Archive for the 'fun' Category
Builders’ Cracks
Friday, July 4th, 2008 | Posted in fun, my life
At the moment I’m in the office listening to a group of builders erecting scaffolding outside. They’re a jolly bunch, with their bare shirts and hairy chests, playing Capital FM and making jokes about their giant penises (partially for my benefit I think, as my open window allows me to hear them quite clearly).
My boss sent me outside a few minutes ago to check on their schedule - I think they thought I was going to tell them off about their noisiness or ribaldry. Of course that was the last thing on my mind. 
Eat me and other quizzes
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 | Posted in funInspired by SamuraiFrog
OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets
Froggy could feed 3 more cannibals.
OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets
Looks like I need to revise my robotics.
OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets
I’ve only had one cup of tea today!
OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets
Sure, but I’d probably be trying to kill myself if I was stuck with my folks for 90 days.
OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets
That’s comforting.
OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets
But, but.
Number One Fan
Friday, June 27th, 2008 | Posted in fun, music, writingIn his book On Writing, Stephen King talks about finding your ideal reader, your fantasy audience condensed into a single person. This person could be real or imagined, but real is usually preferable.
For my blogging I don’t have a single person in mind when I’m writing, I’m writing to amuse myself and hoping that other people will enjoy reading my thoughts. And judging from the comments I receive, not many people who end up here are much like me, but we’re still having fun together.
However, if I were writing a novel, I’d have to be more focused about my audience. The person who’d walk out of WH Smith with a Silhouette Intrigue probably wouldn’t go for a Martina Cole crime novel, and so on. If I were writing a niche blog I’d also have to think about this issue seriously, but here the rules don’t apply. Welcome to my world.
There is no spoon
Monday, June 9th, 2008 | Posted in fun
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Unboxed
Saturday, May 31st, 2008 | Posted in fun, my life
On the train home this evening I sat down next to a woman (fairly attractive, probably in her 30s) who was carrying a large carry case like the one on the left, but it was red.
For the next few train stops I wondered what was in the box. At the end of every other sentence in the book I was reading my gaze would discreetly flick over to the box and make another guess at its contents. I could see a white label on the far side of the box, which might have revealed all, but I couldn’t read it from my position, and besides, I liked the guessing game.
A couple of stops before mine, she got up to go. I moved to let her pass, and saw something stamped on the case that ended my speculation.
So now it’s your turn to play. What was in the case? Was she a handywoman? Mobile hairdresser? Spy gadget saleswoman? Professional assassin? Or something more quotidian?
Deconstruction
Monday, May 26th, 2008 | Posted in funLadies, those randy builders who call out lascivious comments to you as you stroll past their building site are fantasizing about doing this to you. Scary, no?
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Iron Girl
Saturday, May 24th, 2008 | Posted in fun, movies
If you could choose any superpower, no matter how devastating or nefarious, what would you choose?
Would you want to emulate a character from your favourite comic or film? How about a video game hero? Perhaps one of the Heroes? Or have you thought of your own unique, never-previously-conceived superpower?
Moi? Well I’d love the ability to produce “fireballs” from my hands from chi or actual fire. I don’t really know why I’d like that particular power, apart from the fact that it would be an awesome weapon. I used to love producing the hadouken effect in Streetfighter II with Ryu or Ken.
The next best thing to producing my own fireballs would be to be able to don a suit like Iron Man and blow up the bad guys. I really should review that film, I’ve seen it twice already.
I’m looking forward to the Hancock movie. Haven’t heard good things about the Indiana Jones movie so far, but I still intend to see it. Speed Racer is on at the IMAX, but I’m not sure that I’m bothered enough to check it out. Each sunrise brings me closer to The Dark Knight, and yet there’s still 6 months left until the new Bond. 
