The NSPCBR called to say i'm neglecting you.

The NSPCBR being...National Society for the Protection against Cruelty of Blog Readers, and no they don't exist. Sorry, it's been like 12 days since I last updated, which in all honesty isn't that long, but even so thought I should update. Times are changing swiftly, work things are changing, I think the next few months could be very interesting, don't want to say too much in case of jinxing things, but i'm looking forward to it. Was at the Pavilion Theatre in Rhyll recently, where the above photo was taken. This amused me and got posted on twit pic, sat on the prompt desk in a box behind a glass panel which read "In case of showbiz emergency, break glass". I imagine this little friend comes out when the Chuckle Brothers and Britains Got Talent arrive, neither of which in the same show of course.

If you're on twitter then follow me, it's www.twitter.com/astreather, and if you're not, then why not? There's something about twitter, when I first joined I thought it was a load of crap and a waste of time, so shoved it to one side for nearly a year. But then it came big again and I thought i'd give it a go, and now i'm hooked, almost as though it's some kind of drug that i'm not addicted to. Love it!

Derren Brown deserves a mention for predicting the lottery. All these people coming up with stupid guesses of how he did it are seriously making me laugh, it's all over the papers and the internet. I personally don't think he did it the way he said he did, through the whole "Wisdom of the Crowds" solution. The technical person in me, having worked on a number of Brown's shows, says that all this split screen stuff is bollocks and he wouldn't have done it. A little part of me just thinks that maybe, just maybe, he might have fixed the machine and put heavier balls in place of the others. As with alot of things, I guess we'll never know, and maybe that's what makes it so great. It's got people talking anyway! This week he controls the nation, i'm away so I really hope this thing works on 4OD when I get back or I will be gutted.

Feeling pretty rotten at the moment, come down with a spout of the man flu, think i'm at the tail end of it which is good news. Haven't told many people because someone is bound to go off on one and decide that i've got Swine Flu and I shouldn't be working etc. etc. Complete media hyped bollocks as usual, which the beeb are still going on about, tonight it's their Panorama special about Swine Flu. Seriously???? I'll be watching the footie with a cold magners and chocolate covered raisins.

I'll leave you on this final note: "Don’t do anything you are not prepared to explain to a paramedic."

I'm Swine Ridden

...well at least my house it anyway. Apologies for the lack of updates, one is coming prior to my Hong Kong trip, I may even post a brief itinerary for anyone in Hong Kong so they can stalk me. Ay just think of that all you freaks out there. My mum has had Swine Flu, she's at the tail end of it (it's a pink and curly tail) so i'm desperatly avoiding that. In between hiding from the swines and organising my holiday I came across this video. It's by the Amateur Transplants, who i've always been a fan of, I think some of the stuff they do is absolutly hilarious, and I thought the same about this video. It's definitly only for over 18s and if you're easily offended then i'd recommend you avoid it. Enjoy!!

You Swine!

Whats all this talk of bacon giving you the lergy then and killing these mexicans? All of a sudden 80 people die, and now we're all going to get the flu off some snorting pig and drop dead. Remember there are around 7 billion people in this world, that's 0.000001142857142857143% of the worlds population that have died from this so far. More people die of malaria every day!

It's all scare mongering, I mean 10 years ago we were all going to die of aids, then SARS came along...what did happen to that? And then Mad Cow Disease, well I swear a few women I know still have that, and then Bird Flu....need I go on? If one of Bernard Matthew's sneezing chickens didn't kill us, I don't think a slice of bacon is going to. I do however love the way that the americans have declared an emergency over the whole thing, I suppose they are one of the largest sausage and bacon consumers in the world today.

All of a sudden some south american farmer slaughters his pig, and the next day he comes down with a runny nose, aches and pains...gives it to a few people, and now we're all going to get it....yeah right. All this talk of bacon is making me hungry, I bet Jack Tweed is shitting himself.