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[06 Aug 2009|
That i'm here at all is largely because of Livejournal not working. I view Blurty as an old, senile workhorse; gentle, placid, old, desperate, lethargic. On it's way to the glue factory.
That being said, I still cling to it, like the last survivor of a ship wreck clings to a bit of old driftwood. How are you? You alright? Let me fill you in on the last few months so that you know what fucking happened to me.
I last really wrote on here in February. It was around the time I lost interest in Blurty, and started writing more on Livejournal. Barring today, it's more reliable, has more features, and has not been abandoned to the ravages of crap. Crap being the amount of fucking fake journals being created to sell something. It really is starting to irritate.
I have done some romancing this year, some more growing up, and some more seeking acquired wisdom. Am now single again, but even more mature as a result. However, as I was mutually agreeing with the ex, sometimes growing more cynical about love makes it more and more difficult to approach a crush with a sincere relenting. Does it completely go?
So that's pretty much what happened. I hope to me moving soon, which will mean no internet for a while. Possibly.
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[21 Jul 2009|
I'm back, for now. It's a long story, and I can't be arsed to go into it.
I'm pretty much as ever, apart from that. But i'm constantly horny, as usual.
Unrelated matter, here's Hitler talking about his birthday. This is by one of the best U.K comedian blokes out there. I like him very much.
"I think, she's going to let me put it in her arsehole. Either that, or it's another one of her fucking cakes."
You can now find me on Twitter, Livejournal, and fucking Youtube. I'm all over the shitting shop. I'm a multi-site brand now, with all of four viewers. Zoomeister on Twitter and Livejournal, and, oh look, here's my Youtube account.
See what all the fuss isn't about.
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[12 Feb 2009|
Ah, looks like it just required an update to classify as active.
Busy, busy busy. I've been very busy. Lots going on. It's too much to go into here, actually. I might go through it at some point. Here's a Blurty exclusive message from Frasier:
"Hey there guys. Sex with the dead is fun, but sex an entire fuckin' cemetary is explosive!"
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[12 Feb 2009|
It would appear i'm removed from the top ten. I know i've been inactive, Blurty, but still. You diary slag.
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[05 Feb 2009|
I'm well bored of Moonpig.com's advert. It jolts me awake in a sickening smash with it's faux-sixties jingle and that pig's cartoon head. I'd like it more if the advert had a real pig's head, on a minotaur's body. Or something.
Moonpig is annoying in another way too. It's people making money out of having a stinking gaudy card (Essentially clip-art on a bit of old paper), and a greeting you enter yourself on the site. Bang, card done, for a price. I could do that! Except I
fucking well did
, didn't I? Nobody wants my monochrome greeting cards. Do you think it's because they're a bit morbid?
I suppose fluffy bunnies are better Valentine's fare than my cold black type on black background, denoting the death of everything.
However, I decided to abuse the text entry thing on Moonpig, and I wrote what I want to see on their cards.
So, without further a fucking do, here are some of my personal creations from the site.
For when a friend needs compassion.
Yep, reminds me of the Holy Bible cover. It's the arrangement of the pictures. Imagine giving someone that who has just lost a dog in a boating accident or something. Christ.
A personal favourite.
Now, the idea behind this is so embarrassing and cringeworthy, that i'd rather shatter my wrist against a concrete block than send this to my intended. So I changed it a bit.
All time, best ever. Your wife, a card, featuring my cat's (Dear old passed away Des) head on the bodies of the Turks out of Final Fantasy VII. She'll be wet mate, if you give her this. Wet because it's fucking raining. Ho ho. Now
fuck off
, yeah?
Heh. Enjoy yourselves and be safe, yeah? I'll bee you later.
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[06 Jan 2009|
My heart lays on a half charge, and the bar is not moving. Here is a quiz.
Who are you?
I am Phyllis.
What are you thinking about right now?
I'm thinking about slender fingers teasing my lips and eyebrows. Whose? I shall not tell.
Where do you want to be right now?
Throwing snowballs and chortling in front of a massive log cabin.
Who did you last text?
I haven't texted anyone in years. Seriously. I
hate text messages.
Who did you last talk to on the phone?
How do you feel right now?
I don't feel bad, apart from an anus that wants a stinging word.
Which one of your best friends do you see the most lately?
Richard. He works where I work.
What was the last graduation you went to?
I don't think I have.
Do you miss your past?
Who is the last person you talked to on IM?
Last thing you drank?
Last person you left a comment?
Are you stressed?
Not really.
Want to say anything?
Peas in my pod, i'm a dirty sod.
How old will you be in 15 months?
Was yesterday better than today?
I don't know, it hasn't unfolded yet.
When is the last time you saw your mom?
This morning. She was having an e-mail dispute with a bloke off the radio. It's still going on.
What is your favorite color?
Do you smile often?
Of course. Even if i'm in a bad mood, it helps. Smiles are infectious. And, despite what i'm feeling, they're never forced with me.
Have you ever had a life threatening injury?
No. I did nearly swallow a marble once though.
Last time you cried?
I haven't cried for a long time.
Are you currently texting anyone?
Do you have someone of the opposite sex you can tell everything to?
What did you do friday night?
I was working.
Who pissed you off yesterday?
Nobody did.
What do you currently hear right now?
BBC Radio Five Live.
Do you think you will be in a relationship 3 months from now?
I have no freaking idea. I would doubt it.
Do you get distracted easily?
What? Sorry, I was staring at a bean.
What is the last thing you did before you went to bed last night?
I thought of someone.
