Sarah and I will be going up to Huntly this weekend for my Grandparents (fathers side) 50th wedding anniversary and also the first Stables (my surname) family reunion.

This will be the first time in my near 23 year life that I will see all my family in the one place, due to the fact they live all over the world inc. Scotland, England and Canada.

We will be staying in the Huntly Castle Hotel which is situated on a Clan Gordon estate. Clan Gordon happens to be my Clan, so I am very much looking forward to seeing the house and it's grounds. It feels almost as if I'm going home.

There will be quite a grand dinner on the Saturday night, followed by numerous drinks (FREE BAR!! WOO!!), and no doubt many stories throughout the family.

There will be pictures.

Have a good weekend guys!

I love my mother, I really do, but sometimes, offft, for fuck sake I want to tell her to shut up and get on with it. She's going through some shit at work, not knowing if she's staying or going as her company is being bought over, I can understand why you would want to vent for that reason, but for a while now our cats have been bothering her.
Technically she is allergic to the bloody things, which to me is as good enough a reason as any, but since we've moved to the house in Erskine back in 2006, we've found the cats to be going to the toilet (both 1&2s) around the house. We thought it was them adjusting, which was fine, but it's been two years now. For a good year now I've put up with the same complaints and moans about her having to clean it up, getting to her whits end, how she cleans it up to prevent her partner from finding out and starting arguments about it. Seriously, just get rid of the cats. I love them dearly, and I would miss them for sure, but man, just get rid of them if they can't adjust. It would be better for the cat and the house.
Well apparently she contacted the local Cat Protection league who deals with re-homing and there is a list of 156 cats waiting to be taken, so they can't take on any more.
It has now got to the stage where mum is thinking about putting the offending cat down and keeping the one that goes outside for her business. I think that's bang out of order myself, but what can I do. it just pisses me off. I just wish she would make a bloody decision. I really can't wait to move out so I don't need to deal with her shite anymore. (excuse the pun)

Anyway, I'm home ranting after my 2nd day back at work and it sucks. Same old shite. I need to move on, but can I be bothered looking? Can I afford to look? Not really. I need to get my finances sorted, I need to find a new flat, I need to do this, I need to pay for that. It never bloody ends. I hate the moods I get in now a days, for no fucking reason what so ever.

So, on to something a little more cheery. I had a good couple of weeks off. As I mentioned, Sarah was off also, which was great. We got to spend some proper time together. We didn't really get up to a huge amount, which she mentioned a couple of times she felt she was wasting her holiday, but I hope she enjoyed it all the same. I just enjoyed chilling out, watching movies etc. I feel refreshed in a sense. I guess haha!

Bloodstock was amazing though! Man, I met so many cool people this year, the weather held out (except for the nights, when it lashed down) and the bands I wanted to see were great. I missed Soulfly, which I'm not really bothered about, but I heard they were amazing, so I was a bit gutted. Alestorm were a big disappointment though. Really didn't hold there own in my opinion. Opeth, Destruction, Kataklysm, Eluveitie, Akercocke, Iced Earth, Napalm Death and The Berzerker were all awesome, however, the big shocker for me was At the Gates. Now I had never heard an At the Gates track in my life, but I was aware it was there only and last UK date for the reunion, so I checked them out. FUCKING HELL, THEY ARE AMAZING! One of the best live bands I have ever seen. I have since D/L all there stuff and I fucking love it. LOVE EET!
The festival itself was much bigger this year. They sorted out the toilet fiasco from last year which was great, they even had showers, not that I used them, but it was good to know. However, they had a couple of bullshit rules. We were only allowed the equivelent of 1 crate of beer in with us. Now in the UK, the biggest crate you can ge tis 24 cans, which was fine, so I smuggled one crate of 12 in my bag and another crate of 12 with a bottle of jack and coke I carried in. So, although the rule was stupid, it was easy to bend seeing they didn't check bags. However, one of my friends tried to get through with two crates of 12 (equaling 24) only to be told he would need to empty one crate into a plastic bag, but he was allowed to take the 24 cans, just not in TWO crates, due to the ONE crate rule. Madness.
Which moves me on to my next niggle. The BBQ/Stove rule. On the tickets there was a rule stating that BBQs were to be used in the designated BBQ area. Bullshit, i know, but I had a gas stove, so I thought could that anywhere, but no, that counted as a BBQ (for some stupid reason). Fine we thought, stupid rule, but fine. However, again, we got to the gate and they weren't allowing gas what so ever. Fuck. That's me buggered for the weekend then. But no, as they weren't checking bags, so my mate smuggled the stove in and I smuggled the gas, and we cooked in secret near our tents. Bastards.
What gets me the most is that these rules were not explaing properly, so unlike myself who checked the forum, there were thousands of people who got stuck as they only went by a few rules on the back of the ticket. I hope they ditch these rules next year, they are really un-needed, and took a bit of the atmosphere away, which was a shame really. But still, all in all, I had a fucking great weekend.

