Monday, October 27, 2008
I can't wait for my next drink The first one is gonna sink I'm the last of the big time drinkers
Now then, a day late, but better late than never.
So yesterday I went to the Tan Hill Inn in Swaledale, it's accredited as the highest Inn in England and it is!
We set off and had the sat nav rocking with our directions, eventually it told us we were at our destination, when in fact, we were in the middle of a farm track, so Paul asked the farmer where the pub was and he informed us that we were a good 25 minutes away, so we set off again and eventually made it to the pub, we got out the car and was immediately blown by the wind 30 foot to the left, we eventually found our footing and tied our shoelaces to each other, figuring that there would be safety in numbers, we made it to the front door and entered the premises, the first thing I noticed was how warm it was inside, not too hot not too cold, just perfectly snug, I could imagine having 5 or 6 pints and sitting by the log fire and falling asleep, very nice indeed, Everest Windows have certainly done a good job.
£2.80 for a pint of lager is expensive but worth it, word of warning though, there is a sign that says, "Don't expect a lot of change, your money WILL go to charity" I paid with the exact money so I wasn't robbed, but Trelly had a pound taken off him for the charity box, there is also another sign warning you about mobile phones, it's 50p per minute to use or it goes in the pickle jar and there are a few jars on the bar full of mobile phones and pickling vinegar, crazy!
We drained our drink and then went for a walk about round the pub and surrounding area, the wind had got worse and luckily we were carrying boat anchors to save us from blowing away, the wind was really powerful, at one point Trelly took off like a kite!!
Trelly took some pictures as we froze our knackers off, it was so cold up there that I saw a brass monkey crying his eyes out and the flame on my lighter froze!
We eventually got back in the car and set off, the pub is the only thing for miles around, which makes the neighbour hood watch sign very amusing, although it would be slightly ironic if the landscape got stolen over night!
All in all, a very nice pub and I'd advise you to go and try it, have a day out, go rambling, stop for a pint and some food, just make sure you have plenty of change otherwise they'll nick all your shiny pennies.
Wogzzeh
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Faces in a dream we are, driving round in a stolen car.
I forgot to mention to people that I've upped a new story I was working on (woggzeh's short stories), it's only chapter one and I kind of bored of writing it due to my shoulder problem taking up most of my time, I love stories of serial killers and crazy shit, stuff that you read and dismiss but sticks in your head anyway and haunts you a bit, fucking crazy, I want to write that kind of story, but it's not easy, most of the stuff comes to me in my dreams, I just need the right dreams.
Lotto, is a story of hope, I had mixed emotions about it, I wanted to get out of writing the stories with a twist that everyone saw coming, but I still wanted to end it badly, I had ideas about an adventure story, 'what you can do with the money/playboy lifestyle' loads of fucking fun shit, I also wanted it to end sadisticly like the 'corruption of money' angle, but as you can see, I only did one chapter, I was never happy with it, it's not my niche. I think murder is all I can write.
The problem with murder stories is that there is nothing new you can do (mask of sanity is an ongoing project that WILL be fantastic), OK you can find a new angle, but it's pretty much already there on the shelves.
I was reading (for the millionth time) the story of Ed Geins, now there was one fucked up dude, and also my case in point, you couldn't invent this guy in your wildest dreams, if he didn't exist, then he wouldn't exist, you understand? I've had ideas following his story that I could incorporate to my kind of writing and scare the fuck out of me (would it scare you? I doubt it), but at the end of the day, I'm fiction, this guy was real and that's the scary fucking thing, the reality is far more scary than any writer (look at me calling myself a writer) can possibly imagine, and even if I could imagine it, it would never seem scary enough.
I want to be scary, I want to be sickening, but I don't want you to think this is a reflection on me.
I'm not that fucked up, (close to it, but not there yet), basically, I'm stuck, I've got ideas, but they barely make a page when I write them up as a story, throw me ideas, comment on what I've done, I'm not going to take offence, am I better when I write, I don't know, 3rd person? the narrative, "he did this, she did that?" or 1st person? I don't know, I don't even know what 'person' I write in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 100th???, I find it easier to just narrate a story and that's how I like it, but is it what you the reader prefer and is it what works best on paper?
you know what I mean?
