A few people have been kind enough to draw attention to my blog- so I feel i should return the favour and highlight a few blogs that are worth a glance.
Program Filez My creation: A fansite for the Matrix and more specifically the Matrix Online MMORPG- if neither of these interest you it's probably better to pass this one over.
Teatime My mate Tim's blog- Tim is one of the best bloggers I know, he blogs hard fast and says lots of things about his precious bike
Life's Student Caleb's blog, he posts long deep serious posts and they've all got Dr Who in them somewhere!!
Pasta Davey My most regular commenter as of now- posts about his lovely permanent holiday in France, where he happens to be a missionary- lots of pics, lots of links to BBC news!
That'll do for now- I'll just hunt for something to paste in- goodbye my pet monkeys!!
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Trains!!!
OK, so you want to know more about me huh? Well listen to this- I HATE TRAINS!!! When I made the decision to become a day student, a decision I am still pleased with on the whole , I have become reliant on trains for transport, which can often mean problems! I have just had my second problem in as many days and am currently very disgruntled. The main problem is Bidston (Noun- nowhere, centre of:) registered charity number N12358876D. The meeting place between two trainlines and the conection to the city of Liverpool- you'd think they'd make an effort to accomodate the unfortunate souls who have to wait there wouldn't you- well they don't!
Bidston has got to be the least accomodating station I've ever set foot on. To be fair my home station is little more than two platforms, but there's only one train to catch there. Besides a few chairs and a "heated" waiting room there is absolutely nothing to satisfy the trains customer on a cold wintry night when the train's 10 minutes late (again) and the wind is howling around your legs as you struggle to remain upright from exhaustion. All in all, not a nice place to be waiting when something goes wrong. as has happened recently- let me go into detail-
Day1- Due to a cow being on the line, the Wrexham line train was delayed to the point where they gave up trying to run the train, and therefore kindly presented a bus for us to use. Seems reasonable- but it ain't, firstly buses take twice as long to travel as trains and escondly buses, like trains are never on time, so after waiting for ages for this bus I hopped on and was slowly driven home, arriving only two hours after I'd left. The only comfort of this was that the bus was quite warm and there were other people to moan with- nothing like the trains to bring people together!!!
Day 2- I arrive at Bidston to learn that there's been a fault on the train that will cause major problems (they helpfully tell me this after the train home has left, leaving me stranded at wonderful Bidston) i decide to stick it out and see what happens- the train is a full 40mins late, by which time I've decided that it's not worth the risk and then go home after waiting for the next train home, which surprisingly runs on time.
So you can see- despite being helpful fast and cheap transport, trains and train station are not reliable in the slightest- so be warned traveler. I would just not that this is not a slight on the people of Bidston, I'm sure your town is a wonderful place- but your train station isn't!! I may take a photo or two of the desolation to show you, and you can send in your money- just £2 a month will get us a radiator!!
I am aware that I am being rather moaney on this blog, and while the main purpose is to relate my life and to have an attempt at being at least vaguely funny- it's probably be a btter idea to look at some more positive aspects of life the universe and everything.
I went to the cinema on Saturday to see V for Vendetta- I don't know what the critics are saying about it yet, but in my opinion it's an excellent film. I bought the comic series on which it was based and was blown away- I'd never know that writing of such quality could be found in comics. And I was glad to see this reflected in the motion picture. What's really cool about it is that the main hero, V, constantly wears a mask throughout the film, and that mask has a big smiley face drawn on it- so no matter what he feels, anger, sorrow, happiness, he is always smiling. I think it was incredible of the actor (Hugo Weaving aka Agent Smith) to be able to convey emotion and feeling through this character. What I also like was that it was an American made film set in Britain and British culture (they've finally realised that other countries exist!!) and that it was set in modern times, yet and insane terrorist is the hero- on the whole very refreshing!
Like I said, I really enjoyed the comic book writing and have even attaempted to turn my hand to comic writing. I can't draw at all, but I've been making a comic script and i'm getting along quite well with it, though annoying things like coursework keep getting in the way! Since I'm studying Screenplay in Uni, visual language and description are something I'm quite used to, and i find writing a comic quite similar to writing a script so it's reatively easy to get into. Initially I came only to write prose, but I'm finding that I quite enjoy other forms of storytelling so watch this space- I still won't do poetry though!!
Word of the bleh- Porochial, this charcter in Oliver Twist keeps saying it!!
So go and see V for Vendetta, also Firefly and Serenity are highly recommmended, but i'll come to that another time.
See you soon readers"
And that's goodbye from me...
And that's goodbye from me...
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