With the festive period approaching I know that you all want to shower me with as many gifts as you can afford, by selling all of your internal organs.
I understand this.
It's because you love me.
Over on the right of this page you should see a link for Craig and his DVDisms. That link will lead you to all the dvd's I own (well some are missing because I have lent them out and can't remember the region) as well as a wishlist for me.
This has a lot of the DVD's that I need to become whole.
If you would like to cmpile a list like this yourself that would be helpful for me, because then I can work out excuses for why I didn't get you anything, and I can use the right gift that yu asked for.
It's the thought that counts.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Ramblings
I have always been quite vocal about the odd people that I work with.
Some of them are odd, some are bizarre, some scare the crap out of me. The list is endless.
The other night I was offered a window into the mind of a crazy. I was handed a note that someone had started writing and yet had left behind. Perhaps on purpose. I'm not sure but the scrawlings n this little piece of paper scare me more than any nightmare I could ever have.
I have re-written the note for you below. Word for word. All spelling mistakes and grammar errors are theirs, as well as the madness.
Holy Crap!
I mean wow.
First off it's there not their. I mean that's the basic one right there.
Also Christians, Hindus, Catholics....Hell everyone. You all got it wrong. First was life. Nothing else. Just life. Not sure what kind of life exactly, maybe spores, maybe indigenous. I don't know I'm not the expert here.
After life we had a gun apparently. But wait a second that gun.....it's inside life. So did everyone have guns sticking out of their chests? Because that would explain the next point about there being a war.
Think about it, everywhere you walk people would instantly ask "Are you pointing that thing at me?" and not in the way they ask Mr Trench that question these days.
But again we are faced with the issue that the war is inside the gun. No bullets, this is a war gun. It fires war at innocent people and gets them fighting good and proper.
Lastly we have Darth in the war. Now I always saw Darth Vader (I presume) as a kind of General that likes to stand at the back of everything and only really gets involved when some pip-squeak tries his luck and ends up getting his hand cut off.
He's not exactly a King Theoden (from the book not the film).
Anywho, there you have it folks, the ramblings of a real life looney. Lucky for me it was written in feces on the toilet wall, or even written in dead flies on the back of a post it. Just a simple little note, possibly a call for help.
Shame really cause now I'm too scared to go near the weirdo to help him out.
Bloody Goth Poetry.
Some of them are odd, some are bizarre, some scare the crap out of me. The list is endless.
The other night I was offered a window into the mind of a crazy. I was handed a note that someone had started writing and yet had left behind. Perhaps on purpose. I'm not sure but the scrawlings n this little piece of paper scare me more than any nightmare I could ever have.
I have re-written the note for you below. Word for word. All spelling mistakes and grammar errors are theirs, as well as the madness.
In the beging their was life and in that life their was a gun and in that gun their was war and in that war their was Darth.
Holy Crap!
I mean wow.
First off it's there not their. I mean that's the basic one right there.
Also Christians, Hindus, Catholics....Hell everyone. You all got it wrong. First was life. Nothing else. Just life. Not sure what kind of life exactly, maybe spores, maybe indigenous. I don't know I'm not the expert here.
After life we had a gun apparently. But wait a second that gun.....it's inside life. So did everyone have guns sticking out of their chests? Because that would explain the next point about there being a war.
Think about it, everywhere you walk people would instantly ask "Are you pointing that thing at me?" and not in the way they ask Mr Trench that question these days.
But again we are faced with the issue that the war is inside the gun. No bullets, this is a war gun. It fires war at innocent people and gets them fighting good and proper.
Lastly we have Darth in the war. Now I always saw Darth Vader (I presume) as a kind of General that likes to stand at the back of everything and only really gets involved when some pip-squeak tries his luck and ends up getting his hand cut off.
He's not exactly a King Theoden (from the book not the film).
Anywho, there you have it folks, the ramblings of a real life looney. Lucky for me it was written in feces on the toilet wall, or even written in dead flies on the back of a post it. Just a simple little note, possibly a call for help.
Shame really cause now I'm too scared to go near the weirdo to help him out.
Bloody Goth Poetry.
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
This Month I've Mostly Been Reading....
Graphic novels/comics.
I am pretty ignorant of the comic world. I have some knowledge but it's not much. I can tell you that anything written by Alan Moore or Warren Ellis is going to be awesome. But that ends my knowledge.
So I turned to Col. Orange and asked him to help me out and make some recommendations of comics and things that I should read. He didn't do this. Instead he lent me 13 comic books to read. He lent me the first book only. The start of the story so I wasn't completely confused.
And I have reviewed them all for you.
Some spoilers.
