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TUNE OF THE DAY

Small Faces: Lazy Sunday

Lazy Sunday afternoon, I've got no time to worry...

(I really don't!)



I received quite a bit of critisism after my last blog when I said that Greg Laswell's version of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" was a lot better than the "terrible 80s version". Well I'm sticking with it, and I ask you: how can this possibly be better than this?? :P

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Had too much free time lately (never thought I'd here myself say that!), so I thought "why not write yet another blog"?

"OH SH!T"

That's what I was thinking to myself the other day as I almost caused a three car pile up :oops: While I've been doing my blog rounds I can't help but notice that there has been a few of you involved with car accidents recently, so I do apologise for this.

Anyway, I was walking through town aiming to drop off a parcel (containing a £200 Archos device, but that's for another blog) and, as usual, I was in my own little world. I came up to a junction (which is a fairly heavy one) and I remembered the old hedehog adverts...

VIDEO LINK

...so I looked and listened for cars. There were a few waiting at a traffic light but obviously not moving so I started to head across the road.

BIG MISTAKE

What happened next? To be honest, I'm not even sure! All I know is as I was halfway across the road, a car came up from behind me and breaked suddently. I let out the aforementioned expletive and legged it to the other side. After a quick turn to apologise, I quickly hurried out of the way...

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We're having our old kitchen ripped out at the moment so the entire house stinks of dust and damp. We've always hated our kitchen ever since we moved into the house 5 years and we're now finally getting rid of it. But I know what you're thinking...

IT CAN'T BE THAT BAD

BET I'VE SEEN WORSE

probably winging over nothing

Well, I guarrentee to you that it is that bad. I might try and upload some pics next time to prove to you! I guess it was put in circa 1975 (:shock:) and is bright mustard yellow. Yes, mustard yellow! Anyway, I spent all afternoon today breaking up the old cabinets (and catching myself on old nails), and let me tell you this, there is no better stress reliever than hitting an old kitchen cabinet with a 3 foot mallet!

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Now, some TV.Com news!

I've been going a bit crazy with the submissions lately, which has launched me up to level 31!

Now that is a nice emblem!

I've also managed to make into the covetered top 500 members!

So in the words of that round Japanese guy:

YATTAH!

Also, earlier this week Lin (LMH68 ) made me a trusted contributer on another of my favourite shows:

ROOM 101

Check out a clip here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdhUdC1A35k

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The series premire of "Flashpoint" (my new guide ;)) was brilliant, this series shows a lot of potential and I just hope CBS doesn't gut it the same way they did Jericho

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I saw a promo the other night for Bradley Whitford's new miniseries "Burn Up". This show looks brilliant, like another West Wing / Studio60 $tyle show that we all know he is great in.

Check out a promo here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY__KBYJjMM

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A friend of mine has been nagging me for years to watch Doctor Who, I've tried it and it just isn't for me (listens out for hushed whispers). It seems he's now moved onto the next best thing and is attempting to get me to see Torchwood, well I guess it's only fair I give it a go so tonight I will be letting my sci fi guard down and checking out the show I've heard so much about!

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Right, I've been blogging way too much lately so this may be it for a full week ( :shock: as if that's gonna happen :P ), so what show is this person from?

(Figured it's about time we had an easier one!). Answers please :D

Last blog's person was Josh Hopkins who can currently be seen on the surprisingly addictive drama "Swingtown". As Cenina was quick to point out though he's also been in "Bones", "Ally McBeal" and many other shows! Only one person guessed last week and that was Cenina so a huge congratualtions to her!

That's it for now,

Tom. :)

Yet another quiz!

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TUNE OF THE DAY

Greg Laswell: Girls Just Want To Have Fun

A great song from the end of episode 4 of "Damages", and don't worry this isn't the terrible '80s version! :D

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I recently gained two new TV.Com editorships (one is consideribly more popular than the other!). I'm now the editor for the new CBS drama...

FLASHPOINT

I'm also now the editor for...

WHAT THE VICTORIANS DID FOR US

I haven't watched this show in years, but it was one of the shows I contributed to when I joined almost two years ago (two year anniversary a week on Sunday!), anyway I happened to click onto the guide the other day and I noticed I was on 79 points, so I thought "why not"?!?!

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I'm doing lots of quizzes lately, so why should this blog be any different? Here's one I stole from Layla:

1.What time did you get up this morning?
Too freakin' early!

2.Diamonds or pearls?
Er... which is the shiny one?

3.What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Not really a big cinema goer, I think it was Indiana Jones (Yup, I've seen one IJ movie!)

4.What is your favorite TV show?
Frasier (tied with Seinfeld, Jericho, Damages and Have I Got News For You :D)

5.What do you usually have for breakfast?
Some sort of breakfast bar with coffee

6.What is your middle name?
Simon

7.What food do you dislike?
Mushrooms, avacadoes, beef and lamb

8.What is your favorite CD at moment?
Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing

9.What kind of car do you drive?
The invisible one

10.Favorite sandwich?
Oooo, this is my time to shine! I guess something like chicken salad

11. What characteristic do you despise?
Backstabbers... it's murder to get out...

12. Favorite item of clothing?
I've discovered recently that I pretty much dress identically to Ted (How I Met Your Mother)!

13. If you could go anywhere on vacation, where would you go?
Either Italy, the USA or Australia

14.Favorite brand of clothing?
You think I care?!?!

15.Where would you retire to?
I'll worry about that in 50 years!

16.What was your most recent memorable birthday?
Wouldn't that just be my most recent birthday? I don't have alzeihmers yet!

(Hmmmm, number 17's gone MIA :()

18. Favourite Band?
The Jam

19. Favourite Movie?
Licence To Kill

20. When is your birthday?
11th September (Yes, I know...)

21.Are you a morning person or a night person?
Depends who I'm with :D

22.What is your shoe size?
8

23. Pets?
1 Cat

24. How many bones have you broken?
Assuming we're talking about mine, none :roll:

25.What did you want to be when you were little?
Big

26.How are you today?
Not bad, thanks

27. Favourite Book?
A Walk In The Woods, Bill Bryson

28.What is your favorite flower?
Er...

29.What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
Er...

30. What is your star sign?
Virgo

31.What are you listening to right now?
Greg Laswell: Girls Just Want To Have Fun (see Tune of the Day!)

32.What was the last thing you ate?
See question 5

33.Do you wish on stars?
Come again?

