i always forget stuff...

...and it's annoying. The Jump Britain DVD was released today. Hurrah, Mike!

oh! irony!

I was having a conversation with one of my many bosses about bringing some CDs in to listen to in the warehouse.

Him: Well what would you call decent music?
Me: Will Smith, REM, Led Zeppelin... anything, really.
Him: What about Metallica?
Me: Nah, the only Metallica I've got are mp3s.

He gave me what can only be decribed as a very nasty look, and locked himself in the cash office.




Speaking of which, one of Jim's friends put the following to me earlier today:

"Stairway to Heaven or Freebird?"

Not having even HEARD any Skynyrd yet (it's on my 'to-download' list) I automatically went for Stairway to Heaven, mainly because something doesn't achieve cult status for nothing, and the fact that people who stand at the bar at a minor gig and shout 'FREEBIRD!' or 'PLAY SOME SKYNYRD, MAN!' are usually complee morons.


Jim looked crestfallen. Apparently two other people had said Led Zeppelin and no-one for Skynyrd. Although it must be awesome for Jim to prefer it over Stairway, I guess...


...or he's one of those morons I talked about.

typos are great.

So I put this typo into the address bar.

http://www.bah.org

Best thing to pop up randomly on your screen EVAR.

just a quick note.

To say that I've just realised that I know two VERY talented photographers, and they deserve recognition. This is actual ART.

likeatinglass
SmooJie

oh. yeah...

I completely neglected to mention that school's ended. Now all I have to do is exams in a month's time, then - in fact, in exactly a month - I'll be free until August or whatever, when I get my results and go to Uni and desert all my old friends to make new ones, or something.

Weird how everyone else is losing their minds over how it's TEH END OF AN ERA and all that, going on and on about how they'll miss all their friends. I don't know, maybe I just haven't been that attached to school for the last year. A part of me is gone, somehow, that I lost somewhere along the line. I feel more at home at work than I did in school, because I actually have a use there, I guess.

It's interesting - I know my friends I still have left have been the closest I've ever had, but yet I don't feel any remorse at us all parting our separate ways and not seeing each other for months on end. Maybe it's that our bond is so strong that we know we can be friends forever or some shit.

Yeah.

That's probably it.

nostalgia.

Inspired by Gabe's current post on Penny Arcade (a thread where people would redraw their old made-up superheroes from childhood), I dredged up one of my earliest drawings of anything, a Sonic character ,and gave him a slight makeover. I'll probably spend tomorrow colouring it, but this was Fingers, Knuckles' dog. I always wanted him to be a bit of a badass, and he he is in his full glory. Although I think only Joe will get how much he's changed from conception.


EDIT: And this is what it looks like after a very quick colouring jobbie, with the original sketch overlaid. Don't ask me why he's green, I honestly can't remember, I jsut remeber that he WAS. It's probably because all of the other decent colours were taken, or something.



I'll post the original drawing when I can.


EDIT THE SECOND: A fully coloured version to enjoy.



This image is also hosted on my DeviantArt page. I've finally actually USED it for something, seeing as I've had it since this time last year.

DeviantArt

jesus.

Ben fucking rocks. I would gladly buy a book if it was written in the style of his blog. FIVE TIMES OVER. If that post is his worst then good God I can't wait for the next one.


No, I'm NOT overselling it.

NEWS TO THE MAX

Ben's updating his blog tonight - http://www.inyourendo.vze.com - keep refreshing, because I assure you the awesomeness will flow from his mouth like some sort of rainbow candy-flavoured sputum.

Yes, I did just say that.

A Retrospective Post: Contrary To Popular Belief... (May 18th, 2005)

You'd think that seeing your ex with her new boyfriend would get you down tremendously. Bizarrely enough, not for me. It's something that I only just realised today, as well. I mean, you look at any other couple-that-was and they hate each other's guts. I'm particularly looking at Amy and Viggars as reference points, but it happens all over the place.

Well, Siân and Joe came into work today and instead of putting me into a slump it perked me up until late evening. They just seem so happy with each other, all the time, and it rubs off. When I said I would be okay with it before they even STARTED going out, I wasn't actually completely sure if I would be, but seeing them together, it's great. They make more sense than any other couple I've ever seen.

Even writing this post has elated me. You've got some kind of happiness generator of a relationship, guys.

geek out time.

[22:19] Ben: NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....what you just say???
[22:20] Will: WHAT YOU SAY?
[22:20] Will: WE GET SIGNAL?
[22:20] Will: MAIN SCREEN TURN ON!
[22:20] Will: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
[22:20] Will: YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME
[22:20] Will: LAUNCH EVERY "ZIG"!
[22:20] Ben: Will, what the hell are you say.....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

................................bash

Curseoftantalus: How the HELL are ya doin?
PrimalDeicide: GOOD
Curseoftantalus: GREAT! That's GREAT to hear!
PrimalDeicide: AWESOME
Curseoftantalus: WONDERFUL!
Curseoftantalus: INCREDIBLE!
PrimalDeicide: INCREDULISTIC FABULOSIS!
Curseoftantalus: That's not funny man, my great grandmother died of that.
PrimalDeicide: She must have looked very good for the funeral.
Curseoftantalus: Fabulously incredible.

oh shid, kekekekekeke

THIS IS ROB'S BLOG BECAUSE I AM LINKING RARGH

a nice big bowl of vanilla ass-cream.

This just HAS to be a deliberate double entendre. There's no way that a guy who poses with a blue KY on his BACK has no idea what he could be advertising.

He'll be getting ready to recieve it super fast, all right.

A Retrospective Post: This Happens Too Often. (May 15th, 2005)

Well today was fun, I guess. Viggars is much the same amount of drunk as I was on New Year's, if not more so - roughly the same, in fact, as Ben at that last prom thing. At least I think it was the last one, because the one before was when Dave almost died, and wasn't that the second one?

