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July, 2004

26.07.2004 Never Again

It's official I am never EVER going to go to a wedding again if I have to be the nominated driver. Sitting in a room full of drunken people at reception is nothing short of dull unless your tanked up to your eyeballs with free wine. I mean… what's the point in going if you can't at least drink some of the free booze? Ok, the food was alright but not worth travelling miles for. In other news, I've become a Spiderman 2 game addict. I'm so addicted to it that in order for me to get work done I have had to ask the missus to hide my PS2 so that I don't jump on it as soon as I get home and start playing again! (Plus I have to have an early night tonight because I'm going to have to drive all the way up to Hull tomorrow morning!). Still… at least this time I have my iPod to keep me company on the long drive up and hopefully the missus will make me some food so I can stop and have some munchies on the way!

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23.07.2004 Swinging

Don't expect me to blog much this weekend… I bought Spiderman2 the game last night and I have to say, it f*cking rawks! Ever since I was young I've always wanted to be spiderman, and dressing up and swinging round the bedroom isnt the same, but now… finally… at last I can swing through the streets of new york and battle the baddies like I always dreamed!

Yeah… I was a comic book freak as a kid. Couldnt get enough of Spiderman and the like. All I need now is a decent Judge Dredd game and I'll be happy!

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22.07.2004 R? WTF?

So what's R then? Is that like a UK 18 or a UK X?

My life is rated R.
What is your life rated?

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22.07.2004 Why pop up blockers are bad

I was reading the website today for the firefox switch campaign and one of the reasons they say you should switch is that firefox has popup blocking facilities. That's all fine and dandy, and yes popups CAN be annoying, but think about the good things popups do! Clear your cookies and visit Amazon.com and you get a nice friendly window greet you telling you about a special offer for new customers and it's not just Amazon, loads of sites tell you about special offers in a popup.

So… if you do a lot of shopping online, popup windows can actually save you money!

Of course, I'm sure you can disable popup blocking in Firefox and I reckon it probably has “allowed sites” functionality in it, but I just fancied playing devils advocate. ;o)

My point is… errrm. Dunno, but switching to firefox fulltime will definatly be on my agenda just as soon as they get to a 1.0 stable release.

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21.07.2004 On my own

As I mentioned briefly in my 100 things, I think my dad has disowned me. What makes me think that…? Well, firstly since I moved out he hasnt contacted me in any way shape or form and when I took him his fathers day present he didnt even let me into the house. OK… i put that down to his girlfriend. She's a bit of a cow and doesnt seem to like me, but surely thats no reason to block out your own child completely?

The one that really worries me is this. When I moved out 7 months ago or so, we couldnt find my birth certificate. Last week he found it, but rather than posting it to me, or bringing it over (I only live 5 minutes away) he gave it to my mum (who lives over an hours drive away!) to pass on to me.

That makes absolutly NO sense whatsoever to me.

I don't know what to do. He's obviously not interested in staying in contact with me so is there really any point in me making an effort to stay in touch? I don't really want to loose contact with my dad, but if he doesnt want to see me then surely I'm just wasting my time.

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20.07.2004 No change after all

Ok… so I've thought about it, and even played with a new design but to be honest. It wasnt me. I think the current design is really quite symbolic of how things are in my life at the moment. I have a million and one things going on, I'm quite litterally up to my eyeballs and have so much going on i'm seriously considering starting a to do list.

So… the new design aint gonna happen. I think when I have a spare moment or 5, I'll tidy up the current design and fix a few template bugs that have been getting on my nerves.

I can't decide whether to play XIII bot challenge for a bit (the network admin guy doesnt like us playing online) or to fiddle with some html stuff. hmmm… work or play. work or play. I think I'll pick… work.

God I'm sooooo sad.

[EDIT - 12:22PM - phuckit... I'm gonna play XIII ]

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19.07.2004 Long night

Exactly one hour from now (1:30am GMT) I will be available to chat on the iPod Garage iPod User Group's montly meeting. I'm the guest speaker and will sit in the firing line while the group members shoot me with iPod accessory related questions. Considering I'm tanked up on Malibu and Coke (girly, i know - but it's easy to drink and doesnt make me shit like a trooper!) it should proove to be quite a laugh.

Instructions on how to connect can be found on ipodusergroup.com… I'll c ya there!

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19.07.2004 100 Things about Me

This seems to be something everyone with a blog does at one time or another, so here's 100 things about me.