34.If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Er...

35.How is the weather right now?
It's Cumbria so guess!!!

36. The first person you spoke to on the phone today?
No one yet :( (on the phone that is)

37.Favorite soft drink?
Don't really have a favourite, but I am partial to some Lilt!

38.Favorite restaurant?
Local place

39.Real hair color?
Brown

40. Marital Status ?if more than 1 how many?
Single

41. Children?
Hope not :D

42.Hugs or kisses?
See quesion 21

43.Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate

44.Coffee or tea?
Coffee

45.Do you want your friends to email you back?
I have a pathologic problem that I have to email people back, it's a disease I tell you!

46.When was the last time you cried?
Er...

47.What is under your bed?
Boogeyman (either that or Lord Lucan)

48.What did you do last night?
Watched Room 101

49.What are you afraid of ?
TV going out

50. Salty or sweet?
Sour (I'm difficult!!... not really, I hate sour!)

51. How many keys on your key ring?
4 or 5

52. How many years at your current job?
0

53. Favorite day of the week?
Er, I don't know, maybe Friday!

54. How many towns/cities have you lived?
3

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Now that Heroes has finished, BBC Two is reintroducing their usually terrible Thursday comedy night. Tonight at 9pm is the return of Mock The Week, I don't usually like this show but I'll try it again tonight just to see if it's improved.

Following that at 9:30pm is new comedy "Lab Rats", which looks a more zany, more surreal Big Bang Theory!

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Has anyone else been watching Austrailian comedy "Summer Heights High" recently? 'm realy enjoying this BBC Three import, as the satire is spot on! The characters are perfect parodies of people at school and it's hilarious seeing them being made fun of! It's told in mockumentary $tyle so it's quite similar to The Office, but obviously no where near as good.

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Right, that's it for this blog, but as usual, what show is this person from?

Answers please :D

Last blog's person was Rose Byrne (:)) from Damages, congrats go out to Ela (mafalda) and Cenina, obviously last week's was harder than usual!

So, goodbye for now,

Tom. :)

To read or not to read, for that is the question...

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TUNE OF THE DAY

Grant Lee Buffalo: Happiness

Good song and a House music video!

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The Sky Broadband saga continues! Remember last time when I said it hadn't worked for a full 24 hours? Well since then it's worked (that box is ticked), but it's been insanely slowly and intermitante. I did a bit of digging and I discovered that Sky is doing something called DLM on all its lines. Basically, the idea is they have a fiddle with our lines for 20 days, during which the connection will be frustraingly slow. However, at the end of the period the speed should be better.

Annoyingly the Sky ba$tards didn't bother to tell us any of this! I had to go digging around the web to find out about it, but I did uncover this handy site:

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-dlm/

So once again...

...but only if it can be ar$ed to work!

I'm meant to be getting an 8MB connection (so I should recieve ~5MB at the best of times), but look at what I have been getting:

And yesterday it was even worse:

PAH! :evil:

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Let's get rid of all that unpleasantness and do a great British thing... talk about the weather! The weather is still awful here in Cumbria, so much so that yeterday we got a full blown thunder storm! :grumble: :grumble:

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Now, let's get quizzical! There's been a book "quiz" floating around recently and so I suppose it's time to embarrase myself and see how illiterate I really am...

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien (Only book 1)
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (Read books 1 to 4 then gave up! :oops:)
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible (Read parts but not cover to cover)
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell (want to read it again!)
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare (Read some Shakespeare, but hardely the complete works!)
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (This is one that I really want to read)
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (and saw the movie!)
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (seen the movie)
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame (once again, the movie!)
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis (only books 1 and 2 when I was a lot younger)
34. Emma - Jane Austen
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell (brilliant book! And saw movie!)
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (and saw movie!)
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding (and don't I bloody know it!)
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

(Whatever happened to 61? Poor 61, we hardely knew ye :()


62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker (seen the brilliant movie... "Welcome to my home...")
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson (Yay, finally some Bryson!)
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome (This is set very near to where I live)
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (and seen many many movie adaptions... but the Muppet version is still the best! :oops:)
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (seen various TV adaptations)
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute (Nope, but I do like A TOWN CALLED MALICE !)
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (Come on, it's Charlie & The Chocolate Factory!!)
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

That's pretty pathetic isn't it! Then again, a lot of my favourite books weren't up there. For example, my favourite book ever is "A Walk In The Woods" by Bill Bryson, which is hilarious and everyone should try. Along with Bryson I also enjoy P. G. Wodehouse (Jeeves & Wooster), Ian Fleming (James Bond, how could that not be up there?!?!) and John Grisham. At the moment I'm enjoying "The Runaway Jury" by Mr. Grisham.

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Greek is fast becoming my "must watch" show of the week! It's a complete guilty pleasure, as I normally hate teen dramas, but this one just keeps getting better!

(Greek, Sundays 9pm, BBC Three)

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Starting this Friday on CBS (for US viewers) is new drama "Flashpoint". I've been looking forward to this testosterone fuiled show for a while and now it's finaly premiering!

DETAILS

(Flashpoint, Fridays 10pm, CBS)

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Right, before I disappear for another cup of ol' morning glory (been getting minimal sleep latley), what show is this person from?

Answers please :D Last blog's person was Lisa Edelstein (Dr. Cuddy) from House, kudos go out to Jenn (big haircut82), David (efc91), Madison (madison1314), Daria (12678), Ela (mafalda), Jon (vendbien) and Cenina (er, Cenina!)! Phew, that's a lot! To many of you Lisa will be Dr. Cuddy but to me she will always be the loveable hooker from The West Wing! :D

Right enougth for today, I've embarrased myself enough,

Tom. :)

Little bit o' this, little bit o' that...

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TUNE OF THE DAY

The Kinks: Lola

Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy...

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Feckin' Sky Broadband! All day yesterday, for no apparant reason, is refused to work! Just flat out refused. The router sat there, looking smug and I swear it was mocking me! And of course their tech support was brilliant in helping me diagnose the problem: sure, they're on the other side of the world but they know exactly what's going on with my router! Lousy cotton-pickin' bast...

...but only if it can be ar$ed to work...

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Right, enougth of that :D Like a bad case of the heebie-jeebies, there's something going around at the moment. And I've caught it from Jeaninne (the one with the big haircut)...

