Sunday Round-Up #2
The second ever Sunday round-up is finally upon us. A post that has been eagerly awaited by all.
My abstract distraction this week is :
Not quite an abstract distraction, but I love that title so much, so I’ll take liberties there and you’ll like it. Wireless Headphones. All this week I’ve been walking around the house with these wireless headphones on (stolen from a family member). I don’t know what I did before I started using these things. Making a sandwich downstairs in the kitchen with them on, listening to music being played from my laptop, even hearing email notification alerts - I love it. It’s really handy for things like podcasts, you can walk all around your room/house still listening, no wires pissing you off. Invest in a set of these.
Something that made me laugh this week :
There was a thread on boards.ie about things you’ve overheard from Dubliners. This post was by a user named “WindSock” and I found it pretty funny :
” 2 skangers male and female walk into a chipper and the man says;-
‘wha’ r ye havin’?
-’a snack box’
‘yer not havin a snack box’
-’i fookin am’
‘yer noh, now wha are ye havin?
-’Get me a bleedin snack box or yer not gettin yer hoel tonigh.
The man turns around to the person behind the counter:
‘Two snack boxes, ple-ase’ “
Curses on :
The fucking weather. I type this on a Saturday night and I actually don’t think I can remember seeing weather this bad here. My local village has been closed off, and apparently a pub (not sure which one, 95% of buildings down there are pubs) has been washed out. There’s floods all over the city. Even my own back garden is totally waterlogged, I’ve never seen that happen before. I wanted to take a picture but the camera isn’t around right now, if I find it I’ll edit this and post the pic.
And what the hell is with the Twitter links on the side of my blog? If you hover over them you’ll notice they spasm when you get near them. Awh, nervous little things!
I’m pleased with :
Things developing financially. I’ve got a new ebook all written and nearly ready for launch, and I’ve gotten a job involving some IT work that looks very promising.
Also, a while back, a friend and I were in Club Twenty One (beware that website - there’s music on autoplay), rather inebriated, and purchased some “VIP Passes” for €25, which at the time seemed like a great idea. There was only a limited number of them for sale. This week we went to the place again, and it turns out the passes weren’t a complete waste of money! Instead of joining the plebians in the queue, I walk up to the entrance, show my pass, get in immediately, for free. I think it’s safe to say I’ve found my new favourite club.
A pointless anecdote from this week :
I was coming back from the shop, and as usual, was listening to my ipod, in a futile attempt to drown out the screams of glee from the parade of women following me. A man was walking in my direction, a complete stranger to me. As he approached, I raised my hand to adjust my earphones. However, as I raised my hand I saw the man’s face form an expression of surprise before hurriedly saying hello to me. I found it strange for a moment before I realised he’d obviously thought I was about to wave/acknowledge him, when I was simply fixing the earphones. Oh, what a hilarious misunderstanding.
Great guy/gal of this week :
Russell Brand. My love for Russell Brand knows no bounds.
This guy is quite a controversial character. A former drug addict, fired from MTV a few years back, his well documented sexual exploits, extremely witty, and most importantly, what a vocabulary he has! He was fired from MTV on September 12th, 2001, after coming to work in an outfit which he has said “can only be described as Osama Bin Laden-esque.” Whatever you think about that stunt, it required some testicular fortitude to go through with it.
He’s won “Shagger of the Year” (an award given by a tabloid newspaper) for the past two years. That’s not an award I’d associate with someone who talks in such a Dickensian manner really. Not to mention his crazy hair.
I download his podcast every week, which is something I always look forward to, particularly the “Nanecdotes” which are stories people send in about their grandmothers (don’t say you don’t like that pun!)
He does presenting, stand up comedy, and is also a decent actor, and apparently has more films in the works after starring in “Forgetting Sarah Marshal”. His book is meant to be good too, I’m hoping to buy it soon.
I’ve bought the domain russellbrand.info, which I may develop soon, purely out of love.
Russ <3
Product/Service I like this week :
DesignByHumans. A friend showed me this site, where you can sign up and design a t-shirt for others to buy (I’m sure there’s some sort of voting/selection process to decide what shirts get printed), or of course buy some yourself. There was a sale on for the next few hours when I was shown the site. And, it’s free delivery when you spend over $70. And, we knew a 10% discount code. So me and my friend split an order, spending $78, which was really $70.2 with our discount - perfect, we’d get free delivery. I got two shirts, shown below, which cost me a combined total of $26, around €17, which is a great price. Here they are for you to marvel at :
What d’ya reckon?
A quote :
“I have a very bad relationship with the future. We don’t get on. We just ignore each other.“
-Peter Doherty.
Did anyone really think I’d leave my Petey out of here?
And finally,
Favourite song this week :
Skinny Love - by Bon Iver.
This guy’s damn cool. He recorded his album himself in a wooden cabin in the middle of winter, and what a great album it is. The video below is a live version of this song, on Jools Holland - a great performance. A thanks to Joseph for showing me this guy. Enjoy.
That’s it for this week. There hasn’t been much news (that I can think of) for me to discuss so it hasn’t been about anything very current. Any ideas or suggestions are most welcome, do leave a comment please.
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August 10th, 2008 at 12:34 am
Designbyhumans is a friggin’ fantastic find. May design & enter a few shirts myself.
Downloading Russell Brand now too. I never knew he had a podcast, but its now probaly going to be a weekly for me.
August 10th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Warren : You came to mind straight away when I saw the site! You should definitely do some designs for it. Let me know what you think of the Russell Brand podcast. If you’re actually reading this, check your email in a few minutes!
August 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Note to self: buy wireless earphones
Love Russell Brand too
Great post as per usual!