sometimes 140 characters isn't enough, and a status update isn't the place for certain subjects, sorry all you 'like this and it'll help' posters, but my little thumbs will do nothing for abused animals, missing children or political change. I don't know what i want to write about, I'm just annoyed at my lack of writing.
The Olympics are drawing to a close, hopefully this will end the continuous head pokes round my bedroom door to impart the latest news of a medal win that I'm not really that interested in, yeah I'm happy people are getting recognition for a talent that isn't processed and marketed but at the same time I'm having to search for news about the Curiosity Rover on Mars rather than just click a big glaring neon link about it! There's something wrong with this picture.
If I carry on writing it will just be a cynical, gittish rant, and i dont wanna be that guy so i better stop now, no-one will read it but I needed to write...just not this.
11/08/2012
20/03/2012
Try Smiling for once
Woke up this morning, sunlight pouring into my room, day off from work...good times.
First thing I thought was 'today would be good for longboarding' so wash, dress, dig out two pairs of gardening gloves and wear both pairs (grit on a road can be a thousand demons to the unprotected palm)and roll round the corner to the short hill next to my house.
Now I'm not that proficient on my longboard, I mainly use it for cruising around when I find an empty road, but this video makes me wanna learn how to slide so that was my mission today!
With Vetiver (the band who sing The Swimming Song in the video) in my ears, the sun on my face when strolling up the hill and on my back like a tarmac Pirate whilst rolling down it I was having a lovely if tiring time (learning to slide is hard on the dragging arm!). At one point while slowly pushing up the hill to my takeoff point, some old guy in a big 4x4 slowed right down behind me, made no indication he was there (i had headphones on but would have heard a beep) and just drove really slowly. Now I wasn't even in the middle of the road but was skating a few inches away from a parked car when i realised he was driving about a foot away from me, I eased my board towards the kerb and out of his way but he slowed down to a crawl and scowled at me, he looked like he wanted to stop until i gave him a big friendly cheshire grin and waved at him, which is my usual response to someone staring at me (try it, they either smile back or stop staring, works every time)...he just shook his head and drove off.
Now this shouldnt piss me off, but it was obvious I was out skating on my own doing something i find fun so why tell me off for that, I didnt hinder his travel at all, I wasnt doing damage to anything or being anti social, yet he deemed it necessary to visually scold me...I don't understand miserable people who just want other people to be miserable! a simple head out the window and a 's'cuse me' would be fine. I have a feeling he's gonna go share this story with others, about how he had to slow down his massive car for about 15 seconds even though he had tons of room to get past me, but he just had this need to tell me off, and I'm sure the people he tells will agree with him that these skateboarding menaces must be stopped and they'll join him in his miserable outlook and the misery will spread till it comes back full circle to find me on a sunny day while I'm out listening to good tunes and having fun!
Please, to combat this flux of misery, smile at someone today, not a big toothy silly grin if you don't want, just a nice smile for someone who isn't, it works wonders and is much better than scowling and shaking your head.
First thing I thought was 'today would be good for longboarding' so wash, dress, dig out two pairs of gardening gloves and wear both pairs (grit on a road can be a thousand demons to the unprotected palm)and roll round the corner to the short hill next to my house.
Now I'm not that proficient on my longboard, I mainly use it for cruising around when I find an empty road, but this video makes me wanna learn how to slide so that was my mission today!
With Vetiver (the band who sing The Swimming Song in the video) in my ears, the sun on my face when strolling up the hill and on my back like a tarmac Pirate whilst rolling down it I was having a lovely if tiring time (learning to slide is hard on the dragging arm!). At one point while slowly pushing up the hill to my takeoff point, some old guy in a big 4x4 slowed right down behind me, made no indication he was there (i had headphones on but would have heard a beep) and just drove really slowly. Now I wasn't even in the middle of the road but was skating a few inches away from a parked car when i realised he was driving about a foot away from me, I eased my board towards the kerb and out of his way but he slowed down to a crawl and scowled at me, he looked like he wanted to stop until i gave him a big friendly cheshire grin and waved at him, which is my usual response to someone staring at me (try it, they either smile back or stop staring, works every time)...he just shook his head and drove off.
