Still DRE
I thought I owed my loyal readership a decent sized blog today so I’m gonna try my best to deliver but I can’t promise anything. My life continues to be relatively boring, basically everything is building up towards those ever-present final A-level exams in the summer. I can’t wait until they’re over because then I’ll be young, free and incredibly good-looking (well, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad).
When the Shit hits The Fan
Since my amazing website, The Punisher’s Film Reviews, is currently going through a period of inactivity due to various external factors, after watching “The Fan” last night with Robert de Niro and Wesley Snipes in, I thought I’d give you all my 2 cents on it. Basically de Niro plays a crazed fan of the baseball team Snipes plays for and his obsession goes a little too far when Snipes isn’t playing well.
Throughout this film I could never gauge what direction it was attempting to go in. The first hour and a half were passable enough but the last half hour took an unexpected twist that just made the rest of the movie completely ridiculous and not enjoyable in the slightest. It was almost laughable how bad the film became as it reached its non-anticipated conclusion. De Niro was good as the psychotic fan, reprising a role he played to a tee in Cape Fear, and Benicio del Toro had a short but memorable role to play. Overall it started off at reasonably enough but went off on such a strange tangent that it in my eyes it completely ruined what otherwise could have been a very average film.
SCORE = 5/10
Backlash
For non-wrestling fans, I’ll try and keep this short. Last night saw the WWF present it’s post-Wrestlemania PPV and by all accounts this one wasn’t anywhere near as anticipated as Wrestlemania nor built up as much. The undercard was relatively solid and the Hardcore match between Raven and Rhyno featured some innovative spots. The Angle-Benoit ultimate submission match had great potential but unfortunately tried too much to cater for the “smart” wrestling fans and not enough for your average WWF mark. This resulted in an entertaining albeit slightly boring matchup. Fortunately Benoit went over and this should hopefully be the beginning of his much maligned push into the upper echelons of the roster. Stupidly I set the video wrong and missed the main event of HHH and Austin vs. Undertaker and Kane. D’oh.
I’m gonna kick your sorry ass out on the street…
That’s all for today. I sincerely hope you all enjoyed reading and will mail me at alex_rimmer@hotmail.com if there’s anything you’d like to bring up with me or perhaps better yet go visit my website and sign the guestbook. Later all.
Monday, April 30, 2001
Friday, April 27, 2001
Forgot about DRE
Well, not much to say again really. Revision is going fairly well, I’m managing to do at least a couple of hours a day at the moment so there’s no real complaints there. Everybody is really stressed over the exams but I guess that’s to be expected. Other than that life just plods along as normal with nothing even remotely interesting to report…
Well, not much to say again really. Revision is going fairly well, I’m managing to do at least a couple of hours a day at the moment so there’s no real complaints there. Everybody is really stressed over the exams but I guess that’s to be expected. Other than that life just plods along as normal with nothing even remotely interesting to report…
Tuesday, April 24, 2001
The Good, The Bad and The Plain Darn Awful
This will be short because there isn’t much to say and I can’t be bothered making stuff up. Well, the good news is I got my Psychology coursework out of the way [readers applaud] but the bad news is my possible other jobs appear to have no substance to them. Basically, the job at the school is only for 4 weeks and I wouldn’t get paid until October and there’s isn’t definitely going to be a job at the library. Looks like that £2.75 an hour is here to stay!
Examination Day
The A-level exams are a mere 5 weeks away and today I started to really get my head down to business. All of my teachers are making a really big deal out of everything and some of my friends are beginning to get a wee bit stressed. I just can’t wait until they’re over, plain and simply, and then I can have a summer full of sun, fun and something else ending in –un. At the moment the revision is going okay, today I managed a good two-and-a-half hours between lessons, and hopefully I can stick with it. My parents are a real drag about it as they expect me to about 25 hours a day studying and they’ve threatened to take my PlayStation away from me – yeah, like that’d make me do more work, I’d do less in protest!
Anyway, gotta go, over and out.
