Stuff

Talishia has gone to Bloostock this weekend with Terry, which leaves me at home with the kids. I am taking them to the cinema today to see the new Star Wars film - The Clone Wars. Going to take them for a Macci-D’s afterwards. Wasn’t sure if we were actually going to go as my “accident looking to happen” son fell over last night and it took me ages to stop the blood oozing from his knee. This morning it looks a proper mess, and his mouth is a little swollen where he hit that on the ground too and chipped a tooth and cut his gum. Nowhere near as much blood as when my daughter took a chunk out of her tongue though.

My brother came over last night with his XBOX 360 for a game.  I have recently brought myself a new printer. A Canon MP220 Scanner Printer Photcopier. I got it from argos as it was on special offer at £39.99 and my printer had karked it. I have also brought myself some more books:

STAR WARS NEW JEDI ORDER: Balance Point
STAR WARS NEW JEDI ORDER: Edge of Victory: Conquest
STAR WARS NEW JEDI ORDER: Edge of Victory: Rebirth
STAR WARS NEW JEDI ORDER: Star by Star
STAR WARS NEW JEDI ORDER: Dark Journey
STAR WARS NEW JEDI ORDER: The Apprentice
STAR WARS NEW JEDI ORDER: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
STAR WARS NEW JEDI ORDER: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
STAR WARS NEW JEDI ORDER: Traitor

Which means that I have nearly all of the New Jedi Order books and then I can go onto more of the republic Commando books.

Right. I’m off to the cinema

This is sooo cool

This is a video to a true story. It is amazing.

Take a look here

Too long!

Eee, I’ve been a bit on the busy side for the last couple of weeks so I haven’t really had time to write a blog. Thought I might write everything down now.

The kids both had their sports days. They were on the same day. Our son’s was in the morning, and our daughter’s was in the afternoon. With our son, there was a course of non-competitive games such as goals, basketball, running with a beanbag, hockey. Then they had a 100 metre sprint. Our son won his race by a smidge. Our daughter’s had no non-competitive stuff, it was all racing which was good. She was in three races, her relay team came 3rd, and she came third in her own race, so they were both happy and so were we.

My son had his acheivements evening and he got a certificate for Secondary Pupil with most consistently good behaviour so we were happy with that. We have yet to meet his new teacher, and not sure what they are like. Our daughter has another male teacher for year 6 which is unusual for a primary school, but I like male teachers, they don’t tend to suffer with PMT. lol

We finished the Star Wars game, and it was a cracking end. Darth Malas (the bad guy) walked through the door and was set upon by Jarek StarChaser (human male soldier / elite trooper) and Fuh Fett (human male mandalorian soldier), while Naob Marr (Miraluka female force adept) swirled stuff around him and blasted tables and other shrapnel at him. Phuc Mei (Kel-Dor male Scoundrel / Ace / Deep Space Pilot) was shooting at him, before managing to lose an eye when his weapon exploded on him, and C2-1E (Droid masculine programming - originally C2-1B but after upgrades and being blown apart was now an E) was attempting to heal people as well as take pot shots at Malas. Deebo (Ewok male soldier / sniper) had blown a hand off when his rifle malfunctioned, then tried to escape. He got to his powered glider and was getting away. Jarek dealt the killing blow. Malas dropped to his knees, grinned and said “I win” before dropping to the floor and his barradium detonator attached to his heart went off with the power of a 10 megaton nuke instantly obliterating everyone in the room. Deebo was flying by this point when the airbourne shock wave brought him down. He survived the fall, only to see the ground rippling towards him at a very fast speed. He hid behind a rock and tree which disintegrated a fraction before he did. No survivors. They called me a few names.

We have now started Vampire - The Dark Ages. Going to see what that is like.

Talishia finally started hew new job today, so she is happy with that, and it gets her out of my hair too. Don’t get me wrong, I love her, but too long under each other’s feet with her complaining about not starting work was getting very stressful. Hopefully we can get the money sorted out near enough straight away so that we have no major problems that last a long time.

I had the results of my M150 course through today. I had a pass of 85 which is great. I can rest now and get on with some stuff. Yahey.

And that’s all I can think of for the moment.

