And the search continues...

I told a few friends that I had an interview on Monday at 19:00 about a job I'd e-mailed about. But, as I figured would happen like every other job I've tried for lately, I didn't get it. So, the search continues. Next time the weather isn't too bad, I'm going to have to take another walk into town and look around. Just what is it about me and job? Why can't I ever find one? It's actually starting to depress the fuck outta me, seriously.

TalkTalk - Run by morons

Here's a warning to all Brits - If you are ever approached by anyone from TalkTalk, immediately slam the door in their face. They're complete morons, and they simply cannot take "No!" for an answer. Why am I saying this? Well, a couple of days before the 1st November, 2010, these two young men who were representing TalkTalk came to the house. Mom let them in to hear them out, however, they wouldn't leave unless she signed up. She did so, and was told she had seven days to change her mind, which she did.

The 1st of November came around and she immediately called them to cancel it. She was told that it was canceled. A day or two after, we received more stuff from TalkTalk. Yet again, she called and canceled. Yet again, she was told they'd now canceled it. Another day or two later and we receive more items. This time, Mom's boyfriend, Sean, called them to cancel it. Yet again, we are told it is canceled.

On the 12th of November, the date I was told by AOL that we were getting cut off by another phone company (TalkTalk), what happened? We got cut off by TalkTalk. I called AOL on the 13th November to ask about why I could no longer connect to the Internet. The reason? TalkTalk had cut us off. Annoyed by this news, I called Mom to tell her that we'd still been cut off by TalkTalk. She got home at about 12:30, and called TalkTalk to ask them why we were STILL signed up to their shit. The guy talking to Mom on the phone was clearly a complete idiot since he was barely listening to Mom telling him that now she'd lost the phone company she was happy with, as well as about me losing my AOL thanks to these fuckheads. This guy didn't care. He just continued to barely listen and argue with Mom, angering her even more. He even told her that their computer had shown that we'd chosen not to be signed up to them. Well, why go ahead and continue to sign us up to them?

So, be warned Brits. If you're not already with TalkTalk, and are perfectly happy with your current phone and Internet provider, do not listen to these guys. You will regret it because they simply cannot take no for an answer.

Honestly, I don't think the computer showed that we were canceled. I think that was just his way of trying to calm Mom down. But, how would that calm anyone down? If you tell someone their details and shit have been canceled, then you fucking CANCEL it. You don't go ahead and continue to disconnect them from their current phone and Internet provider!

I swear...this company must only have customers from not listening to what people do and do not want. Is anyone on TalkTalk really happy with the service, or did you all just agree to get some people out of the house, then went ahead within seven days to cancel, only to find out the cancellation was all a fucking lie?

The Egg

Honestly, I have no real idea where this came from as I found it as a text file on my computer. I don't remember saving it, so I'm guessing that maybe a friend sent it to me. But, if it was sent by a friend, I can't remember who it was.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this little story thing. It is kinda interesting.

© to whoever wrote it.

Prescription: Twilight

Losty: Hi Tidan!!!
Tidan: How are ya, Losty?
Losty: im not goos
Losty: good**
Tidan: What's wrong?
Losty: im shakin
Tidan: How come?
Losty: and was fast asleep in my warm cosy bed
Tidan: Cold?
Losty: b4 that fuckin back thing started again
Losty: my heatings on
Losty: house is roasting
Losty: and im still shakin lol
Tidan: What back thing?
Losty: iv got a trapped nerve half way up my back
Tidan: Oh...that's not good. Guess ya can't get alot of sleep cuz of it, huh?
Losty: not really no
Tidan: How much sleep did you manage to get?
Losty: about 3 hours on and off
Losty: i went to bed at the same time as long
Losty: lol
Tidan: How long have you had that trapped nerve thing?
Losty: 2 days
Tidan: Ah. Very recent problem then
Tidan: Any idea how ya managed it?
Losty: not a clue
Tidan: Just woke up with it? Or did it happen when ya were out doing something?
Losty: just woke up with it
Tidan: That sucks.
Losty: i know
Tidan: Hope it sorts itself out.
Tidan: What have you been up to today, besides sleeping?
Losty: yeah
Losty: i was at the doctors
Losty: lol
Tidan: About the problem I take it? What did they say?
Losty: they blamed my flu
Losty: said it was a result of my coughin
Tidan: Oh. Did you tell them "But I'm not a vampire. I don't have a coffin and I never flew anywhere. HELP ME!"? lol
Losty: yes
Losty: thats exactly what i said
Losty: lol
Tidan: :))
Tidan: Bet they prescribed you Twilight. Told ya "Watch this. You'll be in so much pain watching this rubbish that you'll forget about your back pain."
Tidan: :))
Losty: lol
Tidan: Just as well the room is dead and no Twilight fanatics are in...else that comment would've gotten me into alot of trouble
Losty: thats true

Amusing songs

There isn't really going to be much to this entry. I just wanted to share a couple of links to YouTube videos that I'd found today.

I came across them by pure accident really. I was searching Google for the lyrics to a Dollyrots song titled "Om nom nom". The reason for that was because after Sharlet sent it to me on Yahoo!, I realized that the lyrics could be kind of sexual since Kelly was singing about how she couldn't fit something in her mouth. It's kind of dirty if you think about it in a perverted way. I've no idea if the song is meant to be perverted, but I don't think it is.

Anyway, here are the songs. They're all by someone named Parry Gripp. If you know the person, then you may already have heard these songs.

Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom.
Fuzzy Fuzzy Cute Cute.
Boogie Boogie Hedgehog.
Young Girl Talking About Herself.
This Is The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten

Disappointing

As I was watching The Irate Gamer a couple of days ago, I found out about this game called "Naughty Bear". From the brief clip of it which I'd seen of it, it looked to be very enjoyable, so I decided to check out a couple more videos of it on YouTube, and that made it seem even more fun! However, the disappointment came when I showed my younger brother the clips of the game. Why? Because now he badly wants me to get it so he can play it when I'm not home. "How is that a bad thing?" you may be asking. It's because it would require him playing my XBox 360, and I know for a fact he wouldn't hand me back the controller when I get home from where-ever I may be.

So, I'm decided that I'm not going to get it at all because I like playing my 360 when I'm home, and I don't want to deal with "Just let me complete this level." because that will continue into the next level, then the level after that, and I won't get the controller back for hours. I've also read on several sites that although it's fun for about an hour or two, it gets rather repetitive after that. That's another strike against the game. Ah well. Next game I'm going to get will most likely be Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, although there's about a month to wait until that comes out.

House burns down over $75

I...just could not believe my eyes when I saw this news report which a friend had posted in her Facebook status. I'm not 100% sure on the location where this happened, but it IS in the USA.

From what I've seen of the video (I haven't watched it all because it was both upsetting, and also caused a bit of anger. I'll watch it all a little later.), the fire fighters showed up to the house, but decided NOT to extinguish the fire. Why? Because the owners of the house hadn't paid a fee of $75 to do it. How fucking heartless can you get? I also heard in the report that the family were willing to pay it if they saved the house. I guess the reason they didn't just pay them there and then is because the money was either inside the burning house, or they didn't have money on them at the time and would need to go to the bank or something to get it. The fire fighters only acted when the fire started to spread to a neighbor's house, who'd paid the fee.

From a comment on my friend's status, she said that it was confirmed that there were pets INSIDE the burning house, which is now reduced to rubble. What happened to them? Were the pets rescued, or did they get left to burn inside the house? It's upsetting to think about really. I can't believe people would just let a house burn to the ground just because someone doesn't pay $75.

Makes me wonder...is this happening in just the one location in the USA, or is it something that is eventually going to be put into motion all over the USA? I'd hate to think that it would happen all over the USA because that will mean that there are going to be a few people losing their homes, or even their lives just because they can't pay $75, just because they can't pay up front.

<--!more-->UPDATE

Ok. I've watched the entire thing now and I'm even more shocked and pissed off. According to the video, there was supposedly 3 dogs and a cat inside the building, all of which died in the fire. GOD! What the fuck is wrong with people!?

I'm amazed by how heartless people are. That home had 100s of memories inside of it, 4 pets and...geez. The family isn't blaming the fire fighters for it because they were just "following orders" that were given by the mayor of the town. Fuck that. I'd fucking blame them. Who fucking cares what the mayor says!? Be a fucking human being and have a heart! You don't just stand there and watch years of memories burn away like that. Just think...what if it was YOUR home burning? What if you hadn't paid $75 just because you couldn't afford to, or didn't have the money on you at the time? How would you fucking feel!? Even the comments on the video are shocking. Here are just a couple I'd read that really shocked me.

This man is a deadbeat good-for-nothing liberal leech if I ever saw one. Listen to what he says at 1:49! He though he would get help even if he didn't support the struggling fire department with the $75 that everyone else paid. Well, if you refuse to pay for the privilege of fire protection, then don't come whining like a little bitch when bad luck comes. And TheYoungTurks spin this, as usual, to support their liberal agenda. And they always slam FOX News for being biased!

The guy we are talking about here paid ZERO dollars for fire protection. Guess what! That means he gets ZERO fire protection. If I go to the store and they offer to sell me something and I say I don't want to pay for it.... Guess what I don't get to take it home with me. That how it works. If you think 75 dollars is over charging then you can start your own fire department and charge $50.00 per year.