This will be short because there isn’t much to say and I can’t be bothered making stuff up. Well, the good news is I got my Psychology coursework out of the way [readers applaud] but the bad news is my possible other jobs appear to have no substance to them. Basically, the job at the school is only for 4 weeks and I wouldn’t get paid until October and there’s isn’t definitely going to be a job at the library. Looks like that £2.75 an hour is here to stay!
Examination Day
The A-level exams are a mere 5 weeks away and today I started to really get my head down to business. All of my teachers are making a really big deal out of everything and some of my friends are beginning to get a wee bit stressed. I just can’t wait until they’re over, plain and simply, and then I can have a summer full of sun, fun and something else ending in –un. At the moment the revision is going okay, today I managed a good two-and-a-half hours between lessons, and hopefully I can stick with it. My parents are a real drag about it as they expect me to about 25 hours a day studying and they’ve threatened to take my PlayStation away from me – yeah, like that’d make me do more work, I’d do less in protest!
Anyway, gotta go, over and out.
Saturday, April 21, 2001
Job Opportunities
Regular readers of my blog will be familiar with my constant bitching about my job. Mainly it’s over the wages. To be honest, much as I moan about my job, I don’t hate it (no really, I don’t!) it’s just I don’t particularly like it. I’ve got nothing against any of the people that work there, they’re all really nice and I get on with them all. It’s the corporate scum in their nice air-conditioned offices that annoy me. Hopefully, I’ll be one of them some day…
Anyway, several of my friends have all quit their jobs recently so they can properly prepare for their impending A-levels. Of course, me being amazingly clever I don’t need the time off work right? Er, well no actually. I do need to work hard, very hard in fact to get the grades I’m going to get/need. So 2 jobs have presented themselves to me: working with my mum at Birkdale Library over the summer or helping my sister out at our local primary school during the summer.
Both of them pay much better than my current job and at the moment I’m just weighing things up. But if I quit my job now I won’t have any income for the next 3 or so months until I’ve finished my exams. It’s something I need to consider closely.
Special Agent Alex Rimmer
I love the X-files. And not just because Gillian Anderson is in it. I think it seems a really glamorous job to be an FBI or CIA agent and although it’s probably really boring and just another admin job I think it’s something I’d like to do (along with being the next WWF champion – hey, any excuse to mention wrestling). However, after perusing the FBI website I discovered that one of the prerequisites for becoming an agent is to be an American Citizen. So just because I’m British it means I can’t join the FBI! Surely that’s in violation of some equal opportunities act somewhere?
Computer or Bust
The situation as regards to me buying a new PC or Laptop for University seems to be in limbo as of now. My mum, the real person pulling the strings behind my life, suggested I wait until I get there and see how I get on for a while before splashing out a grand or so on a piece of the latest technology. Sound advice.
My Secret World
After my recent re-design and constant updates, my imperious blog is really beginning to feel like a proper on-line diary. I doubt I’ll ever receive the same infamy as Adrian Mole or Bridget Jones but at least a piece of me and my unparalleled wisdom is forever available for general worship/amusement to the general public. A big hand please to Internet God and all round nice guy Solid_Ichelma for updating the design of this blog and constantly encouraging me to update on a regular basis.
Regular readers of my blog will be familiar with my constant bitching about my job. Mainly it’s over the wages. To be honest, much as I moan about my job, I don’t hate it (no really, I don’t!) it’s just I don’t particularly like it. I’ve got nothing against any of the people that work there, they’re all really nice and I get on with them all. It’s the corporate scum in their nice air-conditioned offices that annoy me. Hopefully, I’ll be one of them some day…
Anyway, several of my friends have all quit their jobs recently so they can properly prepare for their impending A-levels. Of course, me being amazingly clever I don’t need the time off work right? Er, well no actually. I do need to work hard, very hard in fact to get the grades I’m going to get/need. So 2 jobs have presented themselves to me: working with my mum at Birkdale Library over the summer or helping my sister out at our local primary school during the summer.
