thats how long i was awake for. im fine now though.
cant really think of anything else interesting that i've done.
i bought a chainsaw and pre-ripped my shirt ready for Ash-ness tomorrow. couldnt find a shotgun though, which was tres annoyeax. not entirely sure whats happening tomorrow, but i'll get some photos to put up here.
i got both books of Bunny Suicides. ah, they be great.
its really hard to blog when you've got nothing to say...will leave it for now. toodles!
30.10.05
27.10.05
its 7.23 and i havent been to bed yet
i was having a pretty late night anyway, chatting to Maddie and Johno the Scot over t'internet as well as filesharing over the network, and at about three John asked if i wanted to go into town to Asda. so we did.
i told Maddie id be gone about an hour. we got back about half 5. i dont know why it took so long.
oh, yes. i forgot to mention: i was wearing my Jedi robe and carrying my lightsabre and John was wearing his mexican hat with a parrot on top. we also had Jon who was our token normal guy.
on the way back John managed to sell his parrot to a woman who was on her way home from the hospital after having her drink spiked. we had quite an interesting chat with her and her brother. apparently shes in a band called Lesbian Bed Death. and he can do a good Donald Duck impression.
me and John went back to his flat to have pizza for breakfast. then i came back here.
in asda i got a cheap blue shirt to rip and cover in ketchup so that i can go to fridays halloween party as Ash from the Evil Dead films. am going into town with John again tomo....this afternoon to get a chainsaw and a boomstick.
remember: shop smart. shop S-Mart!
i think i'll have a shower.....need to change my undercrackers too....
i told Maddie id be gone about an hour. we got back about half 5. i dont know why it took so long.
oh, yes. i forgot to mention: i was wearing my Jedi robe and carrying my lightsabre and John was wearing his mexican hat with a parrot on top. we also had Jon who was our token normal guy.
on the way back John managed to sell his parrot to a woman who was on her way home from the hospital after having her drink spiked. we had quite an interesting chat with her and her brother. apparently shes in a band called Lesbian Bed Death. and he can do a good Donald Duck impression.
me and John went back to his flat to have pizza for breakfast. then i came back here.
in asda i got a cheap blue shirt to rip and cover in ketchup so that i can go to fridays halloween party as Ash from the Evil Dead films. am going into town with John again tomo....this afternoon to get a chainsaw and a boomstick.
remember: shop smart. shop S-Mart!
i think i'll have a shower.....need to change my undercrackers too....
25.10.05
some stuff from the last few days
on saturday Andrea came to visit. YAY!
it was soooooo good to see someone i've known for more than 5 weeks for a change.
i'll never forget the look of terror on her face as a tall scot dressed as a mexican came over and sat with us in McDonalds. i DID warn her about John...
she arrived at about 11, we wandered around town for a bit before going to Aprés and having some of their fantastic pekin duck wraps for lunch.
then we came back to the halls and just generally slouched around on my bed for a bit(careful, Muscat). she said her room was bigger than mine. never mind.
later we walked back into town and went to the cinema to see Wallace and Gromit. it was just as good the second time, but i forgot to look out for Feathers McGraws well hidden cameo...
after that we went to McDs where, as i said before, we were joined by John who was cunningly disguised as a mexican. outside we met Luke (also a mexican), phil....actually everyone i mentioned in that other blog entry. we didnt see W&G with them because they were going to a later showing and Andrea had to get home. after chatting to them for a bit they went off to the cinema and i took Andrea back to the station.
im going to be back in portsmouth for the weekend, not this one coming but the next one so WOO! and the one after that im visiting andrea in Loughborough. shes promised to cook me a steak!
dont think much else has happened. my GIR arrived yesterday. may post pics later.
now i have to go as im going to see Corpse Bride with Derwent. should be good. in the evening i will be taking GIR over to Sanch and Rach's cos John demanded it.
see ya. will let you know if Corpse Bride is any good.
-x-
it was soooooo good to see someone i've known for more than 5 weeks for a change.
i'll never forget the look of terror on her face as a tall scot dressed as a mexican came over and sat with us in McDonalds. i DID warn her about John...
she arrived at about 11, we wandered around town for a bit before going to Aprés and having some of their fantastic pekin duck wraps for lunch.
then we came back to the halls and just generally slouched around on my bed for a bit(careful, Muscat). she said her room was bigger than mine. never mind.
later we walked back into town and went to the cinema to see Wallace and Gromit. it was just as good the second time, but i forgot to look out for Feathers McGraws well hidden cameo...
after that we went to McDs where, as i said before, we were joined by John who was cunningly disguised as a mexican. outside we met Luke (also a mexican), phil....actually everyone i mentioned in that other blog entry. we didnt see W&G with them because they were going to a later showing and Andrea had to get home. after chatting to them for a bit they went off to the cinema and i took Andrea back to the station.
im going to be back in portsmouth for the weekend, not this one coming but the next one so WOO! and the one after that im visiting andrea in Loughborough. shes promised to cook me a steak!
dont think much else has happened. my GIR arrived yesterday. may post pics later.
now i have to go as im going to see Corpse Bride with Derwent. should be good. in the evening i will be taking GIR over to Sanch and Rach's cos John demanded it.
see ya. will let you know if Corpse Bride is any good.
-x-
21.10.05
double bloggage
i have a three hour tutorial at 9, but i dont really care. have just got in. may just sleep through 3D Apps....
a quick update from earlier.
breifly went over to Sanch and Rach's to give Sanch her copies of Riget/Kingdom Hospital and John his DVDs. stayed for a bit then came back here and watched some more Scrubs. (only 4 hours today).
at 6 i went back to Sanch and Rachs where Sanchia was concocting one of her veggie meals. this one consisted of quorn kiev thingies, various vegs chopped up with cheese on top and roasted and a mushroom cuppa soup poured on top. looked quite nice til she added the cuppa soup.
John and Rachel kept disappearing as they were doing their laundry, and when they were finished i helped John carry his bag of washing back to his flat and then collapsed on his bed and jealously eyed up his Invader Zim GIR rug while he put his clothes away.
then there was general wanderingness and i ended up with Sanch in her room and giving her encouragement as she went through a difficult part of Fable:- The Lost Chapters until midnight. good game. may have to buy it/get a copy.
then i helped John carry spare bedding over to his flat and help him set it up for his two friends who were on a 14 hour bus journey to come and see him, then the two of us met up with Harriet and Felix (two people John knows) Felix is the one i thought looked like Naboo from the Mighty Boosh. he was amazed by the revelation that i was the bloke with the lightsabre from the other evening. he didnt recognise me without the robe.
the four of us, at about 10 past 12 in the morning, walked the 25 minute journey into town (which this time took closer to 40), went round Asda, then went to the bus station to await Johns friends arrival. they arrived about 2, then we wandered back home again.
have now arranged for me and Andrea to meet everyone at the cinema to see Wallace and Gromit on saturday cos they were going to see it too. so that will be Me, Andrea, Sanchia, Luke , John, Rachel, Amanda, Danni and Fiona (Johns friends), Phil (Lukes friend) and one of Rachels friends whos name i didnt catch. so thats 11 of us. tis good.
maybe i should try to get some sleep now.....
-x-
a quick update from earlier.
breifly went over to Sanch and Rach's to give Sanch her copies of Riget/Kingdom Hospital and John his DVDs. stayed for a bit then came back here and watched some more Scrubs. (only 4 hours today).
at 6 i went back to Sanch and Rachs where Sanchia was concocting one of her veggie meals. this one consisted of quorn kiev thingies, various vegs chopped up with cheese on top and roasted and a mushroom cuppa soup poured on top. looked quite nice til she added the cuppa soup.
