The fucking DVD writer doesnt fucking work does it, stupid piece of fucking shit!

Ha-hmmm!

Calm down Tudor. Right. It basically doesnt get any power - I have tried it in 2 machines, 4 different connectors and nothing. So I will have to call dabs tomorrow and find out what they are going to do with it.

I would like to point out however, that I am not happy. Until they send me one that works. Then I will be less miffed.

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[link]   Posted @ 19:27

Been seeing a few of these around, so though it was time I did one. Oh dear!

1. I was born on 10th August 1971. That makes me 32 and a Leo.
2. I was born in Weston-super-Mare nr. Bristol and never lived anywhere else.
3. I love Cadburys Peppermint Cream.
4. I can just about play the drums. I may be crap but it sort of works!
5. I have 2 children called Rhiannon and Chandler.
6. I have 1 sister and 2 parents who just moved to France.
7. And a nephew called Joseph.
8. I've worked in Dublin, Istanbul, Pleasanton/Alameda (California), Sophia Antipolis (S.France) and Amsterdam, as well as all over England.
9. I've been on holiday to France, Florida, Gran Canaria and Mallorca.
10. I currently have 3 tattoos. Two Chinese Zodiac symbols for the years my children were born, and a celtic knot (meaning "eternal worlds" at the base of my neck
11. I have owned 4 digital cameras in the past 2 years. The first 3 were utter crap.
12. I am the only person in my family with a website
13. I am the only person in my circle of work mates that has a regularly updated website
14. I play 5-a-side football on Monday evenings.
15. I'm the goalkeeper.
16. I used to drink ridiculous amounts of Jack Daniels without passing out or throwing up.
17. I now drink ridiculous amounts of either Dark Rum or Vodka without passing out or throwing up.
18. I gave up Jack Daniels because it didnt get me drunk anymore.
19. I blame my mate Andy Garside for the dark rum situation.
20. I blame Tim (my house mate) for the vodka and red-X situation.
21. I'm not fat, but I'm not toned. It's like having a beer gut but not drinking the beer.
22. I broke my right ankle in Feb 2000. Smashed it proper. Couldnt walk for months. Broke my fibia in 2 places, shredded the front of my tibia and broke the ball joint off. The surgeon drew me nice pictures.
23. I passed my driving test first time, therefore I r00l j00
24. I have started running - daily.
25. I cant swim.
26. I have been to CenterParcs every year for the past 7 years. I'm probably not going next year.
27. I can dance - pretty well.
28. I used to be a breakdancer. I wasnt very good.
29. I'm allergic to wheat.
30. And all dairy incl sheep and goats.
31. And that includes beef.
32. And lamb :(
33. I was tee-total for a year once, because I felt I had a problem.
34. I dont have a problem with drink.
35. I'm lonely even though I have lots of friends.
36. I would die for my kids, or donate my organs to them if they needed them.
37. I really, really dont get on with my parents.
38. I share a house with my ex-wifes younger brother.
39. I wear boxer shorts not pants. Pants SUCK!
40. I swear way too fucking much. People have mentioned it to me.
41. I belong to an obscure mailing list where we inhabit a fictitional island.
42. I'm really good at my job, but dont spend enough time working at it.
43. I'm currently in my 7th job since I started working.
44. I can just about play snooker. Pretty good at pool. Fantastic at 9-ball.
45. I cant kick a ball in a straight line.
46. I think Audrey Hepburn was the most beautiful woman ever.
47. I have done drugs in my past. Several types.
48. I'm not proud of that fact.
49. I still get tempted every now and again, but limit myself to the occasional "smoke"
50. I have just realised I am half way there
51. I have an eclectic CD collection
52. It surprises me and my friends.
53. I own a Nintendo Gamecube and a Gameboy Advance
54. I still use a Commodore Amiga (A4000T heavily modified) on a daily basis.
55. I've been a best man once in my life to my mate Ian. On October 31st 2003.
56. I was horrendously nervous, which is unusual for me.
57. When I get drunk, I can always remember what I have drunk and who was there.
58. I dont always remember getting home.
59. I always get home though.
60. I once played in a band with some mates. We split up after a couple of weeks due to being crap. We couldnt even get Wild Thing right!
61. I've been married twice.
62. I don't plan on getting married again - but you never know
63. I'm currently single, but with prospects for the future (maybe!)
64. I am an incredibly light sleeper. The curtains moving can wake me up.
65. I am always tired - see 64.
66. I have a thing this year about trainers. I've bought lots and wear them constantly.
67. I kick ass at Street Fighter II on the SNES
68. I know the guy that wrote BAAL on the Amiga.
69. Is a very rude number. Even looking at it is rude
70. I stole the entries 50, 69 and 100 from someone elses list
71. I love cheese but am highly allergic to it. This doesnt always stop me from eating it.
72. I laugh continually at the "Diarrhoea, diarrhoea" song
73. I have a nickname of "Tudds"
74. I havent got properly angry since I was 13.
75. I'm quite proud of that because I have been given many reasons to get angry in the past few years.
76. I would have killed myself by now, if it wasnt for Rhiannon and Chandler
77. I am right handed.
78. Yet my left hand is stupidly stronger than my right.
79. I had a beard from May 1993 - April 2003
80. I have had stubble since April 2003
81. I look damn fine in a suit
82. I am about to be out-sourced for the second time in my career.
83. I am a computer/network/security geek.
84. I'm not a nerd and I've taken the tests to prove it! So there.
85. I drive too fast
86. I enjoy having my eyebrows plucked. It turns me on.
87. I probably shouldnt have mentioned that.
88. I'm not ticklish.
89. I have only equalised my male to female friend ratio this year. Before that I had more female friends.
90. I was made redundant from a fabulous job in March 2002 becuase I spent too much time with my family. Oh yeah, and the company was going down the pan.
91. I once earned over �80000 in a year while I was contracting
92. I am always in debt
93. I get very emotional to quite a few songs. Sometimes its embarassing
94. I quite often forget to eat
95. I love horror films especially Japanese ones
96. I attended my first FrightFest in 2003 and will be attending them forever more
97. I was brought up as a Jehovahs Witness. Its screwed me up IMO
98. I have no religious beliefs anymore. I just dont care/know
99. I am dreading certain people reading this.
100. I am very impressed I finished this

