Pic of the week

Found out how to post pics to my blog straight from my phone. This pic shows am example of how far my love of superhero movies goes lol i ain't a massive fan but like little bits like this.

Addicted

I'm normally a man who resists temptation. Very well in fact. I am not an alcoholic, nor am I a serial smoker or gambler. I have very strong will power when it comes to vices such as those. Well, all except for gaming... Last week (pay day), I bought myself an Xbox 360 and GTA IV. Having played an Xbox before and having been amazed by the graphics and games, plus having loved every other GTA game previously, I just had to buy myself one.

I've been brought up on computers and as far back as I can remember, I can recall a computer being in our home. First one I remember was a Commedore and then my much loved Atari ST. Next came the more user friendly consoles that kicked this hobby into overdrive, the NES, the SNES, the Mega Drive. I had them all at some point and used to spend hours isolated in my room playing them. Even on holiday away from my much loved consoles, I found an arcade and got my fix there. I cried as a kid if I didn't get a chance to visit an arcade. It was the arcade I wanted, not the beach or tourist attractions. Looking back, yes, it was weird. I blame my sister and brother who got my hooked on gaming in the first place.

In my defence, I am not a huge gamer at the moment. The addiction seems to have gotten weary as I've gotten older, with responsibilities, relationships and maturity pushing it to the back of my mind, but I still love games. I think in work about playing GTA and other games, like Guitar Hero, which was my previous addiction. (rock on!). GTA seemed the perfect first game to buy for the Xbox, as it is almost as if it is a never ending game. Well worth the money.

That's enough of that. I'm getting the wild shakes just thinking of the next mission I am to undertake as Nico Belic, the character from GTA. .. well, not that bad, I am over exaggerating a tad.

The weekend went well. I went a gig on Friday and got drunk. It seems the usual thing now on a night out. The question that springs to mind is "Can I go out with friends and not get drunk, but drink at a steady pace and just enjoy myself?". I'm going to experiment on that one in the future. I don't like acting like a prat when out with friends, even though they get a laugh out of it.

Spent Saturday with Kallam and did the usual, went to my brothers. He is progressing his wording a little, saying things like bye bye and associating it with waving to people. I'm so proud. *beams with pride*. When someone says "your a big boy now!", he stretches his arms (arm) up and smiles. He's so cute. Love him to pieces.

This weekend coming up, I've got him overnight and then during Saturday. Can't wait.

That's it for the update. C ya round.

All About Mal

Things you should probably know about me

Who is your favorite music artist, band, or performer?:	Many.... to name one: The Beatles
What is a movie you would watch on a first date?:	A rom com: something like 50 First Dates
Are you single or taken?:	single
What is your favorite color?:	Blue
What is a movie you would never watch on a first date?:	My Bloody Valentine 3D or any horror
How important is physical attraction to you?:	50%
Who is your favorite actor?:	Will Smith
What are your top 3 favorite songs?:	queen: killer queen Sam Sparo: Black n Gold Beatles: Let it be
What is your most notable quality?:	unique-ness
Who is your favorite actress?:	Eva Mendez: HOT! lol
What is something you would never say to your partner on a first date?:	Fancy a shag.
What is your favorite drink?:	Coffee
What are your 3 top favorite movies of all time?:	Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, Star Wars
What is your favorite food?:	Sunday Roast
If you could change something about yourself what would it be?:	my teeth
Where did you grow up?:	In my hometown of Widnes, Cheshire
How do you describe your personality?:	Straight out crazy
What makes you mad?:	hardly anything, but guys who are gits make me mad
If you were to die right now, where would you go?:	i'd like to cuddle with someone in particular, but anywhere really, as long as i was welcomed.
When you're alone, does it bother you?:	Mostly Not.
What is something you have that you know would attract the opposite sex?:	good personality....i hope and a nice bum??
What gets you irritated?:	Mr know it alls
Do you want kids?:	yes. i have one already: Kallam 15 months
What are your long-term goals?:	Get a place of my own, get driving, find someone special, live happily ever after.
What makes you happy?:	my son, friends and family
If you found out you had 24 hours to live, what would you do?:	probably kill myself. In the 24 hours i'd have probably worried myself to death anyway
What's the first thing you look for in a woman's character?:	how caring she is, sense of humour and how lloyal she is
What do you like?:	I like: Music Movies Games Designing LOVE Photography My son
Have you ever been arrested?:	no, and dont intend to
What is your political view?:	Let's all just do whatever the heck we want
What confuses you?:	women, but i like to think i understand them more then most
What are some unknown facts about you?:	i have arthurits in my left knee due to a footballing accident and it hinders me from walking properly.
What do you appreciate in other people?:	i appreciate people who are genuine and are not two faced
Besides her beauty, what is something a girl must have in order to spark your interest?:	an amazing personality, including a good sense of humour, outlook on life and lovingness about them.
Where would you like to spend your honey moon?:	A beach city.
What is a country that you would like to visit?:	Austrailia
If you could choose the ethnic race of your girlfriend what would it be?:	Any. Not like i am desperate or anythin :P
What are your favorite international foods?:	Pizza, Special Fried Rice, Lasagne, Spag Bol, Curry
Where were you born?:	Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK
What is your favorite CD, Album?:	Queens Greatest Hits
What is your claim to fame?:	I stood outside of Tommy Lee Jones House in San Antonio
What is your worst fear?:	Spiders! agh!

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musical genius in the works?

