July 07, 2009

Blogathon 2009

This is just a quick post. I was hoping to partake in Blogathon 09 on July 25th but because it works out as 1pm Saturday -> 1pm Sunday I won't be able to get the weekend off work. For the time I am off I'll be reading and commenting though!

Good luck with everyone doing Blogathon 09!

July 30, 2007

Just cause it had to be done:

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Not only that but, so far I've raised $197.10 which is £97.33 which is AMAZING! :D

Thanks to EVERYONE.

You can still sponsor me and take that up to an even £100 should you want!

49/49

Well, this is it. The End. Finito.

I'm really sad actually, I've had an absolute blast doing this. Today has flown by in a haze of surfing, comments, entries, IM's, Youtube videos and everything. You guys have been awesome and we've all raised a lot of money for charity.

I can't wait for my finally tally to be worked out, I'm very, very proud of myself, and it's not often I can say that.

*sniff* I don't want it to end actually, I can see why some of the A-schedulers came back.

You guys rock!


Until next year (or you can friend my gledster2000.livejournal.com LJ),


This is Gledster's last entry (possibly).

48/49 - Penultimate Post

This one is simple:

Thank you to EVERYONE who has commented here over the past 24 hours!

. Is that you? Let's see:


  • Anna

  • Sarah R L Boese

  • Jellee

  • rebekkah_srl

  • Glo Paint

  • Lawsy

  • Imperfect Christian

  • Derek

  • wewerethecoolkids

  • Alanna

  • Lady Campbell

  • Mom on Coffee

  • DJ Acid

  • Noelle

  • Renee

  • Yoshi

  • Jaynee

  • rhodilee

  • Tucker

  • YeePei

  • Patrick D.



Thanks to each and everyone of you. Some of you IM'ed me and kept me going that way. I know myself and Glo_Paint (:P) had a good chat, as well as myself and Anna, and others. Well done to all of you for keeping going too! Now let's bring it home. :D

47/49

Yeah, two more to go!

Blogger seems to be playing up. After a whole day of using Semagic to post to Blogger without a problem something's screwed up somewhere meaning I'm having to type this into Blogger manually, the slow and annoying way.

I was going to do a full list of who has commented and say "Thank you" but I can't focus that much right now. I will do one at one point, probably the nex time my brain is working.

What I WILL do now is post my final sponsors list (as it stands so far):

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Thanks to all those who sponsored me!

Nearly at the finish line so as long as Blogger doesn't crap on me anymore it'll be fine!

46/49

Yeah, you read that right, post 46/49. 3 MORE to GO. WOOO!

A little while ago someone posted a Stephen Lynch video. I think he's awesome so I'm gonna post one too! :D




This guy can SING, he's got a rubber face and he can play the guitar too. No wonder he's famous!

Grr - what's up with Blogger now?

45/49

Okay, it was requsted in the MPYR Chat Room that bloggers post pictures of themselves. Well, I've been doing this frequently, so you get a picture of me and, as a treat, a picture of the dump that is my room at the moment. Oh joy!

My room:

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Just so we're clear, that's RECYCLING at the back in bags, empty plastic bottles and stuff, I just haven't taken it to the recycling bank yet.

Me:
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Still going! Nearly done.

My only worry now is that I'm too awake! Need to sleep before work at 6pm tonight, and my housemates will be up soon :O. I'll have some hot milk in a while, that should help.

Here's a question then:

What are your best ways of getting to sleep?

44/49 - Olbas Oil



Ok, as I got slowly run down, I'm developing a cold. Thankfully, I remembered in my medicine cabinet I had Olbas Oil. If you've never used this stuff then you're missing out. I've no idea exactly what they put in it but it's great at easing a blocked nose, which I NEED right now. So yea, Olbas Oil, a life-saver and enabling me to finish this blog.

I wanted to answer your comments but I'm too tired. I appreciate them all the same and I'll try. Will see how it goes. :)

Cheers

43/49 - The Secret of Monkey Island

When I started this I mentioned video (computer) games and so far I've featured NOTHING on that topic. Well, here's something. My most enjoyed game of all time:



This game was perfectly made. The controls were spot on; the puzzles were logical, or if not logical, fit in with the game's humour, the jokes were consistent and always funny, and it just kept surprising you. If you can find a chance to play this I recommend it!

42/49 Brain meltdown time

In lieu of a topic idea I'm gonna say thanks to MPYRradiocom and Blogexplosion radio for keeping us bloggers entertained during this 'thon. I'd've been asleep AGES ago if not for you guys. Thanks to ALL the presenters: Raven, Luke, Ace and the rest. You rock!

*Heads back to MPYR*

:D

41/49

This just describes my feeling right now:

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Sorry this is late, Photobucket was playing up :(

40/49

Okay so we're on the home straight now. 9 more posts to go.

I've still got stuff to waffle on about. I wanted to do a Thank You post but I'll save that. Instead I'll talk about films. I work in a cinema, generally if you do that it's because you want to watch films. I do. I'm MORE into my TV at the moment but I love films. So here's a quick list of present and upcoming films I want to see:

Transformers - no, I haven't seen it yet. Looks awesome
Simpsons - Do I need to say more?
Bourne Ultimatum - I've seen the other two and this looks just as good.
I Am Legend - Will Smith, again, need I say more?
Waitress - Nathan Fillion kicks butt, plus it's looks funny. :)


Also, I need to catch White Noise 2 on DVD and LOADS of others. I think this is enough to keep me busy for a while though.


That'll do me for now.

EDIT: Sorry this was early, didn't mean to hit send so soon! :D

July 29, 2007

39/49 - Not much to say here

Not much I want to say here except:

Ten posts to go



Oh, and my PC is running smoothly since I rebooted.

38/49 Mystery Woman revealed!


Okay, so all we had was:



Many people guessed, many tried.

I think my clues finally gave it away to Jelley and Lorilann.



It was of course Julia Stiles from the Bourne Identity. See, see what I did?! :D

Just 5 mins left

Gonna close the mystery picture comp in 5 mins, with the next post.

37/49 Replying to comments


Oh, there's a few here:


  • Imperfect Christian: Sorry I don't look rough yet. It's hitting me though, I'm developing a cold that I don't want, and my bones feel heavy.

  • Yoshi: Thanks for the congrats. I just entered on the offchance. :D Whee! :D

  • Jelle: I know what you mean. I'm happy it's nearly over but i'm anxious about a few things:
  •  

    • I'm worried I won't finish
    • I'm worried I won't sleep
    • I'm worried I won't be able to work tomorrow night.


  • Jayne: Thanks for the boost Jayne! Welcome back to the world. I'm assuming you've slept some?

  • Alanna: Sorry I didn't find your blog sooner, there's just so many! Thanks so much, and good luck with everything! Let's keep each other going now!

  • Renee: Again, thanks for the encouragement!

  • Jelle: Good guessing with the mystery pic in entry 32.



And from the land of LJ:

Anita_Coffee: Good thinking but it's not Janel Maloney.

Ok, here's the pic once more, this time with clues:



I want to know the identity of this woman, the same identity she's had since the day she was born.

Does that help?

Thanks for all your comments! :D Keeping me going here! :D

36/49 - Webcam pic:

Okay so here's an up to date webcam pic:



Wow, you people are commenting quicker than I can read and respond! Keep them coming, I'll reply ASAP!

35/49 - Quick post

I'm cooking tea/supper. Simple food (tinned chicken and frozen veg) but it means I haven't been able to compose a really long post. My next post will have a webcam shot too. :)

I'm REALLY grateful to more people right now:

Frykitty running Blogathon's main site for drawing me as winner of the latest game!

*bounces*

So I've got food and more sponsorship and only 14 more entries to go :D.

*bounces more*

And I haven't had any canned drinks yet, just water all day! :D

34/49

So here's a big:

Thank you

to all my sponsors who are listed below in picture form as it's quickest:



You are all amazing.


Thank you!

33/49


Oh, crap, have just been surfing and stuffs, not thought about anything to put in this one.

