Jims Blog

Spaying and everything since

2012-01-24T15:40:00.002Z

Not much has really happened since I last posted, I am still working and still not happy with things being the way they are but I am getting on with it and just doing what I am doing, I'm sure things will get better.

After my occupational health assessment I have started to act on the advice of the woman who I spoke to. As of last weekend I have changed my Dr to a new one and I have booked an appointment to see a doctor to discuss the sleep study and the possibility of surgery and what I would need to know do before undertaking it. One huge concern I have is that the recommended recovery time is 4 weeks and I would probably have to take the time as unpaid leave as it is an elective procedure.

I also had Snarf spayed at the weekend which I wanted to do so she could go out but feel sooooo bad about as it would mean her having major surgery. Well she's out and everything is OK and to top it all off she is now much much more affectionate. She is a little needy and wants to be handled all the time and she hates the cone of shame but she is getting used to it now.

I was also at my oldest friends 30th party at the weekend and it made me realise that I still cannot drink and to be honest watching everyone having a good time and me drinking the most expensive pint of diet coke ever was a little depressing. I got to meet a couple of people who I had heard about by name which was nice.

I've had a couple of chances to play with photoshop post training last week and I am feeling a lot more confident in using the software and can't wait to get my hands on a meaty piece of work across sites.

We watched The Artist on Thursday and really enjoyed it, the music in the film was amazing, it provoked the right emotions at the right time and the sparse use of sounds in the movie really made it. When I heard it was a silent movie was lost all interest in the film and thought it would just be a film for the sake of it but it was truly a really enjoyable film.

Randomly I have done a 180 on my thoughts about the PSP Vita, initially I wasn't interested as it had a very poor launch range however after visiting game today I have seen about 8 games which weren't in the launch titles when I went in previously. So I may well have, come 22nd February, a new games console.

Until next time.

Jim

2012 new year, new post

2012-01-12T15:03:00.001Z

I really am rubbish, my last post states how I am hoping to post more and get back into things and then two months later here I am posting that I am sorry for not sticking to what I promised.

So whats new with me then:

I can't say that much, I am now a retired World of Warcraft player! I haven't quit the MMO genre but I have left WoW and probably won't return for some time if at all. The reason for this is Star Wars:The Old Republic. I have been waiting for this game since I completed Knights 2 on the Xbox and when I saw screens of what I thought was a Knights squeal in the 360 magazine I was so excited. Since that day 3 or 4 years ago I have been watching for any news of the new knights game.

The greatest news ever came when BioWare announced that the game was going to be a MMO. I registered on their site for more information and watch with bated breath for every titbit of information that was released about the game while hoping for the beta invite of my dreams.

Alas said invite didn't arrive until the final wave of beta testing however it was amazing to go through and experience the game (for more than 15 minutes). Running round getting my quest on and interacting with the environment.

Other than working hard there hasn't been much else to report on other than yesterday when I had a phone call with occupational health. Because in 2011 I had more than 5 occurrences of sickness I was encouraged to speak with someone who is trained to see if I am faking, I mean really sick, I mean get a second opinion so that work can be assured that I am fit to be in and that there isn't anything that they need to do to make my work life better.

The outcome from this meeting was quite insightful as the Dr who I spoke to advised me that I should leave my current GP and not look back, for my sleep apnea (if that is what it is) I should have had a sleep study to verify if it is sleep apnea and if so I should be given a CPAP machine to regulate my breathing at night so that I don't stop breathing. Apparently breathing isn't optional!

Also she has recommended a website to look at for surgery and recommended that I take it seriously before it is too late, it is something that I have contemplated in the past but the thought of something going wrong scares me so much that I don't dare go through with it.

Finally for a change I haven't made a new years resolution (I say for a change but I haven't made one in the last 10 or so years) however I have set myself a goal of completing my diary, even if it is just a factual entry to say today I went to work, listened to Steel Panther and went home. This should help me with a few things and who knows I may even write down some "pearls of wisdom" to share with you all.

Until next time

Jim

Old Habbits Die Hard

2011-12-06T11:40:00.001Z

With all the best intentions I promised myself that I would post at least once a week however I've found myself running out of things to post about and time in which to post my short ramblings. So with this in mind I am going to do a slightly longer post this morning on the way to work (though it will probably publish later rather than sooner as I don't have wifi access on the train).

Let's see what has happened lately, to be honest I don't remember my last post so I will just list some of the random things that I have experienced in the past few weeks.

Yesterday was. Bit of a relief as a big job I was working on turned into a much smaller job as a lot of the updates that I needed to make turned out to be not needed.

Last Friday was an experience, I dressed as super mario for the day for movember, this is a charity that specialises in male cancers, and I travelled to Manchester, to the doctors, back to manchester, then to work and finally to a Katie Price book signing. It was quite the day but I managed to raise £35 and as a team we raised over £350!

Also at the docs I was given the astounding news that all my problems are because I am over weight and if I want to solve the sleep apnea, depression or the abnormal liver function then all I need to do is lose weight easier said than done in my experience but I will try.

To which end I was convinced by a friend to try aerobic DVDs, I got hold of the biggest loser DVDs and started them last night, I managed a whole 15 minute workout before I felt like I was going to die but I am sure that I will make it further and further if I keep at it. Also the same friend is taking me ice scaring next week, something that I haven't done before so I am just a little nervous.

Last Thursday I had my friend Chris over to watch some movies as there wasn't much on at the cinema for us last week. We managed the first two girl with the dragon tattoo movies which I really enjoyed even though they were a little dark in parts.

As I am nearly at work I am going to have to cut this short however I cannot end this post without mentioned the latest game I have been playing/beta testing.

Star Wars:The Old Republic.

This is perhaps one of the best MMO's I have played in a long time and a real contender for world of warcraft. All the quests are voice acted and you are given the choice to answer the quest in different ways so each players experience in the game is completely different. also you get companions as you progress through the game who help you in combat, crafting or even gathering. Not only that but they each have their own personalities and back stories.

I am really looking forward to the full release of this game and can see it absorbing what little time I have at the moment.

Until next time take care Jim

Quick update

2011-11-01T11:54:00.002Z

I don't really have much to say really, so inevitably this will be a long post.

Errrm lets see. I've had the results of my Thyroid test and the verdict is *drum roll* Clear, that's right, I said to the doctor there wasn't anything wrong with my Thyroid and that the problem laid somewhere else and I was right. Now I am waiting for a telephone appointment from the doctor to tell me what the next steps are.

On the subject of health, I think I am coming down with something (nothing major) as I have felt sick to my stomach for the last couple of days. Not sure what it is, just hope it clears soon.

The final mention about my health is that I am getting a Flu jab from work tomorrow so that I don't end up ill over Christmas, I think this is a great idea for employers, you gain the appearance that you care about your employees health and you remove the risk that a percentage of your employees wont call in to say that they have the flu over the winter months.

Other than my health lets see, errrm Snarf is due at the vets on Saturday for her final injections which is a relief that it is finally done and one less thing on my plate. She's still in that playful kitten phase where all she wants to do is run around like a headless chicken and attack anything that moves.

I wastched a couple of films last night while wrapped up on the couch, Cherry and V for vendetta, both were really good and I was very impressed with vendetta given that I hadn't seen it before yesterday and all I knew was that it was based on a DC comic and that Natalie Portman was in it and shaved her head for the film. I'll probably watch it again in the coming weeks as I was really impressed and would like to see anything that I may have missed.

