| What? What? A post? |
[Aug. 5th, 2008|08:27 pm] |
Yeah, thought I'd use this for a change...a couple of things I want to put to all of you who still read this.
Firstly, if you've got a spare 40 minutes and haven't yet seen your quota of supervillian musicals for the year (and face it, how could you have done? Everyone's quota should be set somewhere around 1000) then watch Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. If you've seen it already, I shouldn't be needing to encourage you to go and see it again.
Second, latest plan on my long list of vaguely profitable ways to spend my free time is to set up a review site - one where I review the vast majority of things I encounter which I think other people might. So, games, films, TV shows, books, that sort of thing; possibly also the occasional blog style thing or essays. In other words, what leonardquirm2 was supposed to be, but more focussed on the reviews and actually surviving more than five entries. Anyway, if I'm going to do that, I need to start sorting out a website in the first place. Anyone got any good suggestions for a free host/server and a place to get a free address from? I'm not confident enough this'll survive any longer than my usual plans to actually pay anything for it... Oh, and also if you have any sort of suggestion as for a name, that'd be good as well!
In other news, my project progresses steadily - not doing the most exciting stuff in the world at the moment (mostly writing up stuff my supervisor and I have already done into neat formats) but it's keeping me off the streets. I've got the rest of this week and two more weeks to go on it; then I'll probably be here for most of the week after and back for the last few days of August and some of September.
Finally, to keep you going before my review site does get launched, here's ( a review of The Dark Knight to be going along with )
If you have any comments about the idea, or the review, don't hesitate to challenge me! Not that you normally do... |
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| Home and Torchwood |
[Dec. 15th, 2006|12:20 am] |
Well, first term over. Already. Aaargh!
First week back I have an exam on the Monday, on the Tuesday and on the Thursday. All Maths. Then to cap it all off, a three hour Physics exam...starting at 9:00 AM on the Saturday. Aaargh!
Still, a nice holiday before then, with chance to do lots of lovely work. Except that for Christmas a couple of friends bought me this, so I'm not actually going to be doing anything else. Aaargh!
Right, now for Torchwood. SPOILERS! Except only for the first episode, 'cos I haven't seen them at Uni, I just watched the first tonight. Has anyone else noticed (assuming anyone else has even seen it) that Captain Jack Harkness is actually Captain Scarlett? On his recovery from being shot in the head I immediately commented on it, and then he explained "I was killed and then I was brought back to life, and since then I can't actually die"...which is exactly the same as Captain Scarlett! (Well, apart from the lack of Mysterons, but that's only a matter of time). They're even both captains...it's a conspiracy, I tell you!
Anyway, home now. Meet-up at some point. If anyone's up for getting cold somewhere, I have bought an official Ultimate disk (commonly known as a frisbee, but that's a brand name and mine isn't actually that brand...and hence the sport is technically called "Ultimate", not "Ultimate Frisbee") - since I'm on the Van Mildert team - so we could go to a park somewhere and chuck it about a bit. And lose it in a tree, most likely, but I suppose I'll have to accept that. Any takers? |
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| Durham! |
[Oct. 3rd, 2006|04:38 pm] |
Van Mildert is great. Why? They're all mad. We have a lake, and walking past ducks on the lawn on the way back to my room from breakfast is strangely pleasing. Our first bop (fancy dress party) was yesterday evening - Hollywood Heroes - and that was great fun, with my brilliant performance as Dr Strangelove (a few people got it, but many had never heard of him) along with varying degrees of brilliance of other costumes - a fair few Bonds/Men in Black/Blues Brothers/Audrey Hepburns, but some far more inventive ones as well, such as a very well done Groucho Marx, a Judge Dredd and a couple of Arthur Dents (I'm not sure whether I'm pleased that we've got Hitchhiker fans around, or annoyed at the labelling of Arthur Dent as Hollywood. Even if many of the others weren't Hollywood per se). We had a surfboard/bucking bronco as well, which I went on a few times, and did abysmally on all except the last - which still wasn't that impressive. If you're lucky, you might get a video of me on one of the bad occasions.