Is the last person you kissed mad at you?
Depends what sort of kiss. In any case, I don't think so.
What can't you wait for?
High noon in shit forest.
Something you dislike more than anything?
Callum Best. He's a
. It's the first thing I thought of. I say "IT" and "Thing" with good reason.
If you could push one person off of a mountain, who would it be?
Callum Best. And i'd hurl
fucking bombs
at him on the way down.
What are you doing tonight?
Nothing, hopefully.
When was the last time you had fun?
I had fun talking to Jen yesterday morning. She's hilarious, and cute. We listend to MUSE on the stereo!
Where were you at 11 last night?
In the Bell Inn.
Whose car did you drive last?
I didn't. I'm a perambulating whorebag.
Have you ever gotten in a fight with someone, and never made up?
I think so.
Do you think age matters in relationships?
I have no idea. I think a lot of things matter in a relationship, of which age is merely one.
Do you have any friends that you've known for 10 years or more?
How did you get your most recent bruise?
I had a fight with a bear. He bent me over and rammed a bear's stick up my fucking arsehole.
Do you believe in true love?
Do I? I've no idea these days. Maybe, maybe not. Love ain't my friend, currently. It's on probation.
If you could say something to the last person that hurt you what would you say?
Nobody's hurt me in years, not intentionally. There's nothing to say, in any case.
Do you miss the way things used to be?
No and no.
Do you believe in perfect?
Yes. It doesn't exist though. I mean, I long for the perfect shit, but it never happens.
Are you over your past?
Most certainly.
Have you ever played hard to get?
No, I think that's stupid bullshit for people who read Cosmo. Wankish, stupid dating politics. Fuck off.
Where is the next place you will travel to?
The Weasel's Bollock.
What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?
Do you say sexy a lot?
Yes, I like the word.
What is something you currently want?
A sheep I can really get to fuck off.
Do you want to get married & have children one day?
Have you ever gambled in a casino?
Do you like to have long hair or short hair?
I like long hair.
What was the last thing you bought?
A painting of a buffoon.
Where do you keep your money?
In my sore bumhole.
What was the weather like today?
Would you pass a drug test?
Last vacation destination you went on?
Fuck, I think it was actually America. And that was getting on for four years ago. I think I should really go somewhere soon.
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[02 Jan 2009|
Well, hello. It is 2009, and thankfully, I have survived another year. With a heart that is literally trying to beat faster to keep up. I'm not joking. My body is perhaps quite lithe and slender, but with the twin pressures of work and socialising, it often suggests to me that it is not up for the long haul.
I'm in the midst of a three day thirty hour bustle. I cannot remember a time when i've worked harder, and i'm only just running smoothly. I'm so busy, I cannot even think of settling, or relaxing. My sleep now is my only release, and then i'm back to it.
Oh well, at least it keeps my arse tight.
When I haven't been working, i've been learning. I learned some things about two people. Positive things. I actually developed something of an attraction to a girl I didn't have before. Doesn't matter though. She's not available, and besides, i'm too tired to talk about it or articulate. But it's just something worth mentioning. I like her and I like her capacity for thought. I see so many girls with thick heads and stupid boyfriends. I am thankful for the existence of her.
That, is her biggest sex appeal. She's got a head full of ideas. And she isn't afraid of expressing them.
Anyway, I have to retire now, because i'm up and gone in ten hours, for another ten hours work. Hoo boy.
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[31 Dec 2008|
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
I changed my working situation voluntarily, to change my life. I have done that before, but this was far less
to accomplish.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I don't make them, and I rarely keep them.
3. Did anyone you know give birth?
Lisa, and Ginger Suzanne.
4. Did anyone you know die?
5. What countries did you visit?
I stayed right here. Next year i'm going to change that.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A fucking woman.
7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
There was no one day in particular.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I got a new job! Funnily enough, I didn't have to change this from the last person who did it.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Far too much reliance on vices.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A massive box of grinning skulls.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Bolb and Rich.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Nobody. If there were people that did anything like that, they weren't people I knew.
14. Where did most of your money go?
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting out of Minster.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Human - The Killers.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder, thinner or fatter, richer or poorer?
I'm a lot more tired. Sometimes happier, sometimes sadder. I tend to suffer from what I think is manic depression, so I can't ever be sure.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Sex, for fuck's sake.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being tired. Drinking. Hey, i'm being honest. There's a New Year's resolution, then.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it at home.
21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
No. I don't fall in love that easily. I have fancied some people though.
23. How many one-night stands?
None. I haven't even done the deed itself for nearly four years. ARRRRRRGH!
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Harry Hill's Tv Burp. I suggest all of you, regardless of location, look it up on Youtube.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Yes, some prick who tried to pick a fight with all my friends at once.
26. What was the best book you read?
Saturday by Ian Mckewan. Hey, I have an answer this year!
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
There wasn't really one.
28. What did you want and get?
29. What did you want and not get?
A woman. I think I mentioned that earlier. Not just any woman, mind. The woman. I know she exists, i've seen the films.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I couldn't give a shit about most cinema that comes out. However, i'm aware there are loads of good ones out there. I just had no time to watch any of them.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was thirty two. I think I went to the Bell.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being financially better off.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Sigh. Me.
34. What kept you sane?
My ridiculous sense of humour.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Matsugane Yoko, a Japanese model. And I still fancied Mariah Carey, which is embarrassing but undeniable. Even though she's a bit mental, and hasn't done any good tunes in about a thousand years. It's just a "thing" I have. And it's called a
massive fucking erection
. I think there was a particular video for
Touch my body
, a fucking
song, but the video game me a right fucking stalk on.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The U.S election. That hilarious to-do with Brand and Ross. I mean, for fuck's sake.
