Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The art of this nerd. . .
So here I am thinking and wondering, and after a conversation with a work colleague not to long ago I thought it might be interesting to post some of my artsy type stuff. It's only a short blog, but sometimes there's not a lot of free time in this weird and wonderful world of a nerd ....Enjoy
Friday, 24 March 2017
It's been a few years ...
So it's been a few years since I was here last, and I was going to leave it as a failed experiment to become a blogger, but recently I've been thinking of a lot of things including this blog. Recent events have also made me think of things that need to be said.
A lot has changed, relationships, where I'm living, career and many other things but I doubt I will go into that now.
The wonderful world of a nerd changes often, sometimes subtly other times with a foundation shaking earthquake and thats whats happened recently. Right now I'm standing outside CAFOD in waterloo and today the streets of London seem somewhat more relaxed... no relaxed is the wrong word, more...subdued. In the last few minutes alone I've seen several unmarked police cars wailing and screeching along the streets, people are more sombre. One gentleman even came up and hugged me on the underground saying "I'm sorry for what you have all faced".
The news has been awash with what recently transpired in Westminster, the news tells us it was terrorist action, an attack on democracy or a man who lost his mind.
I've been trying to get it all straight in my mind and with the attitude of everyone in England today, in the UK be they foreign or uk born and the sombre atmospher i would have to agree with all the various news articles. It does feel like an attack on democracy, it does feel like a terrorist act. And I'm left just as ambivilant as I was yesterday. I dont know how to or what I should be feeling at a time like this, although having said that... I just turned onto Westminster Bridge and the firt thing I see is parliment house. The bridge is busy, but somehow not as busy as it usually is at 1pm. Helicopters still flying a vigil, police officers walking the beat across the bridge and things are quiet.
Flowers line the railings, news crews shooting b roll, people huddled together sobbing. If I had to choose a piece of music to mark what today and the last few days have felt like in the city or at least my own feelings I would have no other choice than to say the red weed or dead london from Jeff Waynes The War Of The Worlds.
It's strange to be walking here, there's a feeling that things aren't quite the same and in reality they aren't. Even with the phorensic tents abscent, car wreckage now gone and blood stains no longer visible it all feels so fresh as if it only just happened and not a few days ago.
It's sometime later now, I shed my tears while gazing down at the Thames, said my silent prayers and thoughts as I looked up at Parliment House and the tower which holds a national symbol, the guilded cage of big ben which still trikes faithfully every quarter hour and on the hour and contemplated the future as I gazed at the union flag at half mast in remberance.
I guess I finally truly know why I made one choice that I did. As I said at the start there had been a lot of changes even in career and one choice was to join the Army Reserve, to train to be a reservist and today it really hit me. Watchi g the flag flutter in the breeze of the day, words like Terrorist attempt, unity, democracy still swimming in my thoughts it came to me, hit me like a ton of bricks as to why I joined the Reserves, its so things like this cant happen on a wider scale, its so we dont see out version of 9/11 its to protect those that need protecting and to protect our way of life.
Am I saddened by what has happened ? Of course. Do I feel a sense of duty to protect not only my country but the ones I love ? Yes.
Many things change, even myself and I dont often make sense and maybe I dont know but I felt the need to say what I have no matter how disjointed. The people of London, the UK and the world will move on from this and it will be another moment in history where something bad happened and the world came together no matter how briefly but for me....
...for me it will be a day when i looked at a statue of Winston Churchill, cried with the people and got validation in my choices.
Not everyday is a happy one but it was a defining day in the weird and wonderfull world of a nerd.
A lot has changed, relationships, where I'm living, career and many other things but I doubt I will go into that now.
The wonderful world of a nerd changes often, sometimes subtly other times with a foundation shaking earthquake and thats whats happened recently. Right now I'm standing outside CAFOD in waterloo and today the streets of London seem somewhat more relaxed... no relaxed is the wrong word, more...subdued. In the last few minutes alone I've seen several unmarked police cars wailing and screeching along the streets, people are more sombre. One gentleman even came up and hugged me on the underground saying "I'm sorry for what you have all faced".
The news has been awash with what recently transpired in Westminster, the news tells us it was terrorist action, an attack on democracy or a man who lost his mind.
I've been trying to get it all straight in my mind and with the attitude of everyone in England today, in the UK be they foreign or uk born and the sombre atmospher i would have to agree with all the various news articles. It does feel like an attack on democracy, it does feel like a terrorist act. And I'm left just as ambivilant as I was yesterday. I dont know how to or what I should be feeling at a time like this, although having said that... I just turned onto Westminster Bridge and the firt thing I see is parliment house. The bridge is busy, but somehow not as busy as it usually is at 1pm. Helicopters still flying a vigil, police officers walking the beat across the bridge and things are quiet.
Flowers line the railings, news crews shooting b roll, people huddled together sobbing. If I had to choose a piece of music to mark what today and the last few days have felt like in the city or at least my own feelings I would have no other choice than to say the red weed or dead london from Jeff Waynes The War Of The Worlds.
It's strange to be walking here, there's a feeling that things aren't quite the same and in reality they aren't. Even with the phorensic tents abscent, car wreckage now gone and blood stains no longer visible it all feels so fresh as if it only just happened and not a few days ago.
It's sometime later now, I shed my tears while gazing down at the Thames, said my silent prayers and thoughts as I looked up at Parliment House and the tower which holds a national symbol, the guilded cage of big ben which still trikes faithfully every quarter hour and on the hour and contemplated the future as I gazed at the union flag at half mast in remberance.
