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04:34 Jun 30 2005
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Its 04:30 am and already the morning birds are starting to sing. I like the sound, but it gets very repetitive when you are trying to get to sleep, and by the time i get to bed, maybe as late as 06:30 am there will be much more birds and people starting their day for me to try and sleep though.

$$$ Sell out $$$
02:51 Jun 29 2005
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Ok so i sold out, i wrote some crappy goth like poetry a while back and i acutaly added some of it. So sue me, i was feeling nostalgic.

Same bat trivia, same bat journal.
00:12 Jun 29 2005
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Well i liked my Robocop trivia page so i decided to do one for Batman. Made sense to me.

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Trivia for Batman Begins

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• Before Christian Bale was cast as Batman, many other actors were considered for the role including Guy Pearce, Ashton Kutcher, David Boreanaz, John Cusack, David Duchovny and newcomer Hugh Dancy.



• Only days before the role of Batman was cast, eight actors were asked to audition for the part. The actors were Christian Bale, Joshua Jackson, Eion Bailey, Hugh Dancy, Billy Crudup, Cillian Murphy, Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal. Christian Bale got the part. However, Christopher Nolan liked Cillian Murphy's audition so much, he cast him as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow.



• Christopher Eccleston was rumored for the role of Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow before Cillian Murphy was eventually cast.



• A very large number of directors were considered to direct the film. For some time, despite the fourth movie's failure, Joel Schumacher was attached to direct the film based on the Batman: Year One saga. After he left, among others, the producers opted for an even darker approach, and officially asked David Fincher to direct the film, who declined. At one point, following the Dark Knight saga, producers considered an older Batman, with Clint Eastwood taking the director duties as well as donning the cape. In 2002, producers planned to make a Superman vs. Batman movie with Wolfgang Petersen at the helm, but Petersen instead opted to make Troy (2004) for Warner's. Finally, Christopher Nolan took over the project in 2003.



• This is the first movie to use the new Dc logo



• Much of Batman's gear and apparel, including his cape and suit, is based on actual military technology.



• The tones of the keys Bruce Wayne hits to open the elevator to the batcave are the first three tones of the hailing tones from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).



• The Batmobile, 9 feet wide and 16 feet long, has a top speed of 106 miles per hour. The engine is a 5.7 litre V8 Chevy. It runs on unleaded gas and can do about 7 miles per gallon. It has no stereo nor a cup-holder. It has been designed and built by Chris Corbald and Andy Smith at Shepperton Studios.



• The stunt driver George Cottle went through four Batmobiles during the course of the shoot.



• The price of the Batmobile is estimated at half a million pounds.



• During the interviews he performed to promote the movie, Christian Bale continued using the American accent he'd adopted to play Bruce Wayne/Batman. He explained that he didn't want potential moviegoers to be confused about why Batman, an American institution, was being played by a Welshman.



• When the prisoners are all released from Arkham, briefly visible is Mr. Zsasz, a serial killer from the comics with tally marks scarred into his skin, representing each of his victims.



• Ken Watanabe never blinks.



• Contrary to the previous Batman films, in which the Batcave was realized as a combination of a live set and matte paintings (done either by hand or computer), no visual effects were used in this film to show the Batcave. The entire Batcave is instead a massive full-scale set.



• Since Alfred's sense of duty and loyalty towards Bruce Wayne reminded him of the comradeship that exists in the military, Sir Michael Caine based his character's voice on that of a colonel he knew when he was in the army as an 18-year-old.



• This movie has no fewer than seven actors from the UK and Ireland playing Americans including, Christian Bale (Wales), Gary Oldman (England), Cillian Murphy (Ireland), Tom Wilkinson (England), Linus Roache (England), Gerard Murphy (II) (Ireland), Sara Stewart (Scotland).



• Sergeant/Lieutenant Jim Gordon eventually becomes the Gotham City Police Commissioner.



• Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow is actually one of Batman's villains from the DC comic books.



• All the tracks on the Batman Begins score are named after various bat species.



• The name of the commissioner on the film is "Loeb" a reference to comic book writer "Jeph Loeb", author of the graphic novels "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" which were a huge influence on the screenplay.



• Christian Bale had previously screen tested and was considered for the role of Robin in Batman Forever (1995).



• In the movie, Bruce Wayne is shown arriving at a fancy hotel in a Lamborghini Murciélago. Although the car was named for a famous bull, the word murciélago also is Spanish for bat.



• Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped by at one of the sets during filming



• Before Christopher Nolan took over, director Darren Aronofsky was attached to make a Batman movie based on the graphic novel "Batman: Year One" and have the author Frank Miller write the screenplay. By 2003 there was a first draft screenplay with story boards, which are properties of AOL Time Warner. Warner's decision for not producing the film is unknown, but based on the details that have since leaked out, it would probably have to do with the screenplay, which strayed a considerable amount from the source material, making Alfred an African-American mechanic named "Big Al," the Batmobile being a suped-up Lincoln Towncar, and Bruce Wayne being homeless, among other things. This is all detailed in 'David Hughes' ' book "Tales from Development Hell."



• The sets were built in the Admiralty Hangar No. 2, one of the largest hangars in the world. The floor area is the size of 16 Olympic-size swimming pools.



• This Batmobile was built from the ground up, not based on any existing cars.



• The Batmobile can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 6 seconds.



• The license plates for the Gotham related cars were designed in the same style as the Illinois state license plates.



• Ra's Al Ghul is Arabic for "The Demon's Head". This refers to his position at the height of the Brotherhood of the Demon, also called the League of Assassins.



• A quote from Christian Bale that some of the crew had on the back of their t-shirts (the wardrobe dept. did it as a joke) said: "It's hot, dark and sweaty and it gives me a headache."



