MatGB—Knowledge is underrated
Life, the universe and everything. Politics, geekery and adapting to life in Yorkshire. With occasional outbursts of intelligence.
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The Yorksher Gob -
Vote me for overall winner!
( poll under cut )
2) We're off to Devon to visit family as of this afternoon. Staying at my octagenarian grandmothers in Slapton, where we're likely to be completey net deprived, travelling back Thursday. We'll likely visit people with internet and/or go to a cafe at some point, but don't expect SB's normal level of spamminess let alone anything at all from me.
Have fun y'all, remember to vote...
( The finalists are... )
( The poll itself in all its glory )
For some of the above links to off-site blogs I've added in links to their LJ syndicated feed if I could find it quickly, even with my nifty LJ Addons insets it was a PITA so I missed a few more than I intended, but still.
Also, if you want to be nice and plug this on your journal, have a copy/paste text area of the links and poll code:
( Cut for huuuge but silly poll )
I mean, seriously, why would you want to give your car a name, let alone a silly pun? Oh, wait, I'm in Yorkshire, it's Jennie. Combine the two and I'm doomed, aren't I?
Oh, the other scary thing? She went to the post office today to pay her wage in, and I met her at Sainsbury's to do some shopping. She'd bought a copy of the Highway Code and some L plates. Be afraid...
[1] A friends locked post at her personal journal.
[2] It's a really stupid idea of a name.
[3] I mean it, really really stupid.
[4] I hate it.
[5] Help me oh friends list, you're my only hope.
[6] As always, non-LJers will need to login with an OpenID or create an LJ account to vote.
( SPOILER! (really, lots of spoiler) )Overall, I enjoyed the show, but I enjoyed the penultimate show last season as well. This is Rusty's last ever finale, and I refer my honourable friends to the opinions expressed this time last year.
ETA: My friend the astrophysicist says: Basically, doing this with a planet will screw it up but he still enjoyed it.
Poll #1209471 Rollercoasters
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
Your reaction to White Knuckle Rides and other fast high things
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Very cool
17 (40.5%)
Too scary 6 (14.3%)
Cause motion sickness so avoided 3 (7.1%)
Meh, don't get the point 11 (26.2%)
Other (comments are good here) 5 (11.9%)
It's not that I didn't enjoy the day out—both
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shrublette[3] and Jennie were obviously really enjoying it, and some, especially the 'family' rides were good. I just was completely unmoved by the Big Dipper et al. The Avalanche was quite good, and the Mouse was actually scary as it felt like we were falling off at every corner, but I wouldn't say I really enjoyed them that much.You? Do you like rollercoasters?
[1] We being
miss_s_b, her daughter shrublette—it being her 5th birthday Friday) and her dad (who runs her YouTube channel)[2] It has a flash thing that autoplays with music, fair warning for those of you that don't have flashblock as a standard install.
[3] So much so that some of them, notably River Caves, Derby Racer and Grand Prix she went on again, and again, and again (and again). Fortunately Daddy volunteered to redo fair few of them...
nmg's, I thought I'd update it a bit.Warning though, below the fold are some minor spoilers for recent films such as Iron Man, Harry Potter 5 and Spiderman, and also endings/character reveals for Hamlet, Sixth Sense, Citizen Kane, the Star Wars trilogy, Soylent Green and Fight Club. Nothing is revealed that isn't on this classic t-shirt but if you really are that averse, just scroll to the last question...
( SPOILER! )
Obviously some things, like the end of a genuine mystery, are worth hiding if that's how it's written—knowing who did it never seemed to hurt my enjoyment of Columbo though, and a chunk of my reading is always history books where, y'know, I normally know the ending. It's not what happens that matters to me, it's how—I'm there for the ride, not the big splash at the bottom. You?
Poll #1195103 Musical Mystery Tour
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
Which of these would you listen to?
