Just before the weekend, I got Guitar Hero 2 for the Xbox 360... and given that I hadn't so much as picked up a guitar before last Thursday (ever), I'm doing pretty well.

Granted, I'm struggling on medium, after breezing through easy; and the spots in front of my eyes are kind of annoying after a brief playing session (I'm not alone in that, ( Read more... )

No absurdly long report of the 1PW show, mainly because anything I'd be writing on it would  be so full of hatred...

Anyway, the first show of the "new" era (run by the same folks as before) was interminable, to say the least. They've gone from booking a product that was like TNA in their glory days (late 2004 til, ooh, October 2006) to the same ( Read more... )

It's late, and I can't sleep... which isn't a good thing. Maybe its' the excitement. Anyway, I can't say too much right now, for reasons that will become obvious, but it looks like I may be heading to Manchester in the not-too-distant future to cover a certain combat sport event.

In the space of 48 hours, I've gone from having a blank calendar to ( Read more... )

...you're gonna get knocked down.

Looks like I'm going to my first gig in four and a half years in a week's time. Drowning Pool are playing in Newcastle on Tuesday week along with Ill Niño - something I only found out about this afternoon, despite the gig having been announced over a month ago.

I've got my ticket, and barring a screw-up on the scale ( Read more... )

Somehow, I survived April Fools Day without any pranks. Maybe having a lie in helped out!

After having to tape WrestleMania last year, I got my arse into gear and booked Monday off, so I'm able to stay up til 4 to watch the show. With a pizza, a few drinks, and a bag of Skittles. Maybe its the subliminal advertising that's done it... They're fruity ( Read more... )

Well there's no going back anyway, so what the hell. I've not written anything in anger into this for a long time now... but it's nice to know that those sneaking feelings that you're getting messed about with were true, and not just ill-informed paranoia.

Once is a mistake. Twice? That's not a mistake. And since we're into coded messages that only ( Read more... )

...I was on my way away from JFK airport and into New York City, after waiting for Henry's luggage. But I digress - time flies when you're having fun (or does it?)

I posted a bunch of photos from New York in the MySpace last weekend - the blogs I hand-wrote at the time are (typed up!) somewhere on this PC. Barring something totally unforseen (like ( Read more... )

I don't usually go in for lists, but this should be a bit of an eye opener...

First one from Crystal - the only person I know whose camera turns everyone into a red-eyed demon (even when their eyes are covered!)
( Films and WWE mania )

Today was my first day off work (not counting Saturday... they're called weekends for a reason!), and I've been spending the day finishing off clearing out the crap: in my room, online, and in my personal life ( Read more... )

We're heading into spring, but that doesn't mean the winter weather has to go just yet. With most of Britain getting its first snowfall of the year, it's time to play that oh-so-predictable game that we know and love, called "watch the councils completely fuck up the roads again"

Over Tuesday night, the roads around here only got a slight dusting of ( Read more... )