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VideoRamblingsby grum (all) Sun 20 Jul 08, 5:28PM 6 responses A vlog for your general amusement. The YouTube conversion process has garbled the video for the first few seconds. It only seems to happen to MOV files? If you know how to prevent that, let me know :)...

Lost in Lifeby grum (all) Sun 6 Jul 08, 7:42PM 0 responses Sammidude mentioned The Rocket Summer. Never heard of them but a quick google brought up this song. Snap. This is me. This is where I'm at. In a stoopid town which I voluntarily moved to. In a stoopid job which I applied for. In a stoopid company that I chose to work for. And now completely u...

Sadby grum (all) Wed 4 Jun 08, 9:17PM 0 responsesI feel quite sad today. I woke up late and didn't get in to work until 11am, which is an hour late because I rarely get in before 10. I was in the office alone and the phones just kept ringing. Our office isn't the nicest of places at the best of times; we're buried in a building and there is no nat...

Contextual Confidenceby grum (all) Mon 12 May 08, 8:10PM 0 responsesI often wonder about my ability to fit in with the professional types, especially in the south of England where the style is hard and pretentious. It's clearly not my style as I'm right at home with friendly, easy going attitudes. The consequence of course is that I'm forever pondering the perceptio...

Focus and film the futureby grum (all) Sat 3 May 08, 11:13PM 2 responsesGary and I have broken up. It's a sad situation but I can't hack the distance. We're about six hours apart and travel is expensive. I was only seeing him about once a month maybe, during what I felt were surreal and tiring visits. I'm pretty sure that our paths will cross again but in the mean time...

The Fickle People (an election response)by grum (all) Sat 3 May 08, 2:45PM 4 responsesThe British are a fickle, foolish people. As a generic statement, I reckon that's true. I'm looking at the recent local election results for England and Wales. Labour, the ruling party, have had their worst local election results in 40 years. When people are interviewed on the street, they state the...

A Scotsman in England / An Environmental Rantby grum (all) Sun 3 Feb 08, 11:52PM 0 responsesIt's been two years. And the world has changed. Now though, more than before, I have an incentive to return to Scotland. It's colder up there and rains shitloads but I do miss it. And Gary's there (xx). And I don't want to be in Milton Keynes; it's devoid of all culture and realism. I've been tr...

Vlogging on QAby grum (all) Sat 12 Jan 08, 2:25PM 9 responses QA Vlogging Guide http://www.queerattitude.com/blogs/vlogs.php...

Realigning the planetsby grum (all) Sun 6 Jan 08, 12:34AM 13 responsesSo I think we're likely to see some interplanetary shifts in coming months, with some lost interstellar globes swinging their way into orbit around one expanding star. Hehe. People should leave words they don't understand well alone. Things are looking up, was the general point, and that there...

Non-dates, Into The Wild, and Little Miss Sunshineby grum (all) Thu 15 Nov 07, 12:52AM 2 responsesHey doods. I'm gonna write some stuff. I'm a bit all over the place right now, I thinx. So. Friday. I drove up to Scotland last weekend for a gig and a non-date, hehe. The car almost broke down, which cost me £180, and my phone had a minor heart attack, which I managed to fix through the art of g...

Arcade Fireby grum (all) Sat 27 Oct 07, 1:18AM 1 responsesTonight I saw Arcade Fire play the SECC in Glasgow. Best gig I've seen in a while! Arcade Fire have this orchestral-rock clash sound, and it just blows you away. Put a grin on my face anyway, woo. All the band members seemed to loving it, and I love that too. Playing moosic should be as fun as it is...

A New Lifeby grum (all) Fri 12 Oct 07, 10:44PM 0 responsesSo. I've been to North America for the very first time. Arrived in Toronto and made our way down to New York City via Buffalo and Syracuse. NYC was pretty cool. I love how packed in it all is, feels more alive than the spaced-out design of Toronto. Actually I was impressed by the New Yorkers. Fr...

A text about self-confidenceby grum (all) Mon 24 Sep 07, 11:12PM 0 responsesThings gone by. Things affect everything. I've been out with maybe six or seven guys. Only two of whom really seem to matter in the long term. One hurt me, more than once. And the other, I hurt. And out of those two, there's only one that I ever found myself thinking about. Guess which. Though th...

Somewhere Elseby grum (all) Sat 8 Sep 07, 2:58AM 2 responsesSo I broke out, And broke into another place, Scratching my way through, Enclosed spaces to find, something Wide open, wide open And I found things were different, But not all that new, because you, You were able to provide the hope, just Without the times to remember, only Distant ideals...

So, Hallam Foeby grum (all) Thu 30 Aug 07, 1:30AM 1 responsesI previewed a print of Hallam Foe tonight. It was really, very good. It stars Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) and it was shot in my hometown of Edinburgh. It's a little freaky, but the strange films are always the better ones. The tale, although not easy for most to connect with, has the underlying theme...

Saying Somethin About Nothinby grum (all) Thu 16 Aug 07, 1:02AM 2 responsesHm. So then. Lewis has really got into this blogging thing over on lewishenshall.co.uk. Logging a life. By contrast, I never seem to write about life. I write about the meanderings in my mind whether those be based on fears, insecurities or frustrations. It's the same stuff every time though. I've s...

Wasting The Best Yearsby grum (all) Wed 11 Jul 07, 11:11PM 6 responsesI've spent a night watching depressing American TV. New series of One Tree Hill, and Brothers & Sisters. It's good stuff, I like depressing television and films, and music. But what exactly does that say about me? It's loneliness. It's an inability to let love in. It's a desire to wallow in that...

Another Moveby grum (all) Fri 29 Jun 07, 12:05AM 1 responsesTomorrow I move house, again. I hate it. Moving. I feel like I don't have a home. To paraphrase Robin in slightly the wrong context, I'd love an extended period of leaving things the same. A re-growing of roots seems just the ticket. But not here, not now. So I'll just have to wait. I won't disap...

Fragility Of Thingsby grum (all) Thu 28 Jun 07, 11:25PM 1 responsesOne of my friends, J, was attacked in Glasgow. Savagely beaten up by a group of neds (chavs, townies, or regional variation). Merely for the sake of it. It angers me. And makes me sick to the stomach. I've also had run-ins with neds in Stirling and Edinburgh. I got off lightly compared to my friend....

Who Is The Future?by grum (all) Mon 18 Jun 07, 10:18PM 0 responsesHey you, are you the future? I picture us in our home. A home, together, where we can base our lives. You do your thing and contribute what you have, and I'm doing my thing in my little world. We're content and happy with what we do, and we're productive and effective and inspired. Inspiring. And...

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