Fierce_LiNk

Hmm, your sister is a prize winning tart for doing that. How old is she? Today has been ok. My front room has been fill of papers that I've been printing off, application forms, job descriptions, and stuff I've just stored there since I moved back home. I've tidied some of that up now, so the house is looking a bit more presentable. Also, just been to the gym and I'm knackered now. I really need to drink more water, because it's pretty hot in there, and it's just warmer in general. It's the type of weather where you just want to walk around the house in underwear, haha. Now, just watching The Karate Kid Part II on Channel 5. I love it.

Haha, there's quite a bit of un-love for Murray out there. Are there any reasons? I quite enjoy watching the guy play. He does seem to get a little better with each game, and he just seems to have that little bit of class which I think is missing from so many players out there. As it has been said, aside from the first match, the second and third games were relatively straight forward. It'll be interesting to see how he deals with a greater challenge, as I think that'll be a good test to see how far he has come. But, as in any sport, you can only play against whats infront of you. Sometimes you won't be playing against the best player in the world, but you still need to go out there and do a professional job anyway. I think it is the "lesser" games or opponents that some players in any sport find more difficult. Also, I'm glad to see the love for Hewitt. A very exciting player to watch.

You're probably hung like a pendulum, as well.

That's pretty sweet. Uhh...well done on your choice of family, haha. There's a certain cool factor to that, I think.

So, after the news about my friend yesterday, I went to sleep pretty late. Then, woke up this morning to a text message. She said "Just woke up and something clicked, just want to be clear that my sister didn't actually die! I think we were a bit confused last night!" This was one of those moments where I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. It seems as if our messages had been a bit vague maybe, and I think my friend was tired so didn't realise her choice of words when speaking to me. The problem was in the original message, she missed off that vital word "try." Then, I replied back to my friend a few times, and asked "if she did try or did it." To which she replied "yeah, she did." What I think she meant was "yes, she did try to kill herself" rather than what I thought she meant which was "yes, she did kill herself." So...she's ok, but it was a lucky escape. Fucking hell. Talk about relief.

Although no one can predict the future, and of course so many other things need to be taken into account when driving, like other road users, I think the only thing you could say is that being a bad driver could lead you to cause accidents. You could be an awful driver, and never have an accident in your life. It's luck. You could also be an awful driver and kill someone on your first week of passing. It happens.

I feel a tiny bit bad for Stuwii. Honestly, I think he had good intentions with this thread. I think. Basically, life isn't easy for anyone. And, everyone encounters some form of problem or problems throughout their lifetime. Whether it's peer pressure during their childhood or school years, or troubles in their family life, it's not easy. It differs from family to family. My Auntie, for example, I have no idea how she lives the way she does. She doesn't treat her kids very well, and they just have to obey every single thing that she says. For them, life is tough. For me, even though I'm technically part of the same wider family, and even though I only live a few yards away from them, my life is completely different. Now, imagine living life in a fishbowl. Where your every move is scrutinised. Where millions of people hang off your every word or action. Lets not forget, Michael Jackson was thrust into the limelight from the age of six (if I remember rightly). So, from the age of six, he's been touring, had his life documented, and had millions and millions of people adore him. When you're that famous, surely there must be some pressure to "live up to the hype." I have no idea how much pressure the guy put on himself, but it must have been harder than we could ever imagine. The lifestyle he has had, the experiences, the ups and the downs are vastly different to the ones you or I have had. The only way you can truly sympathise with someone is to put yourself in their shoes, and to imagine how they lived, how and why they did the things that they did. Obviously, you only live as you, you can never live as Michael Jackson. But, you can put the pieces together and try your best to imagine what it must have been like for that guy. He was both adored and lynched. Why is his outcome so tragic? Well, there's no "set" way to die, and there's no set time. It just happens, and sometimes there can be very little (or no) indication that it's going to happen. When you go out of this world, there's no telling if it is on a high note or a low note.

I did see this on the news last night, and then barely a minute or so later they broke to the news of Michael Jackson being rushed to hospital. So, it seems as if this is being overshadowed at the moment, which is pretty sad. My Mum was pretty saddened by this too, but then she's lived for much longer than I have, so she's seen Farrah in her glory days, and of course she's seen the battle she had to go through. R.I.P.

Yeeees. Luckily, my second reply was barely a minute after the other one, so I think I managed to rectify it. And, she was on the phone anyway, so luckily didn't read the message, burst into tears, and then read my other one. She said it was ok, and her and the family are just trying to cope. But...fuck.

Bugger, I made a hash of my first post. What is going on with my language skiiiilllls?! I sent a reply to the text saying I hope that you and your sister get better, something along those lines. Then, I re-read the message, and there was no "try" in the sentence. "hey, its not been good today, my sister took an overdose to kill herself" <--- That sentence again. There is no try. But, the first time around, I thought it said she tried to take an overdose. She just sent a reply to me a second ago...her sister did die.

Ok, I'm so confused, and think I may have made a stupid, stupid error. I texted my friend to see how she was, and she replied with: "hey, its not been good today, my sister took an overdose to kill herself, i've been in hospital all day shattered. How are you and the job hunt looking?" I swear to God, when I read it the first time, I thought it said she was taking an overdose to try to kill herself. That was what I saw, but then I re-read the first message again, and it sounds like she actually killed herself. But, when I had re-read the message again, I had already sent a reply... So, I've sent another reply saying basically...shit, I mis-read that message, I hope you're ok. And then sent another one saying basically sorry for mis-reading that message. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! This is a head in hand's moment.

