Another day, another blog entry. Not much has happened to me recently. My mum and 2 sisters have gone to Paris for the weekend and left me and my dad to fend for ourselves. I’ve enjoyed the peace and quiet while they’ve been gone and I’ve actually managed to get some quality time to myself. Admittedly, it has been spent playing Resident Evil 3 on the PlayStation but at least I was able to finish it without my annoying siblings interfering. Incidentally, Resident Evil 3 is an excellent game and although possible the easiest of the three is well worth the £20 it should cost.
My CD spending continued recently when I purchased Moby’s album “Play”. I wasn’t really sure what to expect from it to be honest so I guess I shouldn’t have been disappointed by it but I was. It won plenty of awards and garnered many nominations but I couldn’t see what all of the fuss was about. The best way to describe the music is sort of Christian dance music (now that’s an oxymoron if ever I heard one) and I just can’t get into it.
I’ve suddenly started playing on a Mega Drive emulator and playing classic games from yesteryear such as Sonic, Streets of Rage and the Phantasy Star series. Not only do they provide some great nostalgia moments but even in today’s graphically over the top gaming scene some of the games still stand up in terms of playability. The debate about Mega Drive vs. SNES has raged for many years and to be honest there’s no clear winner. I myself owned a SNES but always enjoyed the quality of games on the Mega Drive. I just wish I had enough money and time to have both and a quality selection of games. It’s the same sort of situation today with PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast. I still have my trusty PSOne with a fine selection of games and I can’t wait to finish University with my masters degree/doctorate in political science and then I can go onto make my millions and spend the rest of my days playing classic computer/console games…
On the issue of the future I’ve been thinking about what to do when I’m older. My ideal job would probably be a fantastic footballer or professional wrestler (yes, I’m ashamed to admit it but I too love wrestling) but neither of these seems remotely likely. So instead I’d like to be a computer game/football/film reviewer for a magazine or something. Can you imagine getting paid to play computer games? A dream come true. Otherwise I think I’ll join MI6 or alternatively the CIA or FBI when I go to live in America. It’s true, it’s true. What’s funny about some of these “agencies” is that they don’t exist. MI6 apparently doesn’t exist. MI5 supposedly didn’t exist either but now they have their own website outlining exactly what they do…
[ALEX RIMMER CONTINUES TO TYPE HIS BLOG WHILST MEMBERS OF NON-EXISTENT SECRET GOVERNMENT AGENCY MI6 PROCEED TO KILL HIM]
So what was I talking about? Oh yeah, wrestling. Well, I think it rocks. You won’t find anything more entertaining than grown sweaty men in tight trunks grappling with each other on the floor. Er, hang on, I didn’t mean to say that out loud. Actually I watch wrestling for the over the top drama that puts soap operas to shame and the gorgeous scantily clad men… women I mean, scantily clad WOMEN.
Anyway, that’s all for now. Let me again plug my amazing website The Punisher’s Film Reviews. For now folks, adios.
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
Saturday, January 27, 2001
Well, after me doing all of that moaning about having to work too much I’m given the Saturday off and told I’m only working Sunday! That means in the last 3 weekends I’ve worked one Saturday and one Sunday when usually I probably would have done 3 Saturdays and 2 or 3 Sundays. Anyway, enough about work.
All I’ve done today is watch “Contact” starring Jodie Foster and play Resident Evil 3 on my trusty PlayStation. I recently purchased the Dido – “No Angel” and Lenny Kravitz – “Greatest Hits” albums. Although Dido isn’t my usual sort of thing it’s quite a mellow album and is good to chill out to. Lenny Kravitz’s Greatest Hits album is excellent, a true rock ‘n’ roll album if ever I heard one. He looks a lot like Jimi Hendrix in one of his many guises and he sure as hell tries to play guitar like him too. I definitely recommend it. There’s so many songs on there that I knew but didn’t know Lenny Kravitz had done them.
Whilst perusing my local music shops it occurred to me how expensive CDs are. The two I bought were only £10 each which in my book is more than enough and yet most CDs are £13 or thereabouts which seems an awful lot for me. Buying imported ones can cost a lot too, some being ridiculously priced. Buying them over the Internet is not necessarily cheaper when you consider shipping charges etc. I think every CD should be at most £10. It’s a similar argument to the pricing of computer games: too expensive.
