| A matter of perspective |
[Apr. 4th, 2006|03:12 pm] |
Just made the subject matter up more as a reason to get writing than any introspective ideas. Weekend was sweet, went out eating lush food with nat, followed by shopping for a suit on saturday (£350 and still more to buy) and then went to the wedding reception of a mate I met travelling. Saw some really old friends from my travels who I hadnt seen in over 4 years. Was so cool to see them all again. Sanj got married in India and came back for the reception. His mode of transport to the wedding itself? A fucking Elephant. The guy looked like aladdin, it was so uber cool.
Magic is getting on my nerves at the moment. Im out of practice and really cant be that bothered to waste loads of time online busting my balls working out the format. Saying that though I dont really know what else there is to get doing. I may start working abit harder on the major project im sortng out for nat, but im trying not to talk too much about it.
God already I feel my arms flaking as ADD sets in and my mind starts to wander to what else I should be doing right now. Works ok, and Im getting much more done, but still Im sure I could be making a mint doing something else.
Im gonna go and do something else. This is boring me. Ill come back when life gets a little more interesting. |
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| Bugger Travelling |
[Jan. 12th, 2006|11:27 am] |
Met up with the mose last night for a few bevs and to give him some juice advice on travelling Granty styly ie, try not to be a twat, pluck your monobrow otherwise the chicks wont trust you, lay off the hash in Thailand and just keep it real. It all took me back to my time on the road, getting lashed everyday, meeting chicks etc. It makes me so jealous of the mose, he's in exactly the position I was in 4 years ago and I know that he has a crazy 6 months ahead of him. I know that if I went again I would try not to fall into the alcohol trap like last time. 6 months of getting wrecked is good fun but I think now my priorities lie elsewhere.
I see that Rich fatman Hoean just wrote an article on how to draft 5CG in triple Ravnica. I cant read it as its premium but it has ruined my tech for a while. Looks like I wont be able to use the force 5cg for much longer which means my rise into online stardem is likely to start petering out. Fucking yanks always screw it up for the rest of us |
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| LCQ for Daves life |
[Jan. 10th, 2006|12:31 pm] |
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This is it. Final go. No more messing about. Either it works this time or I give up.
This will be my mantra for the rest of this year. I have plenty of little ' projects ' going at the moment but something has to give, so I am making a competition of it (suprise suprise). Whichever of my projects does the best this year will be taken over to next year. Call it opportunity knockout if you will. So the contenders this year are.......
Magic the Gathering professional status - A massive pipe dream since I first started flinging spells either I make a decent amount of money this year playing MTG or it gets put into the hobby box. Im going to say $5000.
Software Data - I have just been informed that I will be starting my new position as Sales Manager of a newly fledged Software Company that I have been half heartedly working on for the last 2 years.
Writing - Brooksy and I are beginning to write a comedy. I cant say much about it here but by the end of the year I plan on at least 6 episodes being in story board
Poker - Never a big one but Ill chuck it in anyway, could be the answer or cause to all my problems. I do need a teacher though and I dont have anyone in the vicinity to help me out.
Restart Kung Fu - I promised myself that I would become a black belt in a martial art before I died. Gotta get it on.
This journal should be able to help me keep track of my goals or make me feel like a right cunt at the end of the year when I find all i did was get pissed and smoke weed
See you soon (I promise) |
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| Grandslam |
[Sep. 1st, 2004|03:38 pm] |
Hectic is the word, fucking hectic. Toms outta here this week, meaning our new flatmate Jade enters the fray. Nats not the biggest fan of said sitch, but meh, whacanyado?!
Yesterday was MY BIRTHDAY. 26 i was, and for celebration me and the missus toodled off to Blue bird for some fodda. I went for Fruit de la mere as a starter. 4 languistines, 4 oysters, a Huge crab, a bowl of mussles and 4 scallops later i was severly doubting my ability to consume more, but i did so anyway. YUM!
Buying a new PC after the 612 infected files dilemna, fucking PC's are GEEEAY!
Weekend was good times, we all went to summerset and got drunk on cider, sunday night was a virtual hurricane, but Nat and I were too shagged on hash cakes to care.
Monopoly championships this friday! |
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| Work |
[Aug. 19th, 2004|04:17 pm] |
My work is far from my life, in fact over the past 5 years I have made a huge effort to ween myself away from my chosen subject (accountancy) and into more fun and profitable ventures.
