tarrah....

just a message to anybody who might be still look upon this blog. I have switched to my myspace blog. It's way more interesting as i use it more and you get to hear my wonderful music to boot.

you'll find the link to the left.

Ed

Meh...

My Nan died this morning. Among my family, she was held with such regard that her passing away, as tragic an event as it is, is much like hearing somebody you know has died rather than a close family member.

She was my dad's mother. He blamed her for how his childhood was'nt the best. My mother, brother and i seemed to have inherited an apathy from him

The usual cliches apply. Most of dad's siblings were ready for nan's departure, they no longer have this hanging over them.

In my eyes, it seemed she got old, ill and started deteriorating to quickly in the space of a few months. I dealt with it by avoiding it. I dont regret that.

Look at it Shine...

Pretty much all the Superman a young boy could want resides in that tin. I watched the extended version of Superman: The Movie last night. I felt i was wathing it for the very first time, especially with all the added scenes i have never seen before. There are 4 (out of 13) dedicated to the first film alone. I intend to watch the brand new Richard Donner cut of Superman II next. At least 75% of it is unseen footage. I fully intend to kneel when Zod asks...

Scrubs test

You are...Ted the Lawyer
A.K.A. "Lackey"
You're a reliable sort, almost to the point of being a slave to others -- especially superiors, no matter how much they treat you like crap. On the bright side, you possess hidden talents that few recognize, outside your small collection of friends. In a past life, you may have been a Muppet.

.....and i quite agree. try it for yourself

Gizza Job....

Better job would mean more money. More money would mean (at worst) more of an excuse to get out of the house at night. Getting out of the house would mean more of a chance to hang with lots of freinds i dont see much of.

This eventually would mean that i could be able to spend less time with the one friend i should'nt being seeing too much of beause it confuses and confounds the hell out of me...

Hey Matthew, what do you see.....

I see The Royle Family.....

BBC One showed a one off special of the Royle Family tonight. Proof positive of how good writers Caroline Ahern and Craig Cash are. Not since David Sullivan penned Only Fools and Horses has a comedy covered such an emotional range and has gone between these emotions so seamlessly. I will admit, i have'nt sobbed like i have tonight since Ben died in scrubs...

Leading quite fittingly into my next subject: reality television

I have Developed an idea for a new TV show where once more Joe public is the star. I call it

GO ON, CRY!

Here's how i see it panning out. Before production begins, the public are asked to nominate somebody to be on the show. The type of people suggested to take part would be people you have grievance with for whatever reason. After a sample is shortlisted for the show, researchers will scrutinise the history of these contenders for damning periods of their personal history or elemants of their past they are loathe to remember.

For each show you'll get the first part shown early in the evening showing 3, maybe 4, people that the public will vote for, with only one of them to be in the 2nd part of the show to be aired later in the evening. The Negative historical montage for each votee will be shown to inspire the voting.

After the votes have been counted, the member of the public with most votes (under a pre-planned elaborate ruse) will be lead to a room with a table and chair (pretty much an interogation room). They are sat down and after a short wait, in walks an actor to provide the entertaining build up to the climax. Imagine a Chris Morris-esque figure coming into this sparsely furnished room and then launching into a very personal, desriptive, emotional and aggressive rant, tailored around the "victims" past. The actor will carry on with this until it is visible to the actor and the audience in the studio and nationwide, that our unwitting contestant is about to crack under the pressure.

To add cultural weight to the show (in the same vein as Deal or No Deal for example) the last thing the actor says to this person before he leaves the room is: "Go on, Cry". The actor leaves abruptly and we areleft with a very slowmoving close up of the contestant crying like the world is going to end tomorrow while the credits run at the bottom of the screen...

Small Stuff....

When im on the bus, listening to my MP3 player and certain types of song start playing, i like to look out of the window whimsically and pretend that someone is watching the film of my life, seeing me stare whimsically out of the window with the particular sounding song providing the soundtrack to the scene they are watching

todays song was Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol


That is all....