37. Who did you miss?
I don't really miss people, because there's always a way to see them, or talk to them.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Jenny. Without a doubt.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Let go of the freakin' past.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Does it? I don't know. It's Spiralling by Keane.
I'm waiting
For my moment to come
I'm waiting
For the movie to begin
I'm waiting
For a revelation
I'm waiting for someone
To count me in
Cos now
I only see my dreams
In everything I touch
Feel their cold hands on
Everything that I love
Cold like some
Magnificant skyline
Out of my reach
But always
In my eyeline now
We're tumbling down
We're spiralling
Tied up to the ground
We're spiralling
I fashioned you
From jewels and stone
I made you
In the image of myself
I gave you
Everything you wanted
So you would never know
Anything else
But everytime
I reach for you
You slip
Through my fingers
Into cold sunlight
Laughing at the things
That I had planned
The map of my world gets
Smaller as I sit here
Pulling at the loose
Threads now
We're tumbling down
We're spiralling
Tied up to the ground
We're spiralling
When we fall in love
We're just falling
In love with ourselves
We're spiralling
Did you wanna be a winner?
Did you wanna be an icon?
Did you wanna be famous?
Did you wanna be the president?
Did you wanna start a war?
Did you wanna have a family?
Did you wanna be in love?
Did you wanna be in love?
I never saw the light
I never saw the light
I waited up all night
But I never saw the light
When we fall in love
We're just falling
In love with ourselves
We're spiralling
We're tumbling down
We're spiralling
Tied up to the ground
We're spiralling
Happy New Year, you fucking asteroids.
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Here's something I wrote on Livejournal, supplanted to here.
[29 Dec 2008|
My hands enclose around her hips. My lips and hers lock like old friends in embrace; tongues lock and interlock...limbs tesselate in bed, my breath hits a barrier, a battering ram from her thumps against my chest, I am broken and splintered and impure, burnt shards of wood scatter.
My hands enclose around her hips, I am forever in love...my moves are in distinct deference to hers, and each muscle of mine is a simple shadow of hers...I am not worthy...I lift a finger only in silence, in tribute, the effect of which is minimal, for I am merely footman.
My hands enclose around her hips, in any case, I kiss her lips and I thank God I am alive, I feel the familiar taste, and yet it is exotic, for each kiss is not of this earth. I cannot belive this is her, this simple heavy feeling of her, sweat and skin falling tree crashing into my own meadow.
I love her. More than ever before.
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[28 Dec 2008|
Today's train journey was unusual, in the sense that the train ticket collector was young, female, and attractive. Usually, they're male and well over thirty. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, but this was a nice change.
She was probably about twenty something, with long black hair and dark features. She smiled as she approached me, and as she sat down to print my ticket I caught myself glancing at her stockinged legs. Yes, I am still a man. I thought of exchanging some flirtatious conversation. Something like I said above, in fact.
I did not. However, as I sometimes see the same people occasionally on these trains, I hope she turns up again on my journey, because I will likely say something. Nothing to lose, I don't see her every day so I can't get into trouble.
Nice girl.
Today has been nice and quiet, a short day. This is a good thing. Touch wood, only five hours work in the next three days, and then a marathon thirty hours plus from Thursday to Saturday. I will be entirely unavailable for that time, if you wonder. I'm sure you're not.
It's good money, no? Well, yes, but there are still some things to mull over in that area.
Been more horny recently than I think i've ever been. I don't know what it is. I give the demeanour of a calm sea teasing shores, and inside my waves are bursting against rocks. I feel like a
in chains. I need a fuck.
Oh well, sex is just sex. On it's own I would find it ultimately a tepid experience. It's so hard to find someone entirely on my wavelength, even in Canterbury.
I really do have to get out there next year.
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[22 Dec 2008|
Low, key glances tucked neatly behind hair,
she, within weakness of the moment,
noted his appreciable folly,
and warmly her soul aches,
for a calamitous back-story,
that'll never appear in the appendices
of the book she wrote.
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[20 Dec 2008|
There's no possibility of me braving any outing tonight. I've only just got back, and am fucking done in. Also, I have a headache still knocking.
Last night I hooked up with Graham. We don't get to hang out much these days, so I used my day off to accompany him to his flat, which he's done a fine job of decorating. He's painted it, done the floorboards, installed a nice marble fireplace, and it's looking very good indeed. There's also a peculiarly secular Ramsgate building feel to it, that only people from, or who have had relatives in Ramsgate could ever appreciate it. It's a strange scent of homes quite unlike any other.
A few ales here and there and home. Today, the predictable furious catering of Saturday. As I had a headache, it wasn't particularly pleasant, but it's over until tomorrow. The presence of a thousand blokeish tossers with nothing to say but "UUUUUUUURGH!" every other sentence had me wishing for a machine gun. Not until I boarded the train did I realise truly how misanthropic i'm getting.
I'm getting sick of squawking, screeching, thick, odious people. The kind that make as much noise as possible without saying anything of any interest. On the train, a dirty little chav and his scab of a girlfriend (I presume) sat on the chairs opposite mine, playing terrible fucking garage music on a tinny little fucking poxy SPAZ-PHONE (TM), throwing polysterene chips about with abandon (Don't much care about that normally, but some poor cunt's got to clean it up) and grunting, jigging like pricks and pissing about. I sat with my Ipod trying to not show how pissed off I was getting. I think rat-face boy noticed this, because he then sat back with his back to the window, and his fucking legs filling the aisle.
