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September 30, 2005

Boing Boing: Free to caring home: Flying Spaghetti Monsterotica costume

Boing Boing: Free to caring home: Flying Spaghetti Monsterotica costume:

More goodness. For fZe and Miggs.

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Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant

Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant:

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There's a first time for everything...

There's a first time for everything...:
I do not normally drink champagne with my publisher while sitting on a step in the sun in a busy square in the middle of San Francisco, with me and my publisher alternately not saying anything and then babbling and then not saying anything again.

Still, it's not every day that you get told that a book you wrote has just gone on to next week's NYT Bestseller list at Number One. And it seemed a very appropriate sort of a thing to do.

September 28, 2005

Best randome quote ever

Talking about Kermit and Kylie:

-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon McNeillis
Sent: 28 September 2005 11:40
To: Gemma Cawley; Kristian Peacocke
Subject: RE: its not..
they didn't do that on An Audience with the Pope...shame...
-----Original Message-----
From: Gemma Cawley
Sent: 28 September 2005 11:37
To: Kristian Peacocke; Sharon McNeillis
Subject: RE: its not..
Aww. That was when they sang Especially For You on An Audience With Kylie Minogue...


I have to admit, that's the best call by Sharon, ever.
Well... I found it funny, perhaps you had to be there.

Warrenellis.com » Mummy, Save Me From The Porny Art (You Seem To Have Insisted On Dragging My Underage Self To For A Photo Op)

Warrenellis.com » Mummy, Save Me From The Porny Art (You Seem To Have Insisted On Dragging My Underage Self To For A Photo Op):

The picture here is genius.

September 27, 2005

Bugger

I know some pictures are huge. I know some links are broken, and yes... I know it looks like I said I'm related to some blonde chick.

I'll fix it tomorrow, because tonight is Ben Lee.

TIME.com: Interview: Neil Gaiman and Joss Wedon

TIME.com: Interview: Neil Gaiman and Joss Wedon -- Page 1:

When Gods meet. I liked this, but I love everything both these men do.

September 26, 2005

Comments

Anyone can comment again... only you have to do word verification.

Please put your NAME to what you say. Otherwise it's all a bit piss-weak.

Warrenellis.com » Armed Kill-Crazy Anti-Terrorist Dolphins Loose In Gulf Of Mexico

Warrenellis.com » Armed Kill-Crazy Anti-Terrorist Dolphins Loose In Gulf Of Mexico:

There's some beautify poetry in the above. Especially the toxic dart guns
(note: Christmas is near. I want one)

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Simon

Happy Birthday:

You perverted dancing queen you.

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September 25, 2005

Paintball

Best present ever! Joel and Nise got me some springloaded paintball guns:


They WORK!


We are going to cause so much trouble with these...

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September 24, 2005

Welcome back

Just outside our house:

England, gotta love it. Big shout out to the Raynes Park massive, who can totally take down a bus shelter.

Wankers.

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Amazon.com: DVD: Legend of Zelda: Complete Animated Series (2005)

Amazon.com: DVD: Legend of Zelda: Complete Animated Series (2005): YES!

Homemade automated sentry gun turret - Engadget - www.engadget.com

Homemade automated sentry gun turret - Engadget - www.engadget.com:


I want to build one. NOW.

Londonist: Welcome to Mega City One

Londonist: Welcome to Mega City One:

My buddy Mike wrote this. It's good, and it saved me from having to post anything about the fact Judge Dredd was on the cover of the metro today.

I want one of those awesome lawcycle things.

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September 23, 2005

Taken last night:

Because my witch GC really is. You should all give her money and things now.

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September 21, 2005

Updates

The jetlag is killing me. All the update will be finished and published soon; I just can't do anything more than work, sleep, and nip to the pub to drink questionable amounts of beer.

I knew you'd understand.

BBC NEWS | England | London | 46,000 Londoners are using crack

BBC NEWS | England | London | 46,000 Londoners are using crack:

I've been saying this for years.

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The curious incident...

Just finished the superb Supurb Curious incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Go read now.

Only, maybe not. The way Christopher feels all the time, the confusion, the fear, the isolation and frustration at fucking idiots... that's how I feel in London. In fact I finished it just now on the train home, and when I realized that, it made me cry a little. I am a modern man, you see...

The way he feels when the book ends and there was order in his world, and everything was good. That's how I felt when I was at home.

Only with less, you know, autism.

I loved that book.

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September 20, 2005

Chat

An IMchat:

Kristian Peacocke
I really just wanted to send you a message, BUT I don't want to be like all freaking you out with over contact, given the situation. So I sent a group message, because yeah... that doesn't mean I;m picking on you. I am the GENIUS as well as the AWESOME.
05:41

Emily Cappas
I'd be careful, pr there'll be a clashing of egos
05:44

Kristian Peacocke
Oh god. Just in case this ever happened, we have to stop any thoughts of being together now. Imagine the mighty ego of the offspring. It might take on human form and conquer the WORLD! WE'D BE TO BLAME!
05:45

Emily Cappas
spawn of ego. the superego (also freudian fyi)
05:45

Kristian Peacocke
result. Makes us look even cleverer to have that in our conversation. Can I copy that into my blog. It's GENIUS
05:45

Emily Cappas
go for it
05:46

Kristian Peacocke
Done. Will go live later, and let cats out of bags.