John and Rachel kept disappearing as they were doing their laundry, and when they were finished i helped John carry his bag of washing back to his flat and then collapsed on his bed and jealously eyed up his Invader Zim GIR rug while he put his clothes away.
then there was general wanderingness and i ended up with Sanch in her room and giving her encouragement as she went through a difficult part of Fable:- The Lost Chapters until midnight. good game. may have to buy it/get a copy.
then i helped John carry spare bedding over to his flat and help him set it up for his two friends who were on a 14 hour bus journey to come and see him, then the two of us met up with Harriet and Felix (two people John knows) Felix is the one i thought looked like Naboo from the Mighty Boosh. he was amazed by the revelation that i was the bloke with the lightsabre from the other evening. he didnt recognise me without the robe.
the four of us, at about 10 past 12 in the morning, walked the 25 minute journey into town (which this time took closer to 40), went round Asda, then went to the bus station to await Johns friends arrival. they arrived about 2, then we wandered back home again.
have now arranged for me and Andrea to meet everyone at the cinema to see Wallace and Gromit on saturday cos they were going to see it too. so that will be Me, Andrea, Sanchia, Luke , John, Rachel, Amanda, Danni and Fiona (Johns friends), Phil (Lukes friend) and one of Rachels friends whos name i didnt catch. so thats 11 of us. tis good.
maybe i should try to get some sleep now.....
-x-
20.10.05
normal service has been resumed....
yesterday i got up for 9 and went to film tech where we had a lecture on lenses. i had a flashback to AS Level physics, but Paul didnt say 'imagine the cow is a sphere' or tell us an incredibly gorey story bout a friend of a friend, so i was alright. plus the lecture was only 35 minutes, which was good.
after that i came back to my room, put on Layer Cake and collapsed on my bed. not seen Layer Cake before. twas very good and i think wossname will make a very good Bond. after that i had a marathon 8 hour session of Scrubs watchage which consisted of all of series 2 except for the first 7 episodes which i watched a few days ago. after that it was time for Lost. i think my eyes must be well and truely squarified by now.
had a scriptwriting tutorial and digital image production this morning. grabbed a BLT (and i made sure it had lots of L in it) and a Snickers from the student onion shop (like the student union shop but funnier) which i have just eaten. am now going to have a quick shower before going over to check my post and then take the DVDs of Kingdom Hospital and The Kingdom which i copied from my copies for Sanchia over to her. must take back Johns Invader Zim vol 3 and Aliens DVDs back too.
Andrea is coming here for the day on saturday. hopefully seeing a friend will help us both with our homesickness. we're going to see Wallace and Gromit.
toodles
-x-
after that i came back to my room, put on Layer Cake and collapsed on my bed. not seen Layer Cake before. twas very good and i think wossname will make a very good Bond. after that i had a marathon 8 hour session of Scrubs watchage which consisted of all of series 2 except for the first 7 episodes which i watched a few days ago. after that it was time for Lost. i think my eyes must be well and truely squarified by now.
had a scriptwriting tutorial and digital image production this morning. grabbed a BLT (and i made sure it had lots of L in it) and a Snickers from the student onion shop (like the student union shop but funnier) which i have just eaten. am now going to have a quick shower before going over to check my post and then take the DVDs of Kingdom Hospital and The Kingdom which i copied from my copies for Sanchia over to her. must take back Johns Invader Zim vol 3 and Aliens DVDs back too.
Andrea is coming here for the day on saturday. hopefully seeing a friend will help us both with our homesickness. we're going to see Wallace and Gromit.
toodles
-x-
19.10.05
Mina Murrays Journal
No diary for two whole days. I have not had the heart to write. Some sort of shadowy pall seems to be coming over our happiness. No news from Jonathan, and Lucy seems to be growing weaker, whilst her mother's hours are numbering to a close. I do not understand Lucys fading away as she is doing so. She eats well and sleeps well, and enjoys the fresh air; but all the time the roses in her cheeks are fading, and she gets weaker and more languid day by day; at night I hear her gasping as if for air. I keep the key of our door always fastened to my wrist at night, but she gets up and walks about the room, and sits at the open window. Last night I found her leaning out when I woke up, and when I tried to wake her I could not; she was in a faint. When I managed to restore her she was as weak as water, and cried silently between long, painful struggles for breath. When I asked her how she came to be at the window she shook her head and turned away. I trust her feeling ill may not be from that unlucky prick with the safety pin. I looked at her throat just now as she lay asleep, and the tiny wounds seem not to have healed. They are still open, and, if anything, larger than before, and the edges of them are faintly white. they are two little white dots with red centres. Unless they heal within a day or two, I shall insist on the doctor seeing about them.
16.10.05
ok, so i havent blogged for a while....
cant really remember what i got up to last week either...
i did buy two more force FX lightsabres, one Mace Windu one for Marky Mark, and a Darth Vader one for Muscat. i think they might be slightly happy with them...
oh, yeah, on thursday i went over to Sanch and Rach's flat to give John a CD, then found myself in the student union bar dressed as a jedi with Sanchia dressed as some army type person, Rachel dressed as a policewoman and John in a bullet belt and an eyepatch ("what? have you never seen the Scottish RSPCA?").
it was some money raising thing for the uni rugby club. me, Sanchia and Rachel went through to Legends, which is the club half of the SU bar, where Rach had a great time and me and Sanch got a bit bored, although my lightsabre did prove quite popular. unfortunately mostly with guys though.
also at the rugby thing were many doctors and nurses as well as loads of policemen, a group of 70s american cops, the three musketeers and a couple of teenage mutant ninja turtles.
yesterday my parents arrived at about 10.15. we went into town and found a nice cafe where i had a duck lieing shredded in a pancake, soaking in the hoisin of your lies. after that we went to asda where i managed to get my parents to pay for £50 worth of shopping. should last me for a few weeks :P
then we went to the B&B my parents were staying at for the night and had a look at their room. they did have tea and coffee making facilities, but unfortunately there was no trouser press. then we went across to where the resteraunt was and had mussels. yummy.
they brought me home about 9ish.
this morning my parents wanted to go to some boring national trust house, but i complained and so we went to see Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. which was fantastic!
to start off with there was a short film about the Penguins from Madagascar, which're easily the best things in the film, so getting a whole 10/15 minutes of them was great. then it went on to the proper film.....
if you're a fan of Wallace and Gromit (lets face it, who isnt?) you're going to love it. cracking jokes, great sight gags, hilarious references, and a storyline full of twists that is also very moving. and a surprisingly scary Were-Rabbit transformation too.
go see it. NOW!
the only thing about it that i didnt like was the adverts at the start. seriously. they were a combination of Linda 'please kill her now' Barker talking about sofas, car adverts and washing powder adverts for the parents and adverts for kids that made you embarrassed on behalf of the people who made them, especially that one that could NOT have been more pink if it had been made somewhere very pink for a 'way cool' cartoon on DVD about 4 stick thin women with names like 'chelsea' that had no purpous other than to make small girls want dolls of said stick thin women with names like 'chelsea'.
but dont let that put you off. go for the W&G goodness!
i did buy two more force FX lightsabres, one Mace Windu one for Marky Mark, and a Darth Vader one for Muscat. i think they might be slightly happy with them...
oh, yeah, on thursday i went over to Sanch and Rach's flat to give John a CD, then found myself in the student union bar dressed as a jedi with Sanchia dressed as some army type person, Rachel dressed as a policewoman and John in a bullet belt and an eyepatch ("what? have you never seen the Scottish RSPCA?").
it was some money raising thing for the uni rugby club. me, Sanchia and Rachel went through to Legends, which is the club half of the SU bar, where Rach had a great time and me and Sanch got a bit bored, although my lightsabre did prove quite popular. unfortunately mostly with guys though.
also at the rugby thing were many doctors and nurses as well as loads of policemen, a group of 70s american cops, the three musketeers and a couple of teenage mutant ninja turtles.
yesterday my parents arrived at about 10.15. we went into town and found a nice cafe where i had a duck lieing shredded in a pancake, soaking in the hoisin of your lies. after that we went to asda where i managed to get my parents to pay for £50 worth of shopping. should last me for a few weeks :P
then we went to the B&B my parents were staying at for the night and had a look at their room. they did have tea and coffee making facilities, but unfortunately there was no trouser press. then we went across to where the resteraunt was and had mussels. yummy.
they brought me home about 9ish.
this morning my parents wanted to go to some boring national trust house, but i complained and so we went to see Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. which was fantastic!
to start off with there was a short film about the Penguins from Madagascar, which're easily the best things in the film, so getting a whole 10/15 minutes of them was great. then it went on to the proper film.....
if you're a fan of Wallace and Gromit (lets face it, who isnt?) you're going to love it. cracking jokes, great sight gags, hilarious references, and a storyline full of twists that is also very moving. and a surprisingly scary Were-Rabbit transformation too.
go see it. NOW!
the only thing about it that i didnt like was the adverts at the start. seriously. they were a combination of Linda 'please kill her now' Barker talking about sofas, car adverts and washing powder adverts for the parents and adverts for kids that made you embarrassed on behalf of the people who made them, especially that one that could NOT have been more pink if it had been made somewhere very pink for a 'way cool' cartoon on DVD about 4 stick thin women with names like 'chelsea' that had no purpous other than to make small girls want dolls of said stick thin women with names like 'chelsea'.
but dont let that put you off. go for the W&G goodness!
