Literally

What a ridiculous word.

lit·er·al·ly (ltr--l)

adv.

1. In a literal manner; word for word: translated the Greek passage literally.

2. In a literal or strict sense: Don't take my remarks literally.

3. Usage Problem

a. Really; actually: "There are people in the world who literally do not know how to boil water" (Craig Claiborne).

b. Used as an intensive before a figurative expression.

Usage Note: For more than a hundred years, critics have remarked on the incoherency of using literally in a way that suggests the exact opposite of its primary sense of "in a manner that accords with the literal sense of the words." In 1926, for example, H.W. Fowler cited the example "The 300,000 Unionists ... will be literally thrown to the wolves." The practice does not stem from a change in the meaning of literally itselfif it did, the word would long since have come to mean "virtually" or "figuratively"but from a natural tendency to use the word as a general intensive, as in They had literally no help from the government on the project, where no contrast with the figurative sense of the words is intended.

Now I also have a HUGE problem with 3. Literally is NOT a fucking intensive. I have heard people say stuff like "I was literally as high as a kite". You were 20 feet off the fucking ground, were you, you illterate? I challenge its usage at all times and in all contexts.

However, this raises the question of language evolution. Words mean what they are used for. Perfect example - the word 'gay'. It has evolved several times, and always to include new meanings - some of which I do not like and, again, challenge at all times.

This may be the first time that a word has evolved to start to mean its own opposite though. I find that unique. Literally.

First fail

And the first property I was going to view today has just cancelled it :( Ffs.

BT Infinity speed + Houses

Sp, my speed has maxed out around 29mbs, which is pretty fucking fast. However, there are drawbacks. It seems to take FOREVER to make the first DNS connection. Can't yet decide which device that is that's being shit, but meh. Other thing - constant blips in connection for no apparant reason. It's really odd. If I happen to be watching streaming cam or video (don't ask, I'll explain later ;) then it often breaks it, depending on the quality of the flash app. It always buggers my MSN and logs me out. I wonder if the IP address is suddenly flipping... I might investigate that.

Anyway, in real life, I'm looking for a house to buy. FUCK ME mortgages are expensive :@ I'm not a wealthy queen, so would struggle to stump up more than 10% deposit. 90% LTV mortgages are upwards of 4.5%. This is painful. Wouldn't it be nice to have 25% deposit, then I could pick n choose.

Either way, I still have to get a bank to agree to give me the shit in the first place. Think I'll try my bank first. And no, I'm not gonna tell you who they are ;)

Shameless Plug

For someone else... :)

Seth had his previous log blasted by Google, in one of their usually splendid blog-deleting decisions. Odd cos I certainly don't remember any porn on there at all, and I have FAR more explicit shit on here... So anyway, here is his new one.

Members

I just cleaned up the member list for here. Lotsa crap in there, wow.

Final speed?

Should have finished training by now...

hmm....

That's rather down.

Slightly unstable at this speed, especially with ps3 network :(

I'll get bored of doing these. But as you can see it's getting quicker!

Hurray, something like a decent speed.  I hope this isnt just cos its 1.44pm on xmas eve and every other fucker is out buying shitemas presents.

We're getting there... slowly... :)

a few hours later...

Wow

15 months (or so) since I last blogged. Feck me.

I moved for the 5th or 6th time in 5 years - I am actually now starting to lose count. I got BT Infinity. When the engineer was here yesterday, I was recording speeds of 34mb. Now look at this:

Quite a change, n'est-ce pas? I'll be posting a daily update image of my speed over the next 10 days til the line has trained fully. Then I'll have something to shout at BT about :D

Sony...

... are evil robbing bastards. Like every other big company out there, especially IT ones.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2009/10/psp-go-review-sony-is-charging-you-much-more-for-much-less.ars

If anyone reading this is primed to get a PSP Go - DO NOT! From what's presented in the above link Sony are just trying to screw us for as much money they can get for as little actual "product" as necessary. Can you say Microsoft?

Well, thats not really fair. Microsoft use FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) and other nasty marketting techniques to leverage their significant majority share in their markets to get people to buy overpriced, shitly written, and heavily buggy software.

But I'm not bitter ;)

Anyway, my favourite line of the article above is this:

If you buy a PSP Go, I suggest bringing another video game along to keep yourself occupied while you wait for it to allow you to play something.

