New Monitor!

Darn, it would appear my posting powers have let me down again...

Never mind though, chin up soldier, cos all is not lost. I have purchased a nice new Flat Panel monitor from Dell of all people. (Mainly cos me dad got a discount off, but there we go).

Its a 20.1" Wide Aspect jobby, so nice amounts of space to do stuff, max resolution of 1680x1050, so it's rather good at game playing, as 1280x1024 is no problem. Not that i go much above 1024x768 usually, but you get the idea.

It has four usb 2.0 ports built into it as well, so you can plug cameras and stuff in, although it looks a bit untidy with usb cables hanging out the sides, so i haven't really bothered with that just yet. It also has the capability to rotate from landscape to portrait, which although is a nice gimmick, i don't think i shall be using that very often.

Here's a couple of piccy's for your viewing pleasure:

Firmware

By the way, just in case you were wondering what version of firmare my psp came preloaded with, the answer is 2.60.

Some research on the net produces the following results, downgrading is very hard, nigh on impossible, very risky, best to avoid and ebay one if you wanna homebrew.

Plus the games i had brought wouldn't run until i'd updated to the latest firmware anyway, which i duly did cos there didn't seem much point taking the risk and downgrading to do some homebrew and leave the £80's worth of games i'd bought getting dusty on a shelf.

So a little bit of advice for all you budding homebrewers, if thats what you want to do, then i've no problem with it, but you would be better off scouring ebay for a cheap psp with 1.5 already preloaded onto it to save you the hassle, and then you can brew away to your heart's content.

All good

Well i've had it for a couple of days now and i have to say it's a great bit of kit. Looks damn good as well, which is always a good thing.

Bought a screen protector for it, which is basically just a sheet of plastic, sticky on one side to place on the screen to stop the dirt and more importantly any scratches from appearing on the screen. During appplication, i dropped it onto the bed (ahem) and thus covered the sticky side in fluff...

Oh dear... however, all is not lost, as A: i've ordered another one, and B: later on i managed to get all the fluff off with sellotape. So i'll use the second one as a spare, and use the one thats on now, as its ok, and scratch that one up.

I'm also thinking about buying one of these, cos its a good idea, a good price, and cos im a geek and its the sort of thing a geek would buy. Good for holidays too... (clicky)

Anyway, thats quite enough excitement for one day, please leave a comment if you think the above link is a silly idea, and i'll ignore you anyway. Have fun

Ahh

Ah yes, im back, only to smarm about my latest and greatest waste of money. A PSP!

Yes thats right, i've taken the plunge and ordered me a sexy black number, cos white ones remind me of apple & ipods and they are so gay its just not funny.

So i've ordered meself a psp giga pack 5 games, in car charger for saving on the leccy, and screen protection for all the little scratches it'll pick up and a psp protective sleeve thingy that came with it to stop the sweat out me hands reducing the console to a useless pile of dribble. Well thats the idea anyway.

And how much did this set me back i hear you cry....

£350, give or take a few pounds, it was about £343 i think, but 350 will do.

Having looked into the hacks and homebrew aspect of a psp it becomes apparent that i will have to see exactly what version of the firmware i have preloaded when i get it, as homebrew apps will only run on 1.5 firmware, and the latest one that sony have released is the 2.80 version. In order to backtrack to the 1.5 firmware, you need to have a modchip installed, as you can't just flash it like you can with a pc. bugger. I watched some chappy on the net "brick" 4 psp's before he managed to get this modchip working, and for what? a snes emulator pretty much, cos i dunno what else is available but that seems to be the main thing people are going for, loads of emulators. I think its safer to say if mine is not 1.5 i'll run the emulators on the pc and save myself the hassle.

By the way to "brick" basically is exactly what it says, you turn it on, and nothing happens, so it really is as useful and as technoligically advanced as the average house block.

Best not to do that then....

Have fun, and i'll try and post more frequently than twice a century

Its one week

One week to go before dubai and the tension is mounting somewhat. Hopefully me panama hat should arrive sometime next week, and no doubt the postman will bugger off before i have a chance to get to the door, or he'll come whilst im not in. Typical.

All other items for said holiday are ready, money, clothes, documentation, suncream etc etc. These are all safely awaiting the arrival of the suitcase to pop them in, and then you really start getting goosebumps. Until that point im remaining very calm about the entire affair, with the odd occasional thought popping in from time to time about how good its all going to be.

