Give Me Novacaine

Apologies to anyone who's emailed me over the last week and a half, mail host is fucked!!

Sometimes I can read emails, sometimes I can't and replying is not an option as it won't let me do that on anything, webmail service included.

At the moment the server status says down yet I'm able to log into the webmail service and access my mails but not reply to them.

So anyway, Halloween, god I hate this god awful event! It's crap, its not even ours and it gives little chavs an excuse to go vadalizing my property!

Roll on bonfire night, aslong as I don't see anyone doing a 'penny for the guy' chararrde, as thats just bloody beggin and usualy their 'guys' are crap!
I've made better ones in my time! we even put bangers in his eyes and mouth once >;-)
This was way back when bangers were half decent and could only be brought by adults responsible enough to use them, these days its seems that any little scrote can get hold of bangers and rockets so they've had to tone them down otherwise the stupid little prats will blow some fingers off.

And then there was a catherine wheel incident when the bloody thing chased my mum up the garden cos she hadnt nailed it to the fence properly ;-)

On Millenium eve we were in Holland with a load of Dutch mad men who had a very big box of fireworks, the bangers had great long fuses on them like cartoon bombs do, we had great fun lighting them well into the early hours of 2000.
They all had a main body of red tissue paper, when we finaly awoke from the drunken stuper at around 3pm in the afternoon the street looked like a scene out of War Of The Worlds where the red weed covers everything.

27 Days til:

Should be a picture here but blogger is fucked for sending pictures again!

Still Top Of The League

Rover Oxford 1-0 Southgate









So anyway, we won 1-0 crap game! Played shite and still won!!

Monster Hangover

Survived work.........just!

Have felt pretty ropey all day but had a cooked brekkie at 10am this morning which sorted me out.

So big weekend, league match tomorrow, top of the table clash and then we're off on a team night out to Pizza Express mmmmmmm Tuna Niciose salad :-P

Currently listening to Star Wars Episode IV soundtrack

Bloody marvelous!

Random Star Wars IV quotes cos I'm bored:

"That's no moon, that's a space station"

"Mos Eisley spaceport, you will never find a more retched hive of scum and villiany"

"What a piece of junk!"

"You're all clear kid, now lets blow this thing and go home"

"Sometimes I amaze even myself"

Really!

The Automatic...

They were shit!

I've sobered up now and I still think they were shit.

In all the years I've been going to concerts I've seen some poor support acts but usualy the main event has been pretty decent but everything about last nights bands were poor.
They had 3 support acts for starters! That means they haven't got much material of their own to play with (1 albums worth)
Its a shame cos I like their album but as a live band I personaly would not see them again as they were just pants!

Even 'Monster' wasn't that good live, we left shortly after that and I never normaly walk out on bands.

And I must apologize now to all the people I sent pissed text messages to at around 11pm last night!!


31 Days til:

Wot A Load Of Rubbish!

Don't go and see The A utomatic

shit shit ands morer shiit

monstrer he besst song they done and even that waas shit! and i'm pissied! !


fucking frubbish!!!

wats that coming over the hill is it mondster? not its a shit band with one decenbt song!

Come On You Spurs

Carling Crap! 3rd Round

MK Dons 0-5 Spurs
















So.....off to see The Automatic tonight and still no sign of the bloody cd I won from eBay on Sunday! :-(

32 Days Til:

33 Days Til Tempest

Another Tempest excert has appeared on the Star Wars forums :-D


"What are you doing here?"

"Looking for the Solos, of course," Fel said.

Han raised his brow. "Kid, if this is about Jaina -- "

"It isn't, " Fel said, a little too forcefully. "Jaina has caused the Fel family enough problems for one lifetime."


Bring it on!!!! :-D Jag Fel is back! >;-)


I must not read any spoilers this time as god knows how long I will have to wait for the book!

Credit cards are all ripped up and paid off with a loan from Northern Rock so this time next year I should be debt free.....or atleast thats the plan anyway!

Get Shortie

So me mum and brother come back from Halfrauds cos he needed some bike lights and some bike oil.

Apprently theres a height chart in there due to a new legislation about the height of children and car seats!

