Greetings, gentle readers.
And welcome to the bright and brave new world of Anno Domini 2005. Following a horrific holiday season which has left me in a seriously perilous sleep-deficit condition, I am finally back in circulation, and able to begin further dissemination of my twisted ideas, ill-advised schemes, and inappropriate observations.
First of all, I'm trying to elevate my pool game to the lofty height it once occupied. If anyone is game to be a metaphorical punching bag on the green felt, I can often be found here: http://www.metrobilliards.com/
And I'm looking to move into a loft apartment two blocks away, so if anyone wants to donate money to the "Get Markus out of the West End" fund, just try clicking on the adverts on the right margin. I get paid for every link clicked, so you don't actually need to buy anything - just go and look at some pretty pictures for a while, and try and swell my coffers so that I can qualify for a hugely debilitating mortgage. Here is the link to a walkthrough of the apartment:
http://www.worthington.ca/residential_the_ten.php
And if you want to know where these places are, and how they relate to my work at TELUS (10035-102 Avenue) and at Align Com (10665 Jasper Avenue), you can check out this map of downtown Edmonton:
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/about/edmonton/downtownmap/
or this one:
http://www.discoveredmonton.com/Maps/CityMaps-Flash/EdmontonMap.html
Basically, if I can get into my new digs, I'll be within a four-block radius of everything important. Except my local in London:
http://dukeofkendal.tripod.com/
So click on the adverts and help me raise enough money to move to the hub of activity in Edmonton. Please?
In other news, Liverpool are storming up the table, and, though they've had their third round FA Cup tie against Burnley delayed due to a soggy pitch, they are still a going concern in all four competitions. Shame that Oldham Pathetic knocked Manchester City out of the FA Cup, but they didn't play Robbie Fowler, so they obviously deserve to be ridden out of the competition on a rail. Aston Villa also went out to lower-league opposition in the form of Sheffield United, so there's room for fans of both teams to commiserate.
And thanks to everyone for helping me revise and update the Top 20 List of Wonderfully Attractive Women, and it looks as though there will be a shake-up of that list in the close-season. Hillary Clinton, Ali Landry and Natalie Portman are veering toward relegation, and look for Nina Elizabet Persson, Kelley Law, Jody Vance and Rosamund Pike to push for promotion to the top-flight. Portman might still be able to salvage something from the season if she does a phenomenal job playing Evey Hammond in the still-in-the-planning-stages film version of Alan Moore's classic graphic novel "V for Vendetta." Heather Godberson is another dark horse that could upset the promotion playoff picture. Jennifer Love Hewitt looks anything but safe near the bottom of the table, but she also comprises almost all of the "fluffy bit o' crumpet" niche, and thus prevents the entry of vacuous, bland bits of totty like Avril Lavigne, the Duff and Simpson sisters, various tennis players, the respective casts of "Sex in the City" and "Desperate Housewives", and former actresses from "Baywatch". In other words, she's the best of a bad lot, and her inclusion preserves the dignity of the other 95% of the list.
Right-o. I'm done work here at TELUS in ten minutes, and I'm scheduled to do an appointment at the proposed new digs tomorrow at noon, so I'll just sign off here, and bid everyone a happy and prosperous new year. Remember, not clicking on the ads to the right makes Baby Jesus cry. Cheers,
-mARKUS
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Hey there.
Always nice to see the drama of the FA Cup come to fruition. Watching little Canvey Island get to the fourth round a couple of years back was pretty amazing, and it's always interesting to speculate on which giants will be felled by the minnows. Of course, the same holds true for the League Cup, but to a lesser extent. The semi-finals this year seem a little bit lopsided, with one two-legged tie featuring league leaders Chelsea going head-to-head with fading Manchester United (who apparently are unable to beat Exeter in the FA Cup), and the other featuring the club that has historically won the competition the most times facing little Watford. So as Liverpool chase their record 8th League Cup, one can only hope that Chelski and Man Ure have some form of disciplinary disaster, disqualifying as many players as possible from appearing in the final.
In other parts of the news, I highly recommend that everyone visit this site:
http://www.manics.nl/
and read up on some of the subjects of Manic Street Preachers songs. Paul Robeson, Kevin Carter, and Brian Warner are of particular interest. The ongoing feud they've cultivated with Marilyn Manson rather makes the American shock-rocker look a bit of a shallow, uncultured and ignorant ponce, really. But we knew that already, didn't we?
Other music websites: Try going to http://www.sputnikworld.com/ and see the band that formed from the remnants of Generation X after Billy Idol went solo. And see what looks like a picture of Adrianna from the Metro with pink hair at the home page.
And if you have been living under a rock, and haven't heard me bleat on endlessly about them, visit Franz Ferdinand's website at http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/ where you can see what a bunch of bored bohemian Scotsmen can do with a few musical instruments and enormous libidos.
Oh, and after watching "Spiderman 2" I've got to consider Kirsten Dunst as a potential contender for promotion to the top-flight of my list. Ditto for Anna Paquin after seeing "X-Men United". Two young, yet veteran actresses, Dunst first garnering attention for her eerie performance in "Interview With The Vampire", and Paquin winning a best supporting actress oscar for her role in "The Piano". Now they're doing sequels. Oh well. As Alan Moore wrote in "The Watchmen", "Nobody's human."
Anyway, back in a jiff to provide more quasi-interesting commentary on culture, sports and aesthetics. Click on the adverts, people. Every time someone visits this site and doesn't click on an advertisement, God strangles a kitten.
Cheers,
-mARKUS
Hello Mr Chan. I wonder if you remember me? We got very drunk over a quiz machine in Shepherd's Bush one day, very many months ago now. But I Googled for you on a whim just a moment ago, and here you are as large as life! It's heartwarming to see that nothing and no one is ever really gone, just temporarily misplaced.
Anyway, I don't know if you became uncontactable for a reason, but if not, why not drop me a line on matthew at la-revolucion dot com? You could even take a gander at my own blog, which is a livejournal going by the name of verlaine. In any case, all the best, all the best, and here's to 2005 being a spectacular success for both of us!
Matthew
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