Writing July 16, 2010
Posted by Sharny in : Ramble,Rants,Scraps , add a commentIt seems like every time I have the urge to write something, a blog post or whatever, there are always so many hurdles to overcome to actually get to the writing.
Today is the perfect example and indeed typical of what happens when I visit my blog. First I start by having an idea for some writing, or indeed just a strong urge to do some writing. So I fire up the blog and always the first thing I am met with is the news that wordpress has been updated. So, of course, I must update.
Now I’m very easily distracted, meaning that while an update in itself wouldn’t take that long, it takes a long time for me to actually complete the update. FTP clients take a little while to do all the deleting and uploading that comes with an update (unfortunately my webhost doesn’t let me update automatically due to the security settings) and by the time I’ve done that I’ve found myself pouring through my last.fm reccomendations, fishing out more stuff to listen to.
Once I get back to wordpress I find that every single plugin I use is also out of date and must all be manually updated. Again, this wouldn’t take so long if I didn’t figuratively look away whenever it does something any longer than 5 seconds. And so, the process stretches out longer and longer until finally the blog is ready to use again! Hooray! Now I can finally make that post I wanted to make.
Oh wait, no, I’ve forgotten what I wanted to write about. I guess I’ll just have to wait till I get another idea and go through this whole thing again…
Song of the Day: Delirious by Luka Bloom March 12, 2010
Posted by Sharny in : Entertainment,Music,Review,Scraps , add a commentThis is like the fith time I’ve played this song toda and I think I’m going to be going in for another one very shortly. Not entirely sure why but it’s captivated me with melodic folky flamenco groove. He manages to make it sound like so much more than one man and one guitar. I’m pretty fascinated with his style of guitar, it’s ranging from soft strumming to a furious whip that makes for a snappy and punchy sound, all the time complimented by delicate and carefully selected melodic rhythm.
The lyrics touch that line of brilliance between a specific event and a vague generalisation, I think that anyone can get some level of connection with them, everyone knows a little bit of what he’s talking about. But most important is that groove, woah man, it’s just phenominal.
Here’s the video, I couldn’t find a way to embed it. If you can resist tapping your feet and bobbing your head I don’t know what’s wrong with you.
The future of Dyson? February 11, 2010
Posted by Sharny in : Internets,Scraps , add a comment
This was made by my friend and made me chuckle, I thought it should be out there for the world to see so he let me put it up here. For those who don’t know that’s James Dyson, inventor of a fine handful of neat things, probably the most awesomest being the Dyson Airblade. If you’ve never had the good fortune to use one you’re missing out, they are bad ass.
The Minestrone Mystery February 2, 2010
Posted by Sharny in : Ramble,Rants,Scraps,Thoughts , add a commentThere is a great mystery that currently confuses countless in this country. How many times have you reached for your variety pack of Cup-a-Soup (or generic brand Cup Soup) only to find unwanted packets of minestrone? Like a plague that haunts our cupboard, minestrone is rife among these variety packs and is almost guaranteed to sit for years at a time, fermenting and stagnating.
No one likes minestrone (Source: me and 4 of my friends). Or at the very least, everyone likes all the rest of the better. So why do they keep appearing? Surely there isn’t a big difference in cup soup production costs, I can’t imagine that chicken and vegetable, mushroom or tomato are more expensive to produce than minestrone.
I’m not asking for much here, just some variety packs that don’t include minestrone, cause I’ve got about 5 packets still left to get through, and they’ve been there for as long as I can remember. Many people are left enraged and frustrated by looking to a relaxing cup a soup after a long day at work and only finding minestrone. This plague upon our land must stop, for the sake of all our sanity.
Priorities January 12, 2010
Posted by Sharny in : Fun,Scraps,Society , add a commentAs anyone currently living in Europe knows, we’re having a very cold winter. There’s still a slushy snow on the pavements and less used roads. I’d say it was unheard of but last year saw heavy snowfall in February. I wasn’t around to witness it but it sounded really rather crazy.
I was perusing the wikipedia article on this abnormal winter. It’s pretty interesting. The bit that caught my eye however was down at the bottom. So as it turns out (source: BBC) most shops have been suffering from people not wanting to go outside. No surprise there. The fun part is that sales in contraception have risen. So everyone has definitely gotten their priorities straight. Right on, humanity.
Happy Arbitrary Celebration Day January 1, 2010
Posted by Sharny in : Fun,Ramble,Scraps,World , add a commentYep, we’re finally out of the cool sounding oh-somethings and into just plain old 10. I’m not gonna have fun with my event names for another ten years, that does rather suck, my whole twenties spent not being able to call things “Awesome Event *last two digits of year*” since it just doesn’t sound very good.
As you can guess from my title, I find the celebration of new year a bit puzzling. A good excuse for a party to be sure, but I don’t really understand why everyone gets so happy and hugs and kisses everyone around. Really every day is a new year, a new year from the same day the year before. I call bullshit on new years resolutions too, if you wanna make a change fucking make a change, don’t wait for some arbitrary date to do it.
Anyways, have fun wherever you are.