Both of them pay much better than my current job and at the moment I’m just weighing things up. But if I quit my job now I won’t have any income for the next 3 or so months until I’ve finished my exams. It’s something I need to consider closely.
Special Agent Alex Rimmer
I love the X-files. And not just because Gillian Anderson is in it. I think it seems a really glamorous job to be an FBI or CIA agent and although it’s probably really boring and just another admin job I think it’s something I’d like to do (along with being the next WWF champion – hey, any excuse to mention wrestling). However, after perusing the FBI website I discovered that one of the prerequisites for becoming an agent is to be an American Citizen. So just because I’m British it means I can’t join the FBI! Surely that’s in violation of some equal opportunities act somewhere?
Computer or Bust
The situation as regards to me buying a new PC or Laptop for University seems to be in limbo as of now. My mum, the real person pulling the strings behind my life, suggested I wait until I get there and see how I get on for a while before splashing out a grand or so on a piece of the latest technology. Sound advice.
My Secret World
After my recent re-design and constant updates, my imperious blog is really beginning to feel like a proper on-line diary. I doubt I’ll ever receive the same infamy as Adrian Mole or Bridget Jones but at least a piece of me and my unparalleled wisdom is forever available for general worship/amusement to the general public. A big hand please to Internet God and all round nice guy Solid_Ichelma for updating the design of this blog and constantly encouraging me to update on a regular basis.
Thursday, April 19, 2001
Crash and Burn
Manchester United, much to the chagrin of myself and United fans everywhere, bombed out of the European Cup at the quarter-final stage last night at the hands of Bayern Munich. To be honest, since United won the trophy in ’99 they haven’t been the same team in Europe and deserved to go out as they’ve been decidedly average in recent months. Although they’ve stormed the Premier League and opened a huge gulf between them and the nearest challengers, in Europe they just haven’t been able to cut the mustard.
Roy Keane summed it up when he said they were an “average side”. I think he’s hit the bullseye there – United have been very average in the Champions League the last couple of seasons and for the life of me I can’t figure out why. I mean, with the exceptions of Barthez, Silvestre and Brown it’s the exact same team that fought 2 fine draws against Barcelona, beat Juventus in their own back yard and recorded that memorable stunning last-gasp victory against Munich themselves.
There’s talk of Fergie (United’s manager) splashing out big in the summer on players such as Ruud van Nistelrooy, Edgar Davids and Rivaldo but with the exception of van Nistelrooy I don’t see a big signing being made. I mean, where would these players play? I’m assuming Davids would replace Scholes in midfield but I think Scholes is United’s most technically gifted player and provides the team’s real creative spark. Rivaldo would probably play in either Giggs’ or Scholes’ position and again I don’t see how this will provide a great improvement. van Nistelrooy, to be honest, I don’t know much about except he’s scored a load of goals in Holland and is rated highly by Fergie.
Media Studies
Listen, I’m sorry if you’re not interested in football, but I really needed to get this off my chest because I just hate the way things have happened. With United I feel The Press really don’t help matters. The papers are always building United up as the world’s greatest team and that they’re unbeatable. They’re an excellent team, no doubt about that, but they’re by no means infallible and to be honest I think they’re overrated. On their day Arsenal, Leeds and Liverpool (Southport as well maybe) could give United a real run for their money, and I think Barcelona, Real Madrid and maybe Juventus or Roma would get the better of them as well. When things are going well – they’re invincible. When things go badly – it’s the beginning of the end. There’s just no way of winning.
Char Sui
Clive Tyldsley, ITV’s main commentator really, needs to stop making something out of nothing. At the beginning of the match last night he said they would try not to mention the ’99 European Cup Final. So what did he do? Mention at virtually every opportunity. “Bayern have hit the bar, just like in ’99!” “On come Sheringham and Solsjkaer, just like in ’99!” “I’m a crap commentator, just like in ’99!” Please Clive, forget the past before I’m forced to re-enact the Hiroshima bombing on your face.
