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Heh, giggletings. My day, for all that care, has been non eventful. I foolishly decided to look for work over the weekend(rather get my mum to, lel) and it turned up, so I had to work today 1330-2130 but been kinda tired. Not too shabby though, really. They really need two people again tmw afternoon, and I'm like, no I don't do tuesday afternoons cos of Aikido but eventually decided I'd do a 12-6 if they'll have me and go straight to Aikido from work like and yeah and my mum came to work and gave me my sister's bus pass so I got the bus home without having to spend my 90p so I thought, saved 90p, I'll have a swift pint and a bit of a read in the pub by meself(tis like 5 minutes from my house and it's monday club, totally not an alchy!) so I got a John Smiths and read the first chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?(Go Knee Book Club GoGoGo!!) then headed here, looked in the fridge and found some more beer(Hobgoblin mmm), and the afternoon's curry which my mum cooked. I've since dished, warmed, and ate some of, said curry....and it is really fucking hot! I'm like on some crazy pimped out spicy-curry-enhanced beer trip that is making me quite hyperish crazy. I have to sleep at some point to, to get up for work again. Booooooo! WHY DOES IT BURN SO MUCH AHHHHHHHHHH. Also decided from previous posts, I want some purple jeans.

I've not read this thread in any way shape or form beyond the title, yet I know exactly what it's referring to and you, good sir, are a fucking legend. I wish I could kidney punch everyone who uses this wrong phrase. (I'm gonna feel silly if this is actually something about the band, who I know very little about)

You apparently didn't read my post so well What are you guys upto with your days of birth, anyhow?

What, you mean when the Wii was released? __________________ Just kidding, Happy Birthday to you too Pooki!

Happy Birthday dude, I thought you were older lol. Anyways, hope you has a good one!

