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Alas...
Posted: 15-05-2008 12:05:47
...the good weather has deserted us. I took my bike to the Harborne Cycle Centre yesterday which is part of the Queen Alexandra College in Harborne (caters for blindness and other disabilities). Apparantly people with visual impairments are really good at fixing bikes, don't ask me how, but i've got complete faith in them. They said it'd be ready next wednesday, but phoned today to say it was ready! So we'll see.
Looking forward to getting back on the bike, so hopefully more dry weather is on the way. I went for a 2 mile run this morning, not sure why, i felt like i needed it!
So after all that talk of exercise, i should probably go to the pub tonight.
ps. did i get away with that?!?!?
Not raining cats and dogs
Posted: 08-05-2008 13:06:52
With the nice weather we're having, we've had the bedroom window open at night!
However since last summer, the neighbourhood has acquired some new pets, there's lots of cats...some of which insist on singing at 5 in the morining. In addition, the two dogs that are close by, bark and sing late at night. The last couple of nights have thankfully been peaceful, more of the same please.
BHW
Posted: 06-05-2008 10:40:37
Pub, food, pub, food, pub etc.
I went to The Lord Clifden (Hockley) on Friday which was enjoyable! I went to The Kings Head (Bearwood) on Saturday which was nice. I went to The Junction (Harborne) on Sunday which was enjoyable. I went to The Barnt Green Inn (Barnt Green!) on Monday which was nice.
Nice.
Other than that, watched some snooker and footy and that was just about that!
Another...
Posted: 02-05-2008 17:11:29
...mental week, busy, busy!
Not too much planned, the Harborne run tomorrow, not much running involved. I might go for a few!
Enjoy your weekend whatever you're upto! I'll leave you with...
Vote Weirdo
Posted: 01-05-2008 12:36:14
Rich and I encountered some weird guy shouting through a megaphone taped to the top of his car yesterday. He was playing music and shouting, "Vote for me, vote for me!"...or something.
I'm gonna vote for him.
Zoot woman
Posted: 29-04-2008 12:52:59
Think of a song, make a picture and "others" have to guess the title of the song. You might want to give "others" a clue, in this case i gave the name of the artist.
This weekend...
Posted: 25-04-2008 16:01:03
...i shall be tending to my darling girlfriend who has been very poorly sick recently. Ironically since returning home from the good care of the NHS, she's a weak and frail version of her former self after needing little more than a scan in hospital which took 2 days! We all love paying taxes.
Speaking of public services, it seems the people are just about sick of New Labour now, what with strikes here and credit crunches there, it's all there fault.
Oh, I know, let's vote Tory, they seem willing and ready to straighten out the disarray of our great nation...bloody Labour!
...six years later...
...bloody Tories are crap, i knew it, i always said it, they've messed up again. Vote Labout next time, they'll sort it out.
Is it me or does anyone else find the media circus that is politics a complete farse? I don't understand why people think voting one or the other is going to make any difference. We'll waste billions through our incompetent, ineffecient processes and management which ever way. GRrr, vote Allen's revolution!
I think we need to invest more in figures and reports, that way, lower management will feel pressured into lying about them and they'll all be pointless...great!
I...
Posted: 23-04-2008 12:04:53
...really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, want Liverpool to beat Chelsea.
Oh how i could picture my dad swearing at the tele when Risa scored that OG!
City Hospital
Posted: 22-04-2008 10:19:22
What a lovely place! They should hire some good looking people to hang about in reception and put some music on or something.
Don't do...
Posted: 18-04-2008 16:43:25
...your passport application in blue ink.
I'm going for a curry tonight, then i'm going to put my feet up and do odds and ends this weekend. Have a good one, be safe, keep warm etc.
Advertising...
Posted: 16-04-2008 14:28:28
...cars has changed. Since the first Honda ads a few years ago, the competitve world of car advertising has shifted from
CLICK ME
and
CLICK ME TOO
to
AND AGAIN
I find it amusing how just a few years ago, car advertising competed to parallel a man's sex appeal with the car he drives. Yet since the genius and originality of the Honda ads, car advertisers, like a family of ducks, have desperatley tried to imitate the new benchmark style. So whilst we continue to say "cool" to the Honda campaigns, recent campiagns from Ford, Audi and fiat have begged, borrowed and stolen from the concepts first displayed in Honda ads. Even the famous dancing citreon one (which shows some originality...nothing to do with transformers???), follows the new Honda rules for car ads!
But what's driven this change, are cars not as sexy as they used to be? Do advertisers need to appeal to both sexes? Or did Honda just want to stand out from the crowd?
They have now successfully re-positioned themselves as this culturally and environmentally aware, modern, forward thinking organisation. And as with every market pioneer, they are often the one who benefits form imitators, everyone's trying to copy them, but no-one can better them! Even blue chips like Nokia and Guiness have diversified some the Honda thinking to suit their own campaigns.
Surely, creating new, inspiring, original ideas for your advertising campaign is the key to sucess?
All said and done, most of the car purchasing market probably don't care...The power of dreams eh!
Oh dear...
Posted: 15-04-2008 11:43:08
...did you see young Avram scratching his unimaginative, uninspiring, boring head last night when Wigan got a well deserved equaliser. Whereas SB threw caution to the wind with some brave substitions AT STAMFORD BRIDGE with 20 minutes to go. Only when Heskey slid in to equalise did AG decide to make the genius tactical decision (with 1 minute of injury time left) to bring on Andrei Shevchenko. Brilliant.
A blog a day
Posted: 11-04-2008 16:55:31
We're off to see Supergrass tonight.
Brilliant
Posted: 10-04-2008 10:34:57
UNFLICNHING TRIUMPH
watch the trailer...i'm not scared.
Infomer
Posted: 09-04-2008 14:17:40
Has anyone ever understood what the Snow man says in his 90's rap tune Informer? I suspect not. Why not have a look at the lyrics, i suggest you read them out loud in a Yorkshire accent, it amused me no end.
INFORMER
For extra amusement, learn the words and sing along to the video on...
youtube baby
As promised
Posted: 08-04-2008 13:30:15
UNCLE BRYN DOES JAMES BLUNT
Hey
Posted: 07-04-2008 10:28:50
Had a lovely little break in Wales. I took the camera. For those of you who havn't got Facebook...
PICTURES
And i won on the Grand National over the weekend...tidy!
Nice weekend.
Posted: 31-03-2008 10:15:10
I ate well, drank well, met nice people, saw friends, Newcastle won, the sun shone (in parts). Nice.
Fact.
Posted: 26-03-2008 14:19:30
Topsoil loss is a serious planetary issue.
Easter
Posted: 20-03-2008 13:50:33
Hope the weather's not too bad! Want to do some gardening and go out for a boogie.
BTW. What a game at White Hart Lane last night, extended highlights were much appreciated, but why it was the featured game as apposed to Man U, Bolton...i don't know.
Tesco carpark
Posted: 19-03-2008 16:18:33
The tesco metro up the road has about seven cosy car parking spaces which are easily visible from all around. Even if they are obviously all taken, people still decide to drive onto the 3 square metres of tarmac to wait for a space. Only problem being no bugger can reverse to get out because Mr i'm going to park here cos i can't be bothered to walk 3 seconds to Tesco (or Subway) has pulled in, despite the obvious lack of space. Problems only spiral when Mrs i can't be bothered to walk 3 seconds to Tesco (or Subway) then decides to glide onto the tesco's 3 square tarmaced metres of dreams.
I'm sure you can imagine by now it's all getting rather close to chaos. There's reverse lights everywhere, but no-one can move very far...further spice is added to the situation when a Transit van indicates to pull onto the car park, so blocking the entrance/exit!
Nice one Tesco.
Rob Brydon...
Posted: 17-03-2008 13:01:00
...as uncle Bryn in Gavin and Stacey...genius. Him singing to James Blunt was priceless. As soon as it's on youtube i'll let you know!
Newcastle, Birmingham tonight...we have to win. For those who don't know me, we is Newcastle.
Teal
Posted: 13-03-2008 13:42:30
Teal, also called teal blue, is a medium to dark greenish blue color of low saturation; a dark cyan. Although the color is said to get its name from the fact that it surrounds the eyes of the common teal, a member of the duck family. The complementary color of teal is coral pink.
It's a funny old game...
Posted: 10-03-2008 15:35:10
...so the weekend saw Man U and Chelsea out the cup, with Cardiff or Barnsley now guaranteed a place in the final, i'm looking forward to both semi-finals and the final, especially since Chelsea have been found out and won't be able to bore us all to death on cup final day! That said, Portsmouth appeared to have taken their place and must be favourites although the baggies have the better potential to knock them out.
As for all this talk that Christiano Ronaldo and the likes should be protected from anyone coming within 10 yards of them is ridiculous, if the game gets any more girly i may aswell start watching netball.
The bus....
Posted: 05-03-2008 17:19:46
...again. The space between seats varies considerably not only from bus to bus, but between seats on the same bus.
I like the new beeb front page, not revolutionary, but decent!
Mark, stop swearing and get over it!
Booked my holiday...
Posted: 03-03-2008 14:00:50
...i'm going Kefalonia..very nice!
i'm going out...
Posted: 29-02-2008 17:19:51
...with my mate Sarah this Saturday, beforehand i'm having Saturday afternoon darts with the lads, gonna be great! Tiff's going to Chester for the weekend, i'll miss her!
death threat
Posted: 27-02-2008 17:00:48
I hate football fans sometimes, anyone who thinks Taylor deserves to be banned or recieve death threats is over stepping the mark somewhat. That could have happened in pretty much any game in the premier league, the tackle wasn't as malicious or high as a lot of other tackles i've seen. Eduardo is just very unlucky in my opinion!
On the...
Posted: 25-02-2008 15:19:45
...24-01-2008 at 16:10:49 i said this,
"Another boring Cup Final in store then! Chelsea should be banned from the cups, or at least from the final. Imagine if it was Everton v Spurs, it'd be wide open. But now i'm sure it'll be Chelsea keeping Spurs at arms length and looking to nick a winner...prove me wrong!!"
Did they prove me wrong...NO. They had two shots on goal in the 90 minutes (both free kicks), only when Spurs went ahead did they start attacking...they're soooo sooo dull. I'm really glad Spurs won.
BTW, what was the point of paying £15m for Anelka to play him on the wing?? Not that i'm complaining! Well done Spurs, thoroughly deserved.
I'm going...
Posted: 22-02-2008 15:20:14
...on a stag do in Spain...which will be nice. I more recently found out my Mum is going to the same resort 3 days after my departure. On realising the near miss, my dear mother was mildly disappointed...i was not.
This weekend i'm going to B&Q to buy soil for the garden, it's time to start gardening again. I like plants, especially shrubs.
I'm getting fed up...
Posted: 21-02-2008 15:08:13
...with this country. I mostly blame the lazy incompetent idiots that have run our great land for the last 50 years. The end is nigh, i'm moving to Hungary.
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Posted: 19-02-2008 15:01:12
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You need it in your life...
Posted: 15-02-2008 14:02:48
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You know...
Posted: 15-02-2008 13:35:31
...when the kids are off, working folk like us actually get a chance to read the metro and 20 newspapers aren't ripped up and thrown all over the floor of the top deck!
What a...
Posted: 11-02-2008 15:14:04
...lovely weekend we had, more of the same please up there!
However pleasant this spell may be, i'm sure you'll agree it's not quite ready to go out (in public), with t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops on like one lad i saw this lunchtime...tool.
I do hope...
Posted: 08-02-2008 11:04:35
...i'm not the only one that thinks premier league games played around the world is a scandalous idea. Leave the game alone!!!
Being home alone...
Posted: 05-02-2008 17:25:19
...for two nights, i was forced to go and play darts on a Monday. From 2-0 down i made a great comeback. Tonight i shall make pancakes...for one.
Breakfast
Posted: 01-02-2008 16:15:53
BBC Breakfast has been annoying me for a while now. They talk about nothing important or even of any use to me. Much like GMTV, just not quite as annoying.
