tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57287418324738751162024-03-20T04:11:34.299+00:00Passably ContentRed Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-50883114754920879442015-10-09T12:41:00.001+01:002015-10-09T12:41:28.044+01:00So...the elephant in the room
I bought a house.
Well a townhouse as they call it here.
A 2 bedroom, single floor building, with a garage and a roof terrace across the entire property.
It's awesome. With views over the bay and the eastern suburbs, like this:
(The wires are for the trolley bus that stops directly outside)
And more importantly it's double glazed, insulated and has a heat pump. It even has a DVS. That Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-91105153465833098922015-09-03T10:17:00.000+01:002015-09-03T10:17:14.899+01:00Living the dream
When I first moved to New Zealand I decided I could now live my life the way I wanted to, as opposed to feeling the need to conform to something unrealistic.
Well, within reason anyway.
I still had a part of me that wanted to settle down, but after what happened before I left I knew that was going to take a while.
I wanted to travel a lot, but bills had to be paid so I needed to get a Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-39353495768629762032015-08-29T17:44:00.000+01:002015-08-29T17:44:07.828+01:00Arse
No matter how old I get.
No matter how wise I get.
(And I'm pretty wise nowadays)
I still get drunk and do stupid things, or say stupid things.
It's part of my charm.
But I think I'm the most harmless person on the planet.
Or maybe I'm drunk.....
Ooooh, mindfuck.
Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-75900674051087563222015-08-27T12:13:00.003+01:002015-08-27T12:14:46.994+01:00I'm flagging....
I'm totally knackered for sure - partying too much and working mentally hard on projects - but that's not what this post is about.
You may or may not have heard that NZ is having a referendum on changing it's flag. In fact that's not true, it's having referenda. Although rather than ask if they wish to change the flag and *then* have a choice it's doing it the other way round.
Which is Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-85833639659110951912015-08-24T11:26:00.000+01:002015-08-24T11:26:18.357+01:00The Return of the King (of nonsense posts)
Greetings, or welcome back if you ever used to follow this blog when I posted semi-regularly!
SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED since I last posted so I thought I'd do this in a Q&A format to forestall any questions people may have. I say 'people', possibly 'person who may stumble across this in a google search in three years'. But I digress....
So where have you been?
Initially at home, then in a Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-91721528445658963912014-03-14T02:57:00.000+00:002014-03-14T02:57:09.124+00:00
We got married.
She got iller and iller.
She committed suicide in November 2013.
She turned out to be a lying, cheating whore (literally). Great.
We move on.
Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-18207367010289792872012-05-18T23:47:00.000+01:002012-05-18T23:47:38.765+01:00Ding dong the witch is dead!
Or some other song about bells. Whatever.
Anyway, I got engaged to Mrs RS. Who will become officially Mrs RS. Just to clear up any confusion.
She's a huge fan of the game Bioshock and works for the company that made it. I don't do normal so went behind her back and contacted her boss about six months before this. Together we planned an event and I had a special ring made in the same theme.Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-28695402377178868102012-05-12T00:29:00.001+01:002012-05-12T00:29:30.770+01:00Hello
I'm sorry I've been away. I very nearly gave up on this entirely.
That's not true. I did give up.
I got tired of people at work ratting me out. I got tired of people I respect but slightly fear (Stalker girl is now a famous artist apparently, which is nice) still reading something that in part I felt personal. Though of course it wasn't personal because it was in the public domain and I Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-32940224104566086682011-07-06T22:31:00.002+01:002011-07-06T22:49:50.854+01:00QuestI know I've been away, lord I know (in an amazingly atheistic use of 'lord' obviously). But I'd like to share with you a couple of things. One of which is this frankly disturbing study. The bit that scares me the most - 14% of americans think that evolution is definitely true. 14%.14%Fourteen mother fucking percent. I'd be ashamed to considered English if that was the case over here.I did Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-36966948598366605442011-06-22T00:46:00.001+01:002011-06-22T00:48:08.625+01:00Boo!Things that no human should endure before they're 40. Part 1.White nasal hair.Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-71154939585197417592011-05-07T00:51:00.002+01:002011-05-07T01:13:21.813+01:00HiA small amount of time has passed since I last posted.I suppose I should feel bad, but to be honest I'm not sure how much I feel of anything anymore. Let's get the facts out of the way:a) Mrs RS is currently in remissionb) Mrs RS still has an unhealed leg wound from last year that will 'most likely never heal'. She undergoes extremely major surgery the week after next. This will either finally Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-16050475507670430902011-01-12T00:29:00.003+00:002011-01-12T02:06:34.697+00:00So this horse walks into a bar...The title of this post is just about as close to a joke as you're going to get in here, so if you're expecting a good laugh then you'd probably be best to skip this entirely.You may wonder why I stopped writing this blog and where I went for much of the last six months (or you may not, but seeing as you're reading this I'm guessing you do) and the simple answer is that there is no simple answer. Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-64281187782651919832010-10-28T01:10:00.002+01:002010-10-28T01:31:41.753+01:00SadI'm home now after 3,800 miles of driving around the pacific northwest over two weeks. At times it was a fantastic holiday and some great photos will likely appear when I can get them.However something, as always. overshadows this. I can't talk about it explictly as it's not my choice to. Either way my life is continuing behind a facade that is slowly crumbling. I try, I really try to care about Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-82545479283041943142010-10-20T04:31:00.002+01:002010-10-20T04:34:31.387+01:00Evening...I'm currently in the states visiting Mrs RS, so I'll update as and when I can get near a computer (we're road tripping from California to Seattle).Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-11251667111527853582010-10-07T18:16:00.002+01:002010-10-07T19:16:20.004+01:00I'll stop being cynical when the world stops being shit.I have somewhat of a reputation at work for being cynical. So much in fact, that it was proposed that a 'Cynical Jar' was introduced so that anyone being cynical had to put a pound in it.I just said that someone would probably just run off and steal the money before it could be used for anything useful, so what was the point?The idea didn't get raised again. Which just goes to show that cynicism Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-51869626851669874092010-09-23T19:24:00.001+01:002010-09-23T19:30:25.348+01:00Squirrel WisdomWhat doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, apparently.Lies.Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-60064531179203443162010-09-17T18:38:00.002+01:002010-09-17T18:42:50.808+01:00Goddamn it...I was pretty much going to post this last night but got 'sidetracked', and then I woke up to find that the Daily Mash had done it in a probably funnier way anyway.So, imagine I wrote this and then come back and tell me how great I am.Cheers.Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-43138108657090011702010-09-10T18:55:00.004+01:002010-09-10T19:28:39.567+01:00If you ask me no questions...Having been a very bad blogger this year (although in my defence I have some justification for not being online as much), I'm starting to catch up a bit. Only 276 of your blog posts still to read. Piece of cake.Hmmm.....cake....Talking of which, a department of the NHS (or Commie Pinko Conspiracy To Leave You Destitute to you Americans) has recently been offering quite large sums of money to Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-89821632769163730612010-09-07T22:02:00.003+01:002010-09-07T22:14:29.378+01:00Is the Pope catholic?Well, yes he is - and he's a freeloading old bastard as well - but as rhetorical questions go that's probably one of the better examples.The best example however, is definitely today's Daily Mail frontpage. Regular readers will know of the general disdain I hold for all staff, journalists or readers of that hideous rag, but today is a new highlight.So without further ado, here it is (with helpfulRed Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-91173155218773527252010-08-19T18:43:00.002+01:002010-08-19T18:45:52.623+01:00A question.In your lifetime you've probably - many times - heard (especially if you're English) someone say "There's always someone worse off!"Have you ever wondered if you're the person they're talking about?Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-15040220470299778772010-08-14T10:28:00.002+01:002010-08-15T14:42:32.768+01:00Crystal Ball time part 2...It's time for my 2010/11 Season Predictions!1) Manure to win the league. I feel their young players are starting to bed in more into the side and they never give up.2) Chelsea, but not by much.3) Miles behind will be Arsenal - just not good enough in defence to go the whole season and how motivated is Fabregas?4) Tough one this but I've got a feeling that Spurs can get 4th again even with the Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-49844954493099751492010-08-14T10:00:00.002+01:002010-08-14T10:28:34.963+01:00Crystal ball time...With expert timing I've waited until 3 hours before the season kicks off to appraise last year's football predictions and make some for this season.So without further ado, here's last year's predictions with results:1) The winners of the Premiership this season will be.....Chelsea. A brave shout, but I think that their squad is old and experienced and so is their coach. Ancelotti will bring theRed Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-35024699578104162762010-08-12T17:30:00.023+01:002010-08-12T18:47:28.536+01:00Buses, that's what I'm like......you successfully avoid me for a month and then two posts in two days.Sometimes I think I spoil you.Don't hit me.Anyway, I mentioned that a lot of my time had been spent making a prop for Mrs RS over the last month or so. This isn't something I normally do - I used to do some modelling in my early teens (that's making models rather than having my picture taken obviously) for those little Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-37931144986033211672010-08-11T19:14:00.005+01:002010-08-11T19:51:04.066+01:00Hello, what's all this then?I've not been here for ages! I also appear to have 476 blog posts in my reader. Christ.It's been a bit mental recently - memorial day on the other side of the country for my friend Edd who died at the end of June, followed by stag-do, followed by a friend visiting from Australia, followed by family wedding, followed by ill cat (now minus several teeth) - and all that alongside work being a 'Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728741832473875116.post-43004120692181162042010-07-10T21:01:00.002+01:002010-07-10T21:09:03.763+01:00Hmph.Do you know what the highlight of my working day is?Probably not, but you want to know right?Probably not, but sod it - I'm telling you anyway.The highlight of my working day is arriving at work to find that the old lady that washes the spoons (or the 'Refreshment Officer' if I'm to be correct) has actually washed the spoons. The small effort required to wash a spoon before making my caffeine Red Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04678400607653911813noreply@blogger.com7