My mums only just tall enough not to need one LOL

SHORT ARSE!

Impromptu

5.30pm I get a phone call.......'Vixzter do you fancy meeting up in the Kings Arms for a few beers'

Stupid question!

Anyway, its half term and most of my hockey mates are school teachers and so don't have to get up at some ridiculous hour this morning!

It's amazing, after 5 bottles of Becks I don't actualy have a hangover but all my clothes stink of cigarettes, roll on the smoking ban!

34 Days til:

Whats That Coming Over The Hill

So somehow I'm off to see The Automatic on Thursday at Oxford Brookes student union!
No idea what they'll be like, but I'm loving their track 'Monster'

Tickets are free and beer will be cheap so who cares really ;-)

Lyric Of The Day:

Brain fried tonight through misuse
Through misuse, through misuse
You can't avoid static abuse
Abuse, abuse

Without these pills you're let loose
You're let loose, you're let loose
Take off, get out, no excuse
No excuse, no excuse

What's that coming over the hill
Is it a monster? Is it a monster?
What's that coming over the hill
Is it a monster? Is it a monster?
What's that coming over the hill
Is it a monster? Is it a monster?
What's that coming over the hill?

Confused, mind bruised, it seeps out
It seeps out, it seeps out
Face down, home town looks so grey
Looks so grey, looks so grey

Convexed you bend, twist and shout
Twist and shout, twist and shout
Stand up brush off get moving
Get moving, get moving

What's that coming over the hill
Is it a monster? Is it a monster?

Mido

Spurs 1-0 West Ham




















Pretty uneventful weekend, no hockey so went to the gym instead.
Ended up at Ikea on saturday, brought a shelf and some other stuff.

35 days til:

And The Spurs Go Marching On!

UEFA Cup Group B

Besiktas 0-2 Spurs

Get On Up And Kick It All The Systems Are Ready To Go!

A long time ago at a concert arena far far away

15 years ago to be precise

Saturday 19th October 1991

I saw Roxette play at London, Wembley Arena

It was one of those life changing eperiences! ;-)

My 1st ever concert. And then......

This happened!

^^Click On The Link^^


39 Days til:

Love On The Rocks With No Ice

The Darkness - Seemed Like Such A Good Idea At The Time

We may not get back what we had
What I threw away
But you know I would do anything
Anything you say

I'd cross a thousand miles of broken glass
On my hands and knees
I would crawl if for a moment
We could cease hostilities

But it seemed like such a good idea at the time
Such a very very good idea at the time

Dunno where I am
Dunno where I went wrong
I dunno where to start again
Dunno where I am
Dunno where I went wrong
I dunno where to start again

Now the dream is over
Lately I have found
That you only seem to come alive
When I am not around

But it seemed like such a good idea at the time
Such a very very good idea at the time

Dunno where I am
Dunno where I went wrong
I dunno where to start again
Dunno where I am
Dunno where I went wrong
I dunno where to start again

But it seemed like such a good idea at the time
Such a very very good idea at the time

Dunno where I am
Dunno where I went wrong
I dunno where to start again
Dunno where I am
Dunno where I went wrong
I dunno where to start


This song just about sums up the whole Darkness situation!

40 Days til:

*IMO*

Star Wars EU fans are it seems very much like Roxette fans.

A bunch of moaning minnies at times!

Always searching for a meaning of something that just isn't there.

I should stop reading forums, I have already stopped reading TDR forum, it just seems pointless to me to have endless discussions about the same thing.

Who cares about chart positions? it seems to be the b all and end all in some ppls lives!

Who cares that Jacen is turning into a Sith? Good the sooner he does and the sooner someone kicks his arse the better in my opinion.


40 days til:

Grief Hammer

The Darkness is no more

:-(

A Collection Of Songs Designed For The Modern Man - With Musical Accompaniment

Long Blog Warning!!!

I've gone and done it!!!

I just can't believe I've paid again for songs I already have countless hundreds of times!