The Universal
Well, like I said before, if football isn’t your game then I’m sorry but it just had to be said. It is the global game so you should have at least an idea of what I just said and if you don’t… well just forget it. It wasn’t important. Just a 17 year old’s opinions on something out of his control.
Anyway, not much else has happened to me and the Easter holidays are nearly over. I haven’t done much but then again I didn’t intend to so I guess you could say I achieved my objective. I feel much fuller after eating all 3 of my Easter eggs, I feel much more alert after having a lie-in every day and I feel much happier after ranting about Manchester United’s demise from the European Cup. You know, sometimes, you can’t win them all.
Manchester United, much to the chagrin of myself and United fans everywhere, bombed out of the European Cup at the quarter-final stage last night at the hands of Bayern Munich. To be honest, since United won the trophy in ’99 they haven’t been the same team in Europe and deserved to go out as they’ve been decidedly average in recent months. Although they’ve stormed the Premier League and opened a huge gulf between them and the nearest challengers, in Europe they just haven’t been able to cut the mustard.
Roy Keane summed it up when he said they were an “average side”. I think he’s hit the bullseye there – United have been very average in the Champions League the last couple of seasons and for the life of me I can’t figure out why. I mean, with the exceptions of Barthez, Silvestre and Brown it’s the exact same team that fought 2 fine draws against Barcelona, beat Juventus in their own back yard and recorded that memorable stunning last-gasp victory against Munich themselves.
There’s talk of Fergie (United’s manager) splashing out big in the summer on players such as Ruud van Nistelrooy, Edgar Davids and Rivaldo but with the exception of van Nistelrooy I don’t see a big signing being made. I mean, where would these players play? I’m assuming Davids would replace Scholes in midfield but I think Scholes is United’s most technically gifted player and provides the team’s real creative spark. Rivaldo would probably play in either Giggs’ or Scholes’ position and again I don’t see how this will provide a great improvement. van Nistelrooy, to be honest, I don’t know much about except he’s scored a load of goals in Holland and is rated highly by Fergie.
Media Studies
Listen, I’m sorry if you’re not interested in football, but I really needed to get this off my chest because I just hate the way things have happened. With United I feel The Press really don’t help matters. The papers are always building United up as the world’s greatest team and that they’re unbeatable. They’re an excellent team, no doubt about that, but they’re by no means infallible and to be honest I think they’re overrated. On their day Arsenal, Leeds and Liverpool (Southport as well maybe) could give United a real run for their money, and I think Barcelona, Real Madrid and maybe Juventus or Roma would get the better of them as well. When things are going well – they’re invincible. When things go badly – it’s the beginning of the end. There’s just no way of winning.
Char Sui
Clive Tyldsley, ITV’s main commentator really, needs to stop making something out of nothing. At the beginning of the match last night he said they would try not to mention the ’99 European Cup Final. So what did he do? Mention at virtually every opportunity. “Bayern have hit the bar, just like in ’99!” “On come Sheringham and Solsjkaer, just like in ’99!” “I’m a crap commentator, just like in ’99!” Please Clive, forget the past before I’m forced to re-enact the Hiroshima bombing on your face.
The Universal
Well, like I said before, if football isn’t your game then I’m sorry but it just had to be said. It is the global game so you should have at least an idea of what I just said and if you don’t… well just forget it. It wasn’t important. Just a 17 year old’s opinions on something out of his control.
Anyway, not much else has happened to me and the Easter holidays are nearly over. I haven’t done much but then again I didn’t intend to so I guess you could say I achieved my objective. I feel much fuller after eating all 3 of my Easter eggs, I feel much more alert after having a lie-in every day and I feel much happier after ranting about Manchester United’s demise from the European Cup. You know, sometimes, you can’t win them all.
Tuesday, April 17, 2001
If you tolerate this, then your children will be next…
I was thinking the other day about how I got my codename/pseudonym “The Punisher”. I started using that as my alter-ego about 3 or 4 years ago and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out why. At first I thought it might have something to do with the Marvel cartoon character of the same name but the film was rubbish and I was never a big fan of the comic books. The only other thing I can think of that influenced my decision was probably wrestling. However, at the time I decided on using “The Punisher” I wasn’t wrestling (yes, almost blasphemy by my standards today) so to be honest, I don’t know where it came from. I guess it isn’t that important.