Classic :D

Share...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerpig/3963447104/sizes/o/

Had to share this :+)

Months...

Bless me bloggers, it's been 2 months since my last blog. I sit here naked at my pc at 1.33am cos I can't sleep. I can't sleep cos of boys - as usual. For the first time in ages, I can't stop thinking about Alex :( Saw a recent pic of him shirtless - he's gone and got himself hairy. Don't ask where/how I saw it ;)

As I sit here, I contemplate my existence and find it pitiful.

Struggling...

... to find anything interesting or even slightly diverting to put in the blog these days. The Alex situation is completely dead and buried. I haven't spoken to him since January or thereabouts. I haven't even had contact with his mother since about February.

I suppose I could tell you that I moved house in May. I was given 2 months notice that the landlord of where I was wanted occupancy. Turns out he wanted to sell it. I found a house to move to (more expensive, but a house now rather than a flat), who wanted me in quite quickly, so I negotiated a departure in 1 month from the old place. Moved in here with the help of lots of people - I'm such a facile fucker, there's no way I could ever do it on my own. Nearly 3 months in here now, and I'm reasonably settled. Certainly happened quicker than at the flat. Had 2 visitors to stay already: my mum (ofc), and a nice 19 yr old that I've known since he was like 2. Nothing sexual tho - he is quite adamant that will never happen. *sigh* I can see his point of view tho...I am to all intents and purposes his Auntie and, as he says, it would feel like incest ;)

Life continues shittily.

Nobbled...

I think I've been nobbled in a job :( I'm a little put out :(

Hmm

You know you have far too much of an online presence when you get more birthday greetings from social networking websites than u do from actual people. And yes, today, I've had 2 people (my mum and my nan) say happy birthday, and emails from 4 sites. *sigh*

Oh wait, when I got up, there was an msn from a 16 yr old lad with an 8" cock said happy bday. and he's straight *sigh again*

Hugs...

Everyone needs one. I know I do

Bless...

... me, readers, for I have sinned. It's been 9 days since my last blog.

Life has been peculiar. Up and down (like my last post). I'm over old things, on new things, and having to move house. My landlord wants me out so he can sell the place. Found a new place with bigger bedrooms and a much smaller living room. Hmm. Swings and roundabouts. I had just started to get everything in place here, too :(

My self-employed work has run dry. I have enough for maybe another month or 2 from now. thats not good. On the other hand, my games work has a new project to do, which is nice, but won't pay for probably 6 months and more, if at all. I have a personal project to work on - a new email server (I'm calling it Cordelia), which will be great fun to do, IF I can get motivated to do it.

I don't know if there's anything good I can put in here. Have my eye on a boy, but it's just repeating the Alex pattern, tbh. Everyone I speak to online with that in mind is repeating that same pattern. *sighs*

Up...

... n down, still. Losing my enthusiasm for blogging entirely :( Feeling very very lonely the last few days - someone was supposed to visit me, but the whole event got blocked. Nothing good ever happens to me lately.

Headache...

... I got a big one. er, headache that is ;) I would never brag about the size of anything else on here :)

Depression is kinda on hold atm. Its 5am and I haven't been to bed - I've been arranging books, dvds and cds downstairs. It's looking like someone lives here now. The headache is almost certainly cos my body wants me to sleep - I ain't gonna let it though. I've decided to stay up all night and try and get stuff done. I'll let you know what time I finally collapse :)

Depression...

the anger has transformed now into the deepest blackest depression ive had in some time. i can barely open my eyes. my arms feel like they spring from someone elses torso. i havent eaten, and probably wont. i tell people and they say you must eat. im just like w/e. i feel hungry but it has no effect on me. the flame and the void, the oneness.

i need answers to these depressions. coping strategems. ways out. music isnt working. books arent working. films, tv, porn, warcraft, games - nothing penetrates. all my usual comedians: bill bailey, eddie izzard, tim minchin - at best they raise a tiny veneer of smile, which washes away instantly under the mire of dross.

what can i do

Bastard?

I think the opening sentence of my previous post was not sufficient. Bastard is just not the right word. CUNT. Now that's the right word. I won't link you the offending cunt's blog (but the eagle-eyed among you may notice there is now one fewer link in my blog list at the right - yep, that;s the one), but he is a cunt plain and simple. I am linked in his blogroll, so he should read this - YOU FUCKING CUNT!!!

It's so incredibly rare that I feel so bad as to flame with this level of utter mindrotting, eyepinking hatred, so I suppose I should congratulate the cunt for doing what only about 1 other person has managed (yes, that other one was Alex).

To everyone that isn't a cunt, I apologise for the excess of this post. It is, in part, an attempt to reduce my feelings to the level of a towering inferno of seething rage. I don't think it's working.

Bastards...

Why do people have to be bastardly? And in the words of Lily Allen "Why cant we all, all just be honest?"

On that note, I got the new Lily Allen album and the new Prodigy Album. Anyone that knows me would say that from the two, I would have much preferred the Prodigy. They would be quite wrong. I LOVE the Lily Allen, as much as I loved her last album. I think the Prodigy have produced a ball of shite. :D My reasons are thus.

Since their inception, the Prodigy has pushed boundaries outwards, and each album has been a totally new experience. They have kept their sense of self alive. Whilst, personally, I feel their live experience isn't the most fabulous, it has always been worthy. Let's examine briefly the albums to date.

1991: Experience. A true rave album, with Liam Howlett's splendid breakbeats. Before the concept of "Rave" even began to die out, The Prodigy were already exploring the future of dance.

1994: Music for the Jilted Generation. Advancing further, and a response to legal events (cf Their Law, in response to the Criminal Justic and Public Order Act 1994, which criminalised raves and therefore rave music). Certainly the most "political" album.

1997: The Fat of the Land. The Prodigy here begins to meld their dance with much "harder" forms of music. This album caused some large controversy with first Firestarter and then Smack my bitch up. The album also had a large amount of collaboration with external artists.

2004: Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. More collaborative efforts, harder sounds, strong beats. This album grew on me - initially, I didn't find a lot to like, and to this day, I still don't really appreciate Girls.

And now, 2009: Invaders Must Die. Here's my critique - What's changed? I hear no difference here from AONO. There's one or two tracks that manage to interest me, in particular Warrior's Dance, but the sound is exactly the same as their previous album. The band has said this alumb would go back to their "old-school but cutting edge" roots. I certainly don't see anything like that here at all. It's not cutting edge, because they already did all this 5 years ago.

I have tickets to go and see The Prodigy in april with my brother. I'm half tempted not to bother.

Down...

.. down, down, and almost out.

I found out a few weeks ago that Alex has left home and is now living with his brother. At the same time I found out he has dumped his gf. It cheered me slightly. However, today I've discovered he has a new one. *sighs* I can't seem to let go properly.

150...

... th post. Woo, I'm sure.

It upsets me when people stop talking to me for no reason. Fuck, it upsets me if there IS a reason. When someone that I have been getting on with and (I think) has been getting on with me just drops off msn for no reason (and I have no other way of contacting him) it gets me quite down. Nearly a week now. *sighs*

Hits...

The number of hits that Dechatta gets per day seems inversely proportional to the posts I do. When I wasn't posting, the hits kept going up and up and hit a maximum of 1500 in 1 day. Now that I'm posting again, we're at half that. What an interesting corollary.

Alexander...

So, in my last post, I gave you all the current entire text of "Alexander", my mini vampire story. As you can see, it's quite unformed. I know the general shape, I know what happens at the end, but I'm uncertain of how to get there from the beginning. I do know a few things I want to have happen, but it's rather defeating me somewhat.

I don't know anything about the writing process. The only things I've written before have been music :D I can do that. I can do that quite easily :+) I can't decide on a logical way to proceed that may ease my path through the Creative Jungle. Any help that anyone might give would be hugely appreciated :D

On a personal note, had an emotional 15 mins or so this evening. Wasn't terribly nice, ended up very teary. But never mind.

Searches...

My first post in QUITE some time. My apologies for being absent. I haven't been absent from the blogosphere in general, just haven't been posting.

I had a look at my google analytics this morning. We've reached 50,000 hits. Yay, everyone blow a balloon or something. While there, I saw that since I started recording on analytics in october last year, I have had 11 hits from search engine results. This impresses me. What intrigues me is the search terms that were used that ended up here. Here's a list of the google searches:

• dechatta (Well, this is farily obvious - its the name of the blog :+) This is 3rd on google results list)
• russell tovey (I have mentioned him I think...)
• being human (Russell Tovey is in this, so that follows)
• vtunnel (this is a bit weird - I don't recall ever talking about vtunnel on this blog. I did a test google with vtunnel, and after 10 pages I couldn't find this blog on the list... go figure)
• in bad mood trifle (FREAKY search term or wot???)