BBC News 24 from now on then.
Pork on Sunday.
New music.
Posted: 30-01-2008 17:03:23
Lovin the new Hot Chip album because it's Hot Chip and Vampire Weekend whoever they are.
As i said...
Posted: 28-01-2008 14:49:56
...we ventured to Swansea for most of the weekend and although it's not the most exciting place i've ever been to, i reckon we made the best of it. We drove for miles to got to a gig at a small theatre which was half full of sweaty 14 year old emo's who insisted on banging into each other in some sort of pointless affectionate ritual...i put it down to their lack of ability to dance. The other half had got so drunk on Lambrini that they couldn't stand up, so it was an experience. The bands weren't completely to my taste, but were half decent, Friends Electric (whom it was we had driven 140miles to see) appeared on stage in a Soulwax vibe which was great..as was the use of cowbells. Instrumentally, in look and in sound, they too are comparable to Soulwax on stage. Alas i didn't care much for the style of vocal, it was also a bit emo, so not my cup of tea, but apart from that, they created a great sounding atmosphere even if the little kiddies didn't get it that much!
We went out in Swansea after the gig, where i got pointed at and mocked for the style of clothes i wore (yes it's a cardigan). I got the impression some of the locals were less than cultured...bless! We found a little club that seemed to gather all the mis-fits of the town for a friendly party of soul, funk, motown and drum n bass...nice one!
I am...
Posted: 25-01-2008 13:11:05
...going to Swansea tomorrow. I've never been to Swansea before. We're going to support a band called Friends Electric, myspace. So we'll see what wales has to offer! According to Mark it's
Another...
Posted: 24-01-2008 16:10:49
...boring Cup Final in store then! Chelsea should be banned from the cups, or at least from the final. Imagine if it was Everton v Spurs, it'd be wide open. But now i'm sure it'll be Chelsea keeping Spurs at arms length and looking to nick a winner...prove me wrong!!
Went...
Posted: 21-01-2008 10:13:40
...to Worcester on Saturday to some friends for a dinner party which was nice, we stayed up all ours playing on the wii. I got 2 strikes in bowling...sitting on the sofa drinking a glass of wine...who says it's good exercise!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHGHGHGHGHGH
Posted: 17-01-2008 10:16:27
buses, or buzzes as you say round 'ere. Out of the one every seven minutes or so, i waited half an hour for one this morning...oh it was fun.
Please someone donate me a car,
PO Box 1060
Birmingham, B1 3PQ
x
I've...
Posted: 15-01-2008 17:48:00
...just got over how exciting my weekend was. We went to Halesowen for several hours, which at best was pretty dull. That said i had a great fry up and we bought some wild boar fillet steak from the farmers market which we had on a ciabatta later that day!
More exciting weekends are a coming.
You're...
Posted: 11-01-2008 17:50:48
...all over-egging it now!
Good night!
If...
Posted: 09-01-2008 15:03:22
...Sally cooked 12 chickens that cost an average of £12.45 each, Melvin ate 3 and a half of Sally's chickens plus a chicken his mother cooked, Brian sold four chickens and Wendy was a vegetarian, how much did Sally spend?
Carbonara
Posted: 08-01-2008 16:40:36
Tiff made me Carbonara last night, it was amazing. I love you Tiff!
How...
Posted: 07-01-2008 17:07:41
...do you spend so much money when you go to Homebase? As soon as you walk through the slidy doors, the cash starts just falling out of your pockets, there's nothing you can do about it!
For me...
Posted: 04-01-2008 10:14:34
...the weekend brings the usual January organisation of sprucing up the home and looking at booking a summer break. In addition it will be 2 consecutive days at home since the beginning of the Christmas break so i need it. I shall then be ready to get stuck into the new year, should be good!
Briefs
Posted: 02-01-2008 17:46:39
I didn't get any briefs for Christmas, nor socks. I did however do a lot of travelling visiting families and such which was lovely. Our trip to Chipping Campden was equally as lovely for new year, they thought i spoke funny, but not as funny as them, remember Tim nice but dim, people really talk like that!
It's a new year so let's carry as normal..yadda yadda, i'm tired.
Merry
Posted: 21-12-2007 13:02:12
Christmas. When i'm 65 will a year pass and it'll feel like a week, it currently feels like this year lasted about six months.
I think i'm growing up.
I've nearly...
Posted: 19-12-2007 16:30:29
...done me Christmas shopping. Got to pop into town tomorrow armed with wallet and sword! Alas i've run out of delivery time to get internet stuff, although i did well on the internets with my shopping!
We nearly didn't have any tree lights on Tuesday, B&Q saved the day!
I...
Posted: 17-12-2007 14:04:55
...had too much and stayed out too late on Friday. When i got in, it took me 5 minutes to lock the front door. It's not big and it's not clever.
"TAXI for....?!!!"
Posted: 14-12-2007 10:12:27
Who's gonna be first, fiver on Rich!
Get your own bus.
Posted: 13-12-2007 16:02:54
Teachers taking kids on a trip using public transport! What's that about, get your own bus! Poor old Mrs Buttersworth climbed all the way up stairs and there was no room!
Well...
Posted: 10-12-2007 21:41:18
...i enjoyed the Chemical Brothers muchly, pity it was at the NIA, it's still rubbish!
I got some polyprene rope from the corner shop.
My mum is playing the Xmas Cherry game, she's in the top 8000!
The Irn Bru take on "The Snowman" is genius! I love it!
See you on Thursday, i'm decorating.
Chemical Brothers
Posted: 07-12-2007 10:10:06
Tonight. Can't wait. Oh yes. Gonna be good.
Other than that, i'll spend my weekend dodging in and out of the blustery weather, i need some polyprene rope.
Unfortunately,
Posted: 06-12-2007 10:17:51
i didn't get chance to use the new foil, roast, wrap stuff, Tiff had already started cooking the chicken in an old-skool fashion!
We then sat down with a little roast dinner to watch Arsenal thrash Newcastle at St James'. And it was all going to plan after 3 minutes...but what a game it turned out to be!!! Alan Smith had a fantastic game and we thoroughly deserved a point if not more! Hopefully Allydarce will stick with that eleven until Owen is fit because it looked half decent!
Ian...
Posted: 05-12-2007 17:10:50
...kindly donated a tube of "wrap and roast film". Apparantly it will revolutionise my domestic life. We're cooking a chicken tonight so i'll report back to you! It looks dead easy!
A decent weekend.
Posted: 03-12-2007 12:58:28
On a scale of 1 to 10, i had a decent weekend! Booked Tiff in for a massage on Saturday so i watched the footy in peace AND i was in the good books for the rest of the weekend!! This was followed by a pleasant evening with Matt and Al plus partners for some Enville Ale (my bloomin favourite) and some good Chish and Fips at PennyBlacks. We had to go to Peter Pan after that, it's for the kids...i thought it was rubbish but i'm not much of a kid anymore!?
Chilled on Sunday...trying to organise how much to spend at Christmas. I too enjoyed Lewis Hamilton's appearance on Top Gear...good stuff.
In other news: i had a holiday booked off today, but i forgot so i'll have it tomorrow instead!
explodingdog
Posted: 28-11-2007 13:15:10
I love this stuff! I just bought a t-shirt which works out ok given the weakness of the dollar!
http://www.explodingdog.com/
Last nite...she said...
Posted: 27-11-2007 15:39:02
...let's have curry. So i went to our new favourite curry house and ordered a take-away. I find you often think you're much hungrier than you actually are before a curry! However, last night i was easily able to polish off a whole portion of chicken bhuna balti in one go, it felt good.
I'm glad.
Posted: 26-11-2007 17:23:45
I don't really listen to the radio much. But by default the radio is tuned into Radio 1 or 2. So i'm glad to hear that JK and Joel have gone to Virgin so i'll never hear there squeeky voices again. Hoorah!
Naff all
Posted: 23-11-2007 20:42:50
This weekend. Maybe some shopping!
At...
Posted: 22-11-2007 12:35:19
...least we don't have to go through the turmoil of watching England in a major championship! The thought of which, in addition to last nights nail biting, emotional rollercoaster, got me thinking.
Why is it that our national team can encapsulate the whole nation more so any other country? The answer is Eastenders.
We love a good drama, a dramatic soap! Welcome to England's biggest television drama...our national football team, with a live cast of celebrity all star footballers, 90,000 extras and John (let's have a look at the group standing now...again...cos we can't all work it out for ourselves) Motson! This is drama of the highest calibre, with muppets like Steve MaClaren writing the script, it's bound to be an absolute corker of an episode!
I mean what horror film can force a twenty-six year old grown man to stand in the kitchen rather than watch Lampard take a penalty? The same twenty-six year old man jumped around his living room some 15 minutes later with an ecstatic glow of jubilation nearly dropping his equally ecstatic girlfriend on the floor in the process. Hollywood can't buy this sort of feeling, it's the kind of inner encapsulation that creates emotions usually reserved to lifetime landmarks, like your first kiss, or your wedding day!
Stop me if i'm rambling here, but can you imagine being a Brazilian fan, they've always got smiles on their faces...but i reckon that's mostly because it's a lovely summers day and there's a couple of half naked women sitting in the row in front. There's an air of predictability about the performance and result of most of their fixtures, one that just surely can't get the old heart beating!
So when it's chucking it down with rain and freezing cold on a Wembley Wednesday night and you can hardly catch your breath after five pints and 90 minutes of exhilaration, you know it was £50 well spent? Alright we lost, but that will be forgotton, and come the World Cup qualifiers, us English will be safe in the knowledge that we've got some highs and some lows to come, but most of all we know we're going to be riding the wave of captivating uncertainty...all the way!
COME ON ENGLAND! x
Curry & snow.
Posted: 19-11-2007 12:06:19
On Saturday Tiff and I ventured into Harborne as we regularly do for a spot of curry. Our usual and favourite hangout "Bangla Lounge", has always been great in terms of quality, value and service. More recently the quality of the food has dropped a bit...a new chef basically!
So we decided to check out a different curry house, "Silver Spice" (formerly Malabar) is apparently where it's at...it most certainly is! It was prime time Saturday night so no reservation meant we were stuck in the corner, this woman having an affair kept staring at us for no other reason than to be a snooty, nosey woman! And whilst the service not quite as sharp and the cost added £15 onto the bill, the food and choice was fantastic. My Tikka monkfish starter was perfect and the Bhuna was of identical supremacy to that i used to enjoy over the road! Tiff had King Prawns that were the size of a small whale, wholly justifying their £13 price tag!
So i'm happy again!
In other news: It snowed last night.
Tonmachine...
Posted: 16-11-2007 11:27:50
...i was not at darts last night. Didn't come close to winning a game...poor, very poor! HPA is not supposed to be served with a sparkler...rubbish!
Booked it.
Posted: 14-11-2007 11:07:34
We're going to the Eight Bells in Chipping Campden for a civilised(??) and relaxing new year in a nice little pub with nice people!! Something different to usual gubbins! And we can go for a nice walk in the country on New Years day to clear the head!
Also booked Chemical Brothers tickets at the NIA on Friday...never seen them before so really looking forward to that one!
Put yer feet up.
Posted: 12-11-2007 10:24:21
Didn't do much this weekend. Watched all 4 Premier games on the tele, Tiff cooked a great bit of Pork and that was about that. Lazy git!
Looking for somewhere to get away for new year...somewhere with cosy rooms, beautiful countryside, real ale, home cooked food and a log fire. Fingers crossed a nice little place in Ebrington will come back with a cancellation, she said she'd know in a few days...they sell HPA!!!
I'm not...
Posted: 09-11-2007 17:26:37
...goin to Pizza Express this weekend. I reckon everyone else in the world might go this weekend, armed with their "Times" vouchers.