I wish I had something funny and/or interesting to say but the simple truth is I don’t. So I’ll leave you for now and I’ll hopefully report back in a couple of days…
All I’ve done today is watch “Contact” starring Jodie Foster and play Resident Evil 3 on my trusty PlayStation. I recently purchased the Dido – “No Angel” and Lenny Kravitz – “Greatest Hits” albums. Although Dido isn’t my usual sort of thing it’s quite a mellow album and is good to chill out to. Lenny Kravitz’s Greatest Hits album is excellent, a true rock ‘n’ roll album if ever I heard one. He looks a lot like Jimi Hendrix in one of his many guises and he sure as hell tries to play guitar like him too. I definitely recommend it. There’s so many songs on there that I knew but didn’t know Lenny Kravitz had done them.
Whilst perusing my local music shops it occurred to me how expensive CDs are. The two I bought were only £10 each which in my book is more than enough and yet most CDs are £13 or thereabouts which seems an awful lot for me. Buying imported ones can cost a lot too, some being ridiculously priced. Buying them over the Internet is not necessarily cheaper when you consider shipping charges etc. I think every CD should be at most £10. It’s a similar argument to the pricing of computer games: too expensive.
I wish I had something funny and/or interesting to say but the simple truth is I don’t. So I’ll leave you for now and I’ll hopefully report back in a couple of days…
Tuesday, January 23, 2001
I’m not sure how long this Blog will be today so you’ll all have to bear with me. Let’s take things in chronological order shall we? Well, Saturday I was back to work as usual and it was just a standard Saturday except we ran out of bags. That just made things incredibly difficult. Anyway, to my surprise, shock and delight I discovered that I WASN’T working the Sunday! Now to normal people you may be thinking “big deal” but to me, boy was I pleased. Two Sundays in a row off work! I had to pinch myself to believe it.
Anyway, a few phone calls later and I’d arranged to go to a proverbial lad’s gathering at a friend’s house. Cue beer, football, wrestling and some top-notch films. I didn’t actually drink that much as last time round my binge resulted in a phenomenon known as “projectile vomiting” where when I was sick it somehow managed to go across the room and end up in every place imaginable. Anyway, that story is for another time as it brings back too many bad memories.
While I was at my friend’s I watched “FightClub” and “American Beauty”. If I get the chance I’ll do full reviews in due course and post them on my critically acclaimed and multi-award winning website The Punisher’s Film Reviews (the preceding statement may not have been entirely accurate). However, for you Bloggers, I’m gonna give you a quick couple of thoughts and a sneak peak of my score out of 10.
“FightClub”: Wow. Another movie with a fantastic plot twist at the end a la “Sixth Sense”. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are great as 2 guys who love to unwind with a bit of fisticuffs. This was an intelligent film despite the high level of violence and is definitely recommended. SCORE = 9/10
“American Beauty”: This film cleaned up at the Oscars and Sam Mendes’ social commentary on American suburbia doesn’t disappoint. Kevin Spacey is superlative as the father engaged in a mid-life crisis and the script alone is worth the admission. SCORE = 9/10
And then on Sunday I watched the recently recorded “Carlito’s Way” which although not quite upto the same standard as classics like “Godfather” and “Goodfellas” was still reasonably entertaining but only got going towards the end. Al Pacino was excellent. This might earn a 6.5/10.
And now, what you’ve all been waiting for… exam results! Well, Politics I somehow managed to get an A and not only that I got the highest mark in the year. Unbelievable. I honestly thought I was only gonna get a D. Next was English and yet another A. Again I was shocked but surprised. I haven’t actually had my Psychology result but I saw one of my teachers (the one that said I wrote the “best essay ever”) and he told me I got an A. Woohoo! As across the board. Well, except crappy General Studies which I got a B in and missed an A by 1%. But as The Rock would say… IT DOESN’T MATTER! I was very pleased and now only hope I can repeat these results in my real A-levels.
Anyway, that about sums up my existence over the last few days. If anyone is actually reading this (and even more amazingly, if anyone reads it on a daily basis) then please drop me a line for comments, opinions, criticism etc. at alex_rimmer@hotmail.com
Thank you and goodnight (Jeez, that was longer than I’d anticipated).
Anyway, a few phone calls later and I’d arranged to go to a proverbial lad’s gathering at a friend’s house. Cue beer, football, wrestling and some top-notch films. I didn’t actually drink that much as last time round my binge resulted in a phenomenon known as “projectile vomiting” where when I was sick it somehow managed to go across the room and end up in every place imaginable. Anyway, that story is for another time as it brings back too many bad memories.
While I was at my friend’s I watched “FightClub” and “American Beauty”. If I get the chance I’ll do full reviews in due course and post them on my critically acclaimed and multi-award winning website The Punisher’s Film Reviews (the preceding statement may not have been entirely accurate). However, for you Bloggers, I’m gonna give you a quick couple of thoughts and a sneak peak of my score out of 10.
