A missed oppertunity

Damn, I’m quite annoyed, I was this close, THIS close… oh wait, you can’t see me, well I was an arms length  away from fighting crime. Stopping the baddies. Doing a good deed. Foiling an evil plot. Letting justice prevail. But I didn’t, instead I froze up and got confused like a cowardly idiot, I always thought that, when push came to shove, I wouldn’t be one of the many who would walk past when someone is being mugged in an alley, or if someone is in trouble, but apparently I am.

What happened was, I was walking to work, when I turned round the corner, and see some young chav kid standing outside a shop, about 13 or 14, hood pulled over his face, looking fidgety and anxious, he seemed to be waiting, he dashed into the store, I was still walking towards it, suspicious of this guy. Seconds later, I was directly in front of the door to the shop, he ran out carrying a crate of wine or something, he looked at me, and said two words. “Safe, man.” and ran off round the corner, in the direction I had just come from.

I could have easily grabbed his hood, pulled it off his head, shouted, chased after him, something, he seemed nervous about the whole thing, he was probably new to this life of crime, I doubt he would have fought back very well, I would have taken the stolen goods back to the store and handed him to the guy in charge and he could have called the police, but no, I just stood there.

Ok, so maybe I’m over reacting, this was only a small shoplifting incident, it’s not as though someone was being stabbed, I was also alone, I would have probably been more willing to confront this guy if I had a friend with me, but the criminal might go on to do much worse acts, and I will be at least partially to blame. Also if I had stopped him, I would have felt so awesome and proud of myself, and I could always say to someone that I am a crime fighter, and I would be a hero, at least in my own eyes, for doing what’s right. And also this blog post would be a hell of a lot more interesting.

Potatoes

Woo Hoo! I won an Indiana Jones Mr Potato head on the SFX Magazine forums recently, go me! I know it is hardly the grandest prize ever, but I like it. I have also won some Battlestar Galactica dogtags in the last competion of the same sort that I entered, I must be on a roll.

It even plays the Indiana Jones theme tune when you push down the hat, clearly the greatest toy ever. I will have to make it battle with my Dalek Sec toy, if it ever arrives from Forbidden Planet. (yes I know he is from season two, but the black casing is so awesome, goddammit!)

Evolution

I have been thinking, a while ago I stumbled on a thing about how humans can recognize words  even if the word is misspelled so long as the first and last letters are correct. I can’t remember what it was called or what the website was but I found it interesting, which led me to think of something else about it.

I am not a scientist and I don’t really know how evolution works fully, but couldn’t this be some kind of sign of evolution, I mean it is a very minor thing so I don’t think it would necessarily take millions of years  for a species to evolve something relatively simple like this, its not like evolving wings or gills or something as drastic as that, it might only take a couple of thousand years for this. I don’t know, it was only a thought, I don’t think prehistoric man would have been created or evolved from monkeys with the ability to understand words which aren’t spelled correctly, for all we know, when languages and writing was created, if you made a spelling mistake then no one could understand what you had written. This could also apply to other small things humans can do instinctively.

Bah, I don’t know, it was  just a thought I might be wrong.

Webcomic

Web Comic.

I am going to start a web comic again at some point, I am determined, I am not going to quit!

But there are a few things in my way, I have the basic plans for the first few comics so that is fine, I know someone with the knowledge and expertise to make a site for my comic so that is fine, It is just the stage in the middle which is blocking my way to making the comic.

The person I was relying on to draw my comic (my brother) is now refusing to do any drawing or make any sort of contribution to the comic and I can’t draw very well.  This leaves me in a dilemma. Gah! I guess I will have to force myself to draw something decent or think of some style of drawing a human shaped character while at the same time making it simple to draw. Which would be fine exept there is not really any way I can do anything for any long period of time without my brother or my friends distracting me and last time I tried to concentrate on drawing properly I just ended up getting angry, shouted at my brother (which he totally deserved), threw away all the stuff I had drawn that time (not the plans for the comic) and tidied up my desk (don’t ask how I got there). Bah, maybe I will just use stick men…

I have done a web comic before, a couple of years ago, a sprite comic using sprites from A link to the past, hosted by drunk duck called Triforce trio. It was pretty crap but it did have a couple of decent jokes in there but its all gone now…

If I do manage to get it up and running then it will be somewhere on this website.

