Entries from December 2006

December 31, 2006

Marketing worthless crap

As usual, the TV has provided me with ample reason to be angry.  Advertising in particular gives ample fodder for an angry life and not big things like sexist ads of the encouragement of over-consumption.  It’s the small thing that make me want to pound the responsible marketing slug’s face into some concrete until it [...]

December 30, 2006

The downside(?) of anger

…or: How I got my work nickname.
You can never really tell what aspect of your behaviour, your past or your appearance people will latch onto and use as your nickname.  After all, it’s very rare you get to pick your own nickname - someone usually “anoints” you.
You might think my nickname at work would be [...]

December 29, 2006

More reasons being angry is good

Essentially, when you give off the right angry vibe, people won’t fuck with you. I don’t recommend being angry around people you deal with every day - they’ll think you’re crazy and it can make holding down a job difficult.
But practice your angry vibe and you can radiate “don’t fuck with me” without actually [...]

December 28, 2006

Body safely home - brain expected later

I have this strategy when I go on long drives - consume enough caffeine to stay alert for the trip but not so much that I’m an incoherent gibbering wreck when I get home.  Being able to sleep sometime in the next 48 hours would be good too.
I got my plan half right.
So I’m safely [...]

December 27, 2006

Preparing for the drive home

I’ll be heading home tomorrow so I have to start preparing myself for the long haul with a highway full of idiots. I made this video before I left home but I’ll be going through the “exercises” at the end of it again to make sure I’m ready. I find this approach works very well [...]

December 26, 2006

Get out of my goddam way!

I’d like to wax angry for a moment about the demented bastard sibling of the driver I was getting all angrified about yesterday.  Someone who sits right behind you but won’t overtake really pisses me off.  Right up with them is a driver who you get stuck behind who makes it impossible to pass them.
When [...]

December 25, 2006

I’m nobody’s pace car

There are about a million variations of drivers that piss me off on the highway. Right near the top of the list is people who use me as a pace car.  They come out of nowhere and suddenly they’re on your back bumper.
And they stay there.
You speed up and they speed up. You slow down [...]

December 24, 2006

200 videos for Mr Angry

Can’t get enough of Mr Angry? Here’s 100 videos in 15 minutes! It’s taken me just over six months to compile over 200 videos on YouTube. You’re honour, I’d like to tender this as “People’s Exhibit A” in the case of Mr Angry vs. Having a Life. Case closed. But I wouldn’t have it any [...]

December 23, 2006

On the road again

It’s amazing when you think you’ve had a good drive because there were only about a dozen fuckwits on the road.  Anyway, after ten hours on the road the best thing I can say about this trip is that it’s over.
I’m planning on doing a number of posts over the coming days inspired by Tom’s [...]

December 22, 2006

Five things I’ve never done

It’s a bit hard to miss the “meme” that’s doing the round of blogs at them moment, a game of tag where, once tagged, you write five things that people might not know about you and then you tag five more people asking them to do the same.  I’ve been tagged multiple times for this [...]