Here are some pics. (The pick of the bunch)

I only have one major "festival" planned for later this year, and it's a one day affair down in Leeds. I happen to know the chap that puts it on, and he really has out done himself. Just take a look.

So apart from that, I have some family coming over from Canada tomorrow, so that will be good to see them. I remember writing a blog on Myspace saying those that are coming over are my favourite aunt and uncle. Well, needless to say, my other uncle saw this and decided to comment about it (first contact in years by the way), which I promptly told him to fuck off about it, so the family reunion that Sarah and I are attending up north, which coincides with my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary, will be interesting. I'm looking forward to it though. There are a lot of people I haven't seen in years who are going, so it'll be cool to see the reaction when they see a hairy, tattooed 22 year old walk through the door. Good times. Means Sarah and I get to abuse the free bar and have a cheeky night in a swanky hotel. It really looks gorgeous. It happens to be a Clan Gordon family estate, so it's almost like going "home" for me haha!
I'll be sure to take some pics.

That's really about it to be honest. All the other stuff is rubbish. I never did get why I thought what I want to buy is interesting to others, but never mind.

Laters people.



P.S. I forgot to mention I'm on a Julia Stiles binge...

I'm in love with a band call At The Gates.

I'd never seen nor heard them before this weekend...just one of those bands that escaped me as they tend to do.

My god...

I'm off to Bloodstock Open Air, bitches. Don't miss me. I'll bring back pics.

First off, it's been a while. How are we all doin'? Alright, good times, good times...

So I saw Hellboy 2 last night. Sorry Batman fans, it's shits all over Batmans latest effort. Seriously, without the late Heath Ledger (RIP) playing the Joker, I would have prob fallen asleep. I really can't sum up how amazing I found Ledger as the Joker though. I've never been a huge Batman fan to be fair, so I'm pretty biased I suppose, seeing I'm a huge, HUGE Hellboy fan.

Anyway, Hellboy 2. I really fucking enjoyed it, massive improvement on the first one (not that it was bad), particularly the script and humour. Ron has really settled into the role and it's great to watch him play Big Red. Doug Jones is much better suited to Abe than David Hyde-Pearce, because Abe is never portrayed as being overly camp in the comics. Was disappointed by Johann slightly as he was so overblown, and comically Churmann, really just Seth McFarlane's Klaus character from American Dad redux. Looked amazing though. The whole film did.

I'd also say it was a further step away from the comics, and for the better - it feels like Guillermo del Toro has established his own universe, his own Hellboy, and I felt like it was easier to accept the differences between the two mediums.

Oh, I have another new T-shirt.





I was at a wedding with Sarah last weekend. It was nice to get all dressed up, but I can't help feeling that it was a bit of an odd wedding. But still , good time, decent food and the weather held out. Only thing that was annoying was that it was on a Sunday. A SUNDAY. So I and numerous others had to work the next day...weird thinking there.

Anyway, here's a pic of me and Sarah.



Isn't she gorgeous...

But yeah, I've been annoying her with the whole Penn Gillette thing. He's fast become one of my heroes. Bloody funny git that he is, plus I reckon he's my long lost secret dad or something



You must agree we look similar (and for some bizarre reason, it bothers me not a bit )

So I finish work on Friday for a couple of weeks off. I can't wait to be honest. I've been feeling bogged down as of late, so it will let me get some stuff done. Sarah is off too, so it will be nice to have more than a couple of days with each other for once. But, the best thing about it is that I'm off to Bloodstock Open Air Festival on the 14th. I really cannot wait for this. Can't wait to have a few beers, enjoy the music and chill out with some folk I haven't seen in a long, long time. I'll be sure to take some pics.



Anyway, I'll finish off now. Good little update for all you blog whores out there...we all love it really

What to end with...

Ah!

I have a new shirt...

I feel pretty crappy in general...

I'm spending too much money...Again.
I feel stuffed up with the cold...Again.
The bus ride home from work was shite...Again.
My Xbox 360 is still broken with still no email with the labels to send it for repair.
My Gecko is going hungry with whats looks like a cricket genocide (complications with shit weather and comtaminated feed).

Blah. I need to win the lottery.

I'd discuss it more, but I really don't feel like doing anything.

So!

My lovely people. You know what sucks? Yes, the RROD. Or the Red Rings of Death to you non-Xbox360 owners (Shame on you! )
I got them over a week ago, I'm pretty pissed off at how long Microsoft are taking to send me an email I need to print out to stick to the box, then ship it off. Man, if I have to ring them AGAIN, it'll be at least the 5th time...

These guys make me happy...

Yup, that's Lockdown and Starscream from the new Transformers: Animated cartoon. These figures are awesome. Some minor paint errors (to be expected but easily fixed), but they really are some of the best toys I've seen/owned in a long time. I aim to atleast get all the Decepticons.

