Well, my day was good apart from one thing: my boss being a condescending, rude woman.

If you’ve been in the UK today, you may have noticed that there was a severe weather from the Met office today because there was meant to be a months worth of rain falling in one afternoon. I discovered this morning while sitting eating my breakfast this morning and watching the news.

APPARENTLY THIS IS ODD, STRANGE, FREAKISH AND UNUSUAL!!!!

That’s right. I mentioned the above information during a conversation with my boss about the weather, and she looked at me like I was some kind of freak because I watched the television in the morning. Is it really that odd for someone to check what the weather is going to be like before they leave the house?!  I just wanted to see if I needed a large coat or could do without one! At least I checked so I took a coat with me, rather than letting my two children out of the house only to be soaked in their shorts! I mean honestly, she isn’t going to win any “Mother of the Year” awards anytime soon with that kind of attitude.

Ok, fair enough, you may not think that watching tv in the morning is a good idea, but there is no need to be rude at the fact that I do. She looked like I had just told her to go fornicate a goat with a cucumber! All I said is that I watched tv to find out the weather for five minutes.

Ok, rant over, but I think its justified. Anyhoo, I’ve got to go be polite rather than blogging as I’ve commandeered my friend’s computer before our Feedback meeting.  Bye!

Okay, not a fantastically exciting post, but a little update of how my nice relaxing weekend was:

Spent the weekend at my lady’s aprents place in Kettering, fed up to the eyeballs, reading action thrillers by David Baldacci and 1970s Sci-Fi trilogies. All good fun. Also booked my train ticket to Bristol for our holiday at the end of July which should be muchos fun!

That reminds me, will have to bring up in the Feedback meeting to morrow about organising someone going to the Birmingham Music Network meeting before the end of the month. And also see how the flyers are doing.

Anyhoo, off to bed for me and I get to look forward to 9-5 days this week as a colleague is on holiday so I have to be in standard hours instead of flexing off.

Which is naff.

Right, since I have a flippin’ account, and a blog, I thought I might as well get back into the habit of writing down something, even if it’s just once a week, or (and this would be amazing) daily.

So, its been just a teeny bit of a while since I last posted here, but I’m not going to bore you with the details, as pretty much anyone who will look at this knows my trials and tribulations over the last year or so. If not, ask me, or leave a comment and I’ll fill you in.

For now though, I think I will regail with something that might become a bit of a feature. Know, I have this reputation (weel-founded I might add) of being somewhat angry. A malcontent. Uphappy with his lot. However you want to put it, I get fuming about stuff really easily. So, to counter-act this, I’m going to post something I like, and something that angered me.

I’M ANGRY ABOUT – Fauxhawks.

Eugh. I think its probably the best way to start. Most commonly found on teenagers/early 20s and those in early to middling 30s, and they all think it looks cool.

NO IT DOESN’T!

Granted, I will admit (and most men would), that at some point in your life, you’ve washed your hair, caught a glimpse of yourself in the mirror, and swooshed all you hair into the middle of your head into a fauxhawk. I imagine you even thought you looked cool for a fraction of a second.  Then you continue your shower and rinse shampoo out your hair. The reason why? Because deep deep down you know that you all you are doing is messing about, and it did look rather silly.

For some though, they have taken it too far. If you want to be cool, grow a proper Mohawk. It takes dedication and balls. Lots of balls. Cajones. Gumption. Whatever you want to call it, its basically what fauxhawkers don’t have. It irks me a lot when its middle-management types – the suits wandering around in the city going “Hey, aren’t I cool with my awesome hair.” No you aren’t. Come back with a mohawk and I might have a little respect for you. Until then, just either spike up all of your hair, or just keep it pasted to your head.

I AM HAPPY ABOUT – Terminator:  Salvation

(Don’t worry, no spoilers here). Went to the cinema last night, saw T:S, it was awesome – Action, adventure, small nods to the previous films, a little funny in parts, but generally an all-round good film!  I know some people don’t like Christian Bale, but I think he did a really good job, played John Connor really well, and made it an enjoyable experience! Plus it featured Moon Bloodgood (cool points for awesome name!) from Daybreak, which was nice. Two small notes aside – Common not as bad as he was in Smokin’ Aces, and thought he could detract from the film
- Bryce Dallas Howard (daughter of Ron Howard) has a slightly annoying “Confused” face that made me glad she was off-screen a lot of the time. Apparently she was in Spiderman 3, but that was such a sprint-paced film, you’d be forgiven for missing her!

Right, I’m off to cook some Spaghetti and Veggie Meatballs in a Tomato Sauce, and measure the right amount of spaghetti with my new spaghetti measurer! been looking for one for ages! Plus it is a fork to scoop out the pasta when done as well which is rather awesome! All for the low low price of £1.50 from Debenhams!

See y’all later!

Yes, that’s right, unemployment has reared it’s ugly head once again.

Might have to see if my friend still needs an IT Gopher, maybe just as a temporary thing, but slightly depressingly, I’ve filled in an application for a job at Argos over the Christmas period. Hey, I need money, and if it pays, well that’s fine by me.