“FightClub”: Wow. Another movie with a fantastic plot twist at the end a la “Sixth Sense”. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are great as 2 guys who love to unwind with a bit of fisticuffs. This was an intelligent film despite the high level of violence and is definitely recommended. SCORE = 9/10
“American Beauty”: This film cleaned up at the Oscars and Sam Mendes’ social commentary on American suburbia doesn’t disappoint. Kevin Spacey is superlative as the father engaged in a mid-life crisis and the script alone is worth the admission. SCORE = 9/10
And then on Sunday I watched the recently recorded “Carlito’s Way” which although not quite upto the same standard as classics like “Godfather” and “Goodfellas” was still reasonably entertaining but only got going towards the end. Al Pacino was excellent. This might earn a 6.5/10.
And now, what you’ve all been waiting for… exam results! Well, Politics I somehow managed to get an A and not only that I got the highest mark in the year. Unbelievable. I honestly thought I was only gonna get a D. Next was English and yet another A. Again I was shocked but surprised. I haven’t actually had my Psychology result but I saw one of my teachers (the one that said I wrote the “best essay ever”) and he told me I got an A. Woohoo! As across the board. Well, except crappy General Studies which I got a B in and missed an A by 1%. But as The Rock would say… IT DOESN’T MATTER! I was very pleased and now only hope I can repeat these results in my real A-levels.
Anyway, that about sums up my existence over the last few days. If anyone is actually reading this (and even more amazingly, if anyone reads it on a daily basis) then please drop me a line for comments, opinions, criticism etc. at alex_rimmer@hotmail.com
Thank you and goodnight (Jeez, that was longer than I’d anticipated).
Wednesday, January 17, 2001
Well, I've had my last 3 mock exams (wahey!) and I also got accepted to the University I want to go to so all in all it's been a pretty good couple of days. However, when I get the results of these stupid meaningless exams next week the mood may change... (depending on my results of course) Anyway, English was quite hard and it wasn't an exam I could prepare for, basically just testing my (rather exceptional) writing ability. Then today I had a 3 hour Psychology exam and a 3 hour Politics exam. The only thing that got me through it all was a trip to McDonalds in between. (MENTAL REMINDER: must remember to have a super-size meal the next time I go, sure a Large is filling but it just doesn't provide that truly tremendous "bloated" feeling I so desire from McDonalds)
Politics was bloody difficult, especially considering we haven't covered half the work in class. Psychology went OK but unfortunately I hedged my bets about what questions would come up and there was a question which we've been tested on millions of times before and so I assumed it wouldn't come up again. Well, I was wrong but I still managed to remember all the material because I am that damn good. Now, I'm just glad they're all over and I can look forward to going back to work on Saturday. Hmm, perhaps not.
Well I got an offer from Warwick Uni to do Politics next year which was pleasing. The offer means I have to get an A and 2 B's in my A-levels which shouldn't be too difficult. I now have to decide where my second choice will be, probably either Newcaslte or Lancaster. I've already been to visit Newcastle but I haven't seen Lancaster yet so that gives me something to look forward to.
Peace people.
Politics was bloody difficult, especially considering we haven't covered half the work in class. Psychology went OK but unfortunately I hedged my bets about what questions would come up and there was a question which we've been tested on millions of times before and so I assumed it wouldn't come up again. Well, I was wrong but I still managed to remember all the material because I am that damn good. Now, I'm just glad they're all over and I can look forward to going back to work on Saturday. Hmm, perhaps not.
Well I got an offer from Warwick Uni to do Politics next year which was pleasing. The offer means I have to get an A and 2 B's in my A-levels which shouldn't be too difficult. I now have to decide where my second choice will be, probably either Newcaslte or Lancaster. I've already been to visit Newcastle but I haven't seen Lancaster yet so that gives me something to look forward to.
Peace people.
Saturday, January 13, 2001
Another Blog that people have to go and read is Robin's. Trust me, it's worth it. Well today I had the day off work so I could get some much needed revision done for my exams but instead I've spent the day playing on my trusty Playstation and catching up on the all of the latest football news. God, I miss Saturdays. Maybe I should quit just so I can spend my Saturdays lounging about the house. I don't actually have anything to say but I haven't got anything better to do so I just thought I'd come on and "blog". Reading other people's blogs is actually rather fascinating and is sort of kinky in a non-perverse voyeurism kind of way. It's like there's all sorts of people's secret diaries online and you can just peruse them at your leisure. Sure beats looking at porn... I mean, erm, corn. Yes, I regularly look at CORN related sites on the Internet. Honest.