I have returned to Warcraft again, I didn't think that I would but I have missed the game a lot since I went to Rift and move house and after watching Blizzcon I found myself wanting to play it more and more. So I renewed my account last week and it is fantastic I don't know why I ever left.

Can't think of anything else that has happened in the last few days so I will leave it there and will probably post again later in the week.

my luck continues

2011-10-27T10:28:00.001+01:00

Recently I have found myself quite lucky, last week I won £70 from a fruit machine, 2 Spiderman pens from a coin dozer style machine, a giant cup cake and a free game of bowling. Well apparantly that wasn't all fate had is store for me, from my last post you probably know I won £125 of next vouchers and £100 of shopping vouchers but today I also found out that I have won £75 of Amazon vouchers to spend on what I like.

I think my luck has been pushed to the limit but who knows maybe I'll win something else :)

I will post more later, thought I was ready for a proper outburst however I find myself sat here typing gibberish rather than my usual brand of coherent gibberish.

Last night and more blood

2011-10-20T14:36:00.001+01:00

Last night was pretty cool having the run of the Next superstore and £125 of someone elses money to spend on me :) but there were a couple of downsides too.

The meal I opted for, yes my fault, was mediocre at best. The soup was the one flavor in the world that I hate, lentil, the Burger was alright although nothing to write home about and the desert was nice but much much too sugary.

Then we a little ceremony where everyone was called up one by one and given a certificate and their vouchers, I wasn't called up and neither was another chap. Luckily for us the hosts had 2 sets of spare vouchers as two of the people hadn't turned up for the event so we got vouchers and lots of apologies.

Then we went to Next, where we were photographed spending our vouchers and it was horrible, I dislike shopping at the best of times which is why I do most of it online however finding something that I liked was hard, finding that something in my size was near impossible. I got 1 shirt/jumper combo, a new manbag, some socks and some aftershave. I still have £45 left on my card to spend but I will have to work myself up to going back in there.

The night was OK and I am really glad of the recognition, it's just not the sort of night out I would have planned or that I would recommend to anyone who doesn't like shopping. That being said it is one more thing I can say I have done. "Gone shopping in a store after closing time"

As for the blood portion of this post, it's just another moan about the nurse this morning at the dr's. Not only was she late for my appointment by 15 minutes but then she stuck me with the needle, missed the vein so pulled it out and tried again, and again, and again and then she hit it. I felt like a human pin cushion afterwards and was glad to get out of there.

I am a little apprehensive about the results as a positive result means I have to go on Thyroid medication and a negative one means more tests. Woe is me.

Anyway, going to get back to work and will post later, I am off to the cinema tonight which should be fun.

JC

I’m all excited (me me me, me, me, me, me!)

2011-10-18T12:13:00.002+01:00

This week is quite an exciting week for me.

Yesterday was quite a boring day, you know same old sameold. Get up drink Pro Argi9 drink, go to work, come home, feed cat, go on PCand then to bed.

Today however, is my mums 50^th birthday and so Iam off to see her and we are going for a meal. Although being the typical manand bad son that I am, I forgot it was her birthday today and had double bookedthe evening… whoops.

Tomorrow is going to be a good day for me, as I am going tobe recognised for my hard* work. (I don’t think that I deserve this though I amgoing to enjoy it). It starts at 5:30 with a meal at Papa G’s in the Printworkswhere I and the other employee’s within the bank who have been recognised willmeet up. From there we will head to theflagship (their words not mine) Next store in Manchester where we will each be given £125in vouchers to spend! I am also in lineto receive another £100 of vouchers as a local team award at some point thisweek.

Thursday is just going to be a usual day with a trip to thecinema at the end to watch Drive.

And finally Friday is going to be good as Batman:Archam Cityis released and I will be spending some of my vouchers on that as the first onewas phenomenal.

So yeah this post was all about me and how good my weeksgoing to be, how about you, have you got anything planned?

Sleepy

2011-10-14T12:24:00.001+01:00

Last night I decided to track my sleep, I downloaded an application for my phone called sleep like an droid, which tracks movement in the bed. I locked Snarf out of my bedroom and put my phone on my bed then went to sleep.

I remember waking at least once through the night but not for more than a couple of minutes yet the graph here shows that I woke on at least seven occasions.

Low is good, this is where there is no movement and where you are fast asleep high means you were moving a lot and were possibly awake. So between 2:30 and 3:00 is I was moving and then between 3:15 and 5am I was moving a lot then I got some good sleep until 6:45 and then 7:15 when I woke.

There is also a sound tracking system that records sounds made during sleep that I am going to try tonight and see what happens when I sleep.

Meow

2011-09-26T15:35:00.000+01:00

Let's see what has happened since GAMEfest.

Not much, I mean it's hard to come down from such a colossal high, what a day that was, I think when I am old (older than I am now) and have dementia I am going to be there in the old peoples home "I DRESSED AS MARIO, and had my picture taken with loads of people".

In other news I recently watched the Charlie Sheen roast on Comedy Central, that was fantastic, Chuck really has a good sense of humor, he is crazies than a box of frogs which has been shook rigorously, but he is a good guy.

Also if you haven’t gathered from the title of this post I have just got a kitten who I have called Snarf (After the character in Thundercats). She is a real cutie, she loves to play and more than anything loves to have a nap on anything and everything.

She’s been in to see the vet this weekend for her first shot and he said she is the picture of health and booked her in for three weeks time for her second shot.

I wish I could say the same about me, recently I’ve been having random bouts of Narcolepsy at work and at home, it’s not so bad when I am at home although losing 3 hours is pretty bad regardless. I’ll be mentioning this to my doctor when I go and see her next as well as checking up on where my ultrasound appointment is up to.

Couple of other little things on my mind, one is that I would like to rant about one of the people I showed the pictures of me as Mario to. I was telling a friend who was looking at them at the time that I got one of the girls phone numbers and that I was going to get in touch with her, and the person in question took that opportunity to first ask for proof of the number and then burst out laughing at me. I wouldn’t have minded so much if she was joking but she was really serious, one of my friends chipped in and said that I could have got another number at lunch had I wanted to.

The other this is less serious and more kind of awesome. Star Wars: The Old Republic Online has finally got a release date. I really really can’t wait to get my hands on this and pre-ordered it back in July. Also Razer are releasing a special keyboard for the game, it’s going to be around €200 which is crazy stupid, but I really want one, so who knows I may be spending silly money for a keyboard :P

I think that’s everything however if I think of anything else I will post again.

GAMEfest

2011-09-19T15:13:00.002+01:00

Well as some of you know I went to GAMEfest this year with my friends from Birmingham. We went on the Sunday as we missed out on the Saturday tickets and people were working on the Friday.

As a few of you know the plan was to dress up for the event however none of my friends had costumes ready so I was the only one who did. I was extremely nervous and to be honest I hadn’t decided to actually dress up until the following morning when I woke up.

So the day started at 7 in the morning with a rude awakening, a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice. I shaved off my beard, jumped into my dungarees and red sweater, got into my brown boots and donned my Mario cap. The transformation was almost complete, all it needed was the white gloves and I was Mario, no scrap that I was Super Mario.

Our ride turned up at around 8:30 and we went to pick up the last member of our entourage. We found him outside of the pub he works at and he was a little shocked to see me in full costume.

