Short TV can make you cry Rant!

You know how some things in life can make you cry...like piles or the new Doctor Who...but there are very few TV shows that fill me up and make me go all emotional.
Cold Case....you know the bit at the end when Lily always sees the ghost of the victim in the very last scene.....My so called Life when Rayanne took the overdose, or the Christmas episode.
Lately i've been really really loving Dead Like Me. Its been cancelled, naturally, like most shows that are worth watching..but somtimes it gets me going. Perhaps its Georges deep meaningfull monologues, Daisys religious episodes or whatever. It makes you think. Which is more than can said for a lot of things.

Short Bjork Rant

Someone recently bought me a 4 CD box -set of this womans recordings. Why.. i do not know!
How does anyone listen to this. Good God its appaling. 3 hours of tuneless noise.
Its like having your teeth drilled.
Its got to stop!!!!!

Short Political Rant!

I was in Belfast today and something really, really got on my wick!
There was a demonstration. I know what you are thinking....Belfast....demonstation....Hello!
Anyway it was about water charges. We in Northern Ireland are going to have to pay for water, you know the stuff which falls from the sky, in large ammounts.
It has its pro and cons. My opinion is fairly straight forward. The rest of the UK pays so why should we in NI be any different. Its one of those things...just hope it is a fair, metered system e.g. why should i (i sadly live alone because no one loves me) have to pay the same as my neighbours who have 6 in the house. Logically they will use more water than me and so should should pay more. But ..........this is an arguement for another day.

But, back to the demonstration. It was passing along fairly peacefully as i was trying to cross the road and what did i spot? Banners and protesters from...wait for it... Communist Party, Socialist Workers Party and last but not least those trendy lefties Militant.
Why does this sort have to hi-jack this sort of protest. What possible connection do the Communist Party have to a protest against water charges. This always seems to happen during this sort of thing.
Do left wingers have a monopoly on protest! It spoils what was a perfect legitimate protest and makes it a cheap political protest.
What really gets me is that no-one except me seems to object to this. Local Unionist MP Bob McCartney was there with the rest of them. Does he agree with a Communist Party presence?

We live in a country, here i mean the UK, not just Northern Ireland, where it seems to be socially acceptable to have extreme left wing views but unacceptable to have right wing views. I wonder what reaction a BNP presence would have had on todays demonstration.

I did however make a small protest by verbally abusing a Communist Party member, who seemed to disagree strongly with my views on North Korea, Checynea, Ethiopea.......etc etc.
Strange..

Film Reviews # 1

Josie and the Pussycats is a film based on the sometimes Archie comics characters released last year to a critical panning and Box Office misery.

This is a great shame because it is excellent!

The story is based around the rise to stardom of a small town girl group called, not surprisingly, Josie and the Pussycats. A ruthless record company rep plucks them from obscurity and molds them to become the 'next big thing'.
Its basically a musical/ comedy that cruelly exposed the music and advertising industry. The film is littered with product placements in the most obvious way possible. Which is its whole point.

Its contains some absolute classic one - liners and throwaways. The cast are excellent and Rachael Leigh Cook is superb as the titular character Josie. Oh and did i mention that she is absolutely georgeous. This may have coloured my view of the film somewhat.

The outstanding thing for me however was the music. Jane Weidlin from the Go Gos was involved and it shows. Every song is a punk/pop classic and the video for '3 small words' on the DVD extras is worth the purchase price alone.


Buy the soundtrack - watch the movie- you know it makes sense!

(did i mention Rachael Leigh Cook?). Thought so!!

THE NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL SERVICE

Dontcha just love 'em!!!

Today my employers, The Northern Ireland Civil Service introduced a NO SMOKING policy throughout all thier establishments in Northern Ireland.

As a smoker you can probably guess that i am less than impressed. It was a loooooooong day today.
You may be surprised to find that i agree with the principal behind this. Not the offical line i.e. 'to improve the health of the workforce'. This is bollocks!!

It will increase the productivity of smokers throughout the service. In particular those smokers who wrongly believe that they are somehow entitled to a 'smoke break' and will frequently leave their workplace to use the smoking room. They are the people who killed the goose that laid the golden egg.

What really bugs me about the whole episode is this:-

They have also made going outside for a smoke during OFFICAL tea breaks a disciplinary offence! My tea break should be mine to do with what i please, smoke, sleep, yak whatever. Not allowed any longer. However, it still seems to be allowed to go for a paper, scone etc during tea breaks which is strange. Whether or not you can smoke whilst making the journey for your paper is anyones guess.

Don't like it......no not one little bit!

CRUSADERS 1 COLERAINE 1

At last a point!!!!


What more does a manager have to do to be sacked. Halfway through the season and 1 from bottom.
At least we scored a goal!
Its going to be a long, long season.