11.10.05
good mo...afternoon
its now 12.01. meh.
got up at 8.45 for a tutorial in Digital Imge Production at 9. the tutorial was quite fun (ising various paintshop techniques to improve the quality of a pic etc.
the tutorial was good, but the getting up early is seriously killing me....
just had my room inspected. the only problem is i need to vacuum. she said "you have to stay on top of the carpets" which i very nearly laughed out loud at.
she also said if its not clean i could get ants. would they seriously be able to tell there was a carpet that needs vacuuming on the top floor of the building and then come all the way up here?
our vacuum cleaner is a Henry.
very sad to hear about the Aardman fire...
i got Lego Star Wars yesterday. it is slightly addictive. in the evening i went over to Sanchia and Rachels flat and found that Luke had bought it yesterday too, so me and John did a few co-op missions together. we came to the conclusion that ArFour is powered by Windows...
thats pretty much all i have to say right now. this afternoon i'll be fitting in vacuuming and having a shower between eating, sleeping and Lego Star Wars...
got up at 8.45 for a tutorial in Digital Imge Production at 9. the tutorial was quite fun (ising various paintshop techniques to improve the quality of a pic etc.
the tutorial was good, but the getting up early is seriously killing me....
just had my room inspected. the only problem is i need to vacuum. she said "you have to stay on top of the carpets" which i very nearly laughed out loud at.
she also said if its not clean i could get ants. would they seriously be able to tell there was a carpet that needs vacuuming on the top floor of the building and then come all the way up here?
our vacuum cleaner is a Henry.
very sad to hear about the Aardman fire...
i got Lego Star Wars yesterday. it is slightly addictive. in the evening i went over to Sanchia and Rachels flat and found that Luke had bought it yesterday too, so me and John did a few co-op missions together. we came to the conclusion that ArFour is powered by Windows...
thats pretty much all i have to say right now. this afternoon i'll be fitting in vacuuming and having a shower between eating, sleeping and Lego Star Wars...
9.10.05
i am in pain...
friday night Maddie made me stay up rediculously late by being on Yahoo messenger and forcing me to watch the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and Shrek 2.
anyhoo, i got to bed about 3 or 4 am and as a result, didnt wake up til 1 in the afternoon. i dragged myself out of bed, remembered that i didnt have anything to drink other than dodgy tasting water or Strongbow, so i dug out my free sample of Shark Stimulation drink.
wasnt really to bad. couldnt place the flavour though. possibly shark...
i didnt really notice any sudden burst of energy, but i was out and on my way to Stafford surprisingly quickly. when i arrived i took my application form to Argos, got some wrapping paper for mums present then went round to the O2 store to ask why i couldnt upgrade my contract online. i was going to do it in store and found a great Sony Ericsson handset, but then found that because its in my mums name she has to be there to upgrade it. good job my parents are visiting next weekend.
then i went to Ottokars to buy 2 more Hellboy books (they really are very good) before heading round to Asda. the one and a half mile walk from Asda to the university seems so much further when you have to carry three heavy bags of shopping and you only have two hands to carry them with...
as a result i now ache from my left elbow, up my arm, all across the top of my back and back down to my right elbow.
oh, yes, in stafford i was approached three times by women asking me to donate money to starving children. that got me thinking......every single person whos acosted me in the street to try to get me to give money or convert to their religion or whatever has had a german accent.
those two or three women yesterday (the third one might have been one of the first two trying again, but im not sure), the "hey, nice shoes. you like walking?" monk, everyone! i wonder why that is.....?
in the evening, after i'd read both my new Hellboy books i bought another 2 and the DVD of the film from Play.com. i hope i get this job at Argos. im starting to run out of money for buying rubbish with.... i still need to get 2 birthday presents and everyones christmas presents this year....
i think the rest of today (woke up at 12) is going to be spent doing bugger all, cos Rachel is still in Manchester and i think Sanch might still be in london. oh yeah, gotta wrap mums present and get it all ready to post. should probably vacuum too....
oh, yes...my new wallpaper:
UPDATE:
have just found the website for the cinema in town. i think im in love. not only do they show current films like Wallace and Gromit or Corpse Bride, they also show old stuff like the original Japanese Godzilla movie and obscure stuff like Ghost in the Shell 2.
however...the best thing on their coming soon page is.......Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! a feature length Family Guy...........thats so good i cant put it into words.....
anyhoo, i got to bed about 3 or 4 am and as a result, didnt wake up til 1 in the afternoon. i dragged myself out of bed, remembered that i didnt have anything to drink other than dodgy tasting water or Strongbow, so i dug out my free sample of Shark Stimulation drink.
wasnt really to bad. couldnt place the flavour though. possibly shark...
i didnt really notice any sudden burst of energy, but i was out and on my way to Stafford surprisingly quickly. when i arrived i took my application form to Argos, got some wrapping paper for mums present then went round to the O2 store to ask why i couldnt upgrade my contract online. i was going to do it in store and found a great Sony Ericsson handset, but then found that because its in my mums name she has to be there to upgrade it. good job my parents are visiting next weekend.
then i went to Ottokars to buy 2 more Hellboy books (they really are very good) before heading round to Asda. the one and a half mile walk from Asda to the university seems so much further when you have to carry three heavy bags of shopping and you only have two hands to carry them with...
as a result i now ache from my left elbow, up my arm, all across the top of my back and back down to my right elbow.
oh, yes, in stafford i was approached three times by women asking me to donate money to starving children. that got me thinking......every single person whos acosted me in the street to try to get me to give money or convert to their religion or whatever has had a german accent.
those two or three women yesterday (the third one might have been one of the first two trying again, but im not sure), the "hey, nice shoes. you like walking?" monk, everyone! i wonder why that is.....?
in the evening, after i'd read both my new Hellboy books i bought another 2 and the DVD of the film from Play.com. i hope i get this job at Argos. im starting to run out of money for buying rubbish with.... i still need to get 2 birthday presents and everyones christmas presents this year....
i think the rest of today (woke up at 12) is going to be spent doing bugger all, cos Rachel is still in Manchester and i think Sanch might still be in london. oh yeah, gotta wrap mums present and get it all ready to post. should probably vacuum too....
oh, yes...my new wallpaper:
UPDATE:
have just found the website for the cinema in town. i think im in love. not only do they show current films like Wallace and Gromit or Corpse Bride, they also show old stuff like the original Japanese Godzilla movie and obscure stuff like Ghost in the Shell 2.
however...the best thing on their coming soon page is.......Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! a feature length Family Guy...........thats so good i cant put it into words.....
7.10.05
You Can Have It So Much Better...With Matt Farmer
just got the new franz album, and i have to say that so far its fantastic (or Franz-tastic).
easily as good as their first album.
i also got mums classic fm CD so theres a chance i'll be able to post it in time for her to get it on monday. however i dont have any wraping paper or envelopes or anything so i can see myself going into stafford tomorrow, buying some paper, wrapping the present on one of the public benches, buying some envelopes at the post office, writing the address right there (possibly with the post offices own pen) before taking it over to be weighed, paid for and abandonned to be delivered.
i would like to draw your attention to the new link on the right there called Muscat's Blog (http://muscatoxblog.blogspot.com/).