And with that short blog entry im off to do something i like to call "medicating", cos if i don't then i won't be going on the holiday at all

Taking pity and piling it up in the corner

Here's a little song i penned last night, only took me 5 minutes to write, then about another 5 to refine it a bit, not all of it makes sense, but it gets the general mood that i was in when i wrote it across. (Warning: Do not read if you are liable to hate it)


All these things i don't know why
they just seem to make me cry
with the time that i spent
waiting for your embrace i never felt

When i looked into your eyes
i saw dreams are pure as skies
but i can only find the lie's
without your kiss

living life is just as hard
as making love to you that night
knowing you'll already be gone when i wake up

tell me why you had to leave
and all those things you said to me
i know why, you hate me, in your heart
forgive me please

i don't know where you are right now
but i hope you can hear my cries
and as i try to make you
fly upon the breeze

come to me and let me see
exactly why you had to go
and all the things you took
you left me so alone

and as i wait for you my dear
sitting here beside your chair
always daring to think you
might just come back here

always daring to think you might just come back here
always daring to hope you might just come back here
always daring to pray you might just come back here

Picture time boys and girls

No no, put your crayons away, im gonna show you some pictures...

After a unrewarding day in the house, dougal was going out to get some fresh air and see if he could find anything to take a picture of on his spangly SLR, so i suggested a quick trip to cannock chase and have a wander round there for a bit.

And so we went, and took a few pictures, dougal got some snaps of jumping bikes, and we came home again.

These are my two contributions to the day, i took more, but these are the two best as far as i can make out.

Some gorse

An early pine cone

(Wibble)

Yes im still here, i've not kicked any kind of bucket just yet. You can make your own mind up as to whether thats a good thing or not.

Been looking for travel insurance for the upcoming dubai trip. Not that difficult you would think? No, i didn't think so either, having had no trouble before, but no, nobody wants to even consider me because of my ailments. If i was travelling within the EU i could have some at the drop of a hat, but because im not, you end up with a phone conversation ending with a "...er....oh...um.....ah....sorry Mr. Walker, it would appear we can't cover you for those, but er it would still cover you if you broke a leg or had a heart attack..." oh well thats ok then, i'll just aim to have part of me drop off on the first wednesday i'm out there, and possibly have an organ failure on the friday...

Still got a couple of people to try but its looking more and more likely i'll have to travel under a policy that covers my diabetes, as well as leg snappages as that doesn't seem to be a problem, and make sure my chest is in good shape before i go. In truth it shouldn't be a problem, the worst i would get is a cough, which i could pop to the hospital when i return and get treated. So that shouldn't be too bad, lots of exercise to keep me chest clear, and the hot climate should help too, as well all me medication, plus hopefully some spare antibiotics in case of any coughs. Damnit, i'm bloody going, insurance or not, and i'll make damn sure i'm ok whilst im out there as well.

Does make you angry though, that just because of a condition i have no control over, i should be a good cripple and die quietly in my bed. I reckon if they had their way, i wouldn't be allowed out the house, let alone the country. Well if a specialist doctor has no concerns over me going, then neither have i, and neither should they. It would appear it doesn't work quite like that, which, to be blunt, is fucking wank, and the FSA who regulate these things should fucking sort it out, cos i'm sorry, but as far as its concerned i think thats discrimination, and i've sent them an email stating so. It'll probably get lost in the system and i'll never hear anything back from them.

And now i think i'll go and be a good cripple, and die quietly in my bed. At my funeral, please play "My immortal" by Evanescence for which the following lyrics can be found

"When you cried, i'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream i'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
but though you're still with me
I've been alone all along..."

If I hide under here, you can't halt my wibblings

And what's more, its true as well.

Next time you get pulled over by a copper, and he wants to know your name, tell him "Yamak Hunt". He'll love you forever and let you off scott free, honest!

Dougals been getting creative with photoshop and creating popart style pictures of himself, and damn good they are too, he's gonna be a cs2 beard too.

The latest cs2 thingy i've done is join some maps together to create a coherent image.... not exactly creative, im gonna have to get wibbling

Been thinking about what car to have next lately, and then got into the family saloon market, so before i decide for definite i'm gonna wait to see what happens in the future, there's over a year to wait first, so plenty of time for stuff to change. Best to wait and see i think, wouldn't want to settle on something and then have to change suddenly due to the circumstances, i've done that too many times already and its not much fun...