Happy Birthday!
I’d just like to take this opportunity to say happy 1st birthday to my gorgeous niece Hannah. Have a great day and although you’re too young to understand anything going on around you I hope your life is full of happiness.
And on that happy note I’ll leave you all and hopefully come back tomorrow.
I was thinking the other day about how I got my codename/pseudonym “The Punisher”. I started using that as my alter-ego about 3 or 4 years ago and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out why. At first I thought it might have something to do with the Marvel cartoon character of the same name but the film was rubbish and I was never a big fan of the comic books. The only other thing I can think of that influenced my decision was probably wrestling. However, at the time I decided on using “The Punisher” I wasn’t wrestling (yes, almost blasphemy by my standards today) so to be honest, I don’t know where it came from. I guess it isn’t that important.
Happy Birthday!
I’d just like to take this opportunity to say happy 1st birthday to my gorgeous niece Hannah. Have a great day and although you’re too young to understand anything going on around you I hope your life is full of happiness.
And on that happy note I’ll leave you all and hopefully come back tomorrow.
Monday, April 16, 2001
Egg-sploding Holidays
Easter has come and gone and this year I got the paltry sum of 3 eggs. Yeah I’m nearly 18 but I still want to cling onto my childhood at least a bit. I mean, I’m sure one year I got 12 eggs so 3 this year isn’t a very good return. Admittedly I didn’t buy any for anybody else but that’s life. Sort of.
Anyway, I’ve already eaten one and I’m sure the other 2 won’t last the week. Sure, it won’t do much for my six-pack (n.b. six-pack = beer belly) but hey I’m young, healthy (ish) and full of life. There’s plenty of time to burn those calories and become a tanned adonis.
Jesus Christ!
I watched the final part of the excellent series “Son of God” last night and it ended by giving a computer representation of Jesus’ face based on forensic evidence. Whether Jesus really was the son of God or just a normal man is unknown but at least it provided the basis for an entire religion. Personally, I don’t really know what to think. I mean, logic and all sane reasons suggests that of course it isn’t possible for a man to be the son of God or perform miracles but then again there’s a part of me that wants to believe in something special, something spiritual, something beyond the normal realms of reality.
CD Now
There’s been a few releases recently which I’ve got my eye on including the new Ocean Colour Scene, Stereophonics and Manics albums. Ocean Colour Scene have never quite hit the same highs that they achieved with their Moseley Shoals album and subsequent albums have received only lukewarm responses from fans and critics alike. The reviews I’ve read say its OK but it’s nothing groundbreaking.
The new Stereophonics album, entitled JEEP (which stands for something but I’ve forgotten) had a lawsuit against it by Chrysler I think because it infringed on the copyright of their cars. Opinion seems to be divided over which of their albums is better, their debut record or Performance and Cocktails. Personally I’d have to go with the latter but hey, that’s just me.
Like the Phonics new album, the new Manics album, has been criticised for abandoning their BritPop roots and trying to be more melodic (ala The Beach Boys or in more contemporary terms Cosmic Roughriders or Vertical Horizon for example) in an attempt to appeal more to American audiences. I certainly liked the recent Manics singles so I’ll definitely buy this album sooner or later.
Any comments/opinions would be much appreciated readers.
Easter has come and gone and this year I got the paltry sum of 3 eggs. Yeah I’m nearly 18 but I still want to cling onto my childhood at least a bit. I mean, I’m sure one year I got 12 eggs so 3 this year isn’t a very good return. Admittedly I didn’t buy any for anybody else but that’s life. Sort of.
Anyway, I’ve already eaten one and I’m sure the other 2 won’t last the week. Sure, it won’t do much for my six-pack (n.b. six-pack = beer belly) but hey I’m young, healthy (ish) and full of life. There’s plenty of time to burn those calories and become a tanned adonis.
