San Francisco

If you know me in real life then you will know that I love the USA...almost too much

I really want to live in San Francisco, but I also want to stay in the UK to work on British TV shows. There's nothing much for the media in San Francisco. There's Pixar, but I can't really use a camera on an animated film. There's also Mythbusters, which is just the pinnacle of excellence (Okay, maybe not the pinnacle, but it's still awesome). There probably other things, but I just don't know they exist...yet.

While I love LA, it's massive. In San Francisco, everything is local (or seems local anyway). New York City is similar, but I don't think I'd want to live there. Visit? Definately.

The crime rate in San Francisco is low apparently...except during the time that I went. There was a 'shooting incident'. It happened nowhere near me, thankfully.

So there's my thoughts on San Francisco. I didn't really say much. If you want to find out more about San Francisco's awesomeness....Go there? Or just watch some documentaries I guess. I'm so lazy at this. Oh well :D

River Song Got Married!......I Think

So...."The Wedding of River Song" happened on the weekend. Before I get started, I'd like to point out these rules from Twitter:

1. The Doctor lies
2. Steven Moffat lies

Steven Moffat has said in interviews that the Doctor seen at the lake was the real Doctor and he really DID DIE. Turns out, that was a lie. It was actually the Tesselecta, in Doctor form. So a robot Doctor was killed. Cop-out. -sigh-

This episode really confused me. Why exactly did The Doctor and River get married? What's with the whole Area 52 thing? Is Kovarian still alive? Does anyone remember the aborted timeline? I'm just so confused. Maybe I missed a few things, but I can't face a re-watch of the episode just yet.

I could go on for a while about the things I didn't like about this episode, but I'll spare you from all the negativity. Instead, I'll give you a screenshot from the best part of the episode:

"...and I'm his....mother in law..."

BONUS TIME! Series 6, in order of awesomeness (and obviously, 11 is terrible)

1. The Doctor’s Wife 
2. Closing Time
3. The Girl Who Waited
4. The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon
5. A Good Man Goes to War
6. Let’s Kill Hitler
7. Night Terrors
8. The Wedding of River Song
9. The Curse of the Black Spot
10. The God Complex
11. The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People

Sheep and Spacesuits

Contains SPOILERY SPOILERS for the Doctor Who 2011 Christmas Special

So, I witnessed some Doctor Who filming this fine evening. It was strange: it was pitch-black, and it wasn't even cold. It was great. Anyway, as always, it was awesome.

Matt Smith and companion of the episode, Claire Skinner were there. During the time I was there, Claire drove a vintage car down the road towards the TARDIS as The Doctor, in a spacesuit, sat in the passenger seat...with the helmet on backwards. They did that twice with the epic camera attached to the back of the car. The third take was done with the CAMERA CRANE/JIB.

At first, they did a rehearsal with just a random person (the car's owner) driving. The teenagers next to me were so confident that "they will edit the real actors into that shot, because it's too dangerous to have them really driving". I just rolled my eyes. First of all, they had already driven the car in the previous shot! Second of all, 'editing the real actors into the shot' would be so expensive and just pointless

Here a video of this event filmed by @simon_watkins on 'the twitters': http://yfrog.com/j5vgwz

At one point, a man with a sheep turned up. The sheep was just stood (with its owner of course) behind the swarm of fans who were leaning against the barriers. The sheep, and the owner, soon disappeared. Apparently, the sheep was used for filming after we left. That makes a little more sense now. (even though the random sheep makes quite a good story)

The TARDIS was there. It was quite far away from the 'barricade'. But it was there!

The Ticker Fiasco

...The Ticker...
You know what ticker I'm talking about! - The Facebook kind

Facebook just loves its updates, and this time it's the worst timed and just worst overall. 

I just want regular Facebook where I can view updates in a chronological order! I don't want to be told when my friend likes a status of someone I've never heard of! (bold expresses my frustration)

I sort of understand people's 'privacy issues' where every move is automatically added to the ticker, but these updates could be found elsewhere...and this is FACEBOOK. If you want it to be private, why exactly are you posting it? The ticker isn't the problem there.

After massive uproars on Facebook and Twitter and everywhere else on the internet; I think the ticker will be gone soon, or at least toned down.

Google+ opened today - the same day Facebook changes so much. Great timing, Facebook (!). I've seen a lot of Google+ praise after this 'ticker fiasco'. Everyone in college was checking it out so I decided to see what it's like. I got this:

-.-

I don't even want to use Google+, but I'd like to have the option! I think the Over 18 thing for Google+ is a good idea. It'll stop it from becoming what Facebook has become.

Also, I'm going to wait out the Facebook uproar.

Top 5: Facebook Annoyances

It's a new segment on Blogging and Shiz! -triumphant introductory music-

...that would've worked if this was a video....but as you're probably aware, this is not.
Anyway, my Top 5 Facebook Annoyances!
Names are all random while statuses are inspired by real annoying statuses

5. Obvious Hacking

 

It's fun to hack someone's Facebook account, but I really don't understand why people do this (above). This is so obvious that it's a hack, especially if they have a girlfriend!  The obvious "I'm gay" is only usually done to males. The female version is "I eat poo", or something mildly disgusting. No-one even likes or comments on the statuses. It's just there. -slow clap to the 'hackers'- Victory...I guess. These 'hackers' really lack creativity. 

