The moaning memes are coming in thick and fast! Mostly thick though.
Here's some of the people who've got a load off their chest already! Will you be next?
Join the revolution...
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Thursday, July 19
Moaning Meme Moaners...
Here's some of the people who've got a load off their chest already! Will you be next?
Join the revolution...
Monday, July 16
Moaning Meme
If you've ever listened to people talking on a bus you'll know that most of what they say is negative. They talk about things they hate, people that annoy them and boyfriends that let them down before they even think about mentioning the 'nice things.'
All of us do it. We find it natural, when with a friend, to moan. In fact a recent study has shown that the most effective form of human bonding is moaning and gossiping.
Yet our blogs, the social tools of the 21st century, are populated by memes listing our 'favourites,' or our 'blessings,' or our 'funniest' moments. In our efforts to be readable we have denied others the one thing that makes us interesting - our whining, moaning, complaining selves.
And so I am pleased to present the first ever Moaning Meme! The meme that will teach us all a bit more about each other and ourselves
It's time to spread some Personality...
The Moaning Meme
5 people who will be annoyed you tagged them.
4 things that should go into room 101 and be removed from the face of the earth.
- Handbag sized dogs - it's a small, annoying, yapping creature with teeth, not a fashion accessory
- Charity canvassers
- Blog Entries that begin "I have nothing to say today..."
- Reality TV - the arrogance. The sheer, sheer arrogance!
- Gang up and gossip about people behind their backs
- Act unnecessarily camp as a way of defining themselves
- Share the graphic details of their last visit to the toilet
- Almost any American Sitcom...
- Drunk Bristolians
- I need more therapy
RULES
Finally remember, cynical is sexy.- Link to the original meme at freelancecynic.com so people know what it's all about!
- Be as honest as possible, This is about letting people get to know the real you!
- Try not to insult anyone - unless they really deserve it or are very, very ugly!
- Post these rules at the end of every meme!
At least that's what I'm hoping...
The best of the Cynic
Wednesday, July 4
Caption Contest - Toad Work
"My work likes to find new and exciting ways to motivate it's employees."Wednesday, June 27
Caption Contest
"His mother warned him his hand would stay that way if he kept it up."Winners announced on Friday....
Tuesday, June 26
Number 5, not just robot...
I've only gone and been tagged again. Whenn seems to have it in for me...
INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so:
THEN answer the following Questions:
What were you doing 10 years ago?
- I was in grammar school, blissfully unaware that such a thing as real life, bills, and memes existed.
- Unpacking in my new flat after I moved to Bristol and wondering if I’d made the biggest mistake of my life. I hadn't. I'm still waiting for that to happen.
- Twix bars - Double the pleasure
- Milky way magic stars - Chocolate with smiley faces! What more could a guy need.
- Cheese and Onion sandwiches - Anything to make my breath smelly.
- Toast - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Bananas - mmm Bendy...
Generally speaking I learn lyrics faster than I learn band names. To name but a few...
- Sweet child of mine – Guns and Roses
- The Masterplan - Oasis
- Somewhere that's Green - Little shop of horrors
- The Show Must Go On - Queen
- Johnny be Good - Chuck Berry
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
- Have a Massive Wedding to please my hunky
- Give some to my family so i can stop worrying about looking after them when they get old.
- Go book shopping
- See every musical on the West End (Always better than Broadway)
- Suddenly discover I have many more friends than i thought I did.
- Tending to assume I’m always too busy to do menial things like housework
- Buying cheese and onion Sandwiches
- Hating trash TV yet being strangely addicted to it
- Re-editing a post 2 or 3 times after I’ve already posted it.
- Mentally judging anyone with a more interesting life than mine as shallow
- Writing
- Editing my writing
- Making money writing
- Designing beautiful, intricate websites to host my writing
- The normal stuff everyone else likes, theatre, cinema, gym, scaring small children e. t. c.
- My baby clothes
- My really baggy asis t-shirts
- Speedos
- Anything with a 30" waist
- A used condom
Do you mind? My dad reads this blog! Oh you mean like toys? Not like ‘toys’….