Friday, January 12, 2001
Right, let me just say I seem to have got how to link stuff figured out now so here's a link to my site - The Punisher's Film Reviews
Also, check out my good friend and webmaster extrordinaire's blog at www.imperialdoughnut.blogspot.com
Well, I've had my first Psychology and English exams and they went pretty well. I managed to completely bullshit my way through English and when it comes to Psychology I just rule. No seriously, it's true. In fact I rule so much at Psychology that my teacher marked one of my essays, gave it !00% and then said it was the best essay he'd EVER read! I bullshit you not.
One of the things I love to do is just come home after a hard day at work/college and just chill out to some music. My tastes in music and CD collection cover a braod range of material. For instance, my favourite band is far and away Radiohead but I have stuff like Dr. Dre, Wu Tang Clan, REM, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Manic Street Preachers and even some crappy dance stuff. I seem to change everything depending on the mood I'm in. When I got in today I stuck "Stan" by Eminem on (classy song) and followed it up with a bit of Stereophonics. My favourtie song of all time has to be "Creep" by Radiohead. I don't know why but I think it perfectly sums up my entire life. Every time I listen to it I feel like it's me that's singing and not Thom Yorke. I guess it's just a love song about the one that got away, it's a song I recommend everybody should listen to at some stage or other. Most of the people I know listen to dance music. My thoughts on dance music are this - when you're in a club dancing with a girl you think is gorgeous (that's just the alcohol taking effect) then dance music is perfect, but to actually sit and physically listen to it, my God you're either stupid or just trying to fit in. Come on, it's just a rhythm through a mixer repeated over and over with no lyrics. What's the point in it other than to dance to?
The new series of Dawsons Creek has just started on channel 4 over here in the UK and despite the predictable storylines, over the top dialogue and good looking "twentysomething" teenagers I love it. I think Kevin Williamson has captured perfectly the essence of teenage life but idealised it slighlty. However, I can soon see the Pacey - Joey - Dawson love triangle soon getting repetitive. I just can't wait for Jack to get a boyfriend - now that's entertainment! Another favourite of mine is Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and not just because the delectable Sarah Michelle Gellar is in it, although that is a major strong point). I think the character of Xander is just inspired, he really is hilarious in everything he says. It's completely unrealistic (it is about vampires after all) and it features the usual teenage angst stuff but I really enjoy watching it. There's just something about it that's so... clever. I don't know how else to describe it.
Anyway, for my armies of fans out there (I know who you are!) I'll try and blog again on Sunday. In the meantime go and look at some ugly people.
Also, check out my good friend and webmaster extrordinaire's blog at www.imperialdoughnut.blogspot.com
Well, I've had my first Psychology and English exams and they went pretty well. I managed to completely bullshit my way through English and when it comes to Psychology I just rule. No seriously, it's true. In fact I rule so much at Psychology that my teacher marked one of my essays, gave it !00% and then said it was the best essay he'd EVER read! I bullshit you not.
One of the things I love to do is just come home after a hard day at work/college and just chill out to some music. My tastes in music and CD collection cover a braod range of material. For instance, my favourite band is far and away Radiohead but I have stuff like Dr. Dre, Wu Tang Clan, REM, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Manic Street Preachers and even some crappy dance stuff. I seem to change everything depending on the mood I'm in. When I got in today I stuck "Stan" by Eminem on (classy song) and followed it up with a bit of Stereophonics. My favourtie song of all time has to be "Creep" by Radiohead. I don't know why but I think it perfectly sums up my entire life. Every time I listen to it I feel like it's me that's singing and not Thom Yorke. I guess it's just a love song about the one that got away, it's a song I recommend everybody should listen to at some stage or other. Most of the people I know listen to dance music. My thoughts on dance music are this - when you're in a club dancing with a girl you think is gorgeous (that's just the alcohol taking effect) then dance music is perfect, but to actually sit and physically listen to it, my God you're either stupid or just trying to fit in. Come on, it's just a rhythm through a mixer repeated over and over with no lyrics. What's the point in it other than to dance to?
The new series of Dawsons Creek has just started on channel 4 over here in the UK and despite the predictable storylines, over the top dialogue and good looking "twentysomething" teenagers I love it. I think Kevin Williamson has captured perfectly the essence of teenage life but idealised it slighlty. However, I can soon see the Pacey - Joey - Dawson love triangle soon getting repetitive. I just can't wait for Jack to get a boyfriend - now that's entertainment! Another favourite of mine is Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and not just because the delectable Sarah Michelle Gellar is in it, although that is a major strong point). I think the character of Xander is just inspired, he really is hilarious in everything he says. It's completely unrealistic (it is about vampires after all) and it features the usual teenage angst stuff but I really enjoy watching it. There's just something about it that's so... clever. I don't know how else to describe it.
