The w00ts 2006!

Yes its time for the w00ts! w00tworld's not quite so annual celebration of the very best and worst of pretty much everything. We have a variety of categories so lets get started.

We start with 3 awards decided by review aggregating score site Metacritic. According to them, these are the best of the best.

Metacritic.com Award For Film Of The Year
Pan's Labyrinth (Metascore: 98)

Metacritic.com Award For Album Of The Year
Ali Farka Toure - Savane (Metascore: 94)

Metacritic.com Award For Game Of The Year
The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Metascore: Wii - 95, Gamecube - 96)

Now for the w00tworld Awards, decided by me. And only me.

Webcomic Of The Year
Penny Arcade
PA didn't miss a step this year. Running closely all the way with VG Cats and Chugworth Academy for this award. The erratic updates of the other 2 knocked them out though, combined with Tycho's always witty commentary and Gabe's superb artwork and events like PAX and Child's Play ensure that Penny Arcade refuses to budge from the top of the pile.

Website Of The Year
Youtube
Unstoppable all year. Has become an essential hub of the internet.

The LOOK AT ME!! Award For Most Viewed Youtube Video Of 2006

37,585,828 views. Judson Laipply destroyed everyone on his way to being crowned the King Of Youtube 2006, beating his nearest rival (an act from America's Got Talent) by over 23million views. The full top 5 goes like this

1: judsonlaipply - Evolution Of Dance (37,585,828)
2: ChrisInScotland - Quick Change Artists (14,061,901)
3: TexMachina - Real Life Simpsons Intro (10,703,795)
4: okgojorge - OK Go - Here It Goes Again (9,308,455)
5: PeaceOnEarth123 - Free Hugs Campaign (8,362,190)

TV Return Of The Year
Finders Keepers
Jeff Brazier proved me wrong by presenting this unexpected comeback very nicely. Shame children's TV is dead so we'll never see him or the show ever again.

Presenter Of The Year
Simon Amstell
Where was there to go after the immense sarcasm and wit of Popworld? Why the only place with more sarcasm and wit, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Inspired guest choices helped no doubt but Simon cemented himself as Mark Lamarr's true replacement during episode 5 as he proclaimed...

TV Quote Of The Year
"You have out-gayed me Barrowman!"
Simon Amstell to John Barrowman - Never Mind The Buzzcocks - 23rd November

Music Video Of The Year

OK Go - Here It Goes Again
From the album 'Oh No'

Worst Song Of The Year
Bootyluv - Boogie2Nite
Go search Youtube if you feel like cutting off your ears.

Person Of The Year
Brian Crecente
Rocky Mountain News gaming writer, editor of Kotaku. Never afraid to poke fun at himself and even show off his possessions like any other member of the internet. Always a joy to behold.

The President Bush Award For Comedian Of The Year
Jack Thompson
With Bully finally hitting this year Jack was out in full force. Unfortunately for him the threat of jail time and gaming news sites referring to him in anagram form meant that he finally became the figure of universal ridicule that he had been threatened with for years. Gamers all over the place claimed victory but don't think we've heard the last of him.

The Ron Jeremy Award For Biggest Cock
Pete Doherty
Doherty's endless poor behavior and drug relapses make it impossible to endorse anything he does.

The Sonic The Hedgehog Award For Biggest Disappointment
Ctrl+Alt+Del: The Animated Series
Episodes delayed, filler episodes (in a 12 episode series), poor animation and overstretched stories meant that this was cut off after just one series. Wait until next year and you'll start seeing the episodes appearing online.

And that's it. Congratulations and salutations to all our winners and losers and I expect to see more of the same next year.

Quotes

Found this in Something Awful's fallen-from-grace Weekend Web article. It used to be seriously funny but since DocEvil stopped doing it its just become a useless collection of cheap jokes. Can get a few decent quotes out of it though.

"There are 3 types of people, good people, bad people and gay people."

Apparantly this really got asked, much as I try to protect the integrity of homosexuals, some are really just asking for ridicule.

"How does a gay man have biological children?"

Please, please Acetone. Show us that you are worthy of the Weekend Web. Write and compile the article with dignity, pride, and most of all, lose the pathetic easy targets.

NJ's Tracks Of The Year 2006

So Ethan in Ctrl+Alt+Del is getting drunk, must be the end of the year.

I have picked out at pure random from my Youtube favourites what I deem to be the 15 best songs of 2006. I do have an outright winner but I won't say what it is. Why 15? Because I say so.