I like this, it's sort of in line with what I consider myself too, though different on some things. This thread is well timed for myself, also. Me? Well, I'm Me. I know this, and I go with it. I know I'm not perfect, but I know that no one else is either, and I try my hardest to be better and be a good person(I act as I expect, but I'm not gonna waste time wishing I was something I'm not, unless I can realistically be it). I have my own style, and my own way, and that's me. I'm not rigid though, I'm open to newness, as long as you can show me the sense in it(reason, logic, rationale). As far as I'm concerned, I won't change for people, and I'm very forward about who I am, what I think, and people can either take it or leave it, but I'm honest and hate dishonesty/fakeness, on the whole(sometimes, there are exceptions). For all my bluntness and honesty, I'll have some tact with some people and try NOT to be harsh if I can help it, at first. Unneccessary confrontation is unneccessary. I have short patience, though(as Daft, I hate people who don't think sometimes, and ask a question easily answerable). I hate people who let me down. I hate people who expect something different from the world than what they give, and so I act as I expect the world to. I hate people who don't make the effort, don't think, and don't give time to see or realise things from both sides. I think sometimes, I give too much to people and the world, and sometimes I don't get enough back, I wonder how much I actually mean to people sometimes as opposed to just being that crazy guy who's amusing and arranges and organises stuff(and if I didn't, would I have them as friends?). I try not to blame others for my faults, mistakes, or consequences of my own actions(I'll blame them for their faults, though), I accept the consequences of my own actions fully. Contrary to how this post sounds too, I try not to take myself, or life, too seriously. I love to have a laugh and a joke, and have fun, but it doesn't mean I cannot be or am not serious. I hate people who take themselves too seriously. I have standards I expect though, though everyone who knows me is fully aware of what I expect and the consequence. I'll give if you give, but if you take, I'll take back just as hard. I'll make a joke for the sake of a joke, I think I have joke tourette's, I go crazy if I don't make it, even if it's not funny to anyone but me. I often cut a joke at someone's expense, but it's just a joke, some people never realise(usually the sort that do it themselves, all the time). Sometimes people get confused when I'm joking and when I'm serious, but the RRAAAAAGGGEE is usually fairly distinguishing. I don't know what other people think of me, and it DOES bother me sometimes, because as far as I'm aware I know alot of people, and they all like me, but I could never fathom why. I don't like to be disliked, but if someone has a good enough reason for it, then I'm cool with it, I guess. I can't tell people what to think, or do, but I'll give my opinion. I've actually asked some people lately, especially recently, why they like me. Last weekend was interesting, I went to the party of a friend of a friend, then was talking to her online and she called me a Philosophical Gangster(lolz, she's nepali and grew up in NY, and I wear alot of 'bling'). She said with me what you saw wasn't what you go, which kind of made me feel like I'd achieved something by hopefully making someone think what they know isn't neccessarily right, too many people judge too easily and don't give enough of a chance. Like Daft said, it'd be my motivation to be unpredictable(i'm too lazy for the effort of doing it though). She apparently said this to my friend too, to which he laughed alot, then agreed, it made me feel kind of good, dunno why lol. She also spent the weekend insisting and telling me that I was a good person, which was ironic cos the dicky bitch from the summer popped up on sunday night and called me a bad person. Now, with the one telling me I was a good person, I insisted she barely knew me and I was a bad person in some respects, but I think you can be both a bad person and a good person, they aren't polar opposites. However, the reasons the dicky bitch gave me was for the way I apparently treated her, which is exactly how I treat my friends(she had a better deal, even) and it annoyed me to the point I wanted to prove that isn't a bad person! I said if I was such a bad person for it, why did I have the friends I had! Apparently, I think I'm a good person just because I'm 'popular'. It put me in a weird, funny place, I was already having a bit of a friend crisis and feeling kinda unloved and worthless(due to the fact anything I attend, *I* seem to be arranging, either originally or cos no one else does properly), but in a strange way, so I ended up being one of those emo people who I hate, seeking reassurance from my friends about why I'm liked and what I have to offer the world. Hence the well timed nature of this thread :p Like Daft, too, this may make me seem like some crazy sort of high maintainence freak, but it's only on the inside, on the outside I'm cool and easy going, and I'll make the effort for people, mainly cos I'd hope they'd make it for me, too, when I need or want. I make too much effort sometimes, I don't know why. I just love people, I love the world and the variety in it, though lately I'm starting to hate all the shit bits so much that it's draining. I don't see anyone else making the effort. Bah Humbug! EDIT:Wow, apologies for the essay. Damn.

X Factor and all those shitass sort of shows have destroyed the christmas number 1, and in turn, a little bit of the magic of christmas. I really fucking hate the fact it's no1 every single fucking year, fuck off!

Indifference leads to bitterness, or the other way round, or something...

Not to mention the fact it's basically just the GC game enhanced a little bit, with terrible compatibility issues/bugs as demonstrated by the whole AUS WW to CF problem. I actually can't believe you've all been suckered into this by Nintendo, again. I really want this title too, I really really kind of do, simply because people I know will have it, but you know what? Fuck Nintendo and their half arsed shoddy rehash of a game, I'm taking a totally ineffective one man stand and refusing to buy this game!

When or where do we commence upon the discussions of this week's Film? A new thread in here, in the playground, or just in this thread? I realise I have yet to submit film/book choices, I haven't had much time to give them good though, but I've done watched me some Slither for this week, and am planning to start Do Androids... quite shortly!

You share my mother's sense of humour. Just so you know. DomJcg, what's like a ship...but underwater? I'd liken it to a significant different in Command and Conquer...

I've just(well, a few hours ago) obtained my orange belt in Aikido, after a day of not very much except purchasing GTA4 and Armoured Core preowned for 360 for £18, only to see GTA quite mashed and with a radial scratch and lo and behold? It had a DRE. Then I watched my friend play Armoured Core a bit, then we watched Slither(Go Knee Film Club Go!), then we got driven to Dartford by my mother to be picked up by a strange man who would spend an hour to drive us to Margate to grade, then to eat snacks and beer, then to return in said strange man's car. He's not at all strange really, and quite cool, and had a good selection of music upon his iPod! Like a true kid in the back of a car, I'd taken my Micro and SMW advance, and played it for part of the journey, also asking at points how much longer it was to our destination! Had a nice day all in all, like actually nice, nothing too much more, nothing too much less. Not bad, not good, but nice. It is acceptable, will do, fit to purpose, did suffice.

