People Watching

So I'm not one of these girls that has ever really enjoyed places like the hairdressers but I'm trying to embrace the experience. Today I used the experience for some people watching. There are the women that clearly see there stylist as there best friend whether they are there weekly, monthly or every second month, like me. There are the women that it's there big day out of pampering - now I have to explain, that I do not go to a top class city centre salon. It's a local, nice wee place. but still..... What I don't understand is the blokes. Why do blokes go to a salon? I can understand it if they want their hair coloured, although that can be very dodgy for blokes so take advice from girlfriends, sisters, girls that are friends guys. But guys, you can go to a barber get a cut for like £8, be in and out in 10 minutes and not have to make an appointment AND generally it looks alright. But some of you choose to go to a salon and pay £30 I just don't get it.

I go to a salon because I have to. I have afro hair, barbers wont/can't cut it, I need it dyed and basically females have to pay that bit more but guys - for god sake, get out of the salons, you don't belong there.

Unleashing my inner Geek

I decided to splash out and get myself a new TV and join the new world. I did a bit of research, spoke to some people and ordered myself a 42" panasonic plasma tv. I also decided that if I'm going to have a big flash, TV I might as well get HD television. I had heard it's not worth paying for (it's an extra £10 per month and you only get about an extra 20 channels at the moment) but I watch a lot of sport so I figured for that alone I'd do it.

I am now obsessed. I have watched 3 football matches in HD now and I actually get annoyed if the highlights of another game are not in HD because it looks weird and blurry. I am so impressed. I have turned into one of these techy geeks I hate who goes on and on about how good techy things are. But while watching the football, I can actually see the pattern on the ball. I can see the beads of sweat running down the players faces, it's amazing. It has also made me go and splash out on Blu ray player which is due to arrive tomorrow and will undoubtedly make me even more boring and geeky.

In short, I got a new toy and I like it!

Where'd all the time go

I recently got a promotion at work, it's only a temporary one but it's a start. The thing is it has meant a change to my shifts. I now instead of working 6 days on, 4 days off which a couple of my working days being nightshifts giving me time during the day, I am now working Monday to Friday 1pm - 9pm. I am actually enjoying it better than I thought I would but the major drawback is it has come while the TV season is good, therefore my Sky + is taking some hitting and the fact that I 'ahem' aquire quite a few US shows to get through too.

It has now hit Friday night and I have about 20 or 30 hours of TV to catch up on. This includes a week worth of The Daily Show and Colbert Report, The Shield, Life, ER, Newswipe, The Mentalist, Southpark. I also have; House, NCIS, Lie to Me (which if you haven't caught yet you have to see) It stars Tim Roth as a Body Language expert and it is just fantastic, Family Guy, American Dad, Scrubs and the list goes on. Oh and the Wire, which I've seen before but now that it is being shown on terestial TV in the UK I am watching it again. Although the BBC in their wisdom, decided to show it 5 nights a week - too much BBC. Anyway, I don't class myself as a big TV genie. My life does not revolve around TV but all the good stuff seems to be on at once. And now I'm single and poor (cause no-one's bought my flat yet) I can't afford to go out much but I also don't have time to catch up on TV.

I'm trapped in a cycle and I can't get out.

God I need to get a life

By the way, have you seen the BBC sitcom Outnumbered.....

Movies

I decided not to work as much overtime this week, maily because I have migraines that are getting out of control again, so a break away from work is a good thing probably.

I have used my time productively to try and catch up on tv viewing and some movies. I watched a movie called An Incredible Journey, which is a 1963 Disney film where the basic premise is that 2 dogs and a cat try to find their way home over 300 miles of rugged terrain. It has since been remade and Disney, in their wisdom decided to make the animals talk. In the original it is narrated and doesn't use special effects which means what you see from the animals is amazing. I realised that kids films from 40 or 50 years ago gave kids way more credit than they do now. They remade rather than jsut re-releasing it. And it's not just Disney, why do they have movie studios insist on remaking films rather than giving people credit and if you want to celebrate a good film, re-release it and give people credit.

The Incredible Journey I love this film, and highly recommend you watch it but ensure you get the original.

Obama

Just read an article about Barrack Obama's first wee while in office and I have a new found respect for him for this comment: "Hey guys, what do you think of my -- this spiffy ride here?" the president asked the group of reporters traveling with him on the presidential plane. I like the fact he's enjoying himself and using normal words and being in awe of things still. Can't beat a president with a bit of humility.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/13/air.force.one/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

a tweeting obsession

A friend of mine recently got using Twitter recently. I've used (and still use) Bebo and Facebook. I use Bebo predominantly for friends and colleagues I know vaguely through work and Facebook tends to be people I have known for a lot longer and know a lot better. The thing is I'm not, and never have been interested in joining groups and poking people and having full blown public conversations with people. I've always used them as a tool to stay in touch with people not really much more. My favourite parts of both these sites was the status updates, the one line people would write about how they feel, what they're doing or just something funny. Twitter is just that, just one line - well 140 words. I started following a couple of friends and now I follow people like Stephen Fry, Adam Savage, Charlie Brooker and Penn Jillette. There are funny, interesting, mundane and silly posts. I enjoy keeping up to date with my friends during the day and i enjoy following the famous tweeters too. I know it's sad but it makes you feel like you have a personal connection to these people. And if they reply to one of your 'tweets' it makes you feel like you have become a friend to the celebs. I know you don't have to say it!!

I tend to follow it a lot during the day and it is becoming more and more like a way of life for those who use it. The plane crash in the Hudson river had pictures posted on twitter from the plan and from the rescue services. During the inauguration people were watching and 'tweeting' as the speech was made it's like a huge international conversation. I believe that Twitter is going get bigger and bigger and people will start to communicate with each other in 140 words or less and through twitpic.

So get Twittering and follow me @weedief

Accepting my inner geek

I've been working a lot overtime lately, this is due to: 1 - it being available and 2 - me needing money. As a result of this I have been recording lots of stuff on TV and have realised that I am struggling to catch up. So today, due to migraines and a touch of laziness, I took today off and have spent the day watching pre-recorded stuff and it made me wonder what people do without technology. I don't consider myself a geek, I have friends who are waay geekier than me. Some like sci-fi, some like gadgets, some like sci-fi and gadgets but I have always considered myself the least geeky. However I am slowly coming to realise that I am a bit of a gadget freak. I have sky plus, nintendo wii, iphone, digi camera, guitar hero world tour. I can't imagine not having these things, like really I think I'd need to move into a cave or something.

Also, something I was always aware of is my little obsessions. Basically I start enjoying things and become unhealthily obsessed. My current obsession is Fame, I grew up watching it, I wanted to be in it. I wanted my school to be like it and all the memories came flooding back when someone in my work randomly lent me the DVD of series 1. Unfortunately I can't sing, act or play an instrument so my dreams were not going to come true. Yesterday we went to see the live show which was a great fun day out. Today - yes I'm watching the DVD and singing along.

OMG I am geeky beyond belief, I may have to finally come to the realisation that I am not the coolest person in my circle of friends :)