I guess I finally truly know why I made one choice that I did. As I said at the start there had been a lot of changes even in career and one choice was to join the Army Reserve, to train to be a reservist and today it really hit me. Watchi g the flag flutter in the breeze of the day, words like Terrorist attempt, unity, democracy still swimming in my thoughts it came to me, hit me like a ton of bricks as to why I joined the Reserves, its so things like this cant happen on a wider scale, its so we dont see out version of 9/11 its to protect those that need protecting and to protect our way of life.
Am I saddened by what has happened ? Of course. Do I feel a sense of duty to protect not only my country but the ones I love ? Yes.
Many things change, even myself and I dont often make sense and maybe I dont know but I felt the need to say what I have no matter how disjointed. The people of London, the UK and the world will move on from this and it will be another moment in history where something bad happened and the world came together no matter how briefly but for me....
...for me it will be a day when i looked at a statue of Winston Churchill, cried with the people and got validation in my choices.
Not everyday is a happy one but it was a defining day in the weird and wonderfull world of a nerd.
Thursday, 6 November 2014
So it comes to pass ...
.... and it's finally happened ......
J.J Has finally decided it's time that the name of the new Star Wars film is released and ..... I couldn't be less thrilled than if it was named "Jar Jar drink wallpaper paste". So the first film in the new trilogy is to be called "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" .... Really ? the force awakens ? .. Sigh
Now I could understand if this was a prequel going all the way back to the formation of the Jedi, back into the days Pre KOTOR (Knights of the old republic), that I could understand, but this ? ... Yeah, doesn't quite sit well. However I guess we will see what we see. Obviously it's not going to stop me seeing it I mean, come on ... I'm a Star Wars nerd here, Like I'm not going to see it.
In other news, I stumbled across something so amazingly awesome, it feeds into so core needs of mine: Gaming, Collectibles, Nerd & Geek memorabilia. "Where do you find all this in one place ?" I hear you ask, ....... okay well I don't hear you asking anything cause I'm typing it .. obviously ....... but that place is lootcrate.com, and it's AWESOME, its like a subscription magazine service but instead of a glossy pamphlet to read on the toilet you instead get a ... well, Loot box, a box of loot, delivered to your door, once a month with a random selection of stuff inside and it's fantastic, cause it's all highly collectible and mostly random, although everyone will probably get a t-shirt or something but then even that's limited edition to that month. I would say go check them out over at Lootcrate.com or check out some lootcrate unboxing videos on youtube ..... Oh wait, here's one I prepared earlier ... well found with like a 3 second look at youtube ... oh you get the point
And use this code: DOMO to get 10% your first order if you decide to try it ^_^
for now though it's all about Star Wars, and yes .... still killing zombies in DayZ and epic loot from little black boxes, it's all fun in the "Weird and wonderful world of a nerd"
J.J Has finally decided it's time that the name of the new Star Wars film is released and ..... I couldn't be less thrilled than if it was named "Jar Jar drink wallpaper paste". So the first film in the new trilogy is to be called "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" .... Really ? the force awakens ? .. Sigh
Now I could understand if this was a prequel going all the way back to the formation of the Jedi, back into the days Pre KOTOR (Knights of the old republic), that I could understand, but this ? ... Yeah, doesn't quite sit well. However I guess we will see what we see. Obviously it's not going to stop me seeing it I mean, come on ... I'm a Star Wars nerd here, Like I'm not going to see it.
In other news, I stumbled across something so amazingly awesome, it feeds into so core needs of mine: Gaming, Collectibles, Nerd & Geek memorabilia. "Where do you find all this in one place ?" I hear you ask, ....... okay well I don't hear you asking anything cause I'm typing it .. obviously ....... but that place is lootcrate.com, and it's AWESOME, its like a subscription magazine service but instead of a glossy pamphlet to read on the toilet you instead get a ... well, Loot box, a box of loot, delivered to your door, once a month with a random selection of stuff inside and it's fantastic, cause it's all highly collectible and mostly random, although everyone will probably get a t-shirt or something but then even that's limited edition to that month. I would say go check them out over at Lootcrate.com or check out some lootcrate unboxing videos on youtube ..... Oh wait, here's one I prepared earlier ... well found with like a 3 second look at youtube ... oh you get the point
And use this code: DOMO to get 10% your first order if you decide to try it ^_^
for now though it's all about Star Wars, and yes .... still killing zombies in DayZ and epic loot from little black boxes, it's all fun in the "Weird and wonderful world of a nerd"
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Well that was ... Not Nice
So today in the weird but wonderful world of a nerd there I was thinking of what I could do to pass some time. I sat down to read a few chapters of a book (Jurassic Park is still Awesome) and then watched a few episodes of Doctor Who and then decide to do a little lives streaming over on my Twitch.tv channel ... *!Shameless Plug alert!"* twitch.tv/esvakas ... Told ya.
So there I was just about to hit "Start Streaming" when I noticed something was off, everything looked a bit dull, so after about twenty minutes in photoshop I made a nice new overlay for the channel and jumped into some Sniper Elite III, and I was in my "Kill all, leave none alive" mode and channelling the spirit of some of the finest snipers of the last eighty years .... well at least in my mind anyway and so I was in, Time to kill!!!!
I come around the corner of a rock and see a shape vanish into a doorway and follow it, I go in, up the stairs, turn around and he hasn't seen me. He has a buddy on the floor below him, and above him. At this point I'm confident enough to kill this guy with out alerting the other two cause they will just think it's him shooting at some hapless Noob running out in the open, and I was right! and down he goes with a headshot. I go to the bottom level, same thing, another shot to the back of the head, then I climb the ladder and take out the last one. SUCCESS! I think, "The Clock Tower is ours" I call confidently down the Microphone.
