with him, I would never have come up with this new word.
Next week - I will doing something different (and maybe interesting). I will using a script to generate a random website name and then invent a product to go with it...
I will also be announcing my plans for global domination of the net as I have a couple of sites I want to release and I need your input (as I discussed some while ago)!
This evening, the boys from work and myself are going bowling, watching Dead Or Alive (interestingly, I also have a film called Dead or Alive by the Japanese director Takashi Miike - but it is a very, very different film) and getting something to eat.
Tomorrow evening, I'm on the piss in Bristol.
Next Friday (the 29th), MrMan is coming down to Weston so we can see "Balance Of Power" at Back Bar.
Saturday the 30th sees Jon coming down to Weston for beers, curry and a chinwag.
Then (Jebus - there is more), the following Friday, Ian and I are having an evening with MrMan at his house, eating Chinese food, drinking and watching films.
Thats about it. Plus I have to lead a normal life in the meantime, but I've never done that, so I dont intend to start now!
And I'm going on holiday! Halfway through November, I am off to Morocco for a weeks holiday. I will be staying here. Yee-fucking-haa! One thing I shall bring back of course is a Fez. Because I can...
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