Shocking, huh?

Did I just make a mistake?

Oops. I think I may have just made a big mistake. Someone came to the door and knocked. I didn't get to it in time, but I did see the guy walking away. His work friend noticed me in the window and pointed, at which point the guy came back. Placing the dogs in the lounge, I open the door. What does the guy want? He asked if he could take the oven that has been outside of the house for a few months now. I shrugged and said "Sure.", then I noticed them loading it onto the truck. "Erm...oops.", I think to myself.

I didn't actually realize he was asking to take the oven. Shows how awake I was. I thought he asked "Can we take the scrap metal you have in the corner there?". It's not like we have a need for scrap metal. But, after they'd loaded it on the truck, I realized it wasn't "scrap metal". Hopefully, no-one will care that it's gone. Afterall, it's been there for months. It's not old, but somehow, after being rained on and such, I doubt it would work without some repair from an electronics specialist.

Shock horror

It's been 5 years, and I wasn't even aware. Someone I knew in school, Adam Dudley, was killed locally in a car crash. How did I find out about it? Someone else I knew in school had posted a status wishing him a happy birthday, and also added "R.I.P." to it.

Curious, I commented asking what had happened. Emma told me all about it. Supposedly, he went through the windscreen and was killed. If he were still alive, he would've been 27 today.

Well, Adam, happy birthday, and R.I.P. :(

Old look Dante no longer "cool"

The announcement of DmC was completely overshadowed by the revelation that Dante had been given a complete makeover, complete with darker hair, darker clothes, and a twink face. Many people called the look "emo" because they don't know what that word means, while some of us quite liked it. Now Ninja Theory has responded.

"The essence of Devil May Cry is all about 'cool,'" says creative director Tameem Antoniades. "It's about Dante being cool and making you feel cool when you're playing it, and so the combat and the style system and everything is integral to that. But, you know, what was cool 12 years ago -- I think that was when the first game came out -- isn't cool anymore.

"If Dante, dressed as he was, walked into any bar outside of Tokyo, he'd get laughed out. What Devil May Cry did when it launched was it brought everything that was great about action cinema like the fashion, music -- it was like a cultural melting pot -- and I feel like now, for Devil May Cry to have that same impact, it needs to draw on new things. New music, new ways of cinematography, new fashion."

This is the first time where I have to voice disagreement with Ninja Theory. Dante, in my mind, was NEVER cool -- and that was the point! His overwrought attempts to look edgy and stylish ended up making the old Dante look incredibly camp and silly, and I loved him for it. Just watch Dante's cutscenes in DMC4 -- they're friggin' ridiculous in an awesome way. I still think the new Dante looks fine and I am super pumped for this game, but I don't think Dante has ever been "cool" in a traditional sense.

Also, let's face it ... the new Dante would get laughed out of ANY bar if he strolled in.

I read this today on Playfire when I saw an update about Devil May Cry. So, the whole reason he had a complete looks change is because people no longer think the way Dante ALWAYS looked is "cool"? How is this new Dante cool, really? Does smoking a cigarette and looking like a Twilight character really equal "cool" in the minds of people? That's...really pathetic.

Someone really needs to explain to me why he needs to be changed from classic Dante to this new Dante just to be considered "cool". Who cares if Dante from the past games is no longer cool? We all loved him for the way he is. He doesn't need a complete image change.

Gaming Social Networks

Yes. I am aware that I've posted about this once before. But, as I've looked around, I've found a bunch of them, several of which I've signed up to. Why? Because I'm really curious about which is the best of them to use. Currently, I would have to say that it's kind of a draw between Playfire, and gamerDNA. However, I'm going to make a list of all the possible sites there are. Note: This isn't EVERY Gaming Social Network that is out there. I'm sure there are many more that people can find.

Playfire.
gamerDNA.
Pwned.com.
Gamefriends.
The Backloggery.
Rupture.

If you have had a wide selection of games, and wish to list them all, I'd recommend signing up for Playfire as they seem to have pretty much every console covered.

If anyone is signed up to The Backloggery, they'll have to let me know what that's like as they're no longer accepting registrations. Also, any other recommendations, let me know.

Does anyone know what happened to Rupture anyway? I've checked it several times, only to get the following message.

Rupture is down for maintenance. We are making upgrades to our platform so we can continue delivering quality service to gamers all over the world. Thanks for your patience, please check back soon!

How long has it been like this, and does anyone have any idea when it's coming back because I would like to try it out?

Devil May Cry 5 - What the hell?

I've got to say, I'm extremely disappointed with the way Dante appears in this trailer for Devil May Cry 5. What the hell did Capcom do to the guy!? Where's the classic image that we all came to know and love?

I didn't even realize there was a DMC5 until I received a notification about it on Playfire. After I'd read that this is meant to be a reboot, and several people complaining about his look, I just had to check YouTube for a trailer of it. I now understand why people are complaining. This "Dante" doesn't resemble the Dante we all know from DMC 1-4. Ok. I haven't played the 4th game, but I know his look well enough from the first three games, and he definitely did not look like that. I'll admit, he still have the same kind of attitude, but it sure doesn't look like him. As someone said in the comments about it on YouTube "this Dante looks like a reject from Twilight".

Gaming

This isn't going to be of interest to a few people who usually read this, but anyway, today, while looking at a forum, I noticed someone had a signature that linked to a site called Backloggery. What is it? Well, it's a site that allows gamers to keep track of games they own and such, and show other gamers what they've completed and are playing etc. Interested, I tried to sign up for the site, only to be told that they no longer accept registrations as of 6th August 2010 because they were supposedly getting too many. They are going to bring it back at some point, but have stated that if they do, it may be by an invite only basis. So, unless you know someone using the site, there's a possibility that you may never be able to register for this site. Disappointing.

I went to Google and decided to search for sites that were similar to it. Immediately, I came across Playfire, which I registered for. I've got to say I'm very happy with this site. I've added several games I own (as well as ones I don't anymore), and rated the games as well as listed which I'm currently playing, which I've completed and such. One great thing is they have games from tons of consoles. Amiga and everything. I've added several games that I did have on Amiga, and listed them mostly as completed because I did complete alot of these games before I got rid of the Amiga and all. Clearly, my "Game Collection" on there is going to be huge after I list all the games I played and completed as a kid on my Amiga 500 and all. Haha. It's definitely going to show how busy I was as a kid with that console.

Amazing woman

I've got to say I've met one hell of an amazing female on OkCupid lately. She's a goth (total bonus). I can't remember exactly how I came across her on OkCupid, whether it was a Quiver Match, or just a random search. However, whatever it was, I'm grateful for it. I don't think I've come across someone quite as amazing on there before.

So far, her and I have quite a bit in common. No real friends locally, enjoy video games like Final Fantasy, have similar tastes in music. I'd love to meet her, even if it's just as friends, although more would be great also.

I've completely lost Sharlet as a friend now. Last time, I didn't think it would be all that serious and that she'd forgive me for what I said, or apologize to me. However, she's deleted me off of Facebook and everything. Not seen her on Yahoo! or anything lately either. I assume that either she's not signing into chat anymore, or she's put me on ignore on everything now. So, that truly is the end of that friendship. Well, although she won't be reading any of this, let's just hope that everything in her life works out for her. It is a little sad that the friendship has ended after all these years though. But eh, what can you do?

Not too much else has been happening lately. I think I may have had an epileptic seizure a couple of days ago, but I'm not 100% sure on that because if it happened, it happened while I was sleeping and no-one was home. My only clues to it was that I woke up with a splitting headache (usually happens after one), and my bed covers were a complete mess. That was the only indications I may have had one. My tongue was hurting for a couple of days because I think I may have bitten it during this possible seizure. When I told a couple of people it was hurting, they'd assumed that I had gotten my tongue pierced. Haha. That's one thing I'd never do.

Recently, I've been watching recordings of old video games I once owned, as well as ones that seemed a little interesting that I've never played before. Games like Another World, Heart of Darkness and such. It's fun watching them for the memories.

The end of a friendship.

Anyone who read my last entry would probably know that I upset a friend of mine, Sharlet, when I told her the truth about what was required to become a vet. She asked me if she could become a vet with just a bachelor's degree. The answer I'd found had stated that to become a vet, you'd have to do a 4 year bachelor's degree in a college or something, then 4 years in vet medical school. Since it was more than just the bachelor's degree, she felt discouraged, saying it was pointless to do it then. Honestly, I wished I'd just lied and told her "Yes. You can.". At least then she wouldn't be discouraged and ready to just give up. But, I have to say I'm not surprised at the "I give up" reply. It happens alot when something she wants to do isn't as easy as she'd like it to be.

Spoke to my friend, Cherry, about it, and she said "I think that if you really want to be someone, no matter how hard it is or no matter what other people tell you, you would never give up.". She's right though. If Sharlet was really serious about becoming a vet, or anything else, she wouldn't give up just because the truth is harder than you would've liked.

Here's how the conversation went...

What did I do?

