Yup, I have a plan. It was my 35th birthday a few days ago, and I am the heaviest that I have been for many, many years. And this could go on, well, until I die, which I think will be sooner unless I reduce me.
I have two main problems at the moment (well, in terms of my weight, anyway!!!) - one is that I eat too much crap. And the other is that I rarely exercise.
Now, I am not a huge fan of exercise, but the one I really do enjoy is cycling. A couple of summers ago, when I was a lot fitter than I am now, I spent a contented week and a half cycling around Cornwall. I would kill myself if I tried it now - at that point I was going to the gym three times a week. I hate the gym, and have only once managed to motivate myself go regularly go for more than a few weeks. I tried five months ago again, and failed, I gave up after three weeks.
So this is my plan: firstly, foodwise, I will take a packed lunch and no money to work with me. (Or enough to have beans on toast for breakfast). And for the second, I will cycle five miles per day, fifty per week.
Now, the mathematicians out there will cry "hang on, that twat can't do his maths! Five times seven is thirty five!" and they'd be right. I want to do a minimum of five per day, and I want to do twenty miles once per week (on a day that I am not working). In fact, my ultimate aim is to be fit enough to cycle to work once per week, and that is a round trip of thirty miles, and I am a little way off being fit enough for that. I will not set a time limit for that, but I will do fifty miles per week, five miles per day, and I will time how long that takes me. For the five miles I will do the same route every day - today it took me 26 minutes, which I hope to improve on. There are ways of adding to that route, so as it takes me less time to do (as I get fitter) I will add chunks on here and there.
Well, that's me motivated. Now I'm off for a Big Mac.
Kidding!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Friday, September 07, 2007
News and Stuff
Three things have made me want to comment today. Firstly, the story of Madelaine McCann. It rather looks like her parents accidentally killed her. This is very sad, however I had a gut instinct that something was wrong with their behaviour. What I am more upset about is all of the media hype that they have generated with their protestations of innocence. An absolute fortune has been spent worldwide on the hunt, I mean they even met the Pope for fucks sake, and threatened to sue a paper that suggested that they might have something to do with it. I don’t believe for one moment that what happened was deliberate, but to try and pretend that she is missing is awful. I bet they were almost creaming themselves when one newspaper had a go at someone who dared to suggest they might have had something to do with it. It is all very, very sad and I feel sorry for the surviving children. Because if there is any truth in what has been announced today the fuckers deserve to rot in prison forever.
Secondly, I watched the new sitcom starring Nick Lyndhurst (After You’ve Gone). I wanted to sit here and slag it off, and had it stayed the same as the first half I would have done. In fact, the second part, where they were all in an internet chatroom, at least some of them oblivious to the fact they were all talking to each other, it was actually funny. Yes, we have a new sitcom that was genuinely good. The only thing that threw me was the fact that Celia Imrie was meant to be Lyndhursts mum – they look about the same age now, so my initial assumption was that they had split up and were living in the same house for the sake of the kids. I can’t work out if Imrie looks too young of it Lyndhurst has just aged really badly. No, that’s a lie. It’s the latter!
It may go downhill again, but for now, After You’ve Gone is firmly wedged onto the series link button on my Sky Plus planner.
The third and final thing that I want to say is to Jonathan Ross: have a fucking shave, you look like a tit.
Secondly, I watched the new sitcom starring Nick Lyndhurst (After You’ve Gone). I wanted to sit here and slag it off, and had it stayed the same as the first half I would have done. In fact, the second part, where they were all in an internet chatroom, at least some of them oblivious to the fact they were all talking to each other, it was actually funny. Yes, we have a new sitcom that was genuinely good. The only thing that threw me was the fact that Celia Imrie was meant to be Lyndhursts mum – they look about the same age now, so my initial assumption was that they had split up and were living in the same house for the sake of the kids. I can’t work out if Imrie looks too young of it Lyndhurst has just aged really badly. No, that’s a lie. It’s the latter!
