The Ramblings of a Grumpy Adolescent » Ben

So many screenshots!!!

clarkykestrel — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:03:45 +0000

I’ve spent most of the day working on CPT6, who for people that read my blog and didn’t take A level computing (that’s only one person I know of) is the project you do throughout your second year of A level computing. I’ve had a very productive day but now my concentration is failing me, so whilst the Rele works its way into my bloodstream I thought I’d knock out a blog post.

After I last wrote a post the benefits of writing on this blog has returned to me. I come here to rant about stuff and then I seem to be a happier person IRL. The last couple of weeks have been good, I actually bother talking to some of first years at college now rather then just sitting there wishing they were the people from my year and I’ve been putting more effort in academically. On that note I was very happy this week to get my first exam results back ever that did not show an E grade; Computing – 2 A’s, Environmental Science – B and Government and Politics – A.

Since last time I wrote I have set up a twitter account and as my friend Josh pointed out it’s weird how on Facebook I can have no desire to update my status yet on Twitter I am fine with doing it at every opportunity. Any twitterers out there can follow me here.

As much as I like coming on here and just writing posts of my rants I do feel there should be more to my blog then there currently is at times and I am struggling with where to go from here. I already have friends whos blogs review, offer technical support/reviews TV shows, show art & craft, list funny quotations and criticize everything, where is my place in the blogosphere? Is my place purely to write grouchy posts about the comings and goings of my life? I guess if it wasn’t I wouldn’t be The Rambling Grumpy Adolescent.

"I’m so cripplingly alone, LMAO!!!1!"

clarkykestrel — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:00:16 +0000

Firstly I must start by saying that the title of this post does not represent my feelings at all, it’s just a funny statement derived between me and the wonderful Mr Skipper. The red squiggly line informs me that “cripplingly” isn’t actually a real word, who knew.

I haven’t been in to the whole blogging thing as much lately which has lead to some rather naff posts as of late. I am hoping I can redeem myself and bring this blog up to manic depressive-humorous standards. Right now is the part I commence with talking about the occurrences in the life of Clarky…

Exams are over, huzzah! Coursework commences, balls! I am already lagging behind on my coursework and I have only had most of it a week, I feel so proud. The computing coursework is rather interesting, the business coursework is rather not. My 18th came and went marvelously, seems ages ago now. Went out and got rather drunk to commemorate the event, was coping rather well till Max made me down a double shot of absinthe. I remember shortly after drinking that going down Staines High Street head-banging to Creeping Death by Metallica. Good times were had by all.

Oh yer btw, WTF has happened to you guys. Today was the first time I have had break with you lot in ages and the group seems to have disbanded in my absence. Matt and Sara are MIA, (although I got an explanation for that from her blog) Ben is randomly running up Egham High Street joining in attacks on me from Tom Rush and Maxwell hangs around with the “Wankers”. (admittedly he wasn’t today) It’s all gone to pot, get it sorted people.

Now on to some more shocking news that is going to probably surprise some of my more devoted readers, this will probably even come as a shock to any random unknowns that have read my previous posts. Despite all my Rambling about her, I am back together with Laura. To be honest it seems shocking to me as well and I am the one that is going out with her. I know some of you are going to be against it and that is what makes you awesome friends because I know you are only looking out for me, I am however going to go ahead with this and see what happens.

Bah, Sherbet Lemons

clarkykestrel — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:41:44 +0000

Christmas is fast approaching, tomorrow will be Christmas Eve, I suppose I really should start my Christmas shopping. Today is the first day I haven’t seen my friends this holiday, unless you count Matt (Browne) this morning in Sainsburys who looked like he was ready to just walk out of his job, and I am so bored already.

For yet another year one of those twats off X Factor got the Christmas No.1, it makes me feel stupid for not realising at a much younger age then I did that the success of something in the chart has absolutely fuck all to do with had good a song it is. This leads me nicely on to something I realised today, out of all the Christmas songs there are that get played to death at this time of the year there is only one that is remotely accurate. Christmas isn’t about sleighs, or fat jolly men climbing down the chimney and when was the last time it actually snowed at Christmas. In my opinion the song that best represents Christmas in my opinion (“IMO” – For Josh) is “Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues. You may ask why I think this best represents Christmas and basically it’s because it is about people being drunk and arguing with each other, and isn’t that truly what Christmas is all about.

I had a bloody good time last night at Matt (Cousins this time) & Lily’s party. The theme of the party was “Music” and as Matt put it best you could “come as your hero! or maybe a drum?” There were some awesome costumes including all 4 members of Kiss, Slash, Freddy Mercury, The Ghost of Pavarotti and a very memorable Peter Browne as Britney Spears. I really hope some one got a picture of Peter. I am not entirely sure wether I made a prat out of myself or I was just more outgoing then usual. Oh well a thoroughly awesome time was had so I don’t care either way.

Well I wish you all a Shitty Christmas and a Crappy New Year. But seriously I hope you all have a good time and as it is the season of giving I will post links to some of my friends blogs like I have been meaning to for a while. (Probably going to be quite pointless because you lot are pretty much the only people that read this.)

Josh – Josh Anderson’s Weblog

Matt (Browne) – Hotstuph’s Weblog

Ben – The Video Games ate My Baby!

Oli – Teenage Politics

Sara – Inside an Abused Mind