I was in Tesco wanting some blank dvd's and there it was, the latest Roxette GH cd looking at me from the new release's section, the Roxette cd I claimed I'd never buy!
But old habbits die hard, the whole concept of passing a "new" Roxette release in a shop and not buying it hasn't sunk in, the little voices in my head told me to do it!
And to top it all, I was even a little excited about it, just seeing the 2 people who have been my life for the last 16 years looking down from the shelf at me!

And so as I've traveled back from Southampton this morning I've been taken back into the realms of my Roxette fandom.
This doesn't mean I'm about to go silly and buy the box and single, the box is on my Xmas want list which I've sent to Father Christmas and as for the single, if I see it cheap on eBay I may consider it for old times sake.

I also have 3 seperate lots of friends! Theres friends at work who know I love Roxette but don't know just how much I am obsessed!( or they do know they're just trying to ignore it), Theres Rox friends who are just like me, completely insane! and then theres hockey friends who know I like some Swedish band that sung a song in a film, but have no idea how much I really like them and if they did they'd probably fine me so much money that I'd be broke for the rest of my life so its best I keep fairly quiet on that front!

And then theres John! if it wasn't for Roxette I don't think we would've met!

And me mum, the other half of the looney tunes that have spent nights on train stations, days in Sweden and countless £'s on concert tickets, cd's, posters, t-shirts etc!

So the point of all this is......I still love Roxette! its hard not to really, if you take out the 2 new trax from the compilation then its easy to see why.
Ok so One Wish is well...... too synthy for my liking and Reveal is just bad all round (appart from Marie's voice).

Here's the last 16 years of my life, Roxette style!

A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far far Away!

1990.... sometime around July?

The Look : this was one of them songs I hadn't even heard til I was given a copy of Look Sharp for Christmas 1990 by my uncle.
I'd given him a list of tapes that I would like for Christmas that year and by pure luck I ended up with Look Sharp and not whatever the latest Jason Donovan release was otherwise I may not be here typing this about my fav Swedish band.

Dressed For Success: the 2nd ever Rox single I brought, on tape cassette cos yes I didn't have a cd player in them days! I still have the tape in my archives, I loved this song for its hand claps and an excellent b-side The Voice

Listen To Your Heart: again another track like The Look, I'd heard of it but never really knew it until that Christmas day in 1990! I was very anti social that year! ;-) New walkman, new tape to listen to chirst knows what the bloody film was that year and as for the Queens speach well I think it went something along the lines of....... "Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile, the precious moments are all lost in the tide, they're swept away and nothing is what it seems the feeling of belonging to your dreams" Ok so that could possibly be the alternate Queens speach, Queen Marie of Sweden >;-)

Dangerous: The first time I ever saw the video for this was on the LookSharp Live vhs, we'd brought it on the way to seeing Oxford Utd play away at Spurs of all places, Oxford lost not that I cared much but I couldn't wait to get home and watch my new video which I said to my mum I'd pay her back for.
I never have, she keeps reminding me of this from time to time ;-)
This is also when my random magazine cutting scrap books started and Kylie and Jason posters gradualy got replaced by a new improved Swedish model which was bigger better and alot faster! ;-)

It Must Have Been Love: the song that started the rot!!! the 1st ever cassette single I ever brought with my own pocket money, played it I dunno how many times, the cassette still lives but its in retirement these days and Paint just rocked as a b-side.
Shortly after buying this I was taken to the Roxette care home where have been for the last 16 years..... ;-)





Somewhere on the Join The Joyride tour, 1991







Joyride: the whistles! you would not believe how long it took me to learn those fucking whistles! Taping the Top40 Chart show on a sunday night on Radio 1 just so I could play it over and over and over again and also cos I wanted Deep Deep Trouble by Bart Simpson ;-)
My 3rd Rox single was brought and off I went on a Joyride.
The video! my first cringe moment! Marie in those god awful leggings! and its only recently that I realized they're actualy supposed to be stood on the wing of a plane, when I say recently I mean in the last couple of years.

Fading Like A Flower: At some point I think my mum got me the Joyride album, I snapped the first cassette I think I must be on #4 by now.
The video for FLAF was what made me want to go to Sweden so I could go up the tower thats in fading like a flower! I found that highly amusing at the time! ;-)
Oh and the smashing rose! how fucking clever was that!