Erm, ooh, on my next post I'll thank all my sponsors, how's that? :)

There's still time to sponsor me should you want, help kids get out of situations they REALLY shouldn't be in!

Right, I'm starting to get hungry. I've got a 2L bottle of water here, so I don't keep running to the kitchen and upsetting my housemates, I just need food. Someone, cook me food please?

Thanks for all the comments people, thanks for the suggestion of that site CJ.

Keep trying to guess the mystery woman below! :D

32/49


Racking them up now! Go me! Go all the B-Sched people! :D

Ok, new quiz, what's the identity of this mystery blond:



Answers coming later.

:)

Right now it's getting on for when I should be eating something. Also, my back's starting to hurt. Anyways, back to it! :D

31/49

Am perched in front of the TV on my bean bag watching Quantum Leap so
am phone posting this one.

Can anyone point me towards some memes or surveys I can do please?
Thank You. :-) :-) :-) :-)

30/49



Woohoo, post 30! 19 More to go.

I've run out of ideas now. :P Well, I haven't so much as I've run out of enthusiasm. This is harder than I thought. :)

So I'll leave this post here and think of something better for the next one :)



Actually it occours to me that I haven't mentioned my charity or my sponsor link in the last HOWEVER many posts.

I'm supporting the NSPCC which is the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. They work alongside the police, social workers and other agencies to help children in dire siuations. Children who are beaten, emotionally tortured, not fed, bullied, sexually abused and more. They help them all.

The also run Childline which is a free number Children can call ANYTIME and speak to a supportive person who will listen to them. It's 0800 1111 Or +44800 1111 from outside the UK.

Feel like that's a cause you could get behind?

Got at least £1 or $1 free?

Then pledge some money and SPONSOR ME! :D

29/49 - Another Music Rec



And the posts are notching up.

Ok, this guy none of you will have heard of, which is a shame as he produces amazing music!

Who is he? Mr John Wright:

Mr John Wright

John doesn't actually write his own songs, instead he re-works other folk/country/slow rock songs and gives them his own special shine. He doesn't haved a fixed band either, preferring to pick and choose the BEST of folk music's talent from whoever is available. He's covered many greats, from Willie Nelson, to Kieran Halpin, to Mary Chapin Carpenter and others. He's been in the business a while, released many albums and a live DVD.

Listen to this one below and see what you think:

What you do with what you've got

Great artist, great talent.

Oh, and (shock horror) he has a Myspace with more music on. :D

28/49



Okay people, the picture I gave you was:

blurred photo

The real photo?


Mel Gibson


Congrats to everyone in the MPYR Chat room where a lot of us B sched bloggers are hanging out! :D

Next post: Another Music rec. :D

27/49 - Mystery person

Okay, this has been going a while now, gonna bring this back one more time:

WHO IS THIS?

HINT: He's famous, Austrailian and likes a drink, also likes his freedom.

Blurred photo

Winners get a shout out in the next post.

Go, on, WHO IS IT?

26/49 - Another Music rec


Whew, going strong now.

Right, one of my great loves (and I don't think this will appeal to many on my friend's lists) is folk music. One of the musicians I listen to regularly is Kate Rusby:

Kate Rusby Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival

She's been on the folk scene for years and has a voice of an angel. Many of her songs are traditional lyrics with her arranged tunes. Tunes she writes along with her husband John McCusker. She's touring this year, with a new album out soon too and I'm going to see her twice I hope!

Anyway, here's one of my favourites of hers:

Sweet Bride

Lovely song.

Go on, give her a try. Then check out her Website and Myspace. :)

25/49

Woo! OVER half-way post wise, half-way time wise :)

Okay, a clarification.

A while back I posted about my friend's band Cohesion. I even gave you a sample track. It seems that in the past couple of weeks they've changed their name to The Sneakypeeks and can be found at:

http://www.myspace.com/thesneakypeeks

So yus, same ace band, different name. :D

And that's post 25 out of the way. :)

Meantime, I'm hanging out at http://mpyrradio.com/chat so come along. :D

24/49 - favourite film

The Last Boy Scout:

Last Boy Scout Poster

It's an awesome film, great lines, fantastic (mostly non-cgi-based) action, and good characters that you love and hate. Joe Hallenbeck is the kind of cynic that I can be sometimes, and he is really down on himself except when he knows he CAN do it.