Bold those you've seen episodes of
Bold underline the shows you watch/ed as a fan
Strikethrough the shows you hate/d (at the bottom!)
Italicize the shows you PLAN to watch (at some point!)
Put your five favorite shows from the list in a colored font

1. The Simpsons (1988-present)
2. The Sopranos (1999-2007)
3. Seinfeld (1989-98 )
4. The X-Files (1993-2002)
5. Sex and the City (1998-2004)
6. Survivor (2000-present)
7. The Cosby Show (1984-92)
8. Lost (2004-present)
9. Friends (1994-2004)
10. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (1997-2001 [WB], 2001-03 [UPN])
11. The Wire (2002-08 )
12. South Park (1997-present)
13. Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000)
14. The Daily Show (1996-present)
15. The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present)
16. Arrested Development (2003-06)
17. The Office (British) (2001-03)
18. American Idol (2002-present)
19. ER (1994-present)
20. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000)
21. Roseanne (1988-97)
22. The Real World (1992-present)
23. The West Wing (1999-2006)
24. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-94)
25. Miami Vice (1984-89)
26. Chappelle's Show (2003-06)
27. Law & Order (1990-present)
28. The Larry Sanders Show (1992-98 )
29. The Shield (2002-present)
30. Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
31. The Civil War (1990)
32. Gilmore Girls (2000-07)
33. My So-Called Life (1994-95)
34. 24 (2001-present)
35. CSI (2000-present)
36. thirtysomething (1987-91)
37. NYPD Blue (1993-2005)
38. Beavis and Butt-Head (1993-97)
39. Six Feet Under (2001-05)
40. Mr. Show (1995-98 )
41. Frasier (1993-2004)
42. L.A. Law (1986-94)
43. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
44. Jeopardy! (1984-present)
45. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-present)
46. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-99)
47. 30 Rock (2006-present)
48. Ally McBeal (1997-2002)
49. Twin Peaks (1990-91)
50. Baywatch (1989-90, 1991-2001)
51. Melrose Place (1992-99)
52. Felicity (1998-2002)
53. Will & Grace (1998-2006)
54. Moonlighting (1985-89)
55. Pee-Wee's Playhouse (1986-91)
56. Desperate Housewives (2004-present)
57. The Amazing Race (2001-present)
58. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992-2009)
59. Battlestar Galactica (2003-09)
60. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001)
61. The Office (American version) (2005-present)
62. House (2004-present)

63. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989-96, 1997-99)
64. The Osbournes (2002-05)
65. Family Guy (1999-2002, 2005-present)
66. Grey's Anatomy (2005-present)
67. Planet Earth (2008 )
68. Jackass (2000-02)
69. The Colbert Report (2005-present)
70. Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)
71. Friday Night Lights (2006-present)
72. NewsRadio (1995-99)
73. Oz (1997-2003)
74. Wiseguy (1987-90)
75. Project Runway (2004-present)
76. In Living Color (1990-94)
77. The Golden Girls (1985-92)
78. I'll Fly Away (1991-93)
79. The Comeback (2005)
80. King of the Hill (1997-present)
81. Murphy Brown (1988-98 )
82. The Hills (2005-present)
83. Absolutely Fabulous (1994-2005)
84. Northern Exposure (1990-95)
85. The Kids in the Hall (1988-94)
86. Prime Suspect (1991-2006)
87. Deadwood (2004-06)
88. Malcolm in the Middle (2000-06)
89. SpongeBob Squarepants (1999-present)
90. Dawson's Creek (1998-2003)
91. Mad Men (2007-present)
92. The Ben Stiller Show (1992-93)
93. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-07)
94. Married...With Children (1987-97)
95. Designing Women (1986-93)
96. The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-94)
97. Party of Five (1994-2000)
98. MacGyver (1985-92)
99. The Bachelor (2002-present)
100. Saved by the Bell (1989-93)

The Hated *

*Doesn't that sound like a cool movie?!

South Park

Beavis & Butthead

Friday Night Lights

Spongebob Squarepants (the name says it all!)

Mad Men

The Loved *

*Censored version of aforementioned "cool movie"

The above list left out my 3 of my favourite shows (along with Seinfeld and Frasier): Jericho, Damages, Have I Got News For You

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I've got to tell you about these great documentaries I've been watching lately. Since 2006 Louis Theroux has been making invesgitave documentaries about various "extreme situations" that Joe Bloggs doesn't get to experience.

The first in the series ("Gambling In Las Vegas") followed a couple of high rollers around the Las Vegas Hilton, showing us how they manage to "enjoy" a trip (in other words, lose everything!). It was an eye opening documentary, and Louis' ****is brilliant! Don't expect this to be a run of the mill type thing you see on Discovery, this is proper prime time entertainment!

The second in the series was about the "Most Hated Family In America", the members of the Westboro baptist church who are openly against homosexuals, jews, african americans and others. There're pretty much modern day Hitlers. When I was watching I honestly felt extremely angry, these people go to the funerals of dead soldiers and shout insults at the family, telling them the person they've lost is "in hell" because he's American... and America tolerates homosexuality. It still amazes that today, when teenagers are shooting each other every day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl0G84ZmHY8), HIV and AIDS are rapant in the developing world and Mugabe is slaughtering people so the average age is 37, all these people care about is someone's sexuality. If there is a God, then these are the people who are going to hell.

This is an extremely eye opening documentary at the sickness of these people and honestly, everybody shoudl see it.

The other shows in the series focus on plastic surgery, the San Franciso prison and African Hunting. The shows can all be watched online below:

Gambling In LV: Hmmm... no link found...

Most Hated Family: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7735501683185935638

Under The Knife: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6373446796659353133 (1 Min PREVIEW )

Behind Bars: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2782724892376360707

African Hunting Holiday: Hmmmm... no stream found, just a download link... ;)

If you get a chance check some of these out, they are fascinating.

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Right, enough of the serious stuff! I've finished season 1 of Bones and I must be crazy because I'm taking a break from it as I want to rewatch my faourite new drama series "Damages"!

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Missing words is still on hiatus, be back soon! Or I might try something different... watch this space... ;)

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This has been quite a boring blog I know, so let's quickly get it wrapped up! What show is this person from?

Answers next time ;) Last blog's person was Emily Deschanel from Bones, congrats go out to Jon, Phin, Ester, Alyce, Madison and Daria... phew, I'm gonna have to make these harder! :D

That's it,

Tom. :)

PS: Back To You tonight! This show is getting really good now! :D

''Hey, you're it'' Looks like I've been tagged!