We arrived at the NEC at around 9:40 and we proceeded to queue to get in. In the crowed I spotted a young lad dressed as Luigi however by the time we got in I’d lost him in the crowd.

We immediately headed to the Star Wars: The Old Republic Online booth where myself and Simon queued to play while Welly and Andy went off to explore. After about 2 hours in the queue and talking to one of the devs who was expecting me thanks to a colleague in work we were able to try the beta release of the game.

All I can say is, it was amazing! The graphics were outstanding, though it was running on Alienware laptops, the intro quests were fun and instructive the UI was intuitive and I was felt like I was really part of the Star Wars universe. I can’t wait for this to be released and I have already locked in my goblin/special edition of the game.

I had a look at some of the other games that were on show however didn’t really get chance to play them as most of the queues were 2 hours + long, one piece of feedback for GAME/exhibitors for the next one would be to maximise space and find a way to get more people into the same session.

Skylanders Spyros Adventure looked like it could be a lot of fun and I quite like the mini figures with the light up battle field that you connect to you Wii. Also one of the guys in that stand gave me a free Moshi Monsters teddy because he liked my costume.

Spiderman: Edge of Time looked great and I really enjoyed the prequel, Shattered Dimensions so even though I didn’t get to play the game (thanks to the Activision ladies, especially Catherine, for trying to get me a spot in the booth) I will be buying it.

Skyrim looked amazing, I forgot my ID and the queue was rather long otherwise I would have happlily queued for 2 hours to get a sneaky peak of the game in progress however they had monitors on the outside of their booth with FMV’s from the game which were phenomenal.

Disney Universe looked really really good, I’m not really about that sort of game but I saw it being played and I was quite impressed. And I even posed for a few shots for Disney’s cameraman.

Super Mario 3DS was brilliant I can’t wait to get my hands on it and Mario Kart 3D looks superb too, I really like the hang gliders.

I am not 100% about Pokemon Rumble but as I couldn’t actually play it I will have to wait and see on that one.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Well I am a sucker for a Zelda game and when I saw it I was not let down, the graphics were great the gameplay looked fantastic and when I got to the booth there was a fellow cosplayer who was dressed as link which added to the awesome. Another one that will be in my collection come what may.

Batman: Archam City. Again if the queue wasn’t 3 hours long you would have seen me in it. Instead I had to settle for watching someone else play the game. Even so watching Batman oozing out pure awesome sauce and catwoman (also playable) prowling around made my day. I can’t wait for this and will be trying to get the collectors edition as it comes with a god dam Batman figure.

Finally as you can see from my photo stream and this link below I had may picture taken with many a person, my friends helped by asking every lovely lady in the venue for a photo and then there was everyone else that asked. I think that I must have been photographed over 100 times. At more than one point I had my own queue and I even had a few people, including staff, ask what time I was working till. I was even videoed playing Mario 64 and photographed for a games magazine who also asked me to come to their expo in November to take part in the cosplay contest.

All in all it was a really good day and surprisingly I loved every second of it.

I can’t wait till next year.

JC

http://www.flickr.com/photos/corbana/sets/72157627576114287/with/6160504534/ (link to photos)

Day 30 - Your favorite song at this time last year

2011-09-02T00:00:00.002+01:00

Music last year wasn't very good but this was in the charts almost 1 year ago and I do like it.

Day 29 - A song from your childhood

2011-09-01T00:00:00.002+01:00

Again one that my mum used to play a lot when I was young, after listening to this I ended up going to karate lessons!

Day 28 - A song that makes you feel guilty

2011-08-31T00:00:00.002+01:00

Had to think about this one.

Day 27 - A song that you wish you could play

2011-08-30T00:00:00.000+01:00

Fantastic guitarist, could listen to him all day.

Day 26 - A song that you can play on an instrument

2011-08-29T00:00:00.000+01:00

I can play this, not well but I can.

Day 25 - A song that makes you laugh

2011-08-28T00:00:00.001+01:00

Anything by Tim Minchin but especially this one.

Day 24 - A song that you want to play at your funeral

2011-08-27T00:00:00.000+01:00

Anything but this.

Day 23 - A song that you want to play at your wedding

2011-08-26T00:00:00.004+01:00

Day 22 - A song that you listen to when you’re sad

2011-08-25T00:00:00.000+01:00

Don't ask me why I don't know

Day 21 - A song that you listen to when you’re happy

2011-08-24T00:00:00.000+01:00

Dodging Foo Fighters, so another song that retains a good move.

Day 20 - A song that you listen to when you’re angry

2011-08-23T00:00:00.000+01:00

I usually go through this or the whole of the Best of the Beast album (Iron Maiden)

Day 19 - A song from your favorite album

2011-08-22T00:00:00.000+01:00

Yes Foo Fighters again but watch the video too, it's a parody of Falling Down.

Day 18 - A song that you wish you heard on the radio

2011-08-21T00:00:00.001+01:00

Love this cover and many of the other Live Lounge covers and wish I heard it when it originally aired.

Day 17 - A song that you hear often on the radio

2011-08-20T00:00:00.000+01:00

I don't really listen to the radio but I remember this being on the radio all the time the last time I did, this is still current right, rock those decks Dr. Fox!

Let it be known

2011-08-19T17:06:00.001+01:00

That on this date, at this time; I stopped giving a fuck.

Day 16 - A song that you used to love but now hate

2011-08-19T00:00:00.000+01:00

Love this in high school, hated it since.

Day 15 - A song that describes you

2011-08-18T00:00:00.000+01:00

I feel this describes me a lot of the time.

Day 14 - A song that no one would expect you to love

2011-08-17T00:00:00.001+01:00

Fantastic song :)

Day 13 - A song that is a guilty pleasure

2011-08-16T00:00:00.002+01:00

It's wrong that I like this song so much but I do.

Day 12 - A song from a band you hate

2011-08-16T00:00:00.000+01:00

Why god, why! I love the original song but they murdered it.

Day 11 - A song from your favorite band

2011-08-15T00:00:00.000+01:00

Foo Fighters again (I refuse the right to post many Foo Fighters videos in this top 30)

Day 10 - A song that makes you fall asleep

2011-08-14T00:00:00.000+01:00

I have a 3 song playlist of James Blunt and I never make it to the end of it. (well normally, sleeping is still an issue at the moment)

Day 09 - A song that you can dance to

2011-08-13T00:00:00.000+01:00

High school I was forced to dance to this on stage, I hate myself for it to this day.

Day 08 - A song that you know all the words to

2011-08-12T00:00:00.003+01:00

This was for a very long time a favourite song of mine and I still can sing it from memory, though I can pretty much remember most of the songs that I have listened too a few times.

Day 07 - A song that reminds you of a certain event

2011-08-11T22:22:00.000+01:00

This was a song that I played and sang to a certain person that lead to a certain event :P

Day 06 - A song that reminds you of somewhere

2011-08-10T22:19:00.000+01:00

I should imagine that not many people know of pop will eat itself but I was into them in a big way in the late 90's and especially the song above. The place it reminds me of (sorry this is a cheat) is my uncles flat where I spent a lot of time of when I should have been at collage.

Day 05 - A song that reminds you of someone

2011-08-09T22:14:00.000+01:00

My good friend Simon used to sing this on vent, at first I didn't mind it but then it stuck in my head and now I can't forget it.

Day 04 - A song that makes you sad

2011-08-08T22:09:00.000+01:00

There was a girl and this song was on the radio and it summed up how I felt. "Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown".