Within thirty seconds I'm laying in a pool of blood and the match ends, Someone got a lucky shot off when I poked my head up, but thankfully we won and the timer started to tick down to the next map. And thats when it happened ...
...."You have been removed from the game!" ...
Stunned!, I sit there looking at the screen for several moments wondering why, and I almost tipped into the pool of anger, but shrugged it off voiced a "Meh" and logged out of the game thinking "Well that was ...not nice"
I guess it's just one of those days in the weird and wonderful world of a nerd ....
So there I was just about to hit "Start Streaming" when I noticed something was off, everything looked a bit dull, so after about twenty minutes in photoshop I made a nice new overlay for the channel and jumped into some Sniper Elite III, and I was in my "Kill all, leave none alive" mode and channelling the spirit of some of the finest snipers of the last eighty years .... well at least in my mind anyway and so I was in, Time to kill!!!!
I come around the corner of a rock and see a shape vanish into a doorway and follow it, I go in, up the stairs, turn around and he hasn't seen me. He has a buddy on the floor below him, and above him. At this point I'm confident enough to kill this guy with out alerting the other two cause they will just think it's him shooting at some hapless Noob running out in the open, and I was right! and down he goes with a headshot. I go to the bottom level, same thing, another shot to the back of the head, then I climb the ladder and take out the last one. SUCCESS! I think, "The Clock Tower is ours" I call confidently down the Microphone.
Within thirty seconds I'm laying in a pool of blood and the match ends, Someone got a lucky shot off when I poked my head up, but thankfully we won and the timer started to tick down to the next map. And thats when it happened ...
...."You have been removed from the game!" ...
Stunned!, I sit there looking at the screen for several moments wondering why, and I almost tipped into the pool of anger, but shrugged it off voiced a "Meh" and logged out of the game thinking "Well that was ...not nice"
I guess it's just one of those days in the weird and wonderful world of a nerd ....
Monday, 27 October 2014
Welcome one and all back to my world
Welcome one and all back to my world ....
Lets see, the original plan to put up a blog post this last Friday sadly went completely out of the window and unfortunately for a very sad reason. My beloved pet, my pooch Saffi who I had for twelve years sadly had to be put to sleep because in the early hours of that morning she suffered from a massive stroke and after a long night staying up with here and then what seemed to be an even longer conversation with the vet and realising there was nothing that could be done, I had to make the decision. Thankfully she didn't go alone in a corner of the house somewhere only to be found later, I was with her at the end and I was the last thing she saw, even though it did take every ounce of strength I had to put a smile on my face so she didn't see me sad.
It got me thinking about allot of things, especially life and death. In all the nerdy, geeky and probably stupid things I watch, read and play death is a common thing. Die in a game, Simple respawn, Die in a TV Show / Movie and just wait a series or a sequal cause chances are they magically bring the character back. Die in a book they become a hero ..... And we get so desensitised to it in these forms it kind of numbs us to the fact it actually happens, until it does then it hits us like a brick because it's not a game, A TV Show / Movie or a book.
It certainly makes you think .....
I'm going to miss my furry little gaming buddy, the faithful companion who would sit beside me and watch as I slaughtered zombies or saved a galaxy. The self heating foot warmer that would snuggle up to my feet as I lay on the sofa watching Red Dwarf or Star Wars ..... The member of the family who would sit with me and fall asleep on my lap as I was reading a book.
I'm going to miss my best friend
It's not a very happy week, but then not everything can be happy or awesome in the weird and wonderful .. if sad ... world of a nerd
Lets see, the original plan to put up a blog post this last Friday sadly went completely out of the window and unfortunately for a very sad reason. My beloved pet, my pooch Saffi who I had for twelve years sadly had to be put to sleep because in the early hours of that morning she suffered from a massive stroke and after a long night staying up with here and then what seemed to be an even longer conversation with the vet and realising there was nothing that could be done, I had to make the decision. Thankfully she didn't go alone in a corner of the house somewhere only to be found later, I was with her at the end and I was the last thing she saw, even though it did take every ounce of strength I had to put a smile on my face so she didn't see me sad.
It got me thinking about allot of things, especially life and death. In all the nerdy, geeky and probably stupid things I watch, read and play death is a common thing. Die in a game, Simple respawn, Die in a TV Show / Movie and just wait a series or a sequal cause chances are they magically bring the character back. Die in a book they become a hero ..... And we get so desensitised to it in these forms it kind of numbs us to the fact it actually happens, until it does then it hits us like a brick because it's not a game, A TV Show / Movie or a book.
It certainly makes you think .....
I'm going to miss my furry little gaming buddy, the faithful companion who would sit beside me and watch as I slaughtered zombies or saved a galaxy. The self heating foot warmer that would snuggle up to my feet as I lay on the sofa watching Red Dwarf or Star Wars ..... The member of the family who would sit with me and fall asleep on my lap as I was reading a book.
I'm going to miss my best friend
It's not a very happy week, but then not everything can be happy or awesome in the weird and wonderful .. if sad ... world of a nerd
Saffi - 2002 - 2014
Sunday, 19 October 2014
A morning in DayZ
So with any normal day comes the usual "What to do today ?" and today was no exception.
On my way home from work I was quietly pondering world domi..... errmm... what plans I had, and I remembered that myself and my angel had decided to play some DayZ and so I figured a gearing run was in order.
