There is more than one way to cover a cat in gravy.

Its has only just occured to me recently that I have been blogging for over a year now and the ramblings just keep on spewing forth. A violent image, I'm sure. Anyhows and what-nots aside.

My brother is still afk and loving it, and sure why not. He's in a foreign country with a canoe and everything seems to be looking for him. Well done and nice one, brovver!

Well, the wedding's seem to be flowing in this year. I've got one wedding this September in Northern Ireland that I am really looking forward to. Congrats to Ryan and Katie on that wonderful news. You know who you are! :)

Next weddings will be during next year and the year after.... Ah well, time to get the suit back from the dry cleaners. :)

Not really much of a blog, but what are you going to do about it.

Fán Noimead, cá bhfuill mó gheansaí?

Thats right, all you irish-speakers. the band that brought us soo many wonderful hits are coming back to rock our worlds in a nostalgia-inducing display of bad dress sense.

Sultans Of Ping F.C. live again, and they will be playing various gigs around Ireland in the run-up to Christmas. Whoopie! Jubliation abounds. Classic songs like "The TurnipFish", "Where's me jumper?!" "Japanese Girls" and many many more are all about to be dragged out of the closets that we denied we had.

On a related topic :
Kerbdog have reformed and I am delighted. A truely original and inspiring band that never should have split, reforemed, and split again. I was at Oxegen over the weekend, and despite all the warnings, got burnt to a crisp due to unexpectedly good weather. What are the chances of that?
I only found out on the Sunday that Kerbdog were playing on the Saturday. I haven't stopped kicking myself since I missed them.

On the up side, I did get to see Greenday, The Frames, Q.O.T.S.A., Snoop Dogg, Prodigy, Ian Brown, The Streets, Audioslave, Feeder and The Beautiful South. I had to leave early on the Sunday so that I could come back and get a good night's sleep and come in to work on the Monday. BuMMeR!

On another related topic :
Phily, thats great news and I'd be delighted if you could sort that out for me. I can't believe I'd had this blog going so long. Its amazing what a free mind can accomplish.... w00t!

I also got great news that one of my ex-work mates got engaged and is due to be married this September in Belfast. Yet another excuse to get sociably drunk and sing wee little ditties in the early hours of the morning.

I wish him and her the best of luck in all their future endeavours and I know that they'll make each other happy.

Apologies to all if my irish is out of whack, its been a while since I've written in my home tongue.

There is a new land out there across the sea...

There is a new land out there currently being investigated by one of my brothers. I wish him all the best on his adventures through daylight, lack of a proper night time, and the search for the best canoedilling spot in Iceland.

I've tried looking for his current location using Google Earth but I am having many problems tracking him down.

He gives a few clues in his blog, but its worse than trying to do the RTE Gold Bar Hunt that runs every year in Ireland.

I know, I could just call him and get exact co-ordinates for him, but where's the fun in that?

Anyhow, on to other less important things....

LOST
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What a show! It just gets better and better with each episode.

Drawn Together
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The best spoof of Big Brother you'll ever see. Its a shame that the first series is over now. :(

Wonderfalls
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Just started on Sky One. Its already been on terrestrial television, but its worth watching again. Its really messed up. I'd recommend it to everyone, except the truely paranoid.

American Dad
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Released over in the states(damn you lot for getting all the best shows first). Its done by the makers of Family Guy so you already know what to expect.

Battlefield 2
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An amazing game. The realism in it is better by far than the original, it only sucks that you need a high-spec machine to even get a glimpse of it.

Ah well, back to the books for me. I has got a Java exam to study for. Its just as well that I loves progging. Call me Uber-Nerd, but be warned that we, the nerd of the world, shall conquer from within. You shall not expect an attack from where you put us, but it is coming.

Went and saw "War of the Worlds" on saturday. I liked it. I was expecting to hate it because it never followed the original at all, but that doesn't matter. It more of a look at the attacks from a Joe Bloggs perspective. An average day, an average meal, another average guy getting fried by an average alien heat ray. The special effects were really cool as well. At times, the suspense was brilliant, really building up to some spectacular scenes and some truely gross deaths. I loved it!!!!!

Big cheesy grin on me!!!!

Next up : Willy Wonka!