Day 03 - A song that makes you happy

2011-08-07T22:04:00.001+01:00

Day 02 - Your least favorite song

2011-08-06T15:07:00.000+01:00

Don't know what it is about this song but it is one that I detest, probably because the song was played every single day for a year.

Day 01 - My favorite song

2011-08-05T22:24:00.000+01:00

Of all the bands I have listened to over the year the Foo Fighters have remained my favorite and have consistantly rocked my world. It gives me great pleasure to give them the top spot in my 30 days of music.

30 Song challenge

2011-08-05T22:20:00.001+01:00

Day 01 - Your favorite song
Day 02 - Your least favorite song
Day 03 - A song that makes you happy
Day 04 - A song that makes you sad
Day 05 - A song that reminds you of someone
Day 06 - A song that reminds you of somewhere
Day 07 - A song that reminds you of a certain event
Day 08 - A song that you know all the words to
Day 09 - A song that you can dance to
Day 10 - A song that makes you fall asleep
Day 11 - A song from your favorite band
Day 12 - A song from a band you hate
Day 13 - A song that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14 - A song that no one would expect you to love
Day 15 - A song that describes you
Day 16 - A song that you used to love but now hate
Day 17 - A song that you hear often on the radio
Day 18 - A song that you wish you heard on the radio
Day 19 - A song from your favorite album
Day 20 - A song that you listen to when you’re angry
Day 21 - A song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 22 - A song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 23 - A song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 24 - A song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 25 - A song that makes you laugh
Day 26 - A song that you can play on an instrument
Day 27 - A song that you wish you could play
Day 28 - A song that makes you feel guilty
Day 29 - A song from your childhood
Day 30 - Your favorite song at this time last year

So I saw the first 10 days of this one Rach's blog and have decided to give it a go myself so up and coming in my next post Day 01 - Your favorite song

100 things about me

2011-08-05T21:53:00.001+01:00

My real name is James
I prefer Jim
My family call me Jimmy
I have 2 sisters and 3 brothers
I have a large extended family
I miss my sister and my gran
I am almost 30 and it terrifys me
I was born on a Saturday
I only know this because it was on a TV show
I live in Hyde
I have a pet Rabbit called Slippery John
I did not name him that becase it sounds rude
However I do like the fact that it sounds rude
I am not a very confident person
I go to the cinema a lot
I enjoy a varied style of film but I don't get arty films
I can't watch horror since Hostel
I didn't see Star Wars till 1999
I have a replica lightsaber
Although obvious, I hated Jar Jar Binks
I don't smoke
I don't do drugs
I do drink, though not for a while
I don't like wine
I don't like champagne
I went to france twice when I was in high school
I went to Ireland for my 21st birthday
Where I had a food and water fight in the middle of temple bar
I went to spain once
And I went to Egypt where I had the greatest holiday of my life
I beleive that there is alien life
I hated school
In primary school my nose was broken with a walking stick
But I miss it now that I am not there
I once fell asleep in wood work class and a techer woke me up by hitting a mallet on my desk
I dropped out of collage after 1 term
I pick up a lot of hobbys
But haven't found one that I truely enjoy
I own two guitars
I took lessons for about a year, but didn't practice enough
I beleive in lust at first sight
I often mistake lust for love
I fall in love too easily
I find that this isn't recipricated
I like to be ahead of the curve with technology
This has caused me many problems in the past
I am going to post this on facebook, even though I only use it about once a week
I am single but wish I wasn't
I play a lot of online games
Most don't make it past the first month
I enjoy listening to music
Though I find rock is the genre that I am most attracted
The Foo Fighters are my favorite band
Followed closely by Weird Al Yanovic
I enjoy taking photographs
But I detest being in photographs
I have two favorite authors, George RR Martin and Jim Butcher
I wish I had more time to read
My mind works in mysterious ways
This list seemed like a good idea 60 items ago
I don't have many friends, which makes me protective of those I do have
My oldest friend I have known since primary school and work with him to this day
I have a short temper
I haven't met many celebraties, though I did see Craig Charles at the cinema
Even though I love him I didn't approach him as he was with his familey
I once lost the yes/no game in less than 2 seconds (where you have to avoid saying yes or no)
I was once chased by a Jack Russell and ran for my life as I thought it was going to kill me
I once broke someones arm in a fight
I would never hit a woman
I have been a lord
I wonder why, sometimes too much
I once brought a condom to school and blew it up like a balloon
I enjoy playing pool and am worse at it than I think I am
I don't know much about politics
I have never voted
I enjoy watching cartoons
I am a huge Thundercats fan and get excited when something new is annouced about it
I swear too much
I once worked in factory wrapping pallets
I have been arrested twice
My hair used to be long and the only reason I cut it was because I got mistaken for a girl
I eat too much
I dislike Samuel L Jackson for irrational reasons
I have burst blood vessels in my eye after throwing up
I once stripped to Right Said Freds, I'm too sexy in front of a full pub of people
I have never drank tea
I don't think of myself as English
I can't sing or dance
I can't live without the internet
I once ordered man size nappys as a prank for a friend, but he actually had a use for them
I don't like to disapoint people
I don't like throwing things away
I have a birth mark/beauty spot on my face and it is the reason I don't like being unshaven
I actually fell asleep writing this
I am a christian and believe that there is something after this life
I have worked all my life but would prefer not to
I beleive winning the lottery would change my life
I should do as I say and not as I do
I was inspired to do this by reading http://blog.badangel.org.uk/
I am glad I am done with this list

Not quite fixed

2011-07-05T10:37:00.000+01:00

Turns out the my washing machine wasn't fixed it was connected however the backwash pipe needed to be cut. As I didn't know this my washing was held prisoner in dirty water for 4-5 days and when I eventually liberated it I had to wash it 3 times to get the smell out!!

Also the timer on the hot water is still not working so I can have hot water but I have to turn it on and wait for 4 hours and then turn it off - not ideal but workable.

I've got the association coming round Thursday to fix a radiator (like I need it in this weather) so that's another day that I have to take off, *grumble*.

I've also been playing with Google+ this week and I actually like it. It's like Facebook but without all the crap that comes with it. I'd like to see event planning which links into Google calendar however it is still early days and it could well move in that direction.

I've also ended up getting a 3DS, I didn't want to get one as I had the DSI XL and love the larger screen for playing games but from talking to a few people in game shops it seems that the 3DS has a greater capacity for the games so newer titles e.g. The new Zelda game, aren't going to be released for the older consoles.

Also I am really happy that I have internet again, I have really missed it over the two weeks I didn't have it but I was very busy with the move so I didn't have time to miss it too badly.

Can't think of anything else to post so I will leave it there.

Peace

Busy couple of months

2011-06-28T16:12:00.000+01:00

Lets see

My job situation has improved some, I am officially going to be an user experience adviser as of Monday, it's on a 12 week trial but as long as I perform well there shouldn't be any problems with me keeping the role.

Also my living situation has improved, I am in my own place, it's away from friends and family but it is my own space where I can do what I want and not have to answer to anyone.

I am all moved in and have already picked up my rabbit (he's called Slippery John after a character in Mogworld). Thankfully I had some helpers with the move and got all my stuff in the day after signing the agreement and I was unpacked and set up within two days. I've still got a few things left to sort out but hopefully they should be done soon.

