Hurricane Katrina...Additional

First of all, I have to thank Anarchy for this..I was surfing his blog, (link to his blog, Fear and Loathing In Wangavegas, can be found below in the list of links) and found this hilarious clip. http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/08/cheney-runs-into-trouble-with-the-locals/ I think it pretty much sums up the way the people of New Orleans think at the moment. It's gotta be the catchphrase of the century. Amidst all the suffering and chaos, it's good to know that sometimes we can have a bit of a laugh. Enjoy it.

9/11

While watching a chatroom, I noticed someone bitching about there being alot of documentary programs about 9/11 on TV. Correct me if I'm wrong but this isnt a crime, right? It did effect so many countries. Not just America. So why shouldnt there be a documentary on TV about it? People still think and suffer to this day because of it and it's also educational for the younger generation, who were most likely too young to understand what happened on the actual day.

Most of these people appear to be from Britain. I'm not in any way trying to say that all people from Britain are small minded. I'm from the UK myself...what I'm trying to say is that there can be countless documentary stuff about England losing the World Cup or how the England manager likes to fuck around on his girlfriend, countless amount of news about how people are upset that England aint doing well and stuff...BIG DEAL! In my opinion, that type of news aint worth the time! 9/11 didnt effect me in that I knew someone who died in it, before anyone wants to judge me about my opinion. I do remember, and will remember for the rest of my life, what I was doing on that day.

I just think people should stop bitching and moaning about TV programs that focus on what happened on that day. Would they be less small minded if they knew someone who happened to be in the towers on that day? Would they be effected more if they happened to be there themselves and survived like so many didnt?. It baffles me, it really does!

Word Verification

Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with the word verification when posting a reply on blogger? It seems to be that I have to enter 2 codes before my reply is added and I know I'm typing the first code correct. I'm not stupid. Not that it's taxing to type another code in. I just wondered if I was the only one this happened to!

South Park

For all those South Park fans out there!

Comedy Central and "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have renewed their contract in a deal that will keep the creative duo at the cable channel through the end of 2008

You can read more and discuss this here

I'm going to have a look later when my computer isnt being such a fag!

On another note...POST 60 FOR ME!!! sorry. had to be done!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Being a huge Johnny Depp fan, I decided my movie to see this week would be Charlie. I honestly don't really like remakes, so I was prepared for the worst. I'd seen many a still picture from the movie..and Johnny looked good, so I thought, why not? As per usual, there wasn't many people in the cinema (that suits me fine) except for the disabled kids that are usually there, and make weird noises right throughout the film. Still, I had my choc bomb ice cream, I was set.
Sitting thru many a preview, watching the clips to Shark Boy and Lava Girl for the umpteenth time, I'm definitely going to go and see the new Harry Potter film. Judging by the clips, it looks like it's going to shit all over the others. But I digress.
So, approximately 2 hours later, I came out of the cinema with a huge grin on my face. I really enjoyed it! I do love Tim Burton's films, and this wasn't a disappointment. The story pretty much stuck to the original film script, of course there were a few changes. Which I thought was good. The Oompa-Loompah's were completely different, thank god for that. What I liked about them was, it was a regular actor, shrunk down of course, multiplied many times. The music was totally different too, much more of a "disco" style to it. Very camp. Christopher Lee starred also, as Willy Wonka's father. I don't remember the original movie touching on Willy's past. This one did. Great touch. The ending was different too, which I liked. I won't give anything else away, except that Johnny has great comedy skills. I really don't know why he doesn't do more comedy.
In conclusion, I recommend the film. Don't listen to when people say its too "dark" to bring kids. I think the kids would love it. I certainly didn't find anything in it that would upset or scare children. Not having read the book, I can't say whether or not this version was more true to Roald Dahl's vision than the first movie. But I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you see it, I hope you do too.

I Need Help..finding a song

If anyone can help. I know its a song from the 80's. The only line I can remember is "Give your love to a cowboy man. He's gonna love you hard(?) as he can". I've done a lyric search to no avail. I'd appreciate any help! Thank you!

Baby Baby Morgan

I recieved a email from my best friend from school. We've not seen eachother in awhile and the last I knew, she had a boy called Kieren. Turns out, she was pregnant again and here is a pic of her baby Morgan.

I just had to share it. He's gorgeous!!

Deviant Art

As an avid IRC user for a few years, I've met a few characters on my travels and one in particular is someone unlike any other. Kari. I'm making this post about her because she's amazing when it comes to drawing and I wanted to share her work with you.

