Finally something to post that didn't fit in the other two blogs.
I was invited out to see a play, and it is a comedy about a dystopian future. I then realised how much I like dystopian future stories and decided to lookup a few
I realised not only have I seen a vast majority of these films, I have liked every single one I have seen... I even liked Waterworld...I am sorry that I was the only one Mr Costner.
I don't know why I like these films. Is it the sci-fi element, is it the world in ruin, is it that I want to see how not to fix things?
I don't know, it is very odd. I like the idea of a utopia as much as the next person, I will talk at length about utopian ideals like freedom of information and expression, that I believe everyone is intelligent in some way and that Gene Roddenberry and his utopian picture is glorious :)
So why do I watch anything dystopian that comes my way, as one of my mates used to say "team of therapists, round the clock, Morgan". Hmm, maybe I am just being subconsciously contrary?
Oh well now to collect then watch all the movies on that list I haven't seen, does anyone know where you can get "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" on DVD?
Peace out all.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Yikes it has been a while since I posted. Well to recap the long amount of time since then. We moved back from Brisbane in 2011 after things didn't work out with schools the way we had planned. I miss Brisbane to some extent and made friends up there after going to a board game group for twelve months. I am still with the same company, and despite being fairly busy still loving it.
I guess one of the main reasons I hadn't updated this blog was that google decided to drop support for publishing from blogger to other platforms. I have moved my blog wholly over to google now, so I can ditch my cheap hosting altogether. This should also result in the site being a bit quicker than the cheap hosting I have, or the old days when I had this all hosted on my own server on the end of a slow DSL link.
Geoffrey has started school, Anne has started pre-school and they are both growing into beautiful little people.
You may notice a fair few of the links on the sidebar don't work, I am still working out some of the content heck it hadn't had an update since 2004 prior to Geoffrey being born, but they should be fixed eventually. You may also notice a new blog on the left there, if the subject's don't interest you then don't read it.
Well that's it for this quick update. Peace out all.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Moving up north
Well its official I am moving to Brisbane. Work has approved the move, and we researched schools and suburbs, and looked at distances to my companies various offices and finally decided on a suburb and have signed the lease on a place and put down a deposit. We have also started packing (mostly Fiona's work) and gotten several quotes for methods of getting our possesions up there, and settled on one.
To those who want to drop in you already have my mobile and email, drop me a line.
I feel nervous but another chapter of my family and my life is about to start.
If you want to catch up before I go, give me a call/email/im/carrier pidgeon.
Peace out all
To those who want to drop in you already have my mobile and email, drop me a line.
I feel nervous but another chapter of my family and my life is about to start.
If you want to catch up before I go, give me a call/email/im/carrier pidgeon.
Peace out all
Friday, February 20, 2009
Random post funny
Taken from another friends blog here
RULES:
1. Put your iTunes / media player on shuffle.
2. With each given question, press next and that is your answer.
3. Write down the song name no matter HOW silly it sounds.
4. If you have any comments, write them in brackets below your answer.
5. Don't cycle through until you find a funny one (added this rule cause it sounds fair, and removed rule 5 as chain anything sucks)
a) If someone asks you out, you say:
Way to Go! - Rogue Traders
(heheh)
b) You see your crush. You think:
Clint Eastwood - Gorrillaz
(A bit harsh, Clint is an ugly man)
c) You stub your foot and yell:
Bicycle Race - Queen
(Not likely that I would stub it in a Bicycle race, no bike, and I don't race)
d) Your pants are full of:
Stand Up - Flobots
(That they are...)
