Beer ,Politics and The Rest Of The World

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

My Coffee shop inspiration

On monday when i was in La cuncina my uncles coffee shop the idea of the post on the Guardian, my cats and the g8 came to me. The G8 post has been scraped , mainly because i don't know enough, it would be like the articles in the red tops that seem insightful but all the have done is googled "G8". Anyway today again i was in a coffee shop, star-bucks this time ( not bad coffee for once as-well) and again i got idea's for posts. This time a post on cyber-stalkers and on why i blame the media for societies problems. i might not do the second one, but i will do my post on cyber-stalkers.

Apparently a group of bloggers have managed to get a man arrested because he was stalking them first over the internet then i real life, this news completely pass me by ( shocking i know) but anyway now it was highlighted in the always amusing perma-blog section of G2 i thought i would see how easy it would be to stalk me , with a starting place of this blog. So im going to do this in real time whislt typing this blog ( love tabbed browsing ).

Ok , first to the comments section, lets find out who my friends are and get info from them about me. Ok ash has left lots of comments which make him look like he knows me personally, so lets look at his blogger profile then his blog, Also my name "Taylor" is metioned more than once in comments. Right ash refers to Taylor in top post , in reference to " the soceity" Further down it is refered to Animesoc, and also references to leeds on my blog point toward a possible link. also reference to the real and cyber lounge. a google search of anime society leeds comes up with anime website. look into the commitee section leeds us to the name Taylor now, that must be there blogger know as djb, the stalker now knows my favorate anime of the moment is code geass, a quick glace through the forum intro section shows that im anybodyforcake. and also that we meet in the lounge and when the showings are so now the stalker not only knows my opinions , likes, dislikes and fav anime he also knows where i am on thrusday nights 7-10 , doesnt take much for him to come alone, then find out who i am and kill me......



Ok yes i knew what i was looking for, however think how much easier that would have been if i had facebook. But this whislt i have proved its possible to kill me via blogger ( even more possible i have done this post) its just as possible for someone to see me in the street follow me home and kill me. Yes you should be somewhat worried about giving personal info out on the internet but when people start to get overly worried its bad for everyone, in the same way that parents should let there kids out to play and not worry about peodfiles, people should be free to express there opinoion , share there hobbies and biuld friendships over the internet without begin scared that people who take an interest will eat them.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Cat-parision

The comes a time in any young mans life where he has to compare his cats, and that time is now. I have three cats and i am seeking to find the best, and only the best to devote my love and attension to, who will win... you decide.... i mean i decide.

Cat-testant number 1: Bubblegum

Name: Bubblegum
Age: about 11
Colour: Tabby
Specail ability: Sleeping

Pros: Bubblegum is the first of my cats and therefore has been with us the longest, he shows amazing affectionto anyone, so much so that if someone enters the house he imeddidatly sits on there laps and falls asleeep, he is also practically indestrutable, with a metal jaw after been beatten up with a baseball bat, and has had two leg operations after begin run over and shot with a pelet gun
Cons: Hes is growing old and tired, andis heavy and a little needy

Cat-testant number 2: Socrates

Name:Socrates
Age: Just over 2
Colour :Black and white
Specail ability: Insanity

Pros: Shes a kitten even thou shes like 2 now shes stil tiny, and shes mine becuase i got her myself and brought her home and conviced my mum to keep her, she only ansrews to me and sleeps at the end of my bed everynight, shes also evil , very good at getting mice, runnig up trees , chasing imaginary enimies , beating up other cats , etc etc etc Shes Great , plus she has a awsome name

Cons: She can be a bit bitey and isnt the sitting on your lap type, also the constant supply of mice and rats annoys my mum

Cat-testant number 3- Chewit

Name: Chewit
Age : 7 ish
Colour: Tortosie shell
specail ability : Begin Horrible

Pros: umm errr..... well shes a cat and cats are great , ummm she had kittens once which where awsome

Cons: shes evil , will bite you if you touch her and is a wuss....... i dont like this cat




So the winner of the super awsome best of my cats trophy is SOCRATES!!!! * crowd goes wild*
more from me later

The Monday Graudian, My Cats and the G8

Thats right 3 post in one day, Maybe if i get through them all. Firstly quick personal update, got my hair cut today, looks kinda pants, on the upside it will get my mum off my back and nobody in leeds can ridicule it becuase it will have grown out by the time i get there. Sat in my uncle's coffee shop today on the misguided infomation of my mother that if i hang about he might offer me a part time job, its safe to say that this was never going to happen. But somthing good did come of this trip, i had some quite beatiful coffee ( somthing that has eluded me in leeds) and i read quite alot of the monday Graudain. Now for some reason i always seem to read quite a few pages of the Monday edition, maybe becuase im looking for proper news after the poor show of the sunday papers. maybe i like to start the week well informed or more likely there are several articles by funny and good journalist that i read every week. I usaully start with the sport section ( Yes im a jock... i cant help it ... cause im from the ghetto) where on the back page there is the lies damn lies section, which is a seris of stats which are made up but great... i suppose you only find them funny if you like sport... so ill move on. Then there is media which isnt great , but conpared to the rest of the weeks suppilments ( like soceity) is quite enjoyable.. with articles like " Media Giants , as not what facebook can do for you..." parioding JFK's famous state of the union address. but the best of all is Charlie brookers article in G2, which is always and i mean always worth a read , which is hard to say of any print journalist ( polly tonybee is the only other person i would put in the bracket) he does a very amusing take on stuff on tv , much like his tv seris " Charlie brookers screenwipe" on bbc4 look it up on google its great i promise. well yes , i think thats enough Guardian Loving.... more posts later

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Back Home and bored allready

Well i have returned to Wonderful Swansea... and allready i dont want to be here. More on that Later. First the good news, im home with my dad and its the first time ive seen him since just after the operation, he looks great almost as well as before the illness, yeah hes thinner and look a little tireder but my god is it an improvment on just a couple of months, those of you who are close to me will know already that my fathers illness was a huge concern to me and its just fantastic to see him looking better. However now im home although its good to see my dad, and im sure i will enjoy spending time with my friends here i feel my life is in leeds now and that i am going to feel stupid just hanging round here. and i dont particallarly wanna get a job because i dont want to be tied to this place. But on a lighter no .... first in like a year.... REVIEW TIME:

Review: My Wrist Splint

The splint for my injured wrist as recieved on 8/06/07.
Colour: Flesh kind
Support:Velcro
Size: Medium
USB: None


Style: This is a fuctional but stylish piece, whislt its no Kate Moss top shop range it provides a sexy and driffrent change for a watch.... or indeed a working wrist. Its Flesh covered outside blends with the skin whislt showing of its Pimping Velco straps
Score: 9/10

Support: It holds my wrist in postion to stop it hurting... but it still hurts.... Score 3/10

Customise-ablity: becuase of the realtive minamalist style it is fully customisable you ca paint, write and add flames.... thats right flames ( painted not real) which will make this bit of arm candy a hit with the ladies Score 8/10

Conplatiblity with Mac osx: None 0/10

Overall score : 6/10