Lotto, is a story of hope, I had mixed emotions about it, I wanted to get out of writing the stories with a twist that everyone saw coming, but I still wanted to end it badly, I had ideas about an adventure story, 'what you can do with the money/playboy lifestyle' loads of fucking fun shit, I also wanted it to end sadisticly like the 'corruption of money' angle, but as you can see, I only did one chapter, I was never happy with it, it's not my niche. I think murder is all I can write.
The problem with murder stories is that there is nothing new you can do (mask of sanity is an ongoing project that WILL be fantastic), OK you can find a new angle, but it's pretty much already there on the shelves.
I was reading (for the millionth time) the story of Ed Geins, now there was one fucked up dude, and also my case in point, you couldn't invent this guy in your wildest dreams, if he didn't exist, then he wouldn't exist, you understand? I've had ideas following his story that I could incorporate to my kind of writing and scare the fuck out of me (would it scare you? I doubt it), but at the end of the day, I'm fiction, this guy was real and that's the scary fucking thing, the reality is far more scary than any writer (look at me calling myself a writer) can possibly imagine, and even if I could imagine it, it would never seem scary enough.
I want to be scary, I want to be sickening, but I don't want you to think this is a reflection on me.
I'm not that fucked up, (close to it, but not there yet), basically, I'm stuck, I've got ideas, but they barely make a page when I write them up as a story, throw me ideas, comment on what I've done, I'm not going to take offence, am I better when I write, I don't know, 3rd person? the narrative, "he did this, she did that?" or 1st person? I don't know, I don't even know what 'person' I write in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 100th???, I find it easier to just narrate a story and that's how I like it, but is it what you the reader prefer and is it what works best on paper?
you know what I mean?
Sunday, October 19, 2008
I said I'm tired Come get me off the merry-go-round I'm wired Come feed me and then bring-a-me down.
Sunday again and after a whole week of days following night, we are here again at Sunday.
So I've (typically) got nothing to tell you other than about a really exciting week in my football game.
I won the league by 5 clear points and Robin came second which meant automatic promotion for us, Trelly and Jof finished in play off places and managed to win their semi final matches and set up an awesome match against each other in the final, promotion for the winner, another season in the doldrums for the loser. Trelly was tense and I'm sure Jof was as nervous, the game finished 1-1 and went to penalies which Trellies team won 3-1, so he was a happy chappy, I've not spoken to Jof, becuase he's been in Manchester, but I bet he's gutted.
I've had right bad guts for the past few days and this morning I had to get up at 6am because I was in pain, I was sick and had the poops, which is really annoying when it's coming out at the same time, anyway, I've managed to get some dry toast down me and I've had an immodium and now I feel right as rain, although I'm not brave enough to fart yet.
I thought I was going mad earlier this week, I left my gaff to go to Trels and walked to the shop, got to the shop, went into the shop and stood in front of the beer counter and then realised that I had gone to the wrong shop! I was in Jacksons on Kings Road and I should have been in McColls on King Edwards Dr, and I have no recollection of actually getting there, it's scary and reminded me of a few months back when I went to the shop and stopped in my tracks because I didn't have a clue why I was outside or where I was going, I honestly think I'm going mad, which could be fun, but I doubt it.
Loads of cool television for the autumn season, Spooks is back, Top Gear is on it's way too and a new show by Charlie Brooker called Dead Set, it's all about Zombies and it's supposed to be fucking ace, that starts on Monday 27th October and runs all week, there is also a new Danny Dyer show where he goes round looking for hard men in his usual cockney charm.
I've not heard from Lee for a few days, but if he was playing Mario Kart (Wii) last night then he could have joined in a played us lot, it probably would have helped if someone had told him we were playing but it's his loss, we played Wii sports instead, which is a lot of fun.
Also I'm still loving the new Oasis album, my favourite song at the moment is 'Waiting For The Rapture' very Beatle-esque and it has a great Bass intro.
Well I've somehow managed to stumble to the end of this blog update, I hope you are all O.K.
Toodle Ooh
Woggzeh
So I've (typically) got nothing to tell you other than about a really exciting week in my football game.