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September 19, 2005

Back in the Red

So I touch down in the UK. Get a train (the Heathrow express. It's actually quite nice) into London, and wonder down to the tube with my luggage. It's very early, not that many people. A train rumbles into the station. I wearily stumble onto it, and, well.... sit down.

There I am, sat on the tube. Going from Paddington to Aldgate (the wonders of the Circle line!). I'm very comfortable here. The feel and sound of the London Underground are all wonderfully familiar. A strange part of me feels at home. I'm reading a book, which is one of my favorite things to do when I'm alone, and reclining in my seat. I shall be at work soon, and I shall see my friends and be merry and oh what larks I will have.

I turn the page.

The train stops in a tunnel.

I turn a page.

I turn a page.

I turn a page.

The little part of me that felt like it was at home gasps.

Suddenly the walls begin to close in. I swear I can smell the evil sickly smell of sulphur in the air.

The nice looking girl on the seat in front of me me speaks:
"I want to eat your soul"

Rather bloody inconvenient. She smiles at me, all pointy, needly teeth. I... hit her. Hit her with the hefty book I was reading, showing a darn sight more disrespect to the publication that I would like, but needs must. Her head lolls back, bloody spraying the window behind her, bubbling on the glass. The other passengers are looking at us. They all have long nails, pointy teeth; the daemonic horde surges towards me. I really hope the book doesn't get too battered, because it really is rather good.

The lights flicker.

The girl opposite me is, of course, normal and unbeaten... but you knew that. The book is undamaged in my hand. I am tired; however I know this... London wants to kill me.

We are still in the tunnel.

The PA coughs to life. As always you can't actually hear what the driver says, but you can get an impression of what the archaic technology is trying to convey.
There is a signal failure, we'll be terminating at the next stop. Terminated. Is this a warning?

The girl in front smiles at me, and points to my luggage.

"Just got into London?"

"Just got back, yeah."

"Ha. Welcome home."

The train deposits us, moves on. She gets off in front of me. I fancy I can see a little daemonic tail, but you can never be too sure.

Interestingly enough the station we are at is Edgware Road. One of the places that was bombed back in July. I'm on my way to Aldgate, another bomb site...

This place wants me dead. Welcome back Kris. Someone save me soon, for I hate it here, and I think here knows it, and really, really isn't happy about it.

September 18, 2005

Posting weirdness.

Ah. Right. The posts might look a little weird, with some new stuff appearing rather back dated. This is because I started writing things while I was away in Aus and never finished them, but I think it's important to maintain some sort of chronology here for my own sanity.

So go back and trawl. Please leave comments, or I don't know how the writing is going, and I like to know how the writing is going. Well, I always know how the writing is going: it goes well. I am the awesome, so the writing is as well. Only with your comments I have something to poke fun at without having to leave my bed.

For the record, I'm still on a plane flying to London. All the uploading and cleaning up will take place when I get home, which is Monday night. Of course no one will know this until AFTER it's been Monday night, but my care factor is critically low, so I'm writing it anyway.

Blah, blah, blah, more wine.

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Best flight ever

Two episodes of Dalek apocalypse and awesome randoms. This flight is the best one I've ever had.

Only it's going the wrong way.

I miss home already. And I miss people. It's amazing how attached to people you can get, and I'm not nessicarily talking about the sort of attachment that normally gets discussed in the pub on a friday night, I'm talking aboutt

September 17, 2005

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Al-Qaeda claims London bombings

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Al-Qaeda claims London bombings:


Kristian dies of shock. World sighs, goes and eats muffins.

Many reasons why my cat is amazing

She eats a lot. Everyone does whatever she wants. She looks cool.

Quality attack cat.

She loves the duct heating, and hey.... so do I. I think she might be a corporal aspect of my personality. Not sure yet.

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September 16, 2005

It lives!

Hey, Joe Cocker is still alive, and doesn't have a degenerative disease or anything.

He is even playing shows. Wow. That's totally unexpected.

Oh God

looking back I've used the phrase "beaten down like and aging hooker".

Fuck. I must have been drunk or something, because that is bloody awful. Please accept my apologies and move on.

September 15, 2005

JB is cool

We went out and had fun. My brother is a funny guy: Click here and you can see some of it.

Nano

So the new iPod is out.

And as everyone predicted, yes I got one. And it's fucking awesome. Consider this my official review 10/10 for amazing sexiness and thinness. It's got the pretty colour screen going and EVERYTHING.

Go. Buy.

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September 12, 2005

Religiosity

Walking through my city of Sydney, you see some wonderful sites. The most curious and, um, stand-off-ish(?) of which I have always felt is the crap that is painted on the boards by the church next to the town hall. I'd rather see the (rather fine) building/construction site than have to stare at this stuff.

Although in difference to my religious friends, I'll let you make your own mind up. Suckers.