Also if anything here is wrong, please feel free to let me know. I may have got a few things wrong as I am still learning.
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life By Bryan Lee O'Malley
This is a book sized comic and is very funny. It's about Scott Pilgrim and his life......which is kinda precious and little. It's manga sorta style of pictures.
All about Scott Dreaming of a girl and then meeting her. He then tries his best to woo her, only to have to fight her ex-boyfriend. It's very funny and very much worth your time.
7/10
Supreme Power by Michael Straczynski, Gary Frank, Jon Sibal
Basically this is a different spin on some of the more famous of super heroes. We have different versions of Superman, Flash, Batman and The Green Lantern. This Superman has been brought up in quarantine and loves his Country, he is willing to do anything he is asked to do. He has been brought up watching the news and believing every word. Our new Flash is from a small town and wants to make some money to help out his mum. This Batman is a racist vigilante willing to go to any lengths to avenge his parents murder and this Green Lantern is a war vet that was testing out a new Government weapon but it all goes horribly wrong.
This is an awesome book and well worth getting into. Seriously. Just go and buy it. I have only read the first book but I am definately getting the rest. The writing the drawings, the use of the panels, everything was brilliant.
No joke
10/10
JLA Tower Of Babel By Mark Waid, Dan Curtis Johnson, Howard Porter, Drew Geraci
I'm really not into proper super heroes, and they kinda annoy me. Because every book is like and episode of Charmed.
1st Act: Something bad has happened, A, A new baddie has arrived or B, We have had our powers removed.
2nd Act: Working out how to resolve this.
3rd Act: Actually completing the above.
Same old same old. This story is about the baddies finding Batmans secret files on the rest of the JLA. In a preivous story the JLA had their bodies taken over, and after this Batman worked out ways to stop them all. He hid these files but not well enough. So it's all up to Batman to save everyone and then get them to help him after they find out how the Bad guys found out their weakness.
Not my cup of tea, but I can understand why other people like it.
5/10
The Courtyard By Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows, Anthony Johnson
The quote on the back of this book, "Alan Moore is among the very best writers of the last 20 years. Anthony Johnston is one of the best of the new generation of writers. Jacen Burrows is probably the best new artist of the last year. On the basis of the amassed talent alone, The Courtyard is explosive." Warren Ellis.
It's about an FBI agent on a stake out. There have been three very odd murders, all seeming to lead to one bar.
I really can't say more than that without giving the whole damned game away as it's not very long.
It's pant wettingly good though. One stand alone book.
It's also very trippy.
9/10
The Sandman Preludes & Nocurnes By Neil Gaimen, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones iii
Neil Gaimen writes a lot of books. He always seems to write about figures in literature that we all know for example Death, Bogeyman and The Sandman, but he gives them a personallity. By doing this he has allowed himself to break the original boundries that you had already made for that character. If you think about Death the being you have a picture of the black cloak and all that. But he makes Death a teen girl that's kinda sarcastic and dry, but still pretty cool. Now we have a character that can deal with situations in their own way as well as being Death.
The Sandman is a brillaint book that had me gripped from the beginning to the very end. I had to put it down every now and then to prolong the whole experience of reading it.
10/10
The Punisher Welcome Back Frank By Garth Ennis Steve Dillon, Jimmy Palmiotti
Senseless violence. Very funny. What more can I say. The Punisher goes around killing bad guys. It's great.
Honestly I can't say anything more.
9/10
DMZ On The Ground By Brian Wood, Riccardo Burcielli
America is in a Civil war and the divide of the country runs through Manhatten. A news team go into this no mans and while a cease fire is going on, only to get gunned down. Everyone dies apart from the Intern. So he is now in a war zone and able to write and produce stories from this area and let people know the truth about what is happening as he slowly discovers everything he has been told is a massive lie.
It's very good and very dirty and gritty with the illustrations, I really liked it.
8/10
100 Bullets First Shot Last Call By Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso
Quote from the back "Death, power, sex, money, secrets and bullets: these are the only things wroth talking about. That is why I buy 100 bullets." Warren Ellis.
It's about people that have served in prison or had their life ruined becuase they have been accused of a crime they have NOT committed. They are then released and approched by Agent Graves who gives them the truth and evidence to prove they were innocent and shows them the real guilty party. They are also given an untraceable gun and 100 bullets. They are above the law and can get away with anything they want. Hint hint, go and kill the person that stitched you up.
Very well written. Very comic-y drawings. I liked it.
8/10
Preacher Gone To Texas By Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon
This was great. Just a real treat, the sort of thing you can switch off and read. Just plain good old fun. I don't want to go into to greater detail as it will give the game away and I hate spoilers, but you should give this a shot.