What a sick world we live in

I remember when I was a kid and I would go for a walk with my brother and sister and stay out for hours at a time. I was 10, my brother 11 or 12 and my sister was 8 or 9. We lived in Marshall Street, in Folkestone, Kent, and we used to walk to the hills or further. We also used to walk to and from primary school on our own when we reached what would now be year 5. Today my daughter’s school sent round a note stating that a teenager had been followed in Hawkinge (just round the corner from where my sister lives) by a van with two people in it. The teenager ran to someone’s house and the van apparently sped off. What the hell is this world coming to when kids can’t even have fun any more?

Another week gone

Another week is over, and I missed a blog last week. Oh well, not much happened anyway. Although I was very happy with the end of Dr Who. I scored a hit with my personal thoughts about the hand. I was not expecting the hand to generate into another doctor. However, the “DoctorDonna” that the Ood kept talking about finally made sense, as they normally do at the end of the season. Having all of them together was absolutely brilliant. The start with all the names was something that I don’t think there has ever been on Dr Who before. David Tennant … Catherine Tate … Freema Agyman … John Barrowman … with Elizabeth Sladen … and Billie Piper. 6 People, and by the end there was 9 Doctor Who, Doctor What, Donna, Martha, Captain Jack, Sarah-Jane, Rose, Jackie and Mickey. The end was very sad. Rose finally got her Doctor - one that wouldn’t change, except with age. Sarah-Jane went back to Luke and to make another series of Sarah-Jane Adventures, Captain Jack has gone back to Torchwood with the possibility of Martha and Mickey joining them, and part of Donna died. The sad part is when the person dies without actually dying. Rose did it in season 2, and not Donna in season 4. With only a few episodes in 2009, the new series starts proper in 2010.

Talishia has got herself another job, but the twits at her last place of employment have been stuffing things up for her by not sending the reference in. After being bugged by Tali and the new employer, they finally sent it but not before stopping her from starting when she was supposed to. It was meant to be Monday, but now we have to wait a bit longer. I have also just found out that I can claim DLA for myself and probably get the middle rate mobility. I can also claim incapacity once Talishia goes to work.

We haven’t finished the Star Wars game yet, the drivers have had reasons for not turning up and as such the game has still not finished. Still looking for exciting climax for that game.

I have had confirmation of my next course - Networked Living, and now I am looking for my third course that will start in April.

The last week

This last week has been an odd week. There has been quite a bit going with nothing really achieved if you know what I mean.

Talishia quit her job. She was a domiciliary going to people’s homes and helping them out by washing them, bathing them, helping them get dressed and doing housework and things like that. She liked the job. The only problem was, was the fact that she had walk from house to house with only getting paid while she was actually in the house. She would leave at 8:00 in the morning and get home just after 13:00 with getting paid for 2 1/2 hours. So that is 5 hours and get paid for half of that. Tali did have an interview at a home which went well, and then was called back for a second interview where the woman pulled everything apart that Tali had done stating things like looking after the kids is not an excuse for not working. The original interviewer phoned her up to offer the position, but she turned it down. She said that she would not work for someone who attempted to intimidate her. She does have another interview tomorrow with a different care home.

Talishia also made a great friend from a source that she did not expect - I have been forbidden at this time to say any more than that as it could cause some legal complications at some point in the not too distant future. Suffice to say that trying to get her off of the computer now is trying to prise a nail out of the floor with a hammer made from melting jelly.

My son (Artie as I call him) was having problems at school with bullying. He has Asperger’s Syndrome and goes to a special needs school. The boy that has been giving him trouble was at his original school as well, and he gave him trouble there. As I was bullied at school, I was not going to allow the same thing happen to my son as well. So I phoned the school and had a chat with his teacher. On Friday Artie came home and told me that everything was now sorted out and that the other brat was going to be nice to him.  We will see.

I have finally purchased my own domain which I will be getting up and running very soon. It will be http://www.katt-enterprises.co.uk but at the moment it just says that the domain has been purchased. I am currently trying to sort out some kind of logo for Katt Enterprises. My mate Lou did one which was great, but it doesn’t scan well onto the computer. I tried recreating it but to no avail.

Dr Who! MY GOD! The ending of that was awesome. If you know anything about next weeks, please DON’T TELL ME! I have been having a chat with a friend of mine on MySpace and he has come up with a number of ideas:

1. Donna still has the time beetle and she may bend time back and get herself killed instead of the doctor.
2. This is all taking place in a parallel universe
3. He regenerates into himself thus becoming the 11th doctor
4. It’s not a full regeneration and he only heals himself
5. David Tennant really has regenerated and pulled off an astounding blast for the finale fooling most people

My thoughts are as follows:

1. That would be possible had it not fallen off at the end of Turn Left
2. Highly unlikely
3. That would be absurd
4. Doubtful - but with the hand there, it may cause that - a sort of save point or extra life
5. That would be out of this world. That would be one of the best kept secrets in TV history!