Now this shouldnt piss me off, but it was obvious I was out skating on my own doing something i find fun so why tell me off for that, I didnt hinder his travel at all, I wasnt doing damage to anything or being anti social, yet he deemed it necessary to visually scold me...I don't understand miserable people who just want other people to be miserable! a simple head out the window and a 's'cuse me' would be fine. I have a feeling he's gonna go share this story with others, about how he had to slow down his massive car for about 15 seconds even though he had tons of room to get past me, but he just had this need to tell me off, and I'm sure the people he tells will agree with him that these skateboarding menaces must be stopped and they'll join him in his miserable outlook and the misery will spread till it comes back full circle to find me on a sunny day while I'm out listening to good tunes and having fun!
Please, to combat this flux of misery, smile at someone today, not a big toothy silly grin if you don't want, just a nice smile for someone who isn't, it works wonders and is much better than scowling and shaking your head.
03/01/2012
Christmas treat turmoil
New Years = New Years Resolutions, and for me this means the same two i make every year, learn to drive and lose weight. The first is all dependant on how much money i can save (and considering i've made the choice to learn how to ride a bike instead of drive a car, that sum has shrunk significantly) but the loosing weight has wobbled, toppled and landed all the tune of a ridiculing tuba because of the Christmas Snacks!
For some reason my Mum (the official Head of Christmas in our house) gave the food buying duty to my Dad and my eldest brother, a weekend before Christmas they saddled up the family car and ventured to Iceland for cheap yet yummy pickable foodstuffs. Seeing all the deals they had the loaded up what seemed to be two trolleys worth of mini sausage rolls, Quality Streets, little sausages and Twiglets, and so after Christmas day came and went, after the massive family party we hold every boxing day became a hazy, hungover memory, our dining room is still laden with mini food and cardboard tubed nibbles, none of which can i ignore when i walk through it to the kitchen when i have aspirations of a healthy dinner!
As such, my planned 'move-about-more-don't-eat-bad-stuff' diet regime is worth nought.
Still, i've not spent any of my latest pay-check yet so hopefully i wont have to run for any buses in the near future!
For some reason my Mum (the official Head of Christmas in our house) gave the food buying duty to my Dad and my eldest brother, a weekend before Christmas they saddled up the family car and ventured to Iceland for cheap yet yummy pickable foodstuffs. Seeing all the deals they had the loaded up what seemed to be two trolleys worth of mini sausage rolls, Quality Streets, little sausages and Twiglets, and so after Christmas day came and went, after the massive family party we hold every boxing day became a hazy, hungover memory, our dining room is still laden with mini food and cardboard tubed nibbles, none of which can i ignore when i walk through it to the kitchen when i have aspirations of a healthy dinner!
As such, my planned 'move-about-more-don't-eat-bad-stuff' diet regime is worth nought.
Still, i've not spent any of my latest pay-check yet so hopefully i wont have to run for any buses in the near future!
25/10/2011
back with not much to offer
Can't believe its been practically a year since I last wrote anything.
What was promising to be an unfiltered splurge of thoughts, opinions and musing ceased after only what? 4 posts?, this is bad. I promise I'll try harder and do a blog at least once a fortnight (thought I'd give it that cos some weeks, well...nothing ever happens!)
So onto this outpouring.
It can only begin with a fffffffuuuuuuuu. I'll leave that like that cos you never know, someone might read the reason behind the fffffffuuuuuuuu and realise it was about them and that would just be badness, so apart from that what else.....
ok....erm really nothing.
new plan
now i work at a movie rental franchise I get to see movies before their release date, and i also get paid now, so I'm thinking I might start goin to the cinema more often and writing about how awesome/good/rubbish/ghastly movies are. For those who used to read my article at www.frostmagazine.com you'll know I'm okish at critiquing film (or so I like to believe), and instead of going back to them with my amateurish writing I'll practice in here an maybe send stuff to them when its as good as (what a very good e-mag) deserves.
if you read all this you'll now be realising it was bit of a waste of time, but i'll try to change all that.
so bubuy for now, i'm gonna go watch a film about re-animated nazis...always fun
What was promising to be an unfiltered splurge of thoughts, opinions and musing ceased after only what? 4 posts?, this is bad. I promise I'll try harder and do a blog at least once a fortnight (thought I'd give it that cos some weeks, well...nothing ever happens!)