You can view her art here and I highly suggest you do. You wont regret it

New Land Discovered

Yes, believe it or not, I am an explorer. And with the help of my partner in crime, Jen, we have discovered a new land. We've come to call it.."No Man's Land". Yes indeed, we have discovered a land with no men! And we're keeping it that way. No Men Allowed. The only exceptions are, Robbie Williams, our own pizza delivery guy, and The Rock, who is combination houseboy/milkman. Ladies, you're all welcome to join us. You will be welcomed on arrival with a chilled glass of champagne, and be informed that you don't have to do anything that men want you to do. Yes, ladies, no shaving the bits if you do not wish. You can wear your daggiest house clothes. You don't have to wear makeup or do your hair. You can eat whatever you want, without anyone looking at you the wrong way. No housework is required. No ironing shirts. No bratty kids to contend with. If you're a bad cook, we don't care. You can watch girly movies to your hearts content. Steel Magnolias, The Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood, Desperate Housewives, all on TV 24 hours a day. No Playboy or Ralph magazines to be seen laying around in the lavatory. No unsightly hairs left in the sink or down the shower plughole. Anytime you want to talk, we're here to listen. We won't feign interest. We won't snub your problems because we have to fix our cars. You will hear NO mention of football, tennis, golf, basketball, baseball, soccer, cricket, or any sport. You can stroll along the beach with someone who will actually appreciate it. So Ladies, enjoy your stay at No Man's Land. We certainly will.

Upcoming Horror Movies

Here's a few upcoming movies that I know I cant wait to find out more about....

Saw II. Serial killer Jigsaw is back, only this time instead of locking up two people in a room, he's got eight victims. They're all complete strangers and must play a disturbing game to determine who, if anyone, survives.
Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G., Glenn Plummer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Eric Knudsen, Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer, Tobin Bell
Release Date: Oct. 28, 2005 (is subject to change)
Offical Site: Here
It'll be interesting to see if it can stand up to the first Saw movie. I might wait for this to come out on dvd instead of going into the cinema to see it. Not too keen on sequels.

The Fog. This is a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 horror-thriller. Release date, that I know of, is Oct this year. I don't know much more about it at this time. Once I find out more, I post it for you all. Until then, you can take a look at the "The Fog" website
Like sequels, I'm not too keen on remakes. I own John Carpenter's The Fog on dvd and I'm interested to see if it can live up to it. With more special effects and the such these days, some movies/remakes tend to go overboard with the effects. I've only even seen a few remakes that I've actually enjoyed

Silent Hill. Based on the playstation computer game. Which I can proudly say I completed in 2 days! (borrowed it from someone who had been stuck on one stage for 3 months...later that day I got past that certain stage; for those who've played the game...it was the piano stage) Anyway...there's more about it here. Release date is set for April 21, 2006 (which is subject to change)

Creepshow 3. Now THIS I cant wait to see! I've been an avid fan of Creepshow for many years and only recently obtained both Creepshow 1 and 2 on dvd. Reminded me of my childhood (yes, I was a horror fan from a very early age. My mum says that when she was pregnant with me, she would beg my dad to take her to see horror movies and while they were watching them, I would kick nonestop. Needless to say, I've watched alot of horror movies) Release date will be sometime in 2006. There has been a couple of pictures shown from the movie, which can be looked at here and here. There is also a website and that can be looked at here. The bloody actress is Stephanie Pettee, who appears in the segment titled “Alice.” The other picture I have no details on. Sorry. It's the third installment of the George Romero/Stephen King-launched anthology series. The film, which neither King nor Romero have anything to do with (same goes for original series producer Richard Rubinstein), follows the format of the 1982 first film and features five creepy new stories. (Derived from King/Romero leftovers, 1987’s CREEPSHOW 2 boasted only three tales). When I find out more info, I'll post away, I promise. So keep an eye out for updates!

Neighbours...everybody needs good neighbours...

I NEED THEM. Ugh, the guy across the road hasn't stopped coming over for the last 3 days and I'm getting heartily sick of him. This is his story. He reckons he got drunk Thursday night, and his wife doesn't like him drinking. So she started in on him. Apparently he got so mad at her, he stuck his hands round her throat to stop her from verbally abusing him. So she packed her bags and left. GOOD FOR HER! I don't condone ANY form of violence to women AT ALL. Because he's got no friends or family in the vicinity, he's been here non stop, and I'm getting pissed off, I can't do my work with him here, nor can my dad. And he goes ON and ON about everything. I just had to put up with half an hour of diatribe, and all I asked him was how many brothers and sisters he has. I got his life story, which I've heard countless times in the 27 years we've been neighbours. I've had to make an excuse about going out this afternoon, just so I can get rid of him. Yet he's still here. Talking my poor dad's ear off. Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, he should be hung and quartered for putting his hands on his wife. You'd think he'd know better, at 64 years of age. Fucking asshole.