Have fun, i'm gonna go and hide under me duvet

Bit early

I would have posted this last night, but the bloody website wasn't working, ee's straining at the pulpit, straining i say Brian, straining....

Right, the purpose of this visit is just to impart three things to you, cos im good like that.

1: I have invented a term for a certain type of weather. This type is "Dog's Nose", and can be used thus "It's a bit Dog's Nose out at the minute".

Now you are sitting there thingking, dog's nose? what the hell is he on about? Simple really, a dog's nose is cold and wet, and perfectly sums up the same type of weather.

2: A small joke i was told today, a very old one no doubt but it had me going.

What do you call a Welshman with a stick up his arse? A Taffy-Apple!!

hahaha...............oh dear..........well i thought it was good

3: And finally, to finish off, something you might want to say to yourself to cheer you up a bit on a dog's nose day. In a strong german/belgian/austrain accent repeat the following and imagine a klaxon going off as well in the background

"Warnung!!! Warnung!!!! Chesty-waren booby floppen!!"

you can add "Meine dashund mit ze flatten" if you wish, its entirely up to you

And with that im gone. Keep taking the pills son, keep taking them

Who's idea was this then?

XP is a funny fucker, I swear. Yesterday the beast was refusing to boot, at all, ever. Nothing. Zip. No BSOD, just sits there staring at me with a blank expression on its silly face. So I thought, right, you there, have a format. Sadly I needed some files off me hdd, and with it not booting there was not a chance in hell of that happening, so I thought, ahh I'll do a repair so I can boot up into it, copy all me files off, then do a proper format and get back to a nice clean XP.

Errrrr no, refused to get past 34%, installing devices, sit, stare, hdd stops chuntering, all goes deathly quiet.... darn, right, restart.

Setup is restarting, goooooooooood away we go then, sit stare, quiet. Bugger, a swift google reveals that this is usually down to some hardware going pop, fiss, smoke and windows can't identify it and stops. Ok.... which bit has gone bang then? Removed card after card after card, disabled everything I could lay my sweaty mits on in the BIOS and no, XP still wasn't having any of it.

More googling reveals it may be a CD drive or hdd that's failed. CD and DVD I don't mind, I get a bit twitchy when hdd's start going clunk behind my back though. So I disabled first one drive, then the other keeping one going for the XP installation, nothing. Unplugged my second hdd, nothing. Bugger this I thought, there's only one other thing it can be, and that's the first hdd, and that's not clunking so I refuse to believe its that.

Plugged everything back in, enabled all the gubbins back in the BIOS and went to bed, confused, annoyed and rather upset XP had managed to beat me.

Got up this morning and turned the computer on, restarted setup from scratch and errr it works... still a repair jobby though, not a full format, just so I can grab me files off. Blasted thing. God I love XP. (mutter)

Almost Recovered

After a week off work, cos I managed to catch the lurgy, despite my best efforts to not get it, and felt quite ill all week, and managed to lose my voice on Thursday and am just about getting it back now. Just the cough to get rid of then...

I managed to find a game that's even sadder than the previous "top rated sad game ever" that I had before. This one involves having a tank of fish and then breeding them and selling them to make more money for more fish. Sad really, but it's keeping me amused for the weekend and throughout next week no doubt.

Back to work tomorrow as I'm feeling a bit better now, just have to see how the cough goes, although I am taking steps to clear it up. Bizarrely enough, actually getting out the house is good for my chest, which seems weird, but its true.

Never mind, I'm going to get back to me fish...

Flying Giraffes

Today saw me snivelling like a street urchin who's been left out in the rain too long. A quick trip down to tesco and several pounds later i returned with some vicks spray for me nose, sudafed's also for my nose and fever, and some lip balm for my split lips. Split i hasten to add from being way too dry, not cos i had a fight.

I had a quick look around for some photoshop tutorials as well, and managed to find out how to add water to the lens of a photo, which is a nice effect, useless, but nice. I like to try and keep meself chief photoshop beard if at all possible.

Also i came across the strangest lyric i have ever heard in a song today.

" if i had myself a flying giraffe
you'd have one in a box with a window"

Fair enough i thought. Never mind, im off to get some rest and listen to some Snow Patrol before i go. Speaking of them, they also have a cracking lyric in their song "run"

" To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye's
I nearly do"

Very poignant. Well i thought so anyway.
Blast my dripping nose, off to bed i think

Dreams make the world go round

They certainly do if they involve a big stick and a solar system, but anyway i would like to share with you a rather strange and yet interesting dream i had the other night.