When the journey was over, I got up, took one look at his nasty little leg and turned towards the door, glaring ahead. What I wanted to do was to lean into his stupid little face, and say this:
"Get, your
legs out of the aisle, you little prick, before I grab it, and shatter your fucking shinbone with my shoe, after which i'm going to put your head through the window"
I'm not in reality that volient, and have never been, but sometimes I just would love to do that. PRICK.
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[18 Dec 2008|
I fucking love cats. This morning right, I was looking out of the flat of Bolb and Richi, at a grey short-hair. It had a big face. It was staring ahead like some kind of statue. So I stepped to the glass door and tapped on it, drawing the cat's attention. It looked at me like most cats do, with a sort of frown. You know the one. Cats rarely smile. I then started dancing from foot to foot, and doing a thumbs up with both hands, my mouth open at one side. "Alright mate?", I said as I did this. Then I went to make some fucking tea, and sat down to sneer at
Everybody loves Raymond
. The only way this show would appeal to me is if the parents of Raymond would suddenly fall down manholes, that giant bloke with the deep voice turned out to be Gary Glitter, and Raymond experiences such terrible sexual impotency whilst on the job with his wife that it caused a rift that would never, ever be healed, ending in a single fadeout, and no end credits.
Still, it's not as bad as
The Class
, which i've never seen before. What did I miss? Gillette models and leggy titted twats with no jokes at all, that's what. I felt myself turning into the anti-santa, and went back to tapping at the window, trying to endear myself to that cat. That slut didn't want to know.
Fucking grey pussy twat.
Check this prick out. It's Rhydian, who was not even good enough to win X-Factor, and good too, because that nice Leona Lewis won it. Not this year though, it was won by a pointless bint ruining Hallelujah.
I've inverted this to make his face slighly less upsetting. Rhydian is like the operatic Dolph Lundgren. Big head in two ways, small brain, big voice, no decent tunes. He's got a lead jaw and a lead soul, he's a right
. I saw him on the telly earlier when I was eating a massive potato, and I nearly spat it out to flip the finger at him and go "You posturing fucking tosser!". Instead, I swallowed the spud and then said it. I'm a fucking gentleman. Though nobody else was there to see it.
Merry Christmas. Who wants a pebble for Christmas?
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[18 Dec 2008|
You alright? Yeah? Right, i'm back, and I fucking reek of kitchen. I'm going to make myself nice and fucking shiny later, but before that, here's the stuff going on.
Quite busy at the moment. Thirty four hours this week, thirty four next week, and thirty eight in New Years. Might not sound that much, but many of those are late days. I have been so busy i've had to do no shopping at all, so i've done most of it on Amazon. Chillingly convenient, that they are. I have tomorrow off, and then i'm busy all week until Christmas Day. So don't expect much from me. Not that I thought you goddamned well would.
Still, there's all this about Nigella Lawson in the papers. Said she wanted to kill a bear and wear it's fur as a fucking hat. You'd think she was a right slag, right? Well, it all depends...if she wanted to kill the bear unfairily, say with a bolt through the head or a massive brick catapult or something i'd say it was a bit one sided.
However, she didn't say that...in fact, she didn't specify. She might mean "I want to kill a bear myself, with my bare hands". Which would be ten thousand times more awesome than anything else ever. Imagine the broad, on the telly, going at it with a grizzly bear. Just picture the fucking fight. THAT would be worth watching on Christmas Day while you poke a knife into another sprout,
fuck's sake
I'd watch it. She wouldn't stand a chance! Just because if she was sucking on my burnt bell-end, she wouldn't be able to bang on and
on about a fucking delicious pie or goddamned sauce.
cooking wench.
Probably would though. Not the bear.
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[17 Dec 2008|
In spring, passions arise, you to me, and earth to air, in nigh-time I lay against the soft earth and beat a path to your fields, I consume entire fields in flame, I beat back corn and my head falls back...the beauty of finding that flattened corn in a cluster of wheat. My sigh hits back the summer sweat, trickling down my skin I find this solace only open in arousing mentions of your name..a name i'll not put through my young lips until i'm older and wiser, or lacking and jaded. Autumn eats up another skin and dries the bones, and the winter comes once more...the dreaded melancholy of maturity.
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[17 Dec 2008|
I am sleepy. Today has squeezed the life from limbs that stick to me like matches on plasticine, threatening to fall off. I will feel worse tomorrow. I desire the festive season to be placid, and thankful, that I even appear to indulge it's whims. I shall this year, though. I will be stuffed truly, of beer and food, on Christmas...rubbing my buddha stomach. Okay, I don't have a buddha stomach (A lucky gene inherited), no matter what is consumed, but I shall rub the outline of the stomach that isn't there.
It's been a decent day. I'm not a lot happier than I was yesterday, but I am more than ever, my own man. I mean that in more ways than I can articulate.
See you Friday.
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[16 Dec 2008|
Will you talk to the person you like on the phone tonight?
I don't think so, I don't have her number.
Do you own a computer?
No, i'm using smoke signals.
Whats your favorite song?
This Time by Starsailor, or Spiralling by Keane. Two good songs by bands I don't like.
Where was your default picture taken?
In my house.
Do you like messages or comments better?
If they're interesting, both.
Who was your last call from?
Last time you went out of town?
Yesterday, when I was at work.
What is your current mood?
What color shirt are you wearing?
