tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73895016542148095342024-03-13T00:14:28.640+00:00The Adventures of another Paddy living in EnglandThere are three stages of a man's life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn't believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa ClausPaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-90221802782785942172011-05-12T12:30:00.000+01:002011-05-16T02:56:12.641+01:00SMULE APP - MAGIC PIANO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ipodtouchtricks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Magic-Piano-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://ipodtouchtricks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Magic-Piano-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is definately the most fun app I have downloaded in a long time and its FREE! This was originally just out for the ipad and I would imagine it plays a bit better on that. Well thats what I am putting my bad performance of the Theme Song from Mario Brothers down to (you can hear this below follow the link). You don't have alot of space on the iphone to get your fingers in positions for hitting the different areas of the keyboard or else i just suck at it which is quite possiblle. My wrists are sore from playing it for the last 40 minutes.<br /><br />This is a free app with the company making revenue by users buying smoola points to buy new songs. They give you 30 smoola points to start with which is pretty pointless as you cant buy anything with it unless you want to get some bach or beethoven, the likes of lady gagas pokerface start at 75 smoolas. Super Mario Bros was the free song of the day and im presuming there will be some more over the coming weeks. It downloads straight to your phone from the app. More songs will be added weekly according to the official smule website. Im off to buy some Smoola dollars, laters!<br /><br />DONT FORGET TO CHECK OUT MY AMAZING PERFORMANCE AT THE ADDRESS BELOW!<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.smule.com/play/37HB0PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-20664898682207895422011-05-11T16:28:00.004+01:002011-05-11T16:58:07.860+01:00Comiczeal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/HelpScreen1-200x300.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/HelpScreen1-200x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />For anyone who is into comic books and owns an iphone/ipad this is great little application. It lets you read comics that are formatted in pdf, rar, cbr, cbz format. Its a bit strange that it doesnt link you up to the app store or some sort of specialised comic book store to buy comics directly but I guess the app was brought out for people who got fedup paying a tenner for a comic you read in an hour (expensive hobby). Still makes you wonder about Apples whole stance on this, its a legitimate application from their store which directly gives iphone users the ability to read files theyve stolen online. I have been reading the Scott Pilgrim series after stealing it on piratebay :)PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-56392204093318275412011-03-17T16:10:00.001+00:002011-03-17T16:10:57.397+00:00Ducks Playing Duck Hunt<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Hho6w8q_Rx0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-11150053536422540122011-03-11T23:55:00.002+00:002011-03-12T00:04:15.237+00:00Winding up Paddy PowerWelcome to Poker Live Help. <br /> Unfortunately, all of our agents are busy at the moment. <br /> You can see your position in the queue in the bottom left corner of the window. <br /> If your query is not urgent and you would like to contact us by email, you can do so at poker@paddypower.com <br /> Alternatively remain in the queue and one of our agents will be with you shortly <br /> Your chat window will remain inactive until an agent joins this session. <br />James F: JamesF has joined this session! <br /> Connected with JamesF <br /> Welcome to Live Help, my name is JamesF. How can I help you today? <br /><br />me: withdraw isnt working <br /> im getting errors <br /> can you manually send $30 to my account <br /> <br />James F: Good evening <br /> There is an issue with the payment gateway at the moment which is affecting transfers and deposits. The issue is on our side and we are trying to get it resolved. We are really sorry about this and once the issue is addressed all transfers, withdrawals and deposits will go through. We appreciate your understanding with this <br /> <br /><br />Me: Im not understanding this is terrible <br /> i need to buy my kids dinner tomorrow <br /> <br />James F: I understand but we hope for it to go through soon <br /> <br />Me: how soon? i cant stand baked beans again, saturdays usually a treat <br /> <br />James F: I was to give you a timescale it would be a lie <br /> <br />Me: Id prefer if you lied, at least i could dream of liver and onions then <br /> Bit of gravy too maybe <br /> <br />James F: I understand but we have no idea at the moment <br /> <br />Me: ah man, come on im fuckin Hank <br /> you know Hank Marvin <br /> Starvin <br /> <br />James F: Nothing can be done about this at present <br /> <br />Me: is this to do with the recession <br /> shortage of staff? <br /> <br />James F: It is just down to the payment server going down and all customers being affected <br /> <br />Me : got let go myself, awful awful awful. <br /> have they tried turning it off and on <br /><br />James F: I am sorry to hear that. I am sure they engineers are doing everything they can <br /> <br />Me : no likey no lightyPaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-15834912060921028822011-03-06T17:46:00.002+00:002011-03-06T18:24:29.141+00:00Duck Tales, Oo-oo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ducktales.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ducktales.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Im still filling my flat with crap from the 80s. Im getting a pretty large collection of old Nes games from Ebay. Duck tales arrived in the post the other day and it is a classic. You stroll around as Scrooge McDuck who in spite of all his billions wants to stroll around such dangerous places as the amazon armed only with his cane which he uses as a weapon, tool and pogo stick.<br /><br />This game was hugely successful and the morale of the story kids is that even if your a billionaire its ok to go out and kill a few tribes and steal their gold. Happy hunting, im off to the Himalayas to steal the lost Crown of Genghis Khan.PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-51222541118149815542011-02-28T22:57:00.003+00:002011-02-28T23:15:46.843+00:00Ridiculously cool app of the week!On the tube this morning, a fellow iphone warrior sat down beside me. She was flicking through her apps and I noticed she had one called RunPee. I was intrigued and was dying to get off the tube to see was this on the app store.<br /><br />I was trying to work out what the hell it could be. Was it some sort of app about pee? WTF! Apple surely wouldn't have allowed some sort of peeing porno app. Maybe it was an unofficial app installed on a jailbroken app.<br /><br />Finally landed at Liverpool Street to find out it was an app that told you when it was a good time to go for a pee during a film and how quick you would have to be so you wouldn't miss an important scene. I was laughing really hard to myself as I walked through Liverpool Street Station which was attracting some dirty looks off the pissed off Monday Morning crew.<br /><br />"The iPhone's Runpee app does what?" This was actually a question on who wants to be a millionaire and of course the dude got it wrong! The app is free to download from the app store.PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-27775432994861473602011-02-06T22:56:00.004+00:002011-02-06T23:07:38.381+00:00Superbowl Britney AdIn 2002 I was lucky enough to be in touring America with the DCU Uni Squash team. We were the Boston area and had played a University there whose name doesnt come to mind just now (not Harvard). The coach from the University invited us to his local bar to watch the Superbowl. Well New England won the game as I remember with a long distance field goal with time running out. Well that pub fuckin exploded. Next thing I remember is being hugged by some old man bawling his eyes out screaming "isnt it great when big black men cry". I didnt really get where he was going with this one but there was indeed two large black football players on the pitch in tears hugging.<br /><br />Anyway to hell with the game, what I remember is the halftime ads and more specifically the Pepsi halftime ad featuring Britney!<br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zzYODWYftwQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-81778620559551742392011-02-06T21:18:00.004+00:002011-02-07T00:35:13.805+00:00Sky Atlantic"Everything you see here, its mine. If you steal from my men, you steal from me."<br /><br />A line by Enoch Thompson (played by Steve Buscemi) from the brillant new show Boardwalk Empire. The first show to air on Sky Atlantic, billed as the biggest show ever! Which had a merit of truth in being the most expensive pilot in history and directed by none other than Marty Scorsese(directed only the pilot). Is it time I moved flat just so I can get Sky? Not yet unfortunately!<br /><br />The channel opened big, very big indeed. Sky Atlantic is basically HBO UK, so you can expect to see Mad Men from next season, Entourage and True Blood. These shows have of course been available on terrestial tv before but strangely were never highly advertised or given primetime slots. Sopranos for example was usually on Channel 4 at 23:30, Mad Men was on BBC 3 which I wasnt aware of until I stumbled upon it on iplayer. The Wire was broadcast on FX with an audience of around 30,000. <br /><br />Will I be signing up? The problem for me has always been in the past, the show broadcasts in the US months before it reaches the UK. Boardwalk Empire Season 1 has finished stateside and yes I have seen it in its entirety now, the same goes for Entourage. Sky have promised they will be showing the shows much closer to the US premiere going forward. Unless its the next day I dont see them solving the problem of it being viewed online before its premiered on Sky Atlantic. The hardcore fans of these shows are young men 20-35 and we will not wait!PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-70497287684816476362011-01-02T00:19:00.002+00:002011-01-02T01:32:07.079+00:002011 Objectives not resolutions1.Lose a stone.