Who is that Fat Bloke?

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I came forth from the shadows to eat Cheetos, drink Mountain Dew and complain about the buses where I live.

I reside in Yam Towers, with various movies and music...and a pet rock called Rocky.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Well, it's time for another update in the life of The Fat Bloke....



Went to the doctors on Tuesday and for the first time EVER my heart rate seemed to be perfect, which was kinda odd considering the way my heart is. I also discovered my blood pressure is always high when I'm at the surgery because I do not like doctors and nurses (nothing personal to them, they are lovely people...but had a lot of bad experiences) and that has now been noted on my records.



I think things are going really well with Cuddle Bunny, we will be meeting up again next week. Not sure what we will be doing yet though! It has been great to see after so long, reminds me of many good times.



Finally, most people who know me know i love penguins, and I had to add this to my blog:

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Seeing Cuddle Bunny again..

Well, with the initial meeting with Cuddle Bunny going well and we have been chatting to each other ever since (I see this as hopefully a good sign!) we are both going to the cinema on Monday to see The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, and maybe have a drink afterward.

I'm still as nervous as ever...but looking forward to it!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Birthday Calcualtor results...

I thought after going to death Clock I'd get some details surrounding the year of my birth...want to do the same? Go to http://www.paulsadowski.org/BirthData.asp

Birthday Calculator
9 June 1975
Your date of conception was on or about 16 September 1974 which was a Monday.

You were born on a Monday
under the astrological sign Gemini.
Your Life path number is 1.

Your fortune cookie reads:
There is a true and sincere friendship between you and your friends.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2442572.5.
The golden number for 1975 is 19.
The epact number for 1975 is 17.
The year 1975 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/11/1975 and ending 1/30/1976.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Elk; your plant is Mullein.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Mesore, the fourth month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 30 Sivan 5735.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 1 Tammuz 5735.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.1.16.8 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 1 tun 16 uinal 8 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Monday, 29 Jumadiyu'l-Avval 1395 (1395-5-29).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 30 March 1975.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 4 May 1975.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 12 February 1975.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 18 May 1975.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 25 May 1975.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 6 September 1975.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 27 March 1975.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 11 February 1975.

As of 2/19/2009 5:51:47 PM EST
You are 33 years old.
You are 404 months old.
You are 1,758 weeks old.
You are 12,309 days old.
You are 295,433 hours old.
You are 17,726,031 minutes old.
You are 1,063,561,907 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Natalie Portman (1981) Johnny Depp (1963) Michael J. Fox (1961)
Dick Vitale (1940) Jackie Mason (1934) Les Paul (1915)
Robert Cummings (1910) Cole Porter (1891)

Top songs of 1975
Love Will Keep Us Together by Captain & Tennille
Fly, Robin, Fly by Silver Convention
Island Girl by Elton John
He Don't Love You by Tony Orlando & Dawn
Bad Blood by Neil Sedaka
Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell
Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John
That's the Way (I Like It) by KC & the Sunshine Band
Jive Talkin' by Bee Gees
Fame by David Bowie

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.81761252446184 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Wednesday.
Your lucky number is 5.
Your ruling planet(s) is Mercury.
Your lucky dates are 5th, 14th, 23rd.
Your opposition sign is Sagittarious.
Your opposition number(s) is 3.

Today is one of your lucky days!

There are 110 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 34 candles.

Those 34 candles produce 34 BTUs,
or 8,568 calories of heat (that's only 8.5680 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.89 US ounces of water with that many candles.


In 1975 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1975 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1975 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1975 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1975 the population of Australia was approximately 13,968,881.
In 1975 there were approximately 233,012 births in Australia.
In 1975 in Australia there were approximately 103,973 marriages and 24,307 divorces.
In 1975 in Australia there were approximately 109,021 deaths.