It may go downhill again, but for now, After You’ve Gone is firmly wedged onto the series link button on my Sky Plus planner.
The third and final thing that I want to say is to Jonathan Ross: have a fucking shave, you look like a tit.
Monday, September 03, 2007
No New Doctor Who Season in 2009
So, is this good news or bad news?
Well, in my opinion it is fantastic. The BBC have confirmed that instead of a 2009 series there will be three “specials” as well as a 2008 Christmas special, and David Tennant will be in all of them. This has ended all of the speculation, at least that he might be leaving at the end of season four. The production block that would have been season five will now consist of probably four specials (perhaps 3 if the 2009 Christmas episode is filmed as part of the season 5 production block). And they have confirmed a full season for 2010, so the only debate will be whether or not Tennant will be in it.
My guess is that he will be. They will finish filming season four in March or April next year, and assuming they film the 2008 Christmas special in June like they usually do, if they film the other specials then as well the whole output of Who for 2009 could be filmed by the end of September, which means that Tennant will then have until June the following year (nine months off instead of three) to persue other projects. (Although it is more likely that they will shoot each special individually, which would tie in with his RSC appearance). He could then do another nine months on (Season 5, which has been confirmed even if he hasn’t) then leave. So he will have been the Doctor on screen for five years, even though he will have only done four full seasons. Or even if he leaves at the end of 2009, he will still have outlasted all but Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee. I suspect this has all been about keeping him, I think the BBC would rather reduce their output next year rather than loose him, which given his popularity is an excellent move.
No doubt some fans out there will moan, and view it as a “cancellation” of sorts, but I think it is just the Beeb protecting the show. Hey, we might even see Tennant in a cameo in Torchwood Season Three (assuming there is one).
I just hope that we have a regular companion throughout the specials. I also hope that RTD doesn’t write them all. It would also be nice if we get something TV movie length rather than 45 minutes to 1 hour. Time will tell, but this really is good news. It means that David Tennant, one of the most popular Doctors in the history of the show, and also a charming ambassador for the show, will be around for at least two more years. Fantastic!
Well, in my opinion it is fantastic. The BBC have confirmed that instead of a 2009 series there will be three “specials” as well as a 2008 Christmas special, and David Tennant will be in all of them. This has ended all of the speculation, at least that he might be leaving at the end of season four. The production block that would have been season five will now consist of probably four specials (perhaps 3 if the 2009 Christmas episode is filmed as part of the season 5 production block). And they have confirmed a full season for 2010, so the only debate will be whether or not Tennant will be in it.
My guess is that he will be. They will finish filming season four in March or April next year, and assuming they film the 2008 Christmas special in June like they usually do, if they film the other specials then as well the whole output of Who for 2009 could be filmed by the end of September, which means that Tennant will then have until June the following year (nine months off instead of three) to persue other projects. (Although it is more likely that they will shoot each special individually, which would tie in with his RSC appearance). He could then do another nine months on (Season 5, which has been confirmed even if he hasn’t) then leave. So he will have been the Doctor on screen for five years, even though he will have only done four full seasons. Or even if he leaves at the end of 2009, he will still have outlasted all but Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee. I suspect this has all been about keeping him, I think the BBC would rather reduce their output next year rather than loose him, which given his popularity is an excellent move.
No doubt some fans out there will moan, and view it as a “cancellation” of sorts, but I think it is just the Beeb protecting the show. Hey, we might even see Tennant in a cameo in Torchwood Season Three (assuming there is one).
I just hope that we have a regular companion throughout the specials. I also hope that RTD doesn’t write them all. It would also be nice if we get something TV movie length rather than 45 minutes to 1 hour. Time will tell, but this really is good news. It means that David Tennant, one of the most popular Doctors in the history of the show, and also a charming ambassador for the show, will be around for at least two more years. Fantastic!
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