Bah. I digress. My point was, much as I had to care for Ben that night, I've had to do the same for Viggars. He was intermittently asleep on the toilet seat for about an hour after we got back, then when he'd finally emptied his stomach he was shaking like he had hypothermia. He's lying across from me now, snoring his head off...

This won't be what I'm like at Uni, surely? Cutting back on my drinking (for whatever reason) and having to play mother to every Tom, Dick and Harriet that can't handle their tequila?

It's not that I particularly mind doing it - there's that teaching about compassion, and I'm a naturally helpful person anyway (or so I like to think) - but it makes me wonder slightly about the mentality of humanity as a whole. Taoism teaches that a human form is the highest honour, and that it's that which enables true flow and synergy. Surely that can't be attained through the average lifestyle of a Macc lad...

nothing important happened today.

I suppose that's a very ominous title, if you're an X-Files episode.

Had a very bizarre day, which resulted in me being very lazy at work because I'd been lazy at school. I need to trek all over and find my shoes and cap tomorrow, because... you know.


So... Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.

Every so often at work, as I'm rounding the corner from the warehouse to go down the stairs, I glance out of the window and take in the view of the shops outside, and the milling about of the customers thereof. At some indiscriminate point in the day, there are always some workers from some chain or other sitting out on the benches, eating their lunch in the intermittent sunshine or having a crafty fag out of shot of the Almighty Hand of Management - but one particular couple always catch my eye.

They're possibly the most mismatched pair I've ever seen. They act exactly how you would expect had you seen them apart - so stereotypical you could swear they'd got out Big John's Book of Stereotypes and dressed themselves accordingly. One is a tattooed-up skinhead, white tracksuit bottoms tied underneath his TJ Hughes attire, wonky yellowing teeth and always with a cigarette in his mouth or behind his ear, or - terrifyingly - both. He's about twenty-five, from a guess.

The other is a very straight-laced woman in her forties, I'd guess, full matching pale green or beige skirt suit cut just above the knees, sensible shoes, hair in a bob so as not to interfere with her daily tasks. She politely keeps her distance from the tobacco smoke. You can tell it bothers her, but she is too polite to mention it - just as he is too rude and ignorant to notice that it might affect her.

They sit there for about half an hour. She patiently listens and makes reasons and excuses for any and all members of her team of staff, I assume, while he yells and curses at her about them with flailing arms and wild gestures. Each seems like they should be repulsed by each other. And yet they're there, rather too often, getting on like a house on fire.

Penny Arcade - Golden Moments

mediation.

I love being able to post to this from lessons again. Shame that I won't be able to do it after Thursday, but at least I don't have any school left after that.

No money left in my pocketypock. I'll have to just... not buy ANYTHING over the next couple of weeks in order to afford the Blackpool trip. Damn exams encroaching on my money making time...

...which I suppose is not the best attitude, but screw you, Oprah!

circumventing protocol.

I'm in an ICT lesson as I'm writing this, bypassing the restrictions on Blogger because I'm some sort of super-l33t... dude. Yeah.

I've rallied together a couple of people to have a Smash Bros. fest third period as well, Jason you fag, so th
AT SHOULD BE

F
GO
OF.

rofl

< ORi0N > What good are you with a high IQ if you, for example, can't even tie your own shoe laces or something?
< BaToR > Ask that to Stephen Hawking :p

get-rich-quick schemes.

[21:55] Will: DUDE WTF NO WAY
[21:55] Will: VADER'S "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" as a TEXT ALERT
[21:55] Will: I SHALL PATENT IT AND SELL IT TO JAMSTER
[21:55] Will: AND MAKE MILLIONS
[21:55] Will: FROM THE SINGLE
[21:55] Will: RELEASED REMIXED WITH THE AXEL FOLEY THEME
[21:55] Ben: I need it!!!!!
[21:57] Will: DUDE WAIT
[21:58] Will: THERE'S NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! LIMIT
[21:58] Will: NO NO
[21:58] Will: NO N-NO NO
[21:58] Will: NO N-NO NO
[21:58] Will: NO NO THERE'S NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! LIMIT




...laughter ensued. I shall have to make this.

it's been a while.

...since I updated this blog, and I have a few entries that should have been done a long time ago stored on my phone since Go Blogger didn't work, so they'll go up in a bit. But I thought it would be much better to kick-start the blog again with something of an intrinsically comedic nature, especially relevant to media texts today.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... Darth Ben.



I thank you.

a poet am not i.

"Auntie," said the youth, "Isn't it odd,
That the floorboards here all look quite gnawed?
Look right here on the floor,
Oh! A wee hidden door!
I'll just open it...Aargh! Oh my god!"

final design for you all to revel in. buy it here.

wtf?

tradition.

WHY is it that you have to go and get a drink after voting? I'm almost too drunk to type right now, woohoo.

Had some funny McShizzle that I was going to lay down in this bloggahizzy, but can't remember any of it. Will surely be up tomorrow or something.

by the power of grayskull.

So yeah, the Sony rep said that there would be a demo of God of War in OPM next month. Anyone who's got a PS2, GET IT. It's like a mix of the best bits of Devil may Cry and Prince of Persia WW. It's just awesome.


I mean, the first level has you getting inside a hydra's mouth, breaking it apart with sheer brute force and leaping in the air, before whaking it around the jaw with magic chains grafted into your arms.



Seriously dude. Needs to be had.

something i just heard a sony rep say.

"It's amazing graphics, considering it's on PS2."

He also praised Metroid Prime. I LOVE this industry... the consumers battle it out about which is better, and the developers and press people just don't give a monkey's.