hey fuckers who are up
have a HSH thread.


(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 7:59, 85 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Ning there
and bah. I've got to go to work in a minute.
Hmpf.

Have a nice weekend on my behalf... :(
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:05, Reply)

up, yes
How goes it, my favorite Aussie?
( cackers, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:05, Reply)

aww I'm your favourite aussie?
/feels all mushy and hugs cackers.

I'll try - mostly studying here. Hope you have a good day at work though!

and how're you cackers?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:10, Reply)

great/awful
*accepts hug and smiles*

I am-
Sorry to be going home tomorrow. Saddies.
Glad that my book is finally started.(Apparently I really needed to get away to make that happen.)
Amazed at how when the writing's good everything else is shite!

But-
Also sitting in a roof garden, looking at London, and enjoying a cigarette. Pretty grand, eh. So no complaints, really.

Of course you are my favorite Aussie!
( cackers, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:19, Reply)

wow sounds like a mixture
what's your book about?

I wrote a book once - the first of a trilogy. Never really got it finished though - the first one is around 33,000 words long and I can't seem to get my teeth sunk into the next one.

EDIT: and whereabouts are you if you're not home?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:22, Reply)

just what the world needs...another memoir
Mainly have published poems, and a few essays, here and there.

But now I'm onto writing what all my writer-friends have always encouraged me to do. The trick is not what to include, but what to leave out! I have had a truly strange life. Should make for a good read, if I can shape it proper. Actually plan to focus on a limited time period.

Art is hard! But worth the attempt. Will do my best. Am fortunate to have good publishing connections. Hoping to do about 100 pages, get an advance, and quit the job. *crosses fingers*
( cackers, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:35, Reply)

London
Is where I am. Most favorite place.
( cackers, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:36, Reply)

SOMEBODY MADE THE NEWSLETTER
and it's not any of you.

WOOWOOWOOWOOWOO
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:41, Reply)

Ning!
Good morning bloodsuckingpussy, tee hee

i'm feeling rather ashamed of myself right now. I wasn't allowed into a club last night because i was too drunk, thereby ruining the night for several people, because i'm here visiting them, and they didn't want to see me walking the streets of bristol.

I have no idea what happened when we got back, but i think i spilled something. Woke up on the couch feeling like a twat.

Then it got even better. I checked my phone to find a text off a friend where she kicked off, because i brought a lads secret out in public while drunk. She'd told me it, so he wasn't happy at all, and kicked off at her. Bit of a cunt really.

Ah well, how are we all this morning?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:42, Reply)

Morning AA
Feeling accomplished. Plus I managed to not get twatfaced drunk last night, which is also an achievement.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:44, Reply)

morning to Light and AA
Light - nice one! And making the newsletter is not bad either.

AA - sounds like a rough night. Your friends will forgive you, unless they are twats. *drunken foolishness* happens. Give yourself a break.
( cackers, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 8:53, Reply)

I'm up
Downloading TUNEZ and listening to Tenacious D of all things...

Still can't work out why people enjoy Civ 4 though....
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:00, Reply)

morning all!
how are we today?
x
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:08, Reply)

Morning, all.
Just waiting for my porridge to warm up.

Are we all good?
(The Stig, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:08, Reply)

been better...
been worse!

full of teh joys of spring...

but in actual fact i'm feeling much better than yesterday, mainly cos of the support of the b3tans ;-)
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:10, Reply)

aha
AA - sounds like a great night out. I love those nights!!

Light - woo and yay?

Weeker - gotta love tenacious D. And hello y'all!

EDIT : Stig! I love porridge! And Blair - I'm glad you're feeling better.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:10, Reply)

VC
can i be Baz today?
cheers x
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:12, Reply)

Hmmm
I'm just watching breakfast (news program) and they've just shown a video of U2 playing a suprise live gig.

Is it just me, or is Bono an even bigger twat when he's on stage?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:12, Reply)

@VC
It's Quaker Oats with golden syrup and skimmed milk.