- My Mobile Phone – Buttony
- My PDA – Shiny
- My bookcase – Knowledgey
- My IPod – Musically
- My PC – Crashy
Old Memes
Wednesday, June 20
Readers' Caption Competition No 7
"When the Native Bristolians Drank, they found it funny to give tourists misleading directions..."
Winner will be announced on Friday!
Friday, June 15
The Answers - 8 Simple rules
Having proven that even my own father doesn't know me I'm now happy to correct you all and give you the answers to the last post.
- Despite a hatred of being tagged, I love the attention and get annoyed when people don’t tag me.
TRUE I feel envious of people who were tagged when I’m not. I’ve spent a serious length of time wondering why they were liked more than me. This, possibly, is a side effect of being a traffic whore.
- I was born 6 weeks early with my umbilical chord tied in a 'knot' and my flesh wasting away.
TRUE Ask my parents. They’ll tell you about it, several times, in great detail, with pictures and slides to highlight the relevant points… - When I was a child I wasn’t allowed to play with Action Men. I got my first Action Man on my 18th Birthday.
TRUE Action man, He-man and the Thunder Cats were all considered too violent for me as a child. I got my first Action Man on my 18th Birthday by a Church friend who mistakenly thought it would remind me of my youth. - I have never had a Girlfriend.
FALSE I’ve had several. Possibly a case of learning the hard way - I was caught trying to steal a Yo-Yo from a Newsagent.
TRUE It was a very cool Yo-yo though… - When I was around 10 I broke two bones in my left arm after falling off a skateboard.
FALSE I did have a skateboard that wasn’t used much. But I’ve never broken a bone in my body. This meant I never got to stay home from school of to have one of those cool casts that everyone signs their name's on. But then, I wouldn't have had any friends to sign it anyway... - I actually look better in my passport picture than in real life!
TRUE I couldn't get a copy of my passport photo but imagine a slim, young well dressed me with a sexy half smile on my lips. Then compare it to this... - Despite working in a call centre I hate talking to people on the Telephone.
TRUE Having a mild stammer and slight lisp that gets several times worse when under pressure or drunk, I hate making even simple phone calls in case I screw up, and especially hate phoning for pizza after I’ve been out drinking.
How can you not love me?
Thursday, June 14
8 Simple Fools
I’ve been tagged again. Do you think if I stopped bathing people would stop getting close enough to tag me? Or are serial Taggers like Whenn immune to such things?
I have to tell you 8 random facts about me. I had no idea you were so interested!
- Despite a hatred of being tagged, I love the attention and get annoyed when people don’t tag me.
- I was born 6 weeks early with my umbilical chord tied in a knot and my flesh wasting away. (The doctors managed to save my life, but I’ve since been told they regret it.)
- When I was a child I wasn’t allowed to play with Action Men. I got my first Action Man on my 18th Birthday.
- I have never had a Girlfriend.
- I was caught trying to steal a Yo-Yo from a Newsagent.
- When I was around 10 I broke two bones in my left arm after falling off a skateboard. ( I never used that Skateboard again, much to my parents chagrin)
- I actually look better in my passport picture than in real life!
- Despite working in a call centre I hate talking to people on the Telephone.
I’m not going to tag anyone, but if you want to play along here are the rules.
- Include these rules in the post.
- Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
- People who are tagged need to write their own post about their eight things and post these rules.
- At the end of your post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
- Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
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Tuesday, May 29
Peep-ole
Just when I thought people had given up on me, and left me to be a hermit in my little corner of the blogosphere, I’ve been tagged again, this time by 'Whenn'
How am I ever to find my spiritual Nirvana at this rate?
This meme is about friends. I wish people would stop tagging me with things I have no experience with…
1. Name 1 Person who has changed the course of your life for the better
My dad - If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t have my beautifully good looks.
2. Name 2 teachers who have contributed to your learning
Mr Hudd – My GCSE English Teacher, helped me to feel cleverer than everyone else in my class, and did an excellent Mr Burns Impression
Mrs Hale – My A-Level English Teacher who yelled at me for giving up English to concentrate on Maths, and pointed out the hidden swear words in John Dunn’s Poetry.
3. Name 2 colleagues who make your job worthwhile
Gemma – It’s rare to find someone in my office who can hold a conversation without mentioning last night’s football.
Richard – My future boss for getting me out of outbound sales
4. Name 3 friends who have helped you in your hours of need
Simon – My Best friend, and best man whose listened to me whine more times than I care to remember, and will no doubt embarrass me by listing them all on my wedding day.
Teresa – For helping me grow from a kid by introducing me to Whisky
Caroline – My old team leader in Retail, and the one person who could hold a deep conversation with me whilst rearing shoe boxes
5. Name 4 People who make you feel special
Abbey, Simon, My Sister and Dan – For taking me in Randomness and in strife.
6. 5 People you need in your life & why
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie - For cheering me up at my lowest times, and gradually taking away my hard earned wages.
I don't want to have to tag anyone else because it will just be the same people I always tag and they might stop talking to me...
If some of the neurons in your brain are disturbed and you decide to do this thing, let me know and I'll put a link to you. I can't promise I wont call you crazy though.
Wednesday, May 2
Now you know my ABC's...
It’s my 100th Post… kind of.
I mean if you ignore the competition posts and the PayPerPosts, and the posts that were so horrible I was forced to delete them, and the ones that I simply don’t want to count because it would force me to admit that I forget to do something special for the 100th Post, then this most definitely is my 100th post. Which means, by the law of the blogosphere, I have to do ‘something’ special.
I’d always wanted my 100th post to be a kind of about me page. But as Ally tagged me recently I figured I could save myself some effort and use that instead.
A-Available or Single? Fortunately nether, or unfortunately depending on your outlook. Either way I’m in a long term relationship with a man who considers himself an expert on Crime Drama’s and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
B-Best Friend: Depends what town I’m currently in, although I don’t really do best friends, just people I can actually be arsed to contact, even if it is just once every three months to make sure they’re still alive
C-Cake or Pie: Mmmm Pie, pie, pie, pie, pie.
D-Drink of Choice: Jack Daniels and coke.
E-Essential Item(s): Pad and Pen, PDA with Keyboard, Mobile Phone, Wallet. And my signet ring, otherwise what would I fiddle with when I get bored? Answers on a postcard.
F- Favourite Colour(s): Yellow against black, like a bumble bee, or fresh vomit on tarmac. Something about the colour combination and the contrast makes me smile.
G- Gummy Bears or Worms? As worms are a kind of parasitic infection I think I’d rather have Gummy bears. Besides, you have to suck up worms and it’s hard to do it without looking stupid
H- Hometown: Currently Bristol, UK. Home of the world’s largest accent.
I- Indulgence: Cheese and Onion sandwiches and long hugs, although my Boyfriend insists that I don’t do both at the same time.
J- January or February: Kind of struggling for J words weren’t you? January – more time off work.
K- Kids: My nieces are enough to keep me going for now.
L- Life is incomplete without: Curiosity
M- Marriage Date: Well I’m dating the person I want to marry, does that count?
N- Number of Siblings: One older sister. And yes, I do get on with her. And maybe if we all clap our hands loud enough she may even comment on this post. Let’s try it and see.
O- Oranges or Apples? Apple Juice. My fruit should be as far removed from nature as possible.
P- Phobias/Fears: I have a feeling I may be afraid of failure and success, which means I tend to spend my life without really going anywhere. Except possibly to hell.
Q- Favourite Quote: Is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so. – Shakespeare
R- Reasons to smile: Jesus loves me, even though I don’t believe in him. And I have a loving boyfriend, a steady job and access to the Internet 24/7! What more could a guy ask for, except possibly some chocolate body spread.
S- Season: Spring. I enjoy my hay fever so much
T- Tag Three: Angelika, GayGeek, CP
U- Unknown Fact about Me: I once performed a ventriloquism show to great acclaim while blatantly moving my lips
V – Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals? Line up the chickens and find me an axe.
W- Worst Habit(s): Over eating, laziness.
X – X-rays or Ultrasounds?: What? Who the hell is writing these things? What kind of person has a preference? Do people sit around in clubs going “Ohhh now me personally I prefer the Ultrasound you know 'cos it’s less intrusive like…”? You’re all fired!
Y- Your Favourite Foods: Cheese, Cheese burgers, Cheese and onion sandwiches, Cheesecake. Twix chocolate bars.
Z- Zodiac: Sagittarius
Now you know my ABC's! Congratulations, you pervert.
And if you made it this far, you've also got a unusually high tolerance level for things that waste your time.
Wednesday, April 25
Thank God I'm a trained counsellor
In small doses, the memes are fun. They give me something to post about, challenge my humour and slowly warp me into the everyman personal Blogger I am petrified to become.
The Interview was ok. I asked for it and dealt with the consequences. The Music Meme was bearable although I would have preferred a subject I had some knowledge on, like Particle Physics. But this is too much.
Shelly of This Eclectic Life has given me A Thinking Blogger Award.
Now it was only a matter of time before this meme was thrown my way. As each nominee has to nominate 5 others, the whole blogosphere will have been nominated three times over after just 12 recursions. However, I didn't expect to receive it just yet. I imagined more last ditch desperation, with a remark like “Freelance Cynic, ‘cos it’s the only thing left in my blogroll.”
Instead, this Iceberg I call my blog got a lovely write up and an early nomination. There are only 2 conclusions to reach from this. Either Freelance Cynic is a deep blog full of profound ideas and secrcet truths, or Shelly is a nut-job.
I’ll leave you to decide which one is true.
Here then are the poor blogs that make me think.
The Japing Ape
I never believed a gorilla could be so eloquent and deep until I find this blog. He has a profound understand of much of human life, and I have learnt a lot from him
Words, Words, Words
Fellow Atheist and like minder thinker, I always leave this blog thinking, sometimes about intelligent things.
Coroner Stories
Seldom updated but morbidly intriguing stories from a person whose day job really is death.
This Eclectic Life
Even though she nominated me I’ll nominate her back, partly because every post of hers conjures up new thoughts in my head, and partly because I’m running out of thinking blogs. Don't worry though you don't have to do the meme again.
Coaster Punchman
Normally this guy hammers out the funnies, but occasionally he really makes me think, like this post about homophobic homosexuality.
Here are the rules:
- If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
- Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
- Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote.
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Tuesday, April 24
Grinds My Gears
I’m thinking of creating a new Meme.
All of us like to moan, or grumble, no matter how much we may deny it, and our blogs seem the ideal place to do it. And yet we often worry more about making our online persona's ‘nice’ than making them real.
It’s been proven that human beings bond more over gossip and backstabbing than over anything else. Grumbling makes people like us! Indeed, in the UK it’s our national pastime.
And yet all the memes I’ve seen are for ‘nice’ things. Cute pictures, shared blessings, personal dreams etc. It’s time to change all that.
And so I’m suggesting ‘Grinds My Gears’ – The moaning meme
Once a week I’ll give you the chance to moan about anything you want, just have a good old rant, and other moaners can read it, add their comments and grumble along with you. We’ll bond more, make more friends and get a little bit further inside peoples heads. Plus reading about others grumbles puts ours in proportion and makes us all feel better.
What do you think? Would you play along? Do you know someone who might? What day should it be on? What should the artwork look like? Should it have themes? Is it the most stupid idea I’ve ever had, apart from that one that involved a squirrel, two snakes and a tube of Pritstick?
I’m opening this up to the floor, so feel free to give me your ideas, comments and your criticism. Or alternatively, just write a good old rant about me in the comments and get it off your chest.
Linky, linky, linky. Winny, Winny Winny! Click here to find out more.
Monday, April 23
I'm not much of a runner...
I knew inviting memes onto my blog was a bad idea. Now people are tagging me left, right and centre. And I never was any good at Tag Chase.
This ones from Etain Lavena. A music meme. Yay.
What's your 'desert island' album?
According to my iTunes most played it would include, Westlife, Sandi Thom and the Cast of Les Miserables amongst others. Of course the best bet for a desert Island would be something really loud. That way the next island along would get fed up with the noise, and come rescue me.
