Um, yes, well, OK!

So what to tell the world about today? Well work is still really hard going, just heavy, know what I mean? Otherwise life is not to bad, well the couple of hours I am not working is anyway! Been hanging around a lot with Dimples!

She amuses me, lifts my mood, 'Get's Me' and sooths me! Even tho her working life is tough at the moment she still makes time for me! Tho I still am concerned that we are lacking a safety net, am not scared of making the jump exactly, just concerned that if she does not catch me it's the end of my trapisee days and I will have to go back to being a clown. Not too much of a problem but I would prefere to be Top Billing!

Anyway it's early days and a high wire act takes many years to perfect! The Circus life is the life for me!

Some other stuff:

• Space Cadetts, I am watching it but *sigh*

• Still playing Party Poker! Use gad123 as code and get your deposite doubled!

• Bought lots more DVD's

• I am leaving BT because they suck, they have a DL limit of 40gigs but I am using 120+! It's funny really!

I want this remote (its on order):

I got this from here!

The South Park theme tune (the song you hear in the opening sequence in every episode) is written, produced and sung by Les Claypool of Primus!

South Park Theme Tune Lyrics*

Les: I'm going down to South Park, gonna have myself a time.
Stan and Kyle: Friendly faces everywhere, humble folks without temptation.
Les: Going down to South Park, gonna leave my woes behind.
Cartman: Ample parking day or night, people spouting, "Howdy neighbour!"
Les: Heading on up to South Park, gonna see if I can't unwind.
Kenny [Muffled]: "I like girls with big vaginas. I like girls with big, fat titties"
Les: Come on down to South Park and meet some friends of mine.

*In the third series, Kenny's line is changed to "I've got a 10 inch penis. Use your mouth if you want to clean it."

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The Last Month of an Up and Down Year...

So there we go folks, the start of yet another month and thoughts start to be drawn towards Xmas! Our minds a swirl and full of images of people less fortunate than ourselves, the stress (an hour on the net for me for most of my gifts) of Xmas shopping, the years end, new beginnings, a new you perhaps, resolutions, devolutions, depression, loneliness, gluttony, greed and holidays! Well, for me it's some of the above but my overwhelming feeling is mild glee and positivity, wonderfully displayed by the following formula that Dimples will not understand, English, blah, blah, blah! Can someone check my spelling because I think I may have just made up some of those words:

(time off work + drink + family & friends)*Dimples = Happy Graham

Anyway I doth ramble to much, here are some indications on the convayencing of emotion via colour to help you on your way in website design!

Red:
Positive: Sense of power, strength, action, passion, sexuality
Negative: Anger, forcefulness, impulsiveness, impatience, intimidation, conquest, violence and revenge

Yellow:
Positive: Caution, brightness, intelligence, joy, organization, Spring time
Negative: Criticism, laziness, or cynicism

Blue:
Positive: Tranquillity, love, acceptance, patience, understanding, cooperation, comfort, loyalty and security
Negative: Fear, coldness, passivity and depression

Orange:
Positive: Steadfastness, courage, confidence, friendliness, and cheerfulness, warmth, excitement and energy
Negative: Ignorance, inferiority, sluggishness and superiority

Purple:
Positive: Royalty, sophistication, religion
Negative: Bruised or foreboding

Green:
Positive: Money, health, food, nature, hope, growth, freshness, soothing, sharing, and responsiveness
Negative: Envy, greed, constriction, guilt, jealousy and disorder

Black:
Positive: Dramatic, classy, committed, serious
Negative: Evil, death, ignorance, coldness

White:
Positive: Pure, fresh, easy, cleanliness or goodness
Negative: Blind, winter, cold, distant

So the stats for the month are in. Bit of a downward trend again, tho not bad for not posting anything, thanks for sticking around guys! Suppose I should get you all a Xmas present! Leave a comment and I will see what I can rustle up!

STAT WHORE:

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February'05 - 2016
March'05 - 2539
April'05 - 2760
May 2005 - 3914
June 2005 - 4732
July 2005 - 4773
August 2005 - 4562
September 2005 - 3789
October 2005 - 6301
November 2005 - 3929

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An Easy Non-informative Post...

The latest DVD's I bought:

The Colour Of Money
The Hustler (1961)
Apocalypse Now
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Blair Witch 2 - Book Of Shadows
24 Hour Party People (2002)

My Current Playlist and Dimples CD (if I can get burner working, she keeps here nose clean and does not sercome to Suicide Tuesday):

"Thank You " by Dido
"Common People " by Pulp
"A New England" by Billy Bragg
"My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas
"Welcome To Brooklyn - lighters Up" by Lil Kim
"Rain Man (Produced By Dr. Dre)" by Eminem
"Just A Little Bit" by 50 Cent
"It's A Mystery" by Toyah
"Hotel California" by Hayseed Dixie
"Wonderwall" by The Mike Flowers Pops
"There Ain't No Pleasing You" by Chas & Dave
"Send In The Clowns" by Judy Collins
"God Gave Rock and Roll To You" by Kiss
"Jolene" by The White Stripes
"Running Up That Hill" by Placebo And Kate Bush
"The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson
"B.Y.O.B." by System Of A Down
"Teenage Kicks - Acoustic" by Snow Patrol

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Sorry Guys...

