Really, it's all down to The Dark Knight to restore my faith in blockbuster cinema (although Iron Man did blow my mind). Despite the big names, it hasn't been a fantastic run this summer.
Defiant 26 even closer, trailer now in place, just tweaking a small details.
Work = hell - locked post to follow this weekend.
Just 42 hours until Doctor Who... it's still way too long to wait. Saturday will be slooooooooooooooow.
Bed now, early morning and cycling again. You better be ready arse 'o' mine.
That's all folks!
For July, I shall be mostly cycling 3 times a week. Anymore and I may just meld to my bike.
Fucking hell I'm unfit.
In other news, there is a website were women get men to pay for their boob jobs. Saw a whole documentary on it tonight... more on this story later.
Going to see Hancock after work, hope it's good, lots of disappointments at the cinema lately.
Defiant 26 is so close to completion I can smell it (and it smells gooooood). Just need to do a promo for Season Three and add on the new closing credits.
Cider is my God.
That's all for tonights broadcast, tune in next time when we'll be exploring the wacky world of penguins.
Till then.
Namaste!
I need drugs... and sleep.
Today is the 1st July of the rest of your life.
Barely a pun and a poor one at that but still what I’m going for. After New Year, there are twelve small points of the annum where it seems like a good idea to make changes, promises and resolutions. What better than the middle.
182 days of this year are gone.
There are still 184 to go.
I guess that makes tomorrow the true centre of the year but now isn’t the time to split hairs. That said, I wonder if there is ever actually a time to split hairs, it seems somewhat counter-intuitive.
So I cycled to work. A small gesture but also the most exercise I have done in one go this year. My ass feels like its one solid mass and I was only on the bike for thirty minutes. Tomorrow I may well need to take a cushion too! It feels good though, travelling under your own power at a speed you create, no kids playing their mobile phone music, no depressing new in The Metro, no nutters who decide to sit next to you. It’s not like I could afford to drive to work even if I owned a car but the bus does begin to sap your brain after a while.
I’m knackered though. Seriously tired and I got a pretty decent nights sleep too. NOT looking forward to the fact that I will have to return by the same method this evening but this is only Day 1.
There will be other things but first I need to get a drink and find my glasses.
Addendum:
I'm now home and have cycled back from work. I can happily say that whilst I feel good about this endeavour, I am considering just removing my ass completely to get away from the pain. Also, cycling along canal tow-paths is nearly as dangerous as cycling on the road what with low bridges, stray fishermen and OTHER BIKES. Honestly, you'd think they would know.
Back on it tomorrow, for now some sleep.
Oh, and I didn't find my glasses... stupid borrowers and bathroom ghost. I blame you!
Fucking fantastic gig, better even than the last time I saw them. Love the new album too although he knows where the money is and made sure to cover every popular classic (one day I will get to hear '100 years' live).
The journey there was rather fraught as we had decided to drive and the traffic was unbelivable. Queues backing right up the M6 from the junction we needed to get off at. It took us nearly 2 1/2 hours to travel a 15 mile journey... utter madness. Thanks to Bex's skills at the wheel, we managed to get their before the main set began and got ourselves a good spot, the gig was completely rammed.
We danced (modestly... we're British after all) and sang our little hearts out to all the songs we knew (which was... ahem... pretty much all of them) and I even bumped into someone I knew (although we both did the shy thing of not saying anything until we both got home and messaged each other on facebook just to be sure it was the person we thought it was. Woohoo!)
Best part was the now obligatory rendition of 'Shout' (that guy has one amazing voice) and also when he brought a little kid up to sing some lines back to him. Awwww.
Now home again, slept into twelve and in denial of the fact that I have to return to work tomorrow.
Till next time Mr. Jovi and thank you my lovely for getting the tickets. Mwah!
Many hugs and kisses to
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bexless for my birthday present. :)Had forgotten how fucking good it was and how much better than the first. That last episode makes me so sad.
Just five days until the Doctor Who finale begins... just twelve days until it ends.
And then... we enter the year of THE GREAT WHOVIAN DROUGHT. I may have to start from the beginning again.... and there's always the Sarah Jane Adventures to keep me company.
On with the show...
George Carlin, one of my all time favourite comedians, one of the most subversive and intelligent men on the US comedy circuit has passed away.
I feel like shouting the seven words you can't say on TV at neighbours or getting stoned and calling the police or just sneaking round churches and replacing crucifixes with models of Buddy Christ.
It feels like the world is losing a lot of huge people lately... but perhaps it's just that they're people I recognise.
No doubt George is still around somewhere, making the Gods snort milk out their noses.
Report in three hours. Fingers crossed!
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1.You have 50 dollars/pounds in your pocket, what do you spend it on?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZE! Well, that and a night out for me and my B. We haven't had a dinner out together in months so it's high on the list.
2.What is your most guilty pleasure?
Lol... erm... porn? Probably. Either that or one of the latest singles by the Sugababes which I KNOW is shit but I can't help singing along to... in my head.
3.Have you ever seen someone die?
Fortunately no, well not a person anyway. I have seen some dead bodies due to coming from an odd religion. Not something I would choose to do again I think.
4.Are you confused as to what lies ahead of you?
Don't have a fucking clue what is coming but I'm alright with that. I like suprises. As long as I have my girl, my cats, my family and a nice glass of chilled wine, everything's cool.
5.What was the last movie you saw, for pleasure, and would you recommend it?
Detroit Rock City on Sunday night, never seen it before and it was great. If you haven't seen it, go rent it now!
6.Do you have a secret?
So, so many, who doesn't?
7.If the person you like does not accept you, would you continue to wait for them to change their feelings?
If it was her... I'd change me!
8.Do you think drugs (marajuana, cocain, heroin) should be legalized?
Yep, take the money away from the gangs and druglords and make them safer to use by people who want to experiment. Also, tax the fuck out of them and use the money to improve the health care system.
9.Is there anything that has made you unhappy recently?
Yeah, I guess, but it's being fixed now.
10.If you could have chosen at birth whether to be a boy or a girl, which would you be?
Tough one. If I could switch depending on the situation, that'd be good. I think girls have a much cooler choice in what clothes they can wear and it's also much more acceptable to have piercing and dye their hair. Equally, it's great to have a penis as the Python Boys say.
11.Which of the 7 Deadly Sins do you think you relate to the most & why?
Easy. Lust. If you need to ask why, you don't know me all that well. Sex rocks!
12.Thunderstorms - cool or scary?
Amazing, nothing better than a massive storm to enjoy inside.
13.You can have one night of passion - who with?
We talking fictionally here? Christina Ricci... Johnny Depp... Gerard Way... Alyson Hannigan... all together?
14. Would you rather be a really good person or a really interesting person?
That's a mean ass question because I tend to think of myself as 'good' most of the time but I do like to be interesting too. I guess I'd rather be good because to if you were just interesting, you could be on any part of the scale. Hell, Hitler is interesting!
15. Do you believe in some form of life after death?
Ah, the all important word, believe. I HOPE there is something after, I WANT there to be. Do I believe it? I dunno. I think there is some sort of connecting entropy between us all and I think the amount of sentience that exists in even the tiniest creature suggests that something could indeed exist after. I find it odd that no-one seems to come back with any sort of proof or evidence. That all these psychics and ghost hunters seem to only convince themselves of anything other than what the rest of us see... a green lit room. (If you didn't get that, you haven't been watching enough 'Most Haunted).
16. Which fictional character could you most see yourself marrying?
Fictional? Marriage? Bloody hell, can't we go back to the sex question? I really don't have an answer for this question, ask me in five years.
17. Best sex: rough and fast or slow and tender?
Both, one after the other... mixed together... ah, I guess I like rough and fast. But that doesn't mean short!
18. Do you have a motto? If yes which one?
Hah, well I feel I've adopted one of late. It's clichetastic but seems to prove true, 'Time fixes most things'. When all else fails, as hard as it is, a bit of time and space and everything seems a tad better.
19. If you could have one wish granted, what would it be? And no 'world peace'.
See, I really would go for something along the lines of world peace because if we could all just be a little nicer to each other and see those around us for WHO they are rather than WHAT they are I really believe things would be so much better for everyone. But we are only human and we all have prejudices and things that annoy us and I guess such a world would inherit the boredom factor too.
So, with that altruistic option out the window, can I go for ability to have multiple orgasms?
20. What place most speaks to you?
My study. It has a box in it with people from all over the world who speak to me. :)
OK, seriously, this house. I haven't felt at home for YEARS and this is the first place I've EVER lived in which I truly never want to leave.
If you're bored... have a go. Go on.
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on,...
Lots going on in my head but bugger all actually appearing on the screen.
Fucking Prozac!
Ah well, to bed, to bed... perhaps some creativity will return during the night.
Not to return with a moan, it has been a FANTASTIC day... and it is 2am so maybe that factors in too.
Hello World! I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
-O-
Things feel slightly strained between everyone and as usual, I want to do something to fix it and make everything better but, of course, this is not possible. I wish I could get them to not be so worried about me. I wish my Mum would calm down. I wish my sister would cheer up. I just want them to be happy. My brother and Dad seem OK but I think they are both burying a lot of internal stresses.
It has been very nice to have
bexless back here with me as this is only the second time she has come to The Netherlands to see them all. It's too short of course but work calls and the cats call too. Bill Bryson wrote that once you've left your family and struck out on your own you can never really go home. This is the first visit back where I have truly experienced that he is right. I love to come and see everyone but this isn't my home anymore. This isn't my life. I'm surprisingly alright with that and am looking forward to getting back to our little house and our bed.
Is it possible I'm growing up?