Love the exchanges between characters, here's one:

Milo: Can we get a formal introduction?
Joe Hallenbeck: Who gives a fuck? You're the bad guy, right?
Milo: I am the bad guy.
Joe Hallenbeck: And I'm supposed to be trembling with fear, something like that?
Milo: Something like that.
Joe Hallenbeck: Fine, I'll start trembling in a minute.

Great jokes, car chases and a class ending.

Worth watching.

My 'troll' entry

I'm sorry if my choice of phrase caused offence, that was't the intention (well, except to the troll who seems to think of himself/herself as intelligent). The post has been edited. :D

23/49

Comment Catch Up:

Okay, so Anna posted on my 16th entry about female Gynacologists (I don't know why I capitalise that), with a very interesting point of view. I always assumed female gyn would be gentler. Shows what I know (being a bloke and all).

Seems a couple of people are having trouble with the picture I posted in my 17th entry, keep thinking people. I'll post a clue in my next entry! That's aimed at Jelle mainly as I know Glo_Paint has gone to bed for the moment. Yes, it's a man. Bigger clue coming soon!

Also, Derek dropped by on my 18th entry after he'd posted a laser keyboard that I liked the look of. Hi there Derek. Have a look at the pic in entry 17 and see if you can crack it!

And the Imperfect_Christian wants to be able to post on her mobile. Maybe one day? :)

You all know about the 'troll'.

Meanwhile, in the LJ copy of this blogathon:

Dubnordie has found my Weird Al Videos useful.
Kat's not very impressed by the troll
Babooshka hasn't been put off by the pics of Britney I linked to. #

Impressive guys and gals. If we keep this up we can keep each other entertained and awake! :D

Next post: That favourite film of mine I promised you ages ago!

22/49

Just making sure this gets posted on time as I wander to get pizza.
Will need to rally B-sched people. It's quiet now. :-)

21/49 And I seem to have picked up a big ugly troll!

Excellent.

Welcome oh troll features. Enjoy your stay here whilst I raise money for charity. What are you doing today that's worthwhile?

Well done for attacking my friend Glo_Paint. I especially liked the way you picked on her username. I'm assuming 'Anonymous' is your real name? What's that? It's not?

Ah shucks, now don't you look stupid?

As for me, I'm off to pick up some food, I'll post on my mobile if needs be (now I've got it working). Good luck to all the B-Scheds. Please join in and insult my troll! :D

testing.

testing e-mail to blogger.:-)

20/49

Short entry, trying to get mobile posting to work so I can post from outside (so I can go for a walk).

Back with proper entries soon.

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Extra post

Just noticed my time-stamps were an hour off.

Problem fixed! :D

19/49

Okay, so i'm out of time to prepare my music rec like I was going to so another funny webcam photo of yours truly:



Me and the DVDs that are GOING to get me through this! :D

B07 18/49

Okay comment replies:

Imperfect Christian : Yus, that's me and thanks for the compliment about Cohesion in post #14
Glo Paint : Thanks also for compliment about Cohesion in post #14 , much appreciated. Also, your support has been great cheers, plus you should FF4:RoTSS, it's a good film. Also, yus, the pics linked to in #10 do look a bit like Xtina, just larger. Scary huh?

Excellent.


Next post: My most watched film of all time (well, probably).

17/49

Okay so this photo:



Was a manip of:



Which was, of course, George W. Bush.

So, the bright sparks here are:

Anna
Lawsy
Sarah R.L. Bose
Glo_Paint

As well as:

lorilann from LJ.

Okay, let's see you get this next one then you smart alecs:



Ha! Got ya. Have I?

16/49

This is a lazy post:

Forgot to post the webcam pick last time, it's still me typing:



And I've got dressed too into my free Fantastic 4 t-shirt. Working in the entertainment industry has it's perks. :)

Post 15/49

You guys are all too smart.