Latest review: Bones, 1.15, Two Bodies In The Lab

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TUNE OF THE DAY

...Today's spin of the wheel lands on...

The Jam: Smithers Jones

This is one of my favourite songs and if you listen to the lyrics you hear a great story!

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Not going to be a very long blog today as I can't be bothered to write too much :oops: But I was tagged by Daria so it's only fair that you all get to know 10 interesting (or scary) facts about me!

1. I have a third eye

2. It has been said I can move glasses with my mind

3. If you want it to be Sunny then just let me know... I can do it.

4. Dr. Dolittle was the only person who could talk to animals, right? Wrong: I had a very thought provoking conversation with a chicken earlier.

5. I can easily lift a car

6. I'm originally from the North Pole (lived down the road from the jolly guy... b*stard never returned my toaster)

7. I have four nipples (take that Chandler Bing!)

8. I can turn the computer on with my mind

9. I know the entire library of Charlies Dickens off by heart (every line, every sentence, every breath)

10. I tell a lot of lies

Of course, every single one of them is a lie: don't worry I'm not that much of a freak! I suppose it's only fair I give you some real ones, so here are ten very real facts about the real me:

1. I live in Cumbria, England

2. I cycle two miles every day, trying to not drop below 10mph

3. I have another 9 weeks off work :D

4. I have developed an irrational phobia of bleach! Let me explain: last year in Chemistry, some guy got some chemical in his face and let's just say that it wasn't pleasant. My entire cla$$ then become pretty much petrified off doing experiments and, for me, this manifested into a phobia of household bleach. I have no idea why! Now, if I'm in the same room as a bottle of the stuff I honestly get panicked! Strange and weird I know, but some people are afraid of oranges!

5. I have a cat which is called, wait for it, "Buttons": THIS IS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME! I did not name the animal, if I had it would have been called something like Jerry or Rover as a very cruel joke! :D

6. I have a slight "crush" on Rashida Jones!

7. My middle name is Simon

8. I spend an inordiante amount of time on my hair!

9. I want to study law at university

10. I listen to a lot of music! LINK

So there you go, ten very strange facts about me. I actually feel a bit more a freak now! :D

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Just thought I'd point out this news article, which should make all you women ashamed of yourselves! :D

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a104645/women-rush-through-sex-for-tv-shows.html

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Lin (LMH68) has very kindly made me a trusted contributer for "Have I Got News For You"! As many of you know this is one of my favourite programmes and I'm now trusted! Woo!

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I'm now addicted to Bones! As many of you know I was put up to watch this and I'm now addicted to it! Seriously, this is a great show. I'm nearly finished season 1, and then I'll be straight onto season 2!

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Time for the missing words round! Last time I posted up the difficult:

"COLLECTORS OF EXPIRED TAX DISCS CAN ADD TO THE DINNER PARTY CONVERSATION WITH COMMENTS LIKE WHAT"?

I admit this was very difficult so it's no wonder I didn't get any answers (:(), anyway here's the correct answer and it's a good clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQqITpxOSY8

:D

I know I shouldn't do this, but I really can't be bothered to do a missing words round this time, but I PROMISE it will be back next time after this brief hiatus!

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Just before I go, what show is this person from?

(A bit obvious considering what I said earlier in the blog :P). Answers please :D

Last blog's person was Hank Hill (played by Mike Judge) from King Of The Hill! Kudos go out to Jeaninne and Mrs. Fleeshman! :D

That's it for this blog and please remember I am not a freak, despite what you may now think!

Tom. :)

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Ah yes, one last thing (that's what the cops always say),

Check in Mary (angelsxo) who is recently going through some trouble, and Jon (vendbien) who is also in some pain. Give them a message and some support.

I STILL don't live in the real world, and neither should you!

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TUNE OF THE DAY

...And we spin the "Count Chocula Wheel of Music", which lands on...

Paul Weller: 22 Dreams

This is Paul Weller's latest single and, while it's different to his other work, it's quite good. Let me know what you think. ;)

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You may recall a few blogs back me moaning about the weather. Well unfortunatley, it hasn't got any better :(, in fact (apart from Friday), it's actually got worse! To combine with the rain, we now have to cope with wind! A tree opposite us is leaning over at a precarious angle, looks like it's gonna go any moment now :?

Therefore, when I read blogs like, oh I don't know, this one (!), I get a tad bitter :P Sorry Jeaninne!

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The other day I set up an account on Last.FM, which is a pretty cool site. It's got a load of free music on there which you can listen to, and on your profile page yuo get a representation of your music taste, along with nice charts! Cool!

Check out my profile here: http://www.last.fm/user/TheJamFan2/, and if you have an account let me know! And if you don't, then you should get one! :)

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Now, you're probably wondering what the deal with the blog title is. Well first, let me direct your attention to this old blog from March...

LINK

I'm still completely against reality TV (or as Jordon from Studio 60 called it, "illiterate TV"), so imagine my dismay at this news article:

LINK

Considering ITV is one of the "big 3" UK broadcasters, this is terrible news!

Staying on the same topic, the dreaded Big Brother is back in town :evil:, why Channel 4 still bothers to produce this "social experiment" is completely beyond me, it's almost guarrented that each season one contestant (who's is usually sporting minimal clothing, large hoop earings and a **** of goodness knows what) will call another contestant (see previous un PC rant) a "lying wh0re" or some racist comment and the country will go up in arms and demand the show to be pulled! But will it? Oh no!

And to make matters worse, the schedules are almost filled to breaking point with it! A quick search on Radio Times revealed all these installments of Big Brother and it's related spin offs:

LINK (there's a lot of these in this blog!)

There's 135 shows in a two week block!

135!

How this is possible is beyond me. That is why I propose...

WAR

That's, er, War Against Reality... the acronym was pretty handy though!

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That's enought reality trash for one blog, time to talk about some "literate" TV! Last week ITV started rerunning the Stephen Fry drama "Kingdom" from the very start. I've never seen this before, but I'm a big fan of his and it looks interesting so I gave it a try. And it is great! Yuo've got to take it a bit tounge in cheek but it's got a great storyline and likeable characters.

Oh yeah, and the main character's solicitor's office is almost identical to the one I conducted my work experience in!