I have been away for a while, both mentally and physically. I feel it's definitely time for a return to the world, get out, do more, see more. I've been rather introverted these past few months and really, it's only served to make me feel worse about myself and my place in the world. In reality, things are pretty damn good right now and I'm quite relieved that I have seen this before sinking too far into a pit of silly egocentric moping.
It's been a long year but at the same time a very short year. It seems to have flown by and yet so many things have happened. I sort of hope that the one coming reduces it's pace somewhat but I suspect that is not to be. Life, it would seem, is just speeding up for me and for most of the people I know. I've just got to do everything I can with the time that is available to me.
So Happy New Year. A review of 2007 is coming, looking back is always good before striding forward.
I'm feeling very philosophical.
It might just be pretentiousness though.
Break's over.
Tutu chides Church for gay stance
 Archbishop Tutu rebuked religious conservatives |
In an interview with BBC Radio 4, he said the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, had failed to demonstrate that God is "welcoming".
He also repeated accusations that the Church was "obsessed" with the issue of gay priests.
He said it should rather be focusing on global problems such as Aids.
"Our world is facing problems - poverty, HIV and Aids - a devastating pandemic, and conflict," said Archbishop Tutu, 76.
"God must be weeping looking at some of the atrocities that we commit against one another.
"In the face of all of that, our Church, especially the Anglican Church, at this time is almost obsessed with questions of human sexuality."
Criticising Dr Williams, he said: "Why doesn't he demonstrate a particular attribute of God's which is that God is a welcoming God."
Archbishop Tutu referred to the debate about whether Gene Robinson, who is openly gay, could serve as the bishop of New Hampshire.
He said the Anglican Church had seemed "extraordinarily homophobic" in its handling of the issue, and that he had felt "saddened" and "ashamed" of his church at the time.
Asked if he still felt ashamed, he said: "If we are going to not welcome or invite people because of sexual orientation, yes.
"If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God."
Dr Williams has been working to limit divisions between liberal and traditionalist Anglicans that came to the fore following Bishop Robinson's consecration in 2003.
Following his plea for compromise, leaders of the Episcopal Church in the US agreed to halt the consecration of gay priests as bishops, to prevent a split in the Anglican Communion.
In the interview, Archbishop Tutu also rebuked religious conservatives who said homosexuality was a choice.
"It is a perversion if you say to me that a person chooses to be homosexual.
"You must be crazy to choose a way of life that exposes you to a kind of hatred.
"It's like saying you choose to be black in a race-infected society."
Article from BBC NEWS
Here is the full transcript, try and keep your pants on.
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About lunchtime.
Ridiculously hungover whilst on duty at a cinema collecting tickets from the customers.
Ah, you all know this story and if you don't, it's back there in my historical entries somewhere. The short version is I met my wonderful
bexless and life in every possible way changed for the better from that point on.So too celebrate this year, both of us having little money after our holiday, went to the cinema where we met and watched a crazy, violent film (something we could both appreciate) and bought each other little gifts.
She got me a wonderfully geeky Superman pack with a small book on how to be a superhero in the office and at home whilst not having any powers and a whole pile of magnets from the early days of comics (including some classic Super-dickery ones... I shall have to scan them in). She also made me shortbread biscuits with cute red hearts on in icing which I have already eaten. Hee!
I got her a comedy toilet book, "It is just you, everything's not shit" to counteract the fact I have several comedy toilet books entitled "Is it me or is everything shit?" and suchlike which she does not approve of for their pessimistic attitude to the world. I also got her the first issue of Umbrella Academy (which we both enjoyed reading at the bus-stop on the way home. Ah Gerard, you're so multi-faceted (read into that what you will).
And then... well, that was going to be it because we promised each other a limited budget but...
OK, so a little whilst ago Bex wrote a My Chemical Romance AU fic called Sixteen Tons which can be read at that link; seriously it's worth it, very funny and very sweet. Tis MCR in the world of Working Girl and follows the plot of the film. So, as I was about to leave WH Smith, I noticed a DVD of Working Girl for not very much and thought I'd get it as I knew it was a film Bex liked anyway and I had never seen it so it would be something we could enjoy together.
THEN, on the way back to the office I had an idea... I'm not sure if my 'ideas' should be allowed to sprout wings and become realised in this manner but I figured, what the hell. The result was this.
So yes, I know the MCR fans amongst you will be amused by this. I was very pleased that Bex did laugh and laugh and laugh (and was still laughing today as we scanned it in... she did stop laughing at times between now and then which is fortunate otherwise I might have become concerned).
I love you my wonderful girl, two years have flown by in the best way years can fly. Very much looking forward to our first Christmas living together.
All my heart. <3
I have discovered three major things during this musical renaissance.
1. There is no way to listen to this band AND feel down at the same time.
2. It's also impossible not to listen to then without lip-syncing along (or, if you can actually hold a tune, sing).
3. All ability for writing dies as soon as they start playing.
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