It started off with me peering round the net and browsing the forums as you do, and meeting a bird on there who wished to meet up with me in the middle of Lichfield. For some reason when i went outside it was a summer's day and i duly went down in me t-shirt.

Upon reaching the middle of lichfield i met this bird, who for some strange reason was of foreign origin, but had a 'semi-skimmed' look about her, not unattractive per say but not exactly the type of girl you'd be heading for in a crowd either. After the pleasantries are over and done with im standing there wondering how i can tell her to bugger off in the nicest possible way, when all over a sudden she says "Right then, im off to get our engagement rings, back in a bit".

Completely flabbergasted by this statement, she has dived off into the nearest jewellers and left me staring into space and wondering how the hell i got into this mess. Things aren't over yet, oh no, who should turn up next but Dougal in a big white transit van. Pulling up alongside me, he leans out the window and says "hop in son, we've got business" (i dunno why, it doesn't sound like something he would say, but say it he did). Needless to say, i didn't need asking twice, and lept in the passenger seat. We went literally 10 feet furthur down the street to yet another jewellers and Dougal backed the van up to the front door and got out. i followed suit and met him round the back of the van, as he was opening the doors of the van and then walked into the shop. "There's some pallets of orange i want in here" he said walking through the shop to the room at the back.

Don't ask me why, but the shop was completely empty, i don't just mean of people, i mean of everything, it was just an empty room, but looked perfectly normal from the outside. All the people wandering past pay no attention as we hurl cases and cases of orange squash into the back of the van. Next thing i find is there is a police man staring in through the door, "What you two doing then?". Im shitting meself at this point thinking, bugger! Caught redhanded. Dougal meanwhile calmly replies with "Shifting the last of this stock out me shop mate, fancy giving us a hand?". The copper turns back and looks outside before stepping backwards and looking at the name plate above the window of the shop "Robert Jewellers & Son".

"You're Robert then?"

"Yes mate"

"You won't mind me ringing the number on this sign then and asking whoever picks up if they know anything about this?"

"Not at all, you go right ahead"

The copper disappears back to his car to make the said phonecall, to which Dougal says "Enough's enough, back in the van, we go now". "ok" i replied and back in we get, Dougal floors it and bombs off down the street.

Don't ask me why but i suddenly said "What about me missus?". "Where is she?" "Back that way...". He looks straight at me, and says "How do i turn this thing round then?" and in a moment of complete clarity i say "Speed up a bit, and then yank the wheel round when i say so". He prods the accelerator and i ready me hand on the handbrake. "Turn!!", and as he did so i yanked the handbrake on, and as we spun round i yelled "Stick it in first gear and floor it!" which to his credit he duly did, and then i woke up.

Being a dream there were other bits intermingled as well, such as the bit where i was at old trafford with me dad and we are singing away, which we don't usually do, and all the other fans are singing too, so the complete stadium is in perfect unison, and all the away fans leave.

However you chop and change between these two places and don't think anything of it at the time, only when you wake up do you suddenly realise that you've actually had two dreams at the same time. Then it strikes you just how weird they were as well...

I hope you have as entertaining dreams as i do, they certainly liven up the sleeping bit of our lives.

Have fun, don't work too hard, and remember to wash under the rim

Sketch? I can't even draw... Part II

This week must be a good week for sketches, here's another i thought up whilst in the shower.

"Patricia and Betty Visit Germany"

Narrator: Prior to 1990 the inhabitants of the small country of Germany did not have a word for 'yes'. The usual response to a question in the affirmative was a nod of the head or a grunt of a positive nature. This was all soon to change following a visitation to the country by two residents of the British Isles, Patricia and Betty.

On a day out sightseeing around Hamburg, they were sitting on a bench trying to decide what to view next.

Betty: Shall we go and peer at the museum bab?
Patricia: Yes very well, come along

Narrator: And away they went. On the way to the museum they were approached by a young German gentleman who was a little lost.

German bloke: Excuse me, is zis ze way to ze museum?