It's currently burning my face off as I left it in the microwave for a little too long....
(The Stig, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:13, Reply)

Bono
biggest twat ever, and especially when onstage. they call it LSD - Lead Singer Disease.
( cackers, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:15, Reply)

an oldy but a goody...
q: what's the difference between god and bono?

a: god isn't a twat!

how many other punchlines can you think of?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:18, Reply)

@Cackers
Yeah. Sting and Phil Collins suffered from it.

Genesis was always better when Peter Gabriel fronted them. love "Watcher of the skies"

But there are some exceptions:

Mick Jagger, Jarvis Cocker, Brett Anderson....
(The Stig, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:20, Reply)

God doesn't walk around Dublin
pretending to be Bono
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:20, Reply)

*sighs*
Fine, BAZ.
/grins

And I love porridge with sugar. Sugar is nom nom nom.

And Bono is a dick.
However I do like some of his old music because I wasn't around to grow to despise him. Did you hear the story about him at the tennis?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:21, Reply)

general reply
Stig: Agreed. Phil Collins *shudder*

VC: Tennis story? Do tell.
( cackers, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:25, Reply)

okay...
i probably didn't think that one through fully?
laughs at self
ponders
wtf
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:29, Reply)

To Full English or not to Full English
That is the question. It would mean getting dressed, but on the other hand I generally feel like getting things done once I'm dressed, so that would help prevent me spending the entire day sitting in front of the PC.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:32, Reply)

well I heard this from mum
Bono was at this concert for the tennis, can't remember if it was wimbledon or the aussie open, and he stops playing, and starts clapping his hands very slowly.
The crowd is silent as he's clapping his hands, all watching him.
"Everytime I clap my hands, a child in africa dies."
The whole crowd remains silent, except for one bloke who yells out "stop fooking clapping yer han's then you bastard!"

And he gets really angry and throws a tanty.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:35, Reply)

I've got a busy day in front of me...
....I've got to go to a car showroom, play golf and possibly, squeeze the gym in.

Any one else got an interesting day ahead of them?
(The Stig, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:36, Reply)

Clap Hands
what a prize wanker! cheers to the guy in the stands.
( cackers, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:37, Reply)

Sadly not entirely true
www.snopes.com/music/artists/bono.asp

Doesn't make him any less a wanker, though.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:41, Reply)

@TLIC
Even in the article on Snopes, it still infers that Bono is a tool!

He moved his music publishing house from Ireland to the Netherlands, because Ireland scrapped a tax break which prevented arists from paying tax on his royalties!

That's irrelevant to the "clapping hands" story, but they still put it in there!
(The Stig, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:45, Reply)

awww light
why'd you go and steal my thunder like that?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:45, Reply)

SOMEBODY WAS WRONG!
ON THE INTERNET!

xkcd.com/386/
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:52, Reply)

/chuckles
you're a funny one.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 9:52, Reply)

just been listening to bruce campbell (from evil dead movies)
on radio 4 talking about the song "candy man" by sammy davis junior.
littleblaireau and i were dancing around the kitchen whilst BC was saying that the song reminds him that whatever's going on in the world or your life then remember that it's not all bad...

just what i needed to hear after the stress that i've been experiencing lately!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:01, Reply)

brilliant, Light
that just made me day. (pathetic, I know)
TY
( cackers, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:01, Reply)

It's what I aim for
:)

And now I'm going to go have a breakfast of champions.

Fat, slow champions who get tingling down their left arms, but champions nonetheless.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:08, Reply)

LIC
can i borrow that line?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:10, Reply)

G'mornin'
I'm just about to head out for a dirty fry-up before I jump on the coach to Wales to go visit a lovely young lady.
*grins*
( Cawl, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:21, Reply)

Morning, Kaol
Coach? I thought you drove?

Who's the lady? Anyone we know?
(The Stig, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:22, Reply)

I know /grins
ey Kaol.

safe trip.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:42, Reply)

Mornin
Had an average night out. Thanks to smokers and democracy, we stayed outside the pub in the cold. Got to watch the rugby through the window which the Frenchies enjoyed. Today, I plan on watching the rugby with an Irish friend, which should be fun.

@Kaol: Give her my regards.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Back from breakfast
Blaireau - be my guest.

Breakfast was most yummy.