Jesus Christ!
I watched the final part of the excellent series “Son of God” last night and it ended by giving a computer representation of Jesus’ face based on forensic evidence. Whether Jesus really was the son of God or just a normal man is unknown but at least it provided the basis for an entire religion. Personally, I don’t really know what to think. I mean, logic and all sane reasons suggests that of course it isn’t possible for a man to be the son of God or perform miracles but then again there’s a part of me that wants to believe in something special, something spiritual, something beyond the normal realms of reality.
CD Now
There’s been a few releases recently which I’ve got my eye on including the new Ocean Colour Scene, Stereophonics and Manics albums. Ocean Colour Scene have never quite hit the same highs that they achieved with their Moseley Shoals album and subsequent albums have received only lukewarm responses from fans and critics alike. The reviews I’ve read say its OK but it’s nothing groundbreaking.
The new Stereophonics album, entitled JEEP (which stands for something but I’ve forgotten) had a lawsuit against it by Chrysler I think because it infringed on the copyright of their cars. Opinion seems to be divided over which of their albums is better, their debut record or Performance and Cocktails. Personally I’d have to go with the latter but hey, that’s just me.
Like the Phonics new album, the new Manics album, has been criticised for abandoning their BritPop roots and trying to be more melodic (ala The Beach Boys or in more contemporary terms Cosmic Roughriders or Vertical Horizon for example) in an attempt to appeal more to American audiences. I certainly liked the recent Manics singles so I’ll definitely buy this album sooner or later.
Any comments/opinions would be much appreciated readers.
Friday, April 13, 2001
Don't panic
After a day in complete limbo, the brand spanking new layout has been released to universal "oohs" and "aahs" from critics worldwide. Okay, so it's not that impressive but it's certainly easier on the eyes than the drab greyified default template. All this, and more are promised in the near future as Mike gets down to some serious eye candy creation with his new set of pixel paint brushes...
Maybe now I can feel tempted to make a new post more often than my current frequency of once every 11 days...
After a day in complete limbo, the brand spanking new layout has been released to universal "oohs" and "aahs" from critics worldwide. Okay, so it's not that impressive but it's certainly easier on the eyes than the drab greyified default template. All this, and more are promised in the near future as Mike gets down to some serious eye candy creation with his new set of pixel paint brushes...
Maybe now I can feel tempted to make a new post more often than my current frequency of once every 11 days...
Deathly Dull
I went to my little dinner thingy on behalf of the college and I have to say I was might impressed. Not only was the meal very nice but so were all of the people I met. Things didn’t start off too great when my fellow student governor decided to pull out at the last minute. Fortunately I wasn’t completely lonely there as I saw my friend’s dad who’s a great bloke and he bought me a drink and gave me a lift home as well.
Following the meal were 3 speeches. The first two were short and funny, the third… my God the third was like having your toenails slowly ripped out of place whilst a gigantic genetically modified man-beast gnaws at your eyeballs. I looked up dull in the dictionary and found this definition: “after-dinner speaker at college meals that talks about nothing remotely interesting, follows no discernible thread and is not funny. At all.” Admittedly this was the new Alex Rimmer 189th Edition Dictionary but still I hope you’re getting a better picture of how genuinely boring it was.
Easter Egg-stravaganza
Sorry, couldn’t resist putting in at least one Easter/egg related joke. I might be about to experience my first meeting with someone I’ve met over the Internet on Easter Sunday as I girl I know is supposed to be coming down to Southport for the day. I’m pretty sure she’s not a paedophile or anything (and if she is, well hey, maybe we can have a bit of fun) so the wonders of the Internet may well come to fruition.
