Saturday 29th October 2005

Site went down during the early hours of Monday morning, but I did not discover the fact that my site was down until late on Monday evening. Exceeded my monthly bandwidth allowance (again) after only the other week, giving myself a top up of 200mb for the cost of £7. This time around, I decided against shelving out further money on top-ups. The site bandwidth would be reset on 00:00 on Tuesday 1st November and I can wait until then. Suppose, these gives me an opportunity to clean up the pages behind the scenes.

The first movie I saw from the collection was Team America: World Police. Funny enough, this was a film my Dad had wanted to go to see at the cinema with me last summer. Thankfully I turned him down. As you might expect, Trey Parker (the creator of South Park) is vulgar, tasteless, controversial and politically incorrect. However, the movie is entertaining (even if somewhat predictable) with an all star cast, some great songs and hilarious spoof movie send ups. It everything that you would never expect to see in a Gerry Anderson production.

After two days training, it was back to work with a bang. Although I was glad for the return to normality. Routine is a key component of my life and I hate being off the beaten track. My two adventure, has been documented, to some extent, over on the other boring work blog. We are busy, but at times I find myself staring at the screening, pondering which big task to undertake. Depending on which way you look at it, this is perhaps the most fortunate or unfortunate part of my position. When we are busy, there are plenty of things to be getting on with and you very much have to keep your wits about you. When we are quiet, you have to consider careful, which task you want to get yourself bogged down into.

Last weekend I saw the latest Citroen television commercial for the C3. This must be the third, if not forth television spot for multi-purpose super mini. This time around, the marketing people have put a spin on the classic sitcom, ‘Happy Days’. When I was younger, I would watch the repeats on early Sunday mornings on Channel 4. Don’t ask me why, but I had to download the theme tune and listen it full stereo glory. The most comprehensive site, detailing the birth, growth and final death of the show is over at SitComs Online. My favourite character? There is no need to ask, it could only be the Fonz. (Talk of the devil, it is his birthday tomorrow!) Anybody else have some great memories from this television show, which become an American institution. I think Paramount Comedy 2 still show some later episodes.

Although I knew little about the show prior to last weekend, I had heard many great things about the Seth MacFarlane animated series, The Family Guy. The series began to broadcast on BBC2 on Saturday nights, followed by the American Dad. The star of the former is Stewie, the little one year old baby with a strong equitinesiential British accent. By checking some of the fan sites, I have been able to discover that the screenings have started from series three, rather than series one. The first episode screened on the BBC was The Thin White Line. Originally screened on the other side of the water over four years ago. I might have to put the DVD for the earlier episodes onto my list for Santa. For the time being, apart from the show, I have the official blog to keep me company.

If I have started to mention the big red man already, it must mean we are drawing close. Over at Diamond Geezer, he is not letting the side down, as expected. Less than two months to go. For those of you, whom want a more precise countdown. Will I prepare myself slightly earlier this year? You can bet your bottom dollar, I will not.

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