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Senser—Stacked Up 4 (10.3%)
McQueen—Break The Silence 2 (5.1%)
Cyndi Lauper—Twelve Deadly Cyns 14 (35.9%)
Nina Simone—The Best of 16 (41.0%)
L7—Bricks are Heavy 11 (28.2%)
Skunk Anansie—Paranoid and Sunburnt 15 (38.5%)
Janis Joplin—18 Essential Songs 18 (46.2%)
Motley Crue—Dr Feelgood 12 (30.8%)
Jimmy Eat World 7 (17.9%)
The Blues Brothers—OST 21 (53.8%)
Motley Crue—Greatest Hits 10 (25.6%)
Moby—Play 15 (38.5%)
Top Gear Anthems 17 (43.6%)
The Best Punk Album in the World...Ever! 18 (46.2%)
Thunder—Their Finest Hour 6 (15.4%)
Rock Anthems 20 (51.3%)
Pulp—Different Class 22 (56.4%)
Portishead—Dummy 18 (46.2%)
Nirvana—Unplugged in New York 16 (41.0%)
What is the nearest CD, tape or LP to you right now?
Bonus special points—6 of them are my CDs, want to guess which?
[1]You can tell I'm vacuuming, right? Definitely cleaning the house, not at all distracted and sat back at the computer again. Why she thinks I love the thing is beyond me, we got it to clear up after her filthy dogs...
Poll #1193737 25th May
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
Wearing lilac?
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Of course, it's the Glorious 25th 5 (10.4%)
No, I wasnt there, and neither were you. 33 (68.8%)
WTF? 10 (20.8%)
Towel awareness
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I know where it is 44 (88.0%)
I'm carrying it 3 (6.0%)
I've lost it 0 (0.0%)
Why should I care where my towel is? 3 (6.0%)
Happy anniversary John and Frances
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
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I have seen it and liked it 11 (20.4%)
I have seen it and disliked it 3 (5.6%)
I have not seen it but plan to 17 (31.5%)
I have not seen it and don't plan to 7 (13.0%)
I might rent it 8 (14.8%)
I hate it and all it stands for 2 (3.7%)
Meh 6 (11.1%)
Mat should
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Drag SB to see it even though she's not keen 7 (13.5%)
Respect her wishes and see it independently 22 (42.3%)
Not bother and wait until the DVD is out 5 (9.6%)
Stop using polls as a way out of decision making 18 (34.6%)
Also, am watching Sunshine on DVD. It's shit, unfortunately, I'd heard that people that liked Event Horizon liked it and others didn't, as I liked that film, I thought I'd give it a go. Ah well.
ETA: It's stripped out the link to John's Wedding speech from the anniversary bit, silly LJ.
Poll #1187280 Bag, Shag, or Crag
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None
Bag, Shag or Crag?
Bag Brown, Shag Cameron, Crag Clegg 2 (11.8%)
Bag Brown, Shag Clegg, Crag Cameron 2 (11.8%)
Bag Cameron, Shag Brown, Crag Clegg 0 (0.0%)
Bag Cameron, Shag Clegg, Crag Brown 5 (29.4%)
Bag Clegg, Shag Brown, Crag Cameron 1 (5.9%)
Bag Clegg, Shag Cameron, Crag Brown 7 (41.2%)
Does this view have any bearing on how you are likely to vote?
Does it bollocks! 18 (94.7%)
Yes, because I am *that* shallow. 1 (5.3%)
(trying inserting her poll into my post, might not work, will likely take you to her post when you vote, never done this before)
So, well, here's a poll for the first three episodes so far.
( The Good/Bad reaction post O'Doom... )
As usual, I really want to like it, but I'm just getting jaded. I really like Tennant as a bloke in the Confidentials, I just dislike the way he plays the Doctor. I don't like Tate at all, and never have. Planet of the Ood was better than the previous two, and that it had ( SPOILER! ) and ( SPOILER! ) is cool. I shall watch it again, but I'm not sure I'm watching out of anything other than a sense of obligation and a hope it'll get better.
Still, next week has ( SPOILER! ). They can't mess that up. Can they?
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