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Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 12:07 am on 04/08/2015
Tags: , , interview, , , son, tracey   

Baby and other Stuff

Damn son, I haven’t blogged in 6 months! Well i blog when i have something to say, and can be bothered. That’s now. Although I’ve had something to say for a few months now.

So some good news. My one and only love muffin, +Tracey Ryan , is pregnant. 4 months so far. We get to find out the gender at the next scan, which is this Friday. I’ll let you know what it is. (It’s a baby).

When we went to the first scan, it looked like the baby was lying back, very relaxed. Tracey said she could almost see it smoking a joint. Almost. It wasn’t.

Here’s a picture of the first scan (It’s big. The picture, not the baby):

First Baby Scan

She’s due on with December, but they say with the first baby, it could be up to a couple of weeks later, so we’re expecting a Christmas baby. We just hope it doesn’t interfere with the Doctor Who Christmas specia. 😉

EDIT: We’ve found out it’s boy, and it looks like we’re naming it Daniel. Although this may change.

In other news, I went for a job interview a couple of months ago, at HMV. I thought it went well. They never called me back.
Then about a week ago, I got a call from 3, the mobile network, asking me to go for a job interview. So it got set up, then the night before the interview, they cancelled it and said they;d set up another one. So far, they haven’t. WHY DON’T PEOPLE WANT ME?!

Anyways, that’s all for now I think. See you all soon, whenever i have something to post. Toodle pip

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 5:22 pm on 23/10/2013
Tags: 50, ferry, house, , , , , , , , , slum, tracey, ,   

Slum Life

Hello friends.

So as I mentioned in my last post, I am now living with my mom. But fortunately, i got paid on Saturday, so I’ve booked the ferry tickets to see +Tracey Ryan. And I damn well can’t wait to get out of here. It’s been horrible.

  • There’s no working vacuums
  • The hot water takes ages to warm up
  • Most parts of the house don’t have a carpet
  • You have to put money in the TV to watch it. Luckily i have my TV
  • Nail clippers are very hard to find
  • My bedroom (which used to be my sister’s, so is pink and has glow in the dark fairies on the wall) is full of my sister’s stuff. When i first got here, it had loads of junk, most of which was moved into the attic or thrown out. There’s still some junk in there now
  • No-one opens the curtains. I have to do it
  • No-one closes doors behind them. I have to do it
  • No-one does the washing up. It’s always “someone else’s turn”. I usually end up doing it
  • There’s junk everywhere. Even before i brought my stuff here
  • Pretty much everything is dirty. I’m literally scared to walk around in bare feet. I’m always in my slippers
  • My sister is a lazy, stupid, uncaring git who only gives a damn about herself and whatever boyfriend she happens to be with at the time
  • There’s always stuff left around the floor for people to trip over. Mostly left by my sister
  • When people finish off a toilet paper roll, no-one changes it. I have to
  • There’s no space for my few toiletries (razors and the like). They have LOADS of it
  • They’re both female smokers. They are constantly coughing. Especially mom with her “chest infection”

That’s all I can think of right now, but I’m sure there’s more i haven’t thought of. I might add more later.

For a while there was no internet, but being the genius I am, i used a SIM that my mom uses in a “broadband” dongle, and put it in my phone and used it as a wi-fi hotspot, so now we all have internet instead of just one computer. Although obviously it’s slow. And signal is usually quite bad, and sometimes didn’t work at all. Another problem with the T-mobile/EE SIM is that they block content which they deem “adult”, and when you go over the unfair fair usage policy (which isn’t much), they also stop you watching YouTube, even when the videos are embedded on a website or something. Chances are, if you use YouTube a lot, you’re going to get through that fair use policy very quickly.

I also didn’t have any internet on my phone because I’ve used it all and it doesn’t get renewed until 4th November. So for several days

Because of the lack of internet, I wasn’t able to do much for job searching. I told them that at the job centre and they seemed to let me off. Especially since it’s their fault. But eventually they paid me, and now i have a decent amount of money (for now). I’m going to try not to spend too much of it. I might buy a PlayStation Vita when the knobcentre pays me again on Monday, but other than that, not much else.