We also have two more bops this week - Western (I'm intending to go as a Wanted Poster) and "Made in the '80s". For that, I want to try and get a straw hat and some sort of blue sheet or robe...more geeky costumes abound.
'Til another time! |
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| Flashy computer |
[Sep. 25th, 2006|01:48 pm] |
Well, my laptop's arrived - and, indeed is what I'm writing this on. Only taken me a few million restarts and all morning to get all the updates and stuff installed and working.
And now it's taking hours to transfer all my photos over the network. Joys!
Still, as this one's mine I can have a few extra bits on that I couldn't on the other. Like Flash. And MSN proper, not just Windows Messenger. Actually, there's an option in menu for "MSN" but when I tried going through that it required me to pay either $60 or $70 a year (depending on the package I chose) - is that talking about actual MSN chatting to other people online? Or is it some other package thingy?
See you all tomorrow afternoon. |
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| Not long left |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|02:17 pm] |
Woohoo! Tubular Bells is now on my music player.
Dunno why I bothered with Part Two, actually, I'm not that struck on it. Part One is the definitive track.
In other news, I hate passwords. Regularly used ones are fine, but when I think of new ones then don't use them for months - I don't stand a chance.
Anyone want to meet up again before disappearing? |
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| "The range of opportunities...is simply breathtaking." |
[Sep. 14th, 2006|01:43 pm] |
So said the OFSTED report on the boys' school this year. It's been quoted in the Prospectus as well, not too far away from a picture of the violin section of Concert Orchestra at the last Christmas Concert. The one where I wore a tinsel bandana. The slight irony amused me and so I produced a commemorative picture.
Oh, and I would have had a picture of Alex in his Sugar Fairy costume in the collage, but I don't have a photo of it in the first place. |
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| Actually driving |
[Sep. 2nd, 2006|12:36 pm] |
Well, in typical "going against everything I expected" style, I am now insured as a driver on my mum's car for the next month. So I can drive places. Except I've now got a fresh bout of nervousness, because it's a different car - and even more so as it's petrol, whereas I learnt in diesel. I'm only down as a subsidary driver, so technically I'm not supposed to be using the car for more than about 25% of the time. However they'll measure that should I have an accident.
Oh, and Mike...no. I'm not racing you. Or anyone else, for that matter. |
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| Driving |
[Aug. 24th, 2006|11:08 am] |
Woohoo, I passed!
Only got 4 minors as well. Admittedly one was very very close to a serious fault, but...hey, I kept control of the car and apparently didn't quite obstruct anyone else, so I passed! That's about all I've got to say really. |
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| Durham |
[Aug. 20th, 2006|11:04 am] |
Well, results were quite comfortable. So, Durham, here I come.
I got a whole load of stuff from them on Friday; loads of notes and information and forms. This stuff includes official details about the college (I'm particularly pleased to find we apparently have a couple of music practice rooms and pianos about) and also a "Freshers' Handbook", written by the head of the Freshers' Reps (I think), which includes a silly sense of humour gently insulting all the Reps. I knew this place suited me.
I've got a few forms to fill out - I hate forms, but at least these aren't too bad mostly. And I've got to send off eight passport photos of me. EIGHT. Even assuming I have different cards for just about everything and they want one or two as back-up if they lose a couple, I can't think of how they can use eight unless they're eating a couple. Still.
The details also mention the first Bop (themed costume parties at the college) - Hollywood Heroes. So, who to go as...especially as I don't want to spend much (any?) money on it, unless I'll use the stuff otherwise. I'm tempted to look again at getting a trenchcoat and fedora to go as Philip Marlowe, but my previous searches haven't been too successful. Any suggestions for fall-back plans?
Oh, and apparently the water in my road is going to be off tomorrow (the water company's been doing work on the street for about the last two months; it's getting completely ridiculous). Hence I want to be out the house. Anyone fancy going to see a film some point? |
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| Pirate News Flash |
[Aug. 14th, 2006|03:34 pm] |
Recent studies have found that we urgently require more pirates in the world, to help control global warming. As can be seen from the graph below, the increase in world temperatures can be directly linked to the decrease in this once popular profession:
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