I skated to work again today, i have now found this to be a therapeutic time where i can just see the world go by in my bright glow in the dark fleece. I skate from Oval to Paddington blinding pedestrians with my neon-ness.
Its a great time, a moment to reflect, a moment to just ignore everything and listen to pod-casts. Its great...until...now.
Today was an effort everything was horrible, i wasn't feeling right, and most importantly...i couldn't be arsed. But i put a real effort today...and oh my it was worth it! I have seen many sights on my skating journeys.
Firstly,
According to Wiki Answers
"Canines have fur as an evolved means of self defense, and protection from the elements. Fur not only makes it harder to injure the dog, but also protects it, depending on the type of dog, from cold, rain, sleet, etc."
This i believe is an obvious answer, the whole keep warm bit, its genius idea...have fur on body = keep warm. Amazing how evolution does stuf like that..like how a Peregrine Falcon is perfectly designed to fall to the ground at amazing speeds and still get the pigeon. How pigs just know to taste like bacon...is genius.
So why then do people put coats on dogs, sometimes i can deal with a jacket on a dog, keep the fur nice and all that...but that is at a stretch. Today i saw a BIG BEAST of a dog in Hyde Park in an ORANGE jumpsuit, like the dog was bound for the electric chair on death row. Why? Why? Why? as we have learnt from Wiki today...dogs have fur to keep warm.
This would be like us...wearing a fleece...and then just for good measure putting a huge wooly jumper on top! I mean you wouldn't.
This humanisation of dogs is wrong! surely putting too many clothes on it, and making it too hot is like torture. I'm about to take the moral high ground...Torture is Wrong.
Also on my journey in Hyde Park, i saw a drunk homeless guy chasing a squirrel. Need i say more about the comical elements of this.
Someone laughed and pointed at me then she tripped over, very much to my amusement. I didnt even try to hide my laugh. I just laughed very loudly and proceeded on my way.
Anyway thats my run down.
took 45mins, loads of laughs
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
ANGERED! vile-disgusting-cunt
Firstly it takes alot for me to get angry, i get angry in funny ways. Shrug it all off with a joke. Quite a laid back chap i would say.
A little about me, i believe that i am an open-minded individual who keeps great company. Intelligent company, people who aren't one sided, can see all sides to an argument...most importantly educated. Being educated helps support a good argument. Otherwise it just descends into petty name calling and i would not want that round me.
I believe everyone has a right to believe anythinK (see previous post) they like, look however they want to look.
If you want to believe that little aliens from outer space are coming to get you..then fine. I will just let you do that.
If you want to believe a man with a cool beard lives in the sky and will helps us all. Then fantastic if it gets you through your day.
I don't have to agree with you, but i DO accept your opinion. Although i will probably argue back with evidence on the contrary, but it is an educated argument.
I have just seen on my face a Questionnaire which i shall post. THIS MAY OFFEND!
"COULD YOU BE A MUSLIM???
Take this simple test and find out.
1. Do you have more wives than teeth ?
2. Do you own a $25000 rocket launcher but cant afford shoes?
3. Do you cultivate Heroin but have a moral objection to Beer?
4. Do you think vests come in two styles ? Bullet-proof & Suicide?
And most significantly
5.Do you scrape the shit off your sweaty arse with your bare hand, but consider bacon unclean?!
If you answer YES to any one of these questions PLEASE DELETE MY NUMBER FROM YOUR PHONE!! YA MANKY PAKI BASTARD!!!!"
I do not wish to associate myseslf with this individual or infact have anything to do with him at all. All i will say is that we grew up together i have known this person for their entire lives! How is it that we could both turn out SO differently.
This kind of thing has actually got me riled, ok. This person can say whatever they like, but this isnt an educated thing. This is childish bullying RACIST. Totally un-called for in the public-domain of facebook.
another thing Paki is not Muslim - see un-educated as most people are like this.
I wish some people could just grow up, see reason.
This is quite a serious rant, i was going to wait until tomorrow, but was annoying me so much!
A little about me, i believe that i am an open-minded individual who keeps great company. Intelligent company, people who aren't one sided, can see all sides to an argument...most importantly educated. Being educated helps support a good argument. Otherwise it just descends into petty name calling and i would not want that round me.
