| Screenwriter's blues |
[Jan. 19th, 2009|01:15 pm] |
Well i'm bored and updating again, how joyful for all of you.
now the obligatory "What I've done" section that seems irrelevant as most people who read this know what i did because they were also there.
Friday was assault, good to see most people back except those stressing about exams/essays. (Silly undergraduates, when will they learn.)Musicwise other people didn't seem to enjoy it that much but i had a good time. Danced, Drank and (insert other verb beginning with D to satisfy my alliterative rule of three) and generally had a good time especially towards the end.
Job wise I'm still waiting to hear back from the job that seems to have the infinite interview process.Had a third interview with the CEO last monday (small company so i suspect he likes to meet everyone working there) A friendly American chap who seemed keen to have me in the company. They're currently checking references and sorting everything out their end.
The job is for a small composite material(carbon fibre, kevlar type stuff) manufacturing firm. I discovered something interesting about the industry. There are a lot of similar companies around the Derby,Nottingham area and in the interview out of curiosity i asked why that was. It turns out that when people started using carbon fibre they found it was very difficult to spin and weave the carbon fibres into sheets and so went to exisitng weaving industries most of who were based around the area, so everything grew up from there. Nice to know cutting edge materials still have a basis in tradition.
Some form of income might actually mean i can start working down my list of stuff i want to buy/stuff i owe people, including:
Paying rob back for my ATP ticket
DVDs:
Second half of Cowboy Bebop series
The Wire (all 5 series)
Oz (the last 4 series thanks to Jemma and chris buying me the first 2)
Just more DVDs to add to my collection to satisfy my pack rat sensibilities and free hard drive space.
I want a new bike as my last one was stolen (4th one in 8 years) and really want to get out on some long cross country rides for the fresh air and exercise.
I've been cooped up in my house due to lack of funds and motivation but really want to get out for a decent bit of nature and inspired by Em, Jimmer and Damian's recent excursions in the peak district i want to start reliving my boy scout past of nature hikes in the hills. Just a compass and OS map. Who wants some? Peak District let's go.
To add to my weird dream archive last night i dreamt i went to a party where i got really stoned and woke up actually feeling like i was stoned which made me think i had actually gotten stoned last night and it wasn't a dream. Ergh.
According to my calender of forgotten English today's word of the day is "Fretting frock" - A figurative garment which is supposed to clothe a troubled female. "She's got her fretting-frock on."
To contrast that, based on a msn conversation with aussie Jemma, today's new word of the day is: Intrepidation - to wait in dangerous situations without fear.
Put that in your portmanteau and smoke it.
It's also Edgar Allen Poe's 200th birthday.(also from the calender of forgotten English, most educational christmas present ever).
I'm going to stop rambling now. |
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| Some weird dreams i've been having. |
[Dec. 31st, 2008|11:41 am] |
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I don't normally put much stock in the whole dream interpretation thing but i've had a few recently that have weirded me out a little.
I had one a week or so ago in which i received a brown envelope with lot's of black and white photos (exactly like when people in films are blackmailed) showing me sitting down in the background with kids in the foreground playing, They were taken at Butlins in minehead where i went for ATP a few weeks ago but there were no kids there. The photos were being used to threaten me with exposure as a paedophile as apparently they clearly showed me preying on children(i was just sitting in the background on a bench eating ice cream) and they were going to tell the daily mail.
I was slightly worried by this so went to find some advice on my legal rights and how to defend against it. I went to my good friend Stephen Fry, who (while sitting in a great leather armchair in a reading room wearing a smoking jacket by a roaring fire) who told me that under english law being in the same photograph as children was not a prosecutable defense and that i shouldn't worry about it.
End of the dream.
The one i had last night really gave me the fear.
I was staying in a house with my mum and my sister and i was sleeping downstairs, i was woken up by my sister showing me her weird toes which were basically finger length and just as dextrous. I then went to sleep (in my dream) on the sofa and was dreaming (within my dream) that i was at a concert by (presumably) Billy Idol and they were playing White Wedding, the singer shoves the microphone in my face to sing the "OOOOOOooooH it's a nice day..." bit but the elongated sing/scream becomes a real scream of terror as i wake from my in-dream dream to discover i'm actually getting married and the sheer shock, terror and fear makes me wake up.
I'm not sure if i actually woke up screaming but my heart was pounding and i was slightly sweaty.