Your birthstone is Alexandrite

The Mystical properties of Alexandrite

Alexandrite can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, and augmenting ones ability to experience joy.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Pearl, Moonstone, Opal

Your birth tree is

Hornbeam, the good taste
Of cool beauty, cares for its looks and condition, good taste, tends to egoism, makes life as comfortable as possible, leads reasonable, disciplined life, looks for kindness, an emotional partner and acknowledgment, dreams of unusual lovers, is seldom happy with her feelings, mistrusts most people, is never sure of its decisions, very conscientious.



There are 309 days till Christmas 2009!
There are 322 days till Orthodox Christmas!


The Death Clock...

My Death Clock Calculation

Well there you go folks, I'm going to die in 31 years apparently.

Good times...bad times...

Well, I met Cuddle Bunny and we had a coffee (well, actually we had 3, in 3 different coffee shops!) and it wasn't too bad. We had a chat about old times, I kinda had a weight taken off me when I explained what happened to which in turn caused our relationship to break up...and Cuddle Bunny was happy as she had someone to talk to (I pride myself in being a good listener...kinda have to be when you are partially deaf!).
A lot of good memories flooded back, a few bad ones too (as they do) but we are different people now, older (for sure), wiser (perhaps?) and that can be nothing but a good thing.

But, as always, there is always something to rain on my parade.....

I have just checked the bank, and the Benefits Agency have screwed up! This time they really have too, I am over £60 down on benefits (not including my DLA, which is paid seperate as I found out last fortnight). I guess I will have to call them up later on this morning and see what thier reasoning is about this...and they cannot say they sent me a letter about cutting my benefits, all I have ever got is letters saying about the CWP (Cold Weather Payment) they gave me last week...mind you the letter was over a week late so maybe I'll get told about a reduction next week....damn what a bunch of idiots.

UPDATE: OK, so I phoned them up and asked what was going on and they explained they were supposed to take more money than they did, although I get it as a monthly lump sum. I really wish they would communicate about things...they were supposed to have sent me a letter about this (apparently sent in December) but I got nothing...nothing unusual there though I guess.

Well, at least I wasn't being conned of money...I just have to wait longer for it.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

I thought communication was supposed to be a good thing?

I'm beginning to wonder if there is actually any point to writing emails to people these days...I have been emailing people and they tend not to get back to me.

I understand people are busy, but making time...just afew minutes...just to acknowledge an email is it really that hard?

Apparently, it would seem so.

I have not felt like this for a while...

Tomorrow is full of aprehension for me....

It's mad, I have been threatened with knives and guns, I've died on the operating table a couple of times...yet this tops the lot.

What exactly would be making me feel like this?

I'm meeting Cuddle Bunny for a coffee!

I cannot believe that something like this is making me feel like this....sure, I've not seen her for 10 years, and I have only just recently been in touch. Sure, it was kinda my fault we split up all those years ago (I was drinking heavy, I was depressed and my life spiralled downward with me dropping out of college and pushing friends and family away...) but that was then and this is now.

Will it go well? I guess we will have to wait and see.

Saturday, February 14, 2009



Yeah...you can probably tell, I'm not really one for all this Valentine malarkey....and no, I'm not saying this because I am single. I just feel that it is another thing to extract money from gullible/weak people (kinda the way Christmas, Easter and other times arounf the year are going too...just a way to make you spend more money, all just over-commercialised claptrap!).

After all, if you love a person that much, surely you would not just buy roses, chocolates and other romantic crap just a few times a year (I'm including anniversaries and birthdays in the mix), but you will buy things for the one you love all year around....so what exactly is so bloody special about St Valentine's Day?

If I have got this all wrong, then someone please explain it to me, but all I see here is a waste of money and time....would I feel the same if I was in a relationship? Yup, pretty much, I felt the same when I was with my ex, although I did buy her a card and a gift, but I used to buy her gifts, write her poems and all that soppy stuff all the time, I loved her that much...simple really. I sometimes wonder if she really apprieciated it (maybe it was too much, who knows...I had several issues that needed to be resolved while I was with her - not her fault I must stress that - so maybe I went overkill on things sometimes) but I thought it was good to show how much I loved her.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Why do you miss someone when they could be bad for you, or you bad for them?