Depressed

I’m feeling rather depressed today, it could be boredom, dust, the birds nest outside my window, heat, my brother leaving orange skins and litter around the house, hay fever, tea, insanity, the church, the other window (not the bird nest one) being far too big for my needs or lack of quality speakers on my computer, I just don’t know so I shall post a complaint about each of them in the hope that it cheers me up a little.

Boredom: it’s self explanatory, I have nothing to do, well, I say that but I could read, play heatseeker on the Wii, play Lylat wars on the Virtual console, watch Firefly on TV, go for a walk(pfft), dare I say it, add something more than one chapter to my “book” that I’m “writing” for no reason(Its an ongoing project…), revise, play Sims2, Oblivion or Battlefield 2142 on the PC, tidy my house, watch a DVD, play Wind waker or rouge leader on the Gamecube (via the Wii), work out(again, pfft), learn to cook, fix my bike, order a pizza, go to a friends, go shopping, post on my Blog(Oh, wait…), get a job, have a shower, make a sandwich, stumble the internets, start a webcomic, learn to draw, read some webcomics, read some real comics, read a magazine, play mariokartDS, new super mario bros, animal crossing or Star fox command on my DS, go to the toilet, think up a conspiracy, start a club/cult, join a club/cult (less effort) or take some photos. But I don’t feel like doing many of those and most of them wouldn’t take all day anyway.

Dust: this room is very dusty and not good for my mood or environment bar(If you play sims)

Bird nest: Not really a depressing subject I know but the chicks are probably having a better time than I am today and they don’t even have an internet connection, I would assume…

Heat: Its quite a hot day today and I don’t like the magazine anyway so why would I want to read it.

My Brother… Orange skins and litter: he just leaves it where it drops and sometimes I find it weeks or months later and what makes it worse is that I hate the smell of oranges. luckily he is out at the moment.

Hay fever: I have a partially blocked nose probably due to hay fever, whats strange is that I usually feel better outside so it may be due to dust, but am I going to go outside, the answer is no, not if I can help it and besides it usually only works in a urban environment not a garden and I’m not going near anywhere with people or chavs (particularly chavs).

Tea: I made some tea earlier and it spilled everywhere. Not that interesting but I thought it was worth mentioning.

Insanity: Not a relevant thing but it could be a reason for my depression. You never know, I could be crazy.

The church: Also not relevant but I disagree with organized religion (or at least organized religion that I disagree with) and whilst it exists there will always be a certain level of depression in me.

The other window : I don’t like it, it is way too big, as if the builders couldn’t be bothered to finish the wall so they shoved a window there instead, its not even looking at anything, I will look through and say what I see, a bin, a pond with no fish in it, some green things (plants is what I think they are called) and my neighbors wall. The window also lets the sun in so all I can see on my TV is the reflection of the window, and the curtains are shit, the actually let the light in, completely useless, curtains are for keeping the sun and weirdos out and besides windows are meant to be an afterthought, you build a wall and think “hmm I could have a window here”, knock a small hole in the wall at around head height about the size of a movie poster and put some glass in if there is a decent enough view not a huge hole that takes up over 50% of the wall that faces another wall with a small space a little wider than a pavement in between.

Speakers: They aren’t that great and the music doesn’t quite sound right if it is a bit too loud.

Well that was longer than expected and cheered me up a little bit but I will most likely go back to depression in a few minutes. Oh well, I will be OK after Doctor Who and hopefully the T-shirts I ordered will arrive soon, anthrax free(Fingers crossed). I don’t blame you if you don’t read it. I wouldn’t if I stumbled across it.

Hello, I’m a little annoyed because I spent a while making the about me page and it doesn’t appear to be there, anyway this is my first post but it will not be read by anyone really at least not for some time. Unless some aliens far away find this, declare war on Earth and are eaten by a small dog.