Crackdown

Well it had to happen eventually and now it has. I've had my first Crackdown moment.

This is apparently when the XBox game Crackdown intrudes into your reality and it happened to me today.

As I was driving up the hill out of Lincoln I looked to my right to see the two big gas-o-meters behind the houses. I swear I could see a green agility orb on top of the towers.

Yes I am barking mad.

Yes I need to get out more.

Yes I need to lay off the Crackdown for a while.

But it's just so good.

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I will now turn my hand to video it's easier.

Posted a test video on youTube.

WTF?

Well after an enormously long gap I'm back again.

I can't believe how much time has gone by since my last entry. Christmas was awesome, I'm loving my Xbox360 especially Gears Of War. It really comes into it's own on Xbox LIVE.

So what have I done since Christmas? Well I did a three week course on intermediate biscuit management techniques. That wasn't bad actually and apart from the excess homework and polishing my trousers and ironing my shoes it all went well. Since then the factory has been fairly steady.

We did have a really busy week where the fat controller at the factory decided we had two weeks to design, test and manufacture a whole new range of biscuits. This process usually takes about two months so 2 weeks was a bit ambitious. Anyway we all worked our balls off for a week and then he realised we weren't getting anywhere near completion and decided to shitcan the idea. So now everything is back to normal.

Liverpool FC have raised and dashed my hopes again as usual. After a very brief spell of looking like catching up with Chelski the wheels have fell off and we've dropped 4 points in two games so it's business as usual.

Now that two fat yankees have bought the club thing's may be looking up. To be honest I can't see them spending tonnes of money on the squad but at least the new stadium will now happen. Unfortunately we will no doubt end up playing in the "Microsoft Windows Vista" stadium or the "Viagra Dome" at least we'd be guaranteed to stay up. ( I thank you.)

Well that's it for now, see ya soon.

I need a wii wii

I had my first play with the nintendo wii this weekend, and what can I say It's really good fun.

Thanks to Glenn, my little leprechaun gadget fiend friend, who always gets the newest games and gadgets straight away (ie spoilt bastard :)). I had a few hours play on his wii, he had wii sports, wii play, raving rabbids and zelda.

Okay first impressions are ooh this feels really weird, followed by wow this is so cool why has it taken so long for someone to come up with this idea.

The controller is great it's really responsive, a big concern of mine was whether it would actually feel right, this was put to rest as it does feel and respond well.

The unit itself is tiny and much like the ds lite it feels very "apple" like in its design and packaging, that's no bad thing.

The mini games are great the graphics are very simple and stylized but lets face it it's all about the interface and the wii-mote rocks. It's worth buying one just as a bowling simulator for parties at home. You really do have to use your body particularly your arms to play some of these games, I don't think it'll be long before the first blimp sized yank files a lawsuit for making him tired or giving them a heart attack

I will definitely be considering one of these as a second console if Diane considered such a thing feasible in this house. Actually that's rubbish as we've already got 4 games machines in use already. So let's just make it 5.

Just remember to keep tight hold of the controller or you might end up like the picture above.

christmas is coming

Well it's now officially December and I have to admit I'm quite excited about Xmas this year. As long as they don't bugger about with the shift system at the biscuit factory things should work out really well.

The three main reasons I'm looking forward to Xmas are, in no particular order these:

1.) I'm getting an Xbox360 with gears of war, I really can't wait to play this. Sometimes I find myself lying awake at night thinking about this. Makes a change from naked girls covered in trifle.

2.) The Doctor Who Xmas special, yes I am self confessed nerd and I really can't wait to see this. I've seen some of the leaked footage on youtube and it looked amazing. I love it when they do those tardis flying around on earth shots, like in last years special. The clip I saw just looked so exciting, I can't wait. I'm looking forward to xmas evening with a full belly, a glass of wine, bottle of lager, glass of port, peanuts, turkey drumstick and sprout butty in hand. Surrounded by broken toys and watching Doctor Who with the family.

3.) We've got a full house here for Xmas, my mum and dad are down for Xmas day and Di's parents will be joining them here for Boxing day. For me christmas has always been about family and when you look back on your life xmas days are like little islands in the fog of my appalling crap memory. I hope these days will live on in my kids memories like my past chrimbo's do for me.

I have to admit a guilty secret here, I have quite enjoyed this series of I'm a celebrity. Although I've watched most of it whilst peering over the top of my macbook it's been really funny. David Gest was hilarious and so was that little gay fella fighting with that scary black girl. She was as hard as nails, I had visions of her killing one of the celebrities and eating them, I don't mean that in a racist crappy cannibal joke way I just mean she was so single minded and mentally tough I didn't think she would let anything stop her from winning and boy could she eat.

The bush tucker trials are disgustingly funny. Although I think they went a bit over the top on the first one, that's probably why they refused. To be honest I don't see what is so scary about eating crocodile eyes, kangaroo's bumholes, nobs and balls. I've been eating iceland sausages for years and they taste alright to me.

See you soon, I'm off to Iceland. I'm not really that Kerry Katona has completely re-branded them as a major chav brand now. I couldn't believe the ad where she points at a table with some sausage rolls and trifle on and says, "I didn't think I was rich enough, posh enough or clever enough to have a dinner party. But now thanks to Iceland blah blah blah etc...".

I'm sorry but if cooking some sausage rolls and opening a trifle means that your rich, posh and clever then I must be Joe Billionaire, The Duke of Edinborough and Stephen Hawking all rolled into one because I could do all of that and even throw in some custard, a cup of tea and maybe some chocolate hob-nobs. Roll on the good times.

I'm still around.

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Haven't done much for a while. As I've been stuck in a rut at the biscuit factory. It's okay though as we've been seperated now and the rut has been sacked for lewd conduct in a factory environment.

However I did bake this tremendous cake. Banana and walnut delicious. I also ate most of it as the kids decided they don't like walnuts.


I've not had much to write about as I've been feeling a bit un-inspired recently. Maybe I need to broaden my horizons to stimulate my interest. I could possibly take up para-gliding, or maybe just make some scones that'll be easier. Actually it's easier to just buy scones and eat them. Mmmmmm scones

I'll be back as that Arnold bloke used to say.