Muscat's an old friend of mine who was enough of a smartarse to get into Oxford. this has caused a few problems as i've supported Cambridge in the boat race for the last few years....but i cant get any BBC channels so i wont be able to watch it. thats solved that.
anyhoo...go over to his blog and annoy him.
easily as good as their first album.
i also got mums classic fm CD so theres a chance i'll be able to post it in time for her to get it on monday. however i dont have any wraping paper or envelopes or anything so i can see myself going into stafford tomorrow, buying some paper, wrapping the present on one of the public benches, buying some envelopes at the post office, writing the address right there (possibly with the post offices own pen) before taking it over to be weighed, paid for and abandonned to be delivered.
i would like to draw your attention to the new link on the right there called Muscat's Blog (http://muscatoxblog.blogspot.com/).
Muscat's an old friend of mine who was enough of a smartarse to get into Oxford. this has caused a few problems as i've supported Cambridge in the boat race for the last few years....but i cant get any BBC channels so i wont be able to watch it. thats solved that.
anyhoo...go over to his blog and annoy him.
6.10.05
woo
yesterday i went to the post room at 1 and was given a note from the post office saying Maddie hadnt paid enough postage for the birthday letter she sent me, so i had to go to the post office to collect it and pay the difference (41p) plus a handling fee (£1), but i have to say, after the 25 minute walk into town and 5 minutes finding the collection place (a certain tree in the park. i had to tuck the £1.41 in used pennies under a root, go away and come back in 10 minutes to collect the letter), it was well worth it.
the letter provided a very entertaining read as i walked back to the town centre from the post office. i didnt get run over, but i like the idea of me wandering along, reading the letter, oblivious to the huge pile ups caused by people swerving to avoid me as i walk into the road.
after i'd finished reading i tucked the letter back in the envelope, noticed the 2 bars of chocolate and then tucked the envelope into my bag before doing the various things i had to do in town.
i found an Argos and got an application form, got a birthday card for my mum (next monday...i think....), paid in a cheque and bought Where's My cow by Terry Pratchett. i also bought a Hellboy comic book because it looked good.
oh, yeah, on my way to the post officei passed a bloke and we both double-taked (is that a word? double-took, i suppose...) at each other. i think he must have been the landlord the grapes who stopped me walking to cannock chase, and he might have half recognised me. my theory is backed up by the fact i was walking past the Grapes at the time.
anyhoo, i trudged back to Stafford Court, stopping off at Asda on the way (i bought a loaf of bread and 3 pizzas. i think the till monkey could tell i was a student), then i cooked and ate a pizza and read Hellboy, which was very good.
after that i read Where's My Cow?, re-read Maddie's letter and put her chocolate in my secret stash of food. then i noticed there was a CD in the envelope too...
i bunged it in my PC and pressed play. Thany you, Maddie! i got my own birthday message, just like i sent her one all those months ago.
less than two hours after eating a whole huge pizza, i was invited to join the malaysians with their dinner. we had curry (this time identified as chicken) and something made out of potatoes. i was stuffed by the end of it.
oh, yes...and then there was Lost....
i dont want to spoil it for people who dont have E4, but theres a bit in next weeks episode that....it....well....its just one of the worst things that could possibly happen. and on top of that its episode 11 out of 25/26. we're almost halfway through!!!!
and again they leave us with not one, but TWO cliffhangers....
am going to take Lars Von Treir's The Kingdom over to watch with Sanchia, Rachel, Luke and John later. should be good.
au revoir, people!
SOME OTHER STUFF I THOUGHT OF AFTER CLICKING PUBLISH:
i spent way too much money yesterday morning. i bought the limited edition version of You Can Have It So Much Better....With Franz Ferdinand, a Classic FM CD for mums birthday, the Lego Star Wars PC game and pre-ordered Revenge of the Sith on DVD and Luke's green Return of the Jedi Force FX Lightsabre....
i hope Argos give me a job so that i will have some money....
another thing i just thought of:
i also bought the League of Gentlemens Apocalypse on DVD. go me!
the letter provided a very entertaining read as i walked back to the town centre from the post office. i didnt get run over, but i like the idea of me wandering along, reading the letter, oblivious to the huge pile ups caused by people swerving to avoid me as i walk into the road.
after i'd finished reading i tucked the letter back in the envelope, noticed the 2 bars of chocolate and then tucked the envelope into my bag before doing the various things i had to do in town.
i found an Argos and got an application form, got a birthday card for my mum (next monday...i think....), paid in a cheque and bought Where's My cow by Terry Pratchett. i also bought a Hellboy comic book because it looked good.
oh, yeah, on my way to the post officei passed a bloke and we both double-taked (is that a word? double-took, i suppose...) at each other. i think he must have been the landlord the grapes who stopped me walking to cannock chase, and he might have half recognised me. my theory is backed up by the fact i was walking past the Grapes at the time.
anyhoo, i trudged back to Stafford Court, stopping off at Asda on the way (i bought a loaf of bread and 3 pizzas. i think the till monkey could tell i was a student), then i cooked and ate a pizza and read Hellboy, which was very good.
after that i read Where's My Cow?, re-read Maddie's letter and put her chocolate in my secret stash of food. then i noticed there was a CD in the envelope too...
i bunged it in my PC and pressed play. Thany you, Maddie! i got my own birthday message, just like i sent her one all those months ago.
less than two hours after eating a whole huge pizza, i was invited to join the malaysians with their dinner. we had curry (this time identified as chicken) and something made out of potatoes. i was stuffed by the end of it.
oh, yes...and then there was Lost....
i dont want to spoil it for people who dont have E4, but theres a bit in next weeks episode that....it....well....its just one of the worst things that could possibly happen. and on top of that its episode 11 out of 25/26. we're almost halfway through!!!!
and again they leave us with not one, but TWO cliffhangers....
am going to take Lars Von Treir's The Kingdom over to watch with Sanchia, Rachel, Luke and John later. should be good.
au revoir, people!
SOME OTHER STUFF I THOUGHT OF AFTER CLICKING PUBLISH:
i spent way too much money yesterday morning. i bought the limited edition version of You Can Have It So Much Better....With Franz Ferdinand, a Classic FM CD for mums birthday, the Lego Star Wars PC game and pre-ordered Revenge of the Sith on DVD and Luke's green Return of the Jedi Force FX Lightsabre....
i hope Argos give me a job so that i will have some money....
another thing i just thought of:
i also bought the League of Gentlemens Apocalypse on DVD. go me!
4.10.05
"how do you spell aaaaauuuuuughhuguhghgg?" [not like that...]
this morning i got a phone call from the halls reception saying a parcel had been delivered and they 'wanted to talk to me about it'.
i was slightly worried, thinking i was in trouble, but it turned out they just wanted me to open them in front of them. they said it was because they wanted to make sure i wasnt bringing in a dangerous weapon, like a samurai sword, but i think, judging by the way they all gathered round and took an interest, they just wanted to see my shiney new Force FX Lightsabre!
its amazing! im deffinately going to have to get a job so that i can get the green one when it comes out.....
VVVVWWWWUMMMMMMMM!
i already had the Jedi robe...
i also learned how to use a device called a 'washing machine'. i thought it was about time, as i ran out of underwear...uh....yesterday....
i was slightly worried, thinking i was in trouble, but it turned out they just wanted me to open them in front of them. they said it was because they wanted to make sure i wasnt bringing in a dangerous weapon, like a samurai sword, but i think, judging by the way they all gathered round and took an interest, they just wanted to see my shiney new Force FX Lightsabre!
its amazing! im deffinately going to have to get a job so that i can get the green one when it comes out.....
VVVVWWWWUMMMMMMMM!
i already had the Jedi robe...
i also learned how to use a device called a 'washing machine'. i thought it was about time, as i ran out of underwear...uh....yesterday....
