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You know, even though I quit posting actively on LiveJournal a long time ago, it still has a permanent tab in my browser? I have no idea why either... probably because it had one for 3 years or so... it just feels like it should be there!
Things at the new blog are going well. Number of viewers is climbing quickly, as is the number of subscribers. I have no idea how quickly it's meant to grow, but it feels quite quick!
Had another mention from WoWInsider, the largest WoW-related blog/news site. Aurthority seems to be growing, with lots of guilds linking to my 'WoW blog'. So far there hasn't been any criticism at all, which is pleasant, and surprising.
Tomorrow (or today, depending on when you read this!) I'm posting a fun article on all the wild, EXCITING places I've had sex, with unique selling points and the 'exhibitionist rating'.
I'd like to get into writing in a more serious capacity -- a column in a paper -- either print, or electronic, I don't mind. I've also started writing a short story (which you can read, if you like -- it's not finished though!)
I think that's about all for now. If you haven't come across to my new blog (http://blog.mrseb.co.uk), you should! It's quite a lot of fun, I think!
I trust all is well with yous!
-S
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
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I've been rather prolific on the new blog. Keeping up my New Year's resolution of blogging once a day has been quite a challenge, but fun at the same time. I'm finally catching up on all the stories from my travels to Turkey, Serbia, America, the Netherlands... It feels good to finally get the stories OUT! They've been bouncing around for years, in some cases.
Anyway, a brief breakdown of the 'important' news follows:
I made a rather pretty horizontal photo slideshow that scrolls across the top of every page -- I think it looks pretty! Let me know if it works, and if it looks nice!
I just launched some kind of competition too, in aid of the community, and my artistic skills. To one lucky winner (well, hopefully lucky) I'm going to try and make some kind of avatar or logo for their blog, or online presence. I'll take their nickname, or the topic of their blog and try to create... something! It's obviously free to enter, and you just need to write a few words to be in with a chance of winning!
Other than that, I've been writing some stuff on games -- a guide for beginner gamers, and some more World of Warcraft-related stuff.
I'm off to Wales soon, so I hope to get some pretty photos there -- and hopefully Ireland and the Faroe Islands after that. The Faroe Islands are meant to be the most beautiful place in the world... I hope I can do them justice!
I trust you are all well; come join me on my blog if you haven't already. Or syndicate me on your LiveJournal friends feed thing!
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Saturday, January 31st, 2009
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I figured this could kind of become a bit of a 'meta blog'... where I talk about how my other blog is going. Or something like that...
Anyway, the new blog is going well. Lots of readers, lots of subscribers. And hopefully, lots of LISTENERS! For some reason, I've found myself recording audio bits quite a lot... Right now I'm just experimenting, trying to find something that works well, is enjoyable and popular! I think I stumbled across one idea -- The Penis Monologues.
The idea was to do a slight parody of The Vagina Monologues, but also to (hopefully) include some serious content too. I've done a Cowboy's monologue, and a (pretty awful) Scottish one too. Next up there'll probably be an Irish one, and maybe a Pakistani. I'm not going to claim that my production standards are fantastic, and the accents could certainly do with a little polishing up... but it seems to be well received -- i.e. people are laughing! That's all I'm realling aiming for!
The whole 'write one thing a day' has been working out well too. Sometimes I write twice, or even three times! It's certainly got my creative juices flowing again, which is what I badly needed after a couple of years of... stagnation.
If you wanna go listen to The Penis Monologues, you can find them here: http://blog.mrseb.co.uk/podcasts
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
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(Happy New Year's Eve to you all!)
Just a brief post to say I've finally moved my blog from LJ to my own site: http://blog.mrseb.co.uk
It's been a long time coming, and hopefully this return to blogging, and writing, will persist.
I'll continue to read LJ of course, I just won't post here, unless it's pertinent, or something :)
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
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Although I neglect LiveJournal an awful lot (and thus my friends here, for which I am sorry), I feel that a picture of me in my Halloween get-up would go a long way to alleviating any fears or concerns you might have towards my condition, or safety.
So I give to you... the gay cowboy (yes, those boxer shorts are pink)
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
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I have a new, highly-constructive game to play while I travel around Italy.
It's called 'pull as funny a face as possible, in front of as many tourist video cameras, in 24 hours'.
So far my record is 18, which I set in Venice. I'm hoping to beat it today though, but I surely won't if I slack and return to my hotel room to write journal entries.
The look on some of the Japanese when my ugly mug suddenly appears on their LCD screen... I hope I don't send anyone into a coma or something.
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
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Only 4 months since my last journal entry; I'm gaining momentum again!