I've finally got hot water and a washing machine that works as the association that I am with sent someone out to me yesterday (only took two weeks!!) but it was worth the wait, to actually have a hot bath felt soooo good.

I have been without the internet now for two weeks and it has been awful but with some luck my net should be working this evening and I can catch up with my friends on teamspeak.

In other news I went to my dentists last week to get a repeat filling as the ones he keeps putting in keep falling out and it was agony, worse still I think it's fallen out again. He also mentioned that I was bleeding a lot in the mouth when he was cleaning my teeth and so suggested that I get my blood tested... Joy.

My brother is now working so maybe he can pay me and my mum back some of the money he owes us and maybe even get his life back on track.

I'm sure that I've more to jibber on about however for now I will leave it there.

Peace

Rabbit (the fluffy kind)

2011-05-09T15:47:00.000+01:00

Just remembered I have decided when I get my new place I am going to get a house rabbit, probably a short haired rabbit and something not too big, the last place I lived in was pretty lonely as not many people came round so I figured it would be nice to have a pet that isn't too high maintainance.

Let see whats new

2011-05-09T15:40:00.000+01:00

Over the last few weeks I've done many things, probably too many to list but I'll try.

Self referred myself to the CCBT course (This was as a result of my last post, I realised I should probably get some help. I learned about the course 6 months ago when my doctor said I should think about going but decided I should man up and not bother.
As a result of this they sent me to my doctor, by sent I mean they called my doctor behind my back who then called me and said we want you to come in today. The doctor then put me on some pills to increase my serotonin levels which by proxy will make me feel better. So far they haven't made me worse and to be honest I haven't had as many bad days on them, though the side effects suck.
The two bank holiday weekends were nice if only to get me out of work for a few days.
I've had no luck on the home front, I'm still trying to find somewhere to live. Not only that but Stockport Homes are completely useless.
I've applied and had an interview for my job at work, I'll find out how I got on later this week though I don't think I did particularly well.

Other than all of that not much I can think to report. So until next time, keep it real.

A little stressed

2011-04-05T16:40:00.000+01:00

Don't get me wrong I realise that me feeling stressed is pretty retarded, I mean I have a good life style, better than a lot of people, but even so I feel like I am going under.

I have a job that is being changed to something that I don't want to do and as such I am being forced to reapply for it or a different job.
I am living in a room which must be no bigger than 10 x 6 ft and when I say living I mean I get home from work, I go to my room and don't leave till I get up for work the following day.
I have no personal space, my grandad, who I live with, will just come in my room at silly o'clock in the morning and wake me up, tell me that I have to do something i.e. type invoices with no regard to the fact that I am asleep or for my personal space.
Not to mention that I am living there solely for to pay his mortgage as his business went under and he is still rebuilding.
My cousin who also lives in the same house as me has the largest room in the house, when shes there, and when she is there brings her boyfriend back with her and has really loud sex. Not to mention the fact she doesn't pay rent for the room... Oh yeah I am keeping a roof over her head too.
Add to that the fact that she feels that everything in the house is fair game, if its not my meals that shes eating it my toothpaste that shes using.
I have applied for a flat with the local council however it looks like I am going to be turned down because I am that rare thing (A single working man)
I can barely afford to rent privately and really don't want the stress of being out on the street at a moments notice.
I cannot get a mortgage that would actually cover the cost of a house.
The doctor has diagnosed me with depression and has recommended that I seek help.
I am suffering with insomnia.
I can't remember the last time I was truly happy.
I feel like I am going to die alone.
I am slowly losing the will to live.

Times are good...

Bad Day

2011-03-16T10:22:00.000Z

OK today is going epically wrong for me...

6:30 Woke up to type an invoice
6:45 Woke up again to set up sat nav
8:30 Get to train station to find missing train pass
8:31 Remember that I passed my last £10 to my brother last night
8:32 Find that my bank card is also missing
8:35 Pay for train ticket with the last £3.50 in change in my pocket
9:10 Get a phone call telling me that I have to contact the CEO of my company to run virus scans with him

Up and coming today: I have a meeting at 11:00 to tell me the future of my team and department.

All in all, a good day I am having not.

Mobile gone!

2011-03-14T14:10:00.006Z

I am actually really impressed with the whole selling my mobile business, I found out that paypal fees + ebay fees are about 15% of the final value or an item that sells on ebay, meaning if I sold my phone for the £350 I wanted I would have only got £297.50. Mazuma gave me £310.00 which I received this afternoon, given that I sent them the phone on Saturday I am very impressed as the money is already cleared in my account! Which is really lucky as I went overdrawn today by a few pence.

#wining

Mazuma it is then

2011-03-10T08:25:00.001Z

Decided to get rid of my phone asap given that I am turning down invites to events left right and center, its not going to improve things to a point that I can go out and do shit but it will improve them.

So I tried to list it on ebay last night.and found their fees were 10% on the sale + listing fee. So if I was to list it for the £350 inc p+p I wanted then I would lose the cost of the listing, ebays 10% and then the p+p. Meaning I would see less than £310, which is what Mazuma is offering or £341 in argos vouchers. Though I dont really need those.

Other than that I am quickly getting to a point where I am probably going to do something retarded, Simon reacons its because I am turning down all the fun stuff thats going on at the moment I think otherwise but what do I know.

Any trains getting in to town so peace out.

Updated my Flickr account with the zoo pic

2011-03-08T16:06:00.000Z

Not much to say other than I've added those pictures to my flickr account as I said I would and I've also stuck them on Facebook.

Off to the cinema tonight with my friends, we are going to watch Unknown and the adjustment bureau, should be a busy night although it does mean I am going to miss pancake Tuesday and I am going to have to suffer a horribly long week that I'd normally break up with a cinema visit :P

Oh I have Pokemon!!

Zoo!

2011-02-27T16:00:00.000Z

Ok I know I am a big kid but I went to the zoo yesterday, I'll upload some pictures later

FA Cup

2011-02-25T22:00:00.001Z

I was wandering through town today with a friend and happend to stumble upon the FA Cup

Hobby horse of doom!

2011-02-24T21:00:00.000Z

Was out in the local village today and found the attached hobby horse, well dog, ny sister has been after one for Alfie so I picked it up for her but not before spending an hour or so brandishing it though the village like a staff!!

I can fix that!

2011-02-22T09:42:00.000Z

Just had these in an email and they cheered me right up :)

Au revoir iPhone Bonjour Desire HD

2011-02-21T12:04:00.000Z

Well not much has happened to me of late of any consequence however as the post title suggests I have decided to say goodbye to my iPhone and decided to get a HTC Desire HD in it's stead.

There are a few reasons for the departure of the iPhone but the main one is the fact that as a phone it just doesn't operate as I want it to. I know, I know, that's quite a strange statement to make about a phone however I constantly have problems with my phones screen not turning off when I put the phone to my face and as a results I end up hanging up on people, putting them on hold, putting them on mute or just randomly mashing the phone keypad so they get lovely tones down the phone.

I decided on the Desire HD as the Desire was an amazing phone and the HD version just improves on that. Not only that but I have wanted to check out Android for a while now and I am told that the Sense UI on the HTC phones is amazing.

I won a Desire HD on Friday on eBay for £280 and was supposed to go and get it today at 3PM however the seller decided that he/she didn't want to sell it late Sunday which left me up the creak without a paddle, especially as there has been a bit of interest in my old phone.

So I am slightly annoyed at the moment for being messed around and having to wander the streets of Manchester looking for a decent deal on a phone and keep refreshing eBay for another phone to appear.