So onto this outpouring.
It can only begin with a fffffffuuuuuuuu. I'll leave that like that cos you never know, someone might read the reason behind the fffffffuuuuuuuu and realise it was about them and that would just be badness, so apart from that what else.....
ok....erm really nothing.
new plan
now i work at a movie rental franchise I get to see movies before their release date, and i also get paid now, so I'm thinking I might start goin to the cinema more often and writing about how awesome/good/rubbish/ghastly movies are. For those who used to read my article at www.frostmagazine.com you'll know I'm okish at critiquing film (or so I like to believe), and instead of going back to them with my amateurish writing I'll practice in here an maybe send stuff to them when its as good as (what a very good e-mag) deserves.
if you read all this you'll now be realising it was bit of a waste of time, but i'll try to change all that.
so bubuy for now, i'm gonna go watch a film about re-animated nazis...always fun
22/04/2010
United Kingdom Smiling
Yesterday I took my little sister to McDonalds (under much protest from me, but I decided to give her a treat), walking through the high street I couldn’t help but notice the drabness an uniformity of almost everyone in sight. Everywhere I looked, old folk in shirts an slacks, young peeps in tracksuits and hoods, nearly every female had a Croyden facelift (for those not sure of this, imagine a girl with long hair who thought scraping it back to show the shape of her skull and tied with a massive scrunchie would be a good look EVERY BLOODY DAY), it made me wish I could inject some colour and smiles into these people, then in one of those epiphany moments, between the detritus of society filled bus stop and the doors to my sisters favourite restaurant it came to me……..
National Costume Day
Imagine it, everything would be better.
You need more milk? You stroll down the road dressed like a cowboy and get served by a giant chilli.
Your off to see your friend? You hop on a bus like the bunny your dressed as and are driven to your destination by a double decker driving dragon.
There would pubs full of pirates, cars full of clowns, supermarkets full of Superheroes.
For one day the United Kingdom will smile. I’m sure there would be some who think this is a dumb idea and would never work and think anyone in costume looks silly, but if enough of us are dressed up, the minority would be the boring grey be-suited monotony loving drabs and they will realise life is better when your dressed like a monster.
I’ve never started a movement before but I think (and I hope) that just by writing this, masquerade seeds will be planted and in time they will grow into a marvellous tree that’s dressed like a bush and will bring forth fruit to fill all the high streets with colour and smiles.
Join with me, make this a reality……let us have our National Costume Day
National Costume Day
Imagine it, everything would be better.
You need more milk? You stroll down the road dressed like a cowboy and get served by a giant chilli.
Your off to see your friend? You hop on a bus like the bunny your dressed as and are driven to your destination by a double decker driving dragon.
There would pubs full of pirates, cars full of clowns, supermarkets full of Superheroes.
For one day the United Kingdom will smile. I’m sure there would be some who think this is a dumb idea and would never work and think anyone in costume looks silly, but if enough of us are dressed up, the minority would be the boring grey be-suited monotony loving drabs and they will realise life is better when your dressed like a monster.
I’ve never started a movement before but I think (and I hope) that just by writing this, masquerade seeds will be planted and in time they will grow into a marvellous tree that’s dressed like a bush and will bring forth fruit to fill all the high streets with colour and smiles.