Anyway, yesterday I finally received a massive order of Ben Folds paraphernalia that I'd been missing for some years. So, obviously, I had a bit of a Bengasm and listened to the new music for about 8 hours yesterday. I think the best stuff is probably the full 70 minute set from 'West 54th', some music show that happened to invite Ben Folds Five to perform a whole set, from around the Whatever and Ever Amen period (1996ish).
It's the only high-quality recording of Ben Folds Five available, and it's like... mega cheap on Amazon... so go buy it!
The other two live recordings were a MySpace live performance from his studio, which was pretty fun (and more recent, 2005), and then one with the West Australia Symphony Orchestra (in Perth). A lot of his/their music has string and wind instrument veins, so I guess it was fairly natural to play with an orchestra. He even tried to get them jamming a bit at the end, which was fun!
Other than that, I'm off to Italy on Monday. I'm going to be spending 2 weeks travelling through Venice, Florence, Pisa, Rome and Pompeii. I might visit Salerno too, or maybe even go further south. I'll see how much Rome has to offer, as I'm there for 7 nights. I'm excited, and nervous. As always I haven't planned much -- just the hotels and transport. I have a rough idea of what there is to see and do, but I'll rely on my hosts to give me a little more direction.
Expect a few photos to pop up while I'm there, but I'll probably wait until I'm home, as I'll be fairly busy!
I'm still single, after having my heart yanked out of my chest, torn into little pieces and strewn amongst the foliage of the Sussex woodlands. The biological clock is ticking though, and I'm on the hunt.
-S
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Up to lots of things. Prague was awesome.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY...
Went to an '80s Moustache' party yesterday.
I shaved my chin for the first time in 7 years or so...
And here's how I looked at the party:
Sorry if I blinded you... but you have to admit, I pull off the horseshoe moustache with some kind of glorious aplomb...
Otherwise, I am home alone at the moment, and playing Mass Effect. Things are good.
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So, for as long as I can remember, I've had very vivid memories. My recall is almost perfect for my contemporary life (I guess about 10 years or so.)
I can recall almost any instant, of any day; any experience, pleasant or otherwise.
Now this is obviously a blessing, but a bit of a curse. Not a day goes by when I don't remember, in graphic, minute detail having sex with an ex-girlfriend. Now this is a pretty good thing when you are bored, or you are travelling somewhere. Reliving the exultation of standing under a waterfall in Yosemite is pretty cool. Feeling the water on my skin, the intense freshness and deafening noise -- it's really like being there again.
Anyway, this weekend I was down in Southampton, seeing friends from university (there was actually an Alumni weekend at Essex which I didn't know about, which I probably should have gone to... but hey...). I drink a lot of coffee, and coke, when I'm with Adam. Now the problem is always on the first night, when they go to bed early (compared to my schedule), and I attempt to fall asleep. The caffeine is still coursing through my veins. My mind is waaay too alert. I can't possibly fall asleep. So right there and then, in about an hour, I relive almost the entirity of last year, with the main focus of my mind's eye being on the year-long relationship that I had with the girl that stole my heart, and 1 or 2 dreams that I was nurturing.
Reliving each and every intimate moment, minute by minute, kiss by kiss, conversation by conversation, snuggle by snuggle. I wonder just how many of those little, lovely moments I would consider as being my favourite moments ever. Quite a few I think.
That was an experience. And one I think I will enjoy repeating until I die. Or perhaps until another girl steals my heart.
It's my birthday next week, by the by... 24! Gosh.
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
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All of the photos here: http://photos.mrseb.co.uk/?moverse=digital/Poland/2008/ including a few candid snaps that may or may not interest people...
And just a select few photos...!
My first b/w photo for about 3 years...
The Baltic Sea from Sopot
Then some opportune moment with a kiddie feeding some birds...
The Beach at Gdynia
And then just your stereotypical night-time shot of the restored Old Town of Sopot:
Old Town, Sopot
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I know! In a totally weird twist of fate, I'm posting for a second time in less than sixth months.
Shocking.
Anyway, I'm just back from Poland. Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia (The Tricity) to be more specific. Grey, dismal and mostly devoid of cheer. Despite the really gloomy outlook, I had a lot of fun. There were some great views of the Baltic, and the architecture in the restored parts of Gdansk, and Sopot, was lovely. There were some sodding huge red-brick churches, the largest I've ever seen. Oh, and lots of old, cobbled streets that the Fuhrer once trod upon, declaring his new ownership of the Tricity at the start of World War 2.
Apart from the restored parts, it was horribly grey. Almost everything had been left (or had degraded to) the original grey colour of concrete and dirty rendering. Seems they're painting the new buildings nice colours, but it just accentuates how grey the other blocks of houses and apartments are.