Song 1
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Artist: Paris Hilton
Title: Nothing In This World
Album: Paris
Other Album Singles: Stars Are Blind
I'm so, so sorry but this song is like a tapeworm. Do what you will with that information. The video is rather inspiring to me though, a guy gets bullied at school and ends up humiliating everyone by landing Paris as a girlfriend. Nice story, complete bullshit but nice story.

Song 2

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Artist: My Chemical Romance
Title: Famous Last Words
Album: The Black Parade
Other Album Singles: Welcome To The Black Parade
Famous Last Words is the stunning climax to the story of The Patient. The video keeps this up by showing the carnival float from the Welcome To The Black Parade video burning in the background to symbolise the end of the parade. Keep an eye out for the cross in the background right at the end, and the drummer getting burnt.

Song 3

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Artist: U2 and Green Day
Title: The Saints Are Coming
Album: U218
A protest song against the Bush administration's handling of Hurricane Katrina, the video shows how it should have gone. The song itself is a cover of the song by Scottish punks The Skids and the idea to record with Green Day was put forward by U2 guitarist The Edge. First played at the New Orleans Saints' first home game after Katrina. That whole set can be found on Youtube if you look.

Song 4

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Artist: CSS
Title: Lets Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
Album: Cansei de Ser Sexy
Other Album Singles: Alala
Performing at NME.com's 10th birthday party ensured that this lot were set for the big time. Hailing from Sao Paulo in Brazil (lead singer Lovefoxxx is part Japanese) they set the year alight with this crazily addictive tune. I have no idea what the video's about either. The song is downloadable from the band's MySpace.
www.myspace.com/canseidesersexy

Song 5

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Artist: The Young Knives
Title: Here Comes The Rumour Mill
Album: Voices Of Animals And Men
Other Album Singles: The Decision, Weekdays and Bleakdays
The Oxfordshire trio have stormed the year but it was this, their second single that brought me round to the fact that they really could rock. Yes they wear suits, yes the lead singer is called Henry, yes they kick ass. I think the video shows a guy being ripped apart by rumours. I think anyway.

Song 6

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Artist: 'Weird' Al Yankovic
Title: Don't Download This Song
Album: Not on Straight Outta Lynwood, download from www.dontdownloadthissong.com
A stunning video got the attention of everyone, Al was back in a big way and this time he was gunning for the mainstream. The video, created by Bill Plympton, is a brilliant satire of how the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have treated some of the people they've sued. And some people still say he can't write his own songs.

Song 7

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Artist: Take That
Title: Patience
Album: Beautiful World
If you'd told me in January that the greatest boyband of all time would be reforming and recording an incredible new album I wouldn't have believed a word. But Gary, Mark, Jason and Howard all came together for a reunion tour and then shocked everyone with a full scale comeback. This leadoff single, their first since 1996, showed all the pretenders that they were still the ones to beat.

Song 8

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Artist: My Chemical Romance
Song: Welcome To The Black Parade
Album: The Black Parade
Other Album Singles: Famous Last Words
Leadoff single. First showing with the new look. This stunning slice of rock genius gave the outsiders from New Jersey a UK number 1 which no-one was expecting and which stuck around for 2 weeks (taken down by Mcfly's Star Girl). A victory for pretty much everything and everyone. The video shows the death of The Patient and his earliest memory, being taken to see a marching band with his father.

Song 9

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Artist: Kasabian
Title: Empire
Album: Empire
Other Album Singles: Shoot The Runner, Doberman
Title track from the 2nd album by Oasis' favourite band. Its damn fine, just a shame the band are wankers.

Song 10

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Artist: Taking Back Sunday
Title: Twenty Twenty Surgery
Album: Louder Now
Other Album Singles: Makedamnsure, Liar
Johnny Cash's legendary prison gig was homaged in this video to the standout track from Taking Back Sunday's rather painfully average album.

Song 11

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Artist: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Title: Call Me Ishmael
Album: The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager
Other Album Singles: I Spy, Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager, War Of The Worlds
Emo folk was what Sam Duckworth was labelled as, its quite accurate. One man, a guitar and his laptop formed the basis of his stunning debut album, this song is the debut double A-side (paired with I Spy). The video shows several people diving into a hidden underground tunnel to escape their dull jobs, but where does it lead?

Song 12

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Artist: Lostprophets
Title: Rooftops
Album: Liberation Transmission
Other Album Singles: A Town Called Hypocrisy, Can't Catch Tomorrow
The welsh boys have owned the year despite lots of hate that's usually reserved for emo bands get sent their way. The video and song are pure punk, get up, get heard and make the most of things. Oh, and it has the only chorus to come close to matching Monster all year.