DEATH TO THE AUTOBOTS!

So my situation at home got a hell of a lot worse. Basically, I hate the guy my mum wishes to marry. Meh, fuck them. I can only tell my mum so many times before I need to wash my hands of them. I love my mum dearly, I'll always be there for her and despite what I said on the night, I will be at the wedding. I've told her I'm not saying a speech, but I'm still undecided as to whether to give her away. My Grandfather passed away some time ago, and I gave her away on her 2nd marriage, but that time I loved the guy she was with. This time, I dunno, if I do it I feel like I'm going back on my own feelings and judgement, something I don't do very lightly.

Apart from that, money is slowly getting easier, job is getting worse, life goes on and Sarah is pretty much the one that drags me through it kicking and screaming. I love that girl to bits.

Yeah, that's about it. Go see Teeth! Boycott Wanted (what a load of shit, NOTHING like the AWESOME comic )

Peace.

So, I sit down for a second time, after deleting everything I typed accidently, filling with rage, after putting a pizza on (for 25 mins in a cold oven at 170 degrees) to type the inevitable garbage I spout on here from time to time.

Are we sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.

Last Saturday I went to see "The Incredible Hulk", fully expecting it to be the flop that it was described as in so many papers. Sure, I was still excited, but that was just the comic book geek inside me holding onto a little glimmer of hope after the awesome-ness that was...

How wrong I was. The movie was awesome. I was happily suprised to sit down to the titles at the start, with flash backs to scenes of how Banner became the Hulk. "Excellent" I thought, "That's an extra 30-45 mins saved for me by the nice chaps at Marvel". To be honest, I have heard a couple of people complaining about it, and really, did they watch the film at all? The whole film gave tit bits away of "what happened then" and "how he got here". Idiots. Still, the movie was amazing. The end fight alone is worth seeing it for. It was intense. Real power and animal rage, you really got the sense that The Hulk and The Abomination wanted to end each other. Awesome stuff. Also, Mr Tony Stark at the end? FUCK YEAH!!!

I also hear that a whole 50 mins was cut from the original filming, and with plans to include it in the DVD. Here's hoping they make it out a la Lord of the Rings Extended DVDs and not just plunk the lot into a "special disk".

Another rumour I have heard is that Marvel may make an Ironman vs Hulk film, much like the recent Ultimate Human comic. I would be very, VERY happy if this comes to light as true.

Marvel have really made me a happy man. I can't wait for the Thor, Captain America, Ant-man and other Avenger movies.

*checks pizza* Not quite...

So I went to see Origin the other night. Awesome show. Impaled and Hour of Penance were supporting (after 3 local bands, but I'll get to that shortly.) Impaled were there usual good selves, Hour of Penance was lacking there Bassist, but still played and still slayed. Origin were amazing, apart from I had to leave half way through there set, mainly due to the aformentioned support.

WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU PUT SIX BANDS ON AT ON A WEEK NIGHT!?!?!

Totally pointless. It pissed me off.

Seeing Morbid Angel and Dying Fetus next week, which I have the days off for, well, sort of. Work screwed up my holiday, so I'm off Tues, Thurs and Fri instead of Tuesday through to Thursday. So I'm off Tuesday, seeing Morbid Angel that night, working the next day, seeing Dying Fetus that night then I'm off till Monday. Not all bad I suppose, and the Morbid Angel gig is at The Garage so it'll finish by half ten to get the night club punters in

*checks again* Nearly...

So. Big fucking Brother. I love it.

This year is weird, It's just caught my attention. Weird. That's all I have to say apart from the fact that Alexandra is out. Thank fuck. The bitch was a hypocritical, jealous, back stabbing cunt. I would happily kick the living shit out of her...

Woah...that was rather violent.

Well, I'm poor. Going back to the comics, due to no cash, I have no new comics. This has forced me to read "proper" books again and I'm glad. I've started reading Fulgrim, the 5th installment of the Warhammer 40,000 Horus Heresy saga. Awesome so far, I have plenty to get through after that (namely the 6th installment )
For the first time ever, I've wanted to read a book again (or rather 7 books) that being the Harry Potter books. It's weird, I love how they made me feel. I have the 2nd and 4th book, seeing I pretty much borrowed the rest, so at some point I will buy the hardcover set (childrens covers ofcourse, the adults versions are shit) and re-visit Hogwarts in all it's glory.

ALL HAIL THE PEPPERONI PIZZA OF DOOM!!!

*ahem* So, I'd ramble about how I want to move out and how I'm too poor to do it, but that pretty much sums it up. *tear*

I also need a job I enjoy. I don't know what, I don't know how, but I'll manage it eventually.

Anyway, I've got into 24 quite a bit. I say quite a bit, but Jack Bauer has fast become one of my heroes. Even more so, for different reasons, his daughter, Kim Bauer (Elisha Cuthbert).

Laters foo'

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