A friend was once described as a caffeine and nicotine fuelled adrenaline junkie with a Peter Pan complex and delusions of grandeur.
Some of that applies to me, although I don't smoke and have no delusions of my grandeur.
I'm a weather forecaster usually in the north of Scotland, these are the petty thoughts of the days of my life.
Hi, I'm Jim.
The Prodigy's new single, The Omen, is out for download today. I caught the video on channel 4 a few weeks back, thinking, "it's been a while since their last new stuff, can they still make me want to shout loudly and jump all over the shop?" Oh yes. Oh yeah gods yes. You can catch the video at a few places, including the MTV Two Video chart, where we can all click to vote and get some gratuitous hard dance back in the video charts! Or the Prodigy official site, which is full of angry sounding shouty goodness.
*edit to add* I'm going to add this to the last post rather than put this onto the 100th post because I'm vain and I want the hundred to be something REALLY good.
So in addition to the 99th, have a look at both the Nine Inch Nails album ( NiN.com ) for free music, even if you don't like it, download it then delete the recording - think of what you're saying to the recording houses about charging for music if the artist doesn't want it... Also, listen to Wil Wheaton (Wes Crusher in THG - but don't hold that against him - seriously, he's good!) as the keynote speaker at the PAX 07 meeting from penny-arcade. (Google Pax Wil Wheaton - that's what I did) and listen to his talk. It's worth the time. Aside from that, Lottie from the base is such a lovely lass, can't see why she thinks of herself as unattractive; wish I could make her believe otherwise (although then she'd never look at a guy like me) but she needs to believe in her own worth and she needs to understand that when she looks into the mirror what she sees is a good thing, not a question mark - as she seems to think she is. Honestly, she's wonderful, better than the shite she's had to put up with. Lottie, you're worth better than that arse-hole, give me a call if you can't see how.
Warning! Bad language, bad taste and good humour ahead!
There's been a few things this week that have made me laugh. One of the best was when I was chatting to a mate online and she mentioned that there was a "Mock the Week" marathon on Dave (for non-UK guys, that's a TV channel). I was in work the next night and sure enough, there was another set of episodes on. If you don't know it, Mock the Week is an improv show, and theoretically there's about 4 or 5 rounds of comedy challenges for the various standups such as one comic does a version of a speech (Dubya addressing Congress, the Prince of Wales talking to his mother) and another translates what's actually meant, or various topics are given and they compete for quick-fire laughs and so on. One of the episodes, I swear they had three rounds, and one of them had just one topic that was covered for about 15 minutes. Like all shows of the type it can date quickly but some of the rest of it is still painfully relevant. I think I managed to give myself a decent stomach work-out with the amount I was laughing. From youtube, here's a few, including an outtake. The BBC have posted a load but can't embed them.
These are from the final rounds, "scenes you'd never see..."
The job I do is classed as witchcraft in some parts of the world, I forecast the weather.
I believe that duty, loyalty and honour are much underrated values. I like the smell just after rain.
Baby
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So, Baby is still not here, and is not giving any indication of arriving
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2010
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Snow is cold and white and wet, except when it is very cold: then it feels
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The English Language
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Shamelessly stolen from Fearnley (and Kate):
I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccoug...