Not one of those groovy hippies, I’m more a wannabe hippy who tends to have an opinion on pretty much everything

I was slightly worried about my Yellow Tang as he looked slightly thin and he didn’t seem to be eating much. Anyway 4 days on he seems to have put some weight on. Most of the dried seaweed I have put in the tank has now gone which I presume he has eaten, he’s also eating Cyclops. Hopefully by next week he’ll be nice and plump.

I’m trying to get go carting organised for the end of March, taking around 8 mates with me, where all mad about things with engines in. Here are a range of toys that are owned or have been Yamaha 700CC Raptor quads, Japanese imported Suzuki GSXR bikes, Trials & Motor x bikes, Ford Focus ST, BMW M3, Renault 5 GT Turbo, VW Transporter Sport Line van, Ford Fiesta RS Turbo, Renault Clio 182 / 172 / Trophy, Megane F1.

Where hoping to get an iron man cart race sorted where you get a 20 minute practice / qualify and then a 40 minute race. Most of us will be taking our own helmets, as their helmets usually smell and they’ve had hundreds of heads in which could have sneezed in them or anything.
I prefer Moto x helmets and goggles as they tend to weigh less than a road bike helmet. But some go carting places won’t let you race with a motor cross helmet unless you sign a disclaimer. Not sure why they aren’t keen on moto x helmets, oh well I’ll be using a bike helmet just to be on the safe side.

Go Cart

Last night I was left on my own so I thought I would try some online poker. I’ve seen varying websites before such as Full Tilt Poker (I love their TV ads), PKR and 888.

I decided to go with 888 as I’ve seen them covering more of the gambling scene.

I have just been playing free games for the time been just so that I can get familiar with it but i reckon by the end of the month I’ll be playing with small amounts of money.

If i can make a little money from playing poker online then I’d be happy, I’ve deposited £70 into my 888 account and to be honest once that’s gone it’s gone, I’m going to keep a tally so that I know what’s winnings and what is my original deposit.

The Yellow Tang i bought at the weekend isn’t eating any of the nori that I’m putting in the tank, which worries me slightly but he is taking some of the pellets that I’m putting in so I’m not too worried at the moment.

Online Poker

Its my birthday on the 21st of Feb and I’ve been and booked my self 2 tickets to go and see Ocean Colour Scene. They are playing at Bradford’s St Georges Hall on the 22nd of February.

I’ll have to dig out my old Knebworth T shirt that i got when Ocean Colour Scene supported Oasis back in 1996.
I thought a head though and bought a large t shirt so it should still fit and if the t shirt printing was upto standard then it should still look fresh.

Moseley Shoals was Ocean Colour Scene’s 2nd album and their biggest album featuring their 2 biggest songs “The Riverboat Song” and “The Day We Caught the Train”.

I bought a new fish at the weekend for myself a lovely Yellow Tang. i’ve just been and bought it some Green Sea Weed for its food.

Yellow Tang

Looks to me like Brawn GP Fluked last year’s championships. I can remember Jenson button saying on the BBC’s hit show top gear, “as soon as I drove the car I knew it was a good base to start on” this was based on the testing that happened at the beginning of 2009.

Looking back at testing stats both Brawns where super quick in testing. See Below for an example of times.

1: Fernando Alonso, Renault R29, 1:18.343
2: Rubens Barrichello, Brawn BGP 001, 1:18.398
3:Jenson Button, Brawn BGP 001, 1:18.892

There was a video in the BBC website with Ross Brawn, with him saying oh we aren’t that quick when low on fuel but on par with Ferraris when we have a full tank.

To be honest he didn’t seem that sure about the whole thing anyway. The true test will be qualifying at Bahrain, This is the first time all the cars will run together with a fullish of fuel.

Rules state that the car can be re fueled before the race but that is it. So it’s still open for lighter fuel loads to be used in qualifying.

Well for Valentine’s Day i would love to take the other half out but I’m definitely not paying double the price for a table or a meal just because of a supposed special day.

Anyway i have booked a table for two at the two rivers restraunt which is located in The Deep at Hull, hopefully we will get a table near one of the aquarium’s.

One of my local pubs is doing a meal for 2 for £60 which i think is a little bit pricey.

It will probably take us just under 2 hours to get there, i have the table booked for 8.30, which means we need to be going for 6.30 ath the latest.

A while back i did a post on a new incense called New Dawn, well there’s now a new product that’s meant to be even better than that called Tribal Warrior Incense. Prices are around £29.99 for a 3g packet which is at the high end but if its good then its definitely worth it.