I am however goin to meet the missus for a drink and something nice to eat in Harborne tonight. Apart from that i'm doin nowt much this weekend!
x
Purity
Posted: 08-11-2007 15:35:59
Can i just say, i thoroughly enjoyed myself last night at the brewery. I was a bit nervous that none of us would like the beer and there wouldn't be mushrooms in Alex's food.
But i need not have feared...from driver John's sat nav that got us there via Scunthorpe, to the banter in the group, to the pile of mushrooms Alex scooped out of his stew, i had proper good time.
So thank-you Mr clevercherry.com.
As...
Posted: 05-11-2007 14:49:36
...Ian pointed out, it's my birthday. I'm reliably informed that i'm 26 years of age today! If there was any doubting that fact, i think the proof was that i had a whole 2 cards this morning!
As my birthday has fallen on a Monday...i've decided to have a relaxed birthday that includes Tiff cooking roast Beef dinner and me watching Blackpool vs Barnsley on the tele. Now i can appreciate this probably doesn't sound fantastic to everyone. But let me assure you people...i can't bloomin' wait!
Gonna...
Posted: 02-11-2007 16:56:22
...have a weekend off it mostly...no not "off it"! Have a couple tonight after too many last night. Footy on the tele, Chinese on Sat night at Henry Wongs in Harborne. Bit up it's own **** but good food!
x
I bloody...
Posted: 01-11-2007 10:58:42
...well forgot to take my earphones home last night, thus enforcing the sounds of the public upon my ears en route to work this morning. Today's most irratable public noise came from a man sat across the aisle, who persisted with a half coughing, half grunting sound for varying lengths of time!
In other news: read about Heather Mills media rant tour 2007.
Back to reality
Posted: 29-10-2007 11:05:40
What a week. I think i got drunk nearly every night last week and ate out nearly every night too...the other two nights we had homemade food cooked for us...bliss!! We got up to all sorts of mischief, including:
- Raving at Bushwackers in Birmingham
- A retreat in the countryside
- A walk on the beach
- A visit to the Pleasure Beach
- Shopping in Manchester
- 2many djs @ the Warehouse Project
I'm knackered.
Mark Ronson...
Posted: 19-10-2007 17:53:07
...i'm sure he has a personality, maybe he was just scared. Big brass band was great...tunes rocked too.
I'm off for a week, venturing as far as Staffordshire and Lancashire. On the way i shall be meeting friends, family and random party goers. To go clubbing, relaxing, eating out and maybe even the pleasure beach!!
Great stuff.
Gonna....
Posted: 18-10-2007 15:49:27
...see Mark Ronson tonight at the Academy. Not sure what to expect so i'll let you know! Tiff's birthday tomorrow so a good weekend starts here!
I am...
Posted: 17-10-2007 17:50:28
...glad i didn't go home early to watch the football!!!
Rugby...
Posted: 15-10-2007 14:04:18
...is a great game to watch when there's real pressure on both teams. When the pressure is on in a football match, it's a bit too easy to be defensively comfortable making for yet another dull FA Cup Final between Man Utd and Chelsea!
In Rugby though, one tiny mistake is much easier to make and can be far more consequential, which left me on the edge of my seat for 80 minutes...literally!
Egg shaped balls at the Cup Final this season please!
Flash at it's best...
Posted: 12-10-2007 13:56:51
sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/
Politics...
Posted: 11-10-2007 17:55:47
...is a load of rubbish. I think British politics (at least) is dated in style, based largely around spin and reaching out to the common folk...these morons are completely out of touch with modern life and yet continually claim otherwise!
The advertising industry learnt years ago that they can no longer wow the population with token propaganda we can see straight through! I wish politicians would realise i don't care what taxes you are and aren't going to introduce because i don't believe you anyway!
I saw...
Posted: 10-10-2007 10:52:15
...a naked man walking down the street with a girl on his back! I said to him, "what you doing?"
The man replied, "going to a fancy dress party."
"Oh right, what you going as?"
"Tortoise"
"Oh", i said, "well then, who's she!!?"
To which the man replied..."THAT's MICHELLE"!
Genius.
I won...
Posted: 05-10-2007 11:48:53
...at darts last night. Matt and I had a few friendly head to head games. I reckon you have to get on top if you want to beat Matt, when he's on top form he's much better than me. I managed to keep the pressure on him last night and i think he crumbled!! We played a couple of games of Mickey Mouse (my new favourite), Matt got into a groove on the twenty in the 2nd game so it was a good job i managed to close it off or i would have been finished!
Tea...
Posted: 03-10-2007 11:07:19
...you've got to rough up the teabag for a good cuppa tea.
After...
Posted: 02-10-2007 12:14:02
...the epic drama on Sentanta sports last night, i was on something of comedown, desperately scanning cable television for something to satisfy half as much as Spurs' dramatic fight back!
The best my cable operator could muster (and by no means a second best) was the classic "Lexi" episode of Alan Partridge.
WATCH IT HERE
I...
Posted: 01-10-2007 13:28:17
...watched Heroes all weekend, alright slight exaggeration, but not far off. I teleported myself to the toilet in between episodes.
My hero
Don't mention sunday football at the moment.
Justice †
Posted: 28-09-2007 17:08:37
† are great...i've finally got round to listening to the album and i likes it...even if it is a bit too similar to daft punk!
snapshots
Posted: 26-09-2007 15:14:00
It's f****** annoying, it's creeping into more and more sites, please stop using it web world...it's crap!
http://www.snap.com/
I...
Posted: 26-09-2007 14:14:44
...played football last night and past a fitness test with flying colours...i will play football this season!
I must warm up thoroughly from now on! x
After...
Posted: 24-09-2007 16:17:04
...a party on Friday night that was more than eventful...i had a fairly uneventful weekend. Which was quite nice, although Tiff hasn't been very well...bless x
Pun of the day...
Posted: 20-09-2007 10:42:26
"Was Mourinho scarmbled, or was he poached?"
****
Sign of the day...
Family planning advice in Northampton
With...
Posted: 19-09-2007 17:05:57
...Kayne West's album due to outsell old 50p, looks like he might keep his word and retire....funny.
Chelsea are rubbish...funny.
Blackpool nearly beat Sheff Utd...good.
Weekend manoeuvres...
Posted: 17-09-2007 15:59:32
...good quality weekend. With the lack of football to watch and play this weekend (mostly through injury). I gladly stepped into my party shoes to celebrate Matt's birthday. A hearty Saturday daytime was had by quite a few Cherries +friends.
I enjoyed most of my beer that day, although i realised just how enjoyable a beer is, depends largely on how it is served. This was best enforced by the difference between the skanky service at the beer festival incomparison to the ale at Pennyblacks down the mailbox. One of best pints ever i think!
Quotes of the day:
"It tastes like i'm drinking lipstick"
Matt R
"I don't like it when you two gang up on me"
Alex
The laughs of the daytime continued into the evening at the Hare & Hound where we got a boogy on. Was good fun and carried on suitably late at a house party. Respect to Alex and Manda for coming down.
Highlights of the night:
Matts Speech (i can't remember it, but i'm sure it was good).
Matt getting thrown in the air 30 times.
Carrying a toothbrush with me all night.
Nearly dressing up as Kermit the frog, but we couldn't find the head.
Weekend celebration...
Posted: 14-09-2007 17:09:24
...Matt's weekend bender begins tomorrow afternoon, i'll let you know when it finishes!
My hamstring is keeping me out of Sundays game, but i don't think it's too bad...hopefully.
i think...
Posted: 13-09-2007 14:52:20
...i broke my hamstring again!! NO PLEASE NO!
England...
Posted: 10-09-2007 17:49:07
..won at Cricket and Football rather convincingly!!! Well i never, the rugby team had training practice aparantly.
We drew 3-3 on Sunday morning (robbed in the last minute), after a season out injured my match fitness will take a little time to recover!
The week has gone.
Posted: 07-09-2007 15:16:41
Gonna have some rest this weekend in the otherwise busy social month of September! Looking forward to England playing football and cricket???...i think! Weather should be nice too!
Big Chicken
Posted: 03-09-2007 11:08:31
Yeah was good. HOT HOT HOT, friendly people, cheap food. Just went to the beach and generally baked in the sun! Had a kip and went for some food!
Pretty beautiful place, too hot and bustling at times in the centre of Bodrum.
Best bit: Boat trip.
Worst bit: Loss of appetite (too hot).
Pics to follow.
White is the new Black...
Posted: 22-08-2007 12:03:31
Has anyone noticed the race to get white cars in the latest automotive ad campaigns??
Im going on holiday!
Im going on holiday...
Posted: 21-08-2007 14:52:35
The weekend again!!
Posted: 17-08-2007 16:28:30
Lots of football again..big games on tele and a friendly for me i expect. Loving my football at the moment. Actually starting to feel sharp at the moment!
Booked it, Packed it, This time next week!!
3 Games 3 wins
Posted: 13-08-2007 14:14:00
All my boys came out on top this weekend...starting with big Sam's return to the Reebok, a great start for the pool in Leicester and my new team Moseley 0'Neils...we won 5-1 or something. The opposition had a big tiff at half time, shirts were thrown on the floor and half the team refused to come back out after half time for about 15 minutes!!
Funny.
FOOTBALL
Posted: 10-08-2007 17:12:04
This weekend i will be mostly watching, eating, sleeping, playing FOOTBALL!
3 R's?
Posted: 09-08-2007 16:05:40
Is it any wonder British pupil's are struggling with their 3 R's when they stand for what sorry...?!??!
Football...
Posted: 07-08-2007 17:49:03
...is back, played a friendly on Sunday for my new team. Even scored, twas far too hot though! Looking forward to the new season...bring it on!
No
Posted: 03-08-2007 17:13:09
Party this weekend, just the bathroom decorating to get on with!!...again! Beer'o'clock.
Piecing together the weekend.
Posted: 01-08-2007 12:59:01
God bless youtube, the ultimate tool in piecing together lost moments! I have been especially keen to remember the 2manydjs set, which i remember was awesome...but these snippets reminded me just how ******* ******** *********** ***** good!
intro
the biggest cheer i heard all weekend
GLOBAL GATHERING
Posted: 31-07-2007 13:26:45
Had a wicked time, would go again this weekend if i could, will be more prepared for it next time!!! We peaked too soon on the Firday so were worse for wear for the rest of the weekend. I lost my camera and my shades on the Friday!! Nice one.
Best sets were:
1. 2manydjs
2. Boys Noize
3. Erol Alkan
Best tunes were:
1. Steve Angello - Can You Reach (i think??????)
2. Armand Van Helden - I Want You (Basically Siedah Garrett - Do You Want It Right Now from 1985, from the fast forward movie soundtrack, rocked the place....ha ha!)
3. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
4. Lots of others!
GLOBAL
Posted: 26-07-2007 17:01:37
Weather could be worse, so can't be too disappointed!
Looking forward to seeing as many of:
FRIDAY
- Bookashade
- Riton
- New Young Pony Club
- Cagedbaby
- Annie Mac
- Erol Alkan
- 2manydjs
- DJ Yoda
SATURDAY
- Basement Jaxx
- Erick Morillo
- David Guetta
- Tania Vulcano
- Armand Van Helden
- Touche
- The Glimmers
- Deepgroove
- Trophy Twins
- Boys Noize
as is possible!! I know you're all jealous, cos you've never heard of any of em. And the ones you have heard you think are...
Sunshine?
Posted: 25-07-2007 16:29:34
Apparantly, there's hope of sunshine at Global Gathering at the weekend, or Gods Kitchen have paid MetCheck to display big sunshines on their website despite there being no hope of that previously! I'll tell you who i'm lookin forward to see tomorrow.
In other news: Smokers have found a loophole in the law that allows you smoke in public places. According to one source, the back three rows of double decker buses are specifically designated to smokers who can regularly be found enjoying their favourite pastime on buses up and down the country...in Birmingham especially they enjoy smoking tobacco (and other substances such as marijuana, crack & heroin) combined with their enjoyment of simpleton music such as "bad ass" hip-hop, played through 0.125 watt sound systems. bad.