Narrator: At this stage both women spoke at once, Patricia responded with a "Yes it is" and Betty returned with "Arrrrrrr", and a furious nod of the head. As Betty was slightly slower than Patricia to the mark, the German chap heard "Y..Arrrrrrr" and saw Betty nodding and put the two together as a new word he could use for 'Yes', and so the German word for 'yes' was born, and soon spread throughout the entire country and is still used to this day.

So when you next see a German chap you can rest safe in the knowledge that Ja came from the British, although the spelling was somewhat lost in translation.

--End--

And there you have it, simple yet bang on.

Try not to kick yourself too hard as you try to work out why you didn't get there first :)

Good day

Sketch? I can't even draw...

After a short break in the wilderness i feel it is time to jot down a few ideas for sketches i have had this past day, a most productive day by all accounts.

Do bear in mind that these sketches do involves characters in costume and with rather distinctive accents, so some of that will be lost across the medium of text.

The first character on the list is Dr. Yes, a mad eccentric old fool, complete with dickybow and hedge-dragged-through-backwards hair. His particular nuance is the ability to answer any question in the universe with "Yeeeessssss.......yeessss i spose it would/spose it is/should say it does etc etc" and look wistfully off into the distance whilst doing so, whilst the interviewer cannot get anymore information of of him whatsoever. He will keep repeating the yeesss though, so as to prevent the sketch from just becoming a "who's line is it next" type of affair, cos i can't stand quiet bits.

Second of all we have the irish kid, who seems to be doing some ill mannered things. Imagine the scene if you can, wooden kitchen table with an old woman (Mrs O'Flannerty) at one end and a 14 year old kid (Dermot) sitting nearby with a catchy woollen number perched atop his head, and a blank look upon his face. All following dialogue must be read in an irish accent to be appreciated, so it should.

"You're a wastleful monkey Dermot my lad, so you are. Never have i met such impudence from a little boy such as yourself. Did your mother not teach you any manners whatsoever?"
"That she did, Mrs O'Flannerty, she did at that"
"Then where are they now? You've had the impudence to wear a hat indoors, burp at the table and blaspheme at the cat when it leapt on your head, I don't call those manners"
"Ah well now, let me just grab me list..."
"List? What list is this?"
"Me list of manner's me mother taught me, i've got it just here in me arse pocket"
"Well lets see it lad, no sense in keeping it locked away"
"Right so, first off on me list of things not to do and bad mannerisms is

1: Never sneeze with your flies open
2: When sitting down to eat, don't dribble on the condiments
3: Never use a teabag for more than one year
4: Don't stare at people, it makes you look thick
5: Don't play with yourself in public, always invite others to play with you

and finally one me brother imparted to me, "Never sneeze, cough, burp and fart at the same time, cos the internal pressure will blow your belly button inside out"

Sketch ends with a rather shocked expression on woman's face.

Now the final sketch i can't really impart to the virtual paper, cos it really doesn't have the same effect without the accent, and i've no idea what accent it is, sort of an 'innit' london accent and slightly gay to boot. Well worth asking me about if you see me around and i can still remember it though.

Anyway, far too late to be thinking about such things, i'm off to bed, and you really should to if you know what's good for you

Time Team, and the stock and shares market...

And now for all the Time Team fans out there, or just for people who know anything about Time Team at all, here is a little picture to brighten your day

In other news it would seem Dougal has buckled under a bit of pressure and spent more money than he needed to on a new camera. Its a good'un though. Still makes me wonder if i'm the only person in the british isles with any sort of self restraint though...

A slight delve into the idea of investing in the stock market is greeted with a crestfallen expression, as i read that its not an easy game, and not for those looking to make a quick quid, but ever the curious, I shall be investing some pounds once I have returned from dubai, and have a bit of spare cash floating around. If all goes well I could soon be having lots of dubai holiday and not stopping in the cheap suites.

Does make you wonder what you'd do if you could find a nice way of making lots of money really quickly, and manage to sustain the income. What would you buy?

Im off to think about things and read up some more on the stock market and how not to lose all your money on the first attempt

Pro Evo 5? haha, its a mysterious beast

Well saturday saw me off to old trafford again to watch Man United vs Fulham, in which there were 5 goals scored in the first half, and the match ended up 4-2 to Man United, which pleased me no end.

Didn't get back till 9 though, due to it being a 17:15 kickoff. Silly times, they shouldn't do any later than 4:05, but i know its all to do with the TV coverage, and sky have the final word if they want to.