Interesting or wot? :+)

So, Life Update... I haven't spoken to Alex in quite some time - and it doesn't bother me. I think I've done it - I'm over him. What a fucking train-wreck that whole thing was. On the other hand, I continue to make the same mistake and pursue people who aren't gonna respond favourably. It's probably psychological. Meh. As a result, I have been somewhat up and down emotionally. Had a setback yesterday, but I'm over it somewhat now, and hope to recover the setbacked ... thing soon.

Self-employment continues apace. Invoiced the company I'm doing things for yesterday and got payment for it today. Rock On! I'll do more work for them, I think :D The other company I did stuff for has told me to "wait". That worries me. For one thing, there's an outstanding invoice with them. For the other thing, I really wanted to give it a good go what they wanted. But it is my own fault for taking 6 fucking weeks to get back to them about it. *sigh* I definitely need to be more disciplined if I'm gonna succeed and get work and stuff. Next thing is where the hell do I go for more stuff to do! If anyone out there is a successful IT Consultant or similar, gimme a shout please? :D Advice needed!

Ok, the poll I put up about my story Alexander suggested that the vast majority of you feel I should start writing it again. I found a file from about 5 years ago of what there was then. I think I did some more after this, but those changes are long gone. Here is the current state of Alexander.

Alexander is an old, old man. Yet, unlike most old, old men he doesn’t have white hair or a wrinkled face. He does tend to think about life and death quite a lot – mostly death, but that’s to be expected: he is a vampire, after all. Alex has been alive, or at least in existence, for some three thousand years, as near as he can remember.

Many people don’t appreciate the difficulties facing an ancient vampire in the modern world. If a person dies, especially with odd-looking marks on the neck, all sorts of questions are asked. A vampire has to be much cleverer nowadays than simply plucking people off the street. This is one reason that Alex started using the Internet a year ago. That, and the odd fascination that he felt the first time he saw a computer, monitor lit up, DVD-ROM whirring incessantly, keyboard clacking away under the diligent fingers of its user. It seemed so inert and yet full of life – an exact opposite of Alex himself, so empty of life and yet still quite active. He decided he wanted more of this artificial life.

Getting hold of a computer isn’t difficult for a creature that can turn into gas at will or mesmerize people. Setting up the damnable thing on the other hand was quite a challenge, even with the so-called “Instructions”, which turned out to be diagrams with any written words whatsoever. In any case, Alex did manage to switch the computer on, and there it was, glowing at him brightly.

One advantage that vampires have over other ordinary people is the fact that they don’t need to sleep. Oh, it may be handy once in a while to have a nap in a coffin, but essentially, the only reason a vampire really does use a coffin is to get away from the sunlight, which tends to toast them a little too well. Alex uses this time to learn about computers instead. In fact, in the year that he has owned (by right of theft, of course) his computer, Alex has read a huge number of books on the subject.


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He looked at his image - not in a mirror, for obvious reasons, but on the monitor showing the capture from his webcam. It had been a very long time indeed for such a pretty man to go without seeing himself, but finding that certain cameras showed his image as well as any human’s was without a doubt the best thing about computers. Obviously, being a vampire and therefore naturally adorable, he didn’t need to see himself, and he had the option of overpowering the mind of a feeble human and looking out through their eyes, but this way was much easier – and in some ways very similar: looking out through the eyes of the camera brought him even closer to technology.

Let me know what you think. :D

Closure

There's a sign on the front door of England which says "Closed due to a snowflake" :)

Indeed...

30k...

Just topped 30,000 hits, according to Statcounter - Google Analytics has slightly less, but meh.

I'm backsliding somewhat today. Tried to have a solo moment earlier thinking about Alex, but ruined it because my mind inevitably moved to what a twat he was to me over the last year. And now I'm on a rapid descent to depression, once again. And now I can't stop thinking about him.

Moo...