I won the league by 5 clear points and Robin came second which meant automatic promotion for us, Trelly and Jof finished in play off places and managed to win their semi final matches and set up an awesome match against each other in the final, promotion for the winner, another season in the doldrums for the loser. Trelly was tense and I'm sure Jof was as nervous, the game finished 1-1 and went to penalies which Trellies team won 3-1, so he was a happy chappy, I've not spoken to Jof, becuase he's been in Manchester, but I bet he's gutted.
I've had right bad guts for the past few days and this morning I had to get up at 6am because I was in pain, I was sick and had the poops, which is really annoying when it's coming out at the same time, anyway, I've managed to get some dry toast down me and I've had an immodium and now I feel right as rain, although I'm not brave enough to fart yet.
I thought I was going mad earlier this week, I left my gaff to go to Trels and walked to the shop, got to the shop, went into the shop and stood in front of the beer counter and then realised that I had gone to the wrong shop! I was in Jacksons on Kings Road and I should have been in McColls on King Edwards Dr, and I have no recollection of actually getting there, it's scary and reminded me of a few months back when I went to the shop and stopped in my tracks because I didn't have a clue why I was outside or where I was going, I honestly think I'm going mad, which could be fun, but I doubt it.
Loads of cool television for the autumn season, Spooks is back, Top Gear is on it's way too and a new show by Charlie Brooker called Dead Set, it's all about Zombies and it's supposed to be fucking ace, that starts on Monday 27th October and runs all week, there is also a new Danny Dyer show where he goes round looking for hard men in his usual cockney charm.
I've not heard from Lee for a few days, but if he was playing Mario Kart (Wii) last night then he could have joined in a played us lot, it probably would have helped if someone had told him we were playing but it's his loss, we played Wii sports instead, which is a lot of fun.
Also I'm still loving the new Oasis album, my favourite song at the moment is 'Waiting For The Rapture' very Beatle-esque and it has a great Bass intro.
Well I've somehow managed to stumble to the end of this blog update, I hope you are all O.K.
Toodle Ooh
Woggzeh
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Someone tell me I'm dreaming, The freaks are rising up through the floor, Everything I believe in, Is telling me that I want more, more, more
Word up Peeps,
Look look, I'm blogging on a Sunday!!!!!!!!!
Well, I didn't really want to but I made a promise to Joffrey that I would and I'm a man of my word if nothing else.
So, nothing.
Abigail came over to play yesterday and she was lovely, she's always a little shy at first but somehow she always comes to me and comes out of her shell, I'm guessing that it has something to do with me being childish, or maybe she can see that I need help, but never the less, she is a lot of fun, she's using words now too which is sweet as she hasn't mastered English yet, but she is certainly better at it than some of my mates.
I had a freaky experience the other day, I was on facebook and looking through a group and I saw a picture of a random girl who I thought looked cute, so naturally, I click her profile to see if I can find out more about this chick, her profile was sadly locked but I noticed that she had two mutual friends, so I look at them and the friends are Lee and Lindsay! as it turns out, this random bird used to work with Lee in a pub in Brisbane, what a small fucking world!!!!!! it's also given me another reason to visit Australia too :-).
On the subject of Lindsay, it was her birthday t'other day, so 'grats for that, I'm sure she had a good drink, for those who don't know her, she can drink like a fish and she's freakishly tall, in fact I wouldn't be suprised if (coming from a sunny climate) her family tree is a sun flower (because they are freakishly tall too).
I'm loving the new Oasis album, it's a lot better than some of the shit they've released recently and I can only put their return to form down to the inspiration Noel felt when we had a meeting in Edinburgh (still the most amazing moment of my/his life).
Soccer manager is taking a lot of my time, as my Villa team have one game left and I need to win the last game to guarantee winning the League, or I can draw and hope that Robins team (who are in second) don't win by more than 5 goals and lah dee dah and Jofs team could be playing trellies team in the play offs and that's that, in my other setups, I have Spurs in a relegation battle, 4 points from safety with 5 games left, in fairness, I took over them 5 games ago when they were deep in trouble and almost certain relegation and I haven't done too bad, so I'm optimistic that I can get them out of trouble, and Boca Juniors, are under performing, so it's all go, not to mention my 'other accout' of Juventus, Hamburg and River Plate, it's a lot of fun.
Well, I'm going to go now as the snooker is on the telebox and my arm is hurting from this typing, I pray it gets better soon.