I believe everyone has a right to believe anythinK (see previous post) they like, look however they want to look.
If you want to believe that little aliens from outer space are coming to get you..then fine. I will just let you do that.
If you want to believe a man with a cool beard lives in the sky and will helps us all. Then fantastic if it gets you through your day.
I don't have to agree with you, but i DO accept your opinion. Although i will probably argue back with evidence on the contrary, but it is an educated argument.
I have just seen on my face a Questionnaire which i shall post. THIS MAY OFFEND!
"COULD YOU BE A MUSLIM???
Take this simple test and find out.
1. Do you have more wives than teeth ?
2. Do you own a $25000 rocket launcher but cant afford shoes?
3. Do you cultivate Heroin but have a moral objection to Beer?
4. Do you think vests come in two styles ? Bullet-proof & Suicide?
And most significantly
5.Do you scrape the shit off your sweaty arse with your bare hand, but consider bacon unclean?!
If you answer YES to any one of these questions PLEASE DELETE MY NUMBER FROM YOUR PHONE!! YA MANKY PAKI BASTARD!!!!"
I do not wish to associate myseslf with this individual or infact have anything to do with him at all. All i will say is that we grew up together i have known this person for their entire lives! How is it that we could both turn out SO differently.
This kind of thing has actually got me riled, ok. This person can say whatever they like, but this isnt an educated thing. This is childish bullying RACIST. Totally un-called for in the public-domain of facebook.
another thing Paki is not Muslim - see un-educated as most people are like this.
I wish some people could just grow up, see reason.
This is quite a serious rant, i was going to wait until tomorrow, but was annoying me so much!
English Language
I'm tackling something a probably shouldn't. Me of all people shouldn't.
This is the demise of the english lanuage! mwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaa! I have NO authority whatsoever to criticise ANYbody's writing/speaking skills.
I am from Essex, and i know all about the dropping of letters from words. I will regularly say "waLDer", dropping that annoying T and replacing with a softer "LD". I try though, to be as articulate or have a varied vocabulary as i can.
So why am I getting so annoyed when other people use this terrible language.
Well,
Its now changed, its no longer the occasional letter that gets dropped in speech. Which i sometimes think isnt that bad. Its now in TEXT or TXT! Since when did it become acceptable to type LIKE as LYK?! or THAT as DAT.
Im sure this isnt just a pet peeve for me alone. People i know definitely hate this, or they should...i keep well educated company..sometimes. I believe this typed of text is actually ruining our language. Picture famous quotes should writers have got lazy and dumbed down.
"SHLL I CMPR THEE 2 A SMMRS DYTHOU ART MR LVLY AND MR TMPRT"
Are you kidding me! This has started to get me angry when i see Facebook status' using this typ of spk . huh?!
why? there is no limit like sms or twitter whats going on...are you so dumb that you cannot construct a simple sentence without wanting to shorten everythinK (deliberate K ... ill come to that later)
This really got to me, i started thinking about how i compose myself textually/articulately. I have now started to make more of an effort to pronounce and even learn the occasional new word. I believe language is core to intelligence, if you can express in a correct manner or have the vocabulary to express you will be left in a spiral of ths typ of spk nd dat aint kl
Right my next rant,
mainly THINK instead of THING...i.e someTHINK or anyTHINK, this is the worst destruction of language. The words dont even mean the same anymore. No longer describing a THING, this gets to me every time.
I believe these two subjects to be related, so my conclusions.
KNWLDG AND SPEACH R CNNCTD. PPL NEED 2 READ MR QLTY LTRTR AND EXPND THEIR LNGG SKLLS. LEARN NW WRDS LNGG CN BE FN AND WE SHOULD AL WRK ON IMPRVNG
hope you enjoyed reading, i understand my grammer/english writing skills aren't amazing, I at least try and will not resort to the above at any point.
---
I skated to work today..in the rain..took 40mins. Was wet. Shouted at a traffic light because it turned red. Scared a small child.
This is the demise of the english lanuage! mwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaa! I have NO authority whatsoever to criticise ANYbody's writing/speaking skills.