Mark....
Posted: 23-07-2007 10:42:47
...made the tea for everyone this morning...thanks Mark!
Today's blog....
Posted: 20-07-2007 17:22:40
...brings you a link to links of others blogs.
sh***yblogs.com
Cashpoints
Posted: 19-07-2007 16:20:34
My favourite cash machine is Barclays, my least favourite is NatWest, they're rubbish!
DAVE...
Posted: 18-07-2007 10:07:19
...stop writing nonsense.
Bushwackers
Posted: 16-07-2007 15:27:05
First time i went on Saturday night/Sunday morning...apparently you have to get there early to get in and as it was a lads night out we were lucky to all get in cos they're all choosy about who's "worthy" enough to come in. It doesn't really bother me that much so i was happy to wait so i could check the place out!
I had a wicked night, not least because the music was friendly and there was basically an outside room, the walls made up of the high rise offices that surrounded. Dancing al fresco in an experience you don't get often in Birmingham, so i was pretty impressed! Not even a light shower dampened the spirits! The people were friendly, the atmosphere was good....and i'm even coping with Monday morning!
Lads night out.
Posted: 13-07-2007 16:52:51
It's gonna be one of them this saturday...don't expect a response from me Monday!
Also i want to play football, please can i?
Did you know...
Posted: 11-07-2007 16:10:28
...Rich knows a lot about wine.
Wimpledon.
Posted: 04-07-2007 16:22:12
I'm quite happy they've all had a miserable time at Wimbledon this year, i don't like Wimbledon...more specifically i don't care for the crowds at Wimbledon, all that half hearted, "C'MON Tim"..."i'm a sports fan don't you know". Can't they just play in the rain...whoosie's! And they took the roof off this year...brilliant!
I'm not bitter beacause i lost the TFF dreamteam!? And i'm glad the sun shone for Ian!
Myspace.
Posted: 03-07-2007 15:47:25
I actually agree with Mark, i think it may well die on it's arse. Although it has massive potential still to carry on as a market leader, old ugly Tom has yet to do anything about it. Historically speaking, brands that establish themselves as the market leader are often unbeatable as they are directly associated with that product or service.
However, complacency could yet be there downfall. Even though millions of kids have invested their time and CSS skills in myspace...it remains that myspace is virtually the same and still crap (like what Mark said). Newer, betterer versions of Myspace like Facebook with loads more features will take over....just as Google beat all the other search engines with a service that left all others standing.
Web based brands more than offline brands must stay proactive in their quest to stay on top of the pile.
As Jim Royle might say...
"Myspace,....MY ARSE!"
Doesn't...
Posted: 03-07-2007 13:10:22
...spring onion change the vibe of a sandwich quite considerably? I think so.
You'd...
Posted: 02-07-2007 14:15:29
...better start being sunny soon, you bloody weather YOU!
Enjoyed my ale again on Friday, i further enjoyed waking up on Saturday morning with no hangover!! Jobsagoodun!
Yes Matt you've whooped my ass at TFF dreamteam...well done, Auty's Aces turned out not to be so Ace after all.
Really gotta...
Posted: 29-06-2007 16:49:02
...do the bathroom this weekend...definitely...maybe x
I'm...
Posted: 27-06-2007 17:13:35
....soo gonna win dreamteam tennis.
Le weekend...
Posted: 25-06-2007 10:54:58
...is over now. Pleasant it was though. Moseley fetival of stuff on Saturday (food and drink included). Harborne Carnival of more stuff (food and drink included) on Sunday.
over_
Virgin Media.
Posted: 19-06-2007 15:46:34
I'm not a huge great big fan of Virgin Media...BUT, they do give me all 3 series of the Royle Family to watch whenever i so wish to do so..."that's MAGIC!!"
EEEE!!!
Posted: 18-06-2007 10:01:50
You call this Summer.
Too many JD's - Cherry Radio (part 1)
Posted: 15-06-2007 10:29:45
I made a mix for the office over the last few days, which was fun. I asked everyone in the office to submit 3 of their favourite tracks for the mix for a Friday afternoon.
here's the tracklisting:
Cherry intro
AC DC - back in black
a guy called gerald - voodoo ray
zebrahead - Playmate of the year
The who - i cant explain
stooges - i wanna be your dog
Grand detroit pubah - sandwiches
kraftwerk - tour de france
depeche mode - just cant get enough
the clash - rock the casbah
dire strights - money for nothing
The wurzels - i am a cider drinker
Joey Beltram - Energy flash
Boney M - Rasputin
Roxy Music - Angel eyes
Gat decor - passion
Vengaboys - We're going to ibiza
Paul Simon - you can call me Al
Happy Mondays - Step on
Spank Rock - Sweet Talk
Elvis - All shook up
The Stranglers - Peaches
Olivia Newton john - xanadu
Aquabats - my skateboard
Michael ball - Life on mars
Saturday night TV.
Posted: 13-06-2007 14:00:05
I'm not a big fan of all them shows generally but i watched that Britain's got talent and it was right funny. Especially this one...
YOU TUBE
summer weekends...
Posted: 11-06-2007 17:18:27
...are lovely, the garden is almost tidy and mostly coming into bloom...although my week long contemplation about whether a certain plant was a weed or not, including posting on the UKTV gardens message board is now over as i pulled the bugger out on Sunday...even if it is a plant, it looks too weed like!
The weekend was rounded off nicely on Sunday with Lamb chops on the patio with the firepit keeping us warm and a bottle of wine....mmmmm...nice.
Blackpool FC set for Premiership
Posted: 08-06-2007 12:24:37
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/default.stm
Cow
Posted: 08-06-2007 11:33:32
Tiff's dad kindly donated 2 fresh pieces of fresh beef fillet for dinner the other night, he lives near the fields, so he buys chunks of cow from the farmers. The kitchen smelt like a butcher's, but they were ever so tender and tasty!
Tomorrow's World...
Posted: 07-06-2007 15:50:24
...i used like that show...bring it back!
That...
Posted: 07-06-2007 15:39:57
...Beckham ain't a bad player!
Got...
Posted: 04-06-2007 11:52:50
...the table and chairs out this weekend it was so nice. We even went for a little ramble on Saturday through the fields. We actually realised there's a fair bit of countryside down the road. We went in search of the Black Horse Inn, we found the wrong one!!
Hoping to cycle in everyday this week...weather permitting?
Where's wally...
Posted: 29-05-2007 12:36:35
Blackpool won 2-0, what a day!! Stadium's is the same as every other modern stadium, it's like going to a chain of the same restaurant...an impressive one though. That said, the staff were excellent in the corporate bit, it was empty though!
We hammered them from the start and thoroughly deserved the win, great performance. My thanks to Peadar O'Sullivan for getting a picture of me holding my flag.
Can you spot me???
WHERES WALLY
WEM-BL-EY WEM-BL-EY
Posted: 25-05-2007 16:10:44
This Sunday 15.00, Blackpool vs Yeovil...watch this space!
Oh by the way...it's gonna rain!
Greetings...
Posted: 22-05-2007 14:58:27
I reckon greeting people, saying hello etc was once a great British pastime... up North it still is to some extent!
Whilst cycling down the canal this morning i approached a couple of ducks resting by the canal side. As i approached i proceeded with some caution in case of any sudden movements. As i passed the ducks, my concentration firmly on them should they suddenly try any suicide tactics, another couple of old ducks chugged by my very location headed in the opposite direction on their narrowboat. As i passed the ducks and they passed me, the old fellow steering the ship - without even glancing away from his steering duties - waved in mine and the ducks' direction.
Did he wave at me...or the ducks???? The ducks certainly didn't wave back. mmm
WEM-BL-EY WEM-BL-EY
Posted: 21-05-2007 10:09:31
Next Sunday 15.00, Blackpool vs Yeovil...tell you what some of the play-off matches have been tres exciting. I was more than impressed with Lincoln v Bristol Rovers...the standard of football for a League 2 match far surpassed anything i saw at Wembley on Saturday...the worst match i have seen in a while...well done lads...what a waste of everyone's time (I blame Chelsea).
I...
Posted: 17-05-2007 10:38:49
...am getting very very very very *** ****** **** **** off with the weather...not only has it rained for the last 2 weeks after i got my bike...and forecast is much the same for next week?
I wouldn't mind if it just rained during the day or something...but it always seems to rain during rush hours.
This week...
Posted: 14-05-2007 09:54:33
...iw'll be mostly eating, rain.
Blackpool looked pretty good second half against Oldham in the play-offs...i hope we stuff em at Bloomfield, we look like we could.
This...
Posted: 11-05-2007 17:03:51
...weekend is shall scrape wallpaper off the bathroom wall whilst watching the rain pour down from the heavens providing a thoroughly miserable backdrop to the weekend. The saving grace will kick off at 17.30 Sunday evening when Blackpool take on Oldham in the first leg of the League 1 play-offs, god bless Sky Sports...i will sing Blackpool songs from the old days whilst drinking beer and eating roast beef.
"We come from back Henry Street, and we deny defeat. We are the boys who play in Tangerine and white!"
They don't sing that one anymore!
cycling...
Posted: 11-05-2007 12:57:12
...in the rain is no longer any fun.
On yer bike...
Posted: 08-05-2007 14:55:22
...got my new bike at the weekend and was determined to ride to work this morning whatever the weather. As it just so happened it was peeing down, so i cycled in. Great fun was had in the pouring rain...!!!
In other news: "Have i got news for you" is consistently the funniest television programme of the last decade or so.
50
Posted: 04-05-2007 11:32:51
Popbitch informed me Helvetica is 50 years old this week! Most of you have no idea what i'm talking about, but i'd be lost without Mr Helvetica...let me tell you!
Chapter 2
Posted: 03-05-2007 17:33:14
pale.
The end.
TITUS!
Posted: 01-05-2007 11:06:11
As a follower of the toon it pains me to see Titus Bramble in the starting line-up! The good news hopefully..is that his contract is up at the end of the season. He's nearly a great defender, and i don't like being harsh to players...but as one footballing writer put it...
"for 99% of the time plays like an accomplished footballer and for the other 1% is out in gaga-land on his own planet."
Just about covers it.
In other (footballing) news: I came through 45mins injury free last week..i wo' knackered!
Expect...
Posted: 27-04-2007 16:20:20
...curry, sun, beer, sun, gardening and sanding this weekend.
I had a shower...
Posted: 26-04-2007 10:11:39
...of sorts. I kind of stood to one side of my lovely new shower cubicle as a fluctuation of ice cold and scalding hot water passed by my side...the trick was to splash as much water over my body as possible at the precise moment the water temperature crossed over! Oh it was fun!
Upon the return of the workmen, i politely explained the problem...to which he replied..."I ain't touched the shower...i'm not a plumber"...very helpful. After he messed with some screws n stuff it seemed to half work if you didn't turn it on fully...GREAT!
So now they have gone (and it didn't f***in work), gav gets his toolbox out. I took the shower off to discover the hot and cold channels were connected the wrong way round...now i'm not a plumber you'll realise. But i reckon that might be causing the shower not to work properly?? And for all you, "i'm not a plumber's" out there, a BIG BLUE sticker means cold and a BIG RED sticker means hot.
And Al, right.
I...
Posted: 24-04-2007 10:15:40
...can have a shower tonight!
Welcome...
Posted: 23-04-2007 13:38:40
...to 7 days without a shower. Nuff said.
I was thinking....next time Google maps take a satellite picture of the earth, they should announce before hand at exactly what time the image will be captured.
4 days...
Posted: 20-04-2007 10:50:37
...without a shower. I probably stink!
On...
Posted: 16-04-2007 12:34:40
Friday...i told you i was going to Stourbridge. What i meant to say was that i'm going to Worcester!! Look, i'm not from round 'ere! For some reason i get the two mixed up!!