On an unrelated note, this my my 50th post. I think I’ve done pretty well. I’ve got over 13,700 views. To other people, that may not seem a lot, but it is to me. I’m sure there’s more popular blogs out there by normal people like me, but ah well. I do seem to be getting several views every day. It’s pretty consistent actually. Just today I’ve had 8, and yesterday I had 7. Last month i had 354!

Here’s my latest stats for the past month:

Stats from the past month

And stats from all time:
Stats from all time

Anyway, that’s all for now. Next time i blog, I’ll be living in Ireland with my girlfriend. Until then, chums. Toodles

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 12:20 am on 12/06/2013
Tags: adverts, , clarkson, comedy, CV, david hasselhoff, , , jim carrey, , , rowan atkinson, , tab, top gear, tracey, , , william shatner   

Comedy and Fun

So for the past few hours I’ve been on a bit of a comedy buzz. No reason, i just like it. It’s obviously funny. So far I’ve watched some clips of Top Gear. Always funny. Them idiots, especially Clarkson. What else? I’ve seen the roasting of David Hasselhoff. That was funny. Just celebrities abusing each other basically. There’s a William Shatner one i wanna watch. Now I’m watching Jim Carrey live in 1991. Hilarious. And i don’t mean that sarcastically. It really is. With his rubber face. Oh man, classic. Now time for some Rowan Atkinson

Also, Tracey had been here for a couple of weeks up until a few days ago. We had an amazing time. It was a lot of fun. Lots of games, lots of films, mainly the Karate Kid films, lots of sex. Bit of shopping. Lots of pizza. I’m definitely going to move in with her.  I just need to arrange an international mover. I wanna get out of here as soon as possible and move in with my perfect partner.

Today and yesterday I went on a short course to help with making a professional looking CV. (That’s a resume to you Americans). It was pretty interesting. But it could have been made a lot shorter (the course, not my CV. That needs to be longer). It was really stretched out. He could have just just gave us a booklet and that’s it. But he had to make us work in groups didn’t he. I hate that. But it did have a bit of useful information. There was good funny people there that made it better. I’m still unemployed by the way

My phone fell off the bed the other day and i pulled it up by the USB cable because it was charging off my laptop and my laptop was close. I think pulling it up by the cable may have damaged the phone or the cable. Why does this always happen to me? The next phone I get won’t be charged by micro USB. It’s just too easy to damage. I want some larger, stronger proprietary connection, like what the Galaxy Note 2 and Asus Transformer has. I’m getting very annoyed at the reliability of the Galaxy Note.

Oh, one more quick thing. Google sent me something saying if i spend £25 within a month on advertising, they’d give me another £75. So I spent £25 in about a week. And they gave me the £75. So now I’m getting quite a bit more views on my blog and YouTube. Oh my God, I’ve just realised I have over 9000 views, i can finally say “IT’S OVER 9000!!!!”, and it’d be true. I don’t like advertising. But I’m glad I’m paying a bit to have adverts show my stuff. It’s earned me a good few views. Thanks Google. Always been a big fan. Employ me. Woah, who said that?

Anyway that’s all for now. I’m getting in bed before i get attacked by moths. Toodles

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 2:08 pm on 15/10/2012
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My Girlfriend’s Fibromyalgia

Hello friends. There’s something serious I’d like to talk to you about today. Most of you read my blogs because you’re a geek, because you have an interest in technology, gadgets, games or Linux, geeky things like that. But today i might attract a slightly different type of person.

As you may know, my girlfriend (her blog can be found here) has something called Fibromyalgia. In short, it’s a disorder that mostly causes pain throughout most of the body, and it can also cause sleep problems, stiff joints, numbness and tingling as well as some others. But they are mostly what Tracey gets. Here is a picture of the symptoms:

An illustration of Fibromyalgia symptoms

The problem is that, because there no external symptoms, i.e. symptoms that can be seen, people tend to think that it’s all in the head. It isn’t. It’s there. I know i can’t imagine what it feels like because it hasn’t happened to me. There is also no known cure for it yet.

And that means i can’t do anything about it. Medicines don’t do very much, they get rid of the pain a bit, but it obviously doesn’t cure it. And I am totally helpless. Not just because she’s in Dublin and I’m in Birmingham. Even if I’m there with her, there’s nothing i can do. I just have to sit there, knowing she’s in pain. At best I can cuddle her and do things for her. But that isn’t enough. I don’t want her to be going through this pain. But we have no choice. There’s nothing anyone can do except try to relieve the pain when it appears.

If you want to read more about it, the Wikipedia page is here.

On another note, I have recently came back from seeing Tracey in Ireland. As usual, it was amazing and we had loads of sex. We always have an amazing time. I love spending time with her. I love just cuddling with her. I try and touch her, hold her hand as much as i can. I love every moment with her.

And oh yeah, my Galaxy Note is a bit broken. It doesn’t charge properly anymore. So i’m going to leave for work early and take it back to the 3 shop. I miss my Note. I’ve been using my Nexus S.

Anyway I have to get ready for work. Toodle pip

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 8:12 pm on 04/09/2012
Tags: , card, chinese, cinema, , , girls, graphics, hdmi, memory, , , spider, , ted, tracey, vacuum   

Stuff and Stuff

Hello friends. While i wait for Tracey to get back from watching Ted at the cinema, I thought I’d make another blog.

I’m ordering food from a Chinese not far from here. Not my usual, because that’s closed. Shame. It’s a good place. Got some cute girls that work there. Shame the girls don’t deliver.

Anyways, that’s all very fascinating, but one thing i wanted to do was a small computer building update. My graphics card arrived. I was under the impression that it had a HDMI port, but it doesn’t. More my fault than anyone else’s. Anyway i ordered the wrong lead because of it, but i’ve also ordered the right one, so never mind. Oh and i really need a more powerful power supply. Mine is 200W and i want at LEAST a 500W. And some more memory, but i’ll probably do that when i get paid again.

Now, what else is there? Oh, still on the subject of computers, i saw a cheap but high performance computer on eBay, better and cheaper than mine. If i knew about that i would have got it instead of building one. You’d think I’d be an expert eBay shopper buy now.

Oh yeah, last night just before i was going to bed, there was a GINORMOUS spider on the floor. Seriously, it was huge. So i went to vacuum it up, but the pipe was blocked and the spider kept crawling back out. So i squashed it. Job done.

Anyway Chinese is here and i always make a mess, so I’m outta here. Toodle pip

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 6:18 pm on 21/03/2012
Tags: , aquarium, , Bodmin, castle, , cottage, , , jail, lizard, overpriced, stonehenge, tracey, zoo   

Lizard, Cornwall: The Review

So yesterday I got back from Cornwall after a week there with my girlfriend Tracey, Andrea and Billy. It was probably the best holiday ever. Mostly because I was with someone I love for once.

The place i stayed in was a one floor cottage, very near the beach and very near England’s most southerly point. It was a nice place. The bathrooms were weirdly connected to the bedrooms. It had wireless Internet (At one end of the house) . It had an alright hdtv. It was no Sony bravia but it did the job. I’d brought my ps3 with me although noone played on it much for obvious reasons. Unfortunately the wifi didn’t quite reach the ps3.

We went to Newquay zoo and blue reef aquarium, also in Newquay, all in the same day. I took a video of a dude doing a talk on some sea animals. Which I may not have anymore, but if I do, it’ll be on YouTube. After that we went for a walk on the beach, I held Tracey’s hand, I climbed rocks, stepped in a puddle I didn’t see, Tracey hurt her knee, Andrea picked up stones and shells. That was all in one day.

I was also sick on one day, with what I’ve been getting a lot recently, vomiting up food I’ve had recently and then bile, and diarrhoea. I thought it was the local take away, since the first 4 times I got it the night I had one. But on holiday i hadn’t had one in days, so it’s in the clear.

It also happened today. Still no take away, so I don’t know what it is.

Anyway, back to the holiday. We all went to see a couple of castles, St Mawes and another one across the water i can’t remember the name of. Pen something. I’d upload pictures of all these places but they’re on my nokia n95 or my camera. I’ll add them when I get home. I’m at work by the way.

We also went to Bodmin jail. Apparently it was pretty haunted, seemed fine to me. It was pretty big, had several floors. And yesterday we went to stonehenge. And these castles, this jail and stonehenge, we had to pay for it all. We had to pay £7.50 to look at ancient rocks. Don’t you think that’s ridiculous. Am I the only one that sees that? They’re in fields. Public places. It’s stupid. I bought a baguette for £4.25 at stonehenge. It was a nice baguette. But not £4.25 nice. Overcharging us tourists.

Anyway other than the prices, it was probably my favourite holiday. Lizard was amazing, except for the lack of phone signal and low room temperature that we couldn’t make warmer because it’d affect the owner’s house since it’s connected. There was some beautiful views and nice houses. The shops opened late though, maybe because it’s not the time of year for tourists.

I do have one picture though. A panorama of by the lizard point Lighthouse. I don’t know how it’ll turn out since it’s so wide (that’s what she said).

Tracey got sick one day late into the holiday as well. She suffers from fibromalygia (I think that’s how you spell it). It’s some kind of neurological disorder, it can cause a lot of pain for her, makes her tired unable to move or talk much and makes her depressed. And there’s no cure or treatment for it. So I have to just sit there and do nothing while she’s in pain. I’m sure there’s been some point where we’ve had to watch a loved one suffer in pain. But she has to suffer, probably for life

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 8:38 pm on 12/03/2012
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Holiday

Tomorrow, I’m going on holiday with my sexy Irish girlfriend Tracey, and my best friend Andrea and her husband Billy from America. I’ve got most of my stuff packed, I’m just sitting here with a giant sized mug of tea:

Worlds Biggest Mug. Me

The hand is for size comparison. I would use a normal sized mug but i don’t have one easily accessible. It’s taking ages to drink.

Anyways, I’ll be taking my PS3 and my Asus Transformer. And my laptop. And my PSP. Good job i still have that big blue suitcase thing that my aunt gave me when i went to America. Although I’m sure i will be entertained plenty at night, if ya know what i mean ;D

So it’s going to be loads of sexy fun. It’s a long journey from Birmingham. I think about a 4 hour drive. One thing i worry about is the beach. Well to be more specific, the sea. I don’t mind getting in water, I’m not afraid of it or anything. I just don’t like to be topless. If you saw my body, you’d know why. I look pregnant. Maybe i should get a mankini. I suppose i better pack swimming shorts.

I’ll let you know what happens there after we come back. Obviously i can’t see the future. Oh and the song “Holiday” by Madonna is stuck in my head. Thanks Tracey. ALE ALEJANDRO! 😀 She knows what i mean.

Oh and on another note, I’ve hit over 3000 views now. Well done you, pat on the back. Oh and if you haven’t already, vote on the poll. There’s 10 days left to vote on it. It’s pretty geeky.

I’ve just realised i haven’t said where I’m going on holiday. It’s Lizard Point in Cornwall. Come over and visit us. We’ll be there a week. We clearly have plenty of entertainment. See ya in a week

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 7:00 pm on 27/01/2012
Tags: airport, aliens, crt, , fun, , , plane, scrubs, , tracey, tv   

Visitor

Don’t worry, this post isn’t about me getting abducted by aliens. that’s for another post. Today (well, tonight), my hot missus Tracey is coming over for a few nights. I have the weekend off and i have today (Friday) and Monday booked off work so she can stay longer.

It’ll be the usual hot passionate sex and gaming and fun and frolics and whatnot. She’s currently at Dublin Airport waiting for her plane and i have to go get her soon. I’m watching Scrubs to pass the time.

