Guilt? Don't know the meaning of the word...

I have just read a very powerful poem on another blog here called "Guilt!" and has been written by someone who used to be a bully.

If you want to read this poem, then head on over to the Bully Free Zone Volunteer Action Team Blog...the link to the poem is http://bullyfreeteam.blogspot.com/2009/06/guilt.html

This poem kinda touched me as I was bullied a lot when I was younger..when I was at school, when I went to train in several jobs, and I was even bullied by my father. Anti-bullying is a cause I'm more than happy to back, so as well as looking at thier blog (http://bullyfreeteam.blogspot.com) also have a look at the Bully Free Zone website (http://www.bullyfreezone.co.uk/) and also follow them on Twitter (@BFZonline if you are a Twitter member, or just have a browse by going to http://www.twitter.com/BFZonline).

Percy the Pigeon

People who have been following me on Twitter (if you have a twitter account, my username is @yamerias but you can look at my tweets by going to http://www.twitter.com/yamerias if you are not) may have noticed that I follow and retweet someone called @PercythePigeon (again, if you are not a Twitter member, you can look at this member's tweets by going to http://www.twitter.com/PercythePigeon). I thought it might be nice to give a bit of an explination about Percy and the cause that he supports.

Percy The Pigeon is a character who is in the book Matty-boy and the Secret Pigeon Racket written by a talented authoress called Anita Hunt. The story is about a Matty-boy, a boy who lives with foster parents, and he finds a raggedy bundle on the window ledge of what is soon to be his bedroom. The "raggedy bundle" is Percy, who helps him deal with bullying.

I think this is a brilliant idea and as well as the book there is a campaign including Percy on Twitter, he has his own website and there is even a knitting pattern so you can knit your own Percy toy...how cool is that?

Anyways, if you are interested at looking at the Percy The Pigeon site, go to http://www.areyoubeingbullied.com/ and have a look at the ideas behind the story (and you could buy a copy of the book and other various items from thier online store)...or you could download the knitting pattern for Percy The Pigeon!

I fully support this campaign and it is very close to my heart...I was bullied a lot as a child, by kids and also by my father and I felt like there was nobody to turn to and it really got to me a lot, I see now if I had maybe spoken to one of my teachers or even one of my neighbours things could have been so different.

Please have a look at this website, and please support Percy the Pigeon.

A day of coolness...

Today has been a really good day so far.

I have been pottering around in the garden and I think in one of Haunted Rock Cake's plant pots we could have the starting of a bumble bee nest. This is great news really, as they seem to be dwindling, so anything to help them. I'll be keeping an eye on this and there will be more as it develops.

The post today was REALLY awesome! I got 2 parcels today, one from my friend Steff in Germany which contained postcards for my collection, a DVD and an amazing I Am Legend beanie hat! Another beanie hat for collection is nothing but a good thing, and if you want to see my collection so far then head on over to http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89410&id=574249516&l=7ab007658e and see what you think.

Then I got a piece of artwork by the supremely talented Adam Atherton!

I humbly thank for this dude, it is an amzing piece and I'll be getting a frame for this and hanging it up as soon as I can! Just in case you have not been following my blog (and if not why not?) Adam Atherton is the creator of the brilliant webcomic Lilly Of The Valley (there is a few pages of this if you go to http://www.zudacomics.com/node/1237) which will continue around September time. The image is of Lilly and is just amazing as you can see!

So yeah...it's been a really good day, and I cannot see anything ruining my day!

Save Shipley Windmill!

I was looking at Twitter earlier and I saw some very sad news...

Shipley Windmill, the windmill that was used as the fictional home of Jonathan Creek in the show of the same name, is to be shortly closed down to the public indefinately due to a non-renewal of the lease by the landlords.

This is a real shame, the place is amazing, but they cannot get any help to run the place through grants for urgent repairs from The National Lottery, English heritage or the like becuase they do not have a longger lease as the landlords are not interested in extending the lease.

