Yo yo!

Tonight, I went over to my supervisor’s place with some of the team, which was great as it involved a whole lot of a) BBQ food (including lots of tasty home made food!), b) chin wagging, c) laughing and d) the discovery of something I probably should’ve experienced years ago.

No, I don’t mean meat, Gib. I mean the LOLCat Bible.

Possible thoughts from yourself at this point:

1. Ah yes, this is ridiculous (but awesome) isn’t it?
2. Oh my… they’ve made a LOLCat Bible?
3. What the hell is a LOLCat?
4. That sounds a little bit blasphemous

My responses to your thoughts:

1. Totally!
2. YES! I KNOW! Check it out! I’ve been crying with laughter at both it and the fact that people have bothered to write it :-)
3. Oh Hai! teh Internets calling! In other words, have a read of this. Yep, finding it funny does render you a bit of a geek. Accept your destiny :)
4. It’s the total opposite! *

I love it. It’s just ridiculous to think that someone’s written the bible in LOLSpeak, but it’s happened. I’m a particular fan (through being introduced to the LOLCat Bible via this page this evening) of Genesis 1:

“At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz”

Well done The Internet. You get to stay.

Pat

* Perhaps

Feeling: Full up and Amused
Song in Head: Team SR – Leaving London

One for you IT folk out there – courtesy of Al from work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU

Awesome stuff.

Pat

Feeling: A bit “Monday”
Song in Head: Peep Show Theme (From Series 1)

I just rebooted my PS3. And there, hey presto, was the iPlayer item on the menu! And there are lots of other bits.

Woohoo PS3 Firmware v3! And sorry Sony, you’re not bad * after all!

Toodles,

Pat

* Apart from all that terrible DRM shit you love, oh and the minor thing about putting rootkits on people’s PCs to “protect” your precious songs from “criminals” who wanted to, ooh, say, make a copy of a song they’ve just purchased from you and put it on their iPod. Which, insanely, is still technically illegal when I last checked. But that’s a whole other rant

…but I felt this needed a quick mention.

Just seen a McDonalds advert which ended as follows:

“Time, Care and Attention – That’s what makes the M. McDonalds.”

Here is my riposte:

Pat

Damn You, McVities!

I will never be able to pass through the biscuit section of a supermarket again without hearing a cheesy, high pitched sung version of the brand name “McVities!”.

This is almost as bad as that card company, that I won’t mention as it’ll only get that stuck in my head again.

Need a “Sorry you’ve got a crap company name jingle in your head!” card and quick? MOONPIG!

Is this going to be a worrying new trend? What on Earth will we be hearing next? A catchy jingle for laxatives? A memorable little riff for condoms? MOONPIG DOT COM? A stupid, whistled jingle for a terrible fast food chain?

Forget that last one, that would just be damned pathetic.

(ha-haaaa!)

Right, that’s the end of the blogging marathon for today. I’m off to watch some Stephen Fry in America (on BluRay, for full Landscape Shot Appreciation)… toodles and thanks for sticking with me! :)

MOONPIG!

Pat

Feeling: Rather glad that he’s at the end of the 7 blogs “marathon”
Song in Head: MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGsomeonekillme

SPARKLY BACKGROUNDS!

Woohoo! I’ve just upgraded the firmware on my PS3 and – get this – the main menu bit now has… a SPARKLY BACKGROUND!

And what’s more…

…er…

…um…

…well, nevermind anything else. IT’S GOT SPARKLY MENU BACKGROUNDS! I’m sure my mate Joel said it added iPlayer to the main menu. I don’t see it. It was the only reason to update, and now I’ve probably given Sony the rights to my DVD collection, light bulbs and phone chargers. I really ought to read these license agreements.

Pat

Feeling: Mesmerised by the SPARKLY BACKGROUNDS!
Song in Head: The tunes wot are being played by Bobince on Losertown (teh awesomes Internet show)

How To Be An Explorer Of The World

My mate Jess showed me a book last weekend, which really fired of some sparks of imagination in my otherwise fairly uncreative-of-late mind, and I subsequently bought it. It’s bloody excellent, and it goes by the name (as you may possibly guess with the, ironically, not that creative-sounding title above):

How To Be An Explorer Of The World

If you’re inclined to be creative then I recommend getting this. It encourages you to look at the world in a different way, really pay attention to things and look at the world as a young child might.