Roger Trigg - Cambridge CiS-St Edmunds Public Lecture

Roger Trigg - Cambridge CiS-St Edmunds Public Lecture:

Shit. I share my last name with a total twat:

Say it 'aint so. Please. Please. Please. I will never google my last name ever again.

Now I'm going to have to write a bestselling book so that everyone knows that glorious Peococke name is more than... retarded.

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September 11, 2005

Spam

And so the D got spammed.

So I'm fucking you all by following suit and putting word verification in. HA! And because I fucking hate people that post anon, you have to log in now as well. I don't care if you are too lazy. It's cowardly not to put your name to things. So yes. Get to it, or something.

Posted with the assistance of DRINK!

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It starts

Fuck me:

I took this today at some mall in Chatswood. Christmas has started already at the shops.

Fuck fuck fuck.

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Serenity

Fuck. I missed ANOTHER PREVIEW of Serenity.

... and in my junk folder is a mail from Hoyts (for the uninitiated, a cinema is Australia) inviting me to buy tickets. Sent a couple of days ago.

I am now going to nail my head to the wall. Then cry.

September 10, 2005

I'm related to it:

Oh GOD. I'm related to this:

Little brother. Way to go.

Headless Children

Everywhere at the shops yesterday:

It's disturbing. The mannequins of adults have heads, but there are fields of these headless children. Shitloads of them.

Has someone harvested the heads of the plastic children? Some deeply perverted fucker made a head display in his front room? It's wrong.

Or it might be even wronger. What if they were designed like this? Has no-one thought about how stupid it'd look if they were being chased by these, Dr. Who style? And who the fuck is going to buy something being worn by a headless child?

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September 9, 2005

I am addicted

I never got into this whole forum thing, but I seem to be addicted to The Engine.

It's popular enough to get beaten down like an aging hooker every now and again, but hey. I've been there 24 hours and it feels like home.

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Best brother, ever.

Belated, but the best Birthday present I think I've ever received:

Over 50 episodes of Astroboy goodness. I'm in heaven.

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At some point

... I passed 100 posts. Wow. Time flies when your being depressive and insulting. Here's to the next 100, let's hope I loose some more friends!

On being a bastard

And lo it was said:

Post #17 by ♦Katie (Today, 4hrs 7mins ago)
and get over the bastard routine cause its booooororring!!



and I cried. Then:

Post #18 by ♦Willis (Today, 4hrs 6mins ago)
its his thing.. leave him alone.

bastard is the new pink!!!


So true. I love you all. In a bastard way.

September 8, 2005

flickr quiet

Maxed out my 2gb limit on flickr again.

More next month.

I hate him

Boing Boing: Bush and dad land a whopper in NOLA:

This is awesome.

BBC SPORT | Cricket | Ashes 2005 | England pegged back by Warne haul

BBC SPORT | Cricket | Ashes 2005 | England pegged back by Warne haul:

Ah. not so good. Not so bad. At least we fucked over the Kevin bloke.

Got bored

Checked out OKcupid again.

Boring, but these tests are amusing:

Hank Scorpio
You scored 80 Evil!

You're quite the evil bastard, but you do it with confidence and a
sunny disposition. Though you love people, you appreciate them more if
they're somehow helping you in your quest for world domination.
The problem is that you still have some good in you. You're not quite
as evil as you can be. Is that a good thing? Yes, it means less people
trying to kill you. But it also means that you can be taken advantage
of. Enslave some more monkeys and maybe, just maybe, you can be truly
evil.



My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 97% on Evil
Link: The Pure Evil Test written by Luciferon on Ok Cupid

I'm also

Buffy Summers
45% amorality, 81% passion, 45% spirituality, 81% selflessness
Well, what can one say? Passionate, down-to-earth, unfailingly moral (ehh, basically) and utterly selfless.



In short, a hero.



Congratulations!



If you enjoyed this test, I would love the feedback! Also, you might
want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in the
following:

Nerds, Geeks & Dorks

Professional Wrestling

Love & Sexuality


America/Politics


Thanks Again! -- THE 4-VARIABLE BUFFY PERSONALITY TEST




My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 12% on morality
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 87% on repose
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 15% on spirituality
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 91% on selflessness
Link: The 4-Variable Buffy Personality Test written by donathos on Ok Cupid

Balmoral

It's where I learnt to swim. I grew up down here, and I never worried about everything because it was all disgustingly beautiful.

I return to read this:

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And I wonder if my entire childhood was a lie. Should I have had the fear all the time.

I will eat the ice-cream of life while walking around this paradise and consider the situation.

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September 7, 2005

The world is endeth

I wear white sometimes now:

This is a rarity, but I kinda liked it.

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September 6, 2005

flickr comments

is it me, or are there some incredible dickheads on flickr sometimes?

Aside from the fact that EVERY picture of one of my female friends seems to attract a SO HOT!!! comment, some people really take themselves a little seriously. But it's OK. I dealt with the situation, with **** and EVERYTHING.

At least I didn't say feck. You know who you are.

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September 4, 2005

Flickr Related Tag Browser

Flickr Related Tag Browser:

I like flickr. I like this toy.
Put "Favorite" in, and see what you get out. I got loads of my own photos, which was a nice surprise.

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