Today saw me toddling off to amuse Dougal for the evening, although with the amount of road's being closed, its more of a lottery as to how long its gonna take to get anywhere. Still, I managed to get there eventually.

Following a bit of Pes 5, its a completely different experience playing a human player than it is playing a cpu opponent, and sufficed to say, Dougal was a bit miffed as i pressed many keys and beat him comprehensively for the first two matches. He won the last one, but it took until penalties to settle it.

A complete turnaround when it came to the pool/snooker games, as i was completely thrashed at that. Never mind though, i'll get him back...

Have fun, and try not to do anything related to work

The Discovery Channel is great

Simply because you can learn all sorts of rubbish to bore your fellow human beings with at some later date.

It would appear that professional photography is probably not for me, and i'll be sticking to taking some holiday snaps with my little ixus. Bought a second battery for me little holiday though, due to the fact i'll be taking loads of photos to savour the experience of the whole affair.

Aside from that its been a quiet few days, so nothing to report really.

Back on Track

I'm pleased to report that the laptop is now fixed and up and running again. The norton ghost image saves a massive amount of time when it comes to getting back up and running. I can have a fully operational computer complete with firefox/thunderbird/antivirus/firewall and all the drivers installed and everything configured properly in the time it would normally take to install windows, let alone putting all the drivers on and getting all the software put on. Obviously the more software you have on the starting image, the longer it will take to get it all back on the hard drive, but in terms of time saved, its just pure bliss.

Its worth noting though that no matter how complete you think the image is, you will always find something that you have forgot to put on. But with broadband and internet speeds at what they are today, thats usually not a problem as you can download the offending piece of software in no time.

So today's tip for the day is, when you have time and on the next format, might be a nice idea to create an image for future use.

No real other news to report as everything is chuntering along at its usual pace, without any hitches or problems. Did have a slight rant at work however, but i don't think it will have any more effect than if i stood in the middle of the office and whistled the national anthem.

Never mind though, we shall see, they might suprise me..

Things in here don't react well to bullets

Well it would appear that the laptop is once again broke, although this time it was a clonk from me knee that caused it. Hence numerous emails to dell to convince them to send me a new one. Never mind though, i still have me beast to use in the meanwhile.

In other news, me first suit has come, and fits like a glove, which it should considering the amount of dollar it cost me. I shall have to get back to the makers and tell them to send me the other one... All gearing up towards the dubai holiday in June, holiday at work all booked, need to go down the doctors and find out exactly what vaccinations i need, and when to have them. Plenty of time to do that though. I may well buy a second battery for me camera as well, due to the amount of photgraphs i will no doubt be taking.

Anyway, thats enough for now, have fun

Back again!

According to certain memebers of the community, this blog has been starting to droop of late, and is lagging behind with the updating. I can't argue. It has, mainly cos i've not done anything of interest to anybody, least of all me lately, and really couldn't be bothered having a woffle to nobody in particular.

It should be noted however, that i'm off to hospital again today, so we shall see how my health is fairing. Hopefully it isn't too bad, i've not felt too bad of late, bit of a cold, but thats been dragging on for about 2 months, never fully going, but never fully blown either, more of a sniffle and a bit of a cough, which in winter is normal for me.

Today has been a busy day already though, with me having me barnet clipped, going to put more jungle juice in the car, and nipping off to the doctors to fetch the remainder of me prescription which they didn't have last time i went despite the assurance that all would be there when i handed it in. Never mind...

I have now successfully learnt how to quickly to graffiti to some degree in photoshop, so if you want a swift bit doing, then i'll have a go, much as i do with most things in photoshop anyway.

Here's a look at the final product as it is at the minute, no doubt i'll amend and improve it some with time. Graffiti Graffiti 2

Have fun and i'll woffle soon

January already?

Having seen the new year in in my usual "oh its a new year, great" fashion, i felt it was probably time to blog a bit and keep everything up to date.

Popped back to old trafford on new years eve to see Man United rape Bolton 4-1, which was nice, and then attended pedro's new years day engagement party with all the mad relatives....

Families can be very embarrasing to those who don't know them, especially after a bit of alcohol gets spread around... Not to worry though, we managed.

Back to work today *sigh* although its only for 4 days then another 2 off, which isn't so bad.

I'm off to munch some more food, and then toddle off to work, we shall see later if me sister has managed to get her car fixed which broke down with me in it yesterday. Dodgy alternator and a battery with no acid in seems to be the culprit behind that little episode.