Song 13

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Artist: Billy Talent
Title: Devil In A Midnight Mass
Album: Billy Talent II
Other Album Singles: Red Flag
The Canadian punks came storming back after a thunderous debut in 2003 with a follow up that proved that the venom and pure punk spirit that came forth was still there. This raging tirade against the Catholic church's handing of pedophile priests was the only real choice as a leadoff single. The video shows this very subject.

Song 14

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Artist: The Feeling
Title: Fill My Little World
Album: Twelve Stops And Home
Other Album Singles: Sewn, Never Be Lonely, I Love It When You Call
So they were hardly the most respected new band of 2006, but this second single came along vomiting sunshine and happiness and it became impossible to ignore them.

Song 15

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Artist: All American Rejects
Title: Move Along
Album: Move Along
Other Album Singles: Dirty Little Secret
So they hardly set the world alight but this lot couldn't be faulted musically. The video makes very little sense to me.

So that's the 15. But which is my song of the year? This one.

NJ Sykora's Song Of The Year 2006

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Artist: Klaxons
Title: Atlantis To Interzone
Album: Myths Of The Near Future (released January 2007)
Other Album Singles: Gravity's Rainbow, Magick, Golden Skans
Un. Stoppable. Klaxons came flying in and immediately filled the Test Icicles shaped hole in music. This oddly melodic thrash is the perfect introduction to New Rave. The debut album is out in a few weeks, be surprised if it doesn't show up in my albums of 2007.

Faith In Humanity

This was one of those days where I just couldn't be bothered with all the courtesy and faking interest in my fellow employees so I decided to say nothing all day. Which didn't go well in the pure sense, but at least everyone got the message that I was not to be messed with after the breakfast fiasco. When you have to yell (and I really yelled) at two 17 year old guys trying to put the other in a headlock you know its going to be a long day. If I yell at someone for no reason or a bad reason then a manager will inevitably call me on it and tell me to calm down. I didn't get called.

You Don't Know Jack 29th December 2006
Category: Say It Loud! I'm Fighting Crime And I'm Proud!
Questions: 6/7 ($1,250)
Time Remaining: 22.16 ($2,216)
Score: $3,466

Pokemon Colosseum

At its release I rather unfairly referred to Pokemon Colosseum as Pokemon Stadium 3. I quickly found out while playing it earlier that this isn't the case.

Game Fact File
Name: Pokemon Colosseum
Format: Nintendo Gamecube
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: The Pokemon Company

Pokemon Colosseum is pretty easily described as Pokemon for the big console. Its a full Pokemon game just like the Game Boy games from the GB's Red and Blue through to the DS' Crystal. Fight trainers, catch Pokemon, take on the Gym Leaders to win badges but also take on the added dimension that is brought by Shadow Pokemon. I haven't come across any of these yet but from what I've read they are the first instance of Pokemon that can be captured off other trainers and need to be purified at Pokemon Centers before they can be used.

So basically, its a standard Pokemon RPG with a free battle mode. I approve.

Dirty Stuff

Today I bought Pokemon Colosseum.

I've just listened to a Paris Hilton song.

Which one do you think makes me feel dirtier?

(I also bought Brain Training and Prince Of Persia: The Two Thrones)
(I also thought the song was alright)

You Don't Know Jack 28th December 2006
Category: Its Been A Hard Day's Nap
Questions: 4/7 ($250)
Time Remaining: 21.47 ($2,147)
Score: $2,397

You Don't Know Jack - December 27th 2006

So I'll post my daily scores here until Jellyvision get their stat-tracking working.

Category - You Can Fool Some Of The Stoners All Of The Time
Correct - 5/7 ($750)
Time Remaining - 21.00 ($2,100)
Score - $2,850

Happy Random Swag Day

3 days. 3 full days of a racist and homophobe feeding off each other's hate. Yes the holiday was spent with mother and father, both endlessly commenting on the horrific impurity they saw on the TV before purifying themselves with nostalgia shows.

So I got to enjoy the Wii on Christmas Eve. The memories from the experience were enough to help me through the midnight church service, I have never had so much fun in my life (the Wii, not church). The anger of being in church was slightly dulled thanks to that.

So next day was a day of teeth gritting and showing enough interest in what had come out of the paper. Here's what came out.