2.10.05
♫Its my birthday, my bu-bu-bu-birthday♫
[thanks to Maddie 2 for the little notes....which should be where those 2 squares are....]
right what did i do today?
i woke up at 12:30
opened all my prezzies (a pot of hair gel, some DVD-RWs, An Askew View: the Films of Kevin Smith [book], War of the Worlds [book], THUD! [new Discworld book] and a video player which i havent got working yet)
then i did bugger all till 5 (mostly consisting of reading about Clerks, reading THUD!, hooking up my video player and wondering how the hell i actually watch the videos on screen) when i brought my sea monkeys to life.....i think.....cant reall tell....
because the malaysians had been out all day and i hadnt seen them and had no idea if my malaysian meal was actually going to happen, so at 6 i just went over to Sanchia and Rachels.
i introduced Sanchia to the wonderful art of downloading a trial version of a program and then finding a key to make it the full version online, an then just sat around chatting, drinking a can of strongbow and not really doing much.
today i also discovered that if a treacle tart (in a box) is left on its side for 2 weeks the treacle tries to escape.
its my first real lecture tomorrow, Scriptwriting, at 10, followed by a practical in Film Tech at 11. should be good. im also going to have to go and investigate the washing facilities as i only have the one clean pair of underwear left.
i think the plan for wednesday is to wander into town with Sanchia and Rachel to try to find a job (im going for Argos on Hogies recommendation...and the Laminated Book of Dreams), stocking up on food that isnt pasta or rice based, and possibly general shopping.
but theres also Tuesday too. not sure whats happening there....
toodles people!
-x-
right what did i do today?
i woke up at 12:30
opened all my prezzies (a pot of hair gel, some DVD-RWs, An Askew View: the Films of Kevin Smith [book], War of the Worlds [book], THUD! [new Discworld book] and a video player which i havent got working yet)
then i did bugger all till 5 (mostly consisting of reading about Clerks, reading THUD!, hooking up my video player and wondering how the hell i actually watch the videos on screen) when i brought my sea monkeys to life.....i think.....cant reall tell....
because the malaysians had been out all day and i hadnt seen them and had no idea if my malaysian meal was actually going to happen, so at 6 i just went over to Sanchia and Rachels.
i introduced Sanchia to the wonderful art of downloading a trial version of a program and then finding a key to make it the full version online, an then just sat around chatting, drinking a can of strongbow and not really doing much.
today i also discovered that if a treacle tart (in a box) is left on its side for 2 weeks the treacle tries to escape.
its my first real lecture tomorrow, Scriptwriting, at 10, followed by a practical in Film Tech at 11. should be good. im also going to have to go and investigate the washing facilities as i only have the one clean pair of underwear left.
i think the plan for wednesday is to wander into town with Sanchia and Rachel to try to find a job (im going for Argos on Hogies recommendation...and the Laminated Book of Dreams), stocking up on food that isnt pasta or rice based, and possibly general shopping.
but theres also Tuesday too. not sure whats happening there....
toodles people!
-x-
1.10.05
late night blogging.....you know you love it!
i've had a great day today!
i woke up originally at about 8 or 9 when i rolled over with my face about an inch from the wall and also, i discovered as i opened my eyes, quite a large spider (about an inch including legs). i went to get my glass and a bit of card to evict it, found the glass was wet, dried it, dropped the towel, found the spider had gone, got back into bed and went back to sleep.
while i was asleep i had a strange dream where i met Lawrence Grey who was one of my best friends at primary school and i recently met again cos hes a McDonalds Till Monkey, and we went for a deli sandwich at a McDs. we were sat by a window chatting (cant remember what about) and outside everyone walking past was in a dodgy looking gorilla suit. next thing i remember, im on an open top bus which is made of wood and packed with people. the driver challenged us to find a hedgehog and we spotted one almost immediately. then we passed through a big wooden gate and drove down Ashley Walk which is a tiny pedestrianised road in Portsmouth. either we were smaller or Ashley Walk was bigger.
i seem to remember having a very similar dream before.
now this dream got me thinking that perhaps i'd drempt the spider too, because the glass was back by the sink and i didnt remember putting it there, but the towel was on the floor. perhaps i drempt the spider but did go to get the glass and dry it, i just didnt remember cos i was still mostly asleep.
i woke up properly at 12, decided i didnt have enough time to go into town and back before the post room opened and closed again, so i bumbled around on the internet before going to get my post at 1. i got 6 cards, which (judging by the handwriting) includes one from Deppy, one from grandma, one from nan, one from my aunt, one from i have no idea who and one which looks like it might be Maddie, but she said she sent a letter not a card, unless she lied just to confuse me...Oh! it could be from Emma... thats probably it. My Sea Monkeys were also delivered.
then i think i just bumbled around on the net for a bit longer and then went over to my friends' flat. now theres a security system where to get into someone elses flat theres an intercom system so they can find out who you are before pressing the button to let you in. i couldnt remember what group of flats my friends were in and was just about to press the button i thought it was when John appeared, also wanting to be let in. he pressed the button (i HAD chosen the right one) and we were let in.
in the flat it was just me, John and Luke (none of whom actually live in that flat) because Rachel and Sanchia had gone into Stafford. Rachel returned, bringing her parents, and me, John and Luke went to meet Sanchia at the bus stop before going off to the Animé evening.
that turned out to be a complete shambles. half the people thought it had been cancelled, no one had the key for the lecture theatre, when they got the key they couldnt log onto the computer, and when they'd done that the film they were meant to be showing wouldnt work.
at that point me, John, Luke and Phil (one of Lukes friends from Birmingham who'd come up for the evening) left (Sanchia stayed to see the film they were showing instead) and then we went down to the Lounge for a few games of pool.
i was useless, but also quite pleased that the Strongbow was only £1.50 a pint.
we were walking back to the Halls when we met Bungle (not his real name...) and a very attractive girl called Amanda, who happens to be on my course, selling glow sticks at the bus stop. we stayed with them for a bit, wearing glow sticks, singing to Queen (with Luke accompanying us on Bungles didgeridoo), and generally having a laugh.
Luke went a bit mad with the glowstick sales and started chasing after people. the bouncers at Legends (the student union club, next to the Lounge, the student union bar) apparently had a go at him and as Bungle was selling things without a licence which is slightly illegal we legged it back to my room and hid there for a bit, chatting about the Darwin Awards and things Germans do with gerbils...
after we thought it would be safe we wandered back to the bus stop to wait with Bungle for his bus. Luke was summonsed by Sanchia to go to her room to sort something out, and we chatted about more stuff in general until the bus came and Bungle left.
at that point Phil was also summonsed so we took him to Sanchia and Rachels flat and then went on to Amandas room. there we met another girl whos name ive forgotten who sent us on a quest to rescue her african figure which had fallen out the window. this included a daring stunt invovling John giving me a leg up to climb over the bike sheds (they're only about 5 foot tall), jumping down the other side, passing the figure over then using the wall to climb back up and over.
we returned triumphant to Amandas flat, did more general chattings about stuff, and scrapped plans to go to Johns room to watch the film we were meant to watch on Animé night because Amanda was tired and wanted to go to bed. John went back to his room and i went up to Sanchia and Rachels and watched the Nightmare Before Christmas with them, Luke and Phil while eating Malteasers and drinking a bottle of Becks which i didnt like much. we also watched Vincent, a short animation by Tim Burton about a boy called Vincent fantasising that hes Vincent Price which i was very happy about cos ive wanted to see it for years.
throughout the film Rachel and Luke kept talking, which Sanchia was obviously very anoyed about. shes a lot like me...
afterwards they were sorting out their sleeping arrangements and i told them they were welcome to come to my Malaysian Food Extravaganza on sunday because its my birthday, and Rachel said something about us having to go out afterwards. i got her number so that i would be able to contact them (i did get Sanchias earlier in the evening, but she left her phone in the lecture theatre where they showed the animé so she probably wont be able to get to it til monday)
When i got back to my room at about half 1 i thought i should probably blog about my good day while i was still feeling good and could remember it, but was distracted by the massive number of emails i'd recieved since i last checked in the afternoon (FIVE!!!!) which included an email from Deppy.
that made my day even better because she told me shes going to do something about her depression which means i wont have to worry about her as much.
after that i trawled around everyone elses blogs until i got to mine (havent checked Shari's yet because all my favourite sites are sorted into alphabetical order and Shari's Blog comes after My Blog).
then i blogged, which you are reading now, so i dont really need to tell you about that.
think i might be getting tired now.
tomorrow i WILL go into town because i need bottled water for both me and to bring my sea monkeys to life, and i still need 2 white long sleved t shirt-y things to wear under my blue t shirts. i still want to buy the Scream mask and cloak too....
i started typing this at 2am....
[yawns] good night people....its my birthday tomorrow!!!!!!