What's your favorite album/song title? (the *title* which is your fav, not the actual album or song)
'The Show Must Go On' - Queen
And 'Piano Sonata No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Quasi una fantasia' - Beethoven. Catchy huh?
What's your favorite album art (include an image of it if you can)?
Anything with (half) naked men on it. But unfortunately x-rated album art is lacking in HMV.
So The Masterplan - Oasis. My favourite band, their best album and a great image to boot.
Ideal choice for a karaoke song?
'Science fiction, double feature' - Rocky Horror Picture show. I've got the lips for it.
Song you don't like that WILL NOT LEAVE YOUR HEAD if you hear it?
Thing is that once I've heard anything three times I like it. So if it's stuck in my head chances are I'll end up liking it anyway.
That's how I learnt to put up with my Boyfriends singing.
Which is cooler? -- Vinyl? CD? Cassette? 8-track?
You didn't mention Minidisc! I'm insulted!
Bloggers I'd like to tag?
Angelika, and Dale 'cos he's loving the music memes at the moment...
Sunday, April 22
The interview
When I first saw the 5 Question Interview on Angelika's blog I decided to make fun of the whole thing, and so asked for some questions. But, being the sneaky insomniac she is, she asked 5 brilliant questions and forced me to put some effort into answering them. Women...
So here is my first ever interview. You may want to bookmark this entry and read it again when I'm on Parkinson's. Or when I've got Parkinsons Disease. Whichever comes earlier.
1. If you could have a £5000 shopping spree to one store, which store would it be and how long would it take you to spend the £5000?
That'll be $10,000 as the pound is kicking the dollars butt at the moment. In fact, it’s giving the dollar's butt a pounding!
Half the money would be spent in Waterstones Bookstore, half hiring a fleet of lorries to get the books home. As for time, drop me off and come back in a few months. I can never decide how to spend money in Waterstones; I never want to leave any of the books behind.
2. What song best describes you when you wake up in the morning?
Olsen Twins – Hugged by You (apparently they have had a single!)
And
Oasis - What’s the Story, Morning Glory
3. What place in the US would you most like to visit and why?
When I was 14 I toured L.A. with my school Choir. I couldn’t sing but it was the only way a geek like me could find friends.
As a treat, on one of our non theme-park days, the aunt of one the American families I was staying with took us to see a reservoir in construction, and we spent an hour staring at a hole in the ground. I imagine most of America outside the theme parks is like that and so have no desire to visit any of it.
I would however like to visit New York, New York to find out why the hell they named it twice, and also to go to Broadway so I can point out that the plays are better on the West End.
4. Who would you want to play you in a movie about your life? Early childhood, adolescence, and now since you're still a young whippersnapper.
I don’t do celebrity. In fact, unless they were carrying a sign with their name and films they’ve appeared in, I doubt I’d notice if a celebrity took me out to dinner. So I asked my boyfriend for help on this one
- Childhood – The kid who played Elliot in ET He's 36 now so he’d need some serious make-up effects
- Adolescence - Zac Efron – Star of 'High School Musical' So I’d look annoyingly American, act annoyingly American, and be in the annoyingly American school choir. Me to a T.
- Now – Me! I'm a good actor, providing I can use the George Clooney method. (Looks at the floor then looks back up at the camera squinting his eyes) See?
I just don’t remember, there are too many of them. I was once told that I could only come to a party if I wasn’t too opinionated that night.
The most stupid conversation was with 3 kids, aged 15 or so, on their bikes by the river late one night. I walked past casting a glance in their direction.
‘What you looking at,’ one of them said.
Now this is a hard question to answer and indeed most people don’t bother. But I was in a quirky mood, and did something I normally avoid - I told the truth.
‘You.’ I said.
And that’s when it started raining rocks and loose gravel…
If you want to be interviewed, here are the rules:
- Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
- I will respond by sending you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
- You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
- You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
- When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
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Monday, March 26
Manic Monday - Spring
My First Meme.
I have to experiment with these things. If I'd never experimented I'd still be trying to find a girlfriend.
Just like these guys on spring break.
Like a dream come true for me... Except, you know, more hairy.
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