Role-playing tonight is quite possibly the last Star Wars that I will be running. The Sith Lord that they are up against at the moment, Darth Malas, is about to attack them (they know this as the Force Adept has seen it in the future) if he wins, they all die, if he loses - the barradium detonator attached to his heart may put some sort of damper on getting out of where they are at the moment. I am soooo looking forward to being called all the names under the sun. They have already been beaten by this guy 3 times and barely escaped each time.

I have also got my confirmation through of my next open University course that will begin in October. I am going to choose one to start in March or April too so that I can get the full amount of money that has been allocated to me.

Birthdays

Today I turn 41. Grief I am getting old. I don’t feel it though. I am quite happy to reach this age and I am not in the habit of pretending I am younger. I let my face fool people into thinking that. The way I look at it is that I am 41, and I get that way by looking 25 and acting 16. Well, I have been since I have been booting my depression down the hill. Don’t get me wrong, it will take a long time to get rid of the depression completely, once you have it, you have it for life - or that’s what I feel anyway.

I nearly share my birthday with my daughter too. Hers is on 19th June and mine is on 22nd, so of course hers takes precence over mine as she’s a kid and reached that first milestone of being 10. Sometimes I wonder how she managed to get there. We had a party for her and some of her friends, and she did really well. She got as total of £50 in cash and vouchers. She has decided that she wants us to buy her voucher off of her as she wants to buy herself a phone with infra-red and blue tooth on it. She has managed to save up for a rand new Nintendo DS with her pocket money so I have no doubt that she will save a bit more for her phone.

I got a t-shirt with evolution on it - monkey through to geek My sister doesn’t know me at all. he he. I got a joystick that I was after so that I can play Mechwarrior again. I also got The Tutankhamen File which is fantastically put together piece of work all about the guys who found the tomb, as well as replicas of the notes they took, plans they made, letters they took, diary entries and photos. Seeing that I like the Valley of the Kings and that area of Egypt, it was a brilliant present. To go with it, I also got The Little Book of NUTS Jokes.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! LOL.

What do you call 12 naked men sitting on each others shoulders?
A Scrotum Pole.

Race for Life - the Sequel

Talishia completed the Race for Life in a little over 40 minutes today. She started off at 11.05 with the strating klaxxon being sounded by someone who sounded like Davina MacColl. I couldn’t see her, so I couldn’t guarantee that it was her. She crossed the line at 11:47 to congratulations of someone who sounded like Bradley Walsh. Again, I couldn’t see the face so I couldn’t say for sure if it definitely was him.

To say that I was proud of Talishia would be an understatement. On her back she wore the message “To nan, you are alwas on my mind and I know you are always with me, love ‘Gert’ ” Gert was the name that her nan used to call her because she didn’t like her original name.

Her acheiving this was the best father’s day present I could have had.

Well done my darling, i love you. x x x x x x x

Web change

I have been sorting out my main website as it is time it had a change. I had done a quick rendition when I started doing my last course, so now that I have finished I can do it up properly. It’s going to take me a few days to do it as I am giving it a complete overhaul. Deleting some of the virals that no longer work, and also putting on my own amazon page. I am going to try to advertise that so that it will get me more traffic. If it gets me more traffic, then it will get me a bit of work too. I hope.

Stone the crows

Last week, on Saturday, I went to the shop round the corner, and on the way back there was a crow trying to jump up onto a wall but couldn’t as it’s wing was at a funny angle. I tried to catch it, but the damn thing couldn’t half hop fast, so I left it and when I got home I phoned the RSPB but they were only open office hours. So I phoned the RSPCA and told them where the bird was. They told me that they would some one out straight away to pick it up.

About an hour later, one of my neighbours turned up with the bird asking us to look after it seeing as we take in waifs and strays anyway. So I phoned the RSPCA again and they said that they didn’t have anyone to come out and get it, which was odd considering that they were going to come out and get it before. Anyway, my parents brought round a bird cage to keep it in. After another three calls, they finally came out on bank holiday Monday to collect it, when the RSPCA woman confirmed that the crow did indeed have a broken elbow.

At least it is safe now.