• 16:56 standing on the train yet again. dont understand why they canlt have more than two carriages at peak time #

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It had to be done. (Note to marrog, this is not revenge I promise.

I thought I'd posted that.... Hmmm. Well here it is now.

On another matter here is a good reason not to use Front Page. Chortle.

Account Structure Update
Back by popular demand, Basic Accounts will be available to all users again by the end of the (northern hemisphere) summer. More information on the decision-making process and proposals relating to the future of Basic Accounts are in lj_2008.

New Themes
Two attractive and all-new Flexible Squares themes, "Circular" and "Circular Brown" are now available.


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New V-Gifts
Give someone you care about the gift of enticement. With the new Chocolate Ice Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Tea, Coffee, Curry and Sushi v-gifts, all the significant people in your life will be able to share in the longing for the tasty edibles below. Plus, it reminds loved ones you think they're really sweet, really savory or just plain satisfying.


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Ж-Men...but not the ones you might expect!
This week LJ Russia launched Ж-Men, a new comedy series about superheroes, inspired by the LJ communities dedicated to superheros, comics and cartoons. The title's "Ж" comes from ЖЖ, the nickname for LiveJournal in Russia.

Ж-Men's script is written by a group of LJ enthusiasts who also happen to be television professionals. Who knew? Following the premiere, five more episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks. We hope you find the series fresh and enjoyable.

This is, of course, an experiment for LiveJournal. As always, we'd love to hear what you think!

Which do you think sounds better?

• Unobtanium
• Handwavium
• Technobabblium
• McCoyvium

Think big. I make web applications, if someone had asked me when I was a kid "What do you want to be when you grow up" I wouldn't have said that. Not because I don't enjoy it, I do it's a great creative job that I love doing, but because it didn't exist when I was a kid.

Who knows what's going to be possible when my nieces and nephew 'grow up' (I've never been a fan of that phrase either, it implies finality, I think only by continuing to learn can you excel).

Today I shall mostly be trying to wrap my head around XS and make and other such fun stuff. The last time I did such things was... oh 15 odd years ago and I'm a bit rusty. Because of this I will be waiting on compiles and such fun stuff.

I hope things are going well with you guys.

i knocked another 30s off my 1.8m time this morning, which of course i am happy about. however, i stupidly looked through my training records for last summer and noticed i'd done the run in just over 15 minutes. holy crap! i still have a way to go before i can do that. however, i felt good this morning, good enough to sprint down my street at the end. friday is the start of my 3 milers. i'm actually amazed i have stuck to my plan.

i had a go on wii fit this morning and i've put weight on! well, no suprise, plus tomorrow i start weight training (which i'll do on the days i'm not running), so will probably put more weight on but hopefully lose some body fat.

unrelated, but in case anyone is wondering, my current default pic is the "happy human", the symbol of humanism.

cheryl and i were planning to meet up with some fellow humanists at a pub in edinburgh next thursday, but apparently i have a meeting in glasgow in the afternoon so that might mess up that plan.

finally, i was on the tv yesterday, kind of. and interview for the radio. apparently it's about three quaters of the way through this video, but it's not very responsive so i haven't been able to find the exact time index yet.

this is all due to my boss coming in to work today in his territorial army uniform, which for him is a kilt and the rest of the dress uniform. freaky. :)

I somehow managed to trip and stub my middle toe on one of the wedding gift boxes on the weekend. My toe went black and blue and I thought I had broken it. All is ok with it now, its not broken, and just a little bruising left.

Discovered the designer outlet in Livingston on Saturday :D we bought ourselves a denby sauce jug lol shocked by this grown up purchase we headed to Toys r us for some games and foam noodles. The foam noodles are a lot of fun when used as weapons against each other :D

Just cant seem to get myself back into my work lately. The aim was to start at 9 and finish at 5 but im now changing it to starting at 12 finishing at 8 since Chris will be home later some evenings. I really cant stand the project I have been given. Its nothing original and a pain in the backside to get primary research for without spending money to get in and out of Glasgow.

