Holy crap!!!
I’m not a comic book officionado by any means, but I was blown away by this graphic novel, and it is regarded as the greatest of all time. Plus, Zack Snyder did such an amazing job with Dawn of the Dead and 300, that this promises to be something else…..
Problem is, it ain’t out till June 2009!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Now officially top of my cinema list……..even tops The Dark Knight, but I don’t have to wait too long to see that one!
....on the distasteful (literally) topic of burping and bringing up a small amount of substance (I just burped and tasted sick in my mouth and all that, or, as I like to call it, 'vurping'), I found a new level of nastiness.
It's not pleasant at the best of times, I know. But doing it after munching a whole packet of Skittle Crazy Sours in the space of two minutes......maaaaan......grooooooooooooosssssss!!!
Well, first post without justifying my presence here. I worked my butt off at work yesterday. And today. And will tomorrow and Sunday. I’ll cut back Monday for a Tuesday conference…..I’m not supposed to talk about my work on here, I’m told by the powers that be. They frown upon social networking and block access to it……From my perspective I believe it could be a useful tool in what I do but will they listen? Nope. So thats the extent of my talk of work. Except to say that those who live in the Southwest region I’m on episode six of the documentary “Customs UK” on ITV in about four weeks time. I’m the tit under the spotlight in the suit and tie. I’ve not seen it yet and the thought of seeing myself interviewed on TV makes me cringe. I was told they’d let me see it before it was aired. It never happened….If it’s bad then….Oh well. I had little choice since my boss coersed me into it.
So….”Once.” I got home from yesterdays gruelling day at work, I posted my intro on here then watched a movie that I’d received by post a couple of days ago. It’s a budget movie and to be honest if you read the reviews it’s a bit on the sentimental side. Was I pleasantly surprised, or what? Well not what, I WAS pleasantly surprised. Its called ”Once”. And its about a busker in Dublin who befriends a Czech bird and then goes on to create beautiful music with her after very generously repairing her vacuum cleaner for her. I can relate to it a bit but that’s another complicated story. I won’t give away the plot. It involves an Irish singer songwriter called Glen Hansard who I’d never heard of before and a Czech singer songwriter called Marketa Irglova. None had ever acted, but there was no need because it was all about the musical chemistry between them. In fact, in real life they’d toured for a while anyway. The magic of the movie is the clear and absolute passion that Glen Hansard has for his music and the obvious effect and inspiration that it had on Marketa, which apparently happened in real life. The director/cameraman I believe was actually a member of “The Frames”, the band that Hansard played/plays in otherwise. In his words it was “A celebration of their friendship.” Be warned, this isn’t “The Pancake Eating Freaks” who in their own way are equally as talented but its worth watching if you’re passionate about music……….
I’ve decided to invade the Chapmanzone because Dave’s day seems to go by at a considerable rate lately. Poor bugger. Life’s a bitch sometimes. Only thing is, I’m wary of what I might put because it might go against his principle of what should be here. I read this often, and to be honest the posts have become a little irregular, and somewhat lacking in content. That said, it’s interesting a lot of the time and it’s a great way to keep an eye on what he’s up to…which clearly is so much that he’s no time to contribute much to this at present.
I’m a novice at this so bear with me. I’ve noticed that he doesn’t mention the family much. Which is a shame. Perhaps I’ll change things slightly…….content wise. And in the process bore the pants of those who read it. But it’s better than nothing at all.
Dave said when he apprehensively gave me access that I should write about the present. I’ve been documenting my life story elsewhere, he read it, and I’m not entirely sure he was that impressed. In truth, neither am I. But he plays a part in it anyway and that’s the point I’m trying to get over to him. This is called the Chapman Zone because he’s a Chapman. In THIS Chapman family. And THIS Chapman family is important to all of us because otherwise he wouldn’t be who he is today. Nor I. So, serious stuff out of the way……..
I can’t help but have been watching the progress of “The Pancake Eating Freaks” who by all accounts get some pretty good press here. It should be called “The Pancake Eating Freaks and Chapman Zone!” There’s little I can write other than to say that I think they’re some very talented lads. He’s covered most of everything else. The new Album is superb and with the right exposure should be the beginning of a long and prosperous musical career for them if they work hard and believe in themselves. My daughter Mia loves them……That is, Dave’s niece……I’m pushing a point here…..
How the hell do I get a photograph on here………(I did say I was a novice!)
Cheers for the access Dave. I’ve a lot of drivel to offer at times and two Chapman heads are better than one I say……………….Mark 
more cat pictures
Sorry everybody - I have several things of muchas magnitude to blog about, but I don’t have time to do them justice. I’ve been to the best gig of my entire life, discovered one of the greatest bands of my entire life (and subsequently, one of the greatest blogs ever), played guitar and sang on stage for the first time at the Joiners (sort of), become inspired to try something new……and more besides. I simply do not have time to blog.
It’s the old excuse……Scouts. I am so far behind planning for Summer Camp, and making last years camp DVD, that it’s not even funny.
