Category Archives: funnylol

Site stats

Posted by Richard on

So I was just looking at the stats for the hits this ol’ blog of mine gets, pretty interesting read if you’re as bored as I am, highly recommended.

In first place there is the now defunct blog of Cynthia’s with 101 referrals.
In second place, a link from my very own Formspring with 84 hits (don’t be afraid to go and ask a few questions, while you’re at it!)
Third: 57 hits from my Twitter.
Fourth: Sinead’s site with 48 hits.
Fifth: Matt’s site with a mere 31 hits.
Then, somehow 17 hits from mail.live.com – probably clicks from email alerts… and then the rest are some really obscure things like search results and random spam sites.

Well, that was fun!

And whattaya know

Posted by Richard on

it goes from awful day to pretty good day in the blink of an eye.

I’ve been writing today after feeling slightly creative and inspired on an on-off basis for the past couple of weeks and, as always, getting my dumb ass distracted with watching films or playing too much Xbox. But not today, bitches! I’m slowly, slowly, painstakingly slowly pulling several pieces together which I plan to edit/rewrite/completely ditch in some collection which I’ll then throw on Lulu.com to sell and be all “Yeah, published me.”

I’ve also changed my layout for the umpteenth time as you no doubt have already noticed. I like it. It looks a lot less like a child with down syndrome designed this one. I’ve also added some new items into the sidebar along with my Twitter feed. There’s now a subscription option for anyone that hasn’t done so already as well as a pretty cloud of my most used tags/categories. Hooray!

I’ve been having some strange thoughts lately. Probably something to do with having too much time on my hands and not a lot to do with it. I have a strange habit of over-thinking things that everyone else either ignores or doesn’t really think about until you bring it up. Like language. People are all “Speech is what separates us from the beasts!”. Well, no. Not really. When you think about it speech is nothing but a series or sounds and noises made in a particularly order which then conveys meaning. I dunno where I’m going with this but it’s always interested me that something like speech is something we don’t even really pay attention to but when you look at it… it’s just a collection of noises in a certain sequence which we can understand.
Same with money, I had a pretty long conversation with the Mattman about this. Like, who were the people that one day decided that this certain piece of metal, or that certain strip of paper was somehow more ‘valuable’ than say, my piece of metal, or your strip of paper. And the idea that you should exchange your time and effort to be given an agreed amount of metal and paper per hour…

I could keep going on like this. My mind’s active and I feel like spouting all kinds of crap but I’ll think I’ll leave it at this for now.

Life’s a joke, you’ve just got to make sure you’re not the punchline.
Life’s a giant game, you’ve just got to play it like a pro.

Good evening, all.

Now, for dinner.

Places where I want to be (8)

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Finland, Finland, Finland!

Ahem, anyway, that’s just a by-product of having seen Monty Python’s SPAMALOT last night! What a fantastic show. Written by Eric Idle and his song co-writer since The Life of Brian, John Du Prez, it’s a lovingly ripped off re-telling of The Holy Grail with none other than Matthew Kelly as King Arthur. And who would have thought he could actually do Graham Chapman justice on stage? Not I, that’s for truth!
Idle also makes a brief appearance too, as God (geddit?!) and, well, I’d try to describe the experience but… it’s Python!
A brilliant ad-lipped song about Birmingham was probably the highlight… with ‘appearances’ from Ozzy Osbourne and Susan Boyle. The latter suffering a BOOM headshot on stage…

But enough of that. Just go see it! And look at all the women dressed up for the theatre to go and see Monty Python. I can only imagine the conversation that lead to that.
Boyfriend: Dear, get dolled up, because we’re going to the theatre, baby!
Girlfriend: OMG OMG OMG REALLY? I love you sooooo much! I’m going to put my best dress on!
Oh, it’s a comedy musical based on Monty Python.
Boyfriend: I may be going home alone, but it was worth it!

Also, this posts means I have to add a new category to the “nerd rage” umbrella for I have no “theatrical nerd rage” option… life is hard, friends, life is hard.

Anyway.

While on the train to Birmingham I got thinking about all the times I’ve wanted to just jump on a train and disappear somewhere if only I had the money and/or gall to do it. And I started thinking of all the places I’d like to visit BEFORE I DIE. TICK TOCK TICK TOCK. TIME IS PASSING.

So, in no particular order, and ranging from “Well, that seems pretty dull, to “I’d like to see that place too”, to “Dude, why the fuck in Hell would you go there?” we have:

London.
Glasgow / Edinburgh / Scotland in general.
Somewhere in France where I wouldn’t have to hear too much French.
Geneva.
Vienna.
Prague.
Poland.
Germany.
Bruges.
Holland.
Denmark.
Norway.
Sweden.
Finland! FINLAND! FINLAND!
St. Petersburg.
Moscow.
Pripyat / Chernobyl (no, I wanted to see this place well before I played Call of Duty 4, haha)
Hong Kong.
Taiwain.
South Korea.
Japan.
Philippines.
Australia.
New Zealand.
India.
South Africa.
Brazil / The Amazon.
Mehico, mang!
Texas.
San Francisco / Los Angeles / general California.
Las Vegas.
Washington.
Canada.
New York.
Massachusetts to go and hang with my homies!
Florida.
Cuba.
Belfast.
Dublin / entirety of Ireland.

Okay, I realise I said no order, but that kinda makes a nice round trip.
Now.
Money.