• Chris Cooper turned down the role of James Gordon.



• Kurt Russell and Dennis Quaid were considered for the role of James Gordon.



• The title went through many changes. First, it was known as "Batman 5". It became "Batman: The Frightening" for a while and was then confirmed by Shepperton Studios' website as "Batman: Intimidation Game" before settling on "Batman Begins".



• The movie restarts the Batman franchise, having nothing to do with the previous four films (Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997)).



• Anthony Hopkins was offered the role of Alfred but declined.



• Laurence Fishburne was considered for Lucious Fox.



• Filming was temporarily delayed on the London soundstage due to the sound of amorous pigeons in the rafters above.



• The crime boss Carmine "The Roman" Falcone was a character from the comics. He was Gotham City's last "old school" gangster. He was killed, and his empire wiped out, when Batman's familiar rogue's gallery came into prominence.



• Filming began on 22 May 2004 at Senate House (a property belonging to the University of London, just off Russell Square). The front of the building was made up as the Gotham City courts, complete with New York-style taxis and Gotham Police Department cars.



• Christian Bale's trailer didn't have his name on the door but said "Bruce Wayne" instead.



• A full city block of Gotham - much of it based on the slums of Kowloon in Hong Kong which were torn down in 1994 - was built in a converted aircraft hangar.



• The Batmobile has four 44-inch tires at the rear; made by Interco Tire Corp, while the front is covered in jagged plates of armour.



• On the set, the costumed Bale constantly had two people trailing him to keep the Batsuit smudge-free.



• On a converted parking lot at Shepperton, the film crew built an entire village of trailers where chemists and costume artists made neoprene-and-foam-latex Batsuits. The place was dubbed "Cape Town."



• This Batsuit has no nipples, unlike the one George Clooney wore in Batman & Robin (1997).



• The script was written by David S. Goyer while he was also writing and preparing to direct Blade: Trinity (2004).



• When Warner Bros. was considering "Batman: The Frightening" as the title, a script was released online that was widely believed to be official. Two writers, Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias, were credited on the draft, but both denied writing it. The author was later discovered to be Brandon Gaines.



• While shooting on the streets of Chicago, a person accidentally crashed into the Batmobile. The driver was apparently drunk, and said he hit the car in a state of panic, believing the Dark Knight's vehicle to be an invading alien spacecraft.



• David S. Goyer said that the graphic novels "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" by 'Joseph Loeb' were a huge influence on his screenplay. When he was asked the question, "What about Frank Miller's Year One?", he replied, "Our story is not Year One." An early draft of David S. Goyer's script leaked onto the Internet in April of 2004.



• David Goyer's script leaked onto the Internet long before the film's release.



• David S. Goyer mentioned in an interview that his favorite pre-audition choice for Batman was Jake Gyllenhaal, but that he was won over by Christian Bale after seeing his test.



• While filming in Lower Wacker Drive, in Chicago, Illinois, the filmmakers were so concerned for the care of the Batmobile, that they told the stunt driver to take as much time as he needed to make any move. Therefore, when it came time to back the Batmobile up, they went so slow as to cause traffic jams that had to be reported on the news. Simply moving the Batmobile around Chicago took numerous police as well as caused traffic jams where ever they went.



• Before the shooting began, Christopher Nolan invited the whole film crew to a private screening of Blade Runner (1982). After the film he said to the whole crew, "This is how we're going to make Batman."



• Katie Holmes barely beat Natalie Portman and Sarah Michelle Gellar for the role of Rachel Dawes.



• At $100 million, the film's marketing costs were the most ever for a single film in history.



• Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski were approached to direct, and even wrote their own treatment based on Frank Miller's graphic novel "Batman: Year One", but turned down the offer and made the Matrix sequels instead.



• This is the first Batman film to be shot in 2.35:1 aspect ratio.



• Contains 400 VFX shots





• Despite "not being Year One", there are a few references to Year One. The line "You're a good cop. One of the few," Batman using sonar to call on the bats while being attacked by police, and the ending (although done differently, both ended with Batman's next "case" being The Joker).



• Viggo Mortensen turned down the role of Ra's Al Ghul, the main villain in the film. Daniel Day-Lewis was also approached for the role.

Part memory, part trivia, all journal entry.
03:11 Jun 28 2005
Times Read: 2,534

As I am writing this I am watching Robocop. This is one film I never get tired of, maybe because it was the first 18’s or R rated film I was ever allowed to rent as a child. I remember seeing the cardboard cut-out in the window of the video shop and being captivated by it. Just the lighting in it still strikes me as well as the pose of him half in and half out of his car. It still makes me shudder at the sheer artistry and imagination inspired by this idea of a half man half machine.









In celebration of this movie I have decided to post some interesting little trivia about the movie.



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• The scene when Robocop drives to arrest “Dick Jones” the big building you see is actually a painting.



• The computer that Robocop looks up criminal records on is actually a Northern Telecom telephone switch.



• The point-of-view shots from Robocop include references to MS-DOS.



• Director Cameo: ['Paul Verhoeven' ] dancing in the disco, looking into the camera, when Leon is arrested.





• The entrance to the OCP building in the movie is actually the front entrance of Dallas City Hall with extensive matte work above to make the building appear to be a giant skyscraper.



• The song "Show Me Your Spine" by P.T.P. is playing in the club when RoboCop arrests Leon. This song, which features vocals by Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy, was unavailable in any format until October 2004, when it was included on the CD "Ministry: Side Trax" released by Rykodisc.



• For the theatrical trailer Orion used the music from the Terminators arrival in The Terminator (1984) which is also a movie about a machine in human form.