Well that's another weekend done and dusted! I am so tired I just wanna cry, how long do I have to wait till the 'big push' at work is over and Xmas is here!? Sorry for not posting here too often, just having, for the first time, one of those lean periods that all us bloggers go through. It's not that I don't have anything to say, just I have too many other things going on and one of them, surprisingly, happens to be a good thing! *winks at Dimples*

On Friday I popped over to John's for coffee, watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow on my medium price range cinema system, then up at 6am on Saturday for some work stuff! In the evening was dinner and the pub, not saying where because I did not take pics, I hate telling you about something but you can't really visualise it! Did not seem appropriate anyway to take snaps but I will next time I head out in town, which happens to be this Saturday!

Does anyone watch Weeds the TV show, if you don't START! It's just great. The theme tune is excellent as is all the music on the show! I just downloaded Little Boxes. Really wanna burn it for my car but AGAIN, Grrr, my CD player aint burning! Think I may do a full clean install on my system, it's the only option left, tho it makes me sad! On the subject of Sky 1 programs, have you head they are remaking The Prisoner? It's going to be different but it's pretty exciting, the original was amazing and the final show was just mad!

That's me, I am done, peace out folks and have a great week!

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I am back, sort of...

*Sigh* I suppose I should write something here as it's been effectively light years since I done so, tho it is 11pm and I am just in from work! How about, it's just 40 days left until Christmas, ok maybe that's not want you want to hear, I certainly don't but hey, it's a Monday so I don't think I can bring you down further. Anyway on with the show...

Last week was made up of work, work and more work, it's the busiest time of the year for us ergo me and subsequently my social life goes in to freefall! I did however purchase some nice things, you can check them out by clicking HERE, if you want, your call! I got a 42" inch Plasma TV, a k750i Moby, free view for the rents and cool cordless headphones for my "I'M NOT DEAF" father! Over the weekend I got a bit carried away on Play.com and purchased:

Nissan DV098 DivX / DVD Player
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (2 Discs)
Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow - The Collectors Edition (2 Discs)
House Of Flying Daggers (1 Disc) (Region 2 DVD)
Hellboy (2 Discs)
South Park - Bigger Longer Uncut
Spirited Away (2 Discs)
Great Lies to Tell Small Kids - Andy Riley (BOOK)

That will keep me going for a while and I think I also have found someone who would actually wanna watch some of the DVD's with me but she will have to be good. That leads me nicely on to the weekend of fun and frolics! Well maybe not a weekend full but I did hit Cafe Vaudeville on Sat night and had the pleasure of some great company! I love being cryptic, tho I don't really think that was *big grin* indeed *sighs, shakes head, looks at floor*

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Ramblings and Smoking...

OK OK, sorry to anyone who reads this on a regular bases but I have not posted simply because this is the busiest time at work and that's all I have been doing, WORKING! However things in general have improved a great deal for me... Soon it will be time to get my social life back on track as well. As always I have been posting pics over at my MoBlog, so always check there if you don't see an update here!

I want to buy myself something fun, just to blow some cash really, hear are two things I have been looking at:

Has anyone any ideas of something fun to get? Also thought about a cool laptop, new super PC or just buying lots of small things! Trying to plan a few trips away but it's tough getting hols from work until Christmas time! I hope I have not neglected too many people over the past few months but in the new year everything will be back on an even keel.

I will post something more fun and intellectual soon but for now this will have to do. Smokers have supported the health service with Tax from cigarettes for 60 years and all they want us to do is give up. I personally have not been to the Docs in 10 years so have not taken back anything. Lets all give up smoking, become obese and see how the government copes with that!

The visits for this month have really gone up, so thanks to all that keep coming back and hello to all the first timers! Now all you guys have to do for me is... COMMENT!

STAT WHORE:

January'05 - 1649
February'05 - 2016
March'05 - 2539
April'05 - 2760
May 2005 - 3914
June 2005 - 4732
July 2005 - 4773
August 2005 - 4562
September 2005 - 3789
October 2005 - 6301

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The Song I Am Currently Learning...

To bolster that Friday feeling here are the lyrics to the best song around at the moment, its Bloc Party and Two More Years. Have a good one folks!

In two more years, my sweetheart, we will see another view
such longing for the past for such completion
What was once golden has now turned a shade of grey
I've become crueller in your presence

They say: 'be brave, there's a right way and a wrong way'
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever

Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on

You've cried enough this lifetime, my beloved polar bear
Tears to fill a sea to drown a beacon
To start anew all over, remove those scars from your arms
To start anew all over more enlightened

I know, my love, this is not the only story you can tell
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever

Two more years...