I am from Essex, and i know all about the dropping of letters from words. I will regularly say "waLDer", dropping that annoying T and replacing with a softer "LD". I try though, to be as articulate or have a varied vocabulary as i can.
So why am I getting so annoyed when other people use this terrible language.
Well,
Its now changed, its no longer the occasional letter that gets dropped in speech. Which i sometimes think isnt that bad. Its now in TEXT or TXT! Since when did it become acceptable to type LIKE as LYK?! or THAT as DAT.
Im sure this isnt just a pet peeve for me alone. People i know definitely hate this, or they should...i keep well educated company..sometimes. I believe this typed of text is actually ruining our language. Picture famous quotes should writers have got lazy and dumbed down.
"SHLL I CMPR THEE 2 A SMMRS DYTHOU ART MR LVLY AND MR TMPRT"
Are you kidding me! This has started to get me angry when i see Facebook status' using this typ of spk . huh?!
why? there is no limit like sms or twitter whats going on...are you so dumb that you cannot construct a simple sentence without wanting to shorten everythinK (deliberate K ... ill come to that later)
This really got to me, i started thinking about how i compose myself textually/articulately. I have now started to make more of an effort to pronounce and even learn the occasional new word. I believe language is core to intelligence, if you can express in a correct manner or have the vocabulary to express you will be left in a spiral of ths typ of spk nd dat aint kl
Right my next rant,
mainly THINK instead of THING...i.e someTHINK or anyTHINK, this is the worst destruction of language. The words dont even mean the same anymore. No longer describing a THING, this gets to me every time.
I believe these two subjects to be related, so my conclusions.
KNWLDG AND SPEACH R CNNCTD. PPL NEED 2 READ MR QLTY LTRTR AND EXPND THEIR LNGG SKLLS. LEARN NW WRDS LNGG CN BE FN AND WE SHOULD AL WRK ON IMPRVNG
hope you enjoyed reading, i understand my grammer/english writing skills aren't amazing, I at least try and will not resort to the above at any point.
---
I skated to work today..in the rain..took 40mins. Was wet. Shouted at a traffic light because it turned red. Scared a small child.
Not Common Sense
oh the famous, elusive "common sense". Apparently its like the 6th sense only not as much fun, you dont get to see Bruce Willis at all!
I've heard so many people exhaust the subject of "common sense", and I will now be another.
We all assume we have this "common sense" but do we?! really? think about it. I know i have done many stupid things that at the time seemed GENIUS! For instance i once thought it would be a great idea to hold onto a car whilst on my skates, the skates proceeded to fall apart and i broke my wrist. Or i have another time when i cycled blind folded and smashed into a beautiful mercedes.
But i think i have come up with a reason why common sense is lacking, yes i know i am amazing.
Well i think mobile phones are the issue, too many people staring at mobile phones and not "learning" these common occurrence's. So busy are people staring at Twitter or checking their email. This type of "look-down-unaware-of-anything-even-a-big-fucking-bus" behaviour was originally reserved for tourists with an A to Z.
I have the pleasure of skating through london most days and this behaviour is so apparent its actually shocking. I skate in a Hi-Vis Fleece, in fact lets call it a ILLUMINOUS GREEN FLEECE. I wear it so i dont get run over, but i've found more danger on the path with pedestrians! might as well walk around with there eyes closed. Some of these people would say that they couldnt bare to be blind...well their getting a lot of fucking practise!
I have developed a system...i say cunt to get there attention, they fucking look up then and see a bright green, rolling hobbit coming towards them!
This doesn't just affect me, it effects everyone. Whilst on mobile phones people seem to judge distances. I regularly see people attempt suicide, convinced that they can cross the road before that big red bus hits them. Its amazing! Any normal person would see the crossing, the bus, the distance and think "fuck that" but not these people. They just go for it, cos they havent "learnt" common sense.
Now i love Tweeting whilst on the move, and other i-based japery but i was young enough to have these experiences and i learnt.
I have never and will not again:
A) hold onto a car whilst skating
B) cycle blind-folded
Oh my last story involving common sense.
A guy, jumped out of a moving train because he missed his stop.
You never have thought you would ever need to tell a grown man NOT TO JUMP OUT OF A MOVING TRAIN
http://my.opera.com/nikonelite/blog/
I've heard so many people exhaust the subject of "common sense", and I will now be another.