It's a Liverpool away shirt, black and with the shield on it, which is composed of red and green.
What was the highlight of your week?
Talking to a beautiful girl with a genuine laugh and a nice sense of humour.
What are you listening to?
This Time by Starsailor!
How long is your hair?
Long for a man.
Are you happy right now?
Not especially, but i'm not unhappy either.
Are you wearing make-up?
No. I only wear make up for silly nights out.
If you could have something right now, what would it be?
Sex. Sorry, it's just my instincts speaking.
What were you doing at 11:00 last night?
I was heading home.
What is the last thing you thought about?
Have you ever been in love?
Who has your heart?
Nobody currently, but someone is warming it in her hands. Not that she knows.
Ever been in a perfect relationship?
No relationship is perfect, it's a relationship. They require work.
Does someone like you?
I don't think so.
Are you wearing any jewelry?
Do you know your father's birthday?
It's in July, and I never remember until I ask Mould exactly when. I'm awful with birthdays, but it isn't personal. I always make sure I find out.
When is the last time you cried?
I haven't cried for about three years, not seriously.
What is the most irritating thing the opposite sex can do to you?
Sandpaper my fucking bollocks.
Are you a cuddler?
I'm not particularly physically affectionate normally, but I have my moments.
Do you sleep with a teddy bear?
No. I did nick Bolb's, and filmed a video, but it's gone now.
Do people hate you?
I couldn't give a flying fuck if they do.
The next person you'll hold hands with...will it mean anything?
No idea.
Do you want to get married?
Not really.
Who were the last 2 people you talked to last night?
Mould and dad.
What are you excited about?
Next year.
Do people ever mistake you for being a different race?
Would you tattoo someone's name on your body?
Yes, but i'd do it on my ass. I'm just saying.
Do you have any friends with "benefits"?
No, and I find the prospect tedious. No matter how horny I am, or are.
Who do you miss right now?
I'm not telling you.
Do you believe "Once a cheater, always a cheater"?
Well, I couldn't put up with it even once, i'd be outta there. That's just me. It isn't that simple though, is it?
Where is your most ticklish spot?
How old are your parents?
66 and 63 I think.
Do you have over 200 Facebook friends?
What food makes you guilty when you eat it?
I don't get guilty eating food. I like it.
Is your number 1 top friend your bf/gf?
No. I don't have a girlfriend, you prick.
How did you get your name?
My father named me after Neil Armstrong.
When is the last time you saw your mom?
Ten minutes ago.
Have you ever stolen a traffic cone?
What are you allergic to?
Shampoo first or wash body first:
I usually scrub my fucking balls with a wirewool first.
Perfect time to wake up:
Around ten in the morning.
Do you prefer warm or cold weather?
Cold. Though i'm starting to veer due to having to commute in cold weather.
Is the person you like older or younger than you?
She's younger than me. Fucking young bastard.
Did you know that peeling a wrapper off of a bottle, means your sexually frustrated?
I think the fact that I always have an erection and I am constantly masturbating indicates that i'm sexually frustrated.
What would you do if your ex liked you again?
I think we're a long way past that eventuality.
Have you ever liked someone on your top friends?
Someone asks you on a date, where do you wanna go?
Coal mining.
You have to get a facial piercing, what do you get?
I'd have one in my fucking eyeball.
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It's nice to catch up with old friends. It's been a good few months since I played with the football fraternity. Sadly, Paulo couldn't make it, as he's still got a foot injury, but there were still about nine of us, making the perfect number for four on four plus a goalkeeper. The goalkeeper was Stuart, who made some stunning saves, not least one that he made using his bollocks. Ouch.
I'm now thirty two, the oldest player out there, but, despite my vices...I am still pretty physically fit. I have good strong legs and smashed the post with a shot in one game. I also managed a couple of goals too, including a good run onto a pass which I drove into the bottom corner. Yippee!
After that we braved the New Inn. I haven't been there for a year. It's not got any better. However, we played some pool, and then went seperate ways. Nice afternoon. Tomorrow, back to Canterbury, and work. See you on Friday, unless I post some poetry or something.
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I actually thought I might do a sort of Jackanory type thing. I like reading, and I like reading aloud. It seems to bring the text alive for me. I like the way words sound when they spring up from the page, the inflection of nuance of voices, the way the place names and descriptions sound in my mouth.
Despite a poor education, and a lack of desire to learn while at school, I have, by some sort of instinctive quirk, always been able to read. Ever since I can remember. I don't even remember
I began to learn. It's like swimming to me, I was always a cracking swimmer...able to dart effortlessly about. Something to do with my frame, I suppose. Well, my tongue, my voice, and my mind are utterly engaged to reading, which makes it astonishing when you think that I don't do enough of it.
My only problem is I sometimes lose concentration and skip whole sentences. This isn't to do with reading skills, it's laziness. I find if I read aloud, I pay more attention. It becomes me.
So I might do a reading video. I remember in 2004 that my English tutor told me I was a good reader. I was a little nervous at the time, but I surprised myself at how well I bought the lines to life. So I might give it a crack!
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Continuing on with On Chesil Beach. The backstory is quite good, and I like the way that McKewan goes from present tense to past in the form of the meeting of Florence and Edward.
I'm playing football today, and it'll be nice to get out of here and leave this sodding diary behind. I'm starting to fall out of love with it, and it's been a long running problem of mine. I just don't feel a thrill when I use it. It's almost become a habit, rather than a love. I desire a new medium.