Urgh, I seem to go in and out of phases of wanting to blog. I don’t seem to be motivated to blog often, which is bad I must admit.

I’m going to make a conscious effort to write more blog entries and hopefully, make them more interesting starting from today and you’ll have plenty to good entries to read. Hopefully I’ll live up to my end of the bargain.

I’ve been wondering why it is that I take up a hobby and after a few weeks or months lose interest and fling the hobby to one side and go onto different things. I’m thinking its due to my creativity. Leos, like myself, are natural born creativity freaks. I love designing, playing guitar, singing, creative writing and all sorts, I just can’t seem to keep up one long enough to improve my skills, its frustrating.

From now on I’m going to keep my mind focused on one, maybe two, hobby/ies and see them through and see where they take me. At the moment I’ve been thinking of recording my own songs. I can play guitar, sing, play the odd note on a piano and have a good ear for music, so naturally I want to showcase my talent to friends and maybe a mass audience, either from blogging or MySpace or whatever. I’m thinking of downloading some audio software, getting my rusty old mic for now that I’ve had for over 10 years just until I buy a new one and do some covers of some songs I feel I can do. I’ve got my eye on a few tunes, namely some acoustic songs by some of my fave artist. I’ll decide later tonight which ones I want to cover. I found chords for Sweet Child o Mine by Guns and Roses, so I might do an acoustic version of that to start with. That should be fun. Wish me luck.

If my good friend Dave Hearn, who likes to be called Dave Love can make his own songs at home, i'm sure I can. Heres one of his songs called "Super Fuckin Man".

If you like this song, there are more songs of his on his myspace .

As for recent events, the weekend went by without anything interesting happening. I know boring. I had my son on Saturday, and took him over to my sisters. She was mad busy sorting a party out for my niece, who on Saturday turned 16. I felt really old, especially when my sis goes and puts pictures of her up around the house, some with me in them. It got me thinking how times flys. Only seems like yesterday when she was a toddler, learning to walk and talk. Got me thinking how I shouldn’t waste time and I should get out and do things and make an effort with making the most of life while I can. A little motivation would be appreciated, but where on earth can one find a life coach? Lol. (Saturday night and Sunday were uneventful.)

A friend, who I met online a while back, came forth and confessed to fancying me. Wayhey! Problem being, she’s seeing someone and she lives across the country. Just my luck. Someone comes out of the woodwork confessing that they fancy me and they are unavailable. It’s happened now a couple of times. Seems everyone I take an interest in or has an interest in me, is unavailable either due to distance or relationships. That’s what you get when you make friends online. It’s a great thing, the internet, but can get on your nerves with the long distance thing. So, she announced to me that she had fancied me for a while. I said I was glad she thinks that way, as it is a confidence boost, but that’s given me a mind job, as she is seeing someone and no way in hell am I going to be an affair kinda guy. I’ve got morals and principals to adhere to dontcha know. I’m going to suggest friendship is the best way to go for us.

That’s it for my update. See ya.

Hello New Year!

Its 2009.. Who would have thought it? I'm a 90's kid and always will be. Never did I think towards this far into the future (even though my imagination has always been very wild and sci- fi).

The year has started off well, which is a good start indeed. I'm hoping with fingers and toes crossed, that this year will be one to remember, unlike last year which pretty much stank of old socks dipped in blended bad eggs. I split with my ex, which on one hand was a god send, but on the other I don't get to see my son as much as I'd like and I am back living with my parents. Not the worst off I could have been, but still bad.

Late 08 was a bad one for the family, which kind of makes 09 more of a new start. My sister had troubles at home and so did my dad and his girlfriend at New Years. Plus I had an accident Christmas Eve, where I damaged my dodgy knee again whilst being a drunken idiot and left me hobbling around ever since. I'm Only just getting over that one, but at least I never had to visit hospital or anything. Apart from that though, Christmas was great, I spent Christmas day with most of my family and had a great time.

I was stricken by anxiety recently, as the great UK recession hit my workplace. Many stores and firms within the UK have been affected by the recent recession and many employees have been made redundant as a result. I thought I was going to be one of the "R crowd" yesterday, but was relieved when nothing happened and my boss didn't provide me with my unemployment papers. My thoughts go out to those who have been made redundant however. These are hard times and many of my colleagues in work have been made unemployed, some of which have worked within my company for more years then myself. I wish them every success in the future and good luck with finding a job.

Now that I am quite sure my job is safe (but not totally sure....), I can start planning on improving my circumstances and making 09 a successful year for me. First things first. To feel good about myself, I need to get out of my parent's house, therefore, I've started to look for a modest one bed roomed apartment in the local area and hope that come pay day, I'll be able to afford one. Fingers crossed. The next part of my action plan is to then see about getting my driving lessons back on the road. Driving is something I will need when it comes to visiting friends, family and most importantly collecting and dropping off my son.

Back to the apartment hunting through... I've gotten myself all excited about the prospect of moving out, I'm dancing all over the show. I've recently seen one that's very "swank". I'm not getting my hopes up as anything that looks this good is normally not for real. As you can see below though, the apartments are situated on the River Mersey and have a brilliant view of the nearby bridge, which is a smaller version of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The price is only £375 per month and it is fully furnished. I've requested more information on the apartment so watch this space.

It seems I'm back at the blogging game. I hope many people come to view my blog as I would like their opinion on goings on in my life. I may add a review every now and then to spice things up. See ya soon!