Oh, I did buy her a TV but they delivered it to me instead of her again. Probably my fault again. It;s a bit big to take with her on the plane though and I’ve only just got paid so I’ll send it when she’s left. It’s going to cost a bit. I got her one because she has a retro CRT TV and i got her an HD one. I’m sure she’ll find it quite a lot better. I’ve seen how bad her TV is. It’s pretty bad.

Shush now, Big Bang Theory is on

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 11:56 pm on 09/12/2011
Tags: amazing, compatible, , , , , , notebook, , retro, , , soul mate, spike, tracey, trip, ,   

My Trip

Ok, so yesterday i got back from Dublin after spending almost a week with my perfect girlfriend Tracey. It was amazing. I’ve never felt so compatible with someone. She really is my soulmate and I don’t want anyone else. Except Jessica Alba, but she knows about that.
But yeah, we spent most of the time playing games and having sex and reinstalling windows on her computer and trying to install Ubuntu, which wasn’t co-operating. It would help if it had a working cd drive (good job i brought my blu-ray drive) and a bigger than 40gb hard drive .
She took me to Dublin town into a retro game shop called rage. It was heaven.  I also saw the famous spike. It was taaaaaall.
We watched the notebook together while eating pizza. She cried at the end. So did i. Not really. I didn’t!
Anyways, it was amazing. I couldn’t keep my hands off her. I love her so fucking much. She’s perfect for me



Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 10:09 pm on 26/11/2011
Tags: £1, brag, dirty, game, , , , , playpack, , service, stream, tracey, value   

New Kind of Gaming. And Ireland

Hello children. in today’s lesson, i would like to teach you about an interesting gaming service you may or may not have heard of. Probably not. It is called OnLive. I’ll explain why it’s different

This is a gaming service that, instead of having physical disks or other media, or downloading a digital copy, you get games STREAMED to you over the interwebs. Kind of like a YouTube video. Only you control it. Naturally you’ll need a relatively decent internet connection. 5meg is recommended. I have 10 (apparently). As long as you have a decent connection, it’s suprisingly fast. Although when it does have speed problems, it really can fuck up your game quite bad. It got me killed once in Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Which leads me on to another subject: Games. The games that are available. There’s quite a few. Although they don’t seem to get released on there the same time as the same game on other systems, you usually have to wait a few weeks. Although there are quite a few games of varying quality. Here’s the list for the UK: http://www.onlive.co.uk/games/featuredgames#&tab=all_games

You can get games in full for a set price, like £30 or thereabouts, or you can get the playpack bundle, which gives you the ability to play lots of games for just under £7 a month. Oh, and you get the first game for £1. Great value isn’t it! You can get it for Winblows and Mac(unfortunately not Linux. Yet), or you can get the onlive console (like i have), for i think £70 or £80 (i got mine for £50 off ebay). It’s a well made piece of kit. It’s well built, has HDMI, 2 USB ports, optical digital out, and it comes with a wireless controller, which also feels well built. Even the USB cable does. Which is a lot like an xbox controller. Which confuses me because i’m used to the PS3 controller. Some xbox compatible controllers also work.

Anyways, all in all, it’s a good value service as long as you get the playpack bundle and there’s a few games in there you are interested in. I recommend you try it out. And if you do, add me, micolps3. Oh and you can also save what they call brag clips, which let you save the last 10 seconds on gameplay and post it to facebook or send it as a message to someone on onlive.

You can also view other people playing games live, and they can watch you. They can also cheer and jeer you if you do good or bad. It’s like facebook likes. Only with dislikes as well (still waiting for facebook to give us that).

And finally. On the 2nd December, i am going to Ireland to see my sexy perfect girlfriend, Tracey Ryan. I shall be returning on the 8th, with the infamous RyanAir (no relation to Tracey). Naturally we’ll be doing something very dirty. Mud wrestling. Yeah right. I’m sure you can imagine. Yeah, that,

Anyway, i haven’t been sleeping much the past couple of nights. I need sleeping pills. And i’ve also written quite a lot in a short amount of time (for me). I think i use brackets too much (or do i). Dammit