I'm gonna leave the competition in post 13 open but I'll spend the next few minutes coming up with another one, a more difficult one.

Right, I'm off to search!

I'll stump you guys I promise!

Blogathon Post 14/49



I can't believe it's gone by so fast, from 5am until now at 11:30. Wow!

Anyways, I said I'd blog about Cohesion.

They are a 3 piece rock band from Yorkshire in the UK (well, not strictly ALL from Yorkshire but yeah). They've been going for a long time and are close to releasing a proper debut single and album. I've got a pre-release one and there are songs on their "myspace . They specialise in catchy, upbeat, guitar-heavy tunes. Imagine them being played in a club with lots of people joining in and you get the picutre.

Check their Myspace for upcoming gigs.

Whilst you're doing that listen to the MP3 below:

Mr Doormat.mp3.

Go Cohesion! :D

Cause everything you ever do or say is ok.

Post 13



Fine, you got the last one easy enough you smart people:

So, who's this?



No clues till later. Will close this at post 17:

And here's more proof that I'm still posting and not someone else:



Me and The Blues Brothers.

Next Post: I'll write about Cohesion, a band I mentioned previously and, for the duration of the 'thon only, offer a free track.

Stay tuned and comment! :D

Post 12



Okay, this photo:



Was actually a blurred version of:



Which is Garfield! :D

My Mum got me this ages ago and I've still got it.


Well done to Glo Stick for getting it right. :)

Nice try to everyone else :)

Next one coming up in post 13 and it'll be a tricky one! :D

Entry 11 - why I'm helping the NSPCC



I love the humour that blogathon people have. Ceemage has commented on the current quiz photo



His comment?

Hmm.. assuming the white bit at the top is meant to be teeth, looks like a muppet version of Julia Roberts.

Which, when you think about it, is actually a pretty scary thought.


ROFLMAO! :D

So far there's a possible winner, I'm not saying who's comment it is though! :)

Anyway, it's post 11/49. I think I'd better answer WHY I'm blogging for the NSPCC .

I had a difficult childhood. I won't go into all the details here as my family wouldn't want our history shared with people, suffice to say it was NOT a happy home. I'm only just starting to come to terms with it and I've been very affected by it, especially when it comes to how I respond to and treat people.

Because of this, when I say a job opening for a Family Support Worker with Social Services in 2005 I went for it. And didn't get it. Instead, the Manager created a special, 3-month, part-time post for me because he is made of awesome. During my time with Social Services I worked with some tough cases. I met a lot of GREAT people who worked amazingly hard to help children and families in difficult circumstances.

The worst case I can remember was Ms. X. Ms X was badly sexually abused as a girl. She grew up but had a habit of getting with the wrong men. She gave birth to three kids. Whilst caring for them she met Mr Y. Mr Y was a repeat sexual offender who was just that final piece of evidence away from going to prison. He repeatedly abused Ms X's kids, from when they were 4 years old and up. He raped them, sodomised them and basically did all he could to treat them like nothing. Social Services worked with NSPCC and other agencies, especially the police, to build a water-tight case to put Mr Y away. Ms X did try to help her children but he beat her into submission. Mr Y went to prison. Just as I was leaving Social Services in Dec 05, he was on the way to being released (this was an old case but Social Services were still involved) and I know that the team kept as close an eye on him as they could, with all the help from other agencies that they could muster.

This cannot and SHOULD not be allowed to happen. Local councils are short of money, Social Services NEVER has enough staff and there are NEVER enough hours in the day to do everything that needs doing. The NSPCC and other agencies help a HUGE amount. That's why I'm raising money for them.

Oh, and hourly webcam pic:



Me with a Baskin and Robbin's spoon that I recieved for going on a training course through work.

Blogathon Post 10



Just a quick one this time.

LJ user Blackiceburn has posted some stills from Britney Spear's next music video.

They are very disturbing.

To think that I used to want to do some rude things with this girl, what has she done to herself?

B07 Entry 9

Just a quickie, over on the LJ Ceemage commented that I should reply to comments in the blog as it gives me something to write about.