Join with me, make this a reality……let us have our National Costume Day
15/02/2010
The unstoppable loss of Man Cards
Each man upon his birth is issued a set of cards, these cards are proof of his man-ness, proof that he could fight a bear if he so wished, proof that he can own power tools and never use them, proof that he can change a plug with laughable ease, however, with every act of femininity a card can be taken from him, if he was to let out a little scream at the sight of a spider or choose a croissant for breakfast instead of a bacon sarnie, he loses a card.
the lost cards can be obtained once again if he responds to the cries of 'MAN UP' by his man friends and kills that spider or sneers at the croissant and enjoys the bacony breakfast of Kings, unfortunately i fear i am beyond redemption and am willingly throwing my man cards to wind, all because of one show...
GLEE
Yes, i love GLEE, I am a GLEEk, everytime i watch that show i can feel my testosterone levels dwindling but i dont care, my man cards may be turning into the female equivilent, whatever they may be, but i cant stop watching. maybe its the songs, maybe its the humour maybe its the drama....or judging by that list, maybe its the fact that GLEE doesnt really know what it is supposed to be!
it started out nice and light hearted with the neurotic but lovable Rachel (Lea Michele) and the romance seeking germaphobe Emma (Jayma Mays) but takes a turn toward proper comedy whenever Sue is onscreen (played by the excellent Jane Lynch) but the last episode on E4 suddenly took a dive into the Creek of Dawson fame, with teenage pregnancy, image obsession and drug use, of course this was all followed by a scene with chirpy music and more pretty people so you kinda forgot it went all a bit serious for a while, i have a horrible feeling they may get more serious in the show an deal with more 'issues' but hey...it cant always be all singing all dancing happy happy joy joy cos then it'd just be High School Musical TV, altho even if it was, I'd probably still wave my GLEE flag high!
the lost cards can be obtained once again if he responds to the cries of 'MAN UP' by his man friends and kills that spider or sneers at the croissant and enjoys the bacony breakfast of Kings, unfortunately i fear i am beyond redemption and am willingly throwing my man cards to wind, all because of one show...
GLEE
Yes, i love GLEE, I am a GLEEk, everytime i watch that show i can feel my testosterone levels dwindling but i dont care, my man cards may be turning into the female equivilent, whatever they may be, but i cant stop watching. maybe its the songs, maybe its the humour maybe its the drama....or judging by that list, maybe its the fact that GLEE doesnt really know what it is supposed to be!
it started out nice and light hearted with the neurotic but lovable Rachel (Lea Michele) and the romance seeking germaphobe Emma (Jayma Mays) but takes a turn toward proper comedy whenever Sue is onscreen (played by the excellent Jane Lynch) but the last episode on E4 suddenly took a dive into the Creek of Dawson fame, with teenage pregnancy, image obsession and drug use, of course this was all followed by a scene with chirpy music and more pretty people so you kinda forgot it went all a bit serious for a while, i have a horrible feeling they may get more serious in the show an deal with more 'issues' but hey...it cant always be all singing all dancing happy happy joy joy cos then it'd just be High School Musical TV, altho even if it was, I'd probably still wave my GLEE flag high!
10/12/2009
Musings on Twilight
to be fair i didnt go into it expecting to like it
but it really isnt that good, for instance...lets look at Bella, this is a girl who has changed her entire life, relocated to a town she doesnt know has an epic romance and falls absolutely in love, yet manages somehow to convey all emotion whether it be fear or pure joy with a slight ironical Junoesque indie chick cynical-at-life lift of the side of her mouth, and goes thru the film looking as tho she doesnt really care whats happening
Moving across country? Whatever
Starting a new school where you dont know anyone? So What
Realization that the guy you have a crush on is really a vampire and belongs to a vampire family who are located just outside of town? Meh I'm just a teenager with Teenage Problems.