<br />2.Buy an apartment.<br />3.Go on 5 holidays.(Snowboarding - Austria, New York end of February or April, Germany in September) Other two holidays undecided, but potentially some interrailing across europe. Might bump into a blonde on the way :)<br />4.Pass driving test. <br />5.Buy a car.<br />6.Go to the British Grand Prix.<br />7.Go Surfing.<br />8.Play in the Sunday Millions Tournament.<br />9.Buy a piano<br />10.Start actively writing again.PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-6067808015825869382010-04-19T16:51:00.002+01:002010-04-19T16:53:53.359+01:00Stuff you can get in Ireland but not in England and vice versa!<strong>Irish List</strong><br /><br /><br />Tayto Crisps<br />Barrys Tea<br />Brennans bread<br />White pudding<br />A good pint of Guinness<br />100's of taxis waiting for you outside a nightclub at 3am<br />Red lemonade<br />RTE<br />Supermacs<br />Politicians drunk in your local<br />Penneys<br />Marlboro Gold<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>English list</strong><br /><br /><br />Good food and drink at a reasonable price<br />A good transport system<br />People claiming to be Irish with an east end accent<br />Off licenses open past 10pm<br />Clubs and pubs open well past 3am<br />Fuckin council tax<br />Irish bars everywhere called O'Neills that serve traditional Irish Guinness Pie?<br />Cigerattes in packs of 10<br />Primark<br />Marlboro Lights<br />50 mb broadband<br />Free museumsPaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-58721325042124758732010-03-05T17:32:00.001+00:002010-03-05T17:32:29.461+00:0030 things to do by 3030 Things to do by 30<br /><br />1. To have attained or be in the process of getting a masters.<br />2. To have purchased my own house/flat<br />3. T0 have my own home cinema kit, projector and surround sound<br />4. Buy a nice car!<br />5. To play in a major poker tournament.<br />6. To build a mame arcade machine.<br />7. To quit smoking<br />8. Be debt free apart from mortage.<br />9. Find a lady friend for lots of activities.<br />10.To be able to say something smart about wine, hmm i can definately get a kfc scent off this red wine<br />11.Make a Bull McCabe soundboard for prank calls.<br />12.Pass driving test<br />13.Take another photography course<br />14.Learn how to really cook<br />15.Drive a ferrari around silverstone<br />16.Break into croke park at night and kick a point over the bar into the hill 16 end.<br />17.Buy a pair of cowboy boots<br />18.See a sunset at glastonbury festival with friends<br />19.Take a work break for at least a month and do some travelling.<br />20.Shoot a traffic warden with an air rifle<br />21.Buy everyone in a pub a drink<br />22.Go to vegas and stick a weeks wages on black<br />23.Go surfing<br />24.Go snowboarding<br />25.Go to german beerfest<br />26.Finally go to see a musical in the west end or broadway<br />27.Sing on the tube when drunk and get everyone to join in<br />28.Do a road trip through Europe or the US<br />29.Attend Mardi Gras<br />30.Try not to embarrass myself too much before my 30thPaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-75737475368511503272010-01-19T16:25:00.002+00:002010-01-19T16:35:56.939+00:00Sonny told me all about youBored in bed one Sunday or maybe Saturday afternoon I decided to have a bit of fun with my ol buddy Rachel and a Joe Pesci sound board. I think Rachel did a bit of a poo in her pants when I had Joe Pesci shouting down the phone.<br /><br />"I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"<br /><br /><br />You should all definately do this. Here's a few tips<br /><br />1.Find a soundboard that has lots of questions on it<br />2.Have a plan of which soundbytes your going to play and in which order.<br />3.Best places to call are hotels and car rental agencys, those poor souls basically have to answer your call and your fake questions.<br /><br /><br />NOW Remember kids have fun!PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-65222688726102821352010-01-07T12:31:00.002+00:002010-01-07T12:35:59.191+00:00Doesn't SCRUB up wellThis one caught me off guard a little bit. Especially when I clearly remember the last episode of Scrubs was only a few months back and that fantastic scene where they show JD dreaming of what his future will be.