It's odd, I was speaking to someone today, and a whole shedload of memories came back...my fondness for them, how close we were at one stage and so on. It was great chatting (although it was very brief and we didn't really say too much if I was honest)....and it was always nice to know she was ok.

But it struck me...and hard...I miss her in my life.

It's mad, even after all these years I really miss her so much, even though she doesn't work or live too far away (just a bus journey)...thing is I know that even if we were to get together (which to be honest is highly unlikely) it would not be a good idea as I don't honestly think I would be good for her, or her good for me.

Why does life do this to me?

Monday, February 9, 2009

Hurrah good news!

Well, it's about bloody time....

I got a text from mom earlier saying that all was well and she will not be staying in. This is great news as I was so worried that there would be EVEN MORE complications. Maybe now mom will be able to settle into a half-decent routine again, although it will take time of course. I hope also that I maybe be able to get a decent night's sleep now, as last night I had barely any sleep worrying mom may have had problems.

In other news, I ordered the 3DVD (Hey, it's stuff about DVDs...there's a surprise!) "The Twisted And Disturbed Life Of Kane", which is a set of DVDs chronicling the history of WWF/WWE wrestler Kane. I think he's really cool, alongside his "brother" Undertaker. I also like TNA's Abyss, although the DVD about him was not that good really in my opinion, I hope they do a better version soon.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Bloody Virus Hoaxes!!!

This evening, I got the following email from a good friend...

THIS WAS DISCOVERED YESTERDAY BY McAFEE

FW: HUGE VIRUS COMING!!! PLEASE READ & FORWARD

Hi All,I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus!
I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for real!!
Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!

You should be alert during the next few days.
Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer.This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your contacts It is better to receivethis message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately .This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.

This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.

COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.

REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND ITTO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US

This is a hoax! I first saw this email over 6 years ago (so Norton is still gearing up for this virus then? Damn!!!) and basically all this email does is prey on people's paranoia and ignorance of facts. There are various flavours of the email hoax including "An Invitation For You" and "Olympic Torch". Now, I'm not having a go at my friend, she was acting with the best interests, and I fully understand that, but what really bugs me is this is not the first time I have seen this email...and for some strange reason I have a feeling it will not be the last.

If you get this email, please, for the love of Dave....just delete it, it's just another piece of garbage that clogs up people's emails. Passing this on just makes the situation worse...

Here are some links to prove this particular one is a hoax:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-022115-0852-99&tabid=2

What the fuhhhh.....

And the same old problem at home has arisen it's ugly head....the damn piece of s*** stupid f***ing smoke alarm! I seem to get this problem no matter where I live, thaty smoke alarms are too sensitive. In my last place I lived I lost it with the smoke alarm and punched it off the ceiling!

It's getting close to that again....

I beginning to wonder if they are not heat detectors they are putting in and not smoke alarms, it would seem to make sense why the seem to kick off at the slightest thing....

I think I might need to have a word to get this sorted out, otherwise I might reset the damn thing permanently!

Back home...

Well, I have been back home since last night, and I'm not really sleeping too well despite the fact I actually have my own bed again! I guess it's judt the way it goes really...

I decided to while a little bit of my time away taking photos of my beanie hats and then uploading them into an album for Facebook...yeah I know, that is really sad, but I just wanted a visual reference of my collection, and it seemed as good a place as any to do this. If you want to have a look then go to http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89410&l=7ab00&id=574249516 and you can see new hats as they get added (would that make you as sad as I am?)

I also bought a few more DVDs for my collection:
  • Hairspray (the 2007 remake) - I love musicals (yeah say what you want, I don't care) and loved the original movie, and seeing John Travolta dressed like that is very strange!
  • Slap Shot - If you like ice hockey you will love this movie! An ice hockey team are going down the drain, when they bring brawling into the mix and they do better than ever!
  • Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes - I do like my cult movies! People are being ataacked by...well...killer tomatoes...does exactly what it says on the tin really!
  • Robot Chicken Season 1 - This is one of the oddest shows ever, and to be honest there is no way to describe this...