Ok, so after last night's half-bottle of bacardi and half-bottle of midori, this morning I didn't have a headache, but I was a little troubled in the stomach arena. This settled a bit by lunch and by evening I was fine once more. Fortunately, my work colleague called off the idea of me going to work at his house for 3 days cos his entire household is ill - so I didn't have to drive while very likely still over the limit :D

I know my blogging of late has been rather sparse. I dunno why really - I hope I'm not waning on the whole concept of blog-writing. I still read all the blogs I follow whenever there's updates, and a few I don't follow but know a path to get to :) ie the one's that I follow but I don't want them to KNOW I follow... does that make sense? Is it too cloak and dagger? Am I overanalysing again? OF FUCKING COURSE I AM! I overanalyse everything, even the fact that I'm writing this very sentence :D

I'm chipper this evening (morning, its 00:31 atm) it seems, and that's good. Currently, things seem up. I'm getting over Alex - THANK the Lord. Taken me long enough. I'm sure I will still be crying about him in 20 years time, but w/e :D I have pretty much no contact with the whole family now, which is making it a whole lot easier. My ties to the north of England are being eroded away gradually.

Speaking of which, my Nan had a fall over a week ago. She's 88 now and still lives on her own, albeit in what I think they might refer to as "managed" accomodation, tho there is no management :) A "warden" of sorts visits her daily Mon-Fri to be sure she's ok - the woman that goes actually lived two floors above my dad and I when I still lived in Blackburn. She's a nice woman and I spoke to her last week. I'm confident that Nan is getting at least some observation that I can't provide while I'm down in the god-forsaken South :D

I watched Being Human last night, whilst progressing through the bottles of alcohol. I enjoyed it quite a lot. Russell Tovey (semi-hot out gay actor) playing the werewolf was very good, and very naked in a few scenes :D The vampire wasn't QUITE pretty enough for me - he could have done with a good shave, ffs! But as I watched it, I was reminded of the fact that about 5 years ago I started writing a mini story (so mini it can't even be called a Short story) about a vampire. I started it very well (and have now lost the file, I think), and I knew how the end should be, but I just couldn't work out how to get from A to B. Or A to Z, in fact :D As I watched the telly, ideas popped in my head. Maybe I should give the writing another bash, see what comes out. I'll make a poll about it - you can decide for me, eh? :D

I set a new "personal message" on MSN today of "Everyone Leaves". This is a message with many facets. It encapsulates my distress at the tendency for friends to drift apart. My brother recently "split" from one of his oldest friends, who he has known for 15 years or more. This wasn't a drifting tho, it was a sudden tearing of the relationship centred around my brother's fiancé. However, I do find that relationships are fluid - and it distresses me. The people I was firm and close friends with 5 years ago I now almost never speak to. Even now, the boys I talk to on msn shift and change as time goes on. They get girlfriends (I think 99.99% of the people I talk to are str8, ffs), and those gf become more important to them than talking to little ole me. Ah me, sad hours seem long.

Bollocks. What was a happy and upbeat post and dived down into the deep dark waters of maudlin.

On the other hand, here's a link to Ryan's Blog - Behind My Closed Door. I like his writing. He's another (Yes ANOTHER) mac user. :) I pointed him at Mercury Messenger, which I feel is better than the crappy MSN Messenger for Mac, because for one thing, it has some webcam support rather than none :) I recommend Mercury for all Mac-heads that want to MSN.

I've made the mini-story poll ---> Do vote :+)

Ta-ta!

(A quick Justin Long picture :+)

drynk

ok,. im WELL Drunk. fuck. its fab. not been this bad in a month. woo!!!! I've had thoughts of alex while drunk - and i dont care. hurray :D fuck him, and his little bitch. fuck them bothj.

and u kn what,. james too... too far? what the fuck ever. i give a shit.

and ross. fuck. and rob. fuck THEM ALL!!!! all the ones who break my fucking hart. fuck em all;.

Political...

So, it was all media fear all... And despite the findings, at least one government is going ahead with mandatory internet censorship regardless. YAY! Wankers.

Ok, so that's as political as I can be bothered to get :+)

Choons

Light...

Ok, so... I'm out (I think) of that pretty nasty trough of depression I was in... lasted a long time - nearly a week. Not good. But I'm up somewhat now, and having some pc issues. Cpu is tending to overheat quite a lot. I got a new power supply - due to the motherboard needing a particular connector, I had to get a 1000watt psu - HUGE Overkill. Its violently loud and seems to make the CPU overheat worse :( I can't play Half Life now, cpu overheats almost immediately. Theres also some memory issues - this is probably whats preventing me from re-installing World of Warcraft. Ah well. I might have to work instead.