Because of this it looks like the place will only be open now until July, however as it looks like this will be last season this beautiful windmill will be open there will be no admission charge.

If there is any way you can help the volunteers there while this place stays open then there are details to contact them on thier website, http://www.shipleywindmill.org.uk/ and I know it's a long shot, but if the landlord of Shipley Windmill is reading this blog, please please please renew the lease, this is an amazing place and it would great for the public to be able to see this place for many years to come.

Check this out!

This is the teaser image for Adam Atherton's Lilly of the Valley webcomic. I'm really hyped for this and I really cannot wait for September when this should be released.

In case you have not read this so far, then head on over to http://www.zudacomics.com/node/1237 and have a look at this amazing piece to whet your appetite...and you can leave comments for Adam Atherton via Twitter (@AdamAtherton), his blog (http://lilyofthevalleycomic.blogspot.com/), and you can also join "The Herd" and be part of the Lilly of the Valley Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71143685849&ref=ts).

Have a look at this story and enjoy!

I thought an update for what has been going on this week would be in order!!!

I have been having a bit of a nose around to see if Adam Atherton had done any more comics on Zuma barring Lilly of the Valley and I have found that he did another called Bleed, which looked quite interesting. If you fancy a look then head on over to http://www.zudacomics.com/node/945

I saw 3 movies last week...The Hangover (I got preview tickets for free, which was nice), Drag Me To Hell and Terminator Salvation.
Drag Me To Hell wasn't too bad, it was about a woman who is cursed to be dragged to Hell by a demon and her race against time to break the curse. I'm not going to spoil anything, but I did like the way that a small item near the beginning of the movie changed everything right at the end of the movie. This one is certainly one that I will be adding to my DVD when it is released!
Terminator Salvation....oh what a can of worms this movie has opened! A lot of people have "boycotted" this movie as there is none of the original cast in it, but to be honest I think that was a good thing. I enjoyed the movie (Cuddle Bunny went with me, and she liked it but thought that the previous 3 movies were better) and I liked the way that it seemed to ignore the third movie. In a lot of ways this felt more like a franchise "reboot" than a prequel/sequel (not sure what catergory it would be in because of the "time travel" element of this franchise). I liked Christian Bale as John Connor, and look forward to getting this on DVD as well. For people who enjoyed this movie, IMDB have it listed that "Termiator 5" is to be released in 2011 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340138/).

My birthday went kinda well, which was nice too..me and cuddle Bunny went to Southsea and walked from South Parade Pier to Clarence Pier. We went into every arcade between the two points and played all the 2p machines! I won quite a few keyrings and stuff which I gave to Cuddle Bunny, although I Kept 2 that I had won (Clumsy Bean and Nurse Bean from Bean World, have a look at them on http://www.bean-world.net/) and kept one for me and gave the other to my flatmate. We also had fish&chips by the sea, which I was really looking forward to but they were horrible...the fish was swimming in grease!
We also went to Victoria Park which was nice, although it has changed a lot since I had been there!
It was just great to have a day with Cuddle Bunny, I loved every minute!

My DVD collection has broken through the 1,000 barrier! That is a LOT of DVDs! sure I know there are people with loads more than me, but I have only the DVDs I want, and most of them as collector's editions which is nice. Here's to breaking the 2,000 barrier!

Well, that's all for now, but I'm sure I'll be back soon!

Dragged into the present kicking and screaming!

Oh boy the last week or so has been interesting in regards to getting people communicating!

Last week I got GFP up and running on Twitter (@HaunterRockCake) and she seems to be using it well...and today I got mumsie (@gypsyrose57) on there as well, and I got her used to the Facebook account I set up for her too! Please add them,and add me too if you like (@yamerias)!

Oh, I have heard that David Caradine has passed away...such sad news and a great loss to both the martial arts and movie communities....Rest In Peace Grasshopper.