Month: March 2008

Lol 🙂 Most of the time Wales count as The Enemy, even though Wales is only about 30 miles from where I live.

However, they are a much closer neighbour than the team they’re playing at the moment …

3-0, Wales in control after 15 minutes.

I like how you root for the home team. Sporting events are always so much more fun when the fans are really into it – and you clearly are. Love the sound effects especially.

Popped by from Michele’s today. Hope you’re having a great weekend so far.

Watched a new film today that had me thinking – I’m going to have to watch 300 again to remind me of what an sword n sandals action film should be like ! Fortunately, England were on much better form today and I’ve just finished watching them rack up a pretty decent score against Ireland.

10,000 BC isn’t a bad film, it just isn’t that great. There’s a lot of technical achievement in there, like the PuddyCat that appears around the middle. Big, Furry, Long Teeth, it’s full of “I’m hungry and you’re dinner” type menace. And then there’s the mammoths that fill the screen. There’s sequences near the end where you start to think “how did they bring that scene to life ?” The scenes are alive but you should really be too gripped in the story to be thinking things like that. A film worth a look but only if there’s nothing else worth watching on. It’s come at a bad time because we also have Vantage Point to watch.

Back to the rugby, I’ve caught myself adding sound effects to the players … When the big prop forward picks up the ball and starts running with it, my mind has been adding the thundering sounds of “BOOM BOOM BOOM” to his footsteps. However, I haven’t quite got to the stage where my mind is adding a whimpering “ouch” to the ball when it’s kicked 80 metres.

Wales v France next and I find myself in the very strange position of wanting the Welsh to win. If they do, they’ll achieve a well earned Grand Slam (beating all 5 of the other nations) plus it means the French lose. Late night too tonight, as I’m hoping that England will make short work of New Zealand in the cricket.

PS It seems that there’s a few areas of the world that are proving very popular for action films. I’m sure I’ve seen similar bits of craggy topography in various films like Narnia, 10,000 BC, LOTR and a few more too.

I’m not too big on the fill-ins, memes and various silly surveys floating about, but they can be, on occasion, an good way to pass some otherwise idle time.

Kinda of like playing the M&G, which is a good way to segue…

Michele sent me ~

From what I’m seeing on the VR forums, your guild is extremely healthy right now Deaf 🙂

Hopefully your members will be able to get what they need out of GL too, without getting hurt by some of the more objectionable people they have in there.

Amusing answers. I don’t know if I’ve ever hear of anyone adoring popcorn … that made me smile, thank you.

Never done one of these before, although I’ve seen them on other people’s blogs 🙂

1. Contact may cause pain or pleasure but is definitely not something to shy away from.
2. The parties hereto do mutually agree that my left hand seldom knows what my right hand is getting up to. (job joke there …)
3. Disney parks are fantastic for photo opportunities, especially if you get a good spot when the parade is going past.
4. The Smarties Easter Egg I have in the fridge sounds really good right about now!
5. I positively adore popcorn.
6. Catching a rare glimpse of and chat with Miss L always makes me smile 🙂
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to watching more of the NZ vs England cricket, tomorrow my plans include cheering on Wales in the 6 Nations (that feels so wrong but if they beat the French it’ll justify it) and Sunday, I want to crash out, watch cricket highlights of hopefully England winning vs New Zealand !

From Friday Fill Ins

And another link, found by Jacobus Flint of the Assti corporation :
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There’s nothing like guild politics to ruin a breakfast or get your head spinning out of control.
Especially when you get the feeling that you’re the one who is supposed to do something about it.

I’ve had my fair share of nasty politics influencing my studies in a bad way.
After the great split in VR we haven’t had much drama, only a few outbursts of frustrations when things just isn’t working entirely like they should.
I personally refuse to take discussions very far when it is about in game stuff, with the split we had enough for a life time.

I guess it is always about finding the right balance, Wow would probably be quite dull without a little drama/politics once in a while but when there’s too much it is not worth the time it consumes.

If VR were to have another split like we did with Perdition I would probably end my wow career in VR and go to some guild where I could be without officers responsibility.

/Deaf

well I’m inspired to rent it and in awe of your dedication to research 😉

d

Thirteen Things about Memorable Sporting Moments Taking the idea for this one from The Bluest Butterfly, it was going to go up last week but I felt I needed to put up the Gary Gygax memorial 13. 1…. England regaining the Ashes in 2005. 2…. Every Monty Panesar wicket – they are followed by a wonderful outburst of sheer joy. 3…. England winning the Rugby World Cup in the dying second with That Wilkinson Drop Goal. 4…. Murray Walker and Nigel Mansell’s bruise on the head. 5…. Mansell’s rear tyre exploding costing him the world title in the last race (they don’t all have to be good things ! still remember this one) 6…. Getting wicket number 6 for me and winning a game for the team against all expectations, getting my best bowling in the process. 7…. Shelley Rudman winning a medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics Skeleton event (hurtling down a BobSled track headfirst on little more than a skateboard). 8…. Weirdest moment – Yorkshire supporter standing at the back of the stand shouting “I’m ashamed of you Yorkshire, ashamed” several times at the end of a day’s play at Scarborough. My dad and I had just watched Notts bat the whole day out to secure a draw against Yorkshire. 9…. Race 7 of the Americas Cup Final – thinking it’s all over, only to find that the NZ boat had dramatically recovered and was giving Allinghi a run for their money. 10… Kelly Holmes winning her 800m golds. Iron Lady ! 11… Helping my temporary workmates win a knockout competition on one of my placements. I contributed in all games as a key bowler and occasionally with the bat (they didn’t really need me there). Felt a full part of the team, was chuffed to be able to help out. 12… Staying up late to watch the underdog Marlins beat the Yankees in 1997 13… Every time a young cricketer gets a five-for or a hundred to prove to everyone that they can deliver the goods at the highest level. Cricket allows them to take that break to breathe in the applause. Fingers crossed for Tim Ambrose tonight 🙂 Others include the 1966 World Cup win but I wasn’t alive for that … Just going for stuff I’ve seen on telly or live 🙂

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