Plus, with life's distractions and change, I don't have much time to dedicate to it. I suppose one day i'll have more to write about. I did set up another diary on another site, but it's only known to few, and it's got some naughty things on it, so it's a no no for most of the people I know. Only Roobs knows about it, and that's the way I intend to keep it for now.
Dead Space is scary! I want this game. It's a game i've never played, but the thing just fascinates me.
Onto other things. I'll be out tomorrow, for a day or two. I have work until six, then i'm going to buy some of those present things. Soon I have to work out whether I can afford a holiday in America (Visiting Eva and Mike), a fucking flat, and pay for Mould and Dad's holiday next year. Lots to think about.
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In Kentucky no less? This is getting a bit too close to home for comfort as far as I am concerned. I take no credit for what follows. This is simply information that I have found and wanted to pass along to all of my fellow Kentuckians. This is information that I consider to be important to us all, if it makes you uncomfortable and steers your thought process in a direction previously uncharted, then I know that I have done my job.
Please people, wake up and open your eyes to what is going on around you.
I got an email from someone who I know and is part of the Tennessee State Militia/Guard. The various units of the Tn. State Guard are listed here.
Let me explain the Tennessee State Guard first. 22 Governors got together last year and created State Militia/Guards that can not be federalized as the National Guards can be. They also did this due to the Federal government taking the equipment from the National Guards and sending it over to Iraq and Afghanistan. When the Governors have requested the equipment back for the state the Federal government has said "It is too expensive to bring back." The states have had to do without equipment for any emergencies of the individual states.
3/5/13 9:14 am – Correction: The Tennessee State Guard has been around for a few years.
The governors decided they would form their own State Militias/Guards that can not be controlled by the federal government at any time and they are strictly under the State control along with all the equipment purchased.
The person who contacted me, did so due to my article about the DHS armored vehicles and the picture I took of one when I was in Kentucky.
Here are the pictures I took.
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|Armored DHS vehicle in Kentucky
The email with this information is from someone I have the utmost respect for.
Here is the contents of the email from the person who is part of the Tennessee State Militia and was at a meeting a couple of weeks ago after getting the following email from them today 3/4/13 regarding the above Armored DHS vehicles.
At our last "meeting" several weeks ago, we were advised by a High Ranking Official of the State Guard that they stopped vehicles of this type coming from KY into TN. The troops were wearing very distinct uniforms for the Dept. of Homeland Security that were not recognized and the men they stopped were Eastern European, probably Russian. Apparently, there is some type of FEMA/DHS camp somewhere in Kentucky?
After receiving the above email, we spoke on the phone, I wanted to find out more information about the Russian/Eastern European DHS troops that were handling the armored vehicles.
During our phone conversation. They told me that the uniforms were not typical DHS uniforms but they had Eagles on their sleeves and it was stressed these were different DHS uniforms than regular ones. The Russian/Eastern troops were not armed that were in the DHS uniforms and they were very polite to the State Militia. They were stopped from coming into Tennessee. This person told me that in Gatlinburg, Tennessee people are reporting being questioned and stopped by DHS that are Russian. I was also told that the high ranking official mentioned Kentucky FEMA camps.
I wrote about how I found out the Smoky Mountains are part of the UN last year, as most of our National Parks, including the Grand Canyon, Statue of Liberty, etc. after I saw a plaque (took pictures of it) at Newfoundland Gap last year.
After speaking with this person, I have to wonder if Russian UN/DHS troops are now being placed around the Smoky Mountains.
I have researched and found what could be the Military installation that the armored vehicle came from pictured in the area of Kentucky, I saw them. It is The Bluegrass Army Chemicals installation of 14600 acres. That installation has 523 tons of Nerve Chemical weapons. It is also a possible FEMA camp. It has a very strange layout. All of that information is in the video.
Video about the Russian Troops, DHS vehicles, 22 State Guard/Militias, Kentucky Chemical Depot/FEMA camp?, UN Biospheres:
Portion of a Fox News article regarding Obama's 2011, signed agreement with Russia, and Russian training in Colorado:
The training is the result of a U.S.-Russian agreement signed a year ago. The objectives are to create a basic relationship between the two nations' militaries and to build an understanding about how each other's military works, including communications, Osterholzer said.
That knowledge is vital in joint military and humanitarian operations such as anti-terrorism measures and disaster relief, he said.
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The Bicycle Coffee Company: Sustainable From Bean To Cup
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In 2010, the United States imported 24,400,00 60-Kilogram bags of coffee. It's the second-largest importer in the world, after the European Union.
And here is where that coffee came from. This is a heat map showing bags of coffee exported, by country, in 2010 (roll over the countries to see exact numbers in thousands of 60-kilogram bags). The top five, in order, are Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia and Guatemala– all regions that share, aside from similar weather patterns, developing economies. Coffee is the second-most valuable commodity exported from developing countries, after oil.
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However, the majority of coffee that you see on supermarket shelves is sold at a steep markup that increases the profits of the company selling it to you, without helping the farmer who grew the beans and harvested them under the hot sun.
By now, most people have heard of "fair trade." But the real-life, on-the-ground effects of the model are often overlooked. So here's a quick breakdown of what fair trade really means:
Rather than rely on the fluctuating, often low prices that the global commodity market tends to offer, Fair Trade International (FLO) guarantees farmers a minimum per-pound price for their product. That means they can sell beans into a market that promises them a "fair" price, which right now for coffee in the United States is $1.40 a pound, and five cents above market price if the conventional market surpasses the fair trade price. Here are detailed fair trade standards for the United States.