Pokemon for free in europe

2011-02-11T11:13:00.000Z

At the moment Nintendo is giving away 3 free Pokemon over the Nintendo Wifi thingy (Sorry I can't remember the exact name)

Feb 7th - 13th shiny Raikou
Feb 14th - 20th shiny Entei
Feb 21st - 27th shiny Suicune

If you have Pokemon Platinum, Pokemon Pearl, Pokemon diamond, Pokemon heart gold or Pokemon soul silver you can get these, I've got 3 of the Raikou on my various games.

Enjoy

Not/Going Away

2011-02-02T14:17:00.000Z

The last couple of months I’ve been thinking about going away on holiday. I didn’t go away last year as my grand trip to America to go to Blizzcon was cancelled based on the unavailability of tickets. This year though I was determined to at least spend a week in Ireland.

Well over the last few nights I’ve been speaking to a friend in the Netherlands who I was thinking of visiting, it isn’t that much longer a flight compared to Ireland and it worked out at £102 for the flights.

Unfortunately that’s the best it gets, I started looking at hotels in the area thinking that they would be relatively cheap. Unfortunately they aren’t and as a single person I am looking at around £400 minimum for 7 nights. It may not sound that much but for an extra £300 I went on a cruise in 2009 to Egypt for 10 days with all my meals included and 5 days worth of trips out and about to the temples and sights. So £400 for a bed for 7 nights seems a hell of a lot.

So I started looking around and the prices were pretty much the same everywhere I looked. A single person travelling alone is seriously unwanted, or at least it seems that way.

Because of this I am seriously reconsidering going away. I am sure my friend would put me up or help me find something a little cheaper but still it’s not the point.

/rant over

Saw this and it made me chuckle

2011-02-01T16:44:00.000Z

Class of 1957 vs. 2011

Scenario 1:

Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.

1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.

2011 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario 2:

Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.

2011 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario 3:

Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.

1957 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2011 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The family gets extra money (SSI) from the government because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario 4:

Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.

1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.

2011 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse.. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.

Scenario 5:

Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school..

1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock

2011 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario 6:

Pedro fails high school English.

1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.

2011 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario 7:

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.

1957 - Ants die.

2011 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario 8:

Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.

1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2011 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

Source: Sober in a Night Club

Movies and birthday.

2011-01-12T16:51:00.001Z

Hey everyone...

Not much to report really. I decided to try to try and watch a movie a night this week however it's all gone a bit wrong as the films I want to see arn't on at times that I am able to be at the cinema so instead I decided to get a haircut and have a chilled night tonight however that's not going to happen either as my hair guy doesn't work Wednesdays.

It's my good friend Simons 30th birthday today so this morning I sent him a text with "happy birthday" 30 times. I went into town today to find him a birthday card which I filled with 14 different messages wishing him all the best for the day and his presents are, in my opinion, fantastic however he hasn't been sent them yet as one hasn't arrived so I cannot post what I got him as he may read this.

So tomorrow is cinema club and we are off to see the kings speech which I am looking forward to, it seems like a Oscar movie but I still quite the look of it. Friday I am going to go and watch the Green Hornet in 3D although I dislike Seth Rogan I think the film itself may make up for him.

Also in the news, as some of you know I applied for a job recently that I didn't get, well the girl who did get the job started this week and I offered to walk up to the station with her as she didn't know where she was going. Well apparently, unbeknownst to me, the team were all taking bets on if I'd lose it as she got the job over me. To be honest I am gutted I didn't get the job but at the same time I know I didn't get it for a reason.

I can’t really think of anything else to post however I am going to pop an image up on FlickR later of a book one of the guys in work got for Christmas which is pretty awesome.

Take it easy

Jim

100th post!

2011-01-07T19:29:00.001Z

Just realised that this is my 100th post, wow I didn't realise that posting so little and infrequently would lead to 100 posts but apparantly it can.

I've just updated my Flickr photostream with some extra pictures from my new camera. Comments appriciated.

I'll post again soon.

Jim

Back blogging again

2010-11-15T22:56:00.001Z

Let's see 5 months have passed and not a single post from me, why? Because I allowed some comments made by an individual annoy me about the content of my posts annoy me. Well I've thought about it and I do miss blogging and so bugger them, I know I don't have many, if any, readers and I know that my posts aren't literary master pieces but it's a place for me to ramble on about what I want to in my own little corner of the Internet.

I'm not going to recap my last 5 months, to be honest they've been very uneventful and parts of them I'd prefer to forget. What I am wanting to pos about is a couple of things.

Firstly I want to moan about being sick, again. It's niching serious just a cold/flu but still I feel rubbish. Add to that that my insomnia is back and even the tamazipan the doc gave me rant touching it.

Secondly, most of you that know me also know I am a big world of warcraft player, as well as a big guy in general, there are about 20 days till the lauch of the latest expansion, cataclysm which I am intending to play a lot of as I am off work for 3weeks :) but what I am also aiming to do is shed a stone by launch, so in the next 3 weeks. I'm sure it won't be fun but I'll try my damnedest.

Anyway it's late, I'm in bed and I want to quickly check Twitter before bed so nn and I'll post again soon.

Location:Stockport,United Kingdom

This post is brought to you by iPad

2010-06-01T08:05:00.000+01:00

I have bee using the iPad now all weekend and I have to say i'm really impressed. The iPod facilities work like a dream, the speaker is plenty loud for listening to your music, the keyboard works really well (I am preferring the landscape mode to portrait), email is fantastic, the books applications (iBooks, kindle, zinio, marvel & comics) work really well and I can see me spending a lot of money in all of them especially iBooks if they can increase the current selection.

I am using the iPad at the moment on the train on the way to work though my WAP and I love it, being able to connect on the fly was on of my biggest worries however it appears I had nothing to worry about.

Other than the iPad not much else is going on. I've locked myself away from the world for the last couple of days and last night I put my back out moving a pile of books. Hopefully it's nothing too bad though it does hurt to do pretty much anything, be it sit down or move about :p

Any this is my stop so I'll maybe post more later.

Ipad initial thoughts

2010-05-28T17:46:00.001+01:00

I have not really got much to say about it at the moment, what I have seen I like and the bigger screen is excellent.

I'm going to be getting a portable wireless app for my phone which will allow me to connect to the net on the fly.

Which leads me to my biggest disapointment so far with my ipad, the lack of Internet connectivity (so far) once I am online with it I think it will unleash it's power of awsome however without Internet it's just not all that special. I can't wait to add some books, sync my music and really get going which should be in about oh 30 mins give or take :)

Bailed

2010-05-28T08:49:00.001+01:00

Decided that I can wait... Till lunch time

Location:Withy Grove,Manchester,United Kingdom

Queuing

2010-05-28T08:30:00.000+01:00

About 100 ppl waiting in the queue. Contemplaiting bailing but we shall wait and see

Location:Manchester,United Kingdom

8:01

2010-05-28T08:08:00.000+01:00

Well it's 8:01 and I am not at the apple store, I'm on a train heading to Manchester which will see me pass the apple store but I won't actually get there till around 8:30 ish.

Do I want an ipad? Yes
Do I know why? No

I expect that it's going to turn into that product that you didn't realise you needed till you actually have it and the 1000's of apps are going to make it even more useful but beyond the books app I cannot see what it is going to do for me that my iPhone won't.