• Stephanie Zimbalist was originally cast in RoboCop, but had to give up part when called back to film more episodes of NBC series, _Remington Steele (1982)_



• Two scenes storyboarded, but never filmed were: a scene where RoboCop visits his grave, and a long car chase which was an alternate scene that got them to the old steel mill (place Murphy died). The car chase was after Robo removed his helmet, and had Robo and Lewis break up a riot, followed by a shootout with Joe and Emil (with their military guns seen at the film's end). Eventually, they retreated to their cars where there was a car chase to the old steel mill.



• The costume was so hot and heavy that Peter Weller was losing three pounds a day from water loss. Eventually, an air conditioner was installed in the costume.



• The "Cobra Assault Cannons" are working Barrett.50 calibre sniper rifles with some plastic molding added to the frame.



• ED-209's voice is that of producer Jon Davison. ED-209's body was based on the design of a Bell helicopter and the overall appearance is reminiscent of a line of toys named Robotech which were based on an 1980s animated cartoon series.



• Robocop’s gun was actually a modified Beretta M93R: The barrel was extended and modified to resemble a casket. The weapon has three settings: single shot, three-round-burst (which was used in the film), and full-automatic.



• Edward Neumeier came up with the idea for RoboCop after passing by the set of Blade Runner (1982).



• Director Paul Verhoeven originally wanted Robocop to kill Clarence Bodicker by stabbing him through the eyeball. Realizing that the censors would balk, he changed his mind and envisioned Clarence having the interface spike shoved all the way through his chin, mouth, and upper jaw. Again, for the sake of placating the censors, he settled on the filmed version.



• During the scene in the convenience store, the stickup man selects an "Iron-Man" comic book - an inspiration for the movie.



• The police cars were modified Ford Tauruses. One of the main competitors of the Tuarus at the time was the Pontiac 6000. The car the villains use is the 6000 SUX, a not-so-subtle jab at the Pontiac 6000.



• The ED-209 growls like a jaguar and squeals like a pig.



• Robocop’s first Directive, "Serve the Public Trust", was inspired by a fortune cookie.



• Prominent Dallas landmarks seen in the film include Dallas City Hall (the exterior of the OCP headquarters), the Plaza of the Americas (where the glass elevator that Robocop rides in are located), and the Fountain Place building (the chisel-shaped skyscraper seen in the background of the OCP boardroom scenes).



• During the news footage when Robocop throws the disgruntled city hall worker out the window during the hostage crisis, his legs fly up into the air in a comedic fashion as he hits the ground. It was intended as a joke by the director.



• The hostage scene where a former city council member holds the mayor and his staff hostage was based on a real-life crisis where former San Francisco supervisor Dan White wanted his old job back.



• Bodycount: 30



• The sound of Bob Morton's doorbell is the same as the one in the writer's house in A Clockwork Orange (1971).



• In the attempted rape scene, writer Edward Neumeier originally had RoboCop shoot past the victim's cheek, hitting and killing the rapist. While getting ready to shoot the scene as scripted, Verhoeven notice how Donna Keegan's (playing the rape victim) legs were spread apart, giving him the idea to have RoboCop shoot between her legs and shoot the rapist in the genitals. Neumeier loved the idea and that has how the scene was shot.



• Rutger Hauer was up for the role of Robocop.



• For a while, Michael Ironside was attached to the role of Robocop, but they had to give up on the idea when they realized that the actor would have to have a much smaller frame to fit into the costume envisaged.



• During the final shootout at the foundry, when Ann Lewis fires the Cobra Assault Cannon, the muzzle flash knocks the lens-hood off of the camera.



• The classic anime series "8th Man" (1965) was the basis for the movie's story, and the Japanese superhero series "Uchû keiji Gyaban" (1982) (the first of Toei's "Metal Hero" series) was the basis for RoboCop's design.



• Kurtwood Smith's wife makes a cameo as Dick Jones' secretary



• 'Jonathan Kaplan' was originally set to direct, but opted to do Project X (1987).



• Robocop's musical theme - with a slightly slower tempo - is the same five-note motif used in the score of Bride of Frankenstein (1935) during the scene where the villagers pursue and capture the monster, and return him to town for trial and imprisonment.



• The repeated line "I'll buy that for a dollar" comes from Cyril Kornbluth's short story "The Marching Morons", which presents a similarly cynical view of an over-commercialised future that's desensitised to violence and war. A game show in that short story uses that line as its signature phrase.



• As RoboCop approaches Dick Jones's office in his first attempt to arrest him, Jones is tapping his fingers in time to the incidental music.



• Director Trademark: [Paul Verhoeven] [religious imagery] RoboCop is seen walking on water near the end of the film. Verhoeven has stated that he sees the character as a futuristic version of Christ.

Anniversary.
02:40 Jun 28 2005
Times Read: 2,539

Apparently it has been a year today since i last had "the sex".

I dont think people noticed the change so...
00:59 Jun 27 2005
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Here i changed it even more, maybe people will look closer and see who the real star of kill bill was.

Irish prisoners lose maids HA HA HAAAA JUSTICE
03:08 Jun 26 2005
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PRISONERS in Irish jails will no longer be permitted to hire servants or order in private supplies of food and alcohol under new draft rules published today by the justice ministry.



In the first update of Ireland's prison regulations for almost 50 years, the proposal would also rule out punishments, which are now considered inhumane, such as a restricted diet or corporal punishment.

"The existing prison rules date back to 1947 and contain provisions that reflect their age, including special provisions for prisoners under sentence of death," said Justice Minister Michael McDowell.



"Clearly they are no longer adequate or appropriate for today's conditions," he said.



The new rules will remove outdated references to penal servitude and imprisonment with hard labour.



On the flip-side, for those on the inside at least, a provision that prisoners can use private furniture and bedding and employ an assistant to perform housekeeping tasks is also going.