(Kingdom, Tuesdays 10:35pm, ITV1)

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Back To You's on tonight! The first episode was mediocore, but I really enjoyed the previous one. Unfortunately, when I watch it, it just makes me long for new Frasier episodes :(

(Back To You, Wednesdays 9:30pm, More4)

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Right, taking a quick break from writing this blog right now as it's 12:40pm which means it's time for my daily appointment with Dr. House on Channel Five! Today: episode 6, "The Socratic Method". I shall conclude writing in 1 hour!

(House, Weekdays 12:45pm, Channel Five)

Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock

I'm back! Another great episode from Limpie!

"I have a cane and I know how to use it!"

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Right, time for the missing words section of the blog! Last time, I posted up the incredibly difficult:

"DR. THORSTEIN OLAFSSON DEMONSTRATES WHAT"?

I realise this was hard, but I did get back 2 very good answers:

Jon: "DR. THORSTEIN OLAFSSON DEMONSTRATES HOW TO HAVE A BIT OF THE OLD IN-OUT WITH A SHEEP"!

(freakin' hilarious from Jon!)

Jen: "DR. THORSTEIN OLAFSSON DEMONSTRATES AUTHENTIC ICELAND BREEDING RITUALS WITH HIS SHEEP"!

(not bad, not bad... OK, this one was hard!)

Anyway, here's the correct answer:

(pauses writing yet again to go and encode video... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIAoQocRMKY

Not the funniest clip in the world, I know!

Anyway, this week I leave you with one that's a little more open to interpretation:

"COLLECTORS OF EXPIRED TAX DISCS CAN ADD TO THE DINNER PARTY CONVERSATION WITH COMMENTS LIKE WHAT"?

So, what can they add dinner party conversation with? Get your answers to me and remember the aim is to get the answer wrong, but in the funniest possible way.

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Right, this blog has taken an insanely long time to write (and known my luck it probably won't post now either!), so there's just time for guess the person! As usual, what show is this person from?

Answers please :D

That's enought writing for me now, so until later,

Tom. :)

Tee dee hee dee hee, Sir

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TUNE OF THE DAY

Bertie Wooster & Mr. Jeeves: Minnie The Moocher

Not exactly a piece of music I know, but I've been enjoying reading Jeeves & Wooster lately, so here's a cla$$ic music clip from the TV series.

"Tee dee hee dee hee, Sir".

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I don't know how I've managed to do it, but somehow I've pulled a muscle in my chest! For that matter I'm not sure when I did it either (might get Jim Rockford on the case), all I know is that I keep getting a horrible ache on the far right side of my chest whenever I breath... so about every second then! If it isn't better by Monday I'll be paying the doc's a visit.

To make matters worse, this morning when I was having my morning cycle (2 miles, try not to drop below 10mph), I caught my hand on a plant or something that was on the inside of the lane. I got a sharp stinging sensation and now my left hand is covered in red blobs and is starting to swell up like a Christmas goose!

Therefore, I think it's safe to say: WOE IS ME! :(

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On a brighter note (pun intended... you'll see), today is the first day of sun since I've finished! So, all together now:

The sun has got his hat on, hip-hip-hip-hooray
The sun has got his hat on and he's coming out today
Now we'll all be happy, hip-hip-hip-hooray
The sun has got his hat on and he's coming out today
(never knew the Sun swung that way ;))
 

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I've been going overboard with submitting and reviewing lately: so much so I've gone from level 24 to level 28 in 2 days! I know Lin, LMH68, must be sick of me as the vast majority of guides have been her's! Anyway, here's a quick run through of the embelms that have been and gone:

I've also managed to hit the 1,000 contributions mark gaining me this:

Right, enough gloating from me now :D

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Channel Five is currently rerunning "House" from the very beginning, every day at 12:45pm! I'm only up to the end of season 2 with the show, and I've only seen the earlier episodes once before, so my lunchtime appointment is right there!

Yesterday, my favourite ever episode (so far ) was on: Paternity. I reviewed it afterwards so feel free to read . It's the episode that features a great scene at the end with Hugh Laurie looking out over a lacrosse field holding his cane, played to "Saturday Afternoons In 1963". It was a great scene.

Saturday Afternoons In 1963

(This is a great song on its own as well, by the way).

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Right, time for the "missing words" round! Previously, I posted this up:

"I MADE MRS. THATCHER WHAT SAYS NIGEL"

Two answers came back to me and they were both equally brilliant! Check 'em out:

Jon: "I MADE MRS. THATCHER IN THE ALLEY BEHIND 10 DOWNING STREET SAYS NIGEL"

(well, they did call here the "Iron Lady")

Jen: "I MADE MRS. THATCHER IN THE CONSERVATORY WITH THE CANDLESTICK SAYS NIGEL"

(you'd be my history teacher's favourite person if he heard you say that )

Both great answers . Here's the real answer and the HIGNFY versions (trust me, it's a good one!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJwZu7t3t4

"DR. THORSTEIN OLAFSSON DEMONSTRATES WHAT"?

Also, I feel I should tell you that this comes from THE ICELANDIC SHEEP BREEDERS OF NORTH AMERICA NEWSLETTER! Well, it's about time we had a harder one! As usual, get your answers to me and remember the aim is to get the answer wrong, but in the funniest possible way!

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Well, that's it for this blog so as usual, what show is this person from?

Last blog's person was Sarah Lancaster from "Chuck", kudos go out to David (efc91) and, I guess Lin for pointing out a fatal flaw in the system !

Answers please

That's all folks,

Tom. :)

Look over there... *yoink* (and I steal the quiz!) *EDIT*

EDIT:

lequericacalvo is currently going through a very tough time, so please copy and paste this information onto the bottom (or top) of you blogs:

MI TIO JAIME LOPEZ VARGAS, ESPOSO DE MARGARITA CALVO, SE ENCUIENTRA DESAPARECIDO DESDE EL 14 DE JUNIO, SALIO DE LA TEBAIDA, QUINDIO.

GUSTAVO

MY UNCLE JAIME LOPEZ VARGAS, HUSBAND OF MARGARITA CALVO, IS MISSING SINCE JUNE THE 14TH, HE WENT OUT FROM TEBAIDA, QUINDIO.

PHOTO:

Jaime Lopez

NOW, BACK TO THE USUAL:

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TUNE OF THE DAY

Sara Bareilles: Love Song

She is completely unlike any other music I listen to, but I think she's great! This is one of Sara's more famous hits, "Love Song".

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I've been finished for 4 days now and I have yet to see a little but of sunshine: it's been raining every freakin' day! And supposedly it's going to continue as well... :(

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Like a bad cold, there's a fun Google quiz going around at the moment. And thanks to no one in particular, I've caught it! *atchoo* The idea is that you type your name followed by a phrase into Google and see what comes up... doesn't make any sense? Do I ever? Just wait and see:

(oh yeah, this was Stolen from Una (*yoink*), and I can't be bothered to change the formatting, so consider this a little clip from a different blog! Like when one of your favourite shows can't be bothered to produce an episode and so spews out a clip show instead: loust cotton pickin' bast... wait, I've gone off on a tangent :D)

1: Type in [your name] - Tom needs in the Google search:

Tom Needs to Worry More About Staying Out of the Big House than Staying in the House of Representatives - It's very true, I do...

2: Type in [your name] - Tom looks like in Google seach:
Tom looks like he's going to molest Jen
- :shock:, let me apologist in advance Jen!

Tom looks like a militant terrosit - :D

Tom looks like Richard Gere - I bl*ody well hope not!

3: Type in [your name] - Tom does in Google search:
Tom does not wait
- I am impatient...

Tom does Mitt - Ahhhhh, Mitt Romney! My eyes, my eyes!

4: Type in [your name] - Tom hates in Google search:
Tom hates his job
- Well, it's currently non-existant, so...

Tom hates the environment - Stupid Greenpeace...

5: Type in [your name] - Una goes in Google search:
Tom goes to the mayor
- And...?

Tom goes kiteboarding - That's more like it! :D

Tom goes off his headcase - Read the bit in brackets above this quiz, and I think that proves this!


6: Type in [your name] - Tom loves in Google search:
Tom loves Drew
- Please not Drew Carey :?

Tom loves you - You do love good!

Tom loves Bush - Holy f**k! My eyes, my eyes! :cry:

7: Type in [your name] - Tom eats in Google search:
"Tom eats an apple," "Tom eats the apple," "If Tom were not full, he would eat the apple," and "Will Tom eat an apple?"
- Where's a philosephor when you need one?


8: Type in [your name] - Tom has in Google search:
Tom has a room to rent in London
- £350 per month, unfurnished, have to share with family of rats, otherwise in good condition, enquire inside

9: Type in [your name] - Tom died in Google search:
What will Bob do if Tom died?

10: Type in [your name] - Tom won't in Google Search:
My Tom Tom won't turn on
- :D :D :D 11:

Type in [your name] - Una can't in Google Search:
Tom can't sing

So there you go, you now know that I'm an American politician that is also a perveted terroist who looks oddly similar to Richard Gere who can't wait to, *shudder*, do Mitt Romney while complaining about his job and leaving the car on 24/7 while visiting the mayor on a kiteboard, and is a little bit nutty, who loves Drew, you and has a thing for Mr. Bush, I also get confused over apples, am renting a room to Bob who can't "turn me on" (there's a helluva lot of gay references in here!) and cannot sing at the same time! *long breath*

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I've become the editor for another show! I'm not the proud editor of the cla$$ic Children's series "The Wombles"! :oops:, check it out below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKQpLA4QL-w

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Daria recently convinced me to watch Bones and, after much deliberation, I decided to check it out. And I'm really glad I did! I'm only a few episodes in, but this show just keeps getting better and better! They're are quite a few cliches but if you can get past them you get a really great show. And of couse Emily Deschanel is pretty damn hot! (sorry for that, couldn't help it :D)

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Right, I think it's time to return the "missing words round"! After a brief absence last week, I now give you this headline:

"I MADE MRS. THATCHER WHAT SAYS NIGEL"

Now that's just asking for it! Give me your funny answers in the comments and remember the aim is to get the answer wrong, but in the funniest possible way (scroll down for previous blogs for a better explanation if you're new to all this!)

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Right, I think that's it for this blog, but as usual, what show is this person from?

So, answers please :D! Last blog's person was Christopher Gorham from Jake 2.0 (and "Out Of Practice", "Ugly Betty" and others). Congrats go out to SweetPeaSurrey and Lin who both guessed correctly! :D

So, until next,

Tom. :)

I've done 71 out of 132 stupid things (and still counting...)

Once again, the formatting of this blog has just gone topot (some Cumbrian dialect!), so I apologise if it's hard to read! It seems the TV.Com poltergiests just don't like me at the moment :(

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TUNE OF THE DAY

Alice Cooper: School's Out For Summer

Did you seriously expect anything else considering SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER! Yup, my GCSE exams are finally over and I can now taste freedom (tastes salty, like feta cheese). I've now got 11 (that's right, count 'em) whole weeks of doing nothing at all! Sounds great! Freedom, baby!

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Now, what you came here! There's a quiz circulating at the moment in which we all have to own up to our own shameful doings. Well, prepare to know a little bit more about The Choc (new nickname I'm starting :P)

Level 1
( ) Smoked A Cigarette
( ) Smoked A Cigar
(x) Kissed A Member Of The Same Sex (I suppose Dad should count for this)
(x) Drank Alcohol
SO FAR: 2

Level 2
(x) Are / Been In Love

(x) Been Dumped

( ) Shoplifted (that manequin'll never be the same again... Wait, did I just type that or think that?)
( ) Been Fired (Nope, but if I get a job this Summer then by my calculations this'll be a X in 6 to 8 weeks)
(x) Been In A Fist Fight

SO FAR: 5

(what happened to level 3?)

Level 4
(x) Had A Crush On An Older Person

(x) Skipped School

( ) Slept With A Co-worker

( ) Seen Someone / Something Die (only my dignity but I don't think that counts)

SO FAR: 7

Level 5
( ) Had / Have A Crush On One Of Your Facebook Friends (Facewhonow?)
( ) Been To Paris
( ) Been To Spain
(x) Been On A Plane
( ) Thrown Up From Drinking ("vomit free since 2003"!)

SO FAR: 8

Level 6
( ) Eaten Sushi
( ) Been Snowboarding
( ) Met Someone BECAUSE Of Facebook (Facewhatmacallit?)
(x) Been in a Mosh Pit (mmm... mosh...)

SO FAR: 9

Level 7
( ) Been In An Abusive Relationship

(x) Taken Pain Killers (Tylenol counts)

(x) Love/loved Someone Who You Can't Have (who hasn't?)
(x) Laid On Your Back And Watched Cloud Shapes Go By (and my dirty mind made the look like dirty things :oops:)
(x) Made A Snow Angel

SO FAR: 13 (finally double figures!)

Level 8
( ) Had A Tea Party

(x) Flown A Kite (hit a guy in the face I'll have you know)
(x) Built A Sand Castle (almost got hit in the fave by a guy I'll have you know!)
( ) Gone mudding

(x) Played Dress Up (:oops:)

SO FAR: 16

Level 9
(x) Jumped Into A Pile Of Leaves
(x) Gone Sledging (see level 8, question 2)

(x) Cheated While Playing A Game ("what, the snakes were in that position before I got here!")
(x) Been Lonely
(x) Fallen Asleep At Work / School (*drools*)

SO FAR: 21

Level 10
(x) Watched The Sun Set

(x) Felt An Earthquake

( ) Killed A Snake (there's still time!)

SO FAR: 23

Level 11
(x) Been Tickled (never trust a Mr. Tickles (click me) :x)
(x) Been Robbed / Vandalized

(x) Been Misunderstood

( ) Been cheated on

SO FAR: 26

Level 12
(x) Won A Contest
( ) Been Suspended From School

(x) Had Detention
( ) Been In A Car / Motorcycle Accident

SO FAR: 28

Level 13
( ) Had / Have Braces
(x) Eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night (in 2003, see level 5 quesion 5)
(x) Danced in the moonlight (is that euphamism?)

SO FAR: 30

Level 14
( ) Hated The Way You Look (ahh vainity!)
(x) Witnessed A Crime
( ) Pole Danced

(x) Questioned Your Heart
(x) Been obsessed with post-it-notes

SO FAR: 33

Level 15
(x) Squished Barefoot Through The Mud
(x) Been Lost (where?)
( ) Been To The Opposite Side Of The World
(x) Swam In The Ocean
( ) Felt Like You Were Dying


SO FAR: 36

Level 16
( ) Cried Yourself To Sleep

(x) Played Cops And Robbers (we're talking about the children's game, right?)
(x) Recently Colored With Crayons / Colored Pencils / Markers (just look at my hand!)
( ) Sang Karaoke (bar owners have banned me due to damaging of windows)
(x) Paid For A Meal With Only Coins


SO FAR: 39

Level 17
(x) Done Something You Told Yourself You Wouldn't (daily)
(x) Made Prank Phone Calls (hehe... I. Vana Tinkle)
(x) Laughed Until Some Kind Of Beverage Came Out Of Your Nose
( ) Kissed In The Rain

SO FAR: 43

Level 18
(x) Written A Letter To Santa Claus (always wanted him to be real... still do...)
( ) Watched The Sun Set/ sun rise With Someone You Care/Cared About
(x) Blown Bubbles
(x) Made A Bonfire On The Beach or anywhere

SO FAR: 46

Level 19
(x) Crashed A Party (with a vehicle of some sort of just on my own?)
( ) Have Traveled More Than 5 Days With A Car Full Of People

(x) Gone Rollerskating / Blading
(x) Had A Wish Come True
( ) Been Humped By A Monkey (humped by a dog, I'm strangely proud of that!)

SO FAR: 49

Level 20
( ) Worn Pearls

( ) Jumped Off A Bridge
(X) Screamed Penis or Vagina (yup and proud! Similar story: In geog cla$$ this guy thought the Niagra Falls were called the Viagra Falls, I laughed and whispered it to some other guy who obviously hadn't heard and yelled out "Tom! Viagra!". Been getting strange looks ever since.)
( ) Swam With Dolphins

SO FAR: 50

Level 22
(x) Got Your Tongue Stuck To A Pole/Freezer/ice Cube
( ) Kissed A Fish
( ) Worn The Opposite Sex's Clothes

(x) Sat On A Roof Top (and proceeded to fall off)

SO FAR: 52

Level 23
(x) Screamed At The Top Of Your Lungs
(x) Done / Attempted A One-Handed Cartwheel
( ) Talked On The Phone For More Than 6 Hours
( ) Recently stayed Up for a while talking to someone you care about

SO FAR: 54

Level 24
( ) Picked And Ate An Apple Right Off The Tree
(x) Climbed A Tree (and proceeded to fall straight back down)
(x) Had/Been In A Tree House (see above question)
( ) Been scared To Watch Scary Movies Alone

SO FAR: 56

Level 25
( ) Believed In Ghosts
( ) Have had More Than 30 Pairs Of Shoes
( ) Gone Streaking (one of my main aims in life!)
( ) Visited Jail (local courthouse, yes)

SO FAR: 56

Level 26
(X) Played Chicken (they can live without heads you know!)
(X) Been Pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
( ) Been Told You're Hot By A Complete Stranger
( ) Broken A Bone
(X) Been Easily Amused (I've actually started laughing just at that phrase!)

SO FAR: 59

Level 27
(x) Caught A Fish Then Ate It Later
( ) Made A Porn Video/got asked to make one

( ) Caught A Butterfly
(X) Laughed So Hard You Cried
( ) Cried So Hard You Laughed

SO FAR: 61

Level 28
(x) Mooned/Flashed Someone (and oddly proud!)
(X) Had Someone Moon/Flash You (dear God, my eyes!)
(X) Cheated On A Test
(X) Forgotten Someone's Name
( ) French Braided Someones Hair
( ) Gone Skinny Dipping
() Been Kicked Out Of Your House

() Tried to hurt yourself

SO FAR: 65

Level 29
(x) Rode A Roller Coaster (true story: the bloody thing got stuck at the top!)
(x) Went Scuba-Diving/Snorkeling (scuba diving: most amazing experience ever)
(x) Had A Cavity
(x) Black-Mailed Someone (daily)

( ) Been Black Mailed

SO FAR: 69

Level 31
( ) Been Used
(x) Fell Going Up The Stairs (more than daily!)
( ) Licked A Cat (one of these days...)
(x) Bitten Someone
( ) Licked Someone

SO FAR: 71

Level 32
( ) Been shot at/or at gunpoint
( ) Had sex in the rain (if I can't kiss someone in the rain, does this seem likely?!!?)
( ) Flattened someones tires
( ) Rode your car/truck until the gas light came on
( ) Got five dollars or less worth of gas (used to be able to fill my tank for $4)

TOTAL: 71

(damn, Dan just "beat" me!)