For those unfamiliar DayZ is a open world Zombie Horror survival game where you start with nothing but the clothes on your back, a flash light and a battery and ... yeah that's it. So you have to survive a zombie apocalypse with what you can scavenge all the while hoping you aren't disemboweled by a zombie, fed bleach then murdered by a player or freezing to death ... fun
So I met up with a good buddy of mine, and my thinking was, we meet up, kill some zombies, get some good loot then log out for the later afternoon session...... This of course didn't happen. Between Zombies and the elements we both died loosing all out gear ... back to square one it seems.
Guess I will just have to see how the afternoon session goes, after all had death by environment and zombie, perhaps next I will be taken hostage in hand cuffs, fed rotten fruit, given a transfusion of bad blood and then just before the point of death have the last vestige of life beaten out of me with a cattle prod , but I guess this should be expected in the weird and wonderful world of a nerd....
...... welcome to DayZ
On my way home from work I was quietly pondering world domi..... errmm... what plans I had, and I remembered that myself and my angel had decided to play some DayZ and so I figured a gearing run was in order.
For those unfamiliar DayZ is a open world Zombie Horror survival game where you start with nothing but the clothes on your back, a flash light and a battery and ... yeah that's it. So you have to survive a zombie apocalypse with what you can scavenge all the while hoping you aren't disemboweled by a zombie, fed bleach then murdered by a player or freezing to death ... fun
So I met up with a good buddy of mine, and my thinking was, we meet up, kill some zombies, get some good loot then log out for the later afternoon session...... This of course didn't happen. Between Zombies and the elements we both died loosing all out gear ... back to square one it seems.
Guess I will just have to see how the afternoon session goes, after all had death by environment and zombie, perhaps next I will be taken hostage in hand cuffs, fed rotten fruit, given a transfusion of bad blood and then just before the point of death have the last vestige of life beaten out of me with a cattle prod , but I guess this should be expected in the weird and wonderful world of a nerd....
...... welcome to DayZ
Monday, 29 September 2014
Rumours of my assimilation are greatly exaggerated ....
Well well well, It's certainly been a while ....
So just what has been happening ? well quite a few things. I did make it to the USA and had a fantastic Christmas there and a brilliant new years, even though I did get stuck a few extra days more than I intended thanks to copious amounts of snow *sigh*. Things got a little busier in both worlds and that kept me away from this little blog but I still remained in weird and wonderful world of a nerd.
Sadly I did see the end of a relationship, it had been fun and amazing but it's with sadness it came to an end, but I wasn't bitter or angry then and I'm still not now, it was an amazing point in my life which I will treasure and a relationship I'm thankful for. Things moved on and we went our separate ways, and I grew from it all and I have to admit I'm a better person today.
Several months later and here I am, I'm in a new relationship and the world of a nerd has never been busier, especially with all the games, books and movies that have been released over the months, everything from new Star Wars books to Destiny & Sniper Elite 3, oh and getting a new job.
I will have to expand on all these in up coming post's, but this one is just to touch base for now and to show the world that I'm back in action and despite the rumours of my assimilation, they have been greatly over exaggerated .
Allot happens in my world, allot fantastic some bad and some just Meh, but will continue to chronicle them here ..... after all no day is the same in the weird and wonderful world of a nerd.
So just what has been happening ? well quite a few things. I did make it to the USA and had a fantastic Christmas there and a brilliant new years, even though I did get stuck a few extra days more than I intended thanks to copious amounts of snow *sigh*. Things got a little busier in both worlds and that kept me away from this little blog but I still remained in weird and wonderful world of a nerd.
Sadly I did see the end of a relationship, it had been fun and amazing but it's with sadness it came to an end, but I wasn't bitter or angry then and I'm still not now, it was an amazing point in my life which I will treasure and a relationship I'm thankful for. Things moved on and we went our separate ways, and I grew from it all and I have to admit I'm a better person today.
Several months later and here I am, I'm in a new relationship and the world of a nerd has never been busier, especially with all the games, books and movies that have been released over the months, everything from new Star Wars books to Destiny & Sniper Elite 3, oh and getting a new job.
I will have to expand on all these in up coming post's, but this one is just to touch base for now and to show the world that I'm back in action and despite the rumours of my assimilation, they have been greatly over exaggerated .
Allot happens in my world, allot fantastic some bad and some just Meh, but will continue to chronicle them here ..... after all no day is the same in the weird and wonderful world of a nerd.
Thursday, 5 December 2013
A stitch in time ..... Hurts my head
So it has been a while since I sat down with my keyboard, a cup of coffee as my sweet angel sleeps and written a blog. It's been a strange few weeks to say the least, lots of high points and a big low one, but the low point isn't really something for a blog. It's funny how a day evolves in my world, how some things remain the same and others are just completely wild, it's what makes life interesting and unpredictable I guess, but even when things seem dull it's also exciting at the same time. For example one minute your listening to music, loosing yourself in the melody of a soft tune and picturing a world of so many wonders unseen by the rest of the world as they have been created by you, the next your grooving in your seat and singing as loud as you can ... and if your me completely out of tune... to something like Sweet Home Alabama. Unpredictability .... so much fun.
However what was predictable was the awesomeness that was the Doctor Who 50Th Anniversary special which aired on Nov 23rd in over eighty countries simultaneously, in regular, HD and 3D as well as being shown in 3D in Cinemas .... what an event for a TV Show ...... well actually lets step back, not juts a TV show, the longest running Science Fiction TV show in television history with more fans than Star Trek and Star Wars Combined..... that should tell you something. And of course it's that awesome ... it's British sci-fi ...... ok that's enough patriotism for now.