-x-
i woke up originally at about 8 or 9 when i rolled over with my face about an inch from the wall and also, i discovered as i opened my eyes, quite a large spider (about an inch including legs). i went to get my glass and a bit of card to evict it, found the glass was wet, dried it, dropped the towel, found the spider had gone, got back into bed and went back to sleep.
while i was asleep i had a strange dream where i met Lawrence Grey who was one of my best friends at primary school and i recently met again cos hes a McDonalds Till Monkey, and we went for a deli sandwich at a McDs. we were sat by a window chatting (cant remember what about) and outside everyone walking past was in a dodgy looking gorilla suit. next thing i remember, im on an open top bus which is made of wood and packed with people. the driver challenged us to find a hedgehog and we spotted one almost immediately. then we passed through a big wooden gate and drove down Ashley Walk which is a tiny pedestrianised road in Portsmouth. either we were smaller or Ashley Walk was bigger.
i seem to remember having a very similar dream before.
now this dream got me thinking that perhaps i'd drempt the spider too, because the glass was back by the sink and i didnt remember putting it there, but the towel was on the floor. perhaps i drempt the spider but did go to get the glass and dry it, i just didnt remember cos i was still mostly asleep.
i woke up properly at 12, decided i didnt have enough time to go into town and back before the post room opened and closed again, so i bumbled around on the internet before going to get my post at 1. i got 6 cards, which (judging by the handwriting) includes one from Deppy, one from grandma, one from nan, one from my aunt, one from i have no idea who and one which looks like it might be Maddie, but she said she sent a letter not a card, unless she lied just to confuse me...Oh! it could be from Emma... thats probably it. My Sea Monkeys were also delivered.
then i think i just bumbled around on the net for a bit longer and then went over to my friends' flat. now theres a security system where to get into someone elses flat theres an intercom system so they can find out who you are before pressing the button to let you in. i couldnt remember what group of flats my friends were in and was just about to press the button i thought it was when John appeared, also wanting to be let in. he pressed the button (i HAD chosen the right one) and we were let in.
in the flat it was just me, John and Luke (none of whom actually live in that flat) because Rachel and Sanchia had gone into Stafford. Rachel returned, bringing her parents, and me, John and Luke went to meet Sanchia at the bus stop before going off to the Animé evening.
that turned out to be a complete shambles. half the people thought it had been cancelled, no one had the key for the lecture theatre, when they got the key they couldnt log onto the computer, and when they'd done that the film they were meant to be showing wouldnt work.
at that point me, John, Luke and Phil (one of Lukes friends from Birmingham who'd come up for the evening) left (Sanchia stayed to see the film they were showing instead) and then we went down to the Lounge for a few games of pool.
i was useless, but also quite pleased that the Strongbow was only £1.50 a pint.
we were walking back to the Halls when we met Bungle (not his real name...) and a very attractive girl called Amanda, who happens to be on my course, selling glow sticks at the bus stop. we stayed with them for a bit, wearing glow sticks, singing to Queen (with Luke accompanying us on Bungles didgeridoo), and generally having a laugh.
Luke went a bit mad with the glowstick sales and started chasing after people. the bouncers at Legends (the student union club, next to the Lounge, the student union bar) apparently had a go at him and as Bungle was selling things without a licence which is slightly illegal we legged it back to my room and hid there for a bit, chatting about the Darwin Awards and things Germans do with gerbils...
after we thought it would be safe we wandered back to the bus stop to wait with Bungle for his bus. Luke was summonsed by Sanchia to go to her room to sort something out, and we chatted about more stuff in general until the bus came and Bungle left.
at that point Phil was also summonsed so we took him to Sanchia and Rachels flat and then went on to Amandas room. there we met another girl whos name ive forgotten who sent us on a quest to rescue her african figure which had fallen out the window. this included a daring stunt invovling John giving me a leg up to climb over the bike sheds (they're only about 5 foot tall), jumping down the other side, passing the figure over then using the wall to climb back up and over.
we returned triumphant to Amandas flat, did more general chattings about stuff, and scrapped plans to go to Johns room to watch the film we were meant to watch on Animé night because Amanda was tired and wanted to go to bed. John went back to his room and i went up to Sanchia and Rachels and watched the Nightmare Before Christmas with them, Luke and Phil while eating Malteasers and drinking a bottle of Becks which i didnt like much. we also watched Vincent, a short animation by Tim Burton about a boy called Vincent fantasising that hes Vincent Price which i was very happy about cos ive wanted to see it for years.
throughout the film Rachel and Luke kept talking, which Sanchia was obviously very anoyed about. shes a lot like me...
afterwards they were sorting out their sleeping arrangements and i told them they were welcome to come to my Malaysian Food Extravaganza on sunday because its my birthday, and Rachel said something about us having to go out afterwards. i got her number so that i would be able to contact them (i did get Sanchias earlier in the evening, but she left her phone in the lecture theatre where they showed the animé so she probably wont be able to get to it til monday)
When i got back to my room at about half 1 i thought i should probably blog about my good day while i was still feeling good and could remember it, but was distracted by the massive number of emails i'd recieved since i last checked in the afternoon (FIVE!!!!) which included an email from Deppy.
that made my day even better because she told me shes going to do something about her depression which means i wont have to worry about her as much.
after that i trawled around everyone elses blogs until i got to mine (havent checked Shari's yet because all my favourite sites are sorted into alphabetical order and Shari's Blog comes after My Blog).
then i blogged, which you are reading now, so i dont really need to tell you about that.
think i might be getting tired now.
tomorrow i WILL go into town because i need bottled water for both me and to bring my sea monkeys to life, and i still need 2 white long sleved t shirt-y things to wear under my blue t shirts. i still want to buy the Scream mask and cloak too....
i started typing this at 2am....
[yawns] good night people....its my birthday tomorrow!!!!!!
-x-
30.9.05
ahahahahahaaa!
look what i found!!!!!
http://media2.yahoo.com/player/ligans/?key=47611
its the 80s live action/cartoon combination Super Mario Brothers Super Show!
Its so cheesey its fantastic!
Lou Albano makes a great Mario, although its slightly weird cos im used to Charles Martinet being the official voice of Mazza....
anyhoo...go watch them all. they're great!
http://media2.yahoo.com/player/ligans/?key=47611
its the 80s live action/cartoon combination Super Mario Brothers Super Show!
Its so cheesey its fantastic!
Lou Albano makes a great Mario, although its slightly weird cos im used to Charles Martinet being the official voice of Mazza....
anyhoo...go watch them all. they're great!
29.9.05
Blah
hum....havent blogged for a while so id better do one now.
what have i done since Evil Dead Danger Mouse?
well yesterday i had my first Film Tech lecture and found that my lecturer for that is like a blonder, thinner, less bearded Ricky Gervais. and less of a twat too.
he kept saying 'erm' every few words (except it was pronounced more like 'aaahhh-um') i wonder if he can say that more times in an hour than Mr Parsons record for saying 'right' in physics (back at GCSE level when it was fun).
i seem to remember that the one time we counted, Parsons said 'right' 174 times. thats 2.9 times a minute. im sure my lecturer could beat that.
after that i think i went back to my room and just spent the rest of the day on my computer and watching DVDs...oh! yes. at 12.30 i was meant to be having a meeting with my personal tutor. i got there for 25 past, waited outside til 1, then eventually got in and was there a whole 2 minutes, which was slightly annoying.
in the evening the Malaysians brought back the Omen and borrowed Peter Jackson's Braindead. am hoping to get them onto the Evil Dead trilogy soon. i also had a good conversation with them over eggy bread and a glass of some sort of tea.
this morning i dragged myself out of bed to be in F14 at 11 for my first lecture in Digital Image Production.