Spending My Time: there was an interview with Rox about this video, there was supposed to be a dog in it but Marie didn't like the dog so they had to get rid of it. I found it funny at the time ;-)
One of Gessle's best lyrics ever: "I tried to call but I don't know what to tell you, I leave a kiss on your answering machine" Pure genius!

How Do You Do!: walking through Sheffield, 17th July 1992 on the way to Sheffield Arena to see the 'ette.
There was a huge great billboard poster of Per and Marie from the HDYD vid, it was advertising the Liveism video.
I was trying to get the poster off the wall but you know what its like they stick them down with industrial strength glue! so I got as far as Marie's knee's when it ripped in half!
Still the concert rocked!! and I got Per's autograph and a plectrum after the show.
We slept on Sheffield train station waiting for the train home, one of those mad moments which you don't ever want to repeat but it was funny at the time!

Almost Unreal: I saw Super Mario Bros 6 times at the cinema because of this song!
"I love when you do that hocus pocus to me...."

Sleeping In My Car: so there was this rumour going around that Roxette had new stuff coming out, I heard it first on Radio 1 cos they used to have exsclusives like that, these days they don't give a shit!
Went to HMV to buy the single on day of relase and thought "Fucking hell! what has Marie done to her hair?" Also this was the year of my first trip to Sweden, my mum rang up the Scandinavium in Göteborg and we managed to get thru to some very nice Swedish lady that spoke perfect English, ordered 2 tickets for Roxette's show on 18th Septmber.
Somehow they arrived! Now this was years before cheap RyanAir flights so we booked a package holiday and took the boat from Harwich to Göteborg (which no longer exsists) and spent 5 very very stange days in Sweden!
I had to buy a new bag for the way back cos I had that much Roxette stuff it wouldn't fit in the ones we had.

Crash! Boom! Bang!: the video was on GMTV and Rox were there to promote it, Penny....whatshername was interviewing and she asked some bizare questions one of which was "Now all I know about Sweden is that you eat cod porrige" and Marie having no clue as to what the stupid woman was on about just said "What?" and looked at Per. LOL I loved that moment!

Run To You: Rox were on tour in the UK, Yes really they used to love us here!! ;-) this song was supposed to be out the same week but true to form EMI released 2 weeks after the event!
Fuckers! this is where the EMI rot set in!
Still, managed to see Roxette 5 times in 1994, not bad going really.




Me and Marie, November 1995





Wish I Could Fly: now I've done some strange things in pursuit of Roxette fandom, one of which was to go to Belgium for the day (yes, just the day!) and buy Have A Nice Day.
The reason behind this was that it was not getting a UK release for up to a month after the Europeans got it.
Now call me stupid if you like but I thought we were part of bloody Europe!
Another EMI fuck up! Rox did eventualy come over and see us here :-) there was a memorable few days which started with an unplugged gig at the Radio Cafe on Leicester Sq in London and then an appearance on the Pepsi Chart show and CD:UK.
WICF even made it to #11 :-D I should bloody well think so cos I brought every format going.......TWICE!

Stars: good video idea, badly filmed! the remixes were good though.
When I went to the city hall in Stockholm I didn't have inclination to go jumping off the wall into that lake, looked too bloody cold to me!!!! and I might have seen them singing ducks, that would've just freaked me out.

The Centre Of The Heart: internet gone mad! knew the album before it arrived, kinda spoilt it really :-( But...... Rox toured and so did I, to Sweden in November!! fucking hell that was cold!




Centre Of The Heart, video 2001






Milk And Toast And Honey: aaaaahhhh Marie's voice, I love it so :-) and if you're watching Gessle, the lyrics ain't half bad either!!






Me & Gessle, Tylosand Hotel, 2003
Marie Dimberg you will never know how much this picture means to me!












A Thing About You: fantastic song but a pretty bad time Rox wise, Marie was sick and everything was in total confusion :-( I don't mind admitting I cried a bit!
Infact its on winamp now and it just reminds me of that time, I loved the video but I just thought we were gonna lose Marie and I think my whole world nearly fell appart!