Laters
Woggzeh
Look look, I'm blogging on a Sunday!!!!!!!!!
Well, I didn't really want to but I made a promise to Joffrey that I would and I'm a man of my word if nothing else.
So, nothing.
Abigail came over to play yesterday and she was lovely, she's always a little shy at first but somehow she always comes to me and comes out of her shell, I'm guessing that it has something to do with me being childish, or maybe she can see that I need help, but never the less, she is a lot of fun, she's using words now too which is sweet as she hasn't mastered English yet, but she is certainly better at it than some of my mates.
I had a freaky experience the other day, I was on facebook and looking through a group and I saw a picture of a random girl who I thought looked cute, so naturally, I click her profile to see if I can find out more about this chick, her profile was sadly locked but I noticed that she had two mutual friends, so I look at them and the friends are Lee and Lindsay! as it turns out, this random bird used to work with Lee in a pub in Brisbane, what a small fucking world!!!!!! it's also given me another reason to visit Australia too :-).
On the subject of Lindsay, it was her birthday t'other day, so 'grats for that, I'm sure she had a good drink, for those who don't know her, she can drink like a fish and she's freakishly tall, in fact I wouldn't be suprised if (coming from a sunny climate) her family tree is a sun flower (because they are freakishly tall too).
I'm loving the new Oasis album, it's a lot better than some of the shit they've released recently and I can only put their return to form down to the inspiration Noel felt when we had a meeting in Edinburgh (still the most amazing moment of my/his life).
Soccer manager is taking a lot of my time, as my Villa team have one game left and I need to win the last game to guarantee winning the League, or I can draw and hope that Robins team (who are in second) don't win by more than 5 goals and lah dee dah and Jofs team could be playing trellies team in the play offs and that's that, in my other setups, I have Spurs in a relegation battle, 4 points from safety with 5 games left, in fairness, I took over them 5 games ago when they were deep in trouble and almost certain relegation and I haven't done too bad, so I'm optimistic that I can get them out of trouble, and Boca Juniors, are under performing, so it's all go, not to mention my 'other accout' of Juventus, Hamburg and River Plate, it's a lot of fun.
Well, I'm going to go now as the snooker is on the telebox and my arm is hurting from this typing, I pray it gets better soon.
Laters
Woggzeh
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird, B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
Now then,
After much promptimng from Jof, I've been persuaded to update, I don't know why I agreed as I haven't got much to say and it'll be a crap update. I'm also going to try and get back into the routine of blogging every Sunday, as that was easy to remember to do and it made a good read for you lot at the start of the week; Sadly, the Sunday blog will probably be a highlight of how my teams did in Soccer Manager!
So anyway, Trelly and myself have decided to go to Prague for New Year next year (09/10) so If anyone else is up for that then let me know, obviously I've not got any details yet, but it'll be cheap flights and I'm happy to use the Prague Experience team again for the airport transfers and some different digs as I couldn't fault their service.
I'm off to ASDA later (just had a conversation with Jof about how cool the word asda is to write on a keyboard as all the letters are next to each other) I woke up with a craving for Spaghetti Bolognaise, which I've not had in months, which is unusual for me as I love that meal, so I'm having that for my tea, yum.
My arm is still fucked and I'm going to have to go for the big injection into the muscle and physiotherapy after that, because as it's not 'AS' bad (painwise) it's still causing a lot of problems and I need the pain killers to get by, which isn't ideal as I don't want to get addicted to them.
If anyone hasn't seen the new episode of Family Guy then I warn you now, DON'T!!! while it is hilarious, Peter plays a record called 'Surfin Bird' almost continuously throughout the show and it's one of those annoying songs that stick in your head for decades, it's really doing my nut in and I'm contemplating suicide to stop the music playing in my head!!
Well, that'll do for now, I've kept my word and updated, I also kept my word that I had nothing to say and it'll be a crap update.
Woggzeh
After much promptimng from Jof, I've been persuaded to update, I don't know why I agreed as I haven't got much to say and it'll be a crap update. I'm also going to try and get back into the routine of blogging every Sunday, as that was easy to remember to do and it made a good read for you lot at the start of the week; Sadly, the Sunday blog will probably be a highlight of how my teams did in Soccer Manager!