GOOD THINKING! :D

See, that's another entry done and it's all thanks to Ceemage.

Except it's an hourly post so to prove I'm still here (and that this isn't all automated and faked) I need a webcam image:


Me, looking like me.

Also, here's another quiz thing, this time, guess the celebrity from the blurred photo. This will stay open until entry 12 whereupon i shall reveal the winners. And yes it IS a celeb! :D:


Blogathon post 8

Comment reply:

rebekkah_srl suggested I download an audio book to listen to. I might try that later on today. For now, since I've closed down an app or two, MPYR is working, currently playing Weird Al.

Who? You may ask.

Weird Al Yankovich is a pop satirist who takes some well known songs (and some less well known ones) and parodies them. My friend Jon introduced me to his music and I'm so glad he did!

Three of his most famous tracks are:

1.

Amish Paradise

2.

Saga Begins (based on Star Wards Episode 1)

3. Albuquerque (this is DEFINATELY worth watching!)

See you in a while! :D

Blogathon Entry 7

Wow, time's flying. Bet it drags towards the end of the day but it's going well now.

Anyway, replies to comments:

Anna: I think you got it too didn't you? Love the sarcasm. :P Next time I'll leave the quiz open a little longer.

Sarah R L Boese: I don't usually like it when celebs get political, I think this one was just an off-hand comment though, which I bet they were kicking themselves about for ages afterwards!

And from my LJ copy of this 'thon:

alithonblog: Yus, 30 mins isn't that long. This entry SHOULD be bang on time though.

I've changed the way comments work here, I don't have to approve them for the moment (this blog is too low key to recieve comment junk) and no captcha either! :) So Yay!

Also, thanks to my lovely moderator Beth for letting me post my last entry early so I could grab a shower. Which has resulted in the picture you will see below. :)

Anyway, new webcam shot and that's it for this entry:



Me, showered, clean, looking tired, hungry and SCARY :O. I'm not scary, honest!

Gah, I'm gonna have to stop listen to MPYR radio, it's stalling all the time. :(

Blogathon 2007 Post 6

Oooh, goodie, MPYR just played Dixie Chicks giving me something else to talk about:



I love this band. MPYR just played Not Ready To Make Nice which they wrote (I think) after controversy stirred up when Natalie said she was ashamed they came from the same US State as George Bush. As a result many stations don't play they're music. The pressure they must have been under I can't even imagine but they didn't give in. They wrote what they wanted to write and are still going. Also, as this song shows, they write GREAT music. I'll leave the link up for the thon then take it down:

05-Goodbye Earl.mp3

Have a listen, think about the points being raised, then laugh at the absurdity of the song. Great song. The video, if you can find it, is also awesome. Great, upbeat country/pop. :)

Oh, and Blackiceburn answered the trivia entry on post number 4

Blogathon entry 5 (already)

Okay, so my favourite TV show of all time?

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Why?

The writing, pure and simple. Sorkin, Wells and the rest of the team created a fantastic set of intelligent, believable, just characters and they placed them IN THE WHITEHOUSE! Awesome decision. Casting Martin Sheen as President Bartlett was a stroke of genius. I've watched S1 and S2 over and over and each episode seems new to me, no matter how many times I've watched it before. My favourite episode? Noel I think. All about Josh and some fantastic strokes of linguistic genius.

Also, here's this hours webcam shot:

Me with a friend's CD

That's me with the CD from my friend's band Cohesion I'll probably talk about them at some point! :D

Blogathon 2007 Entry 4

Right, I've realised that 30 minutes isn't that long a time, especially when I'm trying to read other blogs and do other things. My theme today will possibly involve:

WRiting about films
Writing about computer games
Writing about TV shows
Writing about music
Writing about the NSPCC
Writing about elements of my life
Quoting things from bash.org
Asking trivia questions
Other things...

So, that's the plan, so I'll finish this entry with a Trivia Question:

Who said "To be, or not to be, that is the question?"

Prize? Just fame and glory of being right and having your name in lights right here!