God...I'm beginning to wonder if I've done something to upset alot of people since people seem to be avoiding chatting to me. I know I've more than likely upset Sharlet. She wanted help finding out if she could become a vet with just a bachelor's degree, and when I told her the answer I got from one website, she felt very discouraged about it all since the answer had that it was require a 4 year bachelor's degree, then 4 years of vet medical school. Honestly, I wish I'd lied and just told her "Yes.", so she wouldn't be discouraged about it all. I even told her that before signing off because I really wanted to snap, but I can't snap at a friend. I'd feel awful for it if I did.

I have no idea why others aren't talking to me though. Asked Holly what was up with her, and she said that life sucks, but isn't saying anything more. Audrea appears to be ignoring me completely. What the heck did I do?

4chan - Don't mess with a higher power!

I'm a little bored, and also tired. Anyway, I was looking through the 4chan archives at /b/'s Moar Epic Threads, when I came across this picture, which I definitely have to say IS worthy of the word "Epic".

Now, I'm not a Christian myself, but you do have to admit that this is a pretty epic post for challenging a higher being; in this case, God.

I'm sure that this screen shot of an epic thread WOULD be of great interest to any Christians. Then again, it may also be interesting to people who are into the paranormal too.

Not much is really happening today. I didn't really get alot of sleep because I needed to do something early this morning. Set my alarm so I wouldn't miss waking up to do it. So, at 6:00, I was woken up by my alarm. I got up, sorted out the Betterware catalogs to be delivered, and left to deliver them. I got a little annoyed as I was going around because of seagulls flying around where-ever I was walking, screeching the kind of noise they usually make when they're about to attack. I had to watch my back for a while because of that.

Later today, Mom is taking Bryn to Plymouth to watch The Sorcerer's Apprentice in the cinema. Not sure if we're all going. The movie starts at about 18:35 I think. But honestly, all I want to do is fall asleep. I actually think I'm going to do just that as soon as I'm done with this entry. I know I could probably go see the movie too, but I have no idea if I'll even be able to stay awake through the movie. I'll probably fall asleep about 10 minutes into it. Haha.

More things have gone missing in the house too. Yesterday, Mom's boyfriend, Sean, took £3.50 out of his pocket and put it on the table next to his bed. About 5 minutes later, he went back to pick it up and it'd vanished. Who was the last person in the room? Bryn. Yet again, Bryn denied taking it. But, I'm more than sure he's the one taking everything. He was always asking to play on the Nintendo DS, and after several refusals of letting him borrow mine, it disappears. He was asking Sean for some money to buy some "Voodoo Doll" little figures from a store in town. Sean told him no over and over to it. Next thing you know, the money has disappeared. Is it all "just a coincidence" that the things go missing after Bryn gets refused the stuff? I don't think so.

Life in Flash

I know. Not everybody has a life like this, but I'm sure alot of people know what this sort of life is like. Recently, on Newgrounds, I found a Flash animation called Jerry. This turned out to be a rather depressing kind of Flash, especially when you know the kind of life style that this character lived. However, not everyone will consider the same "ending" as Jerry did in the animation. I know I haven't, even if life does seem a little dull at times. Check out the series if you're interested. Below, the links are posted in the order they were released. It will make more sense to watch them in the correct order.

Jerry.
Jerry and the Closet.
Jackie.
Junior.
Jerry:The End.

You may notice in the comments on these videos that people state that the animations are funny/humorous. Personally, I didn't see much comedy in most of them. I guess you could say that there IS a dark sense of humor in them. I didn't really laugh though because I kind of know the sort of life that Jerry was going through. Repetitive, with no real luck in anything. I wouldn't take the same ending as Jerry though. I'm not the type of person who would just give up like that.

Anyway, I hope anyone who takes a look at the animations will enjoy them as I did.

Moving out?

It turns out that Mom's boyfriend, Sean, is moving out of the house to get his own place again. I have no idea what the actual reason behind it is, but as usual, we're all getting the blame for it from Mom.

So, why is it our fault? Because we apparently don't talk to him enough. I'll admit that I don't talk to him alot, but that's because I don't really know him and it's hard to talk about anything with someone you see daily sort of if you don't know what their interests are. I mean, I could talk about things I like, such as video games and all, but I'm sure that would just bore him because he's not really into that stuff as far as I can tell. I will talk to him if he's talking to me about something, but I never start a conversation with him because I don't want to bore someone with something they have no interest in. I already had that kind of experience with a friend online, Heather. I was talking to her about Shadow Hearts: Covenant and about how some moments made me feel real sad. She didn't care. This is one reason I rarely start up a conversation with anyone offline. If someone really wants to talk to me, they'll start the conversation. I'm not doing it to be rude, but I don't want to bore someone to death with something they don't care about.

I also overheard Mom saying something about how Sean never invites his friends over because he's scared that we'll scare them off. How are we going to do that? He's had friends over a few times, and they usually go out into the garden and smoke/do drugs and chat. If they were really scared of us, why have they come over several times?

Anyway, because he's supposedly moving out, Mom is real depressed, like the relationship is over or something. He's not breaking up with her. He's just moving to his own place. We're not TELLING him to move out. It's his own choice. If he wanted to stay, he could. I don't think us being here would really affect how he feels for Mom, would it? If it does, then I would say he truly doesn't love her.

List of bands

There isn't going to be much to this entry. It's mostly just a post about bands I enjoy, and my favorite song by each.

After Forever - Energize Me
Epica - The Phantom Agony
Midnattsol - Haunted
Nightwish - I Wish I Had An Angel
Sirenia - The Path To Decay
Within Temptation - Memories

Eventful

I would say that today was one of the most eventful days that I’ve had in a while. Although, it was calm most of the day to be honest.

It all started at about 6:30. I awoke and immediately sorted out the order forms and Betterware catalogs, then proceeded outdoors to deliver them. The weather at the time was amazingly calm and dry, compared to the last 2-3 days when it’s been pouring with rain, with majorly strong winds. I had one person telling me they didn’t want a catalog as I was walking back up his pathway. Just told him “Ok then.”, while thinking to myself “Too bad, I already put one through your mailbox and can’t get it back.”. He clearly wasn’t moving to get the catalog and hand it back, so it really is too bad. Nothing I can do about it without breaking the door down or something. Haha.

Most of the day was rather quiet after that until about 17:00 when I went out to deliver the items I needed to deliver being Tuesday. I didn’t even realise I had as many orders as I had. Was a heavy load to carry around with me. I did ask for help, but as usual, no-one in my family was willing to help me carry the stuff around. So, I had to struggle with this heavy load of items. Luckily, I got rid of most of it, so I didn’t have to carry it down several roads.

I had one old lady ask me for help with assembling the lamp she’d purchased from me. Obviously, I said I would since I’m nice like that and wouldn’t leave someone with problems to assemble something like that. She’s kinda shaky, and the lamp’s shade had glass panels which needed screwing on. I got paid for helping her out, so that was nice too. A little extra money is always good. And no, I didn’t ASK her to pay me for doing it. She gave me the money. I wouldn’t have said anything if she didn’t give me the cash. I’m not greedy. I could use extra money though due to the fact I don’t have a job, and any cash I can get my hands on is useful to me.

Talked to the old lady a bit while I was assembling the lamp. She was telling me about where she’d lived in the past, and about shows she watched on TV. I didn’t really say too much myself because I didn’t really know what to say, and my life isn’t really that interesting as I’m sure a few readers have noticed. I still have a couple of items I need to deliver though. No heavy items though, which is good.

Sadly, it’s pouring with rain again now. Will the wind pick up too? If it does, I really hope I don’t need to do the papers in the morning. I think I would rather just sleep for as long as possible.

Horrifying

I ended up being awoken at about 6:11 this morning to help deliver some papers. I was surprised by what I read on a couple of the papers front pages. This is what I saw. This was taken was the Daily Mail.

Several weeks wait

It looks like I have a several week wait before I can play any of my DS games again. I asked my brother if he could get me a new one since he has plenty of money, but that turned out to be a huge "No!". Basically got told to save my money and buy one myself. That will take me several weeks though since I don't get much cash at all doing what I do. I badly need a job. It would be so much easier to get myself things if I had a job.

I've searched my bedroom several times now for my DS, and had no luck. It doesn't appear to be anywhere. Knowing my luck though, it'll turn up as soon as I buy a new one. It'll be several weeks later, I get a new one, and my old one will show up. I'm really disappointed that it won't just show up now. I still wonder if my youngest brother is the one who took my DS though. I'm really suspicious now since he came into my room at like 7am, probably expecting me to still be asleep, and I asked what he was doing, and just got told "I just want to sit here for a little while." Why? What reason does he have to sit in my room when my TV doesn't really work? Makes me wonder if he's trying to steal some of my DS games now, or maybe the charger for the DS.

Taken...

I knew this was going to happen.

I went out to collect Betterware catalogs, and Bryn came into my room saying he was just going to "lay down for a while." As I was walking around collecting the catalogs, I thought about what he may do when left alone in my room. I remembered that he wanted to play some game with his friend, Brandon, but needed a Nintendo DS to do it. This is when I thought he was probably lying and was going to take my DS and go to his friends. I get home, and what do I find? I find that Bryn has vanished, as well as my DS.

I'm going to fucking kill him as soon as he gets home. I hate people taking my stuff without my permission. That DS had a game of mine in it, and I'm scared that he's going to damage the DS, or lose the game that was in the console, or even both. The sad thing is, if he does, I can't get the money off of him for a new one, meaning all my DS games will be useless for a while, including the new one I ordered today, Chrono Trigger. *sighs*

How Can I Not Love You?