DIP roughly translates as 'How to use Photoshop' and the introduction to it would have been a whole lot better if hed just opened Photoshop and pointed out what everything did on it instead of putting it all into a Powerpoint presentation.
he didnt even show the presentation as a slideshow! he just opened Powerpoint and scrolled through the slides on the bit where you edit them!
plus he had a monotonous voice which didnt help. the Irish accent made it slightly more interesting.
after that i got a Ginsters spicy chicken slice for lunch and went to the post room. Rachel was about 5 people in front of me. we waved and said hi, but were slightly too far away to talk properly. i didnt want to push in front of the people between us and she obviously didnt want to lose her place. so i didnt really get a chance to tell her about my idea to do something for my birthday with her, Luke, John, Sanchia and Aiden on Saturday.
the annoying thing was i didnt even have any post.
oh, yeah, on the way into the post room we got given bags of free stuff from the student union.
inside were two Pot Noodles (im not a huge fan of them any way, and these are Southern Fried Chicken flavour, which seems a bit weird), two packets of Pepperami instant noodles (hot and spicy flavour. hopefully nicer than the BBQ ones i had) , 6 Brylcreem Gel Shots, a can of Shark stimulation drink, a can of Rubicon (some sort of fizzy mango flavour drink), an incredibly tiny bottle of Lynx shower stuff and two condoms (which will come in very useful if my luck ever changes...perhaps thats what the Lynx is for...)
then i went on the net for a bit and was going to go over to Sancia and Co's flat to make my suggestion for saturday, but i lost track of time slightly while playing The Sims 2, so its a bit late for that.
tomorrow i have no lectres so im going to go into town, buy some more bottled water (the water here tastes funny....) and a couple of thin white jumpers and another black one (for some reason i've started wearing them under my T shirt) from George of Asda ("who art thou, George of Asda?"), get a beef Deli from McDs, walk back (hopefully not via Cannock Chase) dump my stuff and then go over to Sanchia and co's.
the Malaysians have said that they are going to cook a selection of malaysian food for me on my birthday, which i thought was very nice. hopefully the food will be too.
speaking of birthdays, yesterday the instructions for opening my locked bag came. it was marked 'not to be opened until 02/10/05, but i have already read them.
the reason i've read them was because two presents also came in the post and i wanted to hide them in my bag, out of the way, because if i didnt they would have tempted me and i would have opened them...
ttfn, people!
EXTRA BIT: just read the following in this months Discworld Monthly
Do you happen to have a spare 15 million USD?It appears that American investors won't raise that amount to makeGood Omens. Terry Gilliam has been offered 45 million USD from theinternational community but it appears that American investors don'thave the confidence to back Gilliam due to his shaky track record.For all his brilliance some of Gilliam's films never got finished orwent horrendously over budget - Quixote and Baron Munchausen forexample. Gilliam wants to cast Johnny Depp to play Crowley and Robin Williams to play Aziraphale.
i think im going to cry. Good Omens is my favorite books and Gilliam, when he actually gets to make a film, he makes em good. my only problem is Robin Williams as Aziraphale. he needs to be british. Julian Rhind-Tutt would be good, but hes not quite old enough...
what have i done since Evil Dead Danger Mouse?
well yesterday i had my first Film Tech lecture and found that my lecturer for that is like a blonder, thinner, less bearded Ricky Gervais. and less of a twat too.
he kept saying 'erm' every few words (except it was pronounced more like 'aaahhh-um') i wonder if he can say that more times in an hour than Mr Parsons record for saying 'right' in physics (back at GCSE level when it was fun).
i seem to remember that the one time we counted, Parsons said 'right' 174 times. thats 2.9 times a minute. im sure my lecturer could beat that.
after that i think i went back to my room and just spent the rest of the day on my computer and watching DVDs...oh! yes. at 12.30 i was meant to be having a meeting with my personal tutor. i got there for 25 past, waited outside til 1, then eventually got in and was there a whole 2 minutes, which was slightly annoying.
in the evening the Malaysians brought back the Omen and borrowed Peter Jackson's Braindead. am hoping to get them onto the Evil Dead trilogy soon. i also had a good conversation with them over eggy bread and a glass of some sort of tea.
this morning i dragged myself out of bed to be in F14 at 11 for my first lecture in Digital Image Production.
DIP roughly translates as 'How to use Photoshop' and the introduction to it would have been a whole lot better if hed just opened Photoshop and pointed out what everything did on it instead of putting it all into a Powerpoint presentation.
he didnt even show the presentation as a slideshow! he just opened Powerpoint and scrolled through the slides on the bit where you edit them!
plus he had a monotonous voice which didnt help. the Irish accent made it slightly more interesting.
after that i got a Ginsters spicy chicken slice for lunch and went to the post room. Rachel was about 5 people in front of me. we waved and said hi, but were slightly too far away to talk properly. i didnt want to push in front of the people between us and she obviously didnt want to lose her place. so i didnt really get a chance to tell her about my idea to do something for my birthday with her, Luke, John, Sanchia and Aiden on Saturday.
the annoying thing was i didnt even have any post.
oh, yeah, on the way into the post room we got given bags of free stuff from the student union.
inside were two Pot Noodles (im not a huge fan of them any way, and these are Southern Fried Chicken flavour, which seems a bit weird), two packets of Pepperami instant noodles (hot and spicy flavour. hopefully nicer than the BBQ ones i had) , 6 Brylcreem Gel Shots, a can of Shark stimulation drink, a can of Rubicon (some sort of fizzy mango flavour drink), an incredibly tiny bottle of Lynx shower stuff and two condoms (which will come in very useful if my luck ever changes...perhaps thats what the Lynx is for...)
then i went on the net for a bit and was going to go over to Sancia and Co's flat to make my suggestion for saturday, but i lost track of time slightly while playing The Sims 2, so its a bit late for that.
tomorrow i have no lectres so im going to go into town, buy some more bottled water (the water here tastes funny....) and a couple of thin white jumpers and another black one (for some reason i've started wearing them under my T shirt) from George of Asda ("who art thou, George of Asda?"), get a beef Deli from McDs, walk back (hopefully not via Cannock Chase) dump my stuff and then go over to Sanchia and co's.
the Malaysians have said that they are going to cook a selection of malaysian food for me on my birthday, which i thought was very nice. hopefully the food will be too.
speaking of birthdays, yesterday the instructions for opening my locked bag came. it was marked 'not to be opened until 02/10/05, but i have already read them.
the reason i've read them was because two presents also came in the post and i wanted to hide them in my bag, out of the way, because if i didnt they would have tempted me and i would have opened them...
ttfn, people!
EXTRA BIT: just read the following in this months Discworld Monthly
Do you happen to have a spare 15 million USD?It appears that American investors won't raise that amount to makeGood Omens. Terry Gilliam has been offered 45 million USD from theinternational community but it appears that American investors don'thave the confidence to back Gilliam due to his shaky track record.For all his brilliance some of Gilliam's films never got finished orwent horrendously over budget - Quixote and Baron Munchausen forexample. Gilliam wants to cast Johnny Depp to play Crowley and Robin Williams to play Aziraphale.
i think im going to cry. Good Omens is my favorite books and Gilliam, when he actually gets to make a film, he makes em good. my only problem is Robin Williams as Aziraphale. he needs to be british. Julian Rhind-Tutt would be good, but hes not quite old enough...
26.9.05
i was bored ok?!
the other day Deppy complained because my yahoo profile still said i was 17 when im going to be 19 next sunday, so today i went over there to update it slightly and found the following picture as my image:
as i looked at this picture, which i havent seen in over a year, i suddenly realised that it looked slightly similar to another pivture i've seen a lot of over the last year:
and then it was only natural to see what would happen if i combined the two. after 2 hours 1 program download and a handfull of technical help sites regarding said program, i found myself with the following:
cool huh?
as i looked at this picture, which i havent seen in over a year, i suddenly realised that it looked slightly similar to another pivture i've seen a lot of over the last year:
and then it was only natural to see what would happen if i combined the two. after 2 hours 1 program download and a handfull of technical help sites regarding said program, i found myself with the following:
cool huh?