Kevin Smith likes it, and so do I.
8/10
Adventures In The Rifle Brigade By Garth Ennis, Carlos Ezquerra.
Imagine all the war stories and comics of the olden times if they were really funny and this is what you have.
Proper laugh out loud moments all the way through. It's set during WW2 and follows the Rifle Brigade who are the only people able to carry out the mission.
It has me wanting to shout "Yer Aht Of Ordah" at everyone I pass.
Very British so I'm not sure how it works for overseas.
9/10
The Walking Dead By Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore
A cop is shot and wakes up God only knows how much long later in a coma. Only to find Zombies are everywhere. This sounds kinda familiar. Isn't this a movie? No it's not the original 28 Days Later. This has more story abut the people that have managed to survive and indeed continue to survive this horrible event. Lots of story and lots about the people and the situation rather than being all about shooting zombies.
Which is fine by me
7/10
Lucifer Devil In The Gateway By Mike Carey, Scott Hampton, Chris Weston, James Hodgkins, Warren Pleece, Dean Ormston
Much like Sandman, Lucifer has been given a personality and is pretty darn sarcastic, no shock there. Lucifer has quit Hell and runs a bar. Some years down the line he is given a job by God and is given the oppurtunity to name his price for the job.
Some of the stills in this book are beyond incredible, so much detail and an array of colours. Brilliant.
The writing helps bring alive all of the characters which as you can imagine are Demons, Angels and the like. Very good indeed.
8/10
Thunderbolts How To Lose or "Don't do this at home, Dog!" By John Arcudi
This follows the story of Daniel Axum. An ex supervillian that was defeated by Spiderman. He went to prison and is now out on parole where he is trying to sort his life out. With a crappy job he can hardly pay for the rent let alone the chld support to allow him to see his son. This is until he is brought int the world of underground fighting. Here we have mob bosses betting and competing against supervillians against each other in a way to make money.....lots of money.
Nicely written and well drawn. I read this the quickest.
7/10
I have also finished Chucks latest book Rant. Wich was good but did confuse the be-jesus out of me for a while. That's my excuse for taking so long to read it, and I'm sticking to it.
I am open for any more reccomendations.
If you want some suggestions then I'd call on Col. Orange or Trench.
I am pretty ignorant of the comic world. I have some knowledge but it's not much. I can tell you that anything written by Alan Moore or Warren Ellis is going to be awesome. But that ends my knowledge.
So I turned to Col. Orange and asked him to help me out and make some recommendations of comics and things that I should read. He didn't do this. Instead he lent me 13 comic books to read. He lent me the first book only. The start of the story so I wasn't completely confused.
And I have reviewed them all for you.
Some spoilers.
Also if anything here is wrong, please feel free to let me know. I may have got a few things wrong as I am still learning.
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life By Bryan Lee O'Malley
This is a book sized comic and is very funny. It's about Scott Pilgrim and his life......which is kinda precious and little. It's manga sorta style of pictures.
All about Scott Dreaming of a girl and then meeting her. He then tries his best to woo her, only to have to fight her ex-boyfriend. It's very funny and very much worth your time.
7/10
Supreme Power by Michael Straczynski, Gary Frank, Jon Sibal
Basically this is a different spin on some of the more famous of super heroes. We have different versions of Superman, Flash, Batman and The Green Lantern. This Superman has been brought up in quarantine and loves his Country, he is willing to do anything he is asked to do. He has been brought up watching the news and believing every word. Our new Flash is from a small town and wants to make some money to help out his mum. This Batman is a racist vigilante willing to go to any lengths to avenge his parents murder and this Green Lantern is a war vet that was testing out a new Government weapon but it all goes horribly wrong.
This is an awesome book and well worth getting into. Seriously. Just go and buy it. I have only read the first book but I am definately getting the rest. The writing the drawings, the use of the panels, everything was brilliant.
No joke
10/10
JLA Tower Of Babel By Mark Waid, Dan Curtis Johnson, Howard Porter, Drew Geraci
I'm really not into proper super heroes, and they kinda annoy me. Because every book is like and episode of Charmed.
1st Act: Something bad has happened, A, A new baddie has arrived or B, We have had our powers removed.
2nd Act: Working out how to resolve this.
3rd Act: Actually completing the above.
Same old same old. This story is about the baddies finding Batmans secret files on the rest of the JLA. In a preivous story the JLA had their bodies taken over, and after this Batman worked out ways to stop them all. He hid these files but not well enough. So it's all up to Batman to save everyone and then get them to help him after they find out how the Bad guys found out their weakness.