I'm feeling a little depressed now because of an old video I found. The words have so much more truth to them now then they did back when I first saved the video. The characters, Chrno and Rosette, make it so much more depressing because there are similarities between them and between myself and Sharlet. She has a girlfriend now, Kerri, who hates me. This is why the words have so much more truth now than in the past, at least for me. If you'd like to see the video and song, check out Chrno Crusade-How Can I Not Love You?.

It's not the only song that reminded me of her. Another was Everytime We Touch by Cascada. Although, that one made me smile.

People I hate...

This isn't really going to be about alot of people. It's actually just about one person currently. This guy named Harley who can usually be found in 20's Love:2, although he can be found in 20's Love:3 at times. Usually whenever I see him, I immediately jump over to another room, which makes some of my new Yahoo! friends laugh when they see me hoping in and out of rooms just because he enters.

So, why do I hate this guy? It's because of his attitude. He is one of those people who think that they are better than everyone else and that everyone should be like them. I've seen him say in the room before something like "We should have a competition. The prize can be "Be like Harley for a day."". He's totally hung up on himself like he's the greatest person ever. I have no tolerance for people like this. Sure, I know I could just put him on ignore and never have to deal with him, but since alot of people appear to like him, it wouldn't do much good and I'm sure they'd consider me rude if I ignored him and then he tried to talk to me. So, it's better just to leave.

A couple of my friends will follow me to other rooms, but alot of them seem to stick around with Harley. I've been told before that it's just an act and they don't really like him, but if that were true, why would they follow him from one room to another. They can be in 20's Love:3, and Harley will enter. He'll then move back to 20's Love:2, and alot of my friends will follow him. So, I can't believe it's just an act. An act would just be talking to him, and praying he leaves, then remaining in the room when he does leave. So, I can tell the ones who really do hate him. They'll stick with me, or remain in a room when Harley leaves to another. They're the ones who are an act and who I can believe are an act.

Northern Lights

Sadly, I never got to see them. Mom boyfriend, Sean, was telling me about them, and was saying that he was told by several people that they would be visible from the UK at about 3:20. I got over to the Wooldown to get away from all the lights since that was one recommended place to view them from. However, there was nothing. It was a huge no show. At about 4:00, I left and went back home. I would've stayed out there longer, but I got really freaked out.

Why?

I was stood alone in that field for about 30 minutes, and then I noticed this figure standing just a few feet away from me. It never moved. It just appeared to be looking at me. I left to another back of the field. About 10 minutes after that, I heard growling and snarling, and a rustle from the bushes. I immediately left the field, totally freaked out.

I'm sure some people are going to tell me that it's only visible from Alaska, and certain places in the USA, and not in the UK. But, when I got home, I looked it up on the net. A UK newspapers site (The Mail) had pictures and info posted about it being visible in the UK, but no reports of it in the UK...yet. So, it wasn't just a rumor from some random pub customers. Not sure if anyone in the UK managed to see it though. I know I didn't get to see it, which is sad because I was really looking forward to seeing it.

If anyone reading this from the UK saw them, could you please comment, especially if you have pictures of it that I can see.

Looe Carnival 2010

The Carnival was a major disappointment for floats this year. There were only two real floats there, and none worth taking pictures of. If this continues, then soon, the only float that will be there will be Sheila's School of Dancing. How will 2011's Carnival turn out? Well, I'm hoping better than this year. If it isn't, then 2012 is going to be a year where I won't go and check it out. Mom and all thought it was completely pointless to have walked down this year because of how empty it was, and I don't blame them for thinking like that. It really was pointless.

Unexpected

I got one of the most unexpected surprises today. An e-mail. From Robin.

Didn't want to reply this email at first... but on a second thought i will. So you know the kinda loser you are... This is Africa, the internet have been off for sometime now, even the electricity in the hotel.. Imagine my shock when i came on to see all your emails. Your insults and accusations. You just showed me how shallow minded and desperate you are. You never loved me, because if you did... you would have given me that benefit of doubt.
I am even tired writing this mail...... Just go okay... bye!

Yup. Well, I replied to her, apologizing for getting angry with her about it all. But seriously, it did seem like a huge scam. Several friends thought it was. I thought it was. There was also a news report on it. The UK's five most common scams. Number three in those scams was about online dating.

#3 Romance and dating frauds

These frauds tend to involve you meeting the person of your dreams online, but it turns out they aren't who they say they are. Once they've earned your trust, they'll then try to get money out of you, for all sorts of emotive reasons.

This is one of the UK's fastest growing scams. To find out more on how the scammers reel you in and rob you, have a read of When falling in love can be costly

That seemed like Robin all over. This amazing person who ended up trying to get the money out of me.

I'm surprised I even got a reply from her. Anyway, if she IS real, then I've blown it all. However, it could still be a scam just to get the cash out of me. Either way, it doesn't matter anymore, does it? If it's still a scam, she's not getting anything out of me. If it's not, well, I've clearly blown it and it doesn't matter now.

I'm not...I'm sleeping

I just have to post about this because it's so funny. I didn't know the entire story until now.

Last night, after work, Mom's current boyfriend, Sean, went and had a few drinks before coming home. At about 5 in the morning, he climbed out of bed, and started to piss on the bedroom floor. Mom looked at him, asking "Sean, what are you doing?", to which he replied "I'm sleeping." She then goes on to ask him "Why are you pissing on the floor?", to which he replied "I'm not. I'm sleeping." After that, he climbed back into bed and went back to sleep.

I haven't been able to stop myself from laughing whenever it comes up now. It's just so funny.

After I got home from delivering Betterware catalogs, he'd just gotten out of bed, so I asked him if he knew that he pissed on the bedroom floor. He kept telling me he didn't, and I laughed. After calling Mom at work, he found out that he really DID piss on the floor and was feeling a little embarrassed about it I think. Told me afterward that he's never going to drink again. Honestly, I don't believe that because I know several people who have said they're never going to drink again, or smoke again, and they always do end up doing either or both again.

As I promised in my previous entry, here is a link to Robin's OkCupid profile. If you're from the UK or anywhere else for that matter, DO NOT message her. It's just a scam for cash. You'll be doing yourself a huge favor staying as far away from this "girl" as you can.

Barbeque

Had a fun day yesterday, as well as a day of disappointment, as I'm sure readers of my last two entries should have noticed by now.

At about 15:00, my father showed up to bring my brother his birthday present (his birthday is today), which I currently have in my bedroom still. He also spent a little bit of time with us. We went out to Hannifore to play a couple of games of mini-golf. We played in teams of two when we went out there. Dad was teamed up with his friend, who I think was named Jane, but I'm not 100% sure about that. I was teamed up with my sister, and my brother was teamed up with my younger brother. Who won? Well, my two brothers won the first game, and in the second one, my brothers, as well as me and my sister drew the game. Dad and Jane lost with the least points in both games.

We said good bye to them, and went home. After an hour or so of waiting and not doing a whole lot, it was time for the next thing.

18:00 rolls around. We all get into my brother's car, and we head off to the Carbeille Inn at Torpoint. My cousin was hosting a BBQ, and invited me via Facebook about a week or two ago. So, we all went together. I got to see the place for the first time. I've never been there before, so I honestly didn't know my way around. My uncle was cooking the burgers and all, so I got a plain burger from him. (Plain being just a burger in a bun. No sauces or cheese or nothing.) I also had a glass of cola and we all just sat outside and consumed the food and drink.

Then we moved inside, and we all went to where the pool table was at. We had a few games of pool before leaving for home.

I can't say it was the greatest time ever. There was nothing wrong with the BBQ at all, but I wasn't 100% with it because of scenery zooming by as my brother drove there fairly quickly. Because of my epilepsy, for some reason, my eyes try to take in every little detail of things, and if it's all zooming by, my brain kinda can't handle it, and I feel like...dizzy, but also more alert. I probably seem like I'm kinda stoned or something because I doubt I look that normal when it happens.

At about 20:30, we were home again. Not much longer after that, I went to bed to get some sleep because I really couldn't snap myself out of the messed up feeling.

Apart from the disappointment of being lied to and scammed by "Robin", and the dizziness/alertness feeling, yesterday was actually a really good day.

I need to go out and deliver a few Betterware catalogs now, but I'll return later with a short entry, linking to "Robin" on OkCupid. I feel people in the UK should know about her and know to completely avoid her and her "I need money" scam.

No word

Alright, it's been over 24 hours now, and there's still no word from Robin. It's definitely looking like a scam now. I think I'll post some of the messages here so people can see what it's been like for the past couple of days.

Scammed or not?

I really have no idea what is happening with Robin at the moment. Earlier, she was e-mailing me alot, and we have about 10 emails going back and forth in which she was continuing to ask for money, sent via Western Union. I tried to explain several times that I don't have £347. She continued to ask though, saying I should pay via credit card and all. I don't understand why though. I wish she would trust me on it when I say I don't have £347 because I honestly don't. All I own in terms of cash is £20. Continuing to ask for £347 isn't going to make it suddenly appear in my bank or something.