Not many head shops seem to be stocking Tribal Warrior Incense legal high, even though they have it listed on their website.

I’ve seen mixed reviews of New Dawn Incense on varying forums. but on the main forum that i read there only seems to be good reviews.

I’m hoping to get my packet tomorrow or Thursday so I’m hoping to have a quite weekend so i can try it out.

There are over 4 billion mobile ‘phone users throughout the world today – that’s about 4 people out of every 6 living on this planet and owning a mobile ‘phone, subscribed to a mobile phone contract, or living with someone who owns a mobile phone, now that’s a lot of mobile ‘phones! What happens to all those ‘phones, we know that not all of them are in use as with many network providers, new ‘phones are sent out like Smarties and a children’s party! Like a lot of things in this life, they will probably be pushed into a drawer and eventually get thrown in the bin with other items in our consumerist society.

But there are good reasons why you should recycle your old ‘phone not least of which are the hidden dangers of not doing so. When you consider the sheer number of mobile ‘phones being dumped to our landfills every year,  mobile ‘phones contain antimony, arsenic, copper, cadmium, lead, and zinc which thinking about it is quite real and alarming. It is believed that around 105 of mobile ‘phone users simply throw them away when they are given an upgrade or they are just tired of it! If this is true than we have a situation where millions of mobile ‘phones could be rotting in landfill and potentially leaking dangerous chemicals into our water systems and millions more in drawers gathering dust waiting to be thrown away.

When you receive your upgrade, buy a new mobile or get tired of your old mobile, give it to a family member, friend or use a cash for mobile service. Don’t just discard it or worse throw it in the bin. Why not recycle your ‘phone if no one loves it and get cash for doing so, you will be a bit better off and you will be helping to save the planet from those nasty chemicals.

I managed to get a tobacco tin bought last week and its arrived this morning its great i went for one of those airtight ones as they where only around £3, I choose one with the St Georges flag on the front. I can fit quite a bit of tobacco in and still manage to get a lighter and filters in.

I’m rather looking forward to the weekend, I’m hopefully going to get a few new fish for my marine aquarium i have been to my local Fish shop at lunch today and they have a few Yellow Tangs in and a few other fish that took my eye.

Sunday will be much of the same lunch around 1-2 and then a quick afternoon nap till 4 and then a movie.

This week’s gone really quick, I had Tuesday off but ended up moving loads of furniture so it wasn’t really one of those relaxing days off that you get, i did manage to to sneak an hour or 2 of xbox.

I’ve currently been playing pure and i reckon i must be bout half way through completing the races, i’ve just bought Farcry as well which I rather like but it’s a bit strategy based for me.

Tobacco Tin

I won’t beat around the bush i won a nice amount on the lottery over the weekend not a large amount but enough to do the bathroom out.

I’m hoping to get the bath and over shower ripped out and get a nice fancy shower unit put in, with the possibility of a corner whirlpool bath. The shower I’ve been looking at is one of those steam showers with blue flashing lights; it looks the mutt’s nuts to me. That’s probably going to be just shy of £1000 and fancy corner bath say £500,I can’t see plumbing been much either.

What I really want is some underfloor heating to go under my new stone tiles I’ll be getting, as one thing that really grates me is the fact that a tiled bathroom floor is always cold, not anymore. I’m not sure how the under floor heating will work whether it will be water underfloor heating or electric. The problem i see is the nearest ring is for our night storage heaters which mean the flooring will only be getting heated during the hours of 12pm and 6am so come evening it will probably be cold. Anyway that’s not an issue for me that’s the sparkys job.

I’m hoping to get all my equipment sorted this week and get all the workmen in by the beginning of next week, i’ve been told it shouldn’t take more than 3 / 4 days to complete so i won’t have to wash in the sink for long.

The other half has been on at me over the weekend, i needed to move the bathroom scales so decided that I would weigh myself, well the scales must be broke because it says I’m just under 14 stone.

So i need to lose some weight, and i have a few options.

Running, i could go running out on the streets for a few nights and go on a low fat diet which should see me lose a few pounds.

Join a gym, this would be ok but it’s going to be about £30 a month, which in my mind is better spent smoking my new blunts.

To be honest I think I’ll go running on an evening, then no one can see me sweating my fat ar*e off in a gym.

I’m hoping that 2 stone should be gone within 3 months with 3 nights running and a good sensible diet.