Obviously this brings to the fore all sorts of quandaries such as will she be disappointed? Will I be disappointed? Why am I still in a job where I’m only on £2.75 an hour? Why did the WWF turn Austin heel at Wrestlemania 17? etc. I guess questions such as these keep us going in life [sigh]
Anyway, I hope we get to meet each other as she’s really nice, is always there for me and just generally is a top gal. I haven’t started my second Psychology coursework yet so I’d better get that out of the way this week, if at all possible, and hopefully get loads of revision done. You see, my final A-level exams are only (SHOCK HORROR) about 7 weeks away. “Plenty of time” students around the country exclaim. Yeah right. You try and learn 2 years worth of Politics and Psychology in a couple of months. (Let’s not start on English…)
School Daze
As a final passing note I just want to express my sincere delight at Channel 4’s new Dromedy (comedy-drama) “Teachers”. It’s incredibly funny, has a great script and is absurd enough to be slightly realistic. There are plenty of dream sequences very similar to those in Ally McBeal and these provide the best bits of humour. It frightens me to think that any of my teachers are even remotely like the ones in this series, but if they are, then all kudos to them – they deserve a laugh as much as the students. (Well, except Mrs. Reeve, but that’s going off on a completely different tangent.)
Well, that’s all folks.
I went to my little dinner thingy on behalf of the college and I have to say I was might impressed. Not only was the meal very nice but so were all of the people I met. Things didn’t start off too great when my fellow student governor decided to pull out at the last minute. Fortunately I wasn’t completely lonely there as I saw my friend’s dad who’s a great bloke and he bought me a drink and gave me a lift home as well.
Following the meal were 3 speeches. The first two were short and funny, the third… my God the third was like having your toenails slowly ripped out of place whilst a gigantic genetically modified man-beast gnaws at your eyeballs. I looked up dull in the dictionary and found this definition: “after-dinner speaker at college meals that talks about nothing remotely interesting, follows no discernible thread and is not funny. At all.” Admittedly this was the new Alex Rimmer 189th Edition Dictionary but still I hope you’re getting a better picture of how genuinely boring it was.
Easter Egg-stravaganza
Sorry, couldn’t resist putting in at least one Easter/egg related joke. I might be about to experience my first meeting with someone I’ve met over the Internet on Easter Sunday as I girl I know is supposed to be coming down to Southport for the day. I’m pretty sure she’s not a paedophile or anything (and if she is, well hey, maybe we can have a bit of fun) so the wonders of the Internet may well come to fruition.
Obviously this brings to the fore all sorts of quandaries such as will she be disappointed? Will I be disappointed? Why am I still in a job where I’m only on £2.75 an hour? Why did the WWF turn Austin heel at Wrestlemania 17? etc. I guess questions such as these keep us going in life [sigh]
Anyway, I hope we get to meet each other as she’s really nice, is always there for me and just generally is a top gal. I haven’t started my second Psychology coursework yet so I’d better get that out of the way this week, if at all possible, and hopefully get loads of revision done. You see, my final A-level exams are only (SHOCK HORROR) about 7 weeks away. “Plenty of time” students around the country exclaim. Yeah right. You try and learn 2 years worth of Politics and Psychology in a couple of months. (Let’s not start on English…)
School Daze
As a final passing note I just want to express my sincere delight at Channel 4’s new Dromedy (comedy-drama) “Teachers”. It’s incredibly funny, has a great script and is absurd enough to be slightly realistic. There are plenty of dream sequences very similar to those in Ally McBeal and these provide the best bits of humour. It frightens me to think that any of my teachers are even remotely like the ones in this series, but if they are, then all kudos to them – they deserve a laugh as much as the students. (Well, except Mrs. Reeve, but that’s going off on a completely different tangent.)
Well, that’s all folks.
Wednesday, April 11, 2001
Life, the Universe and Everything
Ah Easter is upon us and as a Christian this should be a special time of year for me. Theologists argue whether Christmas or Easter is the most important Christian event – Christmas signifies the birth of Jesus and Easter the resurrection. One way of looking at it is to say that if Jesus had been crucified by the Romans and then never came back he would have been remembered as a man that did only good to those around him. However, because he came back from the dead he is remembered for performing miracles, and purported to be either the Son of God or possibly God Himself. Scary stuff.
As a kid Easter meant one thing and one thing only – chocolate. Yes, lots and lots of chocolate Easter eggs. Now that I’m reaching the grand age of 18 my chocolate intake at Easter is vastly reduced. In fact, I’ll be lucky to get more than 2 eggs. But I shouldn’t complain should I? The Easter holidays themselves represent a chance to catch up on all my work, make sure all my notes are in order and generally just prepare for the big push towards the A-level exams. It frightened me to think that my first exam is just 6 weeks away and my first important exam only 8 weeks. Better get working!
[MOAN ALERT!]
Over Easter there are 3 Bank Holidays and I’m working 2 of them (we’re closed on the third) and the most annoying thing about it is I’m still on my standard pay. It isn’t enough that my pay is incredibly low as it is, oh no, they rub our noses in it by not giving us double time or time-and-a-half on Bank Holidays. I always imagined myself selling out to some big corporate entity in return for a nice job with ridiculously high pay and at the moment I think I’m at the other end of the scale.
Dinner-me-do
As I’m on the governor’s board for my wonderful college I’ve been invited to attend a dinner for the Old Georgians – ex-students of my college. It’s at a very posh country club and I’ve been instructed to wear a “Lounge suit”. Fortunately I don’t have to pay anything – the college pays for me and my fellow student-governor to go. But I know it’s just going to be full of stuffy old conservative men harping on about the “good old days”. I get enough of that when I go to visit relatives. But, it’s my duty to represent the college. Oh well. You have to pay for the price of success.
Title Titan
For avid readers of my blog you may have noticed that I’ve started putting titles up. I think all my other bloggers do it so I thought I’d better follow suit. I’d like to make some visual changes to my blog as well but due to my lack of Internet expertise I may have to hire a professional outside agency (i.e. solid_ichelma) to do it instead.
Hasta la vista (baby).
Ah Easter is upon us and as a Christian this should be a special time of year for me. Theologists argue whether Christmas or Easter is the most important Christian event – Christmas signifies the birth of Jesus and Easter the resurrection. One way of looking at it is to say that if Jesus had been crucified by the Romans and then never came back he would have been remembered as a man that did only good to those around him. However, because he came back from the dead he is remembered for performing miracles, and purported to be either the Son of God or possibly God Himself. Scary stuff.
As a kid Easter meant one thing and one thing only – chocolate. Yes, lots and lots of chocolate Easter eggs. Now that I’m reaching the grand age of 18 my chocolate intake at Easter is vastly reduced. In fact, I’ll be lucky to get more than 2 eggs. But I shouldn’t complain should I? The Easter holidays themselves represent a chance to catch up on all my work, make sure all my notes are in order and generally just prepare for the big push towards the A-level exams. It frightened me to think that my first exam is just 6 weeks away and my first important exam only 8 weeks. Better get working!
[MOAN ALERT!]
Over Easter there are 3 Bank Holidays and I’m working 2 of them (we’re closed on the third) and the most annoying thing about it is I’m still on my standard pay. It isn’t enough that my pay is incredibly low as it is, oh no, they rub our noses in it by not giving us double time or time-and-a-half on Bank Holidays. I always imagined myself selling out to some big corporate entity in return for a nice job with ridiculously high pay and at the moment I think I’m at the other end of the scale.
Dinner-me-do
As I’m on the governor’s board for my wonderful college I’ve been invited to attend a dinner for the Old Georgians – ex-students of my college. It’s at a very posh country club and I’ve been instructed to wear a “Lounge suit”. Fortunately I don’t have to pay anything – the college pays for me and my fellow student-governor to go. But I know it’s just going to be full of stuffy old conservative men harping on about the “good old days”. I get enough of that when I go to visit relatives. But, it’s my duty to represent the college. Oh well. You have to pay for the price of success.
Title Titan
For avid readers of my blog you may have noticed that I’ve started putting titles up. I think all my other bloggers do it so I thought I’d better follow suit. I’d like to make some visual changes to my blog as well but due to my lack of Internet expertise I may have to hire a professional outside agency (i.e. solid_ichelma) to do it instead.
Hasta la vista (baby).
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