That being said, I have the disposable income and my wants have always won out against my needs so here's to you ipad and the many ways you may or may not change my life.

Big tease

2010-05-26T17:02:00.001+01:00

Dam you apple dam you to hell

Well I'll be dammed

2010-05-26T15:21:00.000+01:00

The docs have confirmed that my chest x-ray is fine and that I don't have anything seriously wrong with me. Wooooo!

Also playing with a new app that I bought today that let's me post from my iPhone.

- Posted on my Jesus phone

X-ray results

2010-05-25T11:48:00.001+01:00

Today's the big day where I find out that my chest X-ray is all clear and that they have wasted loads of money and time to tell me that they still have no idea what they are talking about. Not that I am pessimistic about it or anything :P

I think this medicine is making me allergic to computers

2010-05-19T09:31:00.000+01:00

As above really, I cba typing this message as in doing so I have to look at my screen which is actually making me feel worse

blah blah blah

2010-05-13T14:25:00.001+01:00

Blah

Last one I promice

2010-04-13T12:18:00.000+01:00

Hail and thunder filler the sky this night, buffeting the adventure on his epic quest. For he was was on his way to slay the evil, no malevolent, no wait a minuet evil was more accurate. He was going to his mother-in-law's.

29/08/09

(oh there was a picture of a stick man with an umbrella underneath that one)

Another random thing I wrote on my pad

2010-04-13T12:15:00.000+01:00

Found a couple of these :

If x=y+1 then why write x in the first place, why not tell me what x is so we don't have to fuck about with all this algebra crap.

14/08/09

Ramblings of the depressed

2010-04-13T12:13:00.000+01:00

Wrote on my pad 03/11/2009
(I'm not actually a depressed guy, I do however write some random stuff down. I guess I was just having a bad day lol)

I really, really hare this shit
Why on earth do I do it?
It's me they'll blame
It's me they'll blame
It's me they'll blame

Don't people know I have issues of my own?
Yet all they do is ask me to do more
I have to carry on
I have to carry on
I have to carry on

Can't somebody help me out?
Lend a hand and help me out?
I guess not
I guess not
I guess not

Dam cough

2010-04-12T10:01:00.000+01:00

I'm getting sick of this god dam cough, I thought it was shifting on Saturday as I made it through the night without waking up once however last night I got up at 4 am and couldn't get back to sleep with it. Going to try some cough medicine today and for the next couple of days as the cough is making it hard to breath and is keeping me out of the gym.

In other news I'm tempted to go to "photo club" tonight, there's a local photography club to me who meet every Monday. My photography isn't all that great and so meeting up with experts would be very advantageous for me as I can ask a lot of newbie questions and get an idea for where I am going wrong.

My Recent experiences as a hacked player.

2010-03-24T10:28:00.000Z

Just sent the following to wow.com

My Recent experiences as a hacked player.

Yesterday 23/03/2010 I found that I had received an email to my mail account which said someone had requested a password reset for my battle.net account. Followed swiftly by a message stating that the password had been changed as per my request. I was extremely concerned about this as I had neither requested not changed the password. I was in work at the time so I couldn’t do much however I submitted a request to Blizzard who blocked my account and resolved the issue. In fact I was extremely impressed with their service as it took them 3 hours from the time of the report to the time of the restoration of my account.

I changed my password, got a battle.net mobile authenticator set up on my account and Bob was your proverbial uncle, or so you would think. At 9:30pm GMT I get a phone call from a friend stating that I am online again, now I know this isn’t me and so does he as I currently don’t have World of Warcraft on my PC, as I’ve just formatted the computer prior to selling it to get a new and more powerful model which isn’t due to arrive until today so we were both bemused as to what was going on. So thinking outside the box I race to his house and log into my account using my new password and the authenticator and kick the person before he gets chance to fleece my account for a second time.

I was successful but bemused, I had changed my password on an Apple iBook and my mobile authenticator was in effect, how had they got into my account again, well I donned my investigating hat and found an article that stated that the fraudsters add an additional trial account to the hacked account and then they get to the screen saying choose which account you want to access and then they leave it there. Apparently this screen doesn’t have a time out and as such they just get to this screen on a few computers and this way they can get back into the account even if you have a new password and an authenticator.

I’ve scanned both the computers that I access my account from with the following scanners to no avail:

Kaspersky
Malware Bytes
CC Cleaner
Adaware
PrevX
HijackThis
GMER anti rootkit
Sohphos Anti rootkit
Panda Activescan

Anyway I’m sending you this as I think it’s something that if enough people know about it Blizzard may have to do something about it.

Regards

A Hacked Palyer

A godfather is me

2010-03-08T15:37:00.000Z

This weekend seemed to go really quickly, Saturday I went to the gym at 11:30 and then went to get my hair cut, the next thing I know it's 4:00pm and I'm not even home.

Sunday Morning I got up about 11:00 and then had to get to the church for Alfie's christening. It was a good event even though he cried through most of it. And of all the people I bumped into my best friend Andy was at the christening as his cousins baby was getting christened on the same day.

Back from Tamworth

2010-03-01T14:36:00.001Z

I’m back and had a great time. It’s all well and good spending time online with your friends but nothing beats actually going out and meeting up with them (although if I could have had a drink that would have been nice).

I set off on Saturday afternoon about midday for the 3 hour journey from Romiley to Tamworth. The journey itself wasn’t too bad, I got into Manchester and had to wait for 30 mins for my train to Stoke-On-Trent and then 10 mins in Stoke.

I was met by Welly at the train station and given a lift to Fosters Yard, the bar/hotel I was staying in and I met up with Simon there and played some pool. We then walked up to Andy’s house and met up with him and Red and went to the centre of town, played some pool and had a laugh.

Phil joined us a little later with his cousin and “Fun” followed. Ste has a reckless streak a mile and half long, some of his antics included and not limited to:

- Knocking over peoples drinks
- Smashing glasses
- Terrorising the fairer sex
- Stealing some guys drink cause he left it on our table
- Falling all over the show
- Falling into a bouncer who promptly ejected him from the building
- Reliving himself in several shop doorways
- Trying to kick the doors of shops in
- Trying to rob a car, as it was faster than getting a taxi
- Forcing himself into the taxi drivers lounge and spitting on the floor

Although he did all that he was a very genuine guy and he really cared for his cousin, he just had a few behaviours that may be seen as unusual.

It was a sound night out and I’m hoping to have a repeat in April/May when Ste isn’t about and we can allot some more time to the trip.

A littly achey

2010-02-24T09:35:00.001Z

After wimping out of going to the gym last Saturday I was determined to go last night, if anything to maintain my momentum. I know that if I stop going I will just end up giving it up as a bad idea and that would be a complete waste of time and my £19 a month. So I went to the gym last night and was very impressed with myself, I did my 15 mins on the treadmill and did them at a higher pace than I am down to do, I did my 15 mins on the upright bike but on a harder level for the first 5 mins of the ride and I did my 10 mins on the demon cross trainer. After that I did some light resistance training and had a chat to my brother and cousin who were both in doing some heavy weights.

I also booked my train and hotel in Tamworth for this weekend and am really looking forward to visiting my friends down their. Not that I am counting but its around 3 days 2 hours and 29 mins till I head down.

Also I’m off to the flicks tonight with Bucky which should be fun although I don’t know what we are going to watch yet, looking at the listings I would guess it would be Invicus but I don’t know for certain. There isn’t all that much showing this week which is a shame.