Anyway, it was very nice...good weather...too much to drink etc. The tiles are stacked all the way up the stairs this morning, the bath is coming out, so hopefully that won't throw up any unexpected surprises.
Off...
Posted: 13-04-2007 16:44:29
tile shopping again this weekend. Getting the bathroom sorted next week. Also off to sample the delights Stourbridge has to offer (visiting friends is the only reason for this..i'm sure it's lovely though)!!
Easter weekend...
Posted: 11-04-2007 10:07:42
...what a cracker. Most enjoyable few days of mostly sunshine, a venture to the Safari Park (oh yes, the West Midlands variety), much gardening, tiling the kitchen (not me), some theatre, eating out, drinking out and more...
Been doing lots of work in the garden...extended the flower bed, bought new pots and plants, got a great little herb trough! Does anyone know any evergreen climbers?? Am i getting old??
7-1...what's that about! I missed it...but i wish i hadn't.
16:51
Posted: 04-04-2007 16:54:15
The skies are blue, the sun is shining. I can get home and do some gardening when i get home from work these days!! I love the summer. It will officially be here when i start sporting my shorts and i'm cycling to work again...i can't wait!
Sankeys...
Posted: 02-04-2007 15:43:01
...rocked. There have been mixed reports about this place, but i've got to say i had a great night. And whilst some parts of the club weren't as good as maybe they could have been, overall i was pretty impressed. The main room was just the right size...and although the beats were a little minimal for my liking, the sound system more than made up for it!!
Loving the strip lighting system too. If only as much thought had been put into everything else in the club!
Well...
Posted: 29-03-2007 16:02:30
...i'm sleeping in tomorrow before going up to Manchester raving at Sankeys! Have a good weekend...i will!!
There's hope...
Posted: 28-03-2007 16:05:47
...for the England Andorra game. Mr Personality, Frank Lampard is out. Maybe, just maybe there will be some fluidity in the midfield now Frank won't be getting in everyone's way!
OR, it could just be another rubbish performance away from home.
I had...
Posted: 27-03-2007 12:20:20
...a lovely relaxing weekend! Roast Beef, tile shopping and a bit of gardening...nice!
Iceberg Lettuce.
I have nothing against the Iceberg lettuce, i eat him most days. But does anyone else have a problem with the way they are packaged in the supermarket?? I can never get the sellotape off and end up ripping all the plastic off to the point that it is no longer of any use. WHY can't they package it in something more user friendly. Even my half cucumbers get a nice custom wrapper!
Faith-full
Posted: 22-03-2007 17:19:09
Forgot to mention i was going to see Faithless last night, which i duly did and enjoyed very much. They don't half create an atmosphere...the bigger the stage the better, where other outfits don't suit the big arena!
Didn't catch the infamous Trash Fashion...got there too late!
WO-gan-FUL
Posted: 19-03-2007 10:56:53
Yer past it Terry...stick to Radio 2 old orange face! That blunder, together with the winning outfit just about sums up how pants Eurovision is.
My friday night was ace by the way. Another session down at Subway City, my thanks go to Mat for having me down...Mighty Dub Katz went down a treat!
NUFC...
Posted: 16-03-2007 14:54:15
...were garbage last night in Europe. Honestly i've never seen such rubbish...it's like they had forgotten how to play the game!
I'm goin out with Matt tonight, so you know what that means! And he's promised me that he won't talk about binliners!
Windows Vista
Posted: 15-03-2007 12:02:19
Not sure if i like it yet...it's making Ableton run all slow.
Football + Food
Posted: 12-03-2007 12:19:53
= a near complete weekend!!
Had a lovely Lamb Shank at Strada in the Mailbox last night...the Polish waitress was ever so good. I love Polish service it's so much better than the miserable English gits.
Lovin the excitement of FA Cup weekend football, especially Chelsea, Spurs...what a cracker! Plus England one the rugby AND i went out and got drunk.
If only i could play football...physio again next wednesday.
Well...
Posted: 09-03-2007 10:04:39
...i never, it's only bloomin Friday! Told you so...huh huh.
Hoping for some sunshine tomorrow to do the garden as last Saturday wo miserable.
It's...
Posted: 08-03-2007 10:40:27
Thursday today. If my memory serves me correctly it shall be Friday tomorrow, of that i am almost certain.
Wind.
Posted: 06-03-2007 16:46:11
I had to go in the garden numerous times last night to tie things down and move things before they blew away forever.
Rubbish!
Posted: 01-03-2007 10:49:38
I opened the curtains this very morning to see the dustmen on their weekly tour of my street. As i stood a moment baking in the early morning sunshine, one of the fluorescent jacket wearers hopped out the passanger seat to proceed with his duties that lay neatly bundled together down one side of the road. As he opened the door and jumped down unelegantly onto the road, an empty plastic bottle followed him slightly more elegantly into the middle of the road. The man's initial reaction was to gasp outward with his right arm in a desperate if not a little lerthagic attempt to catch the fleeing cylinder of plastic.
Alas, the bottle was too quick, it was halfway across the road before his reactions let him get near the path of the escaping container. In addition the blustery winds proceeded to sweep the bottle further away from the man. To add insult to injury, the bottle had now manouvered itself sideways, in prime position to take full advantage of the sloping street and by now the bottle was discharging itself from the dustman's reach.
The poor old dustman, employed to confiscate tonnes of household waste from our streets, couldn't do anything about litter that he was responsible for, so despite his job description and without a second look, he turned his back on the little present he left as it rolled out of site, and continued eating his bacon sandwich.
THE END.
The Trafellis
Posted: 28-02-2007 15:19:23
Yeah alright...couldn't understand a bloody word!
It's so predictable....
Posted: 26-02-2007 16:38:36
...driving up the M6, you can almost guarantee that just past Stoke the clouds will turn a darker shade of grey and a light drizzle will ensue. Thereafter...a heavy burst of rain will greet you on passing the Greater Manchester regions...often in a "heavy shower" format. After a brief dry spell past Preston the atmosphere can go one of two ways on the descent to the coast.
1. Glorious sunshine with strong gales, or
2. Persistent, torrential rain with strong gales.
Whilst up there, i went to watch Blackpool FC vs Millwall. Much fighting was enjoyed after the match. All i saw was riot vans and police on horses galloping down the street amongst many short haired chaps with beige jackets. All good fun!
Got my PC it's ace!
I'm going...
Posted: 23-02-2007 10:20:13
...home to see get my big new shiny pc!!! But of course more importantly i'm going to see my folks for the weekend and get my big shiny new PC. That to go with my big shiny 19" widescreen lcd i bought this week, and my big shiny new external hard drive that's coming next week.
Problem is i'll probably break it trying to set it up!
I...
Posted: 21-02-2007 16:28:56
...want to keep hedgehogs in the garden. Am i allowed?
Home
Posted: 20-02-2007 14:07:55
We've now got a lovely decked patio. Roll on summer. The gardens a bit muddy otherwise but i'm gonna sort it once the weather's dried up a bit! We've got cool plans for some designer touches to the garden this year and the spring bulbs have long been popping there heads up with lots more still to come...Tiff will enjoy her summer break!
Cinema
Posted: 19-02-2007 12:22:54
With little else to do on Saturday evening, we decided to trolley over to a cinema to watch Th'Ot Fuzz. I don't ever remember going to the cinema of a Saturday night and now i know why.
After "sheer weight of traffic" forced us to park in a secluded part of the world, we trekked round to the front of the complex to be greeted by a huge queue of lovely locals. After sneaking round most of them to a far till, we were all ready some Hot Fuzz action. By the time we made it into the screen (past the urine aroma coming from the ladies), there were only really seats at the front.
But all was well, popcorn at the ready, neck arched upwards 90degrees cos we're directly under the screen...the films about to start. Then a couple of late comers sit next to me. The guy had the stinkiest tray of chips with him and sat right next to me shoving them in his gob! Honestly, cant you just eat popcorn in the pics no more...No...you can buy all sorts of American crap, spilling mustard everywhere, stinking the place out!! grrrr.
Film was alright once it got going...the fight scene at the end is genius.
I...
Posted: 16-02-2007 17:19:05
...got the bus this morning so i can have a drink tonight. Well actually, i'm already having a drink! We're going for some food and a little jolly.
We've had decking put down in the garden over the last couple of days...rain stopped play though so it may not be ready till Monday. Perfect weather for getting the table and chairs out!
Tried to buy a PC from Aldi yesterday, i got there in the evening. They sniggered at me because they sold out at 10 past 9 in the morning!! Me dad got me a different one from Aldi in Blackpool.
We was robbed...
Posted: 14-02-2007 10:02:58
Aparantly Huckerby should have been sent off in the first half before netting twice to ensure the mighty Blackpool wouldn't face Chelsea in the next round of the FA Cup, and i wouldn't be making the trip to London this Saturday.
Not only that, the Seasiders had a perfectly good goal disallowed in extra-time, which left only a Blackpool defensive cock-up in true Tangerine style to gift Nowrich the winner!
Never mind lads, we'll do em next season in The Championship!
check it....
Posted: 13-02-2007 16:54:59
http://www.liquid.se/pong/
Gonna...
Posted: 09-02-2007 16:25:58
...wear a frock tomorrow and spill wine down it!
This week...
Posted: 07-02-2007 17:12:40
...i'abeen mostly listenin to...
NOZE
HOW TO DANCE
(CIRCUS COMPANY)
french fidgety, hyperkinetic techno is how they have been described. I just say they're a bit weird but in a good way for me! Which means the rest of you will hate it. Sounds like they sampled a 5 year old on the kitchen sink. Im a bit late on this one...it's quite old now.
The Weekend has landed...
Posted: 05-02-2007 13:34:32
...then the weekend disappeared again!
It's been a while since my last weekend of partying...and i mean proper randomness! Needless to say i enjoyed myself. Big thanks to the boy Ridding for hosting the night...the beer flowed the dancing shoes came out, and i had a little dj too!
Although i don't remember all that much, i think it went ok, not sure if anyone was dancing, i was too preoccupied with trying to get the second cd player to work!
So although i lost most of Saturday...the weekend was rounded of in splendid style with the best pub sunday roast ever. The Plough in Harborne is my best kept secret for pub grub, everything is more than decent, oozing with home-made flavours and generally tastes like someone in the kitchen actaully cares! Loads of Beef, homemade yorkshire, roasted vegetables and gravy falling off the plate...thought i wor up north fo'a minute ther!
dj
Posted: 02-02-2007 14:20:26
i'm gonna dj with Matt tonight. He's very kindly invited me down to have a go on the one's & two's. Really looking forward to it..just hope my tunes are ok!!
BigOne: Hook N Sling & Kid Kenobi - The Bump (Tonite Only Remix)
Danger...
Posted: 01-02-2007 14:28:28
...this reminds me of my student days. The BEST show channel 5 ever had!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ynXBMgLEbM
IF...
Posted: 30-01-2007 10:01:49
...Blackpool beat Norwich in the FA Cup replay...we are all going to Stamford Bridge...IF!!!
Coke Zero..
Posted: 29-01-2007 16:34:28
...have you seen that annoying advert for Coke Zero? It's well annoying! I'm not surprised men prefer drinking Diet Coke...it has a far more masculine brand strategy than those wimpy, pruned men in the Zero advert!
I...
Posted: 26-01-2007 17:10:57
...have not been out all January, although i have been drinking freely. I have yet to get drunk. Fancy a lovely drunk night soon! Not this weekend though...bring on Feb!
Much respect to the guys who haven't had a drop of alcohol all month!!
Following...
Posted: 23-01-2007 14:11:07
...my last post...i continued to browse the youtube skipping links.
Now i want you to think of the scene outside your local Spar, lots of kids hanging around...can you imagine them doing this....EVER!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSn3i4vsGeY&mode=related&search=
Those...
Posted: 23-01-2007 14:04:38
...of you who have been following my blog recently will know that in recent months i have been unable to play most sports due to a bugger of a hamstring. During this period i have found a new hobby that ain't half hard work...and may well benefit my nibble football skills once i do play again!