So anyway, Trelly and myself have decided to go to Prague for New Year next year (09/10) so If anyone else is up for that then let me know, obviously I've not got any details yet, but it'll be cheap flights and I'm happy to use the Prague Experience team again for the airport transfers and some different digs as I couldn't fault their service.
I'm off to ASDA later (just had a conversation with Jof about how cool the word asda is to write on a keyboard as all the letters are next to each other) I woke up with a craving for Spaghetti Bolognaise, which I've not had in months, which is unusual for me as I love that meal, so I'm having that for my tea, yum.
My arm is still fucked and I'm going to have to go for the big injection into the muscle and physiotherapy after that, because as it's not 'AS' bad (painwise) it's still causing a lot of problems and I need the pain killers to get by, which isn't ideal as I don't want to get addicted to them.
If anyone hasn't seen the new episode of Family Guy then I warn you now, DON'T!!! while it is hilarious, Peter plays a record called 'Surfin Bird' almost continuously throughout the show and it's one of those annoying songs that stick in your head for decades, it's really doing my nut in and I'm contemplating suicide to stop the music playing in my head!!
Well, that'll do for now, I've kept my word and updated, I also kept my word that I had nothing to say and it'll be a crap update.
Woggzeh
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Does that song get stuck in your head too? it's an advert about New Zealand and it looks right nice actually, I might go visit (only joking Lee).
So here I sit, still in pain, but alas it's not as bad as it was a month ago, although a month ago I didn't have any pain in my bicep or elbow, but I'm guessing that pain is because I 'm using muscle and bits of arm I don't usually use to compensate for my shoulder, blah blah blah.
So I'm officially unemployed, details of which you can guess, and that's it as far as I'm concerned, besides, with the country on it's knees at the moment, I'm better off not working and signing on, at least I've not had to pay for my prescription, which, with all the pillls I've been taking recently, is a blessing (current total of pescriptions is about £35 and soon to rise when I get more pain killers).
I managed to write chapter one of my new book, and I will write more when I can type for a long period of time, it's frustrating because I wan't to complete it ASAP.
It was Trelly's birthday on Monday, he's officially old (30) , well done to him.
I honestly haven't got anything to tell you, that's why I've not updated, I've found a sure fire way of picking horses and getting the winner everytime (well, I've been trying my system for three days and not lost) but I've not had the courage to place momey on the horse yet, because we all know that as soon as I do that then the fucking thing will lose, so I'll just keep playing my system for my own enjoyment.
Soccer Manager is still shamefully addictive and I've managed to rope Jof into it now aswell, he beat me in our first friendly, that's the last time I give him a chance! Seriously, if you like football (so just about every bloke in the world except Bullough) then have a bash, it's free and fun.
Anyway, I'm done, sorry it's a short shit update, but it'll have to do.
Woggzeh
So here I sit, still in pain, but alas it's not as bad as it was a month ago, although a month ago I didn't have any pain in my bicep or elbow, but I'm guessing that pain is because I 'm using muscle and bits of arm I don't usually use to compensate for my shoulder, blah blah blah.
So I'm officially unemployed, details of which you can guess, and that's it as far as I'm concerned, besides, with the country on it's knees at the moment, I'm better off not working and signing on, at least I've not had to pay for my prescription, which, with all the pillls I've been taking recently, is a blessing (current total of pescriptions is about £35 and soon to rise when I get more pain killers).
I managed to write chapter one of my new book, and I will write more when I can type for a long period of time, it's frustrating because I wan't to complete it ASAP.
It was Trelly's birthday on Monday, he's officially old (30) , well done to him.
I honestly haven't got anything to tell you, that's why I've not updated, I've found a sure fire way of picking horses and getting the winner everytime (well, I've been trying my system for three days and not lost) but I've not had the courage to place momey on the horse yet, because we all know that as soon as I do that then the fucking thing will lose, so I'll just keep playing my system for my own enjoyment.
Soccer Manager is still shamefully addictive and I've managed to rope Jof into it now aswell, he beat me in our first friendly, that's the last time I give him a chance! Seriously, if you like football (so just about every bloke in the world except Bullough) then have a bash, it's free and fun.
Anyway, I'm done, sorry it's a short shit update, but it'll have to do.
Woggzeh