Robbie Williams : Intensive Care Album

After much searching and hair pulling, I've finally got ONE picture of Robbie Williams new album cover. There are other pictures I've seen in the newspaper but I cant find them online. I'll continue to search for them over the next few days to show you them..

Robbie Williams new album is called Intensive Care and it's release date is October 24. The album's first single, "Tripping," is described by Williams on his web site as "something like a mini-gangster opera." It will be issued to European radio outlets beginning September 5 ahead of its October 3 release at retail.
Intensive Care (EMI), which Williams has been recording in Los Angeles for the past two years, marks the follow-up to the 2003 chart-topper release Escapology and Williams will play a one-off show October 9 at the 12,000 capacity Velodrom in Berlin. The concert will be simultaneously broadcast at cinemas across Europe. Television broadcasts are also being lined up.
Robbie has become interested in tarot cards and he's become so fascinated by the spiritual world that he has based the artwork for his new album on it. The picture above is the main cover for the new album. You can't see it in the picture but on his fingertip is a symbol called sigil, which is a magical seal or device. Apparently it can be used to summon angels, demons or spirits. The artwork has been designed by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, who designed comic strips The Invisibles and Judge Dredd. This album will be Robbie's first without his previous songwriter partner Guy Chambers. Instead he worked with eighties star Stephen Tintin Duffy on the cd (when I find more pictures that will be involved with the album, I'll post them straight away)

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

After reading the link above, I talked with some friends about this and call it what you want but I agree with a statement from Luna...

they're all pissing and moaning about looting..people arent looting jewellery shops or stuff like that, they're looting for water and food

Now this I agree with. A small majority of assholes are causing so much grief by taking it upon themselves to shoot at people helping rescue others. They're small minded and only really want to cause more mayhem than has already happened. In my opinion, people looting for food and water should be overlooked. What harm are they actually causing? and the "white people find food and black people loot" WTF IS THIS?? and another question. Indonesia got flood relief. Will there be anything for New Orleans or will it be overlooked because America is suppose to be the most powerful country in the world? Is that what's it's going to come down too? The 100,000 people who decided to stay in the city..did they do so because they couldnt afford to leave? No transport, no help from others. Is this the way we're looking at the world now? Anyone care to leave a view? Do so with a comment, please. I'd be interested to see what people think

for all you car people out there

alien-esque C2

Driving SUCKS!

As you probably know, I've been taking driving lessons for a couple of weeks now. Yes, I know it's rather late for me to do so (for those who don't know me, I'm 34 years old, and never gotten my license). Well, I'm up to my 5th lesson now, and I'm TERRIBLE! My instructor, Lance, says I should be ready to take my test by mid November. As far as I'm concerned, I'll NEVER be good enough to drive! On my last lesson, he taught me how to parallel park, to reverse park, and to do U turns in the start of the street (there's a proper word for that, but I'm screwed if I can remember what it is). I can do the U turns pretty well, can parallel park OK if there are no other cars in the vicinity, but reverse parallel park? NO WAY! I have NO idea what he's talking about, that the side mirror has to be lined up with this thing, that the wheels have to be this far away from the kerb..uhh like I cant see the fucking wheels! I can barely keep the damn steering wheel straight! I've run up kerbs, put my foot on the accelerator instead of the brake, pulled out in front of oncoming cars, I'm hopeless! He says I should be learning more in my dad's car, between lessons, but I seriously don't trust myself. At least in the learning car, he has brakes on the passenger side, so if I do fuck up, he can use his! I really don't think I'll ever get the hang of driving, and that's not good, because I'll not be a safe driver. Hopefully I can change that, but, after 5 lessons, if I can't even do something as simple as turning a corner without going up the kerb, I don't think I'll ever get the hang of it.

Google's Instant Messenger

Google talk

ok. so I got this yesterday and spent some time on it talking to someone. Here's my opinion on it....

It's aight! nah, the call opinion is cool and that's what I've spent most of the time on. It does cut off sometimes for no reason. It sometimes wont let me talk back to the person. Maybe that's because I'm on dial-up...I've not figured that out yet. That gets very annoying cause I end up talking to myself. It's really basic and it also doesnt tell you when someone has come online. Granted, at the moment, I only have 2 people on my list (I'm popular) but I'd like to know when a contact has either gone offline or come online. I don't feel like I'm asking for much. It also wont let you change backgrounds, font colour (that I know of), doesnt have emoticons and you cant have a display picture like on msn and yahoo and as far as I can tell, it doesnt log convos...the sounds are cool though and I dont mind them. On yahoo I did and switched them off.
It's just come out so I would think other things will be added over time..I'll stick it out and see how it goes. Just need to find others to add to my list