All this news is conveyed by Miss Kristen Stewart as tho she has just been told she'll have to wait a bit longer for the pizza she just ordered...yeah its an inconvenience but it really doesnt matter!
ok let turn our attention to the heart-throb(huge fucking question mark framed by his immense eyebrows over that one)...Mr Edward Cullen
now i know it is mentioned that Edward sometimes speaks as tho he was from a different time, but seriously 'and so the lion falls for the lamb'...that line nearly made me choke on my cup of tea besides...he was turned in 1918. Now speech has obviously changed since then but he's speaking as though he's from the Renaissance, altho credit where credits due, he's bad during the romance scenes (again, like his co star, he's fails to show any real emotion) but plays the confused human side of the vamp unsure to handle this 'girlfriend' phenomenon pretty well...'erm, so...this is my room'
I appreciate the attempt to make the vampires more human in this film
BUT WHERE ARE THE FUCKING FANGS
even when the baddie Vamp James is threatening dear little Bella, you dont think he'd use his fangs to intimidate her? (SPOILER)and theres not even fang marks on Bellas wrist when he bites her, just looks like regular everyday borin human teeth!
and once again the tree climbing was awful, i've not seen a film yet that shows good speed tree climbing with out it looking like a wire pulling up an actor who is just waving their arms about, surely with the budget they had on that film they could have shown his fingers digging into the bark to pull him up (but hey, thas against nearly all vampire films...why do they all have Spiderman fingers??)
and on the subject of the SFX, the fast running was soooo horrible the close ups of bella holding on....her arms so loose over his shoulders a mere hop would have her off, and i think someone should have told them that just blurring slo mo or real time action doesnt make things look super fast it looks like you've just blurred slo mo or real time action
now i could go on about how the flashbacks during Bellas realization were totally gratuitous (the action happened in the last 30 mins, dont think we're gonna forget that anytime soon)and how the history of the family could have been beefed out so much more
but i shant
in conclusion, i can see the appeal to younger viewers....but it could have been so much better!
but it really isnt that good, for instance...lets look at Bella, this is a girl who has changed her entire life, relocated to a town she doesnt know has an epic romance and falls absolutely in love, yet manages somehow to convey all emotion whether it be fear or pure joy with a slight ironical Junoesque indie chick cynical-at-life lift of the side of her mouth, and goes thru the film looking as tho she doesnt really care whats happening
Moving across country? Whatever
Starting a new school where you dont know anyone? So What
Realization that the guy you have a crush on is really a vampire and belongs to a vampire family who are located just outside of town? Meh I'm just a teenager with Teenage Problems.
All this news is conveyed by Miss Kristen Stewart as tho she has just been told she'll have to wait a bit longer for the pizza she just ordered...yeah its an inconvenience but it really doesnt matter!
ok let turn our attention to the heart-throb(huge fucking question mark framed by his immense eyebrows over that one)...Mr Edward Cullen
now i know it is mentioned that Edward sometimes speaks as tho he was from a different time, but seriously 'and so the lion falls for the lamb'...that line nearly made me choke on my cup of tea besides...he was turned in 1918. Now speech has obviously changed since then but he's speaking as though he's from the Renaissance, altho credit where credits due, he's bad during the romance scenes (again, like his co star, he's fails to show any real emotion) but plays the confused human side of the vamp unsure to handle this 'girlfriend' phenomenon pretty well...'erm, so...this is my room'
I appreciate the attempt to make the vampires more human in this film
BUT WHERE ARE THE FUCKING FANGS
even when the baddie Vamp James is threatening dear little Bella, you dont think he'd use his fangs to intimidate her? (SPOILER)and theres not even fang marks on Bellas wrist when he bites her, just looks like regular everyday borin human teeth!
and once again the tree climbing was awful, i've not seen a film yet that shows good speed tree climbing with out it looking like a wire pulling up an actor who is just waving their arms about, surely with the budget they had on that film they could have shown his fingers digging into the bark to pull him up (but hey, thas against nearly all vampire films...why do they all have Spiderman fingers??)
and on the subject of the SFX, the fast running was soooo horrible the close ups of bella holding on....her arms so loose over his shoulders a mere hop would have her off, and i think someone should have told them that just blurring slo mo or real time action doesnt make things look super fast it looks like you've just blurred slo mo or real time action
now i could go on about how the flashbacks during Bellas realization were totally gratuitous (the action happened in the last 30 mins, dont think we're gonna forget that anytime soon)and how the history of the family could have been beefed out so much more
but i shant
in conclusion, i can see the appeal to younger viewers....but it could have been so much better!
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