I gotta sort out my frickin’ life!!!!!
….for the unmitigated dullness of my last post.
I just read it, and had to restrain myself from slamming my head in the fridge repeatedly to try to wake my brain up, which had just gone into a coma in protest.
In my defense, I just felt that I had to post something, as it has been a stupidly long time since I actually used this site.
I apologise unreservedly to you, and will welcome suggestions for ways in which to punish myself, both for the dull post, and for my lack of blogularity. Physical, mental, sexual - I don’t mind.
…….preferably sexual though.
So I come in to work from a long weekend off, up to my desk to find a slip of paper on my keyboard, which read:
“Please switch off your monitor before you go home. Think of the environment and save energy.”
All very noble indeed, and I was certain that I actually did turn my monitor off on Friday when I left. That’s not why I write this post however.
No. You see, the Environmental Police must have done their rounds on Friday evening, as this place is too tight-fisted to pay weekend staff. So they came round, saw my monitor was on, and left me a note to tell me to turn it off in future, so concerned are they with the environment…..
…..which begs the question - why did they leave the monitor on after leaving me this note? They take the time (and use the paper) to leave me a note, but do not turn off the offending drain on electricity…….
Such rich meat to feed one of my rants, but I’m too busy here….damn them, actually expecting me to do work…..
I will, however, make one little statement on the nature of environmental politics in this country:
“Top down, Mr Brown.”
Actually, that’s quite catchy……..
The Freaks went back to the studio to record another new song last Friday (2nd May) - they only wrote it a couple of weeks before, but liked it so much that they straight away decided to book into The Old Blacksmiths Studios to record it for their forthcoming album (Aaron just told me).
Having listened to it, I can understand why - it absolutely f***ing rocks!
Seriously, it’s brilliant! Yeah, I’m biased, but I would like this song even if it wasn’t by them….it’s really catchy (if you like the cheerful pop-punk sound).
I keep saying to them that their songs are getting better each time they write a new one, but this one has just raised the bar by about six feet. Their playing has always been tight (well, not always - I have some early footage that I could show you!), but the vocals are miles better than before, and Tom’s guitar solo….well, it is the first of it’s kind on a Pancake Eating Freaks song - overdubs, harmonies and everything!
It’s absolutely top bollocks! I’m really excited about it. I think everyone is agreed that we gotta make a video for this one…
I am currently slaving away doing their artwork (just tidying, they designed it all) for the album, and this has given me renewed impetus to get my arse in gear!
Actually, I shouldn’t moan - I am relatively lucky with my PC (touch wood), in that it doesn’t break very often at all.
But it broke yesterday…
I was all set to write my review of the latest excursion of the newly christened ‘Team Boner’ to Thorpe Park, to include pictures of us doing questionable things on the rides, but I turned on my PC yesterday morning and……..nothing.
Nada…zip…..zilch….not a flicker of activity.
Tits.
As usual, I phoned my web guru Collin, who is coming round tonight after Cubs to have a look at it. He has intimated that it will probably require me buying a new motherboard, going by my description of the symptoms.
Arse.
Oh well, it seems I am cursed to never rid myself of my overdraft or credit card debt without getting a second job. I think I’ll get a bundle (motherboard and processor) instead of just a motherboard on its own. Novatech are doing a nice AMD bundle for £117 at the mo, so I think I’ll plump for that. That is, assuming that Collin can’t fix the problem.
Now, the older readers of the blog might remember that I vowed never ever ever ever ever EVER to shop at Novatech again, after the time I tried to buy my last system from them (it ended with me causing a scene in the shop), but fact is, I need a working PC - I have too much to do to leave it for a week or so.
Tits and Arse.
Having said that, Dabs are generally pretty quick with their delivery, so I think I’ll go check them out this afternoon. Either way, I wanna get a new case as well, as my current one is rubbish.
Ho hum….pictures of dildoes will have to wait for a couple of days…..
Just had a quick soapbox moment at work.
Ever since I made some controversial comments about Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech on the discussion board at work, I have tried to restrain myself from getting involved in any political discussions, especially as I am still awaiting news from my Union National Committee as to whether or not I am getting kicked out because of the aforementioned coments.
But some complete tool here is advocating privatisation as a wonderful thing to have happened to this country overall. What a complete w*nker!!! I worry that a generation of children who attend classes such as business studies are leaving school actually believing that the current capitalist economic model is actually a good thing.
Anyway, since I haven’t used this blog for ages (sorry again everyone!), I thought I’d pop my comment up for your delectation:
Privatisation was, and still is an utterly terrible thing to happen to this country, or any country. There are no positives to draw from it, that woudn’t have occured ten-fold if government had just decided to run it properly themselves.
The only reason it happened / happens is to line the pockets of the already rich and powerful. The only other people who benefit are those with a measure of surplus income, who think it is right and fair to make money by doing absolutely nothing, other than merely having spare money.
It is the epitomy of the criminally unjust society in which we are forced to live.
I really must learn to stop sitting on the fence when discussing these issues…….