At the moment I feel split down the middle, as I have 3 jobs,
David Grant
Sage manager
Brewers accountants
Charge Out £65per hour
Fun level - 2/10
Pay - 19000 PA
Cool level 0-0.5/10
Fuck aroundability - 9/10
David Grant
Sales Manager
Software Data Limited
Charge out - NA
Fun level - 6/10
Pay - Car benefit/21000pa/commission
Cool level 4.5/10
Fuck aroundability - 8/10
Meganinja
Professional Assassin
The highest bidder
Charge out - NA
Fun level - 0 its a job and im emotionally scarred from each one of my kills. They haunt my every day
Pay - Free - Millions
Cool level 11/10
Fuck aroundability - 0/10 no margin for error
What would you do???? |
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| Apologies |
[Aug. 18th, 2004|02:44 pm] |
Its like a bug this stuff innit?
I want to do some emotional cleanout, well rather I would like to apologise to some people who I will never see again.
1 - Gemma Adrain
Gemma was a girl at my school who had some type of problem. I think she was ortistic. Gemma was in a few of my classes, and was the butt of many jokes from many people. Gemma could tell you the route of any bus if you told her the number. Gemma liked to listen to the radio. I used to take the piss quite savagely. I was by no way near nasty, as I dont think that Gemma really 'got it', but that doesnt matter really. Sorry Gemma.
2 - Darshan
Darsh was a dude. Darsh could dance, but darsh was 'simple'. Sort of lawnmower man simple. Never nasty always ripping him, he was a good bloke. I saw him the other day in town. He looked happy. Sorry Darsh.
Do I feel better? Not really no. They wont hear my apology, I wont hunt them down to make it. I think I mean it when I apol, but the more I think about it the more I feel im trying to make myself feel better without actually doing anything. *Is this what happens at therapy?, if so, does therapy actually do anything other than make you go through the process of realising those things that you did but didnt fully understand why you did them?"
I did this, im sorry, I feel better, I forget/live with my mistakes/im cured.
All sounds way too easy to me.
Maybe im looking at it the wrong way. If I look at it at Gemmas case.
I experienced this/I shut it out/it eats me up/I remember it/I deal with it/Im cured
Weird, how when you write these things down they make more sense. |
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| Take your time |
[Aug. 18th, 2004|12:11 pm] |
Don't know if those who have read my blog (pathetic that it is atm) realise, but I am far from the most interesting person on the net. This isnt a poor me, its fact, I read my friends blog (Crazyeddie Ross) and he's funny. He knows his music (Chicks dig music) he knows his shortened phrases IMO@FTW etc and he posts on a daily basis. This depresses me......
So without further or do, I make a stand right here! I promise the empty vacuum that is the internet, that I MEGANINJA will post at least once a week.
OOOOO K, so now, what to write eh?
Lifes been tumbled slightly as of late, just had the shite news that Tommy two steps is leaving team grange road, and we have a new tenancy open, as I write I have just spoken to the landlord about a new young lady that we all interviewed this week. Called Jade, she hails from Brighton, has no previous convictions and is PR to the stars apparently. I think Nat is dodge about it but shes dodge about any chick around the ninja.
Ninja wise, Im starting to lose my 2 pack. All I can think is that with all the draw, the chinese and coke I drink, my powers are waning. At this rate, I wont even be able to perform, and I think Nat wont be happy on that score. Solution? Back to Fu I spose, just I dont have the inclination at the moment and Mark mark is busy building a nest for his wife...... Jeez when did we all get so old. |
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| Its been a while! |
[Jul. 14th, 2004|04:39 pm] |
Not an understatement there. So what has the self appointed Meganinja been doing since last time? Been an interesting few months really. Went to Birmingham to play in a Grand Prix and ended up coming 4th allowing me entry into Pro Tour San Fran and a thow dollar! OMG SF is the nuts. Met up with the Legends that are Chris Stowers/Kamman and Cormac. Ended up crashing and burning on the tour itself, but when there are 4 good looking guys out in SF accents and all, you cant complain.
Chris ended up scoring every single night. I was true to the lady but was classic, when evrytime we went out for a fag, youd get the tap on the shoulder "Oh my god, are you English?" "Yes my dear I am". American girls are a sucker for a Patient English.
What else? English Nationals was a bit of a damp squib, missed out on Glastonbury.... So generally im in a rather spiralling dive after such a high. |
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| Magical |
[Mar. 10th, 2004|12:09 pm] |
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| [ | music |
| | Chillies By the way | ] |
I love my sleep, it is well known and I don't care, but the strangest thing happens when its magic time, my alarm goes and im straight up and hypo to a very disturbing extent.