The Day of the Doctor, which featured the return of David Tennant and Billie Piper and with special guest star John Hurt as "The War Doctor" saw an audiance of over 12 million, thats not counting those who recorded it to watch the next day or tuned in to watch it online via the BBC and BBC America Website ... wow huh ? The Day of the Doctor was certainly a thrill-seeking ride with sweeping shots of London much like in The Bells of Saint John. If fans were calling for a Doctor Who film then this is it. The Day of the Doctor celebrates not only all that is Doctor Whobut all that is British. The show is quintessentially British and everything is celebrated. It is all richly interwoven.
Saying this, the episode was more for the fans than the casual viewer. While it is certainly a lavish production with a raft of special effects, it is somewhat alienating (if you’ll pardon the phrase) for someone who has not seen the show before. The location captions are tries to provide clarity but it is not enough.
But putting the casual viewers to one side, this hit the spot for fans. It satisfies the needs of the fans and feeds their hunger, as well as consolidating some of the show’s mythology. When the show was brought back in 2005 it was said that the Doctor was the last of the Time Lords and this episode addresses all of that and the 16 year gap when the show was off the air which was great.
I loved the references from the original Sixties intro to the fourth Doctor’s scarf. Tom Baker comes back right at the end and it is a delicious little addition and well played on Steven Moffat’s part. While the inclusion of all the incarnations – including Peter Capaldi’s Doctor-in-waiting – saving Gallifrey was magical. It was one of my favourite reveals and ties 50 years ofDoctor Who past and present together.
Watching the tenth and the eleventh Doctor on screen was rather marvellous and what we’ve all been waiting for. They poke fun at one another and it is great to watch. Tennant is straight off the mark and it’s like nothing has changed, it is wonderful to see him return. They bounce off each other and have a strong dynamic, diverging at some points in their performance and at other times playing it the same, But it is John Hurt who steals the show. He channels William Hartnell’s Doctor who is a grumpy, irritable old man. He is so watchable and not at all what we thought he was going to be. There is so much sympathy for him. There is also some great chemistry between Hurt’s incarnation and Billie Piper’s ethereal interface character.
We were given a slightly eccentric performance from Piper. She is a woman grown and not at all like Rose Tyler, Piper plays it like Suranne Jones’ version of the Tardis in The Doctor’s Wife. She is oddball and off-the-wall in her performance. She gives a mature turn that redeems those who did not like Rose Tyler. Overall it is 75 minutes of crazy, fantastical Doctor Who and a fitting tribute for fans, so if you are a fan and still haven't watched it ...... WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!
Well with the Doctoe Who stuff safely out of the way, the other things happening in the Weird and wonderful world of a nerd are vast and varied, for instance, the world of Star Wars The Old Republic saw it's newest digital expansion released for free "Galactic Starfighter".
The new content has been opened for Subscribers only and includes 12v12 PvP dogfighting where experience can be earned to unlock new weapons and powers to customise the ships. BioWare Austin’s Jeff Hickman had this to say about the launch. “We are so excited for players to experience all the incredible new content in Galactic Starfighter, while still gaining additional XP and credits to give their ground game characters a boost. Free-flight space combat is a feature the fans have been asking for, and Galactic Starfighter really delivers on that feeling of heart-pounding fast-paced dogfighting action that you expect in a Star Wars game.”
Anyone can take out a subscription now and jump into the action otherwise the content won’t unlock for “Preferred Status Players” until 14 January. The general public will have to wait until 4 February. Ouch!
I have to admit I’m actually seriously impressed with this expansion and can foresee many many many tired, coffee stimulated hours playing this :D
So with this now being my longest blog to date .....
I guess for now, this is all in the Weird and Wonderful world of a nerd .........
However what was predictable was the awesomeness that was the Doctor Who 50Th Anniversary special which aired on Nov 23rd in over eighty countries simultaneously, in regular, HD and 3D as well as being shown in 3D in Cinemas .... what an event for a TV Show ...... well actually lets step back, not juts a TV show, the longest running Science Fiction TV show in television history with more fans than Star Trek and Star Wars Combined..... that should tell you something. And of course it's that awesome ... it's British sci-fi ...... ok that's enough patriotism for now.
Saying this, the episode was more for the fans than the casual viewer. While it is certainly a lavish production with a raft of special effects, it is somewhat alienating (if you’ll pardon the phrase) for someone who has not seen the show before. The location captions are tries to provide clarity but it is not enough.
But putting the casual viewers to one side, this hit the spot for fans. It satisfies the needs of the fans and feeds their hunger, as well as consolidating some of the show’s mythology. When the show was brought back in 2005 it was said that the Doctor was the last of the Time Lords and this episode addresses all of that and the 16 year gap when the show was off the air which was great.
I loved the references from the original Sixties intro to the fourth Doctor’s scarf. Tom Baker comes back right at the end and it is a delicious little addition and well played on Steven Moffat’s part. While the inclusion of all the incarnations – including Peter Capaldi’s Doctor-in-waiting – saving Gallifrey was magical. It was one of my favourite reveals and ties 50 years ofDoctor Who past and present together.
Watching the tenth and the eleventh Doctor on screen was rather marvellous and what we’ve all been waiting for. They poke fun at one another and it is great to watch. Tennant is straight off the mark and it’s like nothing has changed, it is wonderful to see him return. They bounce off each other and have a strong dynamic, diverging at some points in their performance and at other times playing it the same, But it is John Hurt who steals the show. He channels William Hartnell’s Doctor who is a grumpy, irritable old man. He is so watchable and not at all what we thought he was going to be. There is so much sympathy for him. There is also some great chemistry between Hurt’s incarnation and Billie Piper’s ethereal interface character.
