It’s a bank holiday weekend, and I’ve had a nice relaxing time. Weather’s been tops for the most part, and even though it was so sunny, hot, rainy all at random times, I decided against going on a clothes shopping spree. I’d better save some cash for next week’s day trip to France for booze. Tonight I find myself rushing to get work related stuff ready for returning to work tomorrow. Time to sum up my weekend anyway. Saturday 27th:
- Woken up by some daft indian chap in a call centre. Indian chap ended up having expletives fired at him from all angles.
- Pondered going to see X-Men 3, since it’s just been released, but I’ll wait for all the chavs to see it first, then I’ll check it out later this week. Going to see a new film within days of release isn’t good now since chavs tend to ruin things half the time. Ice Age 2 however I highly recommend!
- Slept most of the day.
Sunday 28th:
- Slept.
- Watched a few films on DVD, then pondered about life and why we exist.
- Talked on MSN for hours, then pondered about life and why MSN exists.
- Played on the Xbox 360 for hours and pondered on how batteries actually generate electricity.
- Argued with a friend.
- Slept more.
Monday 29th:
- Woken up at 7am by my cousin Jason. He’d broken down near Heathrow Airport and needed help. Why phone me given that I don’t drive…
- 1pm - Realised there’s no decent protein packed foods in the house. I’m not happy as I’m forced to eat cheese and peanuts.
- 2pm - My father wants a new car! Another damn Ford! This new one is in much better condition with some new features, but its £3500. I’m not happy as I’ve been telling him for years to avoid that pathetic manufacturer. I’ll end up paying for half of it knowing my luck.
- 4pm - Still in a bad mood (above) and angry as my holiday money is about to go down the pan for a useless car.
- 6pm - Kami’s broken his fridge magnet feature on his Myspace. I’m not impressed. Not content with breaking halfmad.com, he’s on the way to destroying his myspace er space. PR’s still whinging about the speed of my blog, not understanding that it’s useless interweb connection!
- 7pm - Finishing off work related stuff for tommorow. This consists of me adding the portraits off all the ladies in my department onto a page, and distorting their facial features a bit. I’ll put the efforts of my labour on the noticeboard at work tommorow!
- 8pm - Kitteh has a Plodcast ! It’s a weird experience hearing the voice of an aussie friend…
I’ve had a few emails from readers who have noticed small issues with the icons used on this blog in Internet Explorer 5-6. Namely that the backgrounds of them are blue. This is sadly because IE5.5-6 cannot render PNG alpha transparency properly. They don’t have the filter to do this sadly. IE7 which is in it’s beta stages finally fixes this long overdue issue. Firefox and Opera as expected are a lot more up to date therefore aren’t affected.
To make amends for a big mistake I’d done over the weekend (forgot about a date…) I took my good buddy out to a nice restaurant, and then to a bar to relax. Now, don’t you hate it when the perfect evening gets ruined through no fault of your own? Our time spent in the restaurant was lovely, we both had a great time. Things went horribly wrong when we visited a pub where Karaoke (we didn’t know) night was just beginning….Oh boy.
We weren’t facing the stage so we had no idea. One minute we were enjoying ourselves chatting away (roughly below), and then the following happened:
Me: "Yeah, I dunno. Kids nowadays just don’t have the respect that previous generations of kiddies had"
Taz: "I wonder what you’d be like with kids!"
Me: "I’d be fine with em, kinda grew up around them as my mum was a childminder"
Taz: "hmmm <insert cheesy smile>"
Me: "what?"
Taz: "Nothing!"
Me: "Why you staring at me like that?"
Taz: "Well…."
<Some pleb on stage behind us starts singing, LOUD>
Pleb: "#From the very first moment I saw you, That’s when I knew, All the dreams I held in my heart, Had suddenly come true…#"
<Both of us turn around to see said pleb half drunk trying to sing David Gray - Be Mine.>
Me: "Uhm"
Pleb: "#Come on baby it’s all right, Sunday Monday day or night!#"
Taz: "hmmm"
Pleb "# What’s the difference anyway, Baby till your heart belongs to me#"
Me: "Hate Karaoke…"
<Both of us leave>
Thanks Pleb! You ruined our night with slurred lyrics that made both of us bloomin uncomfortable! Ah well, at least it wasn’t James "Mah life is brilliant" Blunt.
There has been a lot of talk going around about the web about the new Apple store that recently opened up in New York, and now I can see why. What a stunning piece of work! The store is located on Fifth Avenue, and will be supplying Apple products 24/7. You can see photo’s of the opening at gothamist.com.
Over the next few hours I’ll be bringing the lovely K2 Theme, online with some new plugins. The theme is so far unmodified at the moment.
Hehehehehehe, I have never laughed so hard in ages. Uk Big Brother began last night, and this year’s housemates are the most varied over the top lot yet. I rarely pay attention to this show, and ignored last years because it was full of pathetic imbeciles. Apparently the house mates are a reflection of people in modern society - if this is true this country is truly screwed.
3 Fit females, 3 rather disturbing females, 1 seriously deranged gay male, 1 rich arrogant git from London, a nutter who can’t stay still for a split second, and a few more oddballs. I tell ya, with BB7 and the World Cup looming, it’s going to be a cracking summer! Just need to goto France to get more booze in a weeks time and I’m sorted 
It’s been a busy last few weeks for me at work and in life itself. Due to this I’ve been unable to make the changes I’ve been planning for this blog as a result. Over the past few days though I’ve been doing just that, albeit behind the scenes and by this upcoming weekend hopefully this blog will look a lot better and have more functionality as all the new goodies go live.
Right now I’d like to quote Ferris Bueller from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. I feel like life at present is moving too fast and I’m lagging behind to catch up with it. I’m hoping that I eventually do, because the past two weeks have been hectic and it’s something I’m just not used to. I plan each and every day so precisely, and this makes me feel uneasy.
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."
Utter brilliance! Ok, so its partially funny and unfunny!
"A woman has been charged in the United States after allegedly helping her daughter make biscuits for a teacher that were spiked with laxatives. The teacher had reportedly given the girl low marks.
However the alleged prank backfired when the teacher did not eat the biscuits but shared them among her class. Four children became ill."
So, David Blaine tried to get attention on himself again by living in a fishtank for 7 days and then holding his breath while escaping from chains in an attempt to break the world record, which stands at 8mins 58seconds. Blaine managed 7mins and 8seconds before being pulled out of his sphere. As most New Yorkers admire the guy, most Londoners see him as an attention seeker so most are unhappy that he actually survived.
Don’t get me wrong here, he’s trying to take the human body to it’s utmost limits, but there are better ways o great illusionist chap! Take the bloody London Underground during the rush hour for a month, or try and time your journey so you can get home on time by London’s Bus network! Had he done his ‘feat’ in London, we’d have pelted him with paintball ammo, golfballs and other rather nasty stuff which makes us Brits famed for our black humour. Return to the Uk for your next stunt Blaine, even better - try doing the same trick under the River Thames, hey we may not be able to see you under that dirty water but remember - We Love You!