Not my cup of tea, but I can understand why other people like it.
5/10
The Courtyard By Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows, Anthony Johnson
The quote on the back of this book, "Alan Moore is among the very best writers of the last 20 years. Anthony Johnston is one of the best of the new generation of writers. Jacen Burrows is probably the best new artist of the last year. On the basis of the amassed talent alone, The Courtyard is explosive." Warren Ellis.
It's about an FBI agent on a stake out. There have been three very odd murders, all seeming to lead to one bar.
I really can't say more than that without giving the whole damned game away as it's not very long.
It's pant wettingly good though. One stand alone book.
It's also very trippy.
9/10
The Sandman Preludes & Nocurnes By Neil Gaimen, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones iii
Neil Gaimen writes a lot of books. He always seems to write about figures in literature that we all know for example Death, Bogeyman and The Sandman, but he gives them a personallity. By doing this he has allowed himself to break the original boundries that you had already made for that character. If you think about Death the being you have a picture of the black cloak and all that. But he makes Death a teen girl that's kinda sarcastic and dry, but still pretty cool. Now we have a character that can deal with situations in their own way as well as being Death.
The Sandman is a brillaint book that had me gripped from the beginning to the very end. I had to put it down every now and then to prolong the whole experience of reading it.
10/10
The Punisher Welcome Back Frank By Garth Ennis Steve Dillon, Jimmy Palmiotti
Senseless violence. Very funny. What more can I say. The Punisher goes around killing bad guys. It's great.
Honestly I can't say anything more.
9/10
DMZ On The Ground By Brian Wood, Riccardo Burcielli
America is in a Civil war and the divide of the country runs through Manhatten. A news team go into this no mans and while a cease fire is going on, only to get gunned down. Everyone dies apart from the Intern. So he is now in a war zone and able to write and produce stories from this area and let people know the truth about what is happening as he slowly discovers everything he has been told is a massive lie.
It's very good and very dirty and gritty with the illustrations, I really liked it.
8/10
100 Bullets First Shot Last Call By Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso
Quote from the back "Death, power, sex, money, secrets and bullets: these are the only things wroth talking about. That is why I buy 100 bullets." Warren Ellis.
It's about people that have served in prison or had their life ruined becuase they have been accused of a crime they have NOT committed. They are then released and approched by Agent Graves who gives them the truth and evidence to prove they were innocent and shows them the real guilty party. They are also given an untraceable gun and 100 bullets. They are above the law and can get away with anything they want. Hint hint, go and kill the person that stitched you up.
Very well written. Very comic-y drawings. I liked it.
8/10
Preacher Gone To Texas By Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon
This was great. Just a real treat, the sort of thing you can switch off and read. Just plain good old fun. I don't want to go into to greater detail as it will give the game away and I hate spoilers, but you should give this a shot.
Kevin Smith likes it, and so do I.
8/10
Adventures In The Rifle Brigade By Garth Ennis, Carlos Ezquerra.
Imagine all the war stories and comics of the olden times if they were really funny and this is what you have.
Proper laugh out loud moments all the way through. It's set during WW2 and follows the Rifle Brigade who are the only people able to carry out the mission.
It has me wanting to shout "Yer Aht Of Ordah" at everyone I pass.
Very British so I'm not sure how it works for overseas.
9/10
The Walking Dead By Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore
A cop is shot and wakes up God only knows how much long later in a coma. Only to find Zombies are everywhere. This sounds kinda familiar. Isn't this a movie? No it's not the original 28 Days Later. This has more story abut the people that have managed to survive and indeed continue to survive this horrible event. Lots of story and lots about the people and the situation rather than being all about shooting zombies.
Which is fine by me
7/10
Lucifer Devil In The Gateway By Mike Carey, Scott Hampton, Chris Weston, James Hodgkins, Warren Pleece, Dean Ormston
Much like Sandman, Lucifer has been given a personality and is pretty darn sarcastic, no shock there. Lucifer has quit Hell and runs a bar. Some years down the line he is given a job by God and is given the oppurtunity to name his price for the job.
Some of the stills in this book are beyond incredible, so much detail and an array of colours. Brilliant.
The writing helps bring alive all of the characters which as you can imagine are Demons, Angels and the like. Very good indeed.
8/10
Thunderbolts How To Lose or "Don't do this at home, Dog!" By John Arcudi
This follows the story of Daniel Axum. An ex supervillian that was defeated by Spiderman. He went to prison and is now out on parole where he is trying to sort his life out. With a crappy job he can hardly pay for the rent let alone the chld support to allow him to see his son. This is until he is brought int the world of underground fighting. Here we have mob bosses betting and competing against supervillians against each other in a way to make money.....lots of money.