So....... 2006..... to infinity and beyound?





EMI Sudios, 2006






Me and Roxette, we're not in each others pockets these days but I'd like to think we could go out for a beer from time to time and still have a laugh ;-D

Happy 20th Birthday Roxette *raises a glass* Here's to 20 more years of cringeworthy videos, cheesey lyrics, kick arse guitar riffs and general all round Swedishness!!

I Was Yellow When They Said To Fight The Reds Cos I Knew I'd Be Beaten Black And Blue

Oxford Hawks 0-4 Rover Oxford!!

COME ON!

2 bruised fingers one bruised foot, stiff muscles and the ankle still hurts but was well worth it cos I scored after just 41seconds ;-)

We are top of the league!

Still messing with blog template, text colour needs sorting

This isn't the blog you're looking for

Finaly I've got atleast somewhere after spending all morning trying various things out!

Thanks to Ally for starting the blog template inspiration ;-)

You'll have to put up with the text colours for a while as I don't have time now to adjust them.
Some text probably won't show too well !!

So anyway...

Lyric of the day:

Me and the cannibal’s volountary prey
(A cannibal…)
Ain’t looking for a friend, We are looking for a Master
(Or anyone who can…)

Deliver us from free will
Deliver us from free will
Deliver us and free our minds from thought
Deliver us from free will
Deliver us from free will
Deliver us and free our minds from thought
Deliver us now!

Ooh, I was a Jabba the Hutt slut
Cut to the next frame, do it again
I was a b-flat conqueror, cat to comb
With all the no-no-no of nursery bones

Say can you see who will sleep well at night
(Are You sleeping?)
In a world that’s a-flame and is changing much faster
(A-changing, a-changing)
Give us a reason to fall to the ground
(A miracle!)
Or give us the drugs so we all can get plastered forever…
Forever!

Deliver us from free will
Deliver us from free will
Deliver us and free our minds from thought

Deliver us from free will
Deliver us from free will
Don’t wanna know what tomorrow will bring
I need a thing I can hold on
and cling to forever… Forever!
Oh, deliver us now!

The Ark - Deliver Us From Free Will

44 Days til:

Bear with me!

Fucking about with backgrounds and templates!

The Doggio And The Cattio Are Fighting On The Pattio

Just spent the last few days trying to get a loan for a year to sort out once and for all my stupidity in spending on credit cards and such like.

Well part of it would go towards settling the loan I already have with cahoot that I took out to get my car.

So the credit cards have been cut up although it was only one that I've spent on and then transffered the balances around to a few others when theres been a 0% deal on.

So it seems I've been approved provisionaly with Alliance & Leicester so we shall see, although as I write this I've had another idea about getting stuff paid off quicker.

Ho hum! I'll work it out eventualy ;-)

The ankle saga continues, swelling is going away but there still seems to be some pain, mainly cos I stand all day at work so that doesn't help.
Just done the bucket of cold water with ice cubes in it, its amazing how refreshing that can be! ;-)
Playing on saturday, its the big local derby must win match of the season (well thats until they come to our place and play us in the return match)

Watch this space!!!

So anyway all this working out of finances has left me with a dilema, cos I'm not using my credit card I can't order the new Star Wars Legacy book from the USA so I'm gonna have to sit tight and wait for the UK release date which should be about 10 days later.
Those 10 days are gonna be complete murder! I gotta keep myself away from spoiler forums.

And so to bed cos I'm bloody knackered!

Oh and that shower of complete shit that likes to be known as the English football team lost to Croatia! hahahahaha!
No more mindless optimism from me, they're a fucking load of rubbish and it will be a long time before I get my England shirt out of the cupboard again although I may wear my one with Beckham on the back as a protest!

One David Beckham, theres only one David Beckham.

And what a laugh, its supposed to be the dawn of a new era under Stever McClaren.

It's same shit different day!

Still.......its only ....

47 Days til:














And after that the countdown will soon start for this:













So just when you thought it was safe to come out of the cupboard I'll be raving about yet another book!