1. I'm 23 at the time of writing this list.
I work as a webdesigner
I don't have many friends. In fact, I only have one real *proper* friend.
My parents are divorced.
I actually like my mums boyfriend. He's a good bloke.
I fucking HATE my dads girlfriend.
I think my dad may have disowned me.
I run a website selling iPod accessories -
I'm engaged and have a beautiful fianc?
I proposed to her under the infuence of alcohol
I'm always horny. ALWAYS (even now, while I'm writing this post).
I'm never satisfied with the design of my blog I'm always in the process of redesigning.
I have two sisters, one is 12, one is 19.
The younger of my two sisters has serious behavioural problems, but only since my parents split.
I consider myself to be ugly. No one has ever told me diferent.
I plan to be rich and retire by time I'm 40.
The company I work for are stifling my need to build standards compliant websites. I don't think they get it.
I'm a breast man.
I'm bi-curious but would never have the balls to go through with it.
I hate extremes of hot and cold. My favourite season is spring.
My fave colour is green (like you couldnt have guessed that).
I have dyed my hair, red, green, blue, blonde and black
I've been blogging since March 2001. Longer than anyone I know.
I want to learn to snowboard. It's a problem cos I don't like the cold.
I once registered a domain name (shitblog.com) in anticipation of starting a blog about my bowel movements.
I'm a dog person
I despise most cats. Except Harry, my sister in laws moggy.
My mum once caught me wanking when I was younger. She rushed out the room and hasnt mentioned it since.
I have a lot of tshirts with offensive slogans on them.
I can't spell big words and have a poor grasp of grammar, but managed to get two B's for english and english literature in my GCSE's.
I was a nerd at school. I still am.
Once at school a kid beat me up. I told the police and he got expelled, restrained by order and had to pay me compensation.
I'm crap at maths.
HTML is the only thing in life that I really understand fully.
I'm close to having a similar grasp of CSS.
I'm scared of spiders, but only the ones with fat bodies and small legs. The big ones don't bother me.
I dated pretty much all of my sisters friends when I was younger.
A girl once gave me a love bit on the dancefloor in a nightclub. I didn't notice until the following day.
I've been in the girls toilets at McDonalds in Worcester. (long story).
I like sex in cars.
People don't listen to me. Sometimes they look and nod, but I swear nobody actually hears what I say.
I had therapy for a speach impediment when I was younger. When I'm nervous or excited it comes back and my words turn to mush.
I once ran into the back of a truck.
I once got kicked out of a nightclub for not letting a filthy pikey bitch snog me.
I have only ever been abroad twice (three times if you count ireland).
I like monkeys.
I'm dreading my grandparents dying, but I think the might not have long left.
My dad is an alcholic, but won't admit it.
One of my fave foods is Tuna and bacon Pasta bake, but only when my girlfriend makes it.
I think RSS is a good idea.
I get more spam than I can cope with. I signup for newsletters just so I have something to break up the monotonay of spam.
Speaking of spam… Spam fritters are delicious.
I fell threw a huge sheet of glass when I was 9. I didnt get a single splinter from the glass, but cracked my skull open on the coffee table I hit on the other side.
I don't know how to deal with pent up anger. I just sit and fizzle like a crap firework.
I have a scar on my left wrist from when the knife was prised out of my hand while I was pinned down after trying to kill my dad.
At school I told the careers advisor I wanted to be a gynocologist. She took me seriously.
I like wearing black clothes and I'm pale but I think goths are silly.
I have been wearing a pair of Cat trainers for nearly 3 years. They're rank, smelly and falling apart. I've just bought a new pair, but the old ones will always have a place in my heart.
Needles make me cringe. All types. Even knitting needles.
I regret not going to university.
Clients at work rarely seem to respect my opinion.
The day before I wrote this I bought a pair of Jeans. I haven't worn jeans for nearly 8 years. They feel quite nice.
Until I met my girlfriend I only owned 2 pairs of shoes (1 smart, one casual). Now I own 4 pairs.
I'm not ticklish except on my knees.
I like nu-metal.
I also like old-metal.
I hate music by The Beatles. What was the big fucking deal about them anyway?
I rarely eat more than one meal a day.
My parents birthdays are both on the same day.
I get withdrawal symptoms if I'm away from the internet for too long.
On my 19th birthday I got so drunk that I had to be taken to hospital. When I woke up the day after I had shit my pants.
I like Tequila slammers. Boy, oh boy do I like tequila slammers.
I like my steak medium rare. If it aint bleeding, take it back!
I wrote off my first car by rolling it on a tight bend. Rally stylee.
One of my favourite films is The Fifth Element.
If I ever have a daughter I would like to call her lelu. After a character in The Fifth Element.
When I was younger I wanted to draw comic books.
I can't dance unless I'm pissed. Even then I dance like a chimp… but at least I don't care what people think.
I don't make friends easily.
My grandfather on my dads side worked at NASA
I don't smoke. Unless I'm drunk and someone near me has a fag. Sometimes I nick a drag.
I rarely do drugs. I do enjoy making cookies with hash in them.
I hate the feeling you have the day after eating hash cookies. It's like staying in that period when you just wake up all fucking day long.
I swear far too fucking much, but I don't really give a crap.
My middle name is Robert.
I wish I knew how to take a decent photograph.
I really like Pepsi Twist (the one with lemon in). Shops seem to have stopped selling it.
My favourite beer is Fosters. As I get older I seem to be enjoying beer more. I predict by time I'm 26 I will be mature enough to start drinking “real ale”
I once drove my bicycle into a bus. I was trying to learn to ride my bike with no hands. Doing it next to a road probably wasn't a good idea.
I'm not completly sure I've finished puberty yet. I'm still growing.
I once attended a fancy dress party as Maid Marion. There is one photo still in existance.
I drink waaaay too much instant coffee. I normally put three spoons of coffee in each cup.
I'm allergic to dust.
I'm a Scorpio, but don't believe all this starsign crap.
My girlfriend has a little TY doll that looks like me that I bought her to remember me buy when she went abroad without me. She still has it after three years. It's called Little Winky. It shares it's name with my penis.
I would like to tour South America, and visit the Easter Islands.
I really need a break from life. Just to and chill out somewhere for a while.
Films about Time travel never make sense. If they went back in time to fix a problem, surely the problem wouldnt exist in the future therefore they would never go back in time.
Red dwarf rocks!
I really, really, REALLY HATE CLOWNS. Evil fucking nasty bouncy happy things. Nothing can be that happy and not have an ulterior motive.

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19.07.2004 Avoid the blue smarties…

I was feeling creative today so I made this Let me know what you think… if you like it I'll start doing them more reguarly like that mad person at toothpastefordinner.com )