Almost glad I didn’t shell out for those Meinl MB10s that I wanted to get. I can now afford to eat and pay the rent *cue apathetic yay*

Now, if you’ve seen recent picstures of me (or just met me, I know some of my friends read this… maybe once they did……) I now sport a decent beard and moustache.

Now, over the last few weeks, I haven’t really trimmed it, and so the handlebars of the moustache are starting to get a bit long, and the bear a bit fuller and bushy. Now, beard is fine, it just needs combing. But I’m finding more and more that the ‘tache is getting in the way. The hairs get in my mouth, they tickle the side of my face, but as my facial hair is quite corse, its getting a bit unruly, and unmanagable.

So surfing the interblag (xkcd, it works bitches) I’ve discovered about waxing my facial hair. Seems a bit weird, but hey, might as well give it a go. So tonight, gonna go home and use the wax I’ve got there, see how things work out – will the smell waft my nose constantly? Will the wax taint my food? Or will it outright work well?

Update tomorrow (when I’ve fixed my computer!)

Tired, oh so tired.

Good News - I have money, so I can buy those amazing new cymbals this week that I’ve been debating about for 6 months or so.

Bad News – My computer recently decided to give up the ghost and I’ve had to eat into that fund to buy a new motherboard, processor and memory.

Good News – parts are coming Saturday, and I get to play with a brand new shiney computer that is faster than my old one

Bad News – Because its a Saturday delivery, I have to stay in all day, and I found out that a friend whom I haven’t seen in a while is going to be in Brum for breakfast. Bugger.

Good News – With my girlfriend’s new job she sometimes gets home really early, so we get to spend some time together

Bad News – We’ve spent about 3 nice evenings together and all the other times I’ve gotten into a bad mood over nothing and then grumped about all evening, or I’ve been derogatary to Laura and then she hasn’t wanted to spend any time with me which makes me kick myself all evening.

Sometimes, i wish i didn’t have such bad intonation and stressing of words which makes everything I say seem like an insult or a derogatary comment. I honestly don’t mean it, but it comes out that way.

My Mum always said I like to make things difficult for myself. Boy was she right.

A couple of days ago, I found a Driving License on the ground, the paper part, not the pink card bit, and so a couple of days ago, I popped it in the post, with a little letter saying where I found it, and that I hoped the lady didn’t have to buy a new one.

It gave me a nice warm fuzzy feeling inside to know I did something nice for a stranger, even if I never heard from them again. It didn’t give me too warm a feeling though, or I might have been like in a sauna or something, or….like…on fire.

Either way, I sent it and forgot about it.

So yesterday, I got a really odd phone call, from someone about a license, and where I’m working we need export licenses, so i thought she was talking about that, and it was only after she said “Driving” that it finally clicked together (People who know me will tell you sometimes it takes me a little longer to catch up to everyone else’s level, I just don’t get things straight away!).

From just my address and name on the top of the letter, she had managed to track me down to where I worked just to say thank you!! I doubt my flatmates could work out what my work number is, and I’ve TOLD them where I work, and I LIVE with them!!

It was just nice to hear that she got it fine, and she saying she’d leave me a gift or something as a thank you, and I’d sent it in the nick of time as she was going to order a new paper bit today. It was nice to hear that, but I didn’t really want any gift.

I just got to wondering, how many other people would send it back? I’d like to think everyone, but I have a sneaking suspicion that some people wouldn’t.

I might try and do a good deed a day, but opportunities like that don’t happen every day. We’ll just have to see…..

Ok, so its while after I saw the Watchmen trailer, but  after about 3 weeks later I’m still so excited about it!!!

We went to see The Dark Knight, and I actually gasped when I realised what the trailer was, and had my classic “excited sensation” when I see a trailer or some promo material for a film i get excited about – I got a tingling feeling run from my forehead to the bottom of my spine. This is a very good sign.

However, no-one else seems excited about this movie! Watchmen is one of the most exciting and dark graphic novels/comics I’ve ever read, and I have high hopes! Everyone I went to see Dark Knight with just shrugged, and James said he thought the CG looked unimpressive.

Now firstly, the actor who plays Dr. Manhattan is the same guy who played the lead singer in Almost Famous – looks completely different, and is an awesome actor so I think he’s going to be really good.

Secondly, the music for the trailer is awesome – Smashing Pumpkin’s The Beginning is the End isthe Beginning (a remix of The End is the Beginning is the End). Originally written for Batman & Robin, and written about Batman, just looking at the lyrics is so creepy and dark. I can’t believe it orginally had a really fast beat to the song!

And Thirdly, Rorschach. If you’ve read Watchmen, you’ll understand. A film with him in it has got to be exciting!