We all assume we have this "common sense" but do we?! really? think about it. I know i have done many stupid things that at the time seemed GENIUS! For instance i once thought it would be a great idea to hold onto a car whilst on my skates, the skates proceeded to fall apart and i broke my wrist. Or i have another time when i cycled blind folded and smashed into a beautiful mercedes.
But i think i have come up with a reason why common sense is lacking, yes i know i am amazing.
Well i think mobile phones are the issue, too many people staring at mobile phones and not "learning" these common occurrence's. So busy are people staring at Twitter or checking their email. This type of "look-down-unaware-of-anything-even-a-big-fucking-bus" behaviour was originally reserved for tourists with an A to Z.
I have the pleasure of skating through london most days and this behaviour is so apparent its actually shocking. I skate in a Hi-Vis Fleece, in fact lets call it a ILLUMINOUS GREEN FLEECE. I wear it so i dont get run over, but i've found more danger on the path with pedestrians! might as well walk around with there eyes closed. Some of these people would say that they couldnt bare to be blind...well their getting a lot of fucking practise!
I have developed a system...i say cunt to get there attention, they fucking look up then and see a bright green, rolling hobbit coming towards them!
This doesn't just affect me, it effects everyone. Whilst on mobile phones people seem to judge distances. I regularly see people attempt suicide, convinced that they can cross the road before that big red bus hits them. Its amazing! Any normal person would see the crossing, the bus, the distance and think "fuck that" but not these people. They just go for it, cos they havent "learnt" common sense.
Now i love Tweeting whilst on the move, and other i-based japery but i was young enough to have these experiences and i learnt.
I have never and will not again:
A) hold onto a car whilst skating
B) cycle blind-folded
Oh my last story involving common sense.
A guy, jumped out of a moving train because he missed his stop.
You never have thought you would ever need to tell a grown man NOT TO JUMP OUT OF A MOVING TRAIN
http://my.opera.com/nikonelite/blog/
Do You Try to be funny
We've all got these people that we know that are just funny...not comedians or deformed people we secretly laugh at inside. But funny people that just make you laugh, people like you and me.
I don't consider myself "funny" maybe hyperactive or sometimes even "perky" but never "HAHA" funny. Let me explain my rambling.
I happened to be in a good mood, a little bit too much caffeine and maybe some Neurofen. I was feeling good, making quick remarks to everyone i met...i mean really intelligent ones..like "yeah and so's your mum" etc
Then in the middle of my own little stand up, in my own crazy world. A random extra i have never cast before just said "do you try to be funny" this comment hit me like a hammer.
These 6 words stopped me, i started thinking...i need to be careful with my response.
If i say no, their quick remark could be along lines of "thats lucky cos your shit" or "oh really you are a natural, why dont you be like Russell Howard and get on the Mock the Week"
If i say yes, i could get "well you should try harder cos your shit" or "wow, you're good, maybe london ipmrov will want you"
Now the main point of this is not that im funny or un-funny. you judge. i do/dont try.
Its the thought process, am i so negative that i think im going to get criticized also, do i actually care what this random thinks.
Is being so aware of other people what holds us back (see i got all serious on you!)
I think thats what makes a good happy life, the ability to filter out these little comments that knock our confidence. Most of the time though its yourself that'll heckle you in the middle of your own stand up. People say being childish is a bad thing, its a great thing. I mean how happy are children! they dont give a shit what anyone says. If they want to do something incredibly stupid or silly they will. So from now on, im a child.
http://my.opera.com/nikonelite/blog/
I don't consider myself "funny" maybe hyperactive or sometimes even "perky" but never "HAHA" funny. Let me explain my rambling.
I happened to be in a good mood, a little bit too much caffeine and maybe some Neurofen. I was feeling good, making quick remarks to everyone i met...i mean really intelligent ones..like "yeah and so's your mum" etc
Then in the middle of my own little stand up, in my own crazy world. A random extra i have never cast before just said "do you try to be funny" this comment hit me like a hammer.
These 6 words stopped me, i started thinking...i need to be careful with my response.