e) Your favorite video game is:
Coin-Operated Boy - The Dresden Dolls
(I think this game would not be pg-13)
f) Your t-shirt says:
I'll Kill Her - SoKo
(hahah, awesome song though)
g) Your favorite video consists of:
Toy Soldiers - Martika
(I actually like the movie toy soldiers)
h) This is what's crawling up your pant leg:
We are the Champions - Queen
(Champions, oh oh)
i) You like him / her because of:
Do you hear the people sing - Les Misérables
j) Your friend has:
One Four Five - The Cat Empire
k) What you'll be when you grow up:
This Is How You Remind Me - Nickelback
l) The song that'll be played at your child's birth:
Sweet Lullaby - Deep Forest
(hehe what a coinkidink)
m) Your "summer song":
Black Bugs - Regurgitator
n) Your friends' pants are full of:
Grace Kelly - Mika
(I bet they wish)
o) You like to:
I Go Off - Diana ah Naid
(Another funny, I am pretty placid)
p) Your mom changed her name to:
Walking on the sun - Smashmouth
q) You changed your name to:
Killer Queen - Queen
(well it is my favourite queen song)
r) Your battle cry:
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
s) Your porn movie will be titled:
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
t) Your wedding song:
Good Time - Leroy
(ah how true)
u) Your new last name is:
Castle On a Cloud - Les Misérables
v) Your genitals are called:
No Aphrodisiac - The Whitlams
(A bit harsh)
w) Your pet cat is named:
Doctorin' the Tardis - Timelords
x) Your pet dog is named:
Red and Black - Les Misérables
(A red and black dog would be interesting, I think I wouldn't name it so obvious though; Kerberos)
y) Your new nickname will be:
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
z) When posted, you will title this:
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
(Oh god that is a classic ending)
Well that was mildly amusing.
Peace out all, I will post more normal stuff promise.
RULES:
1. Put your iTunes / media player on shuffle.
2. With each given question, press next and that is your answer.
3. Write down the song name no matter HOW silly it sounds.
4. If you have any comments, write them in brackets below your answer.
5. Don't cycle through until you find a funny one (added this rule cause it sounds fair, and removed rule 5 as chain anything sucks)
a) If someone asks you out, you say:
Way to Go! - Rogue Traders
(heheh)
b) You see your crush. You think:
Clint Eastwood - Gorrillaz
(A bit harsh, Clint is an ugly man)
c) You stub your foot and yell:
Bicycle Race - Queen
(Not likely that I would stub it in a Bicycle race, no bike, and I don't race)
d) Your pants are full of:
Stand Up - Flobots
(That they are...)
e) Your favorite video game is:
Coin-Operated Boy - The Dresden Dolls
(I think this game would not be pg-13)
f) Your t-shirt says:
I'll Kill Her - SoKo
(hahah, awesome song though)
g) Your favorite video consists of:
Toy Soldiers - Martika
(I actually like the movie toy soldiers)
h) This is what's crawling up your pant leg:
We are the Champions - Queen
(Champions, oh oh)
i) You like him / her because of:
Do you hear the people sing - Les Misérables
j) Your friend has:
One Four Five - The Cat Empire
k) What you'll be when you grow up:
This Is How You Remind Me - Nickelback
l) The song that'll be played at your child's birth:
Sweet Lullaby - Deep Forest
(hehe what a coinkidink)
m) Your "summer song":
Black Bugs - Regurgitator
n) Your friends' pants are full of:
Grace Kelly - Mika
(I bet they wish)
o) You like to:
I Go Off - Diana ah Naid
(Another funny, I am pretty placid)
p) Your mom changed her name to:
Walking on the sun - Smashmouth
q) You changed your name to:
Killer Queen - Queen
(well it is my favourite queen song)
r) Your battle cry:
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
s) Your porn movie will be titled:
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
t) Your wedding song:
Good Time - Leroy
(ah how true)
u) Your new last name is:
Castle On a Cloud - Les Misérables
v) Your genitals are called:
No Aphrodisiac - The Whitlams
(A bit harsh)
w) Your pet cat is named:
Doctorin' the Tardis - Timelords
x) Your pet dog is named:
Red and Black - Les Misérables
(A red and black dog would be interesting, I think I wouldn't name it so obvious though; Kerberos)
y) Your new nickname will be:
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
z) When posted, you will title this:
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
(Oh god that is a classic ending)
Well that was mildly amusing.
Peace out all, I will post more normal stuff promise.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Another post in only a few days very surprising, well I have a bit to say and forgot to say it the other day.