On the whole, it's widely praised not only because it boosts impoverished farmers' income and marks a small step toward equalizing the very imbalanced global economy, but also because it frees up resources for the greater communities in which farmers live.
By earning a better price for their crop, farmers are often able to afford goods and services that are considered necessities in the developed world, but are still a form of luxury in developing economies—such as the ability to send children to school.
Fair trade can also involve companies reinvesting in the community in the form of development projects that benefit entire towns or villages, not just individual families. Because fair trade companies are often built upon principles of providing a quality product to the consumer while also benefiting the product's origin community, you'll often see that kind of reinvestment being made to build a school, recreation center, or even a hospital, for example, or to help with other needs identified by the community.
Fair trade really established itself in the world marketplace through coffee, but has since expanded to other foods—chocolate, tea, bananas, and some spices are among the most common—as well as to non-edible goods like artisan-made clothing and jewelry.
Critics' main qualm is that Fair Trade, at least for the coffee industry, doesn't live up to the theory behind its model. They argue that little data exists about its actual results; that their model overlooks multinational companies that may treat producers well; that regulations restrict Fair Trade to small farmers and overlook the poorest segment–migrant laborers; that price standardization, coupled with a rising market price for commodity coffee, often results in low-quality Fair Trade coffee. The farmers sell their high-quality goods on the commodity market, and leave the dregs for the Fair Trade price – which, in turn, roasters don't want to buy.
"Fair Trade coffee has evolved from an economic and social justice movement to largely a marketing model for ethical consumerism," said Peter Giuliano, president of the Specialty Coffee Association of America and a green coffee buyer based in Durham, North Carolina.
One solution to the discrepancies? Cut out the middle man, and purchase beans directly from farmers you've visited.
That's the approach for the young founders of the Bicycle Coffee Co., which delivers coffee to local businesses that is not only fair trade, but is also organic and locally-roasted. They purchase from farmers they met on travels through Central and South America. And they make their zero-emissions deliveries by bike.
The company has further advantages over other fair trade companies because with minimal overhead costs, it can sell its coffee at the same price as its non-fair trade competitors. That means a consumer does not have to make the choice to spend a premium for a fairly-traded product. (Although to be fair to consumers, at least one study has shown that such a premium does not stop customers from choosing the fair trade option, even if it's more expensive, and even during the recession.)
Ultimately, its founders aim to build a "micro-replicable business" that's easy to sustain from city to city. Check out the video to see how they're doing it.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - A lawsuit by Joe Paterno's family and others against the NCAA was heading to court one day after Penn State announced settlements with 26 young men over claims of abuse by Jerry Sandusky.
Judge John Leete scheduled the Tuesday court session in Bellefonte to hear lawyers argue over whether the breach of contract, defamation and commercial disparagement claim should be thrown out.
Penn State said Monday it was paying 26 young men $59.7 million over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of Sandusky, the school's former longtime defensive coach.
The school said 23 deals are fully signed and three are agreements in principle. There are six other claims, and it believes some of them are meritless.
It did not disclose the names of the recipients.
University president Rodney Erickson issued a statement calling the announcement a step forward for victims and the school.
"We cannot undo what has been done, but we can and must do everything possible to learn from this and ensure it never happens again at Penn State," said Erickson, who announced the day Sandusky was convicted in June 2012 that Penn State was determined to compensate his victims.
The settlements have been unfolding since mid-August, when attorneys for the accusers began to disclose them. Penn State has not been confirming them, waiting instead to announce the deals at once.
Harrisburg lawyer Ben Andreozzi, who helped negotiate several of the settlements, said his clients were satisfied.
"They felt that the university treated them fairly with the economic and noneconomic terms of the settlement," said Andreozzi, who also represents some others who have come forward recently. Those new claims have not been presented to the university, he said.
One client represented by St. Paul, Minn., attorney Jeff Anderson signed off on an agreement in the past week and the other is basically done, he said. Anderson counts his two clients as among the three that have been classified as agreements in principle, which Penn State said means final documentation is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.
Anderson said his clients were focused on Penn State's changes to prevent future abuse.
"I have to applaud them, because they said 'not until we're satisfied that no one else will get hurt,'" Anderson said. "The settlement of their cases in no way heals, in no way lessens the wound that remains open and the scars that are deep."
Penn State has spent more than $50 million on other costs related to the Sandusky scandal, including lawyers' fees, public relations expenses, and adoption of new policies and procedures related to children and sexual abuse complaints.
It said Monday that liability insurance is expected to cover the payments and legal defense, and expenses not covered should be paid from interest paid on loans by Penn State to its self-supporting units.
Clifford Rieders, a Williamsport attorney who negotiated one of the settlements, said the average payout matched other cases involving child abuse in educational or religious settings.
Rieders said the cases raised the specter of embarrassing revelations if they went to trial, and a university would have to consider the effect on the victims, its overall reputation, its ability to pay and its wider objectives.
"There are many considerations whenever you resolve a high-profile case involving serious misconduct, and I'm sure all of those and more came into play here," Rieders said.
Sandusky, 69, has been pursuing appeals while he serves a 30- to 60-year sentence on 45 criminal counts.
He was convicted of abusing 10 boys, some of them at Penn State facilities. Eight young men testified against him, describing a range of abuse they said went from grooming and manipulation to fondling, oral sex and anal rape when they were boys.
The 32 claimants involved in negotiations with Penn State include most of the victims from the criminal trial and some who say they were abused by Sandusky many years ago. Negotiations were conducted in secret, so the full range of the allegations wasn't disclosed publicly.