What really made the trip worthwhile was the food we ate and the company I kept. I stayed with a Canadian called Mike, and a German called... Schultz. Schultz was the most giggly and happy-go-lucky German I've ever met. I think he's single-handedly improved my whole opinion of the Deutschlanders. Mike liked to pretend he wasn't a sporting jock (which is what he looks like), and he succeeded a little... he is studying to be a doctor after all. But deep down, he's a bit of a jock I think. A lovely jock, but still a jock.
I met a bunch of other great characters... mostly Scandanavians, who were down in Poland studying to be doctors for some reason. An Indian, some more Canadians, a bunch of cute Polish girls (... really cute...) and even some Polish police...
I was also sick for the third time in my life, which was... er... an experience. Damn the hospitality of my hosts. Damn them! I also topped up my tinitus, as it was really getting all too quiet. Now it's just loud enough to block out the sound of my laptop's power supply -- so that's good...
There'll be some photos to follow, but probably late tonight or tomorrow. They're not that exciting, what with the country being almost devoid of colour... but I have some of the coast! And 1 or 2 of the old streets.
Other than Poland, I'm going to Prague in May, and I have another LAN in a couple of weeks. I have a new car (a cute little Mazda 3 -- electric blue -- all the better to pick up chicks with), and I'm still working way too hard, and not gaming enough.
Love,
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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It's interesting just how selfish humans are.
You see a person just once; someone you haven't seen for months. You see them for just a couple of hours, and then suddenly you yearn to see them again. And no one else shall have them! All yours!
The sucky bit is when you can't have them all to yourself, and you have to wait patiently... Bide your time until the fruit is ripe for plucking...
I'm not getting any younger though, damnit!
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
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I know, it's been an awful long time.
But I am here, and alive. Very much alive!
I will probably renew my efforts to keep this blog up to date, but just in an effort to ramp up to that glorious day when I'm updating fully, and in detail...
I thought I'd share with you the derivation of... Xmas!
So, many people think this is just an abbreviation for 'Christmas' -- in fact, commercially, it is just an abbreviation, for the sake of smaller banners, more punchy slogans, and from removing us slightly from the actual concept of Christ.
But not so... It comes from ... The Greeks! Christ is spelt 'Χριστος' in Greek, see? X being the Greek letter with the phonetic sound 'chi'. It's not even pronounced 'eks-mas'... or it shouldn't be, anyway.
Just as a side-note, 'Xtian' is also a valid form of the word 'Christian'...
Now religious types can self-label themselves as something COOL!
Merry Christmas,
-S
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
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Or to normally post comics, or gaming geek-related stuff, but...
Today, a comic strip from one of my favourites, Little Gamers:
Original source here: http://www.little-gamers.com/index.php?comicID=1658.
So, so wrong.
But so, so good.
Anyone doing anything exciting this weekend? I fear I have absolutely nothing to do...
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
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I have lots to write about... including a creative and fun week painting, dancing and acting -- followed by a weekend in Amsterdam!
I'm just going to show a few photos first, and try to write about the experiences later.
Of course, if I suck (like I did with Serbia), I will never actually write about them... but maybe someone can remind me to do it?
First and foremost... I was a mouse.
Seb & Glenn - Mice...
Yes, I was in a middle-of-the-year Cinderella pantomime. Don't ask me why.
I was also a tree, a ballrom dancer and a Cinderella lookalike... Unfortunately no photographic evidence remains...
Secondly, I hung out with cute girls:
Chloe & Anna (who is my cousin's girlfriend... damn him!)
Thirdly, I took a few actual, artistic photos (amazing, I know!)
I forgot her name, unfortunately
Then I hung out with another cute blonde, and prepared for Amsterdam (all of the pre-Amsterdam photos are here).
Amsterdam was cool. Incredibly laid back and sensible. Of course, I didn't actually get to lay back much (well, except for the brief stint in the red light district), as we walked across most of the city. Then we boated through most of it, and on the final day I had my first ever backy-ride on a bicyle. The kind with peddles and a chain. I still can't walk (3 days later). It feels like I've had a marathon sex session, but without the sex (well, apart from that one time on Saturday where my memory is a little hazy...)
Again, no photographic evidence of two boys in pink shirts cycling across Amsterdam... but I'm sure that one day someone will provide video footage of the experience -- perhaps when I'm richer and famouser.
Talking of video footage, there should be a clip of me deep-throating a raw herring. Yes... I did what every Dutchman loves -- consumed one of their 'national delicacies', which it blatently isn't, while they giggled and watched with glee on their faces. 'Just like sushi' my host Rogier said. Hah. But hey, I was a good sport and ate it, for the first and last time.