Anyway, for my armies of fans out there (I know who you are!) I'll try and blog again on Sunday. In the meantime go and look at some ugly people.
Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Finally, I've come back to Blogger to make another post. As I write this I'm right in the middle of my Trial A-Level exams - woohoo (sarcasm). I've had 2 so far, my first Politics and General Studies. Politics, well, let's just say I didn't exactly take the paper by storm. It seemed as if everything I had dilligently revised for wasn't on the exam. You see, I'm one of those people who can get away without doing too much work and still get top grades (ego mode engaged) and usually I can just bullshit my way through exams but this Politics exam, oh boy, bullshit was virtually spilling out of my mouth I was that desperate.
The only other exam I've done was General Studies. The best way to describe this is a glorified version of Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire? with the vast majority of questions being multiple choice and general knowledge. However, the questions are so incredibly and unfair and stupid that it defies belief. For example, we're given a couple of pictures to look at and then we have to decide what art period they are. Is it cubism or impressionism? Industrial or Post-Modern? Who gives a fuck! It's an extra A-level sure but it really is a complete waste of time and most students don't bother going to the lessons (who can blame them?) I've got Psychology tomorrow and then English on Friday and that's only the first week!
However, I have managed to get the weekend off work to revise so its not so bad. If I haven't mentioned it before let me just say I have a really crummy job with crappy pay that I don't hate, but I don't exactly go into work on a weekend with a huge grin on my face. I work at Partners, a stationery shop and my job basically entails going on the till or putting stock out. BORING. The wage, oh dear God, is £2.75 an hour - an absolute pittance. We have all these rules and regulations to follow, we have to say certain things at the till point to customers, they tell me to work Saturday and Sunday every week without asking and there's certain people who work there that basically just sit of all day and let honest, hard working people (like myself) do all the work. And it really pisses me off. Why don;t you quit? I hear you ask. Well, firstly I can't be arsed trying to get another job and it's money (even if it is crap).
So there you have it, my daily moan. I'm not sure why but my website address wasn't posted for some reason so I'll try again:
If that doesn't work I'll just type it here: www.imperialdoughnut.freeserve.co.uk/punisher
Go, read, enjoy and sign the guestbook! Unfortunately, I've been very lazy and haven't done any reviews for 3 or 4 months but once my Mocks are out of the way I promise I'll start getting back to it. I apologise to Mike in advance for being so lazy. Mike, incidentally has a very funny Blogger which can be found at: (I hope this works!)
Go read it. Well that's all for now. I'll try and update at the weekend to tell you how my exams went. Later.
The only other exam I've done was General Studies. The best way to describe this is a glorified version of Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire? with the vast majority of questions being multiple choice and general knowledge. However, the questions are so incredibly and unfair and stupid that it defies belief. For example, we're given a couple of pictures to look at and then we have to decide what art period they are. Is it cubism or impressionism? Industrial or Post-Modern? Who gives a fuck! It's an extra A-level sure but it really is a complete waste of time and most students don't bother going to the lessons (who can blame them?) I've got Psychology tomorrow and then English on Friday and that's only the first week!
However, I have managed to get the weekend off work to revise so its not so bad. If I haven't mentioned it before let me just say I have a really crummy job with crappy pay that I don't hate, but I don't exactly go into work on a weekend with a huge grin on my face. I work at Partners, a stationery shop and my job basically entails going on the till or putting stock out. BORING. The wage, oh dear God, is £2.75 an hour - an absolute pittance. We have all these rules and regulations to follow, we have to say certain things at the till point to customers, they tell me to work Saturday and Sunday every week without asking and there's certain people who work there that basically just sit of all day and let honest, hard working people (like myself) do all the work. And it really pisses me off. Why don;t you quit? I hear you ask. Well, firstly I can't be arsed trying to get another job and it's money (even if it is crap).
So there you have it, my daily moan. I'm not sure why but my website address wasn't posted for some reason so I'll try again:
If that doesn't work I'll just type it here: www.imperialdoughnut.freeserve.co.uk/punisher
Go, read, enjoy and sign the guestbook! Unfortunately, I've been very lazy and haven't done any reviews for 3 or 4 months but once my Mocks are out of the way I promise I'll start getting back to it. I apologise to Mike in advance for being so lazy. Mike, incidentally has a very funny Blogger which can be found at: (I hope this works!)
Go read it. Well that's all for now. I'll try and update at the weekend to tell you how my exams went. Later.
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