Just had my first lecture
and very good it was too. Scriptwriting for Technologists. i kept thinking of Shari...
basically today he was just telling us what we were going to be doing over the next 12 weeks.
we have to come up with an original idea for a 5 minute story, write a 50 word outline, then extend it to a 2 page treatment.
after that we're writing a 5 page dialogue script and then converting that into a production script
at some point we go into groups of 4 and have to pitch our idea to the other members, decide which ones best, and make the flm for Film Technology in the second semester. sounds good.
i discovered that i wasnt the only Kevin Smith fan as i saw someone dressed as Banky from Chasing Amy on my way from the lecture theatre to my room. i considered putting on my Brody clothes and saying hi, but didnt. he might not have wanted to shake my hand....
i have also just bought some Sea Monkeys off eBay.
basically today he was just telling us what we were going to be doing over the next 12 weeks.
we have to come up with an original idea for a 5 minute story, write a 50 word outline, then extend it to a 2 page treatment.
after that we're writing a 5 page dialogue script and then converting that into a production script
at some point we go into groups of 4 and have to pitch our idea to the other members, decide which ones best, and make the flm for Film Technology in the second semester. sounds good.
i discovered that i wasnt the only Kevin Smith fan as i saw someone dressed as Banky from Chasing Amy on my way from the lecture theatre to my room. i considered putting on my Brody clothes and saying hi, but didnt. he might not have wanted to shake my hand....
i have also just bought some Sea Monkeys off eBay.
23.9.05
its a bloody long way to Stafford!
i woke up at 12 today. then i did bugger all for a bit, then left to walk into town at about 5 to 1.
i'd had a look on Google Earth before i left and it looked pretty simple. just walk down the road basically.
about 25 minutes later i found myself at Asda, which was a good sign. a minute or two later i was in the pedestrian shopping bit. i had a quick look round and was disappointed to find that the Sony Centre seemed to have closed down and the closest thing i could find to a collectable shop was in the market bit. i couldnt see anywhere else i'd be interested in working so i went to McDonalds for a Sweet Chilli Chicken Deli (had a look at the kitchen over the top of the production bin. i think im glad im not working there, although they did have their scissors hanging up on the wall, which is a good idea, cos ours kept going missing) and then tried to walk home.
i think i must have taken a wrong turning after the petrol station just up the road from Asda. i was walking along a road that did look like the right road, but i wasnt convinced so i stopped to ask a man walking his dogs who turned out to be the landlord of The Grapes in Stafford (the man, not the dogs) who told me how to get to the right road and stopped me from ending up in Cannock Chase. im gonna have to go for a drink in the Grape at some point.
later im going to have another wander round the campus and see if i can see anyone. i think theres Giant Games in the courtyard tonight. that means stuff like giant Connect Four and Jenga, not that they bring in some giants and you have to run up, kick them and run away again without being clubbed and/or eaten or something, which would also be fun.
i'd had a look on Google Earth before i left and it looked pretty simple. just walk down the road basically.
about 25 minutes later i found myself at Asda, which was a good sign. a minute or two later i was in the pedestrian shopping bit. i had a quick look round and was disappointed to find that the Sony Centre seemed to have closed down and the closest thing i could find to a collectable shop was in the market bit. i couldnt see anywhere else i'd be interested in working so i went to McDonalds for a Sweet Chilli Chicken Deli (had a look at the kitchen over the top of the production bin. i think im glad im not working there, although they did have their scissors hanging up on the wall, which is a good idea, cos ours kept going missing) and then tried to walk home.
i think i must have taken a wrong turning after the petrol station just up the road from Asda. i was walking along a road that did look like the right road, but i wasnt convinced so i stopped to ask a man walking his dogs who turned out to be the landlord of The Grapes in Stafford (the man, not the dogs) who told me how to get to the right road and stopped me from ending up in Cannock Chase. im gonna have to go for a drink in the Grape at some point.
later im going to have another wander round the campus and see if i can see anyone. i think theres Giant Games in the courtyard tonight. that means stuff like giant Connect Four and Jenga, not that they bring in some giants and you have to run up, kick them and run away again without being clubbed and/or eaten or something, which would also be fun.
I Have Friends!!!!
toda....yesterday at 5 there was a welcome party in the film dept lobby for all the film students. i was standing around awkwardly with a drink in one hand and a small sausage roll in the other, usual procedure for a party, when i was hugged by a scotish bloke.
as a result i became part of a small group of other people he'd either hugged or knew already, and we got chatting. scottish bloke disappeared, then we were joined by a big beardy bloke who said he was called Bungle. we had a bit of a chat with him, then he suddenls stopped halfway through a sentance said 'excuse me i have to by some drugs' got out his mobile and wandered off.
then we realised hat it was just the group of hugged and scottish people knowing left out of everyone who had come to the party. after the lecturers left (it was only 6.30!) we decided to wander back to the halls, but stopped off at the coffee bar on the way, where we were met by Scottish Bloke again.
at the coffe bar, scottish bloke (called John), me, a girl called Sanchia and some guys called, Ian, Aidan, James and Matt chatted about various things, mostly film and music. then we left to go back to Halls, James and Ian dissapearing along the way, and went up to the part of the halls where Sanchia lives and John unofficially lives, where i met Luke (with big hair) and Rachael (from Manchester) and ate pizza, chatted some more and completely failed to get John to say 'och aye the noo'.
after that we retired to Rachaels bedroom (which was HUGE! probably cos its an en suite one) to watch Cube, which was about 6 people being trapped in a big cube full of smaller interlocking cubes full of booby traps and then trying to get out and rather good, then some Trap Door, which i've heard lots about but never seen before and was also rather good.
Aiden and Matt left, more chatting was done, then the fire alarm went off for the second time so we had to go outside, then came back and did not much at all until about half two.
they're all really great people, especially Sanchia, John, Rachael and Luke. hopefully will be seeing them again tomorrow. might try to get them to come into Stafford with me too.
oh, yes, i havent told you about the first time the fire alarm went off. it was 9 in the morning. i was asleep, but awake enough to know i was asleep and to be able to enjoy being asleep. i almost hit the ceiling. i was not too pleased. i did briefly chat to someone in a dressing gown who turned out to be the Matt mentioned above while we were standing around being let in.
the first one was almost certainly a drill. not sure what caused the second one, but it might have had something to do with the people coming out of the corridor opposite Sanchia and Rachaels who smelt of marijuana and booze and didnt reallly look all there.
anyhoo its three am now so im gonna get some sleep before the next fire alarm.
goodnight, you gorgeous people!
-x-
as a result i became part of a small group of other people he'd either hugged or knew already, and we got chatting. scottish bloke disappeared, then we were joined by a big beardy bloke who said he was called Bungle. we had a bit of a chat with him, then he suddenls stopped halfway through a sentance said 'excuse me i have to by some drugs' got out his mobile and wandered off.
then we realised hat it was just the group of hugged and scottish people knowing left out of everyone who had come to the party. after the lecturers left (it was only 6.30!) we decided to wander back to the halls, but stopped off at the coffee bar on the way, where we were met by Scottish Bloke again.
at the coffe bar, scottish bloke (called John), me, a girl called Sanchia and some guys called, Ian, Aidan, James and Matt chatted about various things, mostly film and music. then we left to go back to Halls, James and Ian dissapearing along the way, and went up to the part of the halls where Sanchia lives and John unofficially lives, where i met Luke (with big hair) and Rachael (from Manchester) and ate pizza, chatted some more and completely failed to get John to say 'och aye the noo'.
after that we retired to Rachaels bedroom (which was HUGE! probably cos its an en suite one) to watch Cube, which was about 6 people being trapped in a big cube full of smaller interlocking cubes full of booby traps and then trying to get out and rather good, then some Trap Door, which i've heard lots about but never seen before and was also rather good.
Aiden and Matt left, more chatting was done, then the fire alarm went off for the second time so we had to go outside, then came back and did not much at all until about half two.
they're all really great people, especially Sanchia, John, Rachael and Luke. hopefully will be seeing them again tomorrow. might try to get them to come into Stafford with me too.
oh, yes, i havent told you about the first time the fire alarm went off. it was 9 in the morning. i was asleep, but awake enough to know i was asleep and to be able to enjoy being asleep. i almost hit the ceiling. i was not too pleased. i did briefly chat to someone in a dressing gown who turned out to be the Matt mentioned above while we were standing around being let in.
the first one was almost certainly a drill. not sure what caused the second one, but it might have had something to do with the people coming out of the corridor opposite Sanchia and Rachaels who smelt of marijuana and booze and didnt reallly look all there.
anyhoo its three am now so im gonna get some sleep before the next fire alarm.
goodnight, you gorgeous people!
-x-
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