We were given a slightly eccentric performance from Piper. She is a woman grown and not at all like Rose Tyler, Piper plays it like Suranne Jones’ version of the Tardis in The Doctor’s Wife. She is oddball and off-the-wall in her performance. She gives a mature turn that redeems those who did not like Rose Tyler. Overall it is 75 minutes of crazy, fantastical Doctor Who and a fitting tribute for fans, so if you are a fan and still haven't watched it ...... WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!
Well with the Doctoe Who stuff safely out of the way, the other things happening in the Weird and wonderful world of a nerd are vast and varied, for instance, the world of Star Wars The Old Republic saw it's newest digital expansion released for free "Galactic Starfighter".
Anyone can take out a subscription now and jump into the action otherwise the content won’t unlock for “Preferred Status Players” until 14 January. The general public will have to wait until 4 February. Ouch!
I have to admit I’m actually seriously impressed with this expansion and can foresee many many many tired, coffee stimulated hours playing this :D
So with this now being my longest blog to date .....
I guess for now, this is all in the Weird and Wonderful world of a nerd .........
Sunday, 17 November 2013
A nerd walks into a bar ...
So the last few days have been extremely interesting and not to mention more fun than anything. As usual my ... less than normal .. friends have done their usual in sending me the daily fail of the regular YouTube, Weird News and crazy idea links of the day and as usual most of them turn out to be completely and utter boredom makers however one or two come through that really shine and they usual have the effect of giving me a good giggle, Such as this one, Yes it is just a long line of fart jokes but it is very well done, I have to admit I probably giggled more than I should have to this one, but what can I say, A: I'm a nerd B: have a weird sense of humour and C: ....... well I will have to get back to you later on that one, but for now it made me giggle and thats enough.
So right now I'm just settling in with my amazingly fantastic girlfriend, we have just finished watching Monsters University together and we both agree the first one was way better, the last few days we have spent together have been really amazing, although if I'm honest, every single day with her is more amazing than the last, she makes the world shine.
We recently took a trip to a Second Life version of Disney World which I have to admit I enjoyed way more than I should, I think it may have been more due to my angels excitement and enjoyment of the day than mine, and yes .... I wore the ears, and there is photographic evidence >.<
The rest of the day was one of colours and magic as we hit the beach, snuggled under the setting sun, tried to have a meal at the Pixel Pot but that didn't really get anywhere and then I thought I might surprise her with gifts of clothes shopping. The entire day was magical and amazing and I am never going to forget it.
There hasn't really been much else going on in the world of this nerd, Finally got my router somewhat fixed and managed to keep it going about thirty eight hours at the time of writing this, and that's about it really except for odd videos, great music and making amazing memories, and karma being the son of a Sith that it is will probably bite me in the ass one way or another probably with random program crashes, corrupted files or spilling my precious coffee yet again >.<, So for now I'm going to close out and snuggle up to my angel and see if Karma strikes me tonight, that's the way it goes in the Weird and Wonderful world of a nerd ...
So right now I'm just settling in with my amazingly fantastic girlfriend, we have just finished watching Monsters University together and we both agree the first one was way better, the last few days we have spent together have been really amazing, although if I'm honest, every single day with her is more amazing than the last, she makes the world shine.
The rest of the day was one of colours and magic as we hit the beach, snuggled under the setting sun, tried to have a meal at the Pixel Pot but that didn't really get anywhere and then I thought I might surprise her with gifts of clothes shopping. The entire day was magical and amazing and I am never going to forget it.
There hasn't really been much else going on in the world of this nerd, Finally got my router somewhat fixed and managed to keep it going about thirty eight hours at the time of writing this, and that's about it really except for odd videos, great music and making amazing memories, and karma being the son of a Sith that it is will probably bite me in the ass one way or another probably with random program crashes, corrupted files or spilling my precious coffee yet again >.<, So for now I'm going to close out and snuggle up to my angel and see if Karma strikes me tonight, that's the way it goes in the Weird and Wonderful world of a nerd ...
Thursday, 14 November 2013
The next doctor ...
There was a big debate on who the next person to play Doctor Who was, and it was a big surprise when Peter Capaldi was announced, and as always their were mixed reviews. I for one am on the pro side for Peter Capaldi, we need an older Doctor again, but then saying that I still firmly believe that the next Doctor Who should be ... well.. Me, obviously!. And you know I would give it the flare of David Tennant, the intensity of Christopher Eccleston, the Weirdness of Tom Baker and the subtlety of John Pertwee. And thanks to the BBC and Facebook I was able to go in and get a glimpse of what it would be like to at least be in the opening Credits "Vote for Esva as the Doctor" and Yeah I make this look good.
For now though I am quite happily relaxing while working in Adobe After Effects, Talking to the sweet amazing love in my life, writing this blog oh and dodging fish thanks to a good friend of mine Kcee... it's a good thing I'm multi talented and can multi task other wise I would break after effects and take a fish to the face >.<, but when all is said and done it's o.k because I will just toss a bucket of water over her, and I will make sure it is icy cold too.
The rest of the day will be a relaxing one, until I have to go and DJ that is, it's a fun little thing I like to do for a few hours on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at Canyon Country inside of Second Life, it's good to just hang out with friends spin some tunes and have a giggle, and then I'm not sure what I am going to do because my sweet amazing angel will be at work and I will have nothing to do. I may feed my nerd side with some defiance or classic Battlestar Galactica, cause at heart I'm just a nerdy Viper pilot, and yes I am of the opinion that the reboot of Battlestar Galactica sucked big time, but oh well.