I had a wonderful Christmas, and lots of fun with the kids. I thought I posted about it but obviously not.
Fiona got me a Doctor Who sonic screw driver and an incredible present of a portrait of Geoffrey, painted by our favourite painter (Fred Marsh), it was a picture of possibly my favourite picture of Geoffrey to date.
We ate lots of seafood over Christmas but managed to put on little weight which was good.
We also managed to get a really good Family Photo with Santa Claus, and I think Geoffrey gets Santa and Christmas are good things now, especially with the inundation of presents he received, don’t worry Anne got her fair share as well.
Then after the initial Christmas orgy of presents, Fiona got me another present, I don't know why I deserved it but she got it anyway, a Flickr Pro account, so go to morganstorey.com and click on MobileBlog to be redirected there. I upload photos from my phone all the time so it is sure to be updated, more often than my blog has been :P
In other news and on to the topic of this post, public humiliation. I read an interesting blog post the other day here.
To surmise though it quotes Paul Graham, programmer, entrepreneur and venture capitalist who says:
One of the most interesting things we’ve discovered… is that [people] are more motivated by the fear of looking bad than by the hope of getting millions of dollars. So if you want to get millions of dollars, put yourself in a position where failure will be public and humiliating.
So on that note, I am going to let the world know of my intentions in a plan to humiliate myself into succeeding.
By the end of next year I hope to have my CISSP; an extremely high certification in IT Security. Not only that but before then I hope to have the following certifications; CCNA, CCNA:Security, CCSA, CCSE, LPIC 1, LPIC2 and LPIC 3:Security, OSPC, Security+, CEH, and finally Upgrade My MCSE to MCITP:Enterprise.
I have told people this off hand, but never written it in public, and let the world know. I am doing these only really for self satisfaction, and to get my knowledge recognized. It does however take time to fill in the gaps. So after 6 months of being to tired, busy, or interested in what my rack is doing or what is on TV, I started back on my boring CCNA the other night.
Wish me luck.
Peace out all.
I had a wonderful Christmas, and lots of fun with the kids. I thought I posted about it but obviously not.
Fiona got me a Doctor Who sonic screw driver and an incredible present of a portrait of Geoffrey, painted by our favourite painter (Fred Marsh), it was a picture of possibly my favourite picture of Geoffrey to date.
We ate lots of seafood over Christmas but managed to put on little weight which was good.
We also managed to get a really good Family Photo with Santa Claus, and I think Geoffrey gets Santa and Christmas are good things now, especially with the inundation of presents he received, don’t worry Anne got her fair share as well.
Then after the initial Christmas orgy of presents, Fiona got me another present, I don't know why I deserved it but she got it anyway, a Flickr Pro account, so go to morganstorey.com and click on MobileBlog to be redirected there. I upload photos from my phone all the time so it is sure to be updated, more often than my blog has been :P
In other news and on to the topic of this post, public humiliation. I read an interesting blog post the other day here.
To surmise though it quotes Paul Graham, programmer, entrepreneur and venture capitalist who says:
One of the most interesting things we’ve discovered… is that [people] are more motivated by the fear of looking bad than by the hope of getting millions of dollars. So if you want to get millions of dollars, put yourself in a position where failure will be public and humiliating.
So on that note, I am going to let the world know of my intentions in a plan to humiliate myself into succeeding.
By the end of next year I hope to have my CISSP; an extremely high certification in IT Security. Not only that but before then I hope to have the following certifications; CCNA, CCNA:Security, CCSA, CCSE, LPIC 1, LPIC2 and LPIC 3:Security, OSPC, Security+, CEH, and finally Upgrade My MCSE to MCITP:Enterprise.
I have told people this off hand, but never written it in public, and let the world know. I am doing these only really for self satisfaction, and to get my knowledge recognized. It does however take time to fill in the gaps. So after 6 months of being to tired, busy, or interested in what my rack is doing or what is on TV, I started back on my boring CCNA the other night.
Wish me luck.
Peace out all.
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