As a result, a mere 15 minutes of reading it has given me creative ideas that I’ve not had since I was about 12. This could be The Thing ™ that helps me finally fight the Motivation Block ™ that’s been getting in my way for the past while.

Definitely something I’ll be using on future Pat’s Creative Wednesdays ™!

Woohoo!

(™)

Pat

Feeling: Groovy, ta. And still a tiny bit hungover
Song in head: High School Musical – All In This Together (DAMN YOU X FACTOR, you may have finished but you’ve left me with a musical STD

Congratulations to Sophie!

I can’t believe I’m so late with this, but I’ve just spent two entire days screaming, whooping, hollering and arranging a loan to pay for the 10,000 phone calls I made to make sure Sophie Whojamathingy won a huge amount of money for… er… what was it again?

Oh, that’s right. Being less irritating than the other nob ‘eds.

Oh, and… what? Oh yeah, having big tits, blonde hair and – what’s that? – a PERSONALITY?

You GO GIRL! Wow, if that’s not Girl Power then I don’t know what is.

It’s definitely something to be amazed and proud of, eh? What a great thing to celebrate. Nearly as much as a non-conventionally attractive woman being able to sing well.

It’s almost as though one’s appearance doesn’t have any bearing on one’s skills or inner self.

But still, right, Sophie – she’s not an airhead but looks like a “blonde bimbo”! AMAZING, EH!

What? She’s what?

Spent a significant proportion of her winnings on… clothes for Chihuahuas?

I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A POINT, SOPHIE, AND YOU’VE JUST RUINED IT.

I don’t know why I bother sometimes… *

;-)

Pat

Feeling: A little embarrassed for watching the repeat of the BB Final a day before watching a repeat of X-Factor
Song in Head: The crap background music from an Asda advert

* And yes, looks can have a bearing on personality, after all they impact how society responds to you as you grow up and of course that’ll shape you as a person. Why’m I putting this disclaimer in? I don’t know. But the point about Susan Boyle stands. Honestly, this country’s going to the dogs. BROKEN BRITAIN, EH? EH? EH? Time for another winking smiley? Probably: ;-)

District 9. But first…

…the X Factor? Jesus. Just after I’d finished the previous blog post I had to sit through a good 2 infuriating minutes of another singer actually singing properly and the obligatory SHOW US YOUR TEARS section.

Forget what I said about X Factor. It’s utter shite. But… er… I’ll just make sure by watching until the end of the show, ok?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, before I soil another post, let’s talk about:

District 9

I went to see this today, with various doods from work, not really knowing too much about it. And I’ve gotta say this, without giving too much away:

It’s bloody excellent. You really should see this film. Stunning visuals, interesting points to make, and some SPLATTER GUNS.

It’s rare that you see a film that has a proper anti-hero in it but this one does. I don’t really wanna say anything more than that to prevent spoilering it. So I’ll just say this again:

SPLATTER GUNS.

Go see it :-)

Oh lord, now someone’s about to murder “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz… I’ll be back after a quick trip to the local ITV multiplex with an axe.

Pat

Feeling: See Post 2
Song in Head: The Screaming Hordes of hell. In the guise of X Factor mentals.

District Ni-holy crap, there was someone who was just good on X-Factor

Er… yes. Sorry, I’m just watching a repeat of X-Factor on ITV2. I’m sorry for two reasons: one for going off topic almost immediately, and the other for watching a repeat of X-Factor on ITV2.

Oh, man, now “All in this Together” from High School Musical is in my head.

I can’t talk about District 9 with a start like this. Man.

Let’s… let’s just… let’s just pretend this blog didn’t happen, ok?

But Seriously Despite The Fact That The Show Is All Fake And Full Of Idiots And Also Aimed At Idiots I Must Say It’s Certainly Mildly Entertaining Enough To Have On In The Background.

Er… just ignore that.

Erm…

District 9, then. I… er… oh, I’ll write it in the next one. :-)

Pat

Feeling: A little bit hungover, oddly enough…
Song in Head: Some utter arse on X-Factor on ITV2. Yep. I’m so so very sorry.