Skipping is not for girls....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T-397upbvI&NR....i taught him everything!
Renegade Master...
Posted: 22-01-2007 10:08:22
...that's right folks, after a weekend of Cottage Pie, Bitter, Larger, chocolate and Football (on the sofa). My weight is back where it started!!...i'm so fat!!..he he.
Tiff...
Posted: 19-01-2007 17:42:23
...is still rough, we might try n get her to the cinema this weekend. That'll be nice! Other than that...no plans.
And whilst there remains the threat of more bad weather. A thought goes out to my parents on the North West coast of our beautiful land! It's really bad weather up there as apposed to the few poofs of wind we experience down here!
Free Screech
Posted: 18-01-2007 16:02:55
Racism is very wrong, and i agree that recent comments made in the Big Brother house by certain not so wit gifted individuals have been less than considered.
However, the consequential reactions by the media spurred by the bandwagon that is public opinion, spurred on by the media bandwagon, has since lead to worldwide chaos, losely based around comments refering to the colour of someone's skin, the country or culture they have come from and an Oxo cube!
In my mind, we are now caught in a vicious social cycle whereby so much emphasis is applied to not being racist, making sure that minority groups and people with various skin tones are catered for and not being excluded or discriminated against. That we are by default creating segregation between races.
So whilst i'm not here to judge or condemn anyone on whether they have or havn't made racial comments, i would ask those jumping about in rage at the slightest reference to a persons colour or culture to consider the wider issues, reasons and objectives in creating harmony among our fellow brothers and sisters.
I would however like to show my support for Mark's campaign against Miss Goody, not because of the colour of her skin...but because she's ugly!
My darling...
Posted: 17-01-2007 13:03:52
...girlfriend is ill at the moment, she's off work and moping around the house bless her!! A suspected case of glandular fever is on the cards...so i'm keeping my distance.
Get well soon Tiff x
I have an appointment...
Posted: 15-01-2007 10:34:30
with the physio, please make me better! I think my weight just fluctuates no matter what! I have been using the body fat analyser and i'm in the fat category!! How did that happen! I might bring it in then we can all have a go!
HAPPY FEET
Yeah...what Mark said! I have been dancing around the house like what a penguin would...it's good fun! Especially when Newcastle come from a goal down to win at Spurs...i can't believe how hard Martins hit the ball!!!
It's...
Posted: 12-01-2007 16:08:44
...only the bloomin weekend again ain't it!! I lost 0.6kg this morning between taking my first reading on our uber accurate scales and the fifth reading on our uber accurate scales.
So i guess i'll be twidling my thumbs over the weekend waiting for Monday!!
FlashDen
Posted: 11-01-2007 13:19:29
http://www.flashden.net/
1-1
Posted: 11-01-2007 10:45:45
Chelsea without Drogba....discuss!!! (snigger)
Skippy
Posted: 11-01-2007 10:41:43
Now some here at Cherry HQ have the opinion that skipping is for girls...but it's about the only strenuous excercise i can do at the moment. In addition by getting a sweat on of an evening, i am also able to continue to enjoy chips, curry, stir-fry and BEER whilst hopefully continuing to push my weight down....so there! That said, i am getting the press-ups and sit-ups in so maybe i should looking more at my body mass index?
In other news:
It was very windy last night...and if i have to go out in the garden again late at night because the swing chair cover is about to blow away high into the night sky, i shan't be happy!
Running...
Posted: 08-01-2007 11:22:24
...Mark ran further than me this weekend. After watching Norwich Vs Tamworth, i really really wanted to play football...and more than that, i needed to do some exercise. So i jumped into my shorts and hoody and off i went in the rain. After a hundred yards my hamstring started getting tight. After 200 yards i turned back defeated and thoroughly peed off!
Dunno how i'm gonna shed any pounds, i need some physio soon, i'm itching to play footy again!
This weekend...
Posted: 05-01-2007 16:27:10
...i'm going to do as little as possible...looking forward to it n all.
Hours...
Posted: 04-01-2007 13:25:04
...of fun.
http://www.mono-1.com/monoface/main.html
Hello you!
Posted: 03-01-2007 10:22:19
How are you? I'm fine thanks, splendid festive Christmas i had too, thanks!
After the recently departed Stuart and I had a great last day's drinking session that lasted into the early hours...i chilled out for a couple of days before the madness began! Highlights included;
- my Mum's Xmas dinner.
- most of the food i consumed over the Xmas period.
- the moment my Dad realised he had bought lots of "alcohol free" Becks!!!
- Sitting directly behind the ball as it left leave James Milner's right boot and careered straight into the top corner at great speed.
- Being the first one to jump up and celebrate James Milner's screamer against Man Utd, as soon as the ball left his foot i knew it was in.
I've made a late entry into Cherry Chubber experiment, i won't be dieting though...just a little exercise!
Apparantly...
Posted: 22-12-2006 11:16:46
...it's Christmas or something soon...don't feel like Christmas much though does it??!
Anyhoo, i'll be darting around the country over the Christmas period like a red nosed reindeer! Up to the North West on Christmas morning, down to North Midlands boxing day, back to Birmingham thereafter. Before travelling up to the North East for a 3 day break in Newcastle to celebrate New Year and more importantly Newcastle's New Years day victory over Man Utd.
C'mon the Toon! See you in Jan folks...looking forward to all the challenges it will bring here at Cherry HQ, "let's push things forward"!
yubetou
Posted: 21-12-2006 13:48:06
It's better looking than youtube which makes me happy! You can start your own channel too! http://www.brightcove.com
I've...
Posted: 20-12-2006 17:29:03
...been bragging that i've not had a cold all year! So guess what i've got a stinking cold, Matt says im not contagious anymore though. I reckon everyone else in the office should get it just in time for christmas...sorry lads!
Weekend
Posted: 18-12-2006 10:40:43
Was great.
Friday...nuff said.
Saturday...went to the Jam House. Never been properly before, it's great watching some live music. I didn't quite understand some of the audience in there though. They got more excited by the cd's that were playing than the actual bands...who kept going for 15 minute breaks that actually lasted 45 minutes. Elbow etiquette among the over 30's in there was disgraceful, and they moan about the youth of today, their lairy antics on a few pints was just plain ridiculous. One pot bellied punter had to carried out by no less than seven doormen..."a leg and a wing anyone"! He kicked and screamed all the way out the fire exit kicking a bar stool and my girlfriend and i.
The venue is pretty poorly laid out too, they rob you on the door and then again at the bar.
Don't get me wrong i enjoyed myself.
Sunday...OCS @ the academy, fantastic. Loved it, they were spot on for me. Not been to a great gig for ages, perfect end to the weekend.
Ashes
Posted: 15-12-2006 11:45:03
Well, England are at it again. For some reason, i am never comfortable with an English side being in front. I'm also guessing none of our teams are particularly comfortable with it either!
I reckon it's in our cultural make-up to be uncomfortable in front, we like being the underdogs...the team under the cosh. Then and only then do we seem to get a response...if we get our noses in front...we're stuffed!
Bootlegs...
Posted: 11-12-2006 10:10:19
i like bootlegs, especially ones by team 9 http://www.team9.net/, they rock! I think i will make some bootlegs...watch this space!
Also looking forward to the Mark Ronson essential mix in a few weeks time.
Will...
Posted: 08-12-2006 14:12:14
...i ever play football again!?
Mondays...
Posted: 05-12-2006 16:56:13
...are my best day??
You know the half an hour after you wake up in the morning, you feel a bit groggy don't you!? Well, that is my Monday, for the whole day i feel like this dogammit! The boys in the office have started to pick up on this and they're teasing me!
In other news;
- Discussions over this side of the office centred around the term salad and it's exact meanings. A few definitions were thrown up, so i'm still unsure. The discussion was sparked by my "pasta salad" consisting of; pasta, tomato and tuna. I argued that my interpretation of any salad must surely contain lettuce...a prerequisite in my book.
Definitions on the net varied from a collection of sliced fruit and vegetables...to simply a varied mixture, or indeed a mixture or assortment of anything. For example, "The usual salad of writers, artists, and musicians attended the party".
Other, more recent slang meanings have arisen utilising the term salad....more creatively. For example, an "angry garden salad", is a phrase used to describe a poorly designed Web site GUI with incorrect code behind it (so that if you click on one thing it launches another. So there.
More creatively still..."a salad tosser" and "a tossed salad" have taken rather more unnecessary meanings!! I'll leave you to look them up for yourselves.
I like Tuesdays.
i challenge you...
Posted: 30-11-2006 17:44:57
http://www.ledefi-stellaartois.com/
tarrant...
Posted: 28-11-2006 17:57:38
...on tv...an online version http://veryfunnyads.com/
It's grim up north...
Posted: 27-11-2006 15:48:00
...it was grey for the duration of my stay in Greater Manchester, as can only be expected. I stayed with my student sister for 2 nights, and too nights was quite enough thank you. Student halls traditionally have a stale smell throughout, they all smell exactly the same!!
Living with girls you might think they would be clean--ish??!! Nah, they're just as bad as boys, especially when 12 of them share the same kitchen!
Quite impressed i managed to get drunk 2 nights on the trot, saying that, they only go out till 2! Anyway im back now...glad im not a student no more!
up up up...
Posted: 22-11-2006 15:58:24
to Manchester tomorrow, to spend some quality (drinking) time with my student sister. She hasn't got sky sports though so i wont be watching the cricket....but that probably means i'll get more sleep on her bedroom floor than i would curled up on the sofa watching the ashes!
see you monday folks!...
North...
Posted: 20-11-2006 09:47:06
went back to my homeland this weekend for some time with the family and some old friends. I was doing some djing at my mates night...his mum and dad were on the door! It wasn't very busy but i was steaming so i had a good night regardless!
I'm goin home...
Posted: 13-11-2006 14:35:15
at the weekend to dj at my mates night. So i'm busy downloading the latest ABBA tunes, or shall i play more credible stuff?? mmm, its a tough one!
It...
Posted: 08-11-2006 13:15:44
...might take half an hour for the box to load the tv channel you pressed. But cable television lets me watch old episodes of Father Ted AND the Royale family whenever my simple self feels the urge to do so!
25 year ago...i wor born!
Posted: 06-11-2006 15:23:03
And a quite pleasant weekend i had too. The boys took me out for a lovely lunch on friday!
Saturaday...me n the missus waddled down Pizza Express for a pre-theatre pizza...before 'To kill a mockingbird' at the Rep which was very good.
Finally, Sunday i met with some friends down the mailbox for a drink and yet more food...mmm steak!
In relation...
Posted: 01-11-2006 14:25:06
...to Stu's bagman dilemma, may i suggest opting for the wicker basket...a most versatile acquisition to any man's daily routine. It's especially suited to carrying heavy loads of fruit and veg via a cunnning weight distribution mechanism.
television.
Posted: 01-11-2006 14:01:15
I've got 3 points to make about my television.
1. The Royale family is the greatest show on earth...
2. When Sony make paint splat off of tower blocks i sit transfixed to the oggle box for the duration of the commercial.
3. When did Sideshow Bob quit the Simpsons to challenge on this years X factor??!
Am i excited...or am i excited!!!
Posted: 24-10-2006 13:17:17
For the one-off Royale Family episode coming soon to a BBC near you...can't wait!
Cheeky 3day weekend
Posted: 24-10-2006 11:41:14
Wasn't bad actually, drinks and curry on Friday.
Bit of tele, lots of sleep on Saturday.
Won 3-0 sunday morning, spot of lunch at Jonathan's.
A jaunt to Stratford on Monday for a bit of fresh air and some grub...jobs a goodun'.
Lovin...
Posted: 20-10-2006 12:07:59
...this little app http://www.mikons.com/ for making little icons, i might even use it in a website coming to a town near you SOON!!
I
Posted: 18-10-2006 10:00:24
hate buses..they're rubbish
Testing Testing.