This may go on for a while, well atleast for another 7 books or so! (can't remember how many they've planned for this series)

And You Said It Was Pretty Here!

<--- That will be me in a couple of hours when I take my tea break at work.








Normal things to do on a Monday night:

Sit at home, surf the net have dinner, watch a bit of TV, surf the net a bit more.

Abnormal things to do on a Monday night:

Take a 250mile 5 hour round trip to Hastings to pick up a guitar that your brother won on eBay

Yes that was more than slightly loopy!

Especialy when SatNav takes you thru 'Local' territory ....... "We burn people in cars round ere sir"

"We don't ave 'lectric round ere sir, we 'ang people who use it"

You get the gist! ;-)

If I haven't been caught on anyone of the numerous speed cameras around the M25 I shall be most surprised, we even had a little tour along Hastings sea front! couldn't see the see as it was dark but we opened the windows for the full seaside effect ;-)

Must've left Hastings at approx 9pmish, got back to Oxford at just gone 11pm.
Once we got off of the 'local' roads the M25 was running! which is a novelty, it bloody well should be at that time of night LOL

So what an entertaining evening I had ;-) well it beats what I was going to do which was work out how much I owe on various credit cards and sort it out so that I don't owe anything anymore. *yawn*

;-)


49 Days til:

Word Of Advice

Don't stick ure foot in a bucket of cold water filled with ice cubes as its fucking cold!

My latest way of giving my ankle the hot and cold treatment.

Top Of The League!

50 Days til:

Trash Cat Is Not Amused!

Tres Amusing Part Deux

Ok 2 posts in one evening!

Watch This!!

Bloody marvelous!

Tres Amusing!

More Cat Pix Here!

I really love this one.....

So anyway, bollocks to the TDR forums, not going there no more or atleast not until my Roxette love affair returns.

Don't feel like I have much to contribute appart from sarcasm.

So anyway moving on..... theres new excerts from the next Star Wars Legacy book and the major character list is out (or Dramatis Personae as its called in the book world)

List is as follows:

Allana
Alema Rar
Ben Skywalker
C-3PO
Dur Gejjen
Han Solo
Jacen Solo
Jagged Fel
Jaina Solo
Lalu Morwan; former flight surgeon (human female)
Leia Organa Solo
Luke Skywalker
Lumiya
Mara Jade Skywalker
Nashtah: assassin (human/unknown female)
Nek Bwua'tu; Galactic Alliance admiral (male Bothan)
R2-D2
Tenel Ka
Zekk

YES!!!! Jagged Fel is back!!! >;-)
For those that don't know and just don't care he's a long term Jaina bloke intrest ;-)

Last time we saw him he got shot down over some planet or other by Han and Liea in the Millenium Falcon, not good for possible future inlaw relations but would make intresting dinner conversation.... " Do you remember that time we shot you down...."

Ok no one cares LOL

Books gonna be good!!
Will be looking to see where I can order it from this time that allows to get it here before the UK release date which is usualy 10 days after the US one.

53 Days til:

Headline News!

So got my name as headline in the hockey section of the local paper, its been a while since that happened.

Anyway, it would appear that my ankle is as first thought completley fucked! its bulging and doesn't look much like an ankle atm :-(
So I'm off training on physio's orders (he said don't do anything stupid!) I've got an appoinment with him on Friday so we'll see how it is then.

Will probably miss this weekends game :-( unless I know for sure its not doing long term damage to keep on playing.
If I miss this week I hope I can be ready to play next weekend cos its the local derby that we just have to win!

What do you do when you're not training?

Drink beer and eat Marmite biscuits!

Oh an ice the ankle.

55 Days Til:

Up The Spurs Part Deux!

Spurs 2-1 Pompey

Rover Oxford 5-4 Eastcote

Scored a hat-trick, ankle is still buggered! should I be playing? who knows but I'm still enjoying myself :-)

It pissed with rain while we were playing yesterday, so much so that the umpires had to halt the game for 5mins cos no one could see!

Fucking monsoon!

And so tomorrow....its back to work :-(


57 Days Til: