Look Mum! I made arts!

I have recently been drawing. Really basic stuff at the moment. Soon I'll experiment more with my pencils. My medium has been Photoshop of late.

I really enjoy drawing and creating an image from my mind. If gives me great satisfaction. Being able to express my imagination not just in writing but also in drawing is quite liberating. I look forward to enhancing my skills and refining my technique.

Take a look at my creations on my Fur Affinity account: Dieselcat's Profile

Everyday Appearence

Now that my internet access is back on my desk and not in the hallway I am able to comfortably add more to my blog.

Anyone who knows me or has met me in person will know that I tend to overdress. I enjoy wearing smart clothing. Suits, waistcoats, ties etc. It makes me feel like I've made some small effort.

What fascinates me most is how I am treated. When I am wearing my work uniform I am treated like an idiot. When I wear my beach bum clothes on a hot day I am treated like just another member of the public. When I wear my smart clothing people smile, are helpful and thoroughly pleasant. Little do they know how cheap it is to look so good.

I feel it also highlights the shallow attitude many have (I myself have been guilty of it) and one should never judge another human being purely by appearance. Wait until they've proven themselves to be lovely or downright awful.

Sweet Sweet Internet

I fling up my arms in glorious praise to the gods of the wires! For I now am reconnected with the rest of the civilised world! This may or may not be a good thing.

My lack of internet did make me think back to the '90s where things were just kicking off. Radio advertisements would scream "Get online now!" and to have home internet was a thing of wealth and the height of modern technological achievement in your own living space.

Now of course we take it for granted as we do mobile phones. There was once a day where I had to use a house phone with a cord forcing me to stay in one spot whilst I spoke to someone. Once I had to walk around a department store fifty times before I found my friends and/or family.

Communication is stronger than it ever was and this is not a bad thing. I have kept in touch with people it would be so easy to loose if it weren't for websites that constantly remind me they exist. It would be tragic to loose contact with the many splendid people I've met along the way.

So yes, internet! Hurrah!

Home Internet on the Horizon

Hurrah! Soon my readers I will return to the aethernets to talk once again about my askew thoughts on the world! The incompetent internet provider has finally recognised the fact we have an active phone line, despite the fact we had already told us this. It'll be another 5 - 10 working days.

Stay tuned!

My Lack of Recent Posts

My apologies for my absence. I have had no household internet since moving house. Expect to see more from me very soon as I have much to add to this blog.

Watch this space.

The BBC iPlayer

Quite possibly the greatest thing to happen to the British Broadcasting Corporation since the television. I find it immensely useful as I don't watch television everyday and often I like to busy myself with something constructive on my PC. Watching something can be more an annoyance than something to add to the Photoshopping or my latest Thief II fan mission. As such I find myself listening to the radio and when I do wish to watch something, I can at my leisure.

My only issue with the iPlayer is something that cannot be helped. The BBC cannot store everything they have ever produced on it and I long for the day when the technology improves and at any given time I can watch an old Doctor Who or an episode of Blakes 7. Perhaps even a news broadcast closest to the time of my birth. I'd love to watch that. What a handy resource that would be! Think of the educational capabilties it holds. Being able to watch a news report from as far back as the very first new the BBC ever broadcast! I look forward to the future when such things are so freely available.

Until then I'll just watch and listen to the things that are available.

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Many of my British readers will not have heard of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I'm a big fan of it myself and always appreciated an episode I haven't seen. A friend introduced it to me a while back and at first I didn't know what to make of it. After watching a few episodes I began to understand that it was in fact pure genius!

To save a lengthy read here is its Wikipedia page: Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Wikipedia

There are ten series of it in total and each episode covers an old B-movie. The heckling and commentary is hilarious. Sometimes they make highly specific cultural references meaning that some jokes are lost on one person but another person would find such a joke very amusing.

It's difficult to discribe unless you sit and watch a few episodes. I just wanted to raise a little awareness of the show. Unfortantly it was only in production during the 90s and has finished.

Link to: The Official Mystery Science Theater 3000 website