They will also no longer be permitted to order in private food or alcoholic drinks.



Regulations governing prison life, such as accommodation, visiting rights, discipline, health and education, have been revamped. In addition, compulsory drug tests will be allowed.



The rules were drawn up under a bid by Mr McDowell to modernise the prison service - one of Ireland's oldest institutions.





Hundreds of prisoners have lodged legal claims again the government seeking damages because they are being held in cells without toilets and have to "slop out" pots every morning.



From correspondents in Dublin

June 23, 2005

23:18 Jun 25 2005
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I am so tired of living in a society that has two huge polar extremes.



On one hand we have the media hailing Bob Geldof for his work on ending world poverty and the very next story is about how much money some bint is getting paid because he/she looks nice and is good at saying what other people tell them to say.



Make up your mind people, you either like rich celebrities or you want them to give their money to help poor people you cant have it both ways.

Vs.





CELEBRITY Vs. EQUALITY

Interesting night, not pleasent but interesting.
16:15 Jun 25 2005
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Last night I was laying in bed at about 05:15 and I heard someone moving around downstairs, so I cocked an ear and listened for a while.



Then I start to hear someone trying to force open the kitchen door which is always locked at night.



Then I heard someone bump into something in the hall.



Then I heard the sound of someone pouring a liquid onto the floor in the hall.



SO I got up and as I was walking downstairs I saw my brother walking back into the sitting room.



He had been sleepwalking and had tried to get out to the kitchen for something but when he couldn’t he turned around and emptied something onto the floor.



I went down, opened the door and said to him;



“What the fuck are you doing?”



And his reply to me was…



“What? It must have been him.”



And then he was back asleep.



So I went back to the hall and spent the next 20-25 minutes cleaning it up.

How hard is it....
20:33 Jun 23 2005
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Just how hard is it to use a remote control?



My mam is always calling me into the room because..



"I pressed something and its making noises"



I have lost so many kick ass films to this kind of "accident".



I am so fucking tired of walking into the kitchen to find the video recording some stupid fucking soap opera over MY CONAN THE BARBARIAN video that i taped off late night tv.



All she has to do is press one fucking button to turn off the tv how does she manage to either start recording or rewinding a video i have set up to tape something?



I am so fucking pissed off right now. grrrr.



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Amended June 24th 2005:

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I was angry that it happened i was not angry at my mother. So once again, angry at situation, not the person.

The proper care for a small dog.
00:16 Jun 20 2005
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Le sigh.
21:54 Jun 18 2005
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Hello, could you please move any images that are not your own from your portfolio to your profile as the portfolio is only meant to show your own photographic work, keep in mind you don’t have to delete the images, simply move them to your profile.



Thank you.



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The above is a message i send out to at least 5 people a week.



And within 10 minutes of me sending that message to a person they always come and look at my portfolio. Like they are going to catch me out and be able to say,



"Ah ha, but you have the same kind of images in your portfolio."





I myself think the rules on this site are very easy to follow. So why must they try and fight me on this issue, why not just do as i asked?

Im an ASSHOLE. A-s-s-h-o-l-e EVERYBODY A-s-s-h-o-l-e.
00:43 Jun 18 2005
Times Read: 2,693








- Asshole



[Spoken]

Folks, I'd like to sing a song about the American Dream. About me. About you. The way our American hearts beat down in the bottom of our chests. About the special feeling we get in the cockles of our hearts, maybe below the cockles, maybe in the sub-cockle area. Maybe in the liver. Maybe in the kidneys. Maybe even in the colon, we don't know.



I'm just a regular Joe with a regular job

I'm your average white suburbanite slob

I like football and porno and books about war

I've got an average house with a nic hardwood floor

My wife and my job, my kids and my car

My feet on my table, and a cuban cigar



But sometimes that just ain't enough to keep a man like me interested

(Oh no) No Way (Uh-uh)

No, I've gotta go out and have fun

At someone else's expense

(Oh yeah) Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah



I drive really slow in the ultrafast lane

While people behind me are going insane



I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, what an asshole)

I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, such an asshole)



I use public toilets and piss on the seat

I walk around in the summertime saying, "How about this heat?"



I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, what an asshole)

I'm an asshole (He's the world's biggest asshole)



Sometimes I park in handicapped spaces

While handicapped people make handicapped faces



I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, what an asshole)

I'm an asshole (He's a real fucking asshole)



Maybe I shouldn't be singing this song

Ranting and raving and carrying on

Maybe they're right when they tell me I'm wrong



Naaaah!



I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, what an asshole)

I'm an asshole (He's the world's biggest asshole)



[Spoken]

You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac El Dorado convertible, hot pink with whaleskin hub caps and all leather cow interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights, yeah! And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115mph getting one mile per gallon, sucking down quarter pounder cheese burgers from McDonald's in the old-fashioned non-biodegradable styrofoam containers and when I'm done sucking down those grease ball burgers, I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag and then I'm gonna toss the styrofoam container right out the side and there ain't a God damned thing anybody can do about it. YOu know why? Because we got the bombs, that's why.



[Spoken]

Two words. Nuclear fucking weapons, okay?! Russia, Germany, Romania - they can have all the Democracy they want. They can have a big democracy cake-walk right through the middle of Tiananmen square and it won't make a lick of difference because we've got the bombs, okay?! John Wayne's not dead - he's frozen. And as soon as we find the cure for cancer we're gonna thaw out the duke and he's gonna be pretty pissed off. You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower? Well multiple that by 15-million times, that's how pissed off the Duke's gonna be. I'm gonna get the Duke and John Cassavetes...

(Hey)

and Lee Marvin

(Hey)

and Sam Pekinpah

(Hey)

And a case of Whiskey and drive down to Texas...