Well, I'm off to bed...please let me know what you think of my beanies if you have a look!

Friday, February 6, 2009

Good news at last!

Well, it has finally happened...
Mom is coming home (although I do worry about the weather, with all the snow and stuff I wonder if Ken is going to be ok driving about...he may be a good driver but even good drivers have accidents.) and it means I can go home....

Can you guess what I have missed the most all the time I have been at moms?

My bed!

Yes, as daft as it may sound, the thing I miss the most currently is my own best, which is kinda odd for me...you see, usually I can sleep anywhere (well grab a respectable 4-5 hours anyways when I am tired) but while I have been here I have been lucky to get 3 hours. Maybe it is the situation in general that is keeping me awake at night, wondering if everything is going to work out ok, is the family ok in general, is Gypsy (mom's dog) ok are all the bills done right and so on as wellas thinking about all my bills I needed to pay out too (and yesterday's incident with the DWP was not much of a help add ing to the stress!).

All I know is I feel like I'm gonna sleep for a week when I get home, so if there are no entries for a while you now know why!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

DWP Strike again..

As if I haven't got enough on my plate as it is...

I checked my bank account this morning to make sure my benefits have been deposited and they have...but they are down by over £60!
There has been no explination for this, so this means I have to call them up and find out what in blue Hell is going on.

I really do not need this right now, with mom being in hospital and having to look after Charlie and Gypsy....more on this I guess when I have made the phone call.

**UPDATE** Well, after making 3 phone calls I finally got to the bottom of this. What used to happen was that Income Support and DLA used to be paid together, but now they are payed serpeately. My DLA is now paid a month in arrears and I will not get that payment now until 4th March, and it is now monthly. I have no issue with seperate payments (in a lot of ways it is a good thing) but a bit of communication would have been nice...apparently they will send me a letter explaining what they have done a week or before before my next payment...would it have been so difficult to have done it BEFORE they decided to do this? Bloody muppets.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Some sleep would be nice...

"Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them" - Edgar Allan Poe

Loathe them? More like envy them at the moment!!

I have had issues with sleep for a long time, but recently it has got beyond a joke. I'm so tired at the moment...why does this have to happen?

I went to bed last night at 2200 and felt really tired and I hoped that I'd actually sleep...

WRONG!

I woke up at 0045 and stayed wide awake, it's driving me nuts!

Monday, February 2, 2009

Mom update...and other stuff.

Mom has been in hospital for a while. She was diagnosed with lung cancer shortly before Christmas and to say it turns things upside down would be a little bit of an understatement. She has 1/3 of her lung removed a few weeks ago and due to complications has gone back in...the complication being district nurses not knowing thier job. They reckon she should be out in a few days though, which is kinda nice. I really miss mom, she really means the World to me, but the main thing is while she is in hospital she should be ok, she is in a safe place.

I bought some more DVDs for my collection this weekend just gone...
  • Kung Fu Season 2 - I love this series, and now I have the full set! Got it for £6 in my local CEX store, which is cool.
  • ECW: Extreme Rules - I like watching wrestling (I really wish I could get cable in my area, but the cable company said they were putting it in in April...they said that in 2006!) and as I do not get to watch it that much on TV I have quite a few DVDs to fuel my addiction! Usually costs £20, I got this for £8.
  • Paddington Bear: The Complete Original Series - I love cult childrens TV...if you look at my collection (head on over to http://www.invelos.com/dvdcollection.aspx/Yamerias to have a look at my 900+ strong collection) among the horror, wrestling and extreme sports DVDs you will find a lot of animation and cult kids TV classics! Paddington is brilliant, and so I picked up this boxset, which has 5 DVDs housed in a case shaped like Paddington's suitcase!
I finally got some sleep yesterday after crashing out in the afternoon, the only problem with that was that I wasn't tired in the evening! I went to bed at Midnight and woke up at 0430...it looks like I'm not going to get a good night's sleep for a while, probably when I go home when mom comes back.