Tony Hart died yesterday :(
He's probably one of the reasons I've always doodled around with art and cartoony things, no doubt that he inspired one hell of a lot of people over the last few generations.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7836112.stm

Bye Tony

1) How did you begin 2008?
On a bouncy castle

2) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
Briefly seeing an American girl

3) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
I work at a university if that counts?

4) How did you earn your money?
See #3

5) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Nope

6) Did you have any encounters with the police?
Nope

7) Where did you go on holiday?
Amsterdam at Easter and Ireland with the gang

8) What did you purchase that was over £500?
My car! Vroooooom!

9) Did you know anybody who got married?
Yep, Mark and Lyndsay

10) Did you know anybody who passed away?
Nope

11) Have you run into anybody you left high school with?
Not unless you count through Facebook

12) Did you move anywhere?
Yep, I now live with friends in Bradford

13) What sporting events did you go to?
Spo... Sports??

14) What concerts/shows did you go to?
Shockingly little this year

15) Are you registered to vote?
Yes

16) Who did you want to win Big Brother?
*Snort*

17) Where do you live now?
Bradford

18) Describe your birthday.
 I drove around visiting friends who were either not in or doing other things

19) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2008?
Start (and keep going) a webcomic

20) What have been your favourite moments?
Company, various times with friends

21) What's something you learned about yourself?
That I can indeed function living on my own

22) Any new additions to your family?
Nope

23) What was your best month?
No preference

24) What music will you remember 2008 by?
For Now, - Avenue Q

25) Who has been your best drinking buddy?
Linz as always

26) Made new friends?
Gotten to know my roomies a LOT better

27) Best new friend(s)?
Yeah (roomies)

28) Favourite Night out?
Joe's Birthday

29) Any regrets?
I don't believe in regrets

30) Worst month?
Pass

If you're a fan of either Dr Who or Trek then go over to youtube and watch this vid for a mini giggle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JhAPkkLgtI&fmt=

Ohh, and Thundercats fans NEED to see this (Scapers too, you'll understand why):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb50GMmY5nk&fmt=

That is all

Ok, I just watched Stargate Atlantis Season 3 Ep 17 last night, "Sunday" I believe it's called.

( And now the Spoiler'd Rant )
Well, my cold is clearing up now. I just have this annoying cough left, every time I cough I seem to be pulling on a stupid muscle I didn't know I had in my chest.

Christmas next week! Yey!

Well, Show week is over and I can finally sleep!

"Company" ran Thurs-Sat last week, with me sleeping a lot of Sunday and was a lot of fun (a lot of hard work, but a lot of fun). I'm considering auditioning for the next show they do too, I'd forgotten how much i miss doing acting stuff.

Anyway, apart from all that I've done TONS since I last updated, I don't really have time for updates at the moment (work = busy) but i just wanted to post and clear the dust off the good old LJ.

Speak soon,

Matt

I do intend to post a full "Update on Matt" post at some point, Promise!

In the meanwhile I just wanted to pop on and say YEY!
The break in I had WAY WAY back in July when I got back from Ireland has FINALLY been recognised by my insurance company and they have decided to pay out!

Cheque by the end of the week, woot!

Firstly thanks to everyone that sent me texts, emails and posted on my facebook wall wishing me happy birthday! It was very appreciated.

Sunday was indeed the day & I'm an old bastard at 25 now, but hey, it makes my car insurance cheaper!

On that note I now have my car on the road! It's both fun and scary at the same time. I'm now having to spend time getting used to my own gearbox and clutch (which doesn't seem to want to give much indication when it's at biting point until I'm about a millimetre away from stalling it) but hey, I'll get used to it. I have my first motorway driving lesson (my instructor owed me a couple of lessons so instead of getting the money back I'm having one big motorway driving lesson to calm my nerves).

This week is also a busy one. I have a BUSOM exec meeting tonight so we can discuss the shows over the next year (I can't remember if I'd said but rather soon I'm becoming BUSOM president for the year). Then Wed I'm off out at a pub quiz and Thursday V & I are going to attempt to catch "Hellboy II" :) Friday I plan to do nothing (apart from washing) and then the weekend is for driving and sleeping :D

Anyway, that's enough randomness.

Matt

(Who is now back on a LJ free account as he saw no need to pay for a paid one again)

Well, on Sunday it's my Birthday Car Day!

V & I will be heading over to Mum & Dad's on the morning so we can see everyone there & Grandma & Granddad too. Then, after all the usual Birthday stuff, I'm planning on jumping in the car (who has yet to be named) and going on a trip out to York for the rest of the day :)

Hopefully as well as the middle of town we can get to the National Railway Museum (V loves trains). Ohh I also want to make sure i go to the Shambles in York as it always reminds me of Diagon Alley.

Hope everyone is doing ok this week. My phone is playing up recently so if I don't reply to any texts I apologise. I'm hoping to get a new "loan phone" soon to tide me over to October when my contract is up (then, all going well I should be an iPhone boy [read: "Consumer Whore"]).

In other geeky news I've recently cancelled my World of Warcraft account (again) in favor of going to play Lord of the Rings Online for a bit with Alex. I had a few hours on it at the weekend and I must admit I enjoyed it lots. It's like WOW in it's simplicity but just 10 times prettier. That and I'm not one of these LORE NAZIS like Christopher Lee so I can actually enjoy the game for what it is without pointing out any inaccuracies :)

OMG WOW! Just WOW!

Ok then, busy few weeks since I last posted. Here's the quick version:

1) I Passed my driving test!! Woo Yeah!
Passed on the 8th which was my second attempt (as my dad says, all the best people pass second time). Suffice to say I was very excited which leads to point 2.

2) I Bought a car!
I'm now the proud owner of a Blue Vaxhall Corsa. She's all mine! I'm so very proud. Alas I can't drive her yet though. When i was looking into my insurance I decided to look to see if insuring it from my birthday (a week on Sunday, I'll turn 25) would make any difference. Well, it made a LOT of difference. Around £300 to be exact, so in order to save £300 I have to wait to drive until my birthday. It's a fair deal but still rather frustrating. I'm SO itching to drive (and yes I know I'm whining).

3) Jeremy Kyle!
Lis, Kay & I went to see a live taping of the "Jeremy Kyle Show" last Thursday! It was odd and funny and cool all at the same time. Suffice to say we had a fun day. There were lie detector results & everything.

In other news:
Umm, not much else. I gave blood last week again, I've decided to drive down to collectormania this year and FINALLY people in my family have stopped having birthdays for the moment so I can stop buying presents every two seconds.

Ohh yeah, and V is up again today :) She's staying for 3 weeks this time (squee) so I'm a happy bunny.

*hugs to all*
Matt