I’m sitting here, sipping my tumbler glass full of whiskey — straight, single malt of course — with my feet up on my desk. The laptop is actually in between my legs, which is a rather interesting angle to type from, but it works. If only I had a roaring log fire, the image would be complete; unfortunately I have to make-do with a blow-heater that sounds like its on its last legs, trying to heat up my own little corner of the Antarctic.
Sometimes, when I wake up, my legs are so cold that I swing out of bed and fall to the floor because my legs have decided not to do their primary function: stand. Living in a old house really does suck sometimes.
I just had a few things to say, which didn’t really warrant an entire blogging, so I thought I’d whack them in here before I go to bed. First, a lovely little story, written by my younger sister. We’re all so very proud of her; she’s come such a long way since the accident:
I'm just kidding, don't hate me, sister.
You know, that picture actually reminds me of another Father Ted sketch! For various reasons, Father Ted ends up writing an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest (only click it if you’re REALLY interested, but be careful… it’s a dark and slippery slope back out), only at the last moment he has to re-write the song because he’s actually stolen another song. This results in… well, check it out:
[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4292206374953839418&ei=uK6LSYL1OInojgKJuZXGCw&q=my+lovely+horse&emb=1[/googlevideo]Sorry, anything to make you watch something from Father Ted.
Other than that, I just wanted to do a little ‘wrap up’ for The Penis Monologues, which you can listen to if you missed them the first time around (it’s also quite fun to hear my accent change between each!):
- #1, The Cowboy:
- #2, The Scottish:
- #3, The Irish Priest:
- #4, The Russian:
- #5, The Australian:
(If you can’t see the audio players, you’ll have to visit my blog)
It’s been a lot of fun trying my hand at accents that I’ve never really used in conversation before — it’s amazing just how hard it is trying to make a single word sound authentic. The vowel and consonant sounds change SO MUCH between each language, it’s quite amazing. It’s been quite a thrill trying to make them appear almost real and try to give a little bit of a backdrop for each stereotype at the same time: they are almost entirely truthful, with only a few bits stretched to make them more interesting.
I noticed that no one from any of the 4 countries (or a real life cowboy!) have commented on my accents, so I might never know if I completely butchered them. I’ll just assume I did a fairly good job of them — a man can hope, right? If you want to hear something I can do rather well — speaking proper English — go and check out some of the other podcasts.
Next up is probably some kind of… review. Either of a video game, or maybe some cameras. It’ll be in proper British-English, which is a relief to most, I think. Ah, and I’m working on some kind of ‘weekly feature’ for the blog, which probably won’t interest a lot of you, but I think it’s about time that I wrote about something with an element of authority — I’m simply sitting on a wealth of knowledge which I feel I should share!
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Sarcastically Bitter
Feb 6, 2009
Mmm I love whiskey! I wish I was having some now.
I love Father Ted’s little “music video” for his song.
Jossie Posie
Feb 6, 2009
What pray tell is a blow heater…it sounds dirty?
sebastian
Feb 6, 2009
Hah. You know, I was looking for a good ‘international’ term to use there.
It’s just a fan, with a heated element in front of it — good in the summer too, as it’s just a fan…!
I think the Americans might call it a ‘space heater’, but that’s a lot bigger than this little guy.
Jossie Posie
Feb 6, 2009
Hmmm space heater, still a foreign concept for me considering that I live in Miami and have like 4 days of cold a year. Which as luck would have it, we are in the middle of right now.
For the record I prefer the term blow heater…it is more mysterious.
sebastian
Feb 6, 2009
It could almost be ‘Blow Eater’…
Doesn’t the constant sunshine and warmth ever get boring in Florida? Same old, same old…
Daniel Cassidy
Feb 8, 2009
Is that really written by your sister?
If so, you do realise it is on its way to the chans and will soon be all over the internets, right?
sebastian
Feb 8, 2009
No, read the caption…!
But I’d be more than happy with my own piece of linkbait