I couldn't believe that game. A 3-nil lead at half-time, and it looks like England have had an easy passage through to the final. Then, half time comes, and...it's almost the worst possible outcome. Sweden are back into the game, from 3-0 down to 3-3, and worse still, England down to 10 men. They're through to the final, but now without Hart, without Agbonlahor (sp?) and without Campbell. So, they made it hard for themselves. Oh, and having to go through a shoot-out. Did anyone watch the USA against Spain the other day? Ramos and Pique had awful games for Spain, but I've never been a fan of Ramos at all. If you haven't, try to see the second goal...he'll definitely not want to see that again. On the whole, I thought USA did well. They didn't play for a draw or penalties, and genuinely gave it a go against Spain. After half time, Spain did give it a go and had a stupid amount of chances, but I thought the USA were superb defensively. Did very well.

I've played it in multiplayer a fair bit, and the pace of it is just wrong in my eyes. It seems like it was trying too hard to be frantic, and a bit too wacky that it had the opposite effect. The weapons were ok, but honestly, whether or not I killed someone or got killed myself, I can't say I cared either way. In other games, notably Goldeneye (it was always going to be compared to this somewhere along the way), I care about every death, every kill, everything. I just didn't feel the same in TS2.

I can't name a Nintendo game that I didn't enjoy (off the top of my head - although there are a load of games that I did not play last generation, including Tales of Symphonia, which...I know will get me killed at some point), but the game on a Nintendo console that I didn't like was/is Timesplitters 2. On paper, it looks like the perfect game. But, in reality, it just didn't work for me. It had all the options, all the right ideas, all the right elements, but it just didn't have that soul which grabs you. Definitely my biggest disappointment of last generation, by quite some margin I think. I know some loved it, but for me I just remember feeling...wrong somewhat for not falling in love with it. I'm seeing some shocking mentions in here. Metroid Prime, Sim City, and worst of all...Pikmin?! Guys, you're breaking my balls here. When I think of Pikmin, I think of one of my fondest gaming memories of last generation. That game seemed to breathe charm and character, and I think the "time-limit" gave it a great sense of urgency.

I'm gonna join you on Boom Blox at some point soon, Haden. I'm in the need for something to relax to. As others have said, de Blob sucks you in. It is something you can relax to, but...it takes up so much of your time. It's not something you play for 3 minutes. More like 3 hours, I think. Given that when you start a level, you need to continue it. You can't get up and leave or save it. It's a downpoint for some, but for me whenever I play, I want to get everything there and then.

I must admit, I had to do a double-take when I realised he was back on the air. He did talk for a few minutes about the death, and then said he didn't want to speak anymore. But, yeah...he's speaking again now.

Others will laugh at you, but money on games is pretty well spent, I think. You can get pretty sweet deals here and there if you shop around (Madworld for 17 quid for example), and you get so much out of them. I've seen people with huuuuge dvd collections, and may have only seen each film once, or have a million cds. If you use the stuff, and you're passionate about it, then it's not hurting anyone. It's better than blowing money on cigarettes, for example. If I did have more money, I'd have bought more games by now, so you're just living the dream, Dom, haha.

Random fact, but Together Again was played at the Funeral of my friend when he died in Primary School. Since then, I seem to hear it everywhere. It was even played somewhere when I went to Belgium a few months ago. It's a nice song, I think. I've heard on the news a few times already that Latoyah (sp?) was seen crying when the news originally broke that he was in hospital, so maybe the family knew for a few hours before news channels, although it's to be expected.

I think a tribute album at some point is a given. Where there's money to be made, people will make it. If it's any good or not, that's down to chance. Let the media circus begin.

As soon as I saw that he was planning to do all these tour dates, the first thing I thought was he wasn't going to have the energy to do all that. It's a shame, most people dream of being in the limelight, but it must have been somewhat of a curse for him. It's sad, because he's not the first celebrity to have gone through this, and he won't be the last.

Yeah, that's also another thing, and it's very sad because that along with other events that have shaped his life over the last few decades have tainted his legacy, somewhat. It's sad to know there's going to be jokes in the next few days about having "one less paedo on the register", and for many that will be what they remember. For others, they'll remember the surgery. For many, many more, it'll be the music, the icon that he was.

Sometimes you forget just how fragile the human body can be. It's amazing how it works, but it's so fragile at the same time.

There's fucking loads on mine, and it's just ridiculous. For the sake of others, I am not going to type this in caps, but the messages displayed were in caps. "omg, Jackson is dead, I am deeply saddened!" "Wait! Its unconfirmed! He's Ok!" "Wait! SKY News say he's dead! OH NO!" And people are changing their statuses to "Relax people, its unconfirmed." It just feels wrong, like people are trying to get there first to be the first to declare that they're sad, and the first to pass on the news that he is dead. In the middle of all this, a man, an icon, and a God to many may have died tonight.

They just mentioned that on the news channel that I'm watching. On another note, the facebook status updates are already starting to piss me off.

Yeah, Rizz. As Nicktendo says, TMZ are claiming he's dead. I'm watching the BBC News channel waiting for official confirmation.