So, to hopefully get you interested in this dark, dark, film, here are Billy Corgan’s lyrics below:

Send a heartbeat to
The void that cries through you
Relive the pictures that have come to pass
For now we stand alone
The world is lost and blown
And we are flesh and blood disintegrate
With no more to hate

Is it bright where you are
Have the people changed
Does it make you happy you’re so strange
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets flame
We can watch the world devoured in it’s pain

Delivered from the blast
The last of a line of lasts
The pale princess of a palace cracked
And now the kingdom comes
Crashing down undone
And I am a master of a nothing place
Of recoil and grace

Is it bright where you are
Have the people changed
Does it make you happy you’re so strange
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets flame
We can watch the world devoured in it’s pain

Time has stopped before us
The sky cannot ignore us
No one can separate us
For we are all that is left
The echo bounces off me
The shadow lost beside me
There’s no more need to pretend
Cause now I can begin again

Is it bright where you are
Have the people changed
Does it make you happy you’re so strange
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets flame
We can watch the world devoured in it’s pain
Strange
Strange
Strange

Well, this week has not gone exactly as planned….

Firstly there was Saturday, and our wonderful friend spilled red wine twice in one party, and covered the the lounge wall, the kitchen wall and the carpet in the lounge with the stuff. I tried to get some Bicarb of Soda straight on it, but unfortunately, as it was spilled during a house party, it just got trod into the carpet. After about 3 cleaning sessions with some carpet cleaner, its starting to disappear, but I think there is always going to be a bit of a mark. Oh well.

As for the walls, I’ve had to paint over them. Surprisingly, for how much I had to paint, 2 small tester pots was all it took to cover up the stains with two coats. Ok, so they say on the side of the pot that they shouldn’t be used for touching up paintwork, but it worked fine for me!

Most of this week so far at work has involved this rather long spreadsheet. Now, don’t get me wrong, its work, I need the money, so I’ll put up and shut up, but I hate spreadsheets. Especially the way everyone in my office seems to make them tiny and uses enough colours to make me think I’m on some type of hallucenogen! It hurts my eyes after refering to it for 6 hours. But thats now sorted, and so now I get to do my other list of tasks

Wonderfully, the power went out not long after I left the house yesterday, and so when I got to work, I got a call from my housemate telling me that the pwoer was out. Luckily, we got it sorted, but it was a bit of a palava – we weren’t sure who to ring, and then we had an engineer out, who said our connection to the main grid had blown, and so had to knock out the power to the whole street for about 2 hours. Luckily, I was at work for all this, but two of my housemates weren’t, and aparently they got hassled by a guy down the street for not telling him the power was going out. If this man ever reads this, I hope he is pleased about being a whiney pathetic excuse for a human being.

Apart from that, not much going on. Need to tidy and clean the house, but that always seems like an on-going job. I just hope Friday is nice and relaxing so I’m not tired for the gig. We’ll see soon enough…..

Right, it was about May since my last post, so here’s the whirlwind update:

• I quit my old job, as I wasn’t enjoying it, it was stressing me out too much and eating away most of my time. I was unemployed for a month, and now I am temping. I needed the money.
• I have got hooked onto a new tv show – Burn Notice. The US doesn’t make episodes fast enough for me, and I’ve already caught up watching it into the current (second) season.
• I had fun in London with my girlfriend at the start of July for a week’s holiday. We went to see Avenue Q – it is awesome, go see it now. We then pottered around back at her parent’s house, and had fun.
• Laura’s birthday has been and gone, but her birthday party is this weekend. Its a pyjama party, across two rooms for different movie styles (one cute and cuddly, one horror/action/b-movie). There will be alcohol, and photos aplenty.
• We have a gig on Friday the 22nd August at the Actress and Biship in Birmingham. Come see us, we’ll rock your socks off…..or something to that effect……..
• Douglas Furs have some really cool photos done by Katie’s firend Gordon. He is awesome too, bow down to his über-camera skills.
• James has modified some photos for us and put them up as kind of profile pics on Myspace. They’re very good.
• I now have a moustache and beard. Laura has yet to complain about it. My Dad said I was fury, my Mum said I looked like my Grandad with a beard, which I think is the best compliment so far. Amongst others, the comments so far have been:
  -”What is that on your face?”
  -”So when are you planning on growing this beard?”
  -”HA!”
  -”He looks a bit like Huey from the Fun Lovin’ Criminals doesn’t he?”
  -”Its not as bad as I thought it would be when you told me.”
  -”Give him a berret, a string of onions, and a stripey shirt and you’d swear we were in France”
  -”Cool Mexican-beardy thing you’ve got there.”
  Either way, I like it.
• Introversion Software make ace games – Darwinia and Uplink are great fun, especially at just over £12 for both off Steam. I still haven’t completed Uplink yet though. Not enough time.. my brother tells me Defcon is good as well. Do you want to play Global Thermo Nuclear War?
• The trailer for Watchmen (and I don’t care what anyone else says) is awesome. I nearly creamed my jeans the first time I saw it, and when we went to see The Dark Knight, I actually gasped. Speaking of which…
• The Dark Knight is brilliant. I was worried (as were a lot of my friends) that people would only say it was good because of heath ledger’s death, but it was GREAT!!! Wall-E was good too.

And I should probably get back to work now…..