hitherto unknown

Ok, so the concert mentioned in yesterday's post wasn't that bad, and I enjoyed getting away from the computer for a while. Though, I'm not going to write about the concert, in fact I'm going to tell you about some of the more fabulous things that happened.

Getting off the train back from the concert we had a rather unusual phone call to answer. Well unusual because it was a pay phone we were answering. Being slightly drunk also made this more amusing than it was.. but here goes the conversation (as much as I can remember it)

We: hello?
Caller: Yeah, hear me now, hear me now, to who is I speaking?
We: This is random guy in the train station, nice of you to call.
Caller: Yeah, yeah, where is you at? yeah...
We: Where is I at?
Caller: Where is you at maan.. I'm calling you like, bitching, forever..
We: We is at, the , bitching, train, station, init.
Caller: You takin' the piss maan? Is it, like, you disrespect me?
We: Is I disrespecting you like?
Caller: Yeah maan, is you disprespect me, 'cause I is not feeling your love brother..
We: I is not disrespecting your love.
Caller(interups): Where is you at maan, I ask you..
We: We is at the train station init.
Caller: Maan you don't tell me like it is.. where is your ass yeah.
We: My ass is in the train station talking to your ass.
Caller: Where is this train station maan..
We: This is the train station in Queen's street maan.
Caller: You disrespect me like.
We: Is it like?
Caller(at this point the caller decided to use a Ali-G line) Is it 'cause I black?
We: Is it 'cause you black?
Caller: Yeah maan is it 'cause I black?
We: It is not cause you black maan.
Caller: Is you black?
We: I is not black.
Caller: Ah (really hadn't thought this conversation would take this long had you?)
We: I is black on the inside init.
Caller: (laughs) Really you is black on the inside isit?
We: I is black on the inside brother.
Caller: (laughs so much that there's quite a pause)
We: Thanks for your call brother.

And so with that I hung up. Funny thing is that I was laughing just as much as the caller, which was clearly an intended prank call by a black dude and his mates probably somewhere in the UK, but god knows where. Probably made his night.

Hear me now. If you need further information about Ali G, and his comedy personas, please search google, where you will no doubt find that one of his most famous lines is "is it 'cause I black" - This post is not intended as a racial slur, I am mearly reporting an event as is actually happend. The fact that we both enjoyed this rather stupid conversation is proof that it was innocent fun. He phoned a random number for a laugh with his mates, I obliged by with a bit of tounge in cheek mockery. Hear me now.

This week has been pretty crazy all in all, and it's only Wednesday. First off, Monday morning I was barely awake on my walk into work, and half way up the road I get startled by some guy who suddenly shouts "Mind your own fucking business....NOW!" To say I was a bit perturbed when I looked up to see him pointing in my direction is an understatement. Lucky though, my heart could take the shock, and he wasn't pointing at me. Far too early in the morning to get involved with neighbourly conflicts, but then there were quite a few people about as there always is on that road during the weekday pedestrian commmute to work. I didn't hear anyone scream or shout as I carried on my merry way. How can you get that angry by 8:45 in the morning anyway? Usually takes a day for that kind of outburst, or at least a few straight wiskeys anyway.
Next thing, still on the walk to work, was a bastard seagul and her damn chick. To be dive-bommed by these despicale creatures while you happen to be - like 5 mins walk away from one of their diseased offspring- is not a good way to start Monday morning. I think I actually said out loud, "bugger off, for fucks sake". Clearly the stupid creature hasn't thought to learn english.

Tuesday, I felt like someone had taken me while I slept and thrown me about like a rag doll. One massive headache, stiff joints and a hoarse throat. Great. And I've got one day left of work-maddness (busy time of year) before cutting loose for my annual leave (today -who-ho).

Wednesday, I'm fine, I've been out in the sun and chilled out to music most of the day, and the promise of ill-health was never fullfilled. Well, I can be greatfull for that.

Waking up with heart burn is never a good thing, especially not at 4am in the morning. Nevertheless that's just what happened to me just today, but what preceded my getting up and downing half a litre of milk (always cures heartburn like a treat) was a little more out of the ordinary..

Of course it was a dream so here we go (I'm going to ignore the comedian Jo Brand who says that people who talk about their dreams are the most boring people).

I was leaving a restaurant, and walking by night along a quiet road. A cat came bounding past so quickly that I didn't really think much of it until something else came around the nearing corner and past me so quickly that I turned around. What was chasing the cat? It stopped, turned and looked at me. It was a large man with the head and paws of a fox. I remember running from the half man half beast for some time until I found myself back at the restaurant. What happened next really confused me. I started to fight the beast-man in the sort of kung-fu style seen only in slow motion action scenes. I was also winning the fight, blocking the beast's punches, kicks and teeth. Next, I even had a weapon. Sort of a stick, and started to use that with hitherto unknown expertise.

Next, I woke up with heartburn.. and whilst building up the will to leave bed and go to the kitchen, I recalled the dream I just had.

I would like to state for the record that I do not have any skill in kung-fu fighting, nor have I ever trained in using a stick or similar implement as a weapon. As dreams go, it was a pretty amusing one.

In this article by the BBC it seems that Dell is going to ship Pc's with Ubuntu

This is a great step forward in challenging the one company market for home PC users.

The more people who use the linux based Ubuntu, the better. The more that use it, the more it will become the better option.

Big thumbs up to Dell, and its founder ( an Ubuntu user ) for giving this a roll.

Just today in fact I had to remind myself of what a good idiot can do. I was sitting at my desk and as things were getting a little hectic (Many things all at once, you know, the sort where you have to get your head together first) I grabbed a coffee and decided to have a look at the hompage of my employer.

Well, I work for a University. As chance would have it I driffted onto their library search. Nothing unusual there you might think, don't you use your 32 book / 3 month allowance I hear you say (yes I do). And then the good idiot rolled in for another own goal. I'll be damned if I hadn't even thought of the fact that the Uni have a computer science course!

Of course you say, they do, you silly fool.

Yes they do.. they have a library full of web development/tech books..(first shocker) no....say 3 minutes walk from my apartment (second shocker)..and I didn't think of this before? (hatrick!)

Apart from the small, insy part about me being an imbecile.. ..JACKPOT!!!