Will just have to wait and see what will happen in the Weird and Wonderful world of a nerd ...
It's cold outside, there's not kind of atmosphere ...
So today is a strange one, I went to bed absolutely drained but woke up about four hours later feeling completely refreshed, This could prove interesting. however as usual when writing these blogs I'm tightly snuggled up with my sweet and amazing girlfriend and counting down the moments until she wakes up and we can begin the day together,and for some unknown reason I can't seem to nail down a specific thing to really bitch, whine, complain, or praise in today's blog, It is definitely going to be on of those days.
For now though I think that a high dose of caffeine is needed, and my dog has just walked in demanding that I give her attention and food and if I don't obey I will be in for it later, just another day in the Weird and Wonderful world of a nerd ...
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
A network by any other name ...
Me and my network are at WAR!
So for those outside of England you probably haven't heard of a company called B.T, it's the main communications carrier in England, phone, internet Etc Etc Etc Etc. Now sadly where I live Fibre Optic broadband is a dream so I am stuck with the bog standard broadband services. And after recently moving back home and having had good dealing's with B.T in the past I decided to go back with them.... what a mistake.
I have never had so many drop outs of my service in such short a space of time, it's infuriating. Their so called HomHub4 which they claim has the lowest drop out rate of any hardware currently on the market is quite frankly a load of BS, so I have to play internet connection roulette with it on a daily basis... roll on Virgin Media and Fibre Optic Broadband with its glorious 120mb internet connections, can't wait.
Anyway on the lighter side of the weird and wonderful world of a nerd, I have been feeding my nerd side mostly with some Star Trek The Next Generation,
to which I soon passed out to for a few hours and woke up with to my surprise no headache but a major zombie thirst for coffee, now quite refreshed and buzzed on caffeine I find myself looking at yet another 3D Design tutorial for some random project I may take on to earn a little cash, who knows I might but then I might not as I don't really have the time to commit to a large project at the moment as I'm due to fly out to the states in about four weeks.
So for now I am quite happily snuggled in my Second Life bed with the woman who stole my heart as I listen to some really odd Irish guy explaining things a five year old could understand, if that five year old knew how to model in Autodesk Maya.
And I am actually loosing the will to live listening to this guy but I'm going to stick it out and see how it goes, maybe I will survive in this Weird and wonderful world of a nerd ...
I have never had so many drop outs of my service in such short a space of time, it's infuriating. Their so called HomHub4 which they claim has the lowest drop out rate of any hardware currently on the market is quite frankly a load of BS, so I have to play internet connection roulette with it on a daily basis... roll on Virgin Media and Fibre Optic Broadband with its glorious 120mb internet connections, can't wait.
Anyway on the lighter side of the weird and wonderful world of a nerd, I have been feeding my nerd side mostly with some Star Trek The Next Generation,
So for now I am quite happily snuggled in my Second Life bed with the woman who stole my heart as I listen to some really odd Irish guy explaining things a five year old could understand, if that five year old knew how to model in Autodesk Maya.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
An Origin point.....
Other than that, the day is starting off well, I have decided to throw myself into some mesh work, given that my amazing, beautiful girlfriend is off and busy dealing with the real world, I need something to distract me from missing her too much, so I figured work would be the best thing to do that, and of course my Nerd has started to show because what does any nerd do when he or she has access to pipes and cylinders when they are a big Star Wars freak ? Yeah you guessed it, I gave into my five year old self and started to make a lightsaber...
how original of me lol. It is something I probably wont finish, as with some people who write, or paint they usually let their mind just go blank and create something out of thin air until inspiration strikes, although for me all I can think about at the moment is creating either a Pod Racer or a Set of Jedi Robes... again, so original right ?
So with my mind thinking of galaxies "Far Far Away ..." I can foresee some hardcore Star Wars Nerding in my future, which reminds me I still need to download the rest of Star Wars The Old Republic, Oh well I will get to it at some point, for now however I'm more than content to be in Second Life, feeding my Nerd side and spending time with the most fantastic woman on the planet who herself is a complete nerd, I'm one lucky s.o.b, and I know it :D
So let the rest of the day unfold as it will and any more interesting things I will post about, after all there is always something interesting in the weird but wonderful world of a nerd .....
**addendum**
so enjoy and you decide who won :P, and for more Epic Rap Battles of History, just hit the link on the side ------>
In need of a Doctor ? ....
So only a short time since the last ramble of this particular mad man, and yet I find myself with still more to say, be it rational or not, which it very rarely is.
At the moment in time of writing this the woman to whom I call my angel has awoken and lit up the day with her fantastic smile and yet my day shortly comes to an end, and yet again I can't help curse insomnia as it really has become a pain in my life, but none the less we will spend our moments in time and enjoy what time we can before we must take a parting of the ways.
The day has brought some things of interest to me though, as the nerd I am there are some things to which I am avid about, and one of those things naturally is scifi and yes of course the worlds longest running Science Fiction phenomenon that is Doctor Who, so you can imagine my absolute glee when this caught my eye
To see this has really got me curious to see what will come of the 50Th anniversary episode of the fantastic Doctor Who series. That will have not 1, not 2 but 3 Doctors, Matt Smith, David Tennant and the amazing John Hurt.