Posted: 11-10-2006 16:54:46
****This is a test Blog Entry**** please do not respond.
Ed's been hacking the Cherry mainframe....again. Thought i should test the blog's are still up and running! Good work Edwardo. Everything seems to be fine, phew!
GLoom & DooM
Posted: 11-10-2006 10:54:01
It's now too dark of a morning. One does not want to get ones lazy ass outta bed no more. I hate winter, it takes all all enthusiasm for life away. What next....Christmas!!
Hamstrings
Posted: 05-10-2006 15:14:50
I had (actually no...i didn't have) to run for the bus this morning which turned out to be a little fitness test for my injury. I'm definetly still injured...bloomin'eck. Need to get it sorted.
I made the bus though...i had to race it round the block, the bus goes one way...i go the other, whooped its ass!
There was a lot of agitated people on the 203 (the real bus number has been changed to protect me), this morning...not sure why.
In other news: Gav couldn't think of much today, he apologises.
WhoMadeWho
Posted: 03-10-2006 10:53:07
They're my new favourite band i think. Haven't listened to them properly yet...but i think i might like them. Those crazy danes!
www.whomadewho.dk
Cycle Lanes...
Posted: 27-09-2006 10:20:30
Although my pushbike has thrown a wobbler (innertubes!!!...who'd have em!?). This week i have a wider issue (or not so wide as the case may be), with cycle lanes.
Now cycle lanes are a great idea, i would love to see them everywhere. But in true British half arsed style, we seem to have ended up with several 20 metre cycle lanes per county!!
Not only do the cycle lanes last for about 20 metres...more often than not, they end rather sharply in the middle of an ever so busy, high speed, city centre roundabout or suchlike.
It's....
Posted: 22-09-2006 16:35:20
stopped raining, Ed's taking me home.
It's raining..
Posted: 22-09-2006 16:09:57
Eds taking me home.
Extra Cold Bitter!
Posted: 19-09-2006 11:02:07
Er, tears have now started to roll down my face in a morning on the bike because its getting a little nippy first thing.
Roll on winter!
ooo
Posted: 15-09-2006 15:20:12
hasn't it been peaceful in the office this week!?!?!
The rabble are back on Monday. We've missed them really.
Competition...
Posted: 14-09-2006 16:16:30
Watch out Floors2Go...you have a competitor on the streets. I saw a van today claiming to offer...wait for it..."Floors2stay". GET IT!
Greeting Cards.
Posted: 13-09-2006 16:18:35
I have nothing against greeting cards in general. Many of them provide a mildly amusing temporary restbite from the hell that is the town centre.
HOWEVER! After you've had a little chuckle at a few funny cards...it suddenly becomes very unfunny when you cant for the life of you find a card to suit a purpose! Now...my view is mostly, "oh that'll do", if the hunting process starts to drag on a bit.
BUT! If you happen to be with someone who cant bear to leave the shop without finding a perfectly suited card to it's purpose...then suddenly the whole greeting card experience can take a turn for the worse in my book. And when you find yourself on first name terms with most of the staff and the cd has looped past Liberty X...again....then you know you've been pottering in that bloody shop far too long!
See ya Clinton.
BLoomin....
Posted: 11-09-2006 14:37:31
...injured, something down the back of me leg doesn't want me to run around! So i reckon i'll be out for a couple of weeks....gutted!
Kick-off...
Posted: 08-09-2006 16:17:44
Sunday 10.30, the season has begun. After missing the first game of the season (we won 6-4). I'm back for Sunday's game...few little niggles but i'll be fit!
"C'mon Star, get outta bed"
V
Posted: 07-09-2006 10:50:27
It was only last month.
PICTURES
TO...
Posted: 01-09-2006 16:41:06
...INFINITY AND BEYOND!!! Well a town near Blackpool anyway. I'm shooting up north for my 3-yearly pilgrimage home to brush up on my accent. The occasion...my sister is having a birthday, again...the blighter! Anyway, free posh nosh all round makes Gav a happy boy.
See you in the (parent takes Billy to school round corner) traffic next week.
My...
Posted: 30-08-2006 16:00:15
...bicycle is poorly, not been cycling to work at the moment, i've got a flat!! Not had chance to fix it yet....i will be back, but not whilst it's raining. Where has this monsoon season come from??
Sunshine & showers
Posted: 23-08-2006 12:49:47
On a scale of 1 to 10, i had a pretty good weekend all in all. As a Virgin Virgin i wasn't all that sure what expect...2 hours down the M6 and 2 miles of treking through later i was ready for home. But we stuck it out and were rewarded.
Blinding sets from Faithless, The Go team and Fatboy Slim were the highlights of the weekend for me, if only i could have seen Kasabian and Radiohead aswell! Much more jumping, shouting and swearing sums up the rest of the of my time in Stafford.
Till next years festivals...but Branson ain't getting my hard earned cash again, he didn't work hard enough for it!
ps. i got muddy.
We're all off to the...
Posted: 17-08-2006 17:02:40
...big muddy field in Stafford! The V festival is upon us, much fun will hopefully be had by all. See you on the other side.
This...
Posted: 16-08-2006 15:27:23
...is not what Blackpool looks like. Don't be fooled by how interesting this very talented amateur photographer makes it look. It's not cool to go to Blackpool, just visit it virtually chromasia.com
The Season starts here...
Posted: 14-08-2006 10:45:16
...first friendly of the season. We lost, but the season is full of hope the squads looking stronger than last season and it was to get out playing again!
My sister came down for the weekend talking my head off about uni this uni that...was lovely to see her though, the northern monkey!
oooo
Posted: 09-08-2006 16:30:03
i've got a lovely tan and everyone is jealous!!! Had a lovely time in rustic Croatia thanks..very beautiful place, decent hotel, decent weather...lots of Germans! I like Germans!
So i'm off to plough through the work my lovely (not so tanned) colleagues have been saving up for me! Welcome home. x
That's all folks...
Posted: 24-07-2006 17:01:22
...i'm off, whilst panicing about all the loose ends i need to tie up, i'm trying to look forward to my holiday. See you in 2 whole long sunny weeks!
x
The end is in sight....
Posted: 21-07-2006 16:37:10
...well folks, this is about my first bit of time off since i started, so i'm gonna bugger off for two weeks.
It's been a manic last week trying to finish projects, but it's ok, the 35 degree temperatures helped no end.
I'm going to watch the final few LOST over the weekend...only to be left yet more confused as to what's going on. My mythalogical theory is that the long haired one's got something to do with it.
I
Posted: 17-07-2006 16:29:45
watched Guy Ritchie's Revolver over the weekend. I thought..."oo that looks like my kind of film"...it was nothing like the Wizard of Oz.
It's too hot!
I'm...
Posted: 14-07-2006 12:54:20
...still cycling to work. Can you believe it. I enjoy it really, wakes me up in the morning it does! My thighs are starting to ache on a daily basis though! I reckon if i can just carry on through this spell of pain, it won't hurt so much and i'll be much fitter!
HAIR FOR SALE
Posted: 13-07-2006 10:34:11
email: gav@clevercherry.com
tonight.
Posted: 11-07-2006 16:29:03
Modern Toss...oooo.
Well...
Posted: 10-07-2006 08:59:08
...ze World Cup comes to a close, it was unfortunate to see Ronaldo crying after Portugal's exit mid-week. More exciting news is Beckham's possible move to Newcastle???
This weekend...i will mostly be eating...nothin much.
A proper football game
Posted: 05-07-2006 14:30:03
I've held off ranting about England's poor World Cup. But my thoughts have now been sufficiently collated and analysed.
My opinion all the way through the England campaign was that they weren't playing well enough, yet some consensus suggested that it was ok because we were winning and strongly poised to gather momentum.
That would have been all very well if indeed we had decided upon gathering any of the aforementioned momentum...but no, not until the chips were down could we muster any of the lion's courage our team's drunken following exube!
This got me thinking...whether...if we had gone on to win the competition without playing particularly well, would we be satisfied. I for one would rather we had got knocked in the first round as long as my team had played exciting football. I could carry that into forthcoming competitions as a torch of hope.
That said, the English footballing representative of 11 men at least have the capabilities to play football in much the same way the German and Italian 11's displayed last night in Stuttgart. Some of the football on display was a lesson to even the best. The skill, concentration, passion and shear speed of thought and play on the pitch last night was phenomenal. Yet we have become accustomed to such footballing styles, week in week out in this ere Premiership.
Why can Gerrard and Lampard play so amazing in the season...and not deliver during the World Cup...do they miss their mum's? I dunno!
I think we suffered in the heat...we just aren't accustomed to it. Us Brits have trouble sleeping when it's humid, never mind running! Moreover we have trouble playing football like the Italians did last night...wanting the ball, keeping the ball! We are allowed to pass the ball shorter than 40yards boys.
It's such a simple bloody game...add some English passion, drop any big names that aren't on form (Lampard) and let the public vote in the next English manager and i think we'll make progress!!
ciao bella
Hehe
Posted: 04-07-2006 10:06:24
Well ain't that a shame, your two darlings of British tennis are out! You bunch of pompous, strawberry eating i don't like sport so i'll go to Wimbledon types can go back to Shopping on a rich man's credit card and you can pick the kids up today too!
Did i say that out loud??
Ha
Posted: 29-06-2006 17:12:33
Tim Henman's out. I hate Wimbledon.
HOT CHIP
Posted: 29-06-2006 09:56:46
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aDVERTS.
Posted: 28-06-2006 10:41:26
So the world's gone mad with football adverts, extensions of football adverts and of course beer adverts to coincide with the mass marketing celebration that is the world cup!
But whilst some advertisers and their brands have got it so so right there's one that is rubbish!
Loving the new Guiness extra cold adverts featuring edited snippets from the evolution of man in his 3 billion year wait for the perfect pint!
The Coca-Cola ad is good, my girlfriend bursts into fits of laughter time after time. Fancy man in wardrobe hugs husband...genius!
The overplayed Carling advert gets a post match interview.
The Honda "dream" ad gets the Come On England treatment!
There's the usual super skillfull footballers showing off their skills...YAWN!
The Carlsberg "probably the best pub team" ad is brilliant, you have to watch the full 3:02 minute version
However there is one ad letting the whole side down. The idea that somehow watching the world cup final on a Samsung flatscreen is better than going to the actual game is more than a little preposterous.
I have included here in Cantonese
So...
Posted: 28-06-2006 09:27:44
England "can" play football. Well Ian wasn't worried. I actually quite enjoyed the game, mostly because Ecuador never actually looked like getting close to scoring, although Robinson made me feel nervous at times. But Hargreaves ain't all that bad, Rooney's looking hot, Ashley Cole's looking sharp again and that Tweedy's looking quite fit too, (more crowd shots please!)
That honda ad is up on youtube now so watch it if you havn't seen it yet...it's great!
Stop annoying me, use this...
Posted: 23-06-2006 13:36:35
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DID...
Posted: 22-06-2006 10:15:22
you see the "come on england" re-edit of the honda dream advert...MAGIC!!
I challenge you to find it online so i can grin at the genius of it...i can't find it in all of the 2 minutes i spent looking for it.
Steve Coogan's...
Posted: 19-06-2006 11:10:23
...new comedy, tonight 10pm. Will it be any good? I need a good comedy...not been owt for ages.
Fatty.
Posted: 14-06-2006 10:36:07
Ha ha, Brasil are rubbish, there's hope for us all!
Who...
Posted: 12-06-2006 15:49:21
...designed the german stadium with a big screen in the middle of the pitch???
World cup weekend!
Posted: 09-06-2006 17:30:24
This is it boys & girls...i've got a nice big telly to watch it on tomorrow.
Mark kindly rented out his Lost series two to me yesterday so when i'm not glued to the football, i'll be on a quarentined desert island.
Not to mention my new best mate Earl who should be on tonight...that programme keeps growing on me...it's ace!
Them...