Friday night we went out on the sauce to spoons on a champagne binge followed by Old Orleans for some flaming lambourginies and shit like that. Strangely I wasnt that pissed. Got to the cashpoint and got blown away by how much id spunked in a 5 day stint. £1100 is a lot to get through on good times. :(
Still, got up 6 hours later happy as larry, had a dog, and trundled to London with Tim. Steve was notibly absent. I get an insane deck, chock full of golems, but land was gammy. I slaughter everyone in the swiss even BR joke . dec with slogger pentuvus and furnace dragon. We ID'd but played for 2 rares from each players deck. I won his slogger and dragon and then killed time dogging with JC outside the venue.
As a side note, Elephant and Castle may seem dodgy but I have never seen anything dodge happen there. luck or ninja skill?
Anyways I T8 and draft a god awful deck with shocking spells in it including Myr prototype. I did have a dragon though. Still got slammed by Rheinhard Bluck and burned out with 10 boosters
At least this allows me to attend the PTQ next sunday. Word!! |
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| Mexicano!!!! |
[Feb. 26th, 2004|12:38 pm] |
Although today is a SWD day, I am still reeling from last nights presentation to 20 clients, some of which were entranced some of which didnt give 2 shits. I thought it went well, but when the sheets came in from the attendees quotes such as "David too fast" cropped up more than not (story of my life)
Tonight we are off to some plush restuarant, blue bird or something in Chelsea. I shall have my famous people goggles on and shall report tommorrow.
But the big thing that Im looking forward to is tommorrows 'Mexican Night' we are having at team grange road HQ. Im making ring sting chilly, Toms on the quessadilla and Nats on the Natcho's. Tequila slammers and Sol beer all round. Might even play a bit of Perudo as well.
Trouble with Tequila is that it's not a shot drink like everyone thinks. Nobody likes the stuff really. I think its lush in a TVR or Long Island but on its own its the house of ming.
"Tequila is Mexico," said Carmelita Roman, widow of the late tequila producer Jesus Lopez Roman in an interview after her husband's murder. "It's the only product that identifies us as a culture."
Now I don't know many mexicans tbh, the closest I get is that my girlfriend is half Columbian but I don't think that counts, but surely all mexicans can't be sour, noxious and vomit inducing.
I think ill have a look on www.Webtender.com to see if theres any decent tequila games/drinks we can make. Im looking for some other Mexican related games and drinks, so any ideas give us a mail (don't worry I am under no illusions that no one reads my blog) |
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| Its been a while |
[Feb. 19th, 2004|02:39 pm] |
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| [ | music |
| | Round round | ] |
Team Grange road is screwed for cash. I swear when I gave up alcohol (3 weeks Ill have you know) my wallet was forever full. But Feb has been a fucking disaster. You see, my overly active gambling gland becomes hyper sensitive when alcohol is added to the mix. The latest Hot Stuff clone 'Vamp it up' has been filling my wallet by an extra 15-40 quid every couple of days but stupid cant that I am I have been seen wandering onto the shitty machines as of late at my local weatherspoons. The end result being a destitute and embarrased ninja.
Tuesday was a disaster. After Arild decided to cancel coming over from Norway for some extra training on the SMS software I was left to go see the big guys up at sharp manchester all on my lonesome. £62 and 6 hours later I was on my way back from Manchester, without a contract, in fact without anything at all. The bugger I was meant to be meeting was ILL!!! MTF!!!
Train back was freaky. I told the guy next to me that I was 'praying' for a fittie to sit opposite me for the journey. 2 stops down the line on gets a Catholic preist ( I swear ) big bushy beard, black gown and giant silver cross round his neck and he sits right opposite me. god has a strange sense of humour
So to make myself feel better I left early yesterday from work and got some lovin in with the lady.
So today has been mostly geay, but I have the Fu tonight. Maybe Ill be able to keep up tonight. |
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| Welcome to my DOJO |
[Dec. 19th, 2003|11:09 am] |
Its my last day of work and I really dont want to start any more accounts. I was contemplating searching the internet for more drivers for my PC at home * Begin aside * You see Ive just moved in with my friend, one Tom Jones (how unusual) and my lovely lady Natalie. I decided that the spare room would be my study. I also thought it would be a good idea to format my hard drive and start again. One word of advice, dont format your C drive if you have no backup disks. Its stupid and will cause you all sorts of pain and suffering * End aside *, but even that feels a tad boring. All my MSN contacts are down and IRC is playing up.
I do however have a fancy dressed pub crawl I need to make a costume for. Presently my options are...
AVID from bo selecta
A Ninja
The guy from Pokemon
Ken from fist of the north star
Ken from Streetfighter 2
A Jedi
Ill ask round the office see what they think |
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