No using search engines! :D

Next post: My favourite TV show of all time. Stay tuned in! :D

Blogathon 2007 post 3

Wow, I just can't multi-task like this all day, I've got:

Blog-explosion radio playing through Itunes
My Cam centre open
The IRC chat open
A window open specially for checking B-Sched bloggers.

And I need a wash and stuff.

The first hour has zoomed by.

i'm gonna put Quantum Leap on, followed by either Murder One or Without A Trace :D

Probably Without A Trace S1 DVD in honour of my LJ friend Illman who donated loads of money. :)

Anyway, webcam shot two (I'll just do these on the hour):

Me in my 2nd webcam shot

Right, there'll be a theme in post 4, I hope. :D

Blogathon Entry 2 :)

Hey post 2,

Wow there's so much to do so far. I'm chatting to people over MSN, trying to follow the IRC room (impossible) and i want to catch up with the 'A' schedule peeps. Also, I want to listen to some Blogathon themed radio and check my e-mails. Then tidy my room. Oh, and shower. :P

Busy Busy Busy.

Also, I never know what to do about comments on this blog, whether to reply in the comments box (which you might never see) or I can reply here on the blog. I'll reply here, that way people should see them, I'll also probably comment you back. :)

Firstly, thanks to Anna from You can heal from sexual abuse for dropping by, another 'B' Schedule person. Hopefully we'll stick through this together.

Also, thanks to Beth who will be my monitor for the day.

Don't forget, if you want I'm on the Blogathon IRC channel and on IM, just comment me to find out which IM screen-names I use.

Good luck all (no webcam shot for this entry, ran out of time, will edit).

Blogathon 2007 Entry 1

Woohoo, Blogathon has started. It's 5am GMT and the 'B' schedule has begun.

In store for you today are quizzes, madness, randomosity, song and entertainment recommendations and other stuff. All good fun.

Just to prove I'm here, here's my webcam shot:



Me with breakfast, yum!

What's doubly disturbing, is last night at work went wrong and I got to bed one hour and 40 minutes ago. Oh oh.

Right, I need to splash water on my face.

Back in 30! :D

July 27, 2007

Friday Five Questions:

From The Friday Five:


  1. What item would you be embarrassed for people to know you own?


  2. Honestly? Some of the DVDs in my collection. I won't mention which ones and why. ;)

  3. What is something you splurged on just for you?


  4. Erm.......My Xbox (yes, I'm a geek! :P)

  5. What is something that you own with no real world value that is priceless to you?


  6. My Winnie The Pooh teddy bear, that was made by someone in my family I just don't know who.

    Winnie The Pooh Teddy Bear


  7. Do you collect anything?


  8. DVDs, Private Eye Magazines, dust. :P

  9. What item belonging to a friend/family member do you covet?


  10. My housemate's home entertainment centre setup.



From Friday Fiver UK

  1. What job did you want to do when you were a kid?


  2. IT Tech support.

  3. What was your first job?


  4. Paid? Paper-round
    Unpaid? Assiting my Dad with IT tech support queries.

  5. What's the most naughty thing you've ever done at work?


  6. I really can't think, I'm a good boy. I bend the rules all the time at VUE: reducing the price of tickets for any inconvince the customer experienced (even if it's a daft reason and not VUE's fault); I've insulted a couple of customers, once in front of my manager (I just felt like it :P); I pinced some stuff from magazine covers at Menzies. Can't think of anything too bad though.

  7. Friday fill in: The job I think sums up being British is _________ because ________


  8. The job I think sums up being British is customer service because you get to help people queue, and we're good at that here!

  9. If you could do any job you wanted and you didn't have to worry about pay or anything, what would it be and why?


  10. Entertainer/Folk Musician. I love entertaining people, making people smile, it's a good feeling.

July 25, 2007

Thank you post!

Oooh, I've had sponsors! :D

Thanks to:



Much appreciated!

Thank you!

Don't forget - since you've all pledge requiste amounts you get to question me in truth or dare stylee and task me to do something on my webcam.

Cheers!

P.S. Eddie Izzard is awesome.