4. Liking and Commenting - On Your Own Status

I'm speechless...this actually happens.... (Bonus points if you figure out what video the youtube link refers to! (What am I talking about? There are no points....you can find out if you want....I guess))

Anyway, Emily Arriola's comment brings me on to point 3:

3: Chav Speak

I see this more with teenage, chavvy girls. Most of the time, it would be quicker to write the sentence with correct spelling. I even see this when they're doing this through phones...that have the magical ability of auto correct! Which is usually automatically turned on....so they turned it off!? Although, auto correct is annoying....but still! I don't understand! This 'trend' or whatever has even started to 'infect' groups and like pages. I refuse to join if they're written like this, even if they're the funniest thing ever. I'm such a Grammar Nazi

2: Open-Ended-ness

 

Thank you Beverly for sharing your problems with Facebook, but I'm not sure 'sharing' is the right word. I think the example speaks for itself. I just want to know one thing: "WHY!?"

1: Constant Liking of the Pathetic Kind

 

Yes, we know, you broke up with your boyfriend after that romantic one week. It annoys me (obviously) when I see girls (and sometimes guys) who constantly like these pages. "All boys love COD more than their girlfriend"...really? That page was actually made up, but I've seen ones that say basically the same thing. I don't like how a lot of pages on Facebook make all guys look like COD-loving chavs who don't care, just because of one off experience someone might've had. So yeah...that's all I have to say really. Some of the examples above are actually real....you can get extra points by finding out which ones are real (again with the points! THERE ARE NO POINTS!)

Endage!

And that concludes my ranting session-thing. It's a little negative, but meh. Other 'Top 5' things will be more positive and happy with rainbows and and dancing and double rainbows and Barney! That's something to look forward to....whoever you are.

How many points did you get?

Smurf Conventions and Not Talking to Clowns

Did you know there are Smurf conventions? That's the one thing I got out of Epic Win, BBC's new gameshow that has ruined the phrase. Why must the word 'epic' be awkwardly inserted into almost every sentence!? Is it trying to be 'trendy' or whatever? Anyway, enough about that. I might explode into another rant if I continue to remember what I experienced.

Tangent! Youtube has decided not to show any new videos in my subscription boxes. It turns out it's not just me, it's a worldwide thing....but not for some lucky people. That's kind of annoying. I'm just glad that some youtubers have Twitter

In other news, "The God Complex", this week's episode of Doctor Who, was disappointing. Except for the final scene. I'm loving how "Amy and Rory" is trending on twitter (at the time of writing anyway). They had better return, or I may have to weep...a lot. Imagine if next week's episode didn't have Karen and Arthur's names in the opening credits

Gremlin Kitzinger

So, Torchwood: Miracle Day ended yesterday and I was hoping for all these questions and plot points to be resolved. But, with only 1 hour to accomplish so much, I knew this wouldn't happen....and I was right. There is so much where I just don't understand, not because it's so complicated but because it wasn't explained at all (unless I missed a lot).

They had ten 40-minute episodes to explain this story, but ended up leaving way too much for the final episode. Previous episodes could've been cut down and minor, pointless storylines could've been cut out completey.

Miracle Day was a bit of a disappointment....except for Jack, Gwen and Jilly who were just awesome and hilarious. Below is a screenshot from the fight between Gwen and Jilly. In the shot, Jilly is throwing herself towards buttons on an elevator.

 

There's also this thing:

Way Back Wem

Not so long ago, I was told of a magical town called "Wem". Just "Wem". That's all. That's the name that reduced me to tears (not from an emotional breakdown, just from laughing). The name never fails to amuse me. I found out about this in April and I still can't even say the word without at least smiling.

In the same county you can find some other 'interesting' towns. There's one called "Clun", and another called "Much Wenlock" (Kerri asked: "Why so much Wenlock!?"). Elsewhere, you can find the great "Crackpot" and "Cockburnspath"...yeah, where do these names come from?
Kerri and I decided to take a tour of Crackpot on Street View. There's not much to it really, but there is a B&B, because everyone flocks to Crackpot for a weekend away.
I later found out that Cockburnspath is pronounced 'Co-Burns-Path'...so that was a slight disappointment.

I actually spent some time last night just 'Google-Earthing' Britain to find some interesting names. You would think it would be due to boredom, but no, this is just what I do, I guess.

So, there'll be a new blog post...Wemever I can (see what I did there?...oh wow...I hate myself, lol)

BAM! Blogging

So, this is a thing that's happening...

What is this thing, you ask? Answer: I don't know (apart from the obvious 'It's a blog').
I set this whole thing up because I thought 'I feel like blogging'.
I guess this is the place where I'll put my random thoughts which are too long for Twitter or too pointless for Facebook.
I'm going to warn you now; I can ramble, on the internet anyway. In real life I'm more of the silent/awkward/'don't know what the hell to do' type.

Anyway, this isn't really a blog-post thingy. Well, technically it is but you know what I mean. This is just the obligatory introduction post where I tell you what you've gotten yourself into. Good luck with this (I'm saying this to both you, the reader, and me) and I'll post something real soon!

BAM!