I've never exactly been a fan of marriage but i didn't think i would have nightmares about it.
Anyway if anyone fancies themselves a dream interpreter go ahead. |
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| Retardery knows no bounds. |
[Nov. 6th, 2008|09:53 am] |
While i very rarely post to avoid the world being subject to my inane meanderings i sometimes feel a call to arms is necessary.
While i know some of you are vegetarian and some of you are avid carnivores i'm sure you can all unite under the banner of wiping out the idiocy of peta and their emotional terrorism.
Exhibit A:
www.peta.org.uk/sea_Kittens/index.asp
I just can't describe how utterly ridiculous this campaign is.
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| ¡Mañana! ¡Mañana! ¡Te quiero mañana! ¡Usted es siempre manera del día A de A! |
[Aug. 9th, 2007|02:45 pm] |
Well I'm bored so it's update time again.
I've applied for the masters so I'm just waiting for them to accept me.
It shouldn't be too hard because there's still places available now and they need a certain number of British applicants.
Bt while I'm waiting i'm just so bored, i have stuff to do like tidy or paint little men or read or get exercise but I always just end up watching shite on TV because i can always just do it all tomorrow.
Heh I've still not read that thing on procrastination yet, i just keep putting it off.
Ah well, Mañana.
Speaking of spanish i'm going to a wedding in San Sebastien beginning of september with Schtom.
The bride is spanish so the majority of the people there will be Spanish (Basque Spanish)
Now my choice is to:
a) learn as much spanish as i can and hope to charm the muchachas with my mastery of their language
b) let nature take it's course, drink heavily and irresponsibly and let my inner Brit abroad come out and be a disgrace to our country
Considering how quickly my "White van man" persona came out option b) looks more likely (slower and louder for the win).
But for the sake of trying can all you Hispanophiles tell me some useful and hilariously unuseful phrases for the trip.
Next update will have pictures and possibly a point
Stu |
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| Starry starry night |
[Aug. 2nd, 2007|06:51 pm] |
Whoot for astronomy
12th of August sees the peak of the Perseid meteor storms
They'll be most impressive from about 9pm to pre dawn time.
Unfortunately in Nottingham the chance of us actually seeing them is remote so we may have to drive out into the countryside.
Anyone else fancy a road trip? |
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| Procrastination |
[Jul. 31st, 2007|03:14 pm] |
Recently i've been feeling a lot better, more energetic, more awake and more confident.
I think this is mostly due to going to the gym on a regular basis and being a bit more careful about what i eat.
Although as with everytime i've got into a gym routine the only part of me that shows any difference to begin with is my legs.
I have scary definition on my calf muscles now.
I still can't do a chin up or jog for more than a minute without dying and the scales at the gym can't tell me how much i weigh because they stop at 150kg.
But still I'm working on it.
If anyone wants to join a gym i can reccomend fitness first and i get free stuff if i refer you.
(Ignore any similar offers from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) yourapocalypse , cgunner or jonthebloody ,their referrals are covered in herpes)
In other words I'm having to write a personal statement for the masters course i want to do and it's taking me ages due to intense procrastination.
I did find this on how to stop procrastinating a few months agao but i haven't read it yet (oh the irony)
I really should before the course starts.
anyway back to staring at a blank word document for hours and then playing freecell |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 29th, 2007|04:04 pm] |
So it seems that however low you set your expectations they're never quite low enough.
Can somebody please fill in my memory from last night.
I have lots of gaps and a sneaking suspicion i did something that's going to come back and bite me, but could just be hangover paranoia |
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| Friends don't let friends drink and post |
[Jul. 24th, 2007|02:57 am] |
Went to the ropewalk quiz which despite a sterling effort was let down by rob being a tard.
During the lyrics round (which we would have totally owned) Rob wote down one of the answers as "Kelis - Mr Brightside" rather than the actual answer "The Killers - Mr Brightside"
The quizmaster mocked us over the microphone while reading out the answers and Rob said "Well if we lose by half a point you have the permission to kick the shit out of me"
our final score - 28.5 points
the winning score - 29 points
So if you see Rob beat him thoroughly for us. (bmx rob not ginger)
We then retired to our humble abode and drank cocktails which consisted of various mixtures of
Vodka
Gin
neat pink grapefruit squash
neat orange squash
rice vinegar
cherries
radishes
baby plum tomatoes
ginger
kahlua
and played the "i'll cut you" game which consisted of naming a stated number of items from a category in a fixed time
categories included:
cartoon charatcers you'd do
sexual positions
slang terms for sexual organs
cheeses
reasons why Rpob made cocktails with rice vinegar in
and assorted others which i can't remember
Then we got takeaway and felt ill.
this post has been brough to you by the letters drunk and the number nauseous
night all |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 17th, 2007|02:49 pm] |
Well it's been a while since i last made an entry.