Posted: 08-06-2006 10:03:20
...adverts for that there programme on Sven & his lovers are bloody genius! Not the slightest bit interested in the programme itself, but i don't want the adverts to stop...i'll miss them.
Just...
Posted: 07-06-2006 17:09:58
...rediscovered my favourite game http://www.ebaumsworld.com/penguinswing.html
Oh & beat my score of 323.4 (yes i have proof!).
A word on BB
Posted: 06-06-2006 16:29:16
what is goin on? anyone understand it?
The wheels on the bike.
Posted: 06-06-2006 16:28:51
I biked to work yesterday, and again today!! How good am i?? How long will it last though??? That is the question?...we shall see!
Getting on.
Posted: 01-06-2006 14:33:22
I keep thinking about the next time i'm going to B&Q, what's happening??? I havn't been this scared since puberty!
Well...
Posted: 25-05-2006 14:36:01
...i think it's been long enough to make a judgement on the changes in licensing laws for alcohol. I only wish the government had listened to all those people that told them the country would fall into a state of utter chaos!
SHUT UP!
Latest...
Posted: 23-05-2006 16:55:45
is we might get a decent day on Saturday!! Although conflicting weather reports are currently circulating.
Willma!!
Posted: 22-05-2006 16:58:32
Cricket this weekend, the forecast is not looking good! I'm going to be on edge all week, nervously checking the bbc weather site for the latest precipitation values at 12.61pm, 7880 degrees latitude (near edgbaston).
The flintstone outfits i got for Ian and myself may have to go back to the shop unworn, now that would be a disapointment.
On the upside, all these miserable weather predictions will probably mean it'll be glorious....maybe!
I'm feelin...
Posted: 19-05-2006 16:26:22
better now thank-you cherries! (Davina cheered me right up!)
I'm...
Posted: 16-05-2006 14:08:06
thinking of cycling to work. I just need to be 'sure' it won't rain.
Barmy Army
Posted: 12-05-2006 16:42:05
With all these centuries at Lords. Cant wait for the Edgbaston test, when it will probably rain.
The British...
Posted: 10-05-2006 17:57:59
...we moan all winter that it's too damn cold, a spell of warm weather creeps up and what do we do...we moan that it's too damn hot!
And i've killed my plants in the garden...already!
So...
Posted: 03-05-2006 16:43:50
...that's it then is it our world cup dreams are over now Shrek's injured! I say it's a blessing in disguise, Owen and Rooney together doesn't work for me. Get big Pete up the top and sit back and watch Frank & Stevie fire them in from 30 yards...we've nothin to lose.
The English always perform best when we've our backs to the wall.
PHP & Mysql
Posted: 28-04-2006 17:13:05
Mark & myself have been on a course for the last two days. I am no longer a noob...yeah right!
This is the BBC
Posted: 25-04-2006 17:41:59
Since when do the BBC news breakfast presenters coin phrases like, "in a bit"!!!
C'mon Star get outta bed!
Posted: 24-04-2006 10:01:26
Well after a week off, our last game of the season was played yesterday. To finish second we needed to draw against fourth place, so to make sure we thrashed them 6-1. The boy Auty even got on the scoresheet, my first of the season, on the day our top scorer notched up his 41st of the season!
In addition, there's a rumour flying about that champions dont want to go up so we're definetly promoted!
The longest weekend ever.
Posted: 20-04-2006 14:48:27
I had a whole six days off over easter but i didn't actually do that much.
Friday night, the missus took me to Miss Saigon, which frankly wasn't my cup of tea. Whilst thousands of people seem to think it's bloody marvellous, i reckon it's a load of tosh. sorry.
Went back to the homeland on Saturday to see the folks...up in the sunny seaside resort of St Annes on the Sea. As always it was windy, you don't really notice the weather apart from the wind...just the wind.
Yesterday we spent money on soil and plants...not my idea of fun, however rolling around in the rain and mud planting the buggers was ace!
Booked it
Posted: 12-04-2006 18:02:52
Packed it. etc.
Goin to Croatia on me summer hols, lookin forward to it, not lookin forward to paying for it.
W3C
Posted: 10-04-2006 11:35:35
There are a set of standards in place as a guideline for web developers to reference and comply to as ethical principles. The W3C standards aspire to endorse that the benefits of the web are available to all people, whatever their hardware, software, network infrastructure, native language, culture, geographical location, or physical or mental ability.
So why then can i not see a third of the picture transmitted to my television???
If i have long been damned as an archaic, non-widescreen being of the past, then at least spare me the opportunity of horizontal scrollbars!
Idiots
Posted: 04-04-2006 12:36:20
Who are you?? Come on, own up! The drivers that toodle along in their own little world along Britains busiest motorways....in the middle lane! ROADHOG i cry!
Woo look at me utilising all three lanes to provide other cars the opportunity to pass, thus reducing the amount of conjestion, reducing my average journey time by 10 days!
Whats funnier is that some motorways have had millions spent on them to reduce conjestion....yet these bloody morons just dont know what to do! There's 2 MIDDLE LANES, i hear them cry! But never fear common sense prevails and they choose lane 3 to toodle along at 70!
No offence if you are one of these people like, but may i suggest you take a moment to think about it?
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We won again...
Posted: 03-04-2006 11:07:56
...4-1, we think we need a point from our last game for promotion! It wasn't a classic performance from the boys but we did enough. The last game's going to be a tough one but i'm confident we will win, never mind draw!
Could Chelsea lose the title....we shall see!
VA-va-Voom.
Posted: 29-03-2006 15:20:53
I was blown away by Arsenal's performance against Juve last night...it was like watching Brazil play five-a-size! Some of the football was amazing to watch & seeing an ageing Italian team try to keep up with them was so amusing at times.
Now although the gunners once again failed to side one Englishman, and despite the fact they aren't my favourite team in the world...i can only admire their performance last night, & you cant help but like Mr Va-va-voom himself Terry Henry!
Tell you what...i'd love to em play like that at Stamford Bridge and give em 7-0 stuffing!
The human penguin.
Posted: 27-03-2006 10:52:02
We are evolving...we came from monkeys and now its time to move on.
A young lad got on the bus this morning and walked much like a penguin, he seemed to have one particularly stiff leg causing him to waddle somewhat. He also carried an air of supremecy about him. Its time to move people, we're going up in the world!
Chelsea...
Posted: 24-03-2006 14:51:34
...cheats. Didn't like the way they conducted themselves against Newcastle. Diving about and using aggressive tactics with referees.
They didn't look much of a team either...i hope they lose every game till the end of the season. I think i like man u more than them now!!! But like is a strong word...i dislike them less!
HAve...
Posted: 21-03-2006 15:00:00
...you ever watched a mildly amusing sitcom and noticed the canned laughter? Where usually it passes you by without even saying hello, once you start to notice it, it will infuriate you beyond belief!
Try it, it's annoying.
I love the Royale Family.
Lost.
Posted: 20-03-2006 10:57:30
2-1, should have won, we had the chances, but no luck.
Some comedy lasts forever! This scene sprung into my mind this morning for some reason.
Posted: 17-03-2006 10:14:45
ARTHUR:
The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?
SOLDIER #1:
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
ARTHUR:
Not at all. They could be carried.
SOLDIER #1:
What? A swallow carrying a coconut?
ARTHUR:
It could grip it by the husk!
SOLDIER #1:
It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
ARTHUR:
Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?
SOLDIER #1:
Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
ARTHUR:
Please!
SOLDIER #1:
Am I right?
ARTHUR:
I'm not interested!
SOLDIER #2:
It could be carried by an African swallow!
SOLDIER #1:
Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point.
SOLDIER #2:
Oh, yeah, I agree with that.
ARTHUR:
Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!
SOLDIER #1:
But then of course a-- African swallows are non-migratory.
SOLDIER #2:
Oh, yeah.
SOLDIER #1:
So, they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway.
[clop clop clop]
SOLDIER #2:
Wait a minute! Supposing two swallows carried it together?
SOLDIER #1:
No, they'd have to have it on a line.
SOLDIER #2:
Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper!
SOLDIER #1:
What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers?
SOLDIER #2:
Well, why not?
Now tell me you're not smirking!
Regional news
Posted: 16-03-2006 17:02:46
Why can the presenters not read the autocue without stumbling at least once? Is it just WM news, i'm ont sure...but it does my head in. And that woman in the mornings with the stupid hair!
There's been one that's been good the last couple of days...not cracking any pathetic jokes, able to pronounce footballers names, good work. Keep it simple and prosper.
The weekend.
Posted: 14-03-2006 12:24:31
Busy was i. Saturday, up at 7 to go paintballing on a stag day. Much fun was had, i didn't care enough to be any good at it. Some of the guys there took it far too seriously. The amount of testosterone flying about was far more dangerous than any paintball!
Our team won the days events naturally, so all was good...although we bailed out before the last game, partly because we were all shattered & partly because we wanted to drink "booze"!
So after a long day in the woods, off up Broad Street we marched to drink "booze". The stag wasn't looking too healthy by half 8 and as we had a football game Sunday morning and he's our captain....it was probably just as well he bailed out for a curry and bed at 11. Infact most of the twenty strong stag party were ready for a bed time story by midnight, and although four of us carried on till half one...were virtually sleeping in our pints.
So bright and early Sunday morning...the boys were all well up for the game, honest. Despite our bad heads we only managed a 7-1 victory over one of our closest rivals, which still leaves a chance at the title. If the top team fails to win their last game n we win our last 4 games....then its ours, ALL OURS!!!
cheeky.
I'm...
Posted: 10-03-2006 16:40:46
...going paintballing tomorrow on a stag day. So that should be good! However, the evening involves a pleasant trip down Broad Street. But never fear, a secret friend of mine has provided a survival kit including; wellington boots and gas mask to help me on my way.
bugga boo!
Its...
Posted: 09-03-2006 17:20:46
...the Chamber Awards tomorrow!
This week...
Posted: 07-03-2006 17:40:29
...i will be mostly listening to Gnarls Barkley (remember the name). Its some funky dope sh*t man. I'm not much of a hip-hop doo-bopper in general, but this stuff is broadening the horizons, there's loads of variety in there.
Comprised of the highly acclaimed producer/dj DangerMouse (never 'erd o' 'im) and some dude who apparently hasn't been all that hot until now. This stuff is awesome, from what i've heard there's actually some thought gone into it, and it just works. The first single from the album "Crazy" is class and is on radio type machines at the mo.
Listen out for it, it makes me dance...which is obviously a good thing for everyone!
In other news: Greggs have an offer on belgian muffins: £1.40 for 2 (or 70p each). I got three for £2.30...she did well at school.
www.myspace.com/gnarlsbarkley
Kidulthood
Posted: 06-03-2006 17:49:49
Watched at the cinema, it's a 15, but i still expected to see more pop corn throwing and giggling, and general spoiling of the movie by big groups of teenagers. Instead the cinema was filled by young to middle age couples, students and twenty somethings.
Im still not quite sure what i thought, it didn't feel like i was watching a movie...possibly because im not sure it was entertaining!
At the same time it was brilliant, the film looks fantastic and tackles issues that just need to be tackled. It's too easy to brand it a glorification of violence etc etc, when really it's just an easy way to sweep the problem under the carpet and pretend it doesn't exist.
But this is supposedly how it is, although some of the stereotyping is a little one sided, but that can be forgiven! So i'm not quite sure what the film achieves, but i think it's a step in the right direction.
We're all going...
Posted: 03-03-2006 16:13:10
...to the Seaside. Yeah i'm goin to the seaside in August. But only for a bit cos i bought my V festival tickets this morning at 08:58 so we'll probably leave the seaside area and go camping in Staffordshire.
I think it might be fun!
HEY, Thom Yorke, would you like to come to the seaside with us? It'll only be for a bit, but you can come camping in Staffordshire afterwards...i think it'll be fun! Westlife might be there...but i doubt it.
My hump, my bump, my bloody ears!...No seriously get a doctor, they really are bleeding!
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