Speaking of which, I'm going self-employed. It's gonna be a blast, I'm sure. Especially since I doubt I can live off the work I'm getting in, but hey. Better than the dole, by a long way :D

About the only person I speak to regularly (like daily) on msn now is a str8 16 yr old boy I know from Warcraft. How pitiful is that? Wish I had self-confidence, self-esteem. Wish I didn't absolutely HATE even slightly-crowded places (you know, like pubs, nightclubs etc) Someone suggested I should get the videocam out and post on xtube - then I'd get offers. I can't imagine anyone would wanna see that, bloody ell, it's scary enough for me! :D

Meh. Who cares. I've got my right hand, eh? :D

Clarification...

To clarify my last post - I've had enough of people treating me like shit. Which is to say every fucker. I can only take so much before ... well, what happens happens.

Enough...

I've had enough of shit.

Meeting...

(Warning - this is a Geek-Heavy post)

Just had a business meeting with the folk I wrote a warehouse database for last year. Went very well indeed. Seems they want to have an "extended relationship" with me, which is nice. I have a new project to think about with them and send them some vague timescale and costs for this week. This is in addition to the stuff I'm doing atm. The new thing will be my first proper foray into a Web Application, as I've convinced them that such is the best way forward. Woo, how exciting - it'll be C#/ASP.NET stuff: which is EXACTLY what I've been avoiding getting into for a long time now. I can't count the number of times I refused to be put forward for a job over the last 3 months because it was ASP. Ah well, Time (and technology) moves on, and those that don't move with it get crushed under his wheels.

As I wrote this post, I was listening to Down Under by Men At Work. What a fine tune :)

Dominatrix...

Weird conversation going on with a 22 yr old I know from world of warcraft. He's straight. Now for the weird bit....

He says he wants me to abuse him :) Well, to be particular, he said "If I come to visit you, I want you to abuse me". He was quite drunk when he said this, but... its a topic he and I have touched on previously. So I said to him "What do you want me to do to you?". And he said "i've not really thought that far ahead, but i like being hurt n not being in control". And then....

"Think of it as rape, except I wont phone the police."

Well, now. :) What an interesting turn that conversation took! After that, he didn't say anything more - I wonder if he shocked himself into complete silence, or whether he just conked out from the beer :D Problems - I'm not a top, I never have been; I don't have any bondage equipment at all - cos again, not really something that has tickled my fancy in the past; he's str8 - actually, is that a problem? I'm not sure :D

So, I did a search for handcuffs and found this site. Oh my sweet singing lord, there are some fucked up people out there, I tell you :D

So, I've put up a poll - do you think I should do this or not? :) Nothing has been put in motion as yet... Feel free to comment here with reasons arguing one way or the other :)

Busy...

... day yesterday for Dechatta! it seems.... 752 hits! I'm goddamn amazed :D Thanks, all you blog-hungry folk out there :D

Cold...

I just biked 2.5 miles home with no cloud cover and REALLY really cold temperatures. Even my DICK is cold, cos the chill just got everywhere. I'm typically english - I don't like cold and I don't like hot ;) Went to Egypt with my dad about 7 years ago (I think), in January and it was too hot for me then ;)

I want someone here to warm me up manually :D

Still...

... here. Despite all the shite I'm being put through - again. Less said, the better currently, I think.

Just came from a house filled with loud children and boring adults (mostly boring anyway) - fuck me, that was irritating. Only one person worth a look at, and he's straight (I'm pretty certain he is anyway), and I wouldn't go there even if he was gay (... er... probably ;+)

Added a new link to Equal Eight in me little bloglist. Unique and interesting, I think.

I am watching channel 4 - it's the Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2008. No one especially interesting in it really. Seen it twice before and the first time was best with the 2 goths whose names I have forgotten. But bleh.

I should make a point that this post is NOT my "Last Post Of The Year", cos for fucks sake - It's a day like any bastard other. I am SO filled with mega Bah Humbuggery right now, you've no idea. Anyway, don't wanna end on a pissed-off note, so here's some boys. :D