Saturday, 27 June 2009

Arcade Stick

Picked one up for £7.99 and am now giving MAME some serious hammer playing these games as the good lord allah buddah intended...with a small joystick and big buttons....

Bombjack, galaxians, track & field and scramble have all been played and all been enjoyed.

Michael Jackson - The death of a former very good music artiste

OK so everyone has heard....

MJ has passed away and it is on every news programme and every tv station and every radio show and people who just2 weeks ago were slagging him off are now saying they were his best mate.

This is my 2 pence worth...his early music work was fantastic and he was a brilliant entertainer and also a father to his kids.

He was also (and lets be honest) a little bit freaky and did himself no favours in the latter half of his life.

Once again the media can be partly blamed for keeping the bandwagon going and reporting on every crazy story that was made up, but lets not forget the old saying `there is no smoke without fire`

In this world of z list celebrity being treated as saints (Jade Goody), lets remember him when he was at the peak of his career and put everything else in the part of the brain that is labelled `better forgotten`

RESPECT.

thats all...

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Friday 26th June 2009

Another dull day at work today and that has been my constant niggle this week - work.

It isnt very good at the moment and my mind is drawn more and more to redundancy or early retirement....at my age that is quite unusual (I am less than 40) but work does not interest me any more....I am not lazy and I have just had my yearly appraisal in which I was told I was `pretty bloody brilliant` but i think to myself what is the point of working my arse off - i dont get any extra money, people dont think any greater of me - in fact they just think `scorpio48k will sort that out`

I might get an allotment...that could the catalyst in eventually buying a smallholding and becoming more self sufficient...paying no one for anything....

no work - no money - no hassle.....

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Thursday 18th June 2009

MMM well it all seems a bit dull after the Oasis gig.

Work sucks and I think my mood level is at an all time low.

Only payday can help me now.

It isnt that bad though as I had a very nice walk along the beach today before I went to work.

I wish I had a job that involved walking along a deserted beach.

Saw a man metal detecting ... he was about 200 metres away from me and he turned and waved at me...

That cheered me up - then the cynic in my head said `he must be either gay or a total idiot`

why do I hate people so much ??

I scare myself sometimes.......

Monday, 15 June 2009

Monday 15th June 2009

OK I have had the weekend to recover from last weeks vodka frenzy at the oasis gig.

All I have listened to since is Kasabian.

Every album they have done has been amazing and the new album is stunning.

They did a live version of Candi Staton - You got the Love.....

WOW

Nothing else needs saying.

This is one band I could watch live again now. Next time they play anywhere in the North I will be there.

Bless them all.

Thursday, 11 June 2009

Wednesday 10th June 2009 - OASIS

It is now Thursday and I feel quite...fragile.

It all began at approximately 2pm yesterday with the opening of a bottle of Smirnoff and a can of Relentless......half a bottle of vodka, 3 cans of Relentless, 4 pints of cider and another mystery drink and I can safely say that yesterdays mini festival at the Stadium of Light was one of the best days out ever.

Packed out with very drunk people listening to Reverend and the makers, The Enemy, kasabian and then Oasis.



A steady stream of thrown lager glasses, drizzly rain and the heady waft of some evil smelling skunk ensured that this was going to be a day to remember.

The Music was amazing, the prices of beer were disgraceful and the chips were horrible, but what a day.

Thank you to the bands involved....they were really good and should consider doing it for a living

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Tuesday 9th June 2009

Reading a really good book at the moment.....Korea - A Walk through the land of Miracles by Simon Winchester.....A walking tour through South Korea and jolly good it is too. I am a huge fan of Travel books, any book that teaches me and takes me on a mind holiday to that country is worth reading...it would be nice to read a book about every country in the world....that would be a challenge....

Listening to Oasis, Kasabian and The Enemy and at lunchtim today was feeling a little wiped out so listened to The Orb which really got my head back to normal ready for my afternoon shift.

Came home and played Dead Rising and just finished a nice game of Bejeweled 2....

Might go to bed now as all that is on the tv is roulette channels, Big brother and crappy dave repeats and horrible BBC3.

Picture of the day .......

Thank you to The Orb for Little Fluffy Clouds