After several times of explaining I can't get the cash, as much as I'd like to help, she stopped talking to me. This is when I started to wonder if this is all just a scam to get cash out of me. That's how it's feeling currently. Constantly asking for cash, then going totally silent because she can't get the cash from me. I ended up bluntly asking her if she was for real or is just after cash. I sent a follow up e-mail to that one explaining why I would feel like that. I explained that if you were talking with someone alot, seeming like an amazing person, then asking for cash constantly, and when you can't get it, stop talking...that person is going to get the feeling you're just after their cash.

What are my readers opinions on this? Several friends of mine think it's just a scam to get cash out of me, although a couple hope for my sake that it isn't because it would be nice to see me with someone...and I'm starting to think it is too since she's not saying a word to me for about 10 hours now. Please, comment and let me know your thoughts on this, readers.

Bad day...

Today has just been getting worse really. Firstly, I couldn't help out Robin with her problem due to a lack of money, and now, I've upset a good friend by insulting her current partner, Kerri.

Supposedly, I'm alot like Kerri because we hate each other for no reason. Well, I don't really hate her to be honest, but I can't say I like her either because of the way she treats Sharlet. I don't have any idea why she hates me though. I do know that I've fucked up and upset Sharlet, and in turn, I've upset myself more. Why do I always end up hurting the people I care about? Why can't I have a better life? I badly need a job so I can sort out things for myself. But, how am I going to get one?

I'm curious about what's going to happen tomorrow. Robin is supposed to be coming home tomorrow. But, what is going to happen? Is she going to come here and meet me in town? Or, is she just not going to bother with me anymore because I haven't been able to do 2 things for her now?

Well, depending on the weather, I should probably go into town regardless and look for around for jobs. I just hope to hear something from Robin soon. I would like to know if she'd be able to come here so I'd know whether I need to be in town by a certain time, or whether I'm going to just walk into town and look around for jobs before heading home...alone.

Currently, I'm just praying she's still interested and that I'll meet her tomorrow, and show her around town while looking for jobs.

Money troubles

This isn't really about me, although I can admit that I am having trouble with money. The trouble being that I don't have alot of it. Anyway, this girl I met on OkCupid who's very interested in me, is currently in Africa and was buying antiques to sell from home, since that's what she does for a job. However, she budgeted herself a certain amount for the shipping of them back to the UK, and it turns out she's £347 short. She told me in her e-mail to me that she'd asked her clients and all for a loan of the £347 that she'd pay back, but was refused it by them all. So, she turns to me for help. But, due to not having a job and all, I don't have £347. I only have about £20 on me. That's not going to be alot of help. I kinda feel bad in a way that I am unable to help her.

I'm just hoping that she can find a way to get everything back to the UK, and doesn't have to end up losing some of the items to be able to get the rest back.

What saddens me more is that tomorrow, she'd like me to go and meet her at the airport in Bristol to pick her up. However, I cannot drive, so I would have to rely on Mom to drive me there. But, knowing Mom, she won't do that. I had less of a distance to travel a couple of years back when someone was selling a puppy that I wanted, and as we got real close to the place, Mom turned around and went back home again. I missed out on getting that dog because of that. From where I live to Bristol, it's a 139 mile journey, and I'm pretty sure that if I were to ask Mom to drive me, I'd get refused that since it would have to be a 2 way journey as I want to take Robin to a BBQ my cousin is having on Saturday. The journey in total would be 278 miles. That would definitely make it a big "NO!" from Mom if I asked.

What does this all mean? Well, I'm starting to wonder if she'll even want me after this. I can't get to the airport to pick her up. I can't loan her £347. Will she still be even remotely interested in me when I can't do shit to help her? I'm starting to doubt it. I just pray that she doesn't hate me for it because I've really been looking forward to meeting her, but I'm starting to wonder if I've fucked up totally with not being able to help her out at all in any way. I hate having no job. I hate having epilepsy and not being able to drive. Fucking hell. Why does nothing ever go correctly for me?

Snapple Facts (Retired)

I didn't know they facts on the website for Snapples until a friend of mine, Cherry, started talking about wanting a Snapple in a Yahoo! chatroom we were in together. Checking out the website, I started looking at "Retired Facts", and learned some pretty interesting things I didn't really know before. I'm sure some people know certain ones though. I decided that I'm going to post the facts in this entry.

Problem unsolved

It doesn't appear that my problem with voice chatting on Yahoo! with friends is going to be solved at all. I did order a headset, as well as a separate microphone to make it possible to play music through my speakers to play to people in the chatroom if I felt like it, as I've done that a couple of times with the microphone on my broken webcam. I don't think the sound quality of it is that great though.

The headset and mic arrived today, but my brother decided to keep them in his room where I can't get at them as a sort of "punishment" for me spend Mom's money to get them, as well as 3 games. I'm going to pay her back for them, and she knows that as I'd given her back about £7 of the £67 I spent so far. I'll slowly pay her back the rest. But, if he's going to keep them, then I guess all I really owe her is £37. I'm not gonna pay for things that I can't have. My brother can give her the money for it instead, and I'll have to work out how to save money for another headset and mic. What a pain. Anyway, Mom can blame him for me keeping her up at night when I have voice on since I'll have to continue to play everything through the speakers.

The Watcher

This is something that happened yesterday, which I clearly missed because I was sleeping.

I was getting ready to deliver some papers this morning at around 6am, my sister was talking to Mom about this suspicious looking guy who, yesterday, wandered past our house several times, looking at it every time he walked by, then eventually proceeded to sit across the road from the house, and continued to watch it. Why would someone do that?

I spoke to Holz about it after that, and she told me that if he happens to come by again doing this, I should probably call the cops, which isn't a bad idea because it's creepy to have someone watching the house like that.

Memories

This is something I've thought about a few times after I'd spoken to an old school friend, Amy Williams, over the past couple of days. I was discussing past events, and saying that I would love to be able to go back in time and change certain events in my life, such as the crash I was in when I had to go to this DMT place when I was on Job Seekers Allowance. I swear that crash is completely responsible for my epilepsy. Before that, I'd never had a seizure or anything. I was completely fine. No medical problems at all. JSA is something I'm never doing again because there is no way in hell I am going to get sent back there again.

Wandering the town

I haven't had much sleep today really. I climbed into bed about 2am today, and woke up about 5am. Guess an internal clock told me to wake because Mom was most likely going to wake me to do papers today because of sister working on the weekends. Imagine my surprise when she never asked for my help. I guess she thought I was sleeping and didn't want to disturb me. So, I woke up early for no real reason.

I left the house about 9am to go and deliver this one Betterware order to someone. At first, I thought there was no-one home because I never got an answer when I rang the bell. Like usual, I looked around into the garden to see if maybe they were hanging about in the garden, since it's a nice day out. They were. It was a youngish guy with 2 young girls. I'd assume that it was a father and his 2 daughters. The owner of the house said that she wouldn't be home this week, but someone would be there to take the items.

After that, I went into town to collect my pills because I'd forgotten to ask Mom if she could pick them up for me today. So, I figured I'd do it else I probably wouldn't get them until Monday, which wouldn't be too good because I would've run out of pills today, and would have had to go Sunday without any. While in town, I decided to look around, see if there were any jobs going. No such luck. All I got was very hot because it's damn hot outside today. Walking up hill doesn't really help. Just makes you feel even hotter. I had to splash cold water over my face several times when I got home.

A year already?

I can't really believe that. I logged onto Facebook after waking up today to see that a few friends' statuses are about Michael Jackson and how he died a year ago today. Has it really been a year already? It only seems like it happened a couple of months ago. I'm amazed that it's been an entire year. If that's true, then I guess there's going to be a lot of stuff about him on a whole lot of TV channels. But, I never watch TV anymore, so that really won't affect me too much. Haha.

I wonder how long it's been since I last watched TV then if it's already been a year since Michael Jackson's death? Now I'm curious whether I made a note of it in this blog anywhere in the past.

Dead bird

It's not been all that great of a day for my sister it appears. One of the dogs we have now, Penny, is constantly leaping up at the bird cage in my sister's room whenever the birds are flying around. Today, she did it again, but this time, Penny managed to get one of the birds in her mouth. My brother tried to save it from her, but the bird bit him right under the nail, and the bird was dead before he could try again. My sister isn't happy about it at all, and is extremely mad with the dog, who she is usually perfectly fine with.

I haven't been up to much myself today. I was woken up about 23:00 yesterday by a female voice whispering my name and telling me to "Come on!". I didn't get too much sleep really, due to a picture of a ghost I'd seen online causing me to have trouble falling asleep. So, annoyed, I yelled "Alright! I'm coming!" and opened my eyes to see that no-one was there.

Since about 11:00, I've been playing around with my guitar, which I've taken to teaching myself on. I now know how to play a few tunes/partial tunes. I can't play the full tune of most of these fairly simple songs. I can, so far, play the Jurassic Park theme, part of the Mario Brothers theme (does anyone have a good tab on it?), Mary Had A Little Lamb, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and part of Deck the Halls. I know these are all simple songs and there's nothing majorly difficult about them, but I'm a beginner at guitar. Always best to start simple than to get into something hard immediately and ending up quitting out of frustration of not being able to play your favorite tunes. Seems to be something a lot of people seem to do. Immediately try to learn a tune by a band they love and then quit because it's too difficult to do.

Facebook to charge?