Anyway, a couple of photos!
The Red Light District
Some Other Part Of Amsterdam
I'm not too sure why the last one came out so grey - the day was still pretty bright at the time... but hey, it looks pretty dark and forboding, or something. You can't see it, but it's actually like 6 or 7 bridges that you can see through the first one, to the horizon. Some other photos are here: http://photos.mrseb.co.uk/?moverse=digital/Netherlands/2007/Amsterdam.
I think that's about all for now. I'm in London tomorrow, and busy planning my next trip... I just need to choose if I'm going to go hot (Egypt) or cold (Iceland/Norway). Oh! And my mum made friends with a guy that owns a holiday camp in Jordan (Petra!), so that's another cool possibility. Can get over to Iraq/Iran from there, too.
Sorry about the huge one, without cuts.
Love,
-S
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
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I know, I've been silent a long time.
But I just had to break it for this little gem:
http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/
Some (probably wacky) German guy has decided that just simply petting a cat isn't enough - he must know where it's been on its daily adventures too!
So he strapped a digital camera to the cat's collar.
I have to admit, it looks pretty unfair on the cat, but the pictures taken are pretty fun :)
If I strapped a camera to Mango I think the results would be pretty cool too. Well, apart from the hours of lounging on the carpet. Live action of her catching rabbits and stuff!
In other news, I'm going to Holland next week. Just a quick trip to Amsterdam to see the sights, and to meet up with some friends. I've never been before though, so I'm quite excited. I'm also trying to plan a trip to Iceland and/or Norway... although I understand both countries are incredibly dull. At least Iceland has glaciers and stuff though.
Oh, and did everyone else watch Jekyll? If you didn't, I really suggest you download/buy it - it was a little eclectic in parts, but very fun too!
Ahh! And here's a photo from my (old) school's yearly school play, which was Robin Hood this year. The handsome one on the left is my cousin.
Emilio & Robert - Will Scarlet & Robin Hood
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You can see a few more here: http://photos.mrseb.co.uk/?moverse=digital/Sussex/School/2007 (and yes, I broke the thumbnail generation recently... so no thumbnails!)
You can probably tell that I've been experimenting a little with different white balancing and forcing exposures. Some of the results are better than others... but hey, it's all a learning experience!
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Yesterday I had the double pleasure of meeting the darling, small, and highly misunderestimated Dan'a (of Maudelynn fame), and watching Tori Amos live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.
Now, I have to admit that I'm not actually a Tori Amos fan. My knowledge of her music extends as far as hearing the occasional tune on the radio. So I didn't really know what to expect. Sometimes, having no expectations can be a good thing!
The entire set was pretty amazing.
Now, I could talk from a backstage perspective, but that might give away a few too many secrets and spoil the magic for some people... so I will just say that from my perfect seat, close to the stage and bang in the middle, Tori is one hell of a pianist. It seemed to be the popular consensus from the band that she's also never sounded this good before; her vocals were perfect! And talking of the band, I have to pay proper dues to the bassist, the guitarist... and most importantly, the drummer!
Of course I'm a little biased, because of the compact and mighty Dan'a, but really... Matt was so, so good.
I wish I could actually list which songs were played, so I could give you some idea of which songs were just very good, and which ones were immense. I recognised Cornflake Girl, which in itself was awesome, but was followed by some less-exciting numbers. Then the band went off and a solo set with just her piano ensued. And THEN! The band came back on -- this was my favourite set of about 5 songs.
I think you'll all agree that the magic behind live music is not so much the sound quality, or even seeing the star in question, but it's the pure and raw, unrestrained and unleashed energy that gushes from the artists on stage.
While I don't think I've become a Tori Amos fan over night, I'd certainly see her again if I had the opportunity.
Next up is Foo Fighters in Scotland I think...
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
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| Mood: | Bouncy, and needing to sleep soon.. | | Music: | Vocal Trance on di.fm.. |
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Hever Castle's a very pretty castle in Kent, near Edenbridge.
Basically, Henry VIII built it for Anne Boleyn after she whined about wanting her own castle.
So he built her a little castle, with a moat, turrets, crenelations - everything!
Man... women nowadays are much less demanding.
Oh, of course he beheaded her afterwards... but that's neither here nor there.
Anyway, I was down at its lake today, just as the sun begun to set. You know those moments where the world goes totally pink, red or orange... just for an instant? Well, this was one of them. Quite a cold white balance too, to keep the blues. I quite like the symmetry too.
And I have to admit... I scared the duck from the side of the lake and shooed him a bit until he was in a compositionally-strong position. I'm such a monster: I'll do anything to get the photo!
Hever Castle Lake
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