Nicely written and well drawn. I read this the quickest.
7/10
I have also finished Chucks latest book Rant. Wich was good but did confuse the be-jesus out of me for a while. That's my excuse for taking so long to read it, and I'm sticking to it.
I am open for any more reccomendations.
If you want some suggestions then I'd call on Col. Orange or Trench.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
So very full.........
Yesterday was The Amazing Sarahs birthady and given the choice of anywhere to have lunch she chose Frankie and Benny's.
I have never been to this magical place but decided that it was going to be like the damned Hell Hole that is Hard Rock Cafe.
I once ventured into a Hard Rock Cafe in Amsterdam, it was a dive and very expensive. I wasn't impressed and I paid for a beer bucket only to be given bottled Lager and Lime which is a three word way of saying "I don't like the look of you and I have just urinated in your beer, you will taste it....well at least you will taste the ammonia".
Anyhoo......we went along and it's set out as an Italian/Amercian diner. You can see the chefs with their little hats working away and spitting in your food, which if they are going to do it I would like to know for a fact if they have or haven't then I can make my own mind up about eating it, which if I am paying for a meal means I am more than likey to eat it irrelevant. It's a realy nice place and I have been told that if you ask nicely they will come over and sing Happy Birthday to anyone.
I have to point out as well, that the meal I had was one of the best I have ever eaten. I had the Meatball Calzone. It was a meat pizza, correction a loaded meat pizza that's folded in half and baked. It's awesome.
I am a massive fan of food. I will eat anything, apart from things I am allergic to. But all food stuffs are good. I can't stand people that go on diets and deprive themselves of great food, why would you do this to yourself? I mean why would you acitvly choose to stop eating things that make you feel good? I can completely understand if it's a health thing......kinda. I mean stop eating fatty things if you have had a heart attack. But to be fair, you could just, oh I don't know, excercise some more and get away with eating whatever you want. Because to be fair if you excercise enough you can eat whatever you want.
I do plenty of running around at work, I don't think I am healthy in anyway, but it does burn off enough of the crap that I eat so that I can eat the crap and make myself happy.
Good food makes you feel good, it's that simple.
Don't belive me?
Well here is the proof.
Look how happy that burger has made him.
Look into those joyfilled eyes.
Seriously the more you zoom in on his eyes the funnier the picture is.
Do have to say sorry to him I guess, tell you what mate, come round, I'll make you a bad ass Thai Curry, with some warm Chocolate Fudge cake with cream afterwards.
See your smiling already.
I have never been to this magical place but decided that it was going to be like the damned Hell Hole that is Hard Rock Cafe.
I once ventured into a Hard Rock Cafe in Amsterdam, it was a dive and very expensive. I wasn't impressed and I paid for a beer bucket only to be given bottled Lager and Lime which is a three word way of saying "I don't like the look of you and I have just urinated in your beer, you will taste it....well at least you will taste the ammonia".
Anyhoo......we went along and it's set out as an Italian/Amercian diner. You can see the chefs with their little hats working away and spitting in your food, which if they are going to do it I would like to know for a fact if they have or haven't then I can make my own mind up about eating it, which if I am paying for a meal means I am more than likey to eat it irrelevant. It's a realy nice place and I have been told that if you ask nicely they will come over and sing Happy Birthday to anyone.
I have to point out as well, that the meal I had was one of the best I have ever eaten. I had the Meatball Calzone. It was a meat pizza, correction a loaded meat pizza that's folded in half and baked. It's awesome.
I am a massive fan of food. I will eat anything, apart from things I am allergic to. But all food stuffs are good. I can't stand people that go on diets and deprive themselves of great food, why would you do this to yourself? I mean why would you acitvly choose to stop eating things that make you feel good? I can completely understand if it's a health thing......kinda. I mean stop eating fatty things if you have had a heart attack. But to be fair, you could just, oh I don't know, excercise some more and get away with eating whatever you want. Because to be fair if you excercise enough you can eat whatever you want.
I do plenty of running around at work, I don't think I am healthy in anyway, but it does burn off enough of the crap that I eat so that I can eat the crap and make myself happy.
Good food makes you feel good, it's that simple.
Don't belive me?
Well here is the proof.
Look how happy that burger has made him.
Look into those joyfilled eyes.
Seriously the more you zoom in on his eyes the funnier the picture is.
Do have to say sorry to him I guess, tell you what mate, come round, I'll make you a bad ass Thai Curry, with some warm Chocolate Fudge cake with cream afterwards.
See your smiling already.
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