You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers

Dead weights and balloons
Drag me to you
Dead weights and balloons
To sleep in your arms
I've become crueller since I met you
I've become rougher, this world is killing me

We cover our lies with handshakes and smiles
We try to remember our alibis
We tell lies to our parents he hide in their rooms
We bury our secrets in the garden
Of course we could never make this love last
I said of course we could never make this love last
The only love we know is love for ourselves
We bury our secrets in the garden

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This Rocks...

I have been up to my eyes in work therefore not much to write about and not much going on with me but you could check out the photos I have taken this week by clicking HERE! Anyway on with the show, I think this is so cool, check it out:

A gamer has paid $100,000 for a virtual space resort in the massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Project Entropia. Mindark, the Swedish developer of the game, sold off the 'real estate' in a 3-day auction.

Project Entropia, is available as a free download and relies on the sales of virtual goods for real world currencies. The game sells tools and weapons that players use in the game for Project Entropia Dollars (PEDs). One US dollar equals 10 PEDs. Items such as a 'Lesser Teleport Chip' go for 40.59 PEDs and a 'GarcenLubricant' costs 24.39 PEDs.

The $100,000 sale of the space real estate beats the game's previous record of $26,500 for a virtual island. The space station comes with a 1,000 unit apartment complex, a shopping mall, sports stadium and night club.

Project Entropia claims to have had registered 299,359 players since its inception in 2002. They have created a collective economy of $150m so far this year, the game's maker claims.

The clocks change and I can help you all remember whether you add or subtract the hour:

We Spring forward in the Spring (+1 hour), and we Fall (i.e. American autumn) backwards in the Autumn (-1 hour).

I am trying to decide on a Barcode Tattoo... Maybe:

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Lyrics and Things...

This would be the best thing to happen in F1 but unfortunately it's only a dream. Click here and here to find out what I am talking about!

I have rediscovered this song, it means so much to me I just have to post the Lyrics.

Billy Bragg - A New England

I was twenty one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty two now, but I won't be for long
People ask when will you grow up to be a man
But all the girls I loved at school
Are already pushing prams

I loved you then as I love you still
Tho I put you on a pedestal,
They put you on the pill
I don't feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad about letting you know

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl
I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl

I loved the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can't survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend

I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl

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Hurray for music...

I have briefly mentioned it here before but not given you all the full impact and repercussions of one of the most unsettling things to happen to me in the last few months.

Yes my CD/DVD burner stopped working! Meaning no more compilation CD's for the car, to send to people, to put programs on or take to peoples houses! I tried relentlessly to fix it, scouring the internet for a fix, updating firmware, cleaning lenses, checking cables, reducing heat, slowing the burn process, frustrating sums it up really. Eventually I resigned myself to the fact that unless I bought a new drive I would never burn CD's again!

The story does not end there tho... I came back to it last week, I could not let it beat me! The only thing I had not really looked in to was power, now no where did it say, that I could find anyway, that power may be an issue but it makes sense that something doing that much would consume a fair amount. So I removed one of my fans, the biggest one (It only had one when I purchased the PC but it kept over heating so I added more) and guess what it's now working! In conclusion, all of the above worked together to fix it but there is not a happy ending, yes I can burn CD's again improving my quality of life no end but if I try to push my machine too far with video (even webcam) or games it crashes because of the heat build up! *sigh*

So that's the back ground of today's post now to the point. The following is the first CD I have made in ages and I have to say it's bloody marvellous with all the bases covered and some John Peel inspiration. It's hard to believe it's been a year since he sadly passed away. I wonder if he is somewhere sipping on a glass of red wine spinning some after life tunes with all the other musical legends? His spirit will live on for many years to come, he was a true inspiration. Your are comments appreciated on this post and any other you care to leave your mark on.

Here is the CD:

"Fuck Forever" by Baby Shambles
"I predict a riot" by Kaiser Chiefs
"Welcome to Jamrock" by Damien Marley
"Ghost Town " by The Specials
"A New England" by Billy Bragg
"Shake a Leg" by Roll Deep
"Fade to Grey" by Ultravox & Midge Ure
"I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats
"Give It" by Xpress 2 Feat Kurt Wagner
"Banquet (mike Skinner Vs Bloc Party Remix)" by The Streets
"This Charming Man" by Smiths, The
"Welcome To Brooklyn-lighters Up" by Lil Kim
"Routine Check" by The Mitchell Brothers (Ft. Kano & The Streets)
"Just A Little Bit" by 50 Cent
"Hung Up (Motorola Full edit Mix)" by Madonna
"It's A Mystery" by Toyah
"Don't Cha (Feat. Busta Rhymes)" by The Pussycat Dolls
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division
"Jenny From The Block" by J.Lo
"De La Soul - Three Is The Magic Number" by De La Soul
"Teenage Kicks - Acoustic" by Snow Patrol
"Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones

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