(note to self their must<br />be a word that describes this in filmmaking. hmm bing or google?) <br /><br />Well the big boys over at ABC have done what they do best and decided to beat the shit out of another tv series for another series, at least! Well here's how this has played out. Zach Braff and a few other regular cast members agreed to come back for a ninth series to help the show during a transition period, they will apparently be phased out over the series with more spotlight on the new characters. Zach the lucky boy getting an execeutive producer role for his troubles, kaaa---ching!<br /><br />The new series aired in December, im not sure how I missed this. Im blaming surfthechannel for this though! They used to have a sidebar on their page which would display which shows had been viewed from their site this week, so basically<br />it showed you what new episodes were out as they would be the most popular hits. Well those fucks at surfthechannel took this away due to the fact that apparently it was overloading their server. Anyway its back now and thats how I actually noticed Scrubs was back.<br /><br />And they've sort of changed the name to Scrubs:Med School. I watched series 9 episode 1 last night or what I am going to refer to as the Med School Pilot. As I dont think it would have been picked up if this was an original series. It was all very thrown together last minute. They gave a very brief explanation of how they are at a new hospital now which has replaced the old sacred heart hospital and its now<br />also a medical school. JD is back as a lecturer along with Doctor Cox and Turk. <br /><br />That pilot really didnt work for me. JD who is the show, is only appearing in half the episodes and the remainder will be narrated by a new female character who was pretty damn boring in the pilot.<br /><br />On megatron, my robbed stuff from the internet 2 tb external hard drive, Scrubs will be labelled seasons 1-8 and the new series will be going in the spinoff shite folder.PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-81342744015464421392010-01-07T10:22:00.005+00:002010-01-07T11:13:00.315+00:00wasters, wankers, weemen lend me your eyes;Mood: Fantastic<br />Album: Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago<br />Quote: "To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail." - Abraham Maslow<br />TV Show: Arrested Development<br /><br /><br />Time to get this blog thing going again. <br /><br />Im doing some typing on this notepad thingy on my iphone. It takes me close to two hours to get to work these days so might as well keep myself busy and my fingers motoring to stop them from falling over in this weather. I am really going to need to get a car asap, oh and one of those things you need for a car. A license.<br /><br />I had a choice of either moving close to work which is located in a bit of a shithole or staying where I am and commuting. Ive only been doing the commute for a few weeks now and its beginning to get the better of me.<br /><br />My lack of blogging: I had high hopes last year and started off very well. 70 posts in the first quarter, then 15 in march and fourteen for the rest of the year. DISGRACEFUL!<br /><br />Anyway of course Im going to do alot better this year I promise.PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-10056685983231497712009-12-02T16:21:00.002+00:002009-12-02T16:31:46.307+00:00Gardening Leave!Before anyone asks!<br /><br />"In the United Kingdom, garden leave (or gardening leave[1]) describes the practice whereby an employee who is leaving a job (having resigned or otherwise been terminated) is instructed to stay away from work during their notice period, while still remaining on the payroll. This practice is often used to prevent employees from taking with them up-to-date (and perhaps sensitive) information when they leave their current employer, especially when they are leaving to join a competitor."<br /><br />So im sat at home drinking tea, lovely! My damn laptop is in some factory being pulled apart and repaired. We dont have tv in this flat because Wilson is refusing to pay the tv license so we watch everything on another flatmates 32 inch dell monitor which is hooked up to megatron his computer. Megatron has fuckin died after an upgrade to some crazy processor he couldnt handle.<br /><br />This leaves me very very bored. You might see me dressed as a Ronald McDonald in a McDonalds near you very soon. I was working as a Santa on Monday but apparently your not allowed call a toddler a little shit rag when he pisses on your knee. Oh well, onwards and upwards.PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-52632796459245172212009-10-29T13:00:00.002+00:002009-10-29T13:03:36.169+00:00Constructive weekend?Emails between myself and my flatmate from work<br /><br />Me: "So we going to do something constructive this weekend?"<br /><br />Him: "depends what your definition of contructive is"<br /><br />My DEFINITIon<br /><br />Constructive = (a * b) + (p+s)<br /> ------------------------------------------------------------<br /> g<br /><br /><br />A = Number of times we leave the flat<br />B= How many bars we visit<br />P= number of pints<br />S=number of shorts<br />G=number of girls who we get nowhere with<br /><br /><br />IM GETTING THIS MADE INTO A T-SHIRT!PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-31924198374905708122009-10-28T10:26:00.002+00:002009-10-28T10:37:00.035+00:00Coming up on the clock channel, 7'oclock!"So whats the weather like Ollie?"