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'My Corduroyed Life' - Mark A's Journal
I decided on three things that I would get when I hit 30.
A pension.
A tattoo.
A cat.
I have just over a month before I am 31, and so far, I have only got one of the three. Considering the fact that I neglect this blog in favour of a blog about my cat, I think it's probably obvious which one I've got!
I will speak to the pension people the day before my birthday. I have to. I need a pension, however much it means changing my lifestle with 7% less disposable income a month. That is going to suck.
As for the tattoo. Maybe I won't bother. What do people think?
M x
Current mood:
contemplative.Current music: The Sailor Song by Toy Box.
Yes, yes: this is related to the 'other blog', but do I look like I care?!
My first Queen and Latifa column has been published in Zhoosh Magazine today, and I'm somewhat chuffed about this. The article is an EXCLUSIVE Q&L article that you won't find anywhere else, and I hope that it is something quite special as I attempted to make it an important article and something a little more meaty that the usual 'I love my kitty' vibe of Q&L.
Download it (for free) here:
http://www.glossyzhoosh.co.uk/
Feedback would be lovely - go to 'the other blog', please:
http://www.queenandlatifa.webs.com
Have fun,
M x
Current mood:
pleased.Current music: Part Of Me by Chris Cornell.
I swear too much.
Seriously, I really do use profanity too much, particularly with interjections and uneccessary adjectives, and I think it might be becoming a problem. I know I couldn't go a day without using bad language. I catch myself swearing at really inappropriate moments like in important meetings and in front of my mother or my friends' kids.
So I've been thinking... I sincerely doubt that I can create a situation where I want (need?) to use expletives less. So I need to find alternatives to swearing in this situation. Herein lies the problem: alternatives end up being blasphemous or camp. Being a staunch (strict?) atheist, I cannot and will not allow myself to blaspheme: not only is is insulting to people who believe, but it makes no sense as a concept to someone with no faith. And I am gay enough without my expressions of frustration making me sound so camp that I look ridiculous.
But you have a think: find me an expletive that is neither swearword, camp, or blasphemous. It's tough, aint it? I could think of nothing...
But then, my geekery saved me - take a looky at this vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7u0TBUEu_w
It's not perfect, but I'm thinking that 'DAMNIT' will work for me as a non-sweary, non-camp, non-blasphemous expletive.
DAMNIT!
Have fun,
M x
Current mood:
blah.Current music: Cry For Freedom by Jay Dabhi and Moses Modesto.
I have been taking part in a Come Dine With Me competition (a la the telly programme) with friends all week and as such have been busy either cooking or attending dinner parties.
If you're interested, you can see my menu here, and my video diary from my day here ('Tifa makes a guest appearance in vid 12!). Please be aware that I was stressed on the videos and I do swear in frustration and panic, so please view with discretion.
Unfortunately, I didn't win, but it was very close! The two winners scored 26 and myself and the other 'second place' person scored 24. I don't really mind though as I had a nice time, and was pleased with how my dinner party went.
Have fun,
M x
Current mood:
lazy.Current music: Take Me Alive by Chris Cornell.
And I deserved it too.
The other day, it was raining and I saw a bloke get drenched by a bus going past and hitting a puddle. I laughed.
Three steps later, I trod on a loose paving slab and drenched my leg making it look like I'd wet myself.
Damn you, karma!
M x
Current mood:
amused.Current music: Control by Metro Station.
I live in a country that has elected 2 racists in the European Elections.
I am a proud British person, and in general believe that I live in a good country with good people.
But this has shook me to my core. The BNP actually got seats. I am very saddened by this, and ashamed of my countrymen.
I just don't know what to say. There are no words.
Current mood:
sad.
Sorry I've not updated this blog in over 2 months. I know I promised I wouldn't neglect it having started my other blog, but it appears that I have.
Don't forget 'the other blog' though! That's updated three or four times a week:
http://queenandlatifa.webs.com/apps/blog/
I do have some things that I want to write here, so please do keep checking.
Cheers,
M x
Current music: Death Dies Hard by The Deathstars.
But I promise not to completely abandon this one...
I have a new blog:
http://www.queenandlatifa.webs.com
My new blog is about life as a big queen living with my diva kitty, Latifa. ‘Tifa provides me so much delightfully cute and/ or silly material to talk about, and I have been having great fun blogging about it.
One thing that I have always bemoaned about with this blog is that there is no direct subject or focus. And it makes sense that my new blog has a very direct focus: stories about my cat.
My Corduroyed Life is not dead. In fact, I don’t expect the update rate to be affected at all considering that I only write a couple of times a month now anyway. So keep checking in here, but also check out Queen and Latifa as that will be updated much more regularly.
Cheers,
Mark x
Current mood:
optimistic.Current music: Thieves and Liars by Daler Mehndi feat. The Wolfmen.
Bloo… Dy… HELL!
I met a rather hot guy when I was in the London for a conference on Monday, and as you do, we swapped MSM IDs. I casually mentioned, as you do, that he shouldn’t type my hotmail address prefix into google as I use the same ID everywhere online. He, of course, joked that he would. This made me think: what if he actually did?!
So I typed kingghidorah123 into google, and I was absolutely stunned. There is a hell of a lot of results, and not all of them things that I want to be immediately apparent. You really can find out a hell of a lot out about me with very few clicks.
The search leads you to this blog, an old blog that isn’t a particularly flattering depiction of me (even less so than this one), my gaydar profile, links on websites/ forums that I’ve not used for years (and some current ones), a truly awful youtube video of a 20 year old me (with Jesus style hair and facial fur) behaving like an drunken idiot, my myspace profile, lots of links to stuff I sell on ebay, and quite shockingly a link to something I wasn’t aware of: an unprovoked, homophobic comment about me (well, this blog) on a blog of someone I don’t know.
Now none of these things are too worrying in themselves: there is nothing there that I’m particularly ashamed of or that I mind people knowing. It’s just that it is so very, very simple to find out a lot about me with one google search and an hour to spare. I am also worried that too much of eccentric, peculiar me in one go will put of any potential suitor. I get the argument that someone should fall for you for who you are, but I’d prefer potential suitors to learn that through interaction with me and spending time with me rather than the weirdiness that there is on me on the net. I’m an honest guy, and there isn’t anything on the net that I wouldn’t show someone that I was seeing, but the idea of someone being able to see it all in one go before they’ve properly interacted with me seems a little worrying.
Not that I think that looking someone up on google is wrong! Far from it! I know damned well that if I were given a free pass to get to know stuff about someone I was interested in with one easy google search, I’d definitely take it. Who wouldn’t?! It’s human nature to want, for want of a better phrase, a ‘head start’ when it comes to these things. I guess to some extent that I’m a little paranoid that too much information too soon will put people off as I really am quite, quite peculiar. I hate the idea of this happening before I get a chance to interact properly with someone I’m interested in. I'm also a bit unsure of the idea that someone that I’m meeting for a date knows loads about me compared to me knowing very little about them: I know that it’s not a competition, but it does seem a little unfair. Although saying that, I guess I generally give people that advantage anyway as I’m generally a deliberately transparent person.
However, the more I think about it, I’m not actually that upset with my own foolishness/ lack of internet savvyness re: privacy. After all, I am the guy who has been blogging and including very silly pictures of myself and my real name on said blog for 5+ years. It’s not like I’m an introvert! ;)
But if you’ve done the same thing as me and care about what silliness might have been put on the net by either you or other people, you might want to google yourself!
Have fun,
M x
Current mood:
weird.Current music: Thunder by The Prodigy.
I do love irony...
I drove to Halfords to buy a Satnav on Saturday. I got lost on the way there... twice.
Hehe!
Have fun,
M x
Current mood:
amused.Current music: Take Me To The Hospital by The Prodigy.