So there you are, I did "better" than what I thought but since I'm always trying to better myself, I want to be at at least 100 by September!

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So, now I've finished school I'm almost lierally over the moon! The original plan for tonight was to have a blow out party (and possibly up my score to 72 due to throwing up) but then we all realized we are insanely shattered! So instead, it's a night of sleep! Woo! Tomorrow I'm taking the full day off and just compeltely relaxing: watching TV (incl. starting on Bones), reading my new Bond book and occasionally having a wander outside to kick the cat!

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I caught the season premire of "Back To You" on More4 last night and, while it wasn't brilliant, it does show potential. I'll keep watching as a friend of mine's already seen the series and says it really picks up after episode 3. And did anyone see Grammer's terrible toupee at the begininning?

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And now, you know what time it is! It's the missing words round! Previously I posted this up:

"600 FROZEN SHEEP WHAT"?

Like usual I got a load of brilliant answers, check 'em out:

Jon: "600 FROZEN SHEEP AUCTIONED OFF TO LOCAL POPSICLE DISTRIBUTER"!

(this really made me laugh when I heard it!)

Phin: "600 FROZEN SHEEP LOLLIES"!

(mmm... frozen sheep... *drools*)

Jenn: "600 FROZEN SHEEP GET A BAHHD CASE OF FROSTBITE"!

(:D I'm sure they would!)

Now, I need to go off and extract the "missing words" from the HIGNFY episode and upload it! So, I'll be back in five minutes!

(TICK... TOCK... TICK... TOCK... TICK... TOCK...)

Right, I'm back and the clip is uploaded! However, let me apologise for the terrible video quality it has, I'm not sure why it's gone so bad. Anyway, here's the correct answer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewwsxBgyb74

So, there you go! There's no "Missing Words" round this week as, to be honest, I can't be bothered to it and this blog is already long enough! However, it'll make a welcome return next time!

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One last thing, what show is this person from:

(bit harder this week!) Answers please :D

Last blog's person was Dilshad Vadsaria from Greek!

So, until next time,

Tom. :)

"I may not look like a Murphy but I act like a Murphy!"

As usual, which Seinfeld episode is blog title quote from?

Last blog's title was taken from "The Outing" and was famously said by the "Lord of the Idiots" (no, not me!), George Constanza. Well done to Jenn for getting the correct answer!

TUNE OF THE DAY

Harvey Danger: Flagpole Sitta

You know the drill: open, listen and possibly watch! Also, this is a great Arrested Development tribute!

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You may recall a few blogs back that I was moaning over the fact a family housemartins have decied to nest just above my bedroom window. *screen goes wavy, mystical music, "wooooo... woooooo... woooooo..."

"These f*****g housesparrows! Right outside my window a strangely large family of them has decided to nest and every f*****g morning at 5 of the f*****g am they are there tweeting and what not! It's really trying my f*****g patience now: I haven't had a good night's sleep in weeks!"

As you can see, I was in a particularly happy mood! Well, admist the bird plop plop, the inane "twittering" and the many thuds I get when one of the little blighters misjudges when to fly up, I've gradually become quite attached to the little fellas :oops:. Anyway, the nest also happens to be directly on top of our burglar alarm (a great selling point in the bird real estate market) and today, like a bat out of hell , it went off! The birds went crazy, starting s******g everywhere and were frantically attempting to get to the nest (I suspect some eggs may have been in there). I suspect now the unhatched birds may have died as the "mothers" don't seem to be hanging around any more. :(

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Last night's episode of "The Office" was one of the best I've seen in a long time! I'm a helluva long way behind the US, so I think next season I shall have to "aquire" my Office fix another way ;). The episode was one where Michael, Toby and Darryl travel to coperate to ask for a raise and Michael discovers he's wearing a ladies suit. Hence the great line:

"I accidently cross dressed today!"

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Speaking of last night, Shark had another great outing! "In The Crosshairs" followed a similar storyline to my favourite Numb3rs episode (sniper... IN THE CITY!) so I had a bit of a sense of deja vu. It's a great shame this show has gone to the big TV graveyard in the sky as it was (and still is) a great show.

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Did anyone take my advice and check "Damages" out last night on the Hallmark channel? Didn't think so! Well, you're lucky that I apparently cannot read as the series does not premire until the 6th JULY, so you've got plenty of time to remember to see it! But seriously, fire the DVR up for this one!

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And now, I think you know what time it is for: the missing words round! Previously I posted up this:

"STEALING MANHOLE COVERS IS A GREAT WHAT"?

I got a plethora of great answers this week, check 'em out:

Jenn: "STEALING MANHOLE COVERS IS A GREAT WAY TO CAUSE ROAD RAGE!"

(Contrary to what she thinks I think this really funny, I'm not just saying it! Kinda reminds me of the scene from the old monorail episode of The Simpsons!)

Jon: "STEALING MANHOLE COVERS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET A HERNIA!"

(It certainly is!)

Mary: "STEALING MANHOLE COVERS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET MANHOLE COVERS!"

(Once again, it certainly is! You can't really argue with the logic of that!)

Lisa: "STEALING MANHOLE COVERS IS A GREAT ICE BREAKER!"

(Ah, we have an ice sculpter in out midsts! The very tricks of the trade!)

Phin: "STEALING MANHOLE COVERS IS A GREAT CONTRACEPTIVE / APHRODISIAC!"

(I think an explaination is in order from Phin herself:

"I'm hesitating between two Contraceptive (I mean your arms are so tired after lifting one, you don't feel like having sex at all) or Aphrodisiac (ummm, completely the opposite and it can be murder on the teeth, but it works )."

So, there you go!)

As you can see I got some great, brilliant, amazing, fantastic, hilarious brilliant (wait, I've already used that one) answers this week! Please keep them coming! But first, let's see what the correct answer is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHGN2rA24R0

This blog's "missing words competition" is the following:

"600 FROZEN SHEEP WHAT"?

Fill in the blank, let me know and answers next time. And remember, the aim is to get the answer wrong but in the funniest possible way!

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One last thing: what show is this person from? And Jon insisted that this week it was a "lickable" girl (his words, not mine! :P)

Answers please

Last blog's person was Samantha Bee from The Daily Show!

I'll blog again on Thursday when I'm officially free from exams and school (just guess what'll be the "tune of the day"!) so until then, I bid you adieu,

Tom.