<br /><br />"It gona RAIN!"<br /><br />So still looking for a new role with my consultancy/whatevertheycallthemselves. My contract with them ends in January and ive pretty much one foot out the door unless they come up with something amazing for me before Xmas that I cant say no to. Its gonna be a poor xmas, all the lads will be away travelling so it should be a bit cheaper on the drink front but then again probably not.<br /><br />My housemate came back with a good weekend story for me. He went down to see his folks who live down in 'allo my lover' country. Bandit country I suppose we would call it in Ireland. Anyway boys meets girl blah blah blah. Stays over at his folks place, Wills trying to sneak her out the door the next morning and drop her home but of course bumps into his mum who makes her some breakfast and then tells her she has to stay for Sunday Roast.<br /><br />So hes stuck in the middle of nowwhere with this girl, about a half hours drive to civilisation and lets just say he forgot to wrap his meat the night before and she needs to get to the nearest boots very quickly. SO they finally find one thats open go in and he's abit clueless about the whole situation, apparently its not like just going up to the counter and getting some paracetmol. Appointment to the doctor or nurse or some 16 year old with a name badge he didnt seem to sure he stayed in the waiting room. And strangely enough he told me the anti-baby waiting room was located in the baby section in boots and he was having a major head fuck!PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-71389945546150668702009-10-13T00:24:00.002+01:002009-10-13T00:26:20.204+01:00Funny spam fuckin adOk everyone knows those horrible mails you get and damn google ads. Well what ever genius put up this pic got it the wrong way round. I havent been able to find it since but basically it was one of those weight loss ads and they had the photos the wrong way round. So instead of turning into a toned stud after 30 days you had a beer belly, best pill ever!PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-27788466037502136012009-10-01T20:53:00.000+01:002009-10-01T20:54:20.097+01:00Im Alice Coopers new PA<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E-7YR3ctEhw&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E-7YR3ctEhw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-61775051124580727032009-09-23T13:10:00.003+01:002009-09-23T13:37:58.851+01:00Better to burn out or fade awaySo on a good note the return of the Big Bang Theory was fuckin awesome unlike the return of Peep Show which hit its peak two seasons ago and should have disappeared after the last episode of Season 4 when Mark and Sophie had their big wedding disaster which left Mark and Jeremy back living together. The way they have tried to stretch the show since has been poor and unimaginative and not in tone with the first four series. Of course their is still the occassional funny moment but their so few and far between I would rather be watching reruns of season 1-4.<br /><br />When should the producers pull the plug on a show or are they just concerned with easy series stocking fillers for Xmas. I think strangely enough the one channel that bas managed their shows very cleverly is the BBC. Did you know their has been 81 episodes of Prison Break compared to 64 episodes of Only fools and Horses. The original and best The Office had two series consisting of 6 episodes and a two part Xmas Special one year, so 14 episodes in total. Its American not funny version is currently on episode 101. <br /><br />Another example is the Royle Family, which I still watch anytime I see it on UK gold. It was a wonderful show about a working class family and easily my favourite ktchen sink drama. It had a total of 22 episodes, wheres for example Roseanne went on for eleven years where in season 2 it was the top rated show in america and by its last season was scraping into the top 50.<br /><br />Ive no idea why the BBC are less guilty or draw the series to a conclusion alot sooner than its US counterparts and even Channel four to a lesser extent which has let Shameless and Peep Show go into a bit of a freefall. But I would like some answers on a postcard.PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-50235056502858802732009-09-22T13:39:00.002+01:002009-09-22T13:52:21.097+01:00Back with a Bang a very Big Bang Theory actually!So its been two months since I have blogged, basically the same amount of time I have been living in LandanNNN! It rocks BTW!<br /><br />Im still on the hunt for a new contract which is getting increasingly frustrating but I think I should get something in the next few weeks hopefully.<br /><br />Despite the lack of work, I have been really enjoying London. My mate has very kindly put me up for the last two months and its been awesome. Still havent really done much or seen much in London apart from the Irish bar across the street. Yes their is an Irish bar across the street from my flat, I could hit it with a coin from my bedroom window.