"The Doctor and he still possesses the moment and he will use it to kill Daleks and Time lords alike"
For those Savvy enough you will know what episode that comes from.
Anyway moving on, I am happily snuggled with the woman I love while she tends to what she has to in the realm of the real and I sit here typing out this rambling while I have Romeo & Juliet playing away on my other monitor, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that can't help but think "People really think this Leonardo DiCaprio can act ? .... Riiiiiiiiiiiiight" but that's a can of worms I wont open at this moment in time cause otherwise this will turn rambles into rant's and who really likes reading rants ?
The day will not really bring me much else, between spending moments with my angel, and then followed by sleep to cure this still irritating headache, there will not be much that get's done. However upon awakening I believe some work will await me as I have been procrastinating rather badly on getting some mesh designs done, UV Unwrapped and textured before being uploaded into Second Life, and at some point I really must finish downloading Star Wars The Old Republic, as I have to get back into the swing of things when the new free digital space expansion hits for subscribers on December 3rd.
Well, thats all for this collection of random thoughts, now to see what else may happen through out the day, after all it's always interesting in the weird and wonderful world of a nerd.
At the moment in time of writing this the woman to whom I call my angel has awoken and lit up the day with her fantastic smile and yet my day shortly comes to an end, and yet again I can't help curse insomnia as it really has become a pain in my life, but none the less we will spend our moments in time and enjoy what time we can before we must take a parting of the ways.
The day has brought some things of interest to me though, as the nerd I am there are some things to which I am avid about, and one of those things naturally is scifi and yes of course the worlds longest running Science Fiction phenomenon that is Doctor Who, so you can imagine my absolute glee when this caught my eye
To see this has really got me curious to see what will come of the 50Th anniversary episode of the fantastic Doctor Who series. That will have not 1, not 2 but 3 Doctors, Matt Smith, David Tennant and the amazing John Hurt.
"The Doctor and he still possesses the moment and he will use it to kill Daleks and Time lords alike"
For those Savvy enough you will know what episode that comes from.
Anyway moving on, I am happily snuggled with the woman I love while she tends to what she has to in the realm of the real and I sit here typing out this rambling while I have Romeo & Juliet playing away on my other monitor, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that can't help but think "People really think this Leonardo DiCaprio can act ? .... Riiiiiiiiiiiiight" but that's a can of worms I wont open at this moment in time cause otherwise this will turn rambles into rant's and who really likes reading rants ?
The day will not really bring me much else, between spending moments with my angel, and then followed by sleep to cure this still irritating headache, there will not be much that get's done. However upon awakening I believe some work will await me as I have been procrastinating rather badly on getting some mesh designs done, UV Unwrapped and textured before being uploaded into Second Life, and at some point I really must finish downloading Star Wars The Old Republic, as I have to get back into the swing of things when the new free digital space expansion hits for subscribers on December 3rd.
Well, thats all for this collection of random thoughts, now to see what else may happen through out the day, after all it's always interesting in the weird and wonderful world of a nerd.
A long time ago on a Sim far far away ...
O.k so maybe not A long time ago, in fact just today....
So I finally broke down and decided to do something with my Google+ other than just looking at YouTube videos and thought I might start a blog to chronicle my thoughts, interesting snippets of my day and just the weird and wonderful thing a nerd gets up to.
So this may get interesting, it may not but we will see how it goes. So as I'm writing this I'm in my cosy Second Life bed with my amazing and fantastic girlfriend, who is .. I'm hoping ... quite happily dreaming of something amazing while I'm listening to the hordes of the undead ripping through a shopping mall in the background. So yeah first fact reveal I'm a zombie fan... who knew huh ? lol.
Outside it's nice and dark, the house is starting to look fantastic as my angel just couldn't wait and decided to decorate for Christmas early, which in one respect is completely fantastic as it picked up my mood quite a bit because this year I'm going to be in a completely different country for Christmas and away from my family. So to be able to have a little bit of Christmas cheer in Second Life is better than no Christmas cheer at all, besides means I don't have to get all the decorations out of the loft.
I can hear the Fennux playing around in the back yard, and as usual I bet it's Aniszo and Flower making all the noise, I just hope it doesn't wake my angel up cause if it does I'm going to swipe them into my inventory quicker than a L$1000 gift certificate.
Aniszo is the trouble maker of the group though, always the first to play with the "Boys" of the group and usually the first to have a little Fennux offspring, not to mention the one that always looses the soccer ball..... silly little Aniszo
So yeah I figured this will do for the first of my blogs, Can't really think of anything else right now, so who knows I may carry this on I may not... only the future can tell what's in the mind of a Weird and wonderful nerd.
So I finally broke down and decided to do something with my Google+ other than just looking at YouTube videos and thought I might start a blog to chronicle my thoughts, interesting snippets of my day and just the weird and wonderful thing a nerd gets up to.
So this may get interesting, it may not but we will see how it goes. So as I'm writing this I'm in my cosy Second Life bed with my amazing and fantastic girlfriend, who is .. I'm hoping ... quite happily dreaming of something amazing while I'm listening to the hordes of the undead ripping through a shopping mall in the background. So yeah first fact reveal I'm a zombie fan... who knew huh ? lol.
I can hear the Fennux playing around in the back yard, and as usual I bet it's Aniszo and Flower making all the noise, I just hope it doesn't wake my angel up cause if it does I'm going to swipe them into my inventory quicker than a L$1000 gift certificate.
So yeah I figured this will do for the first of my blogs, Can't really think of anything else right now, so who knows I may carry this on I may not... only the future can tell what's in the mind of a Weird and wonderful nerd.
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