• 13:53 i am going to be on stv (east) at 6.15pm tonight and gmtv one day this week due to my boss wearing his t.a. uniform to work #
• 14:21 tappenyaki booked for friday night at 7.30pm, hungry already! #
• 17:06 waiting for the train. tired! #

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thanks to pirate_adam for making me aware of this band... arnocorps...

i doubt this is an official video, it's just that the lyrics fit with the movie predator. strange coincidence really...



definitely something that kidcrock should check out! =)

• 08:03 knocked another 15s off my 1.8 time, but it felt hard. the weekend is no excuse to eat shit. #
• 12:40 on the train to Glasgow #
• 18:04 just eaten at ichiban! #

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• 12:54 just had another good run. knocked 30s off my 1.8mile time. start 3milers next week #

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• 11:16 sometimes you have to get radical. it's ok to press delete and start again from time to time. #

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Brothers and sisters I have seen the light. I have had the truth revealed to me and now I shall show you the way. Last night I had a vision, an angel of the lord came to me.

There I was lying in bed when I heard swearing from my from the front room. In trepidation, afraid it might be a burglar who would sue me if I was rude to him I grabbed my dressing gown and peeked my had round the door. Imagine my surprise when I saw George Carlin! He was holding up one of my shoes and cursing it. Then he looked up at me.

"Are you going to turn on the light kid? And seriously who leaves their shoes in the middle of the floor."

I turned on the light and stood there in shock and awe, he looked round wandered over to my drink cabinet and poured himself a glass of whisky. Then he sat down on the sofa and looked at me.

"What you gawping at kid? You seen a ghost of something?"

I found my voice and replied.

"Well yes actually, I thought you were dead." He grinned and took a sip of scotch.

"I am. Brace your self kiddo it gets worse." What could be worse than a dead man in my lounge I thought. "Turns out there is a God and it's got a job for you." Well yeah, that would do it. I sat on a chair looking at a dead comedian drink my whisky and felt my world collapse.

"Look kid, God is a bit pissed, apparently it's all part of being an omniversal hyper consciousness that's comprised of the interconnectedness of all things or something. I dunno, Bill tried to explain it to me before I cam down but I think he was stoned. Anyway it's tried to.."

"It?" I interrupted.

"Sure, you weren't expecting God to be a big beard in the sky were you? Even I knew that was bullshit when I was alive, and let me tell you I've learnt some weird shit since then. Anyway shut up and listen." I shut up and listened "Look, it doesn't have much time to deal with the mud ball. Heck I'm only doing this 'cause I thought it would really piss of the fundamentalists. It tried to get the message across a few times and then gave up on us. Anyway it thought it was worth another try. So here's the deal." He leaned forward.

"Stupid people are fuckwits." He leaned back.

"That's it? That's the whole religious revelation?"

"Yup. People who think they know the truth and aren't willing to learn new things are stupid. Mock them. It's fine, God says so. If you meet someone who is completely assured that they are right and they cannot be wrong. Especially if they think it's because God told them this then you can ignore them and their idiocy. It's that simple. Stupid people are fuckwits, mock them. Of course there is a catch."

I sat for a moment watching his face as he drank my whisky. My brain rushing his words through my mind. Then it dawned on me.

"In the end we are all stupid. About something."

"Yup." He grinned. "You're all fuckwits, but some of you try and make it better. Good luck kid." And then he, and my whisky, were gone.

So there you have it, I'm officially starting the "Church of the Revealed Fuckwit." I'll work out were our first service is as soon as I can be bothered. Sign up and you too can insult anyone you like and get away with it, because it's you deeply held religious belief, passed down from God too me via George Carlin, that we are all fuckwits. Would I lie to you?

Please note this is the second revision of the divine revelation as it was pointed out to me that only fuckwits call it Scotch.

for those that haven't seen our first dance yet...



the dance was choreographed by felicity at http://www.learn2weddingdance.co.uk/ who cheryl and i fully recommend as she is very professional and a really good laugh

Tell it like it is.

Do try thinking.

• 09:57 still went for a run, even though it was pissing down. 1.8miles in 19m:30s, compared to 20m:45s on monday. #

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