George - The Blog

I have another blog: http://binarymage.blogspot.com

It’s a Bogger blog.

Am I becoming emo?? Not by a long shot - it’s a dev blog. Sourceforge wanted me to use it for OpenID.

Just in case you wanted to know.

:o)

I’m going insane.

Proof: I’m currently listening/watching to Billie Piper on YouTube. And enjoying it. Music I grew up with through the sixth form.
Hence, I am going insane.

<insert maniacal laughter here>

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098327/

Dragonball is to be released as a film in 2009.

Live action.

I mourn for humanity.

Yeah. Some of you may be wondering what on Earth I am going on about when I start talking about the Universe being totally, completely and utterly insane (to quote my Facebook status)

I have no idea. (more…)

I woke up today, inspired to do a PhD. Actually a full PhD, today. I have the title in my head, the subject content, and it would even lead on from various parts of my FYP. \o/

And I had a very strange dream containing content form the World of Warcraft world. I think I may be playing that a little too much. Especially when it involves a Blood Elf/Demon hybrid, the Black Temple (which I have never seen), Arcane Guardians and a ruse to convince said hybrid that I their time was up, not because I was a heroic adventurer but because I was a Blizzard quest/level designer and had decided that her and her minions were “surplus to requirements.” She was very subservient after that… It’d be cool if  that was all you needed to beat Illidan Stormrage. Who’d need epix and weeks of farming mats? :o)

So yeah, that’s my post of the day.
Comment if you feel the need…
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I feel compelled to write about office politics at this very moment. By office politics I am of course referring to workplace ‘relations’. Not the whole voting for the office president. Cos that’s stupid.
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So, like, I’ve “discovered” insomnia. Well, that’s kind of not true, but for the purposes of this academic year, it is. For all the bad points that insomnia has, I find it has some rather good points too.

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Yeah, I know it’s been nearly two months since my last entry. That’s because I am the King of Fail.
And I’ve been doing uni work.
And Taekwondo.
And other stuff.

But, for all the stuff I’ve been doing, it seems like the world I live in has just whooshed past me like a speeding train.

I blame Facebook.
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OK. I have 2 human pets. Well, actually, whilst writing I lost one of my pets to somebody. But that’s MY pet!!! So now I’ve spent 250 points in buying back my original pet. I seem to be worth 400 points at the moment… Wow, who knew the slave trade was so addictive and fun?

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Yes, it’s 5.35am.

I have, for the first time in 14 or so years, watched the first episode of Power Rangers. I figured with the previous post in my blog being of a somewhat heavy tone, a lighter subject was required. And this is it.

OK, I know what y’all are thinking. Well, actually I don’t. But I can make a pretty good guess at what y’all are thinking: “What the hell is he doing watching Power Rangers?” Well, why the hell not? I mean, from the opening riff of the theme tune, to the really bad dress sense (but spectacularly coherent colour co-ordination) of all the protagonists, it embodies the early 90s in the best possible way. And it had a rather tasty looking girl as the Pink Ranger.

For those, unfortunate and overly deprived souls, who have yet to see the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers (and I’m not on about the ABOMINATION of a film license, but I’ll get onto that in a bit, it begins with some stupid people (read: American astronauts. All those Ph. D.s mean nowt to teenage action storylines) opening an “intergalactic dumpster” and release Rita Repulsa, a very badly lipsynced woman of Asiatic origin, yet with a voice curiously comparable to Tina Turner played at high speed. Though the actress playing Rita could probably sing better. Except for Goldeneye. Cos I liked that song. And film. But not as much as A View To A Kill. Bugger, I’m digressing again.

As I was saying, Rita is released by these astronauts, and proceeds to attack the “nearest planet” (or Earth as she proclaims in the opening credits. I really wish that editors would keep things in context!) This then causes an earthquake (for some reason) which in turn prompts Zordon and his rather neurotic android sidekick to basically kidnap 5 token “overbearing and over-emotional humans” or teenagers as society would like to call them.

Finding such a group of teenagers, especially ones who are whiter than driven snow, and are of strong, typical American, values must be nigh on impossible. But no! There lies a small, but fictional, town known as “Angel Grove” where 5 such miscreants reside. And lo! They’re all best buddies!! There’s all 5 food groups represented: A male African-American dancer, with the typical turn-of-the-decade “Carlton from the Fresh Prince” hair style; a female Caucasian gymnast, who was typically “Oh, I don’t think I can save the world…. NOT!”; a male Caucasian karate instructor, who embodied the typical American jock - but with a not-so-chiseled-jaw look; a male Caucasian geek (they hadn’t invented female geeks at that point yet), who always had that desperate “I know y’all are just hanging around with me so y’all can look great” look (and a pair of dungarees); and finally, the female Asian-American, who was there just to make up the numbers.

Yeah, so these 5 kids get kidnapped, turn into the power rangers and beat up the monster with their big robot. OK, so I got a little bored after writing about the cultural tokens playing the teenage roles, and now I’m bored of writing about the Power Rangers. But it is 6.14am (according to my trusty KDE based timepiece) so I believe I should be forgiven.

But yeah, I used to watch Power Rangers when I was of the age where I should’ve known better. And I watched it again, not 40 minutes ago. Ad I most DEFINITELY should know better.

OK. I think I’m on the way to passing out, and it’s become light outside. I’m just rate upset that I don’t have the money to go to McDonald’s to get breakfast. So instead I shall have noodles. YUMM!!!

Laters y’all,
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