Oh - and damn you Ian. I've been humming the Airwolf theme all day because of you!

[link]   Posted @ 12:19

Took a quiz today and just look. I knew it :)



Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while adults might just accept that, I know something's gotta change. And it's gonna change, just as soon as I become an adult and get some power of my own.
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And my rant. I remembered what it was. While purging my soul last night with Ian and Shelle, I stumbled across something I had put away and not dealt with.

When I was 7, my Bampi (grandad) passed away. He was the greatest guy in the world, waay better than my father IMO. We used to spend summer holidays at their house in Cardigan, and he would let us play in his store rooms, buy us silly toys and generally play around and be great - lots of stuff my dad didnt do. Nan and Bampi were on their way to see us, to stay overnight. We had gone to bed and they were expected to arrive overnight, so we would wake up and they would be there. Well, when we woke up - they werent there. Bampi had suffered a heart attack in his van he was driving and had passed away.

My parents wouldnt allow me to go to the funeral. I therefore hold them responsible for screwing up my life somewhat, as they wouldnt let me say goodbye to my favouritest person in the world, wouldnt let me grieve properly. If I remember rightly, my Dad did even go! That bugs me even now. Part of me is glad my parents have moved to France to live - cos every time I saw them I get annoyed about stuff. Damn their eyes!

I'm getting choked up writing about this sat at my desk at work. Its one of those things that I put away all the time and try not to think about it and frankly I think thats wrong. I need to deal with my shit and not close it away.

I need to create a list of things I have put away and not dealt with, and then deal with them one at a time until I am better person. Well, different maybe. Maybe not even different - just not so fucked up :)

[link]   Posted @ 11:00

Well, I got home last night and went for a run. About a mile. It took me about 7 minutes, which for someone that hasnt been running for years, was quite good.

When I got home, I made some tea (turkey steaks and chips), then found a delivery outside the back door. Some furniture for my kids bedroom. Went online for a bit, then had a shower and spent about 5 minutes more on the bunk beds, before gaving up. At that point I decided to take up on an invitation I had had earlier in the day and went round to Ian and Shelles to get drunk and watch trashy films. What a life I lead.

We had some pretty deep and meaningful discussions last night, like Favourite Song, Most Meaningful Moment in Life, Worst Moment in Life, Thing You Most Want In Life, etc. Quite insightful, as I learnt quite a bit about Ian and Shelle that I didnt know before, so thats good (nothing blackmailable though - damn). Thinking back now, I think maybe some of my responses were quite emotionally based. Which is odd but good. I'm a logical guy, but the emotional crap keeps getting back to me :)

Got home at 8:15 this morning and still managed to catch the 8:41 train. I am not in a good condition this morning.