<br /><br />Its actually quite nice living in an area in England that is full of irish people, its like little Ireland. And its surprising that although some of the folk you meet in the bar havent been home in over 10 years that they still havent lost their accent.<br /><br />Their was a trad band on a few weeks back and they played the national anthem and my mate didnt know what it was and continued playing pool with a friend of ours. It didnt go down too well, but I thought it was hilarious and my friend couldnt stop apologising to me. Of course somehow had to have a go at him about it. MUPPETS!<br /><br />Few things I dont like about London<br /><br />1. When the tube is horribly full and you get someones pit in your face.<br />2. The amount of degenerates who ask you for money around my area.<br />3. The way no one talks on the tube.<br />4. The plastic paddy brigade<br />5. New PaddysInEngland telling me different accounts of how bad things are back home.<br /><br /><br />The Big Bang Theory season 3 episode 1 aired in the states last night, cant wait to get home and get on piratebay AHOY!PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-57417523199242011372009-07-21T09:49:00.002+01:002009-07-21T09:53:43.490+01:00My viewing pleasureSince I can almost quote "The Big Bang Theory" line for line it was time for something new or time for a return to a blast from the past. A show that I had well and truly forgotten about but one which I loved watching while I grew up. Any ideas? Samantha Janus was in it and the ginger haired guy and the guy who wouldn't leave the house. It was called Game on and I remember at the time of its airing I was 11 or 12 and fell deeply in love with Ms Janus. I never made the connection that this was the woman who has been on eastenders for the last two years. Shes just not as adorable hot anymore. I still would though.<br /><br />Game on was a bit of a throwback to Friends, the three 20 something year olds it revolved around were complete fuck ups and their lives went from one disaster to a next.<br /><br /><br />Check out Game on at surfthechannel, all three series are their for your viewing pleasure.PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-16515001538654769602009-07-08T15:26:00.002+01:002009-07-08T17:03:07.338+01:00Desert Island Top 5Top 5 Books<br />1.The Barrytown Trilogy -Roddy Doyle<br />2.Complete Works of William Shakespeare - William Shakespeare<br />3.Bible - Loads of dudes with beards<br />4.Freshers - Kevin Sampson<br />5.Fudge - Judy Bloom<br /><br />Top 5 Albums<br />1.Appetite for destruction - Guns n Roses<br />2.Thriller - Michael Jackson<br />3.Lets get it on - Marvin Gaye<br />4.Led Zeppelin 4 - Led Zeppelin<br />5.The Libertines - The LibertinesPaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-7614317196810829102009-07-03T15:49:00.002+01:002009-07-03T15:55:21.116+01:00Glastonbury how i do miss you my sweet lady...Im still in glastonbury I cant believe its gone mode...<br /><br />Il blog about it when im in a less mourning mood...<br /><br />This Libertines song is how i feel right now<br /><br />Well is it cruel or kind<br />Not to speak my mind<br />And to lie to you<br />Rather than hurt you<br />Well, I'll confess all of my sins<br />After several large gins<br />But still I'll hide from you<br />And hide what's inside from you<br /><br />And alarm bells ring<br />When you say your heart still sings<br />When you're with me<br />Oh wont you please forgive me<br /><br />But I no longer hear the music<br />Oh no no no no no<br /><br />And all the memories of the pubs<br />And the clubs and the drugs and the tubs<br />We shared together<br />Will stay with me forever<br /><br />But all the highs and the lows<br />And the tos and the fros<br />They left me dizzy<br />Oh darling, please forgive me<br /><br />But I no longer hear the music<br />Oh no no no no noPaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389501654214809534.post-72462637832951746032009-07-03T15:43:00.003+01:002009-07-03T15:45:11.583+01:00Resession hits porn!“How bad is this recession? Even sex doesn’t sell.<br /><br /><br />That’s the glum assessment of those in the adult entertainment industry, hundreds of whom gathered last week for the annual Cybernet Expo conference in San Francisco. The industry, now a multibillion-dollar online business, has discovered that people just aren’t willing to click-to-pay for vice the way they once did . . .<br /><br /> A lot of companies have been bouncing checks,” performer Annie Cruz said. “Some people have quit the business. A lot of companies have cut back shooting. There are a lot of girls who have not worked in a month.”<br /><br /><br />Hahaha found this on the net, hilarious! I think considering streamed porn is basically free on the net now might have alot more to do with the current crisis in the porn world!PaddyInEnglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683561129203800850noreply@blogger.com0