I may have posted about this before. I'd really love to know how this whole rumor started. I have to admit that I'm tired of constantly being invited to a whole bunch of these different "We will not pay for Facebook. If you charge, we're gone." groups. That may not be the exact name of a group, but that roughly the name of just about all of these groups. Do people really believe that?

Think seriously about it for a moment. There are several social networking sites, the two best known ones being MySpace and Facebook. The most popular of the two currently is Facebook. Now, if Facebook were to charge, people who are not willing to pay or don't have the money to pay for it if they were willing to pay, will leave and most likely go back to MySpace. The people who would pay for Facebook would leave not too much longer afterward because I'm sure most of their friends would be gone, and they won't see a point to paying for something when their friends are no longer there. This would lead to Facebook shutting down and their business being no more.

Would Facebook really be that stupid? There may be times when they have been "losing" money, but I'm sure they're making alot more money being free than they would if they charged for it.

I've done a search on Google for this kind of stuff, and there are several sites that have stated it's just a rumor. A scam. Something someone started in order to scare Facebook users away from Facebook. There's even an article on an official UK newspaper's (The Telegraph) website saying that Facebook CEOs and such have denied that they will charge for it.

I don't believe for a second they will charge for it. It seems that several of my friends believe it though with the amount of invites to these groups I've had to ignore.

Here are a few websites revealing it's a lie. A scam. Sure, there are several that say it's the truth, but I don't believe them. If it turns out to be true, then I'll apologize for being wrong. They'd be retards though if they do and don't want to become a forgotten part of the Internet.

Pay to Use Facebook [SCAM]
Telegraph - Facebook dismisses rumours of charging plans
CNN - Why you'll never have to pay for Facebook
Facebook Is NOT Turning Into A Pay Site

WoW saves lives

I just have to share this link I had received in my e-mail from StumbleUpon. I occasionally get e-mails from them with "Recommended Sites" that are similar to ones I've liked on there. I can't exactly what websites I did add to my favorites, so I have no idea what this news story was similar to, but I just have to share because it's so amazing, yet a little bit silly at the same time!

Norwegian Boy saves Sister from Moose Attack using World of Warcraft skills.

I guess this does kind of prove one thing - video games CAN educate you in useful skills. So, you can't tell people that video games are no good for you when they can teach you useful stuff like this. Sure, they could also be a negative influence too, but you usually hear that they're bad for you and never do anything good. That news shows that there can be good that comes from playing games!

Chat Roulette Improv

I'm sure there are plenty of people who already know about Merton, the piano guy who has a couple of videos on YouTube where he'd sung to people on Chat Roulette. There's also another guy who plays guitar and does something similar to Merton. Not surprisingly, people compare them to one another, and this other guy is getting comments from Merton fans telling him he sucks, isn't funny, and is just copying Merton. Personally, I like both Merton, and this guitarist. They're both hilariously funny to me.

I've had a few friends telling me I should do improv myself on Chat Roulette when I'm better at playing the guitar, which is something I would definitely take an attempt at because it seems like a lot of fun. Obviously, if I ever record it and put it on YouTube, there are going to be a ton of people who are going to say I'm copying Merton, or copying this other guy, or maybe copying both. Maybe it is slightly, but why are people so shallow-minded about things like this that other people started? Hell, anyone who can play an instrument can do what these two are doing. You'd be told you're copying though because you weren't the first to do it.

Technically, wouldn't everyone on Earth be copying something if they weren't the first ever person to do it? You could write really silly parodies, and you're most likely going to be compared with someone else, like maybe Weird Al. I doubt Weird Al is one of the first ever people to write parodies, but he's definitely one of the best known parody writers.

I wish for once people would watch a person for what they are, and not compare them to someone doing a similar things. If you've got to be one of those people, then here's a simple solution. Quit bitching about how they're copying someone if you don't like them, and just don't watch their stuff. Simple!

Well, I'm just going to link the videos by Merton and the other guy here because I enjoy them a lot. Hopefully narrow-minded people aren't going to watch Merton, then go to the other guy and whine about how he's copying.

Chat Roulette Funny Piano Improv #1
Chat Roulette Funny Piano Improv #2

Funny Chat Roulette Acoustic Improv #1
Funny Chat Roulette Acoustic Improv #2 w/Kazoo
Funny Chat Roulette Acoustic Improv #3 (My favorite of the 5 videos by this guy)
Funny Chat Roulette Acoustic Improv #3 Unused Clips
Funny Chat Roulette Acoustic Improv #4

I hope people enjoy both of these guys. If not, don't be immature and leave comments about how one is copying the other.

Wow. Thanks

I've got to say I got the most pleasant surprise when I logged onto WordPress today to look at my stats. 23 views! That's a new record for my blog since usually I don't get more than four or five views a day. Before today, the most views I had gotten was 9 back on Saturday, May 29, 2010. So, to all those who viewed my blog today, thanks.

Also, thanks to Mister Reiner for his comment on my last entry, Negativity. It helped. In-fact, I like the words of encouragement so much, I'm going to share them here.

Every day is a new day. An opportunity to wake up with a smile instead of a frown. As long as you’ve got a roof over your head, a comfortable bed to sleep in and a full stomach, life is good. If your employment situation is getting you down, see if you can find some volunteer work to keep you busy or help some of the elderly folks around your neighborhood or read out loud to younger kids at the local library. Wash cars, clean yards, run errands, whatever. Your life doesn’t have to revolve around you – it can revolve around others. The more you give of yourself, the more you will get in return. You’ll see.

Be happy to be alive and to have people around you that care about you. Those are things worth living for. If you’re not doing anything, do something for those you care about to make their lives easier. Look around the house – I’m sure you’ll find something you can do. It’s not about what they will do in return for you, because that is not what life is all about.

I hope those words can help out other people as it did with me. It livened my day, that's for sure.

I never got into town today because I was too tired to stay awake long enough to do it. So, sometime this week, I've really got to try to get into town to look around for work. Hopefully, I can find something to apply for. I could try calling this B&B place tomorrow to see what it is they require. I spotted their number on the door of the Londis store down the road after I'd delivered Betterware catalogs, and ended up muttering the number all the way home in order to remember it. I guess this is a hint to always carry a pen and a notepad around. Would be easier than talking to yourself over and over in order to remember the correct number.

Hopefully, what the B&B requires is something I can actually do. If it involves cooking, then that's me pretty much out because I am I useless cook. It's a skill I lack. If it's just cleaning and stuff, I could do that because I've done that kind of work before. It's not something I enjoy, but you've just got to take anything you can do really since jobs appear to be hard to find recently.

Also, I've been a member of this site, formspring.me for a few days now, and although it's fun answering questions, it can die down when no-one is asking you anything. So, I guess this is as good a place as any to ask, if you'd like to ask me some questions, go to my page there, and ask something. Obviously, if it's too lewd, or something I don't want to make public, you may not get an answer. So, be careful what you ask. You don't need to be a member to ask a question, just so you know. If you decide to create an account, please leave your page address in a comment and I'll ask you something in return!

Negativity

I've majorly upset one person I care a hell of a lot about again. I'm sure a few readers have noticed that I can be quite negative at times, or maybe a lot of times. I have no idea on that really. I don't think I'm negative a lot, but maybe I just don't see it because I cover things up with jokes as much as I can.

I guess I can admit that I haven't been as positive as I probably can be lately. It's not like my life is one of the worse ever, and I know that. As Sharlet told me, if I really want an easy way out of everything, I know what to do. But, that isn't something I'm going to do, even though I'm sure a few people recently have been wishing I would take the easy way out so they won't have to listen to my negativity.

I have my guitar laying on my bed. What I really need to do is look for some website to teach me chords and such so I can start learning to play it. There is probably somewhere in town that does lessons, and although I would go for that, I don't have the money for it. So, currently, I'm just going to have to teach myself as best as I can. If anyone knows of any good websites for that, please let me know.

Unreliable

Great. I’ve lost a Betterware customer now, thanks to Neil. She called up just now saying that she had ordered something from me about a month again, and she’d never received it. I asked her if she knew what it was, and apologized that I never got it because I give all the orders to my “boss”. She then told me not to bother delivering catalogs to her anymore because she’d rather order things from someone reliable. Thanks a fucking lot, Neil! I don’t make much money, and now I’m going to make even less since I lost that customer.

Things really aren’t going my way lately it seems. I still need to find a job, but no-one else in the house does. Mom’s boyfriend, Sean, got my sister a job. It’s nice how everyone in the house gets offered jobs without trying, however, I don’t. Why can’t things just go my way for once? Next thing I have to wonder is, how many other customers, besides that one who called me, am I going to lose if she tells her friends that I’m unreliable?

Monday, I think I’ll have to walk into town, again, and search around for jobs again. Sadly, I don’t think I’ll find anything, and nothing is going to fall into my lap like it does for the rest of my family.

Fox News Update

I'm not having a very good time lately. I've upset the girl I love several times recently, although not meaning to do it on purpose. Honestly, I could understand if she doesn't care for me in the same way I care for her after all the upset I've caused her. I just wish I could actually make someone completely happy for once instead of upsetting them.

As for jobs, still no luck. Why is it everyone else in this house gets jobs offered to them without having to look for them? I wish someone would offer ME a job without me having to look around. But, that's just wishful thinking.