I had something to rant about this morning, but cant for the life of me remember what it was. I'm sure it will come to me later.

Anyway, when I arrived at the house this morning, a ParcelForce van turned up as well, and promptly made me sign for a package. I ripped it open and hey! presto! - it was my Pioneer DVR-106 DVD+/-R/W! I ordered this from Dabs.com yesterday lunchtime. Now thats fast! I'll install it tonight after the kids have gone home and burn, burn, BURN!

[link]   Posted @ 10:10

There are some strange people out there. I mean, I decided that a long time ago, but time has convinced I was correct in my inital assumptions. My reasoning? The search terms that find this blog. Lets just have a quick look.

In the month of August, we had:

-striatum
-annabelle tits
-built it at home
-chicken pox early stage pictures
-jake taylor gay
-personality disorder analyzer
-web tattoos
-well hung japanese

Nothing too drastic there. Maybe my faith in human nature was misplaced? Then in September, we got:

-striatum
-el diablero
-frightfest 2003 reviews
-digger land
-frightfest 2003
-frightfest 2003 - reviews
-gozu pictures photos buy
-meaning of men's names
-real meaning of men's names
-slave eat shit to her dominatrix
-slut shag screw
-tiffany minx
-tony blair cunt
-tyre bristol cribbs causeway
-up cunt girls arse
-warehouse canons marsh
-where is the striatum

OK. There are some sickos out there! Maybe October would turn out better:

-striatum
-jsdv32
-jsdv32 review
-samurize
-bloodyexcellent.com
-cute names for penis
-francine wrestler naked
-how to get to diggerland by car
-index of/ pictures/kids
-joytech jsdv32
-jsdv32 multi
-mcclusky's bristol - reviews
-pictures drunk mexicans
-pictures of diggerland
-she drank tequila pictures
-what is striatum
-workplace nickname generator

Not bad, not bad. What scares me is how these pages end up being found for those search terms. Ho-hum :)

[link]   Posted @ 11:37

Something I realised last night while watching the carnival, was "its that time of year again".

Novembers have been inherently bad for me since 1993 - all due to the failure of my first marriage. For a few years I would get quite seriously depressed around this time, then I seemed to accept that shit happened to me, and it generally happened around this time.

How does that work? I was reading someone elses blog earlier, and they have a similar issue. Why November? Am I doomed forever to have bad Novembers? Will it end after 2003 (Nov 1993 - Nov 2003), after dealing me 10 years of getting pissed off and down? I think I need a drink :)

[link]   Posted @ 11:28

Our manager thought it would be a good idea to do Secret Santa this year... So she put everyones names in a hat (unless they emailed her and said they didnt want to participate) and went around, letting people pick an ickle-wickle piece of paper from a hat (Q. Why did she have a hat? I've never seen her wear one, and yet she had one on her desk!)

Anyway, I now have to find something completely sublime costing �3 (or less) to fulfill my secret santa obligations. Suggestion to the usual place please, or if the comments suddenly appear (come on Andy - get your finger out and fix my engine), leave something there :)

[link]   Posted @ 11:18

Todays funny link is to a blog I discovered earlier - Scary Duck.
This entry had me in stitches...

However, todays highly useful link of the day is to spider-trap. Found a link to this on Yeah but is it art which I have started reading regularly. spider-trap is a truly excellent idea and I shall be utilising something similar on all my sites, and I suspect that most of my webbing friends will do too.

[link]   Posted @ 10:57

Happines Rating: 4/10

Last night, I went with Ian (with his 2 youngest Anthony and Thalia) to see the Weston-super-Mare Winter Carnival. It was pretty good - although finding parking was a nightmare. There are a few pictures I took here. We stood for about 2 hours watching the floats and there were some damn good ones too, but nowhere near as many as there used to be years ago.

This morning, I got up and went for a run. I might have another when I get home tonight as well. If I can drop a couple of pounds before Xmas, I'll be happy. The main reason though is to get fitter. I don't eat much nowadays, so exercise is what I need to do. I hate going to the gym and I dont need to build bulk (if you've ever seen me - you know why), so running seems the ovbious choice. I may even start mountain biking again, as I enjoyed that immensely when I was single before.

So I am aching this morning due to standing around in the cold and going on my first proper run for years. Damn this creaking body :)

[link]   Posted @ 10:37

Finally, something generated a smile today - this managed to work.

I must blog-browse more often...

[link]   Posted @ 15:20