Chest infection

2010-02-22T11:30:00.000Z

God dammit it goes from bad to worse with my health lately. The latest in the myriad of illnesses to effect me is a chest infection. I think I picked it up Thursday night in the gym as it was ridiculously cold in there and I could feel the cold on my chest when I was working out. I'm over the worst of it but and still a little snotty and have a fantastic cold.

I was hoping to go back to the Gym on Saturday however with the chest infection I was struggling to breath properly so I decided to rest up this weekend and hit it on Tuesday night.

Didn't do much of anything this weekend although I've been invited out for the evening on Saturday. I'll have to check the finances as it's in Tamworth the night out but I am hoping to be there.

Tired

2010-02-17T00:13:00.001Z

Sleepy bye byes time

My foot

2010-02-03T14:04:00.000Z

So I went to Physio this morning about the problems I am having with my foot. The physio said that it is plantar fasciitis despite the foot specialist saying that it wasn't. She showed me a couple of exercises that I could do to help allieviate the pain and told me to use ibprophen gel when it's really bad.

She also gave me ultra sound on the foot although she said that it doesn't really help all that much - well she was right it didn't help at all, in fact it flaired it back up and now my foot is hurting like hell.

And just to top things off I'm still not sleeping

Still not sleeping

2010-01-29T16:01:00.000Z

Ok this is crazy, its been a week now since I've managed to sleep though the night, the pills are supposed to kick in after 20 mins and I am not being effected by them for a couple of hours, if indeed at all. I'm off next week on holiday but I swear that if I continue like this it will be pointless.

Not sleeping

2010-01-26T02:21:00.000Z

This is getting annoying now, I've not been able to get to sleep for the last couple of nights and I am feeling exauseted. I hope I manage to get some sleep this evening, I think I'll get some Nytol tomorrow if this continues.

Swimming attempt two

2010-01-08T12:14:00.000Z

So I went swimming agin last night and it was awful, I failed miserably at breast stroke and over armed so I switched to treading water and back stroke and did about 3/400 meters. I pushed myself quite hard and am pretty please with myself and I will be going back again next week.

I decided to walk along the canal on the way home which was kind of creepy, there was no lighting and the canal was frozen over. I was kind of tempted to try walking on the canal but then decided against it as I would probably go through the ice.

Back dated posts

2010-01-08T10:55:00.001Z

I haven't posted for a while however I am going to make a few posts over the next couple of days to fill the gaps.

Snow Day

2010-01-05T17:08:00.000Z

Wooo Hoooo there is a good 6" of snow in my front garden, I've had a phone call off my best mate to say the buses are off and after a gruelling 45 min walk to the train station found there are no trains running so I am not in work today and get to take it easy :)

Happy New Year

2010-01-01T08:00:00.000Z

All the best for the new year and I hope you keep to your new years resolutions :)

Swimming

2009-12-30T23:29:00.000Z

So I have decided that I am going to try to go swimming as a form of exercise to help me shift some of this weight. The problem is and was that I haven't been swimming since primary school.

So when I went swimming today it all went a little wrong I nearly drowned myself in the shallow (0.5 meters) end of the pool and realised I don't really remember how to swim.

I did about 100m in 30 mins, I know that isn't good, but I am going to persevere and try again next week and see if I can get any better

Not so good

2009-12-26T20:01:00.000Z

I hope you all had a good Christmas day, mine wasn't so good. I spent most of the day in bed ill and when I went to my mums for Christmas dinner I really struggled to eat it. I am feeling a little better today but still not so shit hot.

Happy Christmas

2009-12-25T08:00:00.000Z

Hope Santa brings you all you wanted

Christmas eve

2009-12-24T22:15:00.000Z

I've just got back from lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe where I must have had the worlds most expensive chicken burger.

The office is all abuzz about a potential early finish which would be great.

** Update **

Yes the boss is letting us all go at 2:30!

Working Christmas week

2009-12-21T15:45:00.000Z

Well it's Christmas week and I'm in work. I can't say I am particularly looking forward to Christmas but I am sure if I wasn't in work for this week I would be much more excited about it. Not only am I in but for the better part of 3 days I am on my own which makes it worse.

It's extremely cold and icy out so getting to and from work is a pain and I really can't wait for this week to be over as I have the following week off.

Goodbye Lloyd

2009-12-17T21:04:00.000Z

So my boss of the last 6 months is leaving today and I've got to say I have mixed feelings about it. He was a really nice guy but at times he could wind me up or be very blunt.

One thing I really liked about him was that he stuck up for us and looked out for us. I wish him all the best for the future and hope that mad amy stops stalking him.

The buzzing continues

2009-12-13T20:00:00.000Z

OK so I gave up with the buzzing I couldn't track it down myself, I've disconnected and cleaned each of the 7 fans in my computer individually and found that it is definitely not one of them. I suspect that its the CPU fan but I haven't got one I can replace it with.

I took it to a local computer store and asked them to take a look at it for me and after 3 days of tests they tell me that they cannot get it to start buzzing and all their tests report clear which means that it must be a HDD problem. So I authorised them to take out the main drive as it was only an 80gb anyway and replace it with a 500gb drive and I also told them to change the CPU fan as I suspect that it is causing the noise.

I went to collect my machine later that evening and they told me that the on board heat syncs prevented them from changing the CPU fan with a heat sync as they got in the way. So I took the PC home and set her back up gain (yes my computer is female) and set about installing all my lost software. The next day WoW had finished patching so I loaded her up and straight away the buzzing started again.

So I've given up on fixing the noise and am just going to live with it for now.

Still buzzing

2009-12-09T09:32:00.000Z

Machiens still buzzing when I launch WoW, I've so far disconnected all the fans individually to check if its one of them, I've tried a different graphics card and still no dice. I'm suspecting that the bearings in the CPU fan may be off but it's a brand new fan, I mean its less than a month old and its done this since day one.

I'm going to figure it out this weekend I hope and with any luck it will be running like a dream and not the nightmare that it currently is.

In other news I'm off to Liverpool tonight for a party as opposed to going to the cinema which isn't a bad thing I suppose given that there isn't much out this week that really takes my fancy, although next Friday I'm off to watch Avatar in 3D which is sounding pretty awesome, but I am trying to avoid the hype, the trailers I can't avoid as they have been shown each week for the last 5 or 6 weeks before our weekly movie.

On a side note I especially like the cleverness of the adverts where the only spoken line in the trailer is "This is great!"

New PC pt 2

2009-11-23T15:59:00.000Z

OK so the new rig is all set up and working although I've had a couple of teething problems I'm pretty satisfied with the set up.

I'm now running:

Intel i5 750 (quad 2.66)
Gigabyte P55-UD3 Intel Motherboard
4 GB of G.SKILL DDR3 1600 PC12800
Asus ENGTX260 GL+896MB

I'm going to be taking the graphics card back to aria tomorrow as its making excessive noise when playing glames online such as WoW but other than that its all good.

Losing your religion

2009-11-16T16:43:00.000Z

Bit of a random post here but I was talking to an old friend of mine recently who went to a Catholic primary and secondary school with me but recently married a Muslim man and has since changed her religion from Catholic to Islam.

Well I was thinking how attached could someone be to be willing to change religion from what they once believed to something that their partner believed. I personally don't think I could change from Catholicism to any other religion even though I have a relatively open mind when it comes to religion.