Things have happened since the last proper one
Some good, some bad and many not worthy of mention.
Happy birthday to the various people who have had birthdays since my last proper entry (which was over a year ago so that's everyone then)
I will attempt to keep a semi regular update just to try and force myself out of the unemployment funk I'm in and to force myself to embrace the written/typed word. Something which given possible future plans means I will have to get used to in large amounts.
Anyway
My discovery of the day
If you find an ants nest in your backyard the funnest thing you can do is stamp around on the ground around it shouting "GOJIRA!!!!" and then dance around a bit to stop the enraged ants crawling up your legs.
Then blitzing them with ant powder to teach them not to fuck with us.
HOT DOLPHIN!!!!
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| Drinkies |
[May. 15th, 2007|06:20 pm] |
Jemma is leaving on friday to go back to oxford for job and masters and won't be back for a while.
Leaving drinks Thursday at the Pit and Pendulum for 8
possibly going on to somewhere fun forthose of us for whom it's not a school night
please pass this on to people who know Jem but don't read this. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 3rd, 2007|02:24 pm] |
Hmm a LJ entry from me
How rare.
Anyway you are cordially invited to a bbq at mine next sunday
Because i believe there's nothing more appropriate to celebrate the rise of zombie jesus than by cooking a whole fuck-ton of meat.
start about 3ish finishes when we run out of meat
bring your own drink
any meat brought will probably be unnecessary be will be cooked anyway.
vegetarians are welcome but will probably be relegated to a mini bbq
let the meatiness commence. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 17th, 2006|01:50 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  hungry | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Lard - Can god fill teeth? | ] |
I don't update this often. but this warrants it. (Thanks Anna)
Pimp My snack
Especially the monster jammie doger the size of a bin lin, and Jaffzilla
fo' shizzle |
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| bollocks. |
[Nov. 11th, 2005|03:10 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  bored | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Soul coughing - Screenwriter's blues | ] |
I helped create a LJ meme, I feel dirty.
I always wondered where those fucking things came from, now i know,
boredom pure and simple.
anyway here it is in all it's glory
Who from your LJ friends would you want to:
1) Speak at your funeral?
2) Be your wingman?
3) Fuck your mum?
4) Help bury a body?
5) Be by your side in a fight?
1)breadlord, I think he'd enjoy it and make it vaguely amusing
2)aperfectglitch he's good at bigging me up and is Silky McSmooth of the clan McSmooth with the ladies
3)yourapocalypse as punishment for starting this bastard thing
4)I'd say breadlord but he'd probably want to make glove puppets with the bits or run around wearing it as a hat. actually he's the perfect choice
5)yourapocalypse for his ninja skillz yo
Bastards, look what you've made me do. |
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| First post in shiny new journal |
[Nov. 6th, 2005|03:30 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Atari teenage riot - into the death | ] |
Warning this may be rambling and a little emo.
First off, the new name, Denatone is a contraction of denatonium benzoate which is the bitterest substance on earth, as i've been told by many i'm the most cynical and bitter person they have ever met. Plus i think it just sounds cool and didn't involves having to use x_name_x to get an original username.
But why ditch big_fat_stu?
It was my nickname at school and was fairly apt as I was (and still am) big and fat, children aren't cruel they're just brutally honest.
It wasn't just a nickname it was who I was so since starting my hotmail address way back in the 90's I've used it as a username for most things.
Unfortunately I've never really enjoyed being fat and it's the thing about me I dislike the most. Unfortunately being stuck in this character of big fat stu, if I lost weight i wouldn't be me anymore. so now considering the changes in my life recently I'm going to make a focused effort to actually lose weight and move away from being big fat stu, which is mostly a memory from school anyway but was a significant part of my identity.
So it seems i'd rather be bitter than overweight.
If that makes sense to anyone.
In other news I got a PA yesterday, it hurts when i pee |
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