If i say no, their quick remark could be along lines of "thats lucky cos your shit" or "oh really you are a natural, why dont you be like Russell Howard and get on the Mock the Week"
If i say yes, i could get "well you should try harder cos your shit" or "wow, you're good, maybe london ipmrov will want you"
Now the main point of this is not that im funny or un-funny. you judge. i do/dont try.
Its the thought process, am i so negative that i think im going to get criticized also, do i actually care what this random thinks.
Is being so aware of other people what holds us back (see i got all serious on you!)
I think thats what makes a good happy life, the ability to filter out these little comments that knock our confidence. Most of the time though its yourself that'll heckle you in the middle of your own stand up. People say being childish is a bad thing, its a great thing. I mean how happy are children! they dont give a shit what anyone says. If they want to do something incredibly stupid or silly they will. So from now on, im a child.
http://my.opera.com/nikonelite/blog/
Here I am 5 Miles Later
So here I am. Passing on my thoughts and feelings.
I've had a blog before, but things didnt work out between us. This is mainly due to the fact, mainly due to the fact im very unmotivated and get to the point...do people actually read this. At this point I usually go to the pub.
BUT!
I have a new motivation spurred on by my idea of "Skating to Work Project". This started of as just a way to keep fit and save money. It has now turned into a small photo diary using my trusty iPhone! and its many apps. It started off well, I made 5miles in 30mins and for a first try that was good! 15mins faster than a London bus. So i kept at it, i would skate to work faster than a bus and then get the bus home. This was going to be EASY!
The next week, this week, i thought it would be a good idea to also skate home. Easy i thought i skate to work fine with no hassle at all. Oh how young and naive i am, what i failed to take into account is ... my actual day of work 10hours sitting behind a desk tweeting or jumping on trains also tweeting. This takes a lot out of you, the tweeting alone must burn loads of calories!
So?! i hear you all scream ... and i know there are many of you!
"just get the bus home, its all good, no need to worry, we wont tell anyone...we wont even correct you bad grammer"
But, me with my young enthusiastic ways, didnt top up my oyster card. My wife is in control of my finances as i can not be trusted if there is a pub within walking distance of me, and in London there usually is.
I also told her not to top up my oyster card at all.
i have be forced to skate 10.4miles a day, i am now aching and can barely move...although i still tweet. I will try to take photos of my daily skates but i do go the same way over and over again so not sure how that'll pan out.
I have some more ramblings about pedestrians and various other adventures. I will try to update daily but i doubt it.
so please feel free to check out my album and send me a message.
Ashley
http://my.opera.com/nikonelite/blog/
I've had a blog before, but things didnt work out between us. This is mainly due to the fact, mainly due to the fact im very unmotivated and get to the point...do people actually read this. At this point I usually go to the pub.
BUT!
I have a new motivation spurred on by my idea of "Skating to Work Project". This started of as just a way to keep fit and save money. It has now turned into a small photo diary using my trusty iPhone! and its many apps. It started off well, I made 5miles in 30mins and for a first try that was good! 15mins faster than a London bus. So i kept at it, i would skate to work faster than a bus and then get the bus home. This was going to be EASY!
The next week, this week, i thought it would be a good idea to also skate home. Easy i thought i skate to work fine with no hassle at all. Oh how young and naive i am, what i failed to take into account is ... my actual day of work 10hours sitting behind a desk tweeting or jumping on trains also tweeting. This takes a lot out of you, the tweeting alone must burn loads of calories!
So?! i hear you all scream ... and i know there are many of you!
"just get the bus home, its all good, no need to worry, we wont tell anyone...we wont even correct you bad grammer"
But, me with my young enthusiastic ways, didnt top up my oyster card. My wife is in control of my finances as i can not be trusted if there is a pub within walking distance of me, and in London there usually is.
I also told her not to top up my oyster card at all.
i have be forced to skate 10.4miles a day, i am now aching and can barely move...although i still tweet. I will try to take photos of my daily skates but i do go the same way over and over again so not sure how that'll pan out.
I have some more ramblings about pedestrians and various other adventures. I will try to update daily but i doubt it.
so please feel free to check out my album and send me a message.
Ashley
http://my.opera.com/nikonelite/blog/
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