I also know who Kaol's going to see, the lucky bastard.

I return to find the postman has been and delivered somebody else's compensation from National Rail East Anglia.

So now I have £12 off my next rail ticket. Yay!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:54, Reply)

@tlic
Good choice. I too am wondering whether or not to go out for a full English, but at least I have something to ponder over while having my shower.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 10:58, Reply)

The Full English
Endorsed this morning by me AND Kaol. What more do you need to know?

EDIT: Sodding BBC just claimed Barack Obama ran on a platform of immediate withdrawal from Iraq, so some democrats are upset about his 18 months timetable for withdrawal. That's utter fucking bollocks. He never said instant withdrawal, that would be mental, it was always 18 months. Either the BBC is incompetent or are reading out press releases from the Republican party.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:00, Reply)

I don't like
Full English.
My limit for a "dirty fry up" is two eggs and some mushrooms and some tomatoes.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:03, Reply)

VC
Two Sausage, two bacon, two toast, fried egg, baked beans, mug of strong tea.

£4.20, which is pretty damn good.

Ideally I'd have mushrooms too, but it's a fixed menu and the next option up is too much for me :)
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:05, Reply)

egad!
I'd be sick!!

I'm not very big on huge brekkies. I'd much rather have something small and just snack all day.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:09, Reply)

Well, I'll skip lunch
and eat my evening meal a bit earlier.

So it balances out.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:17, Reply)

yeah well put it like that I suppose
I'm just not someone who eats huge meals. I eat little but often if you know what I mean. Just continually snacking.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:30, Reply)

Probably similar to our hunter-gatherer ancestors
Although you should occasionally eat an entire mammoth in one sitting for complete accuracy.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:33, Reply)

And so it's decided
I'll go for the full English.

And yes, I'll probably skip lunch too.

See ya's laters.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:34, Reply)

byee
Yeah well that's what christmas is for. :)

I'm off too. I'm really tired.
I slept like 13/14 hours straight yesterday - fucking ridiculous!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:38, Reply)

Night VC
Get well soon!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:41, Reply)

thanks
I have these massive tablets I have to take three times a day - so hopefully I will be better soon!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:46, Reply)

Good morrow
all this talk of a full English is getting me going.

Think we might have some bacon and snorkers in the freezer - I'll just pop down and check.

Which is also a damned fine excuse to go outside for a smoke
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 11:57, Reply)

Well
I've really fucked this thread, haven't I?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 13:00, Reply)

hello dg
how's your saturday?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 13:01, Reply)

Back later
For now, watching the football.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 13:01, Reply)

Good day, you lot!
I'm hitch-hiking to the east coast today - I'm on my fifth ride, but he's taking me all the way to Lowestoft, and he's recommended a b&b too. Result!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 13:05, Reply)

For fun?
Or is there somewhere you need to be over there?
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 13:20, Reply)

People!
Hello swipey and everyone else.

Saturday so far is chilled and relaxed consisting mostly of coffee :)

Am about to do bacon and sausage butties for all, then possibly get the dog out (and that isn't a euphimism).
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sat 28 Feb 2009, 13:22, Reply)

*sigh*
Play as good as we have for weeks now, and go in at half-time 1-0 down. Football sucks.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 13:35, Reply)

Just for fun.
I fancied a pint by the sea.

Edit: 2.30pm and I'm having a pint by the sea! And a packet of crisps. Fish and chips for dinner, I think, and a walk on the beach.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 13:50, Reply)

Afternoon all
Anyone about ?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 15:32, Reply)

Gah!
Both my options for tonight have pulled out. But on the plus side, today will be a getting-things-done day and I might just wake up in time for an epic cycleride tomorrow.

EDIT: Afternoon weekirst.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 15:48, Reply)

Afternoon mista
i'm very bored this afternoon... I actually have NOTHING to do today... :(
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 15:58, Reply)

I am posting from the beach.
I'm so bloody happy I hitched here today. Woo!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 16:05, Reply)

@WK
Does that also include those boring things you've been meaning to do for ages but have been putting off? I've still got plenty of them today.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 16:06, Reply)

@mista
mostly...