A legendary fellow. He'd hate me though, I'm 50% laugh ninja.

Weee, Happy Birthday to both of yous!

Wow, thanks for the heads up! I'm gonna run down there and check it out now, cos I was gonna buy it off play anyway, so if I can get 2 games for the same price I think I might as well!! EDIT:Not got it yet, couldn't decide what else to get with it. Probs gonna go back with someone I think...

Cos it's only 14 levels, I thought I'd give it a go, thorughly stumped on level 5 though, and it took me ages to get there too!

Is it worth me buying GTA4 at £18? I kinda liked the original, and the second(like original originals) even though I sucked at them, not really played any since but I imagine they've changed quite alot lol. Would anyone recommend it, and why?

DLC? Any ideas what's gonna be in it? I've decided Ima definitely buy this at £20, which I'm going right....now!

Quickquickquick! The bargains board shows an excellent bargain of this game at £20, but it's not the CE. I was really kind of set on getting the CE, but for a saving of like...£20, I *think* I'll settle for the regular version. I'd like to know though, how much worth it is the CE? Is its extra content(what IS its extra conent??) worth the extra £20 given I absolutely loved the original game??

Tiny bit of thread derailment, but can anyone enlighten me as to what happened to Katie? Used to like playing iSketch?

The mobile phone was something upper class and niche for businessmen that suddenly hit the mainstream, the next big thing will be the same. Whilst technology advances rapidly, gadgets and whatnot tend to be subtle shifts. If I'm not mistaken, technology is the fastest depreciating thing ever too due to the advancement of it all, things start off extremely pricey when first made so only the rich can afford, then slowly fall in price and become more available to the common man. Look at what's niche and expensive now, it'll become the 'next big thing'. Random note, I want Roomba's to become the 'next big(but cheap!) thing'. I tend not to get most technology until it's well outdated and dirrrrrrt cheap.

I agree with this so much! I know I did sort of mention it in my last post, but I just wish they'd done more! They were excellent items, I especially loved the ball and chain(and the way you randomly sort of got it after killing that dood), but felt it lacking later on. The dominion rod would have been good for uncovering some secrets placed around the world(i thought the statues were, but then they ALL turned out to just be part of the main quest ). Something I DID like about the items were the new bombs, water bombs and those little scuttlebombs, forgot their proper name, along with the return option to combine them with the bow and arrow! I didn't like the Bow and Arrow as much as I used to though, as fun/wii-tweaked the new aiming system was, I was a dab hand with it in OoT and MM and it felt much more satisfying sniping guays with it in Lake Hylia than in TP. I gotta agree horseback fighting was excellent though, and there WERE some pretty damn good bosses in the game!

Wasn't it Nintendo who set the original idea of coloured consoles with the N64? I do highly disagree with them pimping such a range of colours, only for them not to have even materialised 2 years later. How long into the N64 lifespan did they release the coloured ones? I feel they might be trying to maintain their identity of the Wii as this little white box to the mainstream though, I can actually imagine many of the non-gamers(and/or 'casuals') finding a non-white Wii a bit strange.

Funny, you pull me up on it, but not dazzybee who originally mentioned it. The point of this thread surely, is for discussion? Not instant dismissal of other people's ideas? If you don't wish to contribute productively, why contribute at all? Given that we both mentioned the subjectivity that surrounds such discussions, did you think you were bringing something more to the thread by pointing it out, or just trying to make yourself look smart and win some imaginary argument? Or did you actually believe yourself so much smarter and superior than anyone else who reads this thread, that none of them would appreciate the issue of subjectivity, without having it pointed out to them in a bolded way? Such an attitude doesn't really help threads like these, imo.