(Hey, you know you really are an asshole)

Why don't you just shut-up and sing the song pal!



I'm an asshole (He's an asshole, what an asshole)

I'm an asshole (He's the world's biggest asshole)



A-S-S-H-O-L-E Everybody! A-S-S-H-O-L-E



[Barking]

Arf Arf Arf Arf Arf Arf Arf

Fung achng tum a fung tum a fling chum

Oooh Oooh



[Spoken]

I'm an asshole and proud of it!





A song by Denis Leary

Rocky start, great ending.
00:37 Jun 18 2005
Times Read: 2,694

Well me and my brother just got there in time for the 17:00 showing. We had just sat down and waited for about 5 minutes when the lights went out and everything stated.



As usual there was the reams of Tv adverts to wait though and then the movie trailers, of which the only good one was "War of the Worlds".



Then as the movie started i noticed something wasn’t right, it was blurred. And i asked my brother if it looked blurred to him, he said no.



I looked around the cinema and no-one was complaining or looking back at the projector or shouting "FOCUS".



So i sat there for about 3 minutes and i was starting to question my vision when a manager came in and announced they were having trouble focusing the film and they would have to stop the movie for a few minutes to sort it out.



Some old man turned to the manager as he walked out and said,



"Maybe you should get it right next time."



The man was about 60 and the manager was only in his early 20's tops.



I said out loud "Oh shut the fuck up".



Other people just muttered to themselves and booed the old man.



Then as the manager was leaving someone came in to tell us that as we were leaving the screen we would all receive a free movie pass as compensation for the delay.



You know that joke in films where one person starts clapping and no-one joins in. Well that really happens. Someone sitting near me started to clap and no one joined in and everyone started to laugh.



So after a few minutes the movie started up again and i just sat back and smiled my ass off.

I.....saw.......BATMAN.
00:31 Jun 18 2005
Times Read: 2,696

The movie rocked hardcore old school ultra uber cool style.



I didnt stop smiling all the way through the movie. Yes there are some changes made to the characters but they were not the kind of changes that dont make sense. Everything fitted together well even the creation of the Joker at the end as in the comics there has never been a definitive situation that lead to the creation of the joker, other then the chemical bath.



Christian Bale was a great Batman. He got his ass kicked, he was beaten and he was confused. Just as he was supposed to be when starting out.



His facial expressions were perfect, full of anger and a psychotic rage that is supposed to fuel the Batman.



The Voice was great, almost what i imagine him sounding like when i read the books. Again you could hear some anger behind his threats not like the kids films that all but destroyed Batman movies for me.



It was also nice to see Gotham as a real City, i have nothing against the over the top Tim Burton versions of Gotham but they were just too surreal for my tastes, not gritty enough.



I cannot express my enjoyment of this film within this posting but ill just say i was not disappointed.

BATMAN!!!!
15:52 Jun 17 2005
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I am leaving in 20 seconds to bring my brother to BATMAN. I will report in later.

Underwear goes on the inside of the pants.
17:21 Jun 16 2005
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lazy_boy!

01:46 Jun 16 2005
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This picture just made me smile. Its nice to see some over the top violent games comming out. This is a picture from a game called "God of War". Its about a guy who kicks ass in ancient greek times fighting all the famous monsters like the cyclops pictured above.



N.B.



Notice where he is holding onto the cyclops.

And our survey says.....
01:04 Jun 16 2005
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I am taking the durex sex survey as i write this.



I know i am not the norm when it comes to sex but i am doing this survey anyway.



I enjoy taking surveys that have no relation to me at all so i can fuck up peoples statistics on my age and gender grouping.

Apparently you can choose what you are allowed in your portfolio.
23:34 Jun 15 2005
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--- On 17:13:33 - Jun 15 2005 - raven16 wrote ---



well how can i do my own , with what i want i cant get put on here , cuz of the size matter , why should size matter on the pictures , so im not removing until i can get my own work that u will allow for me to put , thz, raven16



--- On 15:25:45 - Jun 15 2005 - Daire wrote ---



Hello, could you please move any images that are not your own from your portfolio to your profile as the portfolio is only meant to show your own photographic work, keep in mind you don’t have to delete the images, simply move them to your profile.



Thank you.

21:26 Jun 15 2005
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I just decided i would buy the new Batman game for the PS2. I hope this game does not destroy my faith in the gaming industry. I am planning on seeing the movie soon too, i only hope its good. It will cause me severe psychological and physical distress if its a bad movie.

Things that drive me mad.
02:01 Jun 15 2005
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Im sure i will add to this on a regular basis but for now i only have one thing on my mind.





When you are eating something like jelly beans or mixed nuts etc... something with a selection. And someone asks, "can i have one". So you offer the person some and pour a selection into their palm.



They then proceed to pick through what you have given them and either hand back or put back the ones "i dont like".



Firstly, I was generous enough to share, at least take what you are given with grace.



Secondly, dont handle my food and then hand it back to me.



Thirdly, do not once you have handed back half of what you got go looking for more, you didnt like what you got tough shit, its the luck of the draw.

20:42 Jun 13 2005
Times Read: 2,786

I Will Be Murdered!. Getting shot in the back while getting a quick 20 out of the ATM, then being dragged to a strange mans apartment where he disembowels you and slowly eats you over the course of a year isn't the most glamorous way to die, but at least you were dressed to impress... bling bling Find out how you will die, Take the Death Quiz now!

Nasa gives you wind.
23:17 Jun 12 2005
Times Read: 2,803

If you have 180 MB free and you are interested in satellite imaging then you should download Wind World.



This allows you to zoom into any location on the planet and you get to see place names etc.