Like a hormonal teen, I could really do with spring cleaning my bedroom. But I dont WANT too!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 16:15, Reply)

Afternoon all :)
Hope everyone's good.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 16:16, Reply)

Afternoon Fredz
How are you today? Avoiding those boring jobs you always mean to do too?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 16:29, Reply)

I'm good
And also avoiding jobs. My room needs cleaning, my washing needs doing, and jobs need applying for, but instead I'm constructing a playlist of good love songs.... I'm king of procrastination, and will be claiming my throne and crown, just as soon as I've finished some other stuff.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 16:32, Reply)

Afternoon Fredz
I've been uploading songs to my iPhone as a means of procrastination. My mp3s are scattered across numerous DVDs and hard-drives and hard-drive partition-backups.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 16:39, Reply)

Iphone eh?
Are those things any good? Musical procrastination is by far the best procrastination. You get a feeling of satisfaction like you've completed something when in actual fact you've done very little
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 16:44, Reply)

They're good if you can afford them
They're pretty handy - especially the combined GPS and Google-maps. I also like being able to download a multitude of apps and if you're a programmer, you can even make your own.

However, the iPhone falls short when it comes to text-messaging. You don't get any message-recieved confirmations and you don't know if your text will spill over into a second SMS-message. The lack of cut-and-paste can be a pain (although you can get this in hacked versions of the iPhone firmware). The keyboard can be cumbersome to use. There's a few more niggles, but on the whole, I like my iPhone.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 16:57, Reply)

Hmm.
That might be a problem for me - I tend to send a lot of texts... Though the MP3 function would be handy
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 17:03, Reply)

Afternoon all
I have been looking at switching to Windows Media Player instead of Winamp for playing music on my PC since it lets me set up playlists like "4 or 5 star mp3s that haven't been played in the last 7 days" and stuff. But it means rating everything.

I mean, if it wasn't a 4 or 5 star track I'd have deleted it.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 17:03, Reply)

Yeah, Windows MP is annoying with the ratings system
Gets on my nerves to be honest - apart from anything else some music I might rate differently given my mood or whatever. Incidentaly taking about music - anyone heard of Concrete Blonde or Neutral Milk Hotel? I'm massively getting into them at the moment - they're fantastic! Learnt about them through that lastfm site thing - anyone else use lastfm?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 17:24, Reply)

Neutral Milk Hotel
I've "liked" for ages. I randomly got in download The King of Carrot Flowers and thought it really interesting, and ended up getting a bunch of other stuff.

EDIT: My favourite track is probably My Dream Girl Don't Exist
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 17:40, Reply)

.
@Fredz

An iPhone basically includes all the functionality of an iPod (I even think the docking interface is the same so you can dock it with any iPod compatible device). It can even play music-videos as well. Also, just playing mp3s has little effect on battery-usage.

O2 let you send unlimited free texts if you spend £30 on top-up (although I only found out too late that you have to activate the free texts before you get them). Another annoying thing is that if you go abroad, they charge extortionate rates for data-traffic (£3 per MB in EU and £6 outside EU, so Google Maps won't be of much use), but thankfully, if you can find a WiFi, you can skip these charges.

@TLiC: Have you checked to see if there's a plugin for WinAmp that can do that?

@Fredz: If the rating-system could be expanded to include separate ratings for whatever mood you're in, that would be handy.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 17:41, Reply)

I'm off down t'chippie
back in a bit.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 17:46, Reply)

Hmmmm....
The lack of battery drain would be handy - my current mp3 phone thing holds about 100 songs and drains the battery very fast... The free text thing sounds handy, as does the wifi thingie - though to be honest I've never realy used the internets on my phone. Maybe windows media player could have a sort of Voigt Kompf style iris reader and such to judge your mood? Either that or you could always just write a programme that gives certain songs an extra star, or removes a star given on their genre ect when you imput what mood you're in.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 17:46, Reply)

iPhone battery drain
Playing mp3s does not have much of an effect, but browsing t3h Intertubez and using Google Maps noms the batteries like Pacman on speed. Fortunately, the iPhone comes with a cable that lets you recharge using a USB port as well as a mains charger.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 17:54, Reply)