I was just flicking through The Sun newspaper, and spotted that there was an update on the fox attack news that I reported in Fox News. Here's the update.

Fox News

I'm sure this title will be misleading, but I figured it would be a fun title for this news story I just spotted on the front page of the British newspaper, The Sun. Now, the news story definitely isn't something to laugh about.

Pet scare

I have to admit, I was a little scared earlier thanks to Dyson. I was leaving my bedroom, and looked into Mom's room to see him laying on her bed. Like usual, I said "What are you doing there, Dyson?", at which point he usually puts his head up and looks over at me. This time though, he never did that. He just lay completely still, staring blankly over toward the window. After looking at him for about 10 seconds, I felt really scared because he wasn't blinking or remotely moving. I ran into the room and sat on the bed to pet him, sadly saying "Dyson?". He decided to move at this point.

He not a young dog. He's 10 years old, which is why it scared me. I'm glad he's ok though.

Ignorance and hate

I was linked to this page by a friend, which is really a sad sight if you're an animal lover. I have to say, I'm shocked by some comments that people have posted on there. For example, this one comparing animals to human suffering.

I think it is pathetic how all of you can be moved by the suffering of some birds, while the United States has multiple active wars in progress. Wars that hurt humans.

If you will sit back and let war be waged around the world, why is this really so hard to witness? We eat birds every day.

If you don't care about humanity, quit fooling yourself, you don't care about this either.

Pathetic!

Now, I care about people, and I care about animals. But, this person is basically saying people should not care about these oil slicked birds, because animals are just food. Are you kidding me? If you think about it, if all humans' actually cared about life, then there wouldn't be any wars. There wouldn't be any killing of other humans. Don't tell people they do not care about humanity just because we care about animals and find animals in danger saddening. Tell people that kind of stuff on a news report about human deaths and war!

Honestly, I wish that most humans, the "most intelligent" species on Earth would use that thing between their ears called a brain, to realize that murder and war and such is actually very UNINTELLIGENT and stop killing one another! Until you can drill that into peoples' heads, then don't bitch at the people who care about animals, because I think you'll find we care about humans too.

I also don't care much for this comment.

no words. the british must pay for this. colonialist pigs. everything they touch dies or gets murdered. Just look at their history!! All their women leaders from Elizabeth to Thatcher are bloody murderers.

Why do people blame an entire country for one thing like this? I'm a Brit, and I have NOTHING to do with this horrible act. I'll acknowledge that BP is a British company (I didn't know that until today), but how are ALL Brits linked to this? It's one company! Come on, that would be like blaming every person in the United States for stupid decisions like the war in Iraq. Is every person in the US really responsible for that? NO!

I really wish people wouldn't be so ignorant, and blaming every American for the suffering in the world. Or calling every Brit a murderer because of history. STOP BEING STUPID PEOPLE!

How do you say sorry?

I really hate upsetting the people I care most about, but I manage to majorly upset one of my best friends yesterday all because of a missing line in the conversation. I was asking about her pet dog, and she told my that the dog was being stupid, then said not to ask. Jokingly, in my usual fashion, I asked "Why?" and this angered her. I apologized then proceeded to ask her why she was annoyed. Bad idea because this angered her even more. It turns out she didn't want me to ask why she was annoyed.

I honestly don't know what to do. I went silent on her because I didn't want to make her even more angry with me, but she was blah about it, thinking I was gone. I did, however, leave after a couple of hours of not talking to go and get some sleep. Since then, I haven't logged onto Yahoo! because I really don't know what to say to her. I totally pissed her off yesterday. In-fact, her Twitter status not too long after I angered her was "Why the hell do I attract psychos? Someone please tell me".

Am I one of those psychos? I love her, which is why I'm curious about it. If I am, then I guess I should just be friends, and never try to be anything more. God, that will be hard. Is it possible to do that with someone you'd really like to be with?

Facebook monthly fee?

...apparently soon everyone has to pay a monthly subscription to use facebook!!!.....would you pay ?

This is a status taken from a friend's profile. It's really annoying to me. So many of my friends have been inviting me to 100s of groups that are some form of "We will not pay for Facebook". I'll admit, I did join one a while ago, but left the group not too long after when I read that Facebook themselves dismissed the rumor.

Honestly, they would be stupid to charge for it. We all know that if it were to happen, everyone would leave and go back to MySpace, and there wouldn't be a Facebook anymore. That would be a very poor business decision. Sure, there are some people that probably would pay, but even they would leave not long after when they realize that all of their friends are no longer there.

Ohio Dairy Farm - How disgusting

I am totally disgusted by the treatment of the animals at Ohio Dairy Farm. How did I find out about this? From a friend's Facebook page.

This is mother fucking horrible!!!! Www.mercyforanimals.org/ohdairy/

This is what she'd posted as her status. So, just be warned, if you are an animal lover, you may not want to see the Ohio Dairy Farm Investigation. It's really upsetting. It made my friend cry when she watched it, and it made me feel depressed. It's that sad. I don't see how people can treat animals like this.

25 reasons to date a gamer!

I just noticed that my new friend, Kristie, joined a group on Facebook called 25 reasons to date a gamer! Since I find the list funny, I'm going to share it here!

Dennis Hopper dead at 74

Yet another celebrity has been taken by Death. This time it was Dennis Hopper who died on the 29th May, 2010 at 8:15.

Yet again, I found out about this from the Foamy fan page on Facebook.

Who is next on Death's list?

Some funny songs

There isn't going to be a lot to this post. I mainly just wanted to share some funny songs.

I will probably update this list at some time, so check back if you'd like more.

2010:A bad year to be famous

It appears that 2010 hasn't been a good year at all for celebrities. So far, there have been four deaths. Pete Steele, Dio, Paul Gray, and most recently, Gary Coleman, who died yesterday.

Gary Coleman, the actor who as a child star of the television comedy “Diff’rent Strokes” made “What’choo talkin ’bout, Willis?” a catchphrase of the 1980s, has died. He was 42.

The death was reported by CBS News, citing the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, where Mr. Coleman had been hospitalized after an injury.

A diminutive actor who stood at 4 feet eight inches, Mr. Coleman became a star at age 10 for his role on “Diff’rent Strokes.” The show, which had its debut in 1978, cast him as Arnold Jackson, the younger of two children adopted by the millionaire Philip Drummond (played by Conrad Bain). The show ran for eight years on NBC and ABC.

In 1989, Mr. Coleman sued his adopted parents for mismanaging the money he made on the show and won a settlement, but later filed for bankruptcy. He continued to appear in brief film and television roles, often as himself, and often poking fun at his grownup struggles.

This quote was taken from the ArtsBeat.

Since bad news/luck comes in threes, then which two celebrities are next on Deaths list for 2010?

Personally, I didn't find out about these deaths from the news. I've read about them on the Facebook fan page for Foamy the Squirrel. So, there could be some more celeb deaths that happened in 2010 that I didn't read about. I only know about these four at the moment.

If anyone knows of any other well-known celebrity deaths, please share. Also, feel free to share thought on which well-known celebrity may be next on Death's list, and please be serious! I've seen some of the comments on the Foamy fan page. A lot of people have just been posting who they WANT dead, such as Simon Cowell, and Paris Hilton. I don't really want to know peoples' wishes. To be honest, that type of thing is heartless. No-one should wish death upon someone.

There are loads of celebrities that people may hate; I know I hate a few. But, you shouldn't wish death upon them. If you think about it, there could be people who hate you, and are wishing death upon you. How would you feel?

It's starting...

The weather is already starting to get worse. When I was out delivering Betterware items earlier, one old lady I usually deliver something to every month told me that the weather is starting to look bad. I have to agree. Sure, it was sunny outside, but it wasn't as warm as it has been the past few days. It was windy out, making it cool. I don't mind this, but I get the feeling it's going to get worse. In about 12 hours, I'm going to find out if the weather will turn very dull. If so, Rowland's Fun Fair is definitely cursed. There's only been one year it hasn't been miserable.

There was one Betterware item I delivered that may have been damaged, although I'm not 100% sure on that. It was a butterfly-shaped mirror. When the lady opened her door, I noticed what appeared to be a crack in it, but I'm not sure if it was. It could've just been the way the plastic wrapping was. I'm sure if it was cracked, she'll find a way to contact me.

I just had the weirdest conversation with my Mom's boyfriend, Sean. He was talking about taking us all out for lunch next Friday (4th June), and was calling me the "man of the house" and such. Me? The man of the house? I've never looked at myself as that. I've always just felt like the worthless eldest son. Then again, I just feel worthless, full stop. One surprise I got out of the conversation was that he and Mom have been dating for about two years. Two years! I didn't even know that. I always thought it was a recent thing...not two years!

Death Trades

After reading the status updates for the Foamy The Squirrel : iLL WiLL PrEss fan page on Facebook, I got to wondering what would be worth trading to Death in exchange for certain things.

Rowland's Cursed Fun Fair

I remember that a couple of days back, when I was talking to grandfather in the morning, he told me that the nice weather we’re having should last a few days. For Looe, I guess that few days ends on the 27th May. This is the day when Rowland’s Fun Fair will be opening in Looe over in the Millpool Car-park. It seems like whenever they’re in town, the weather, no matter how nice it’s been, suddenly changes and becomes cold and wet. It’s a cursed fun fair!