Today i zoomed in to Ireland and it actually has Dunboyne, the village where i live listed.

01:03 Jun 12 2005
Times Read: 2,812

Last night was not a good one. I lay awake for most of it. When i did sleep it was very uneasy and not for periods of longer then 30-40 minutes.



I would lay there and try and get comfortable but then i would feel intense pain in my side like i had just been punched. So as time went by i was not only tired and in pain i was also getting frustrated. My bed has already suffered from a previous situation along similar lines.



A few months ago i had similar pain all night and i grabbed hold of one of the poles in my head board. This was after about 9 hours of trying to sleep and i was so frustrated at my situation i snapped the wooden pole.



Last night however i did not reach such extremes as i knew i did not have to get out of bed the next day until i decided to.



I finally got some sleep in the early hours of the morning and I awoke about 3 hours later, well I say three hours but it is honestly hard to tell.



I do know I was asleep long enough to dream so at least over 40 minutes. The dream itself was really the highlight of the night. As with most of my dreams when I have a bad night it was disjointed and did not all fit together coherently .



The one section of the dream that was the most interesting took place in my bedroom. I was laying on my bed and suddenly there was a whoosh from outside my window and I went to the window and looked out.



Across the area of grass visible from my window a house had caught fire and two helicopters were swooping down at dramatic angels picking up different parts of equipment, one thing was a giant funnel and the other a length of hose. The helicopter with the hose turned sharply and made a v-line for my window and turned at the last second and hovered over my neighbours garden and started to siphon water from their pool (which in reality they do not have). Suddenly the second helicopter came into view and once again hovered outside my window.



So I grabbed my camera and I started to take photos and I could clearly see the pilots faces and they were screaming. As I took pictures the blades on the tail section of the first helicopter clipped the roof of my neighbours house and they started to spin. The tail section caught fire and the pilots were shouting at me to move away from the window as they spun towards the ground. I however continued to take photographs and I was thinking to myself these are going to look great.



The second helicopter seeing the first in trouble tried to dump its water onto the fire but they collided and he metal of the two machines fused and they pin wheeled into the ground. I ran out to my garden and was still taking photos but the surroundings had changed to a broken down and debris laden waste land. I was still snapping photos when the pilots scrambled out of their helicopters and all 4 of the men were Asian. I remember being very confused at this and I continued to take photos without looking through my view finder so I was shooting from about hip level.



Then I must have woken up because that’s all I can remember.

23:00 Jun 10 2005
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Tricky

20:24 Jun 10 2005
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Today I had my first swim in the sea for this summer. It is not however the first swim of the year but it is the first swim of the summer months. I had the dog with me and I finally got him to go out of his depth while chasing sticks etc. on the way back from the beach I had a poke around in some rock pools and I only found one live crab. Lately while Ive been at the beach I have noticed a decline in the number of live crabs there are. There are plenty of dead crabs which have been caught and eaten by birds some of them bigger then your fist, but no live ones.



I also found an abundance of little shrimps and I also found a way of amusing myself with these creatures. I would dip my fingers in and draw their attention and they would start to attack my fingers with their pinchers which were too small to actually hurt me but I could feel them pinch. It was funny seeing them all paddling franticly to keep up with my fingers while attempting to attack them.

Oh wonders of wonders, glory of glories.
19:47 Jun 09 2005
Times Read: 2,864

Picture it. There I was, simply sitting at my desk. I was idly talking to myself and eating jellybeans.



Suddenly something happened that made me take pause. I looked down and in my very hand I held a physical manifestation of perfection, a testament to the glory of the universe.



BEHOLD



A



Three



Pointed



Jelly-Bean.

13:40 Jun 09 2005
Times Read: 2,879

How the fuck does RyuNyghtfallen get an 8.0 rating after 90 votes? Are you people simple? There is nothing written in this profile and yet you rate him 8,9 or 10?



Fucking hell what is the point of a rating system if you just give everyone a 10 for showing up. We have some seriously slow people in here.

19:26 Jun 08 2005
Times Read: 2,889

There is an upcoming Lynch Family gathering. It takes place on August 13th in a pub the family owns.



I am planning to go, I have close to 80 cousins and of them I like the majority of them. However today I was told something that made me laugh but also a little hesitant.



Lately I have been learning to drive, I know it’s a late start on my part but Ive had no interest in driving and I got lessons for x-mas so I decided id use them. Well today Dad said to me while we were there I could drive everyone home from the pub.



This means that I will be driving down pitch black, narrow and overgrown country roads. Now these are not the same as American back roads. I am talking about roads that are just about as wide as the car I will be driving, with brambles and trees growing out into the road.



Also like I said it will be pitch black, I don’t see anyone leaving the pub until about 1am, 2am and there is no illumination on these roads, in fact there are no lights for miles around. So you literally cannot see your hand in front of your face.



Couple all of these things with the fact I will have a car full of drunk people and run the risk of turning a bend and confronting a herd of cattle at any point.



It Should be interesting to say the least.





Oh and there is also talk of the accommodations being a tent on the beach. I actually wouldn’t mind that, but tents smell nasty.

This seems slightly more accurate.
16:18 Jun 08 2005
Times Read: 2,893

You Were Actually Born Under:

You are totally loyal, faithful, and honest. However, you don't trust others to be as ethical as you are! Straight forward and direct, you really aren't one for small talk. You are a great listener - and an agreeable companion when you're in a good mood! You are most compatible with a Tiger or Horse.

You Should Have Been Born Under:

Resourceful and practical, you are a quick thinker. You are very observant - and it's hard to get anything past you! A total perfectionist, you are especially picky about looking your best. You're a big dreamer - such a big dreamer that reality can disappoint you. You are most compatible with an Ox or Snake.