Sandusky did not testify at his trial but has long asserted his innocence. He has acknowledged he showered with boys but insisted he never molested them.
The abuse scandal rocked Penn State, bringing down football coach Joe Paterno and leading college sports' governing body, the NCAA, to levy unprecedented sanctions against the university's football program.
Three former Penn State administrators await trial in Harrisburg on charges they engaged in a criminal cover-up of the Sandusky scandal. Former president Graham Spanier, retired vice president Gary Schultz and retired athletic director Tim Curley deny the allegations, and a trial date has not been scheduled.
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Mr. Charles Neave, of New York City, for General Electric Co.
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British librarians recently tallied up the number of times they've loaned out 50 classic novels over the past 20 years. They found that some authors — specifically Charles Dickens and Jane Austen — are more widely read than before, while others — George Eliot and Thomas Hardy — have suffered a decline in popularity. Determining what people are actually reading (as opposed to which books they merely buy or download — with the best of intentions!) is a lot trickier than you might think. But if anyone has a decent grasp on which literary works are standing the test of time with the average reader, it's librarians.
Asked by the Telegraph newspaper to explain why Eliot and Hardy have fallen out of favor with the public, John Bowen, a professor of 19th-century literature, suggested that readers increasingly prefer "more optimistic and comic novels, with happy endings." A staffer of the agency that conducted the survey noted that libraries always see an upsurge in loans of books by authors whose work has been dramatized on film or television. (Elizabeth Gaskell got one of the biggest boosts during the two-decade span, thanks to a popular BBC adaptation of her novella "Cranford.")
Happy endings and film adaptations: That might sound like two different explanations for a surge or dip in readership, but in essence they're one and the same. These days, it's the rare filmmaker who chooses to adapt a classic novel in the tragic vein — the current version of "Anna Karenina" is a notable exception. Whether it's "Pride and Prejudice," "Bleak House" or Gaskell's cozy Cranford stories, the source material almost always ends in heartwarming reconciliation and at least one wedding.
When it comes to popular entertainment, we live in a post-tragic age. There's nothing wrong with a happy ending, of course, and both Dickens and Austen wrote in literary genres that call for just such a conclusion. But romance and comedy are only one portion of the literary and dramatic spectrum, and neglecting the more somber, less reassuring reaches of that spectrum only leaves us with a thinner culture overall. It was not ever thus, either: Tragedy was so popular in 1849 New York that a riot broke out between the fans of two rival actors, Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, over which man excelled at portraying such Shakespearean heroes as Hamlet and Macbeth. By the time the melee was over, 25 people had been killed.
In the age of the focus group and the message board, however, commitment to unhappy endings (however appropriate) has withered. The film and television industries, with a nervous eye on the bottom line, try first and foremost to please the audience, whether or not the audience knows best. Nobody wants Romeo and Juliet to die, after all. It is just so terribly sad to invest emotionally in a fictional character only to see him or her perish unfulfilled. "No!" is the audience member's knee-jerk response to the death of everyone from Hamlet to Ned Stark to Willow's girlfriend Tara in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." If Shakespeare had had fan forums, chances are he'd have been relentlessly hectored by theater-goers demanding that King Lear and Cordelia be allowed to retire to a cottage by the sea.
The problem with this understandable reaction, however, is that without their deaths the story of Romeo and Juliet ends up as little more than a 16th-century version of "Gossip Girl." The audience isn't wrong to want the young couple to live, but theywould be wrong if they assumed that the satisfaction of their desire for a happier ending would make for a better play. Too many years of being catered to, of being served up thousands of formulaic, feel-good endings in which victory and love are snatched from the jaws of defeat and loss, have spoiled too many of us. Audiences feel cheated unless they are constantly being reassured that everything will work out well if we all keep the faith, and keep on plugging, whatever the odds against us.
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Perugini brutally assaulted business partner in 2009
|Robert Perugini, co-owner of The Red Rooster bar in Winsted, was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fight at his bar on Dec. 8. The fight was with his business partner, Robert Ciochetti, who suffered a serious head injury. Kurt Moffett Republican-American
LITCHFIELD — Robert Perugini was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for beating his former business partner nearly to death in December 2009.
Perugini, 50, asked for mercy and forgiveness to avoid spending up to five years in prison. A muscular 250-pound man who wore a patterned shirt and black pants, Perugini nervously drew the hairs of his mustache between his fingers as Judge John A. Danaher said the life experiences Perugini cited as reason for leniency should have provided good judgment to control his rage.
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Forty souls attended the 11:30 a.m. service at our church last week. That doesnt sound like much compared to some megachurches, where Sunday attendance numbers in the thousands, but for our rural congregation it was a healthy head count.
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A story in the Sept. 29 issue of USA Today said that soda makers like Coke and Pepsi cared about the obese state of this country.
The corporal punishment debate blew up last month when Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was indicted after allegedly beating his four-year-old with a tree branch, leaving welts and abrasions on the boys body.
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The triple bottom line (TBL) focuses corporations not just on the economic value they add, but also on the environmental and social value they add - and destroy. At its narrowest, the term 'triple bottom line' is used as a framework for measuring and reporting corporate performance against economic, social and environmental parameters. At its broadest, the term is used to capture the whole set of values, issues and processes that companies must address in order to minimize any harm resulting from their activities and to create economic, social and environmental value. This involves being clear about the company's purpose and taking into consideration the needs of all the company's stakeholders - shareholders, customers, employees, business partners, governments, local communities and the public. (Source: SustainAbility)
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