I have no idea if this kind of weather follows this fair around, or if the weather is just like that because it needs to be nice to really enjoy the rides, and in a typical fashion, turns out to be miserable so that they get less customers. However, saying the latter out loud, you could say that if that was the reason it always turned miserable, then it would be a curse. Haha. If it happens again this year, then I don’t think we’ll see the sun and the warmth again until the 4th of June, since that is when the fun fair is leaving according to the signs scattered around.

Job search - One job found

Yesterday, I ended up walking into town twice. The first time, I was merely wandering the streets again, looking like a lost tourist again, searching for any signs of jobs going. I did manage to find one, although it was only advertising for summer staff. I went in to get a form, then proceeded to walk home. After filling the form out (and having no idea what to put down for hours to work), I waited around for a couple of hours for Mom, hoping that she could give me a ride into town so I could hand the form into the store. In the end, I gave up waiting and walked into town again, and handed in the form, then walked all the way home again.

This was really the kind of day that I didn't want to do this on. It was hot, and walking up hill on hot days isn't all that nice. I have no idea if I will actually get the job. If the manager of the store is the same one that worked there last time I had a job in that store, back in early 2000, I wouldn't get my hopes up if she remembers me and the problem I had back then.

Pet cat is shot dead

More Animal Cruelty news, this time taken from the Cornish Times.

THE owner of a cat shot with an airgun is appealing for information about the death of her pet.
Beryl Kitto, who lives in the Woodgate Road area of Liskeard, found her three-year-old cat, Kitty, lying dead in her neighbour's drive.
She said: 'When I came back from walking my dog I found her on my neighbour's drive.
'I turned her over and saw there was a hole.
'This is deliberate. I am shocked. How could someone do this?'
Ms Kitto took Kitty to a vet in Liskeard, but nothing could be done to save the cat. It isn't the first time the town has seen an incident of this nature.
Last year Luxstowe Vets, Liskeard, dealt with several incidents of cats being shot.
Lydie Houre-Van Riet from Luxstowe Vets said: 'Gunshot wounds in cats are too frequent an occurence.
'We spend our lives trying to make animals better, having to deal with deliberate injuries to animals is always upsetting.
'I cannot express enough how distressing this mindless violence is, not just for the injured animals and their owners, but for everyone involved with the care of these patients.'

Tagged Pets

This website is going to be a major pain for me, I can tell. On Tagged, I had purchased a lot of “Pets”, and then realized the mistake I had made when I saw that a lot of the people I had purchased as Pets hadn’t logged on since 2008. Now I can understand why no-one had bought these people as Pets. You can set Pets free, however, to do this, you have to click each Pets name, go to their page, and then click “Set Pet Free”. Doing this for over 170 Pets is slow and tedious. Instead of doing that, I decided to cancel my Tagged account and re-register with the website. However, they’re not going to allow me to use my usual e-mail address it seems, even though their page says you may re-register the same e-mail if your account is canceled.

I then read that they keep your data on their servers for six months. Does this mean that I have to wait six months before I am allowed to use my usual e-mail address there again? I decided to use another one of my e-mail accounts for now. Hopefully within six months I’ll be able to swap my e-mail address back to my regular e-mail. I really hate using e-mail accounts I rarely check. Let me use my G-mail!

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

This is one game I don't think I'm going to be able to play due to it being download only. It's really a pain in the ass when there is a game that you're interested in taking a look at, but can't because of a lack of memory on whatever console you may be using. I have an XBox 360 that I would download the game on, but the hard drive on it is under 300 megabytes. I think the only way I would be able to get this game is to get an external hard drive for the XBox. I wish I could afford that. I hope that the next Tomb Raider game is on CD. I know that Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light isn't an official Tomb Raider game and is more of a spin off, but I would like to play it and wish it were released on a CD.

Bizarre Death of Dio

I was going to post about this sooner, but I just didn't really know what to say. I will admit that I didn't really know anything about the guy. I didn't even know who he was until I read about his hoaxed death somewhere when I was surfing the Internet very early Sunday morning. I didn't read the article, but I just know that a few hours before he really died, someone decided to post on Wikipedia that he had died. I saw the title, and just thought to myself "Typical..." since it was a Wikipedia hoax. Anyone can edit articles there. There is always going to be some idiot who messes around and puts something stupid.

Several hours later, after I went to bed and got some sleep, I logged into Facebook to see that a fan page I'd become a fan of, Foamy the Squirrel: iLL WiLL PrEss, had posted a status about his death being confirmed. That he actually died at 7:45 Sunday morning. That was extremely strange to me. It appears that the creator of the Foamy toons found it bizarre too. Who wouldn't if they had read that his death was a hoax, and then a few hours later he really DID die.

I can't recall from memory of anything like this happening before. Although, I am curious now. Have there ever been any hoaxed deaths before where the person really did die several hours after it was hoaxed? I'd really like to know. If anyone knows of any, please, let me know. I'd like to read about them.

As a tribute to the guy, two Tenacious D songs.
Dio - Dio appears at the start. The song is about Dio.
Kickapoo - From the movie Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny. Dio appears in this song (as well as Meatloaf).

Edit: I found the page I saw that said his death was hoaxed. It has been updated since it was written to state that the hoax became a sad reality.

Two Dogs?

It appears that we may now be having two dogs instead of just one. A couple of weeks ago, due to the guy my Mom is seeing, Sean, living here, we got a new puppy which is a mix breed, although I'm not entirely sure what kind of a mix it is. I know part is Jack Russel, but that's as much as I know. He was given the puppy by his brother because his brother owes him quite a bit of money. The dog is the payback to Sean. The dog appears to be worth quite a bit of money because he wanted to show it off in the bar he works in, and people were offering him £600 and more to buy it from him. He didn't sell it though.

As for dog two, he's been known to the family for a while. Originally, he was owned by my aunt and uncle, but since they moved abroad, they couldn't take the dog with them, so it was given to someone they know. Lately though, that friend hasn't had much time for the dog due to being swamped with work, as well as other things, so she was asking Mom if she would take him in. Jill (I think that's her name) was coming to collect him yesterday, and I had to tell her that we would keep him, if she'd like. She said that she would miss him if he stayed here, and after a little bit of talking, said that she would leave him with us for another two weeks to see how things will work out.

It's sad. She seemed a little upset to be letting him go, and didn't appear to be sure if she really wanted to. I suppose she will if he enjoys it here and if we're completely happy to keep him because she doesn't appear to have the time she needs to look after him. He was quite big when he came to us a week ago, but lost a bit of weight because we could exercise him, something she hasn't been able to do, due to her job.

45 Life Lessons

I can't remember where I read these.

This was supposedly written by a lady called Regina Brett...so I'm just going to say it's © to her. I never wrote any of it. It just sounded like good advice.

So many games I should play

I've got a bunch of games I really need to work on completing. So, why come here and talk about it when I could be off playing them? Mostly because I'm waiting to see if a friend is going to talk to me today. She hasn't said a word to me since falling asleep on Thursday. I did wake up to a text from her asking "U on?", but I've had nothing since. I'm getting a little worried because I really have no idea if she's ok, or if she's just ignoring me for some reason I don't know about. There haven't been any status updates on her Twitter or Facebook account either, which make the worrying overpower the "Is she ignoring me?" thoughts.

(The list of games below is very incomplete as I have no lighting in my bedroom and cannot make out titles. Please check back for more titles later.)

YouCanGetMe for a fool

As I was looking back at past entries I've made here, I looked at the last entry I made about dating websites and remembered a point I really wanted to bring up about a dating website called YouCanGetMe. I signed up to it, as well as a couple of others, such as Plentyoffish and OkCupid. The problem I encountered with YouCanGetMe was regarding the free sign up. Originally when I signed up, I was expecting it to be a lot like its free rivals. To my disappointment, it wasn't.

Times gone by

You can find the past creeping it's way into your mind a lot at certain times. It happens to me when I'm generally bored, and don't feel in the mood to entertain myself with a movie or a video game. I would be talking to some of my friends on Yahoo!, but currently no-one is on. Actually, I should say no-one is talking to me. There are a couple of friends online, however, they're idle or appear to be otherwise busy.

I miss the days when Yahoo! had user generated rooms that you could randomly wander into and meet people with similar interests to you. It was a good way to make new friends and share thoughts and opinions about your interests with. However, you could always count on some perverted people in the world to ruin it for everyone by creating rooms that should never really be allowed. Thanks to those people, we no longer have the user generated rooms.

Fast forward a couple of years. You're still online, alone. As for all your friends? They've all moved on. They have families, jobs, relationships and homes of their own. Where are you? You're sat jobless, lonely, no place of your own. You find yourself majorly envying all of your school friends, college friends, as well as your Internet friends. What happened in your life to bring it to a major halt? I wish I could really answer that honestly.

It's been several years since I've had an actual job. I lost my last one due to...medical problems. I've got to admit that was embarrassing. It wasn't anything extreme, but for some reason I kept needing to run to the bathroom to pee. I wasn't ever drinking a lot, so I can't understand why I needed to. It's understandable that I would lose that job though. Working as a cashier in a store, it's not very good to have to leave the checkout every few minutes, especially if it's a busy time in the store. Can't be helped though.