23:43 Jun 07 2005
Times Read: 2,914

I am just about to play Warhammer against cancer. If it works out and the game starts ill update this and announce the winner.





I won, twice.



But to his credit the second game was close.

22:43 Jun 07 2005
Times Read: 2,919

Hey i did apologise for THIS.



On a side note i didnt mean to sit in as a partner, i just was curious as to what the new link was so i clicked it. Im sitting there watching the game and suddenly BAM i have to play, wasn’t asked if i wanted to or if i could, just thrown into the deep end and berated for my poor behaviour. That’s mean, that’s red dog at noon day in an S.U.V in the middle of the desert mean.

I wanna marry
01:03 Jun 07 2005
Times Read: 2,950


Conan O Brien





"I Wanna Marry Conan O' Brien" Lyrics:





Music by: Gerardo Berdin

Lyrics by: Leticia Rovira and Gerardo Berdin

Performed by:

Vocals: Abigail Mojica

Drums, Bass, Guitar: Gerardo Berdin



________________________________





Chorus:



I wanna marry Conan O Brien,

He is the guy that I have been spyin,

Late Night on my TV he's smilin,

I wanna marry Conan O Brien,

I wanna marry Conan O Brien,

We're gonna have a house on Long Island,

At our wedding Max will be cryin,

I wanna marry Conan O Brien,



Verse 1:



Your eyes are blue, your hair is red,

I wonder what it's like to be in your bed,

Your skin's so white, you're pale and pasty,

Oh my god you look so tasty,

Have to watch your show every night,

Oh Conan won't you hold me tight,

I wanna do ya cause if I did,

I'd be the lucky girl to have your red kids.



Repeat Chorus:



Verse 2:



You're so smart, you're a Harvard Grad,

If I was With you I wouldn't be sad,

You could play guitar, and sing me songs,

I could listen to you all night long.

When you grab that string in your pants,

and do the famous Conan Dance,

You make me feel like I am spinning,

Like you at your show's begginning.



Repeat Chorus:



Verse 3:



You live in New York, I live in L.A.,

But we will be together someday,

You Could have me on your show,

I'll be the best guest you'll ever know,

I could sit in Andy's Chair,

And be harrassed by the masturbating bear,

So Marry me oh won't you Conan,

Or it's your genes I will be Clonin'



Repeat Chorus:







Dont forget to download the song from this site, its actualy not bad.

18:18 Jun 06 2005
Times Read: 2,965

Cancer was just very mean to me. It made me cry.



Damn that game.

14:12 Jun 06 2005
Times Read: 2,971



How evil are you?

Wah wah wah wahhhhhhh.
00:14 Jun 06 2005
Times Read: 2,988


--- On 16:54:32 - Jun 05 2005 - SadisticFairy420 wrote ---



See i knew it... ur just being a jerk... u dont know how everyones life is... u only care about urself... ur a self centered jerk... its no excuse



--- On 16:50:12 - Jun 05 2005 - Daire wrote ---



Im not asking for excuses.



--- On 16:49:42 - Jun 05 2005 - SadisticFairy420 wrote ---



sorry.. im just going through a lot... my cats gone... i dont expect u 2 care... or understand that other people have problems in life so a message isn't top priorety



--- On 12:12:26 - Jun 05 2005 - Daire wrote ---



I just have to deal with people who ignore messages all the time so i dont take kindly to it.



--- On 11:14:57 - Jun 05 2005 - SadisticFairy420 wrote ---



well sorry... geeze... and i thot u were cool



--- On 03:18:13 - Jun 03 2005 - Daire wrote ---



Well you are supposed to read them if you dont like it leave.



--- On 14:44:56 - Jun 02 2005 - SadisticFairy420 wrote ---



well... sorry.. but jeeze no one reads them.. if you were us u wouldn't either



--- On 14:38:33 - Jun 02 2005 - Daire wrote ---



Well several system messages were sent out as a warning so there is no excuse for not doing as it asked.

Gangs use voodoo in Nigeria sex trade
23:44 Jun 05 2005
Times Read: 2,991

Seeing as the subject of zombies came up not long ago on the forum i thought people would like to read this. It is an example of how voodoo and other witchcraft is still very much alive in third world countries.



ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- If she runs away from her life of prostitution, her parents will

"They are told that fleeing the traffickers will bring death to them or their family," said Babandede, who addressed a recent human trafficking conference in Turin, Italy, one of the hubs for Nigerian-based prostitution networks. "This is a heavy power over these women."

It is also something difficult for most authorities to comprehend.

The international prostitution trade in Europe is mostly built upon other methods of bondage: holding women in prison-like conditions or setting impossibly high repayment sums in exchange for their passports and IDs. For some women who manage to escape, the ordeal is finally over.

"But in the cases of voodoo, it can be just beginning," said the Rev. Tom Marfo, a Ghanian-born Pentecostal pastor who operates mission houses around Amsterdam that specialize in helping West African women break from prostitution gangs. "They think, 'Oh no, the curses will begin.' I tell them to have faith that the true God will not let this happen."

Dutch authorities have taken notice. Marfo is increasingly consulted to understand the centuries-old rituals behind the Nigeria prostitution rings.

"This is more than a police issue. This is an issue of native spirituality -- a kind of spiritual terrorism being used on these women," said Marfo. "You need religious people and the power of faith to fight this."





P.s. The views in this article do not represent my own, this is simply me quoting from an outside source.

23:17 Jun 05 2005
Times Read: 2,994


Nuke the whales

18:44 Jun 05 2005
Times Read: 3,003

Just now, not 20 seconds ago at the time i start writing this i answered my front door and i looked down into the face or an extremely dirty child. I recognise this child as his family is infamous in this area for their level of scumbag behaviour. The mother of this family gets pregnant every 1.5 years so at this stage they have about 9 kids, they have 2 that are just stupid, 1 was in a car accident and is now retarded and walks with a gimp and the rest are just general little burdens on the community.