More blogathon stuffs, yes I'm cheeky, no I'm not ashamed! :D

Just a quickie, posting some stuff about Blogathon 2007 that I'm doing this Sunday at 5am (GMT). Yes it's a daily reminder. Yes I'm asking for money. I apologise to anyone who's offended but I want to do my best to help my charity now I know I'm doing it for sure!

Blogging For: NSPCC (The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children)

Why I chose my charity:

I survived a broken home but it's affected me in a large way and, compared to some of the stuff I've seen, heard and read about (especially during my 3 months working for Social Services here in England) shows that, whilst I suffered through some really dark times, other children suffer (and are suffering) through much, much worse. I can't even begin to describe some of the cases I know about. These children need all the help they can get but with Councils watching budgets very carefully it's up to charities to work hard to make up the shortfall. That's what the NSPCC does, including running it's Freephone Childine service for children to ring and find a sympathetic voice. Amazing work, just amazing.

My plans for blogathon:

I've got LOADS of ideas, there'll probably be no real structure though (but I'll try). Lots of quizzes, from "who said this quote?" to "identify what/who is in this blurred picture" and song lyric games. I've ambitions to write (but not yet had the confidence/dedication to finish a story) so there will be lots of scenes/ideas from stories that are bouncing around my head, I'll probably write more about the NSPCC and I've contacted the NSPCC to see if I can have some stuff to send out to people as prizes or just for literature.

Incentive for donating

Donate at least £1 (or $1) and you can ask me anything and I'll respond on webcam (I can do videos or over IM). I'll also do silly things and take photos/video footage for people who pledge at least £2.50 ($5). So you'll have footage of me making a FOOL of myself AND have pledged money to charity too that will end up helping children get out of horrible situations. Go on! :D

Idea pinched from http://mommythemaid.blogspot.com/.



Link to sponsor me



Please sponsor me but following insructions on the above link. You don't need to send any money now, not until I've finished and survived the 24 hours!

Thanks for reading.

July 24, 2007

Blogathon a few days away!

Only a few more days until the Blogathon:

blogathon logo


Arrgghh!

I've just noticed that both Livejournal.com and Photobucket.com are playing up for me, hope this doesn't continue, that could make the 'thon (where I'm blogging to support the amazing work of the NSPCC) a pain in the rear-end.

Just a reminder that I'm on schedule B which, for us GMT people, is 5am Sunday 29th until 5am Monday 30th. Then I'm going to sleep all day Monday, go to work at 6, home at 1 and sleep all day Tuesday, go to work at 6, home at 1 and sleep all day Wednesday which is my day off. That's the plan but I bet it doesn't work like that!

Anyways, boys and girls, I've decided that for the thon I'm going to have my usual nonsense (where-in I babble about DVDs, life etc) and quizzes, trivia questions and such. I'll make some (probably lame) graphics to announce champions and such like. It'll be good fun and all for charity.

My Mum thinks I'm mad for doing this. I do too actually as it's going to screw my sleep schedule up for a while. Still, that's the fun of it isn't it? :)

Good luck to all you 'thoners (if that's what the collective is known as), I've commented on some of your blogs to say 'hey' so feel free to say 'hey' here too or via any of the IM solutions that you like (comment and I'll add you type thing).

Right, I need sleep now, I'm at work at 8am and want to get to the post office to grab some DVDs beforehand.

TTFN

Chris

July 23, 2007

Blogathon 2007!!!

Alright, I just received this weeks rota and I got the Sunday off. :D So Blogathon 2007 is a go!

I don't know how many of you are reading this, hopefully a few, if so then I hope to entertain over the coming event. I'll try at least.

Which means, yup, you guessed it, now is the time for you all to register with the Blogathon website and Sponsor Me!

I know it's last minute and I know I'm kinda anonymous here but please go on, every penny helps!! You can sponsor in your local currency (even though I'm in the UK and so is my charity) and you can sponsor ANY amount, either a lump sum or by the hour. Blogathon itself recieves no money from this, 100% goes to charity. So please, sponsor me! :D