Anyway, the child just now was holding in his hands a grubby, soaking wet and torn sponsorship form for a sponsored bike race. It was obviously old and i could see on the top the year was 2003 on the form.



What kind of parents send out their child with a 2 year old registration form for a children’s bike race to try and make money in false sponsorships?

01:41 Jun 05 2005
Times Read: 3,027

Profile Comments





Amasing pro my dear 10





passiondragon

01:38:08

Jun 05 2005

01:19 Jun 05 2005
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This is just tacky.

3rd June 2005
00:28 Jun 04 2005
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While I was in the place where I could see Sin City I also had to get some passport photos. Which I find extremely irritating. I am studying photography yet I still have to go and pay people to take my photograph for some stupid government licence. Well to add to my dislike of this process I had severe trouble simply getting these 4 stupid photographs.



The first place I went to was a camera shop, these are usually cheaper then the booths, so I went in and asked the price and they replied €7 (this works out to be about $11). So I had a little internal argument with myself and I walked out. Then I went to a booth outside the actual cinema area. It was broken. I went to the next one, I look at the price and it was only €6. So I paid my money and sat down. I was looking around and fidgeting waiting for the machine to warm up when FLASH. The fucker went off in my face. It wasn’t a digital machine like the one next to it so it gave no display simply took your money and blinded you. So I had to make my little poses for the remaining 3 photos again cursing under my breath between shots. I waited the 3 minutes for my photos and when they came out I looked at them only to find that they were not fixed properly. (Fixing is the process that stops the image fading when exposed to light after it has been developed.) So the white background on these images had turned a dirty coffee brown. So again I cursed to myself a little less under my breath this time and I went over to complain and I was directed to the information center. Here I have no complaints, they took my images back and gave me back my money and were very nice about it. From here I went to the other side of the shopping centre and into the Irish version of Wal Mart ,Dunnes Stores. They had a digital machine in their shop so I went in, paid my money, sat down and positioned myself. I listened to the instructions and I pressed the green button that continues the process……nothing happened. So I pressed the button a little harder……still nothing happened. So after about a minute of gently pressing the button I hit it a few times. Still nothing. SO I stood up, went outside and walked up and down a little before deciding to give it one more try before I went to see someone about it. I sat down, pressed the button for a further 2-3 minutes to no avail. As I was standing up to leave to get someone to help me the button worked and I got a lovely shot of my arm and chest. I cursed again slightly louder then before and I sat back down, assumed my pose and hit the retry button. It didn’t work. I pressed it again and again and again and eventually it took a photo of me in mid-curse with my hair all over the place and a snarl on my lips. So I tried the retry button one more time and I was informed that this was my last chance. So I took a deep breathe, struck my pose and pressed and pressed until the button did its job again. I sighed a sigh of relived frustration and waited for my photographs. And this is what I got back.



I do not look happy.

00:01 Jun 04 2005
Times Read: 3,056

Well i went to see Sin City today and i liked it, all that violence and cursing was a refreshing change from the droves of PC dribble hollywood has churned out in the last few years certain films excluded of course (Lord of the rings).



I had the screen mostly to myself there was about 6 other people maybe 10. But what made me laugh was the scenes with the Irish mercenaries, I know they were Irish, but they really poured on the accent. There were people being blown to bits and i couldn’t help but laugh to myself at their voices.



Another thing that made me laugh was that one of the people watching the movie was a retarded person and her two parents. It was obvious the parents didnt want to be there but went to escort their child. However towards the end of the movie there is a line....



"When it comes to reassuring a traumatised 19 year old im as expert as a palsy victim doing brain surgery with a pipe wrench”



What are the odds that only a few chairs away from me would be a young person with palsy….I just found it too funny.

09:40 Jun 03 2005
Times Read: 3,066


This made me laugh.

16:18 Jun 02 2005
Times Read: 3,090

Im just tired of having to deal with idiots, we should have an IQ requirement before allowing people to join, like you sign up and do an IQ test and if you dont get over 120 you cant join the site and it tells you so.





IQ SCORE = 68



Better luck next time dumbass, now fuck off.

Today.
12:31 Jun 02 2005
Times Read: 3,102

I am bringing my dog to the vet. He has to get his booster but i have been meaning to go lately as his ass is going bald, i went weeks ago and they said if it didnt get better i was to go back, well today is the day i go back. He is fine and he is his same old self, but his ass is going bald....its very odd.





Sin City comes out here today too, although the only times i can go to at 14:35 and 18:45. I have to bring the dog to the vet at 14:00 so i may go to the 18:45 showing, but the place it is being shown in would be packed then and i have a severe dislike of crowded places and noisy people. So i may wait to see it later.





P.s. i went to bed at 5am last night, and yet i got up at 09:00 and i wasn’t tired. So i am operating on less then 4 hours sleep. I know lately my sleeping patterns have been messed up but this is ridiculous, the other day i got out of bed at 07:30 and the day before that at 05:30....and yet i wasn’t tired after getting less then 3-4 hours sleep. There must be a way to use this to my advantage other then patrolling VR all night.

16:54 Jun 01 2005
Times Read: 3,151

This is puerile but funny





And i find this confusing, how the hell did she do that?

Lie-Berry spoils.
16:41 Jun 01 2005
Times Read: 3,148

Well i came back with a few things from the library the other day.



The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Homer The Iliad

Homer The Odyssey



A video on WW2 by National Geographic



A book about General Montgomery.



I also got a book called fever pitch for my middle brother, its a football (soccer) thing so i dont know what its about.