1. Ridge Racer (PS1)
2. Time Crisis (PS1)
3. PC Microphone Headset (needed this)
4. Catapult
5. RC Dalek (how cool?)
6. Clock (again, every year a freaking clock)
7. Shot Glass Chess
8. Black Bottle Of Alcohol
9. White Bottle Of Alcohol
10. Chocolate
11. More Chocolate
12. £40 Gamestation Vouchers
13. Anakin Skywalker Figure
14. Brainiac: Science Abuse T-Shirt (the sort worn on TV)
    

Yes, apparantly I'm 12 again. I picked up The God Delusion (eventually) by Richard Dawkins, a book I've been meaning to get for ages before finally getting it from Tesco for £10.

I also got a chance to try out Xbox Live for the first time, but I'll talk about that another day.

Link Update - December 22nd 2006

2 new links. I'll be pulling your attention to these now so the sites I'm pointing to don't get ignored.

1) General Links > You Don't Know Jack
Daily quiz based on something that happened that day. With comedy.

2) Blogs > Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
He's uncomfortable, a little awkward but most of all emo folkster Sam Duckworth is honest and genuine, which makes this a celebrity blog I can approve of.

You Don't Know Jack

Check this place out for the Daily DisOrDat. A daily multiple choice quiz in the legendary style of the You Don't Know Jack games. Read the site FAQ for more laughs. If the comedy bits on 8 Out Of 10 Cats were funny, this is what they'd sound like.

www.youdontknowjack.com

Albums Of 2007

In 2006 there were lots of great albums. In 2007 there are also a lot of eagerly anticipated debuts and returns set to come in. These are the bands set to bring out albums in 2007.

Source: Play.com

• The View
• The Good The Bad And The Queen
• The Cooper Temple Clause
• Field Music
• Bloc Party
• Jamie T
• Klaxons
• Fall Out Boy
• The Shins
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
• Little Man Tate
• Alkaline Trio
• Kings Of Leon
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Maroon 5
• Enter Shikari
• Manic Street Preachers
• The Thrills
• Hanson
• Kanye West
• Patrick Wolf
• Willy Mason
• LCD Soundsystem
• Nine Inch Nails

Expensive year its looking like. And there are bound to be more as the year progresses.

Dreams Come True - Part 1

In November 2006 I took on the challenge of NaNoWriMo for the 3rd time. This is the story.

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The fields were green, the sky blue, the wood of the tree trunks brown, the sun a bright golden yellow, all in all it was the picture of perfection. Yet it puzzled its sole occupant, a young 12 year old boy who went by the name of Gale. Where he got the name from no-one really remembered anymore, no-one in the world even knew how he got there or why he mysteriously disappeared as often as he appeared. The reason why these mysteries existed was simple, Gale was the only one in the world. There was no-one else to question his existance, only he was able to ponder why he and he alone was able to walk the green fields under the perfect sky. Such deep thoughts took their toll on Gale's young mind and it was never long before he rested, leaning against the solid brownness of the trees. It was in these moments of rest that he slowly reclined and allowed the overwhelming power of sleep to wash over him. Steadily sending him falling into the passage of unconsiousness, until he hit the floor and awoke, reacting to the sudden burst of light and sound that infiltrated his perfect world, the burning white light unlike the steady, gentle rays of heat that beat down from his perfect sun, the harsh beeping shattering the wall of silence that he cherished. Just an endless, monotonous beep, beep, beep.....

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Tony rolled over in bed to face the endless bane of his life that was the black plastic armour of the alarm clock. Why did it always feel the need to destroy the sheer perfection that was the world that he created and inhabited in his dreams? While he was mulling these questions and enigmas over he was brought back to reality extremely harshly by his roommate kicking him in the parts best left undescribed (for now at least).

“OWWWW!!” Tony screamed while rolling around on the floor. “Why did you do that?”

“Because we've got a lecture in 20 minutes and this was the only way i could possibly get you up. God knows I've tried everything else.” Ever the practical one, Tony's roommate Toni (funny on day 1, it became downright confusing as the years went by) was the same age as him, but had her head screwed down much tighter.

The pair were both into their 3^rd year studying medicine with eyes on becoming doctors, however Tony's constant laziness was fast becoming a burden as far as that went. His tutors all agreeing that if he was ever to make it in the medical world it wouldn't be in a role as highly prized as the doctor. Nurse maybe, or even Surgeon if he really pushed it. The current high betting among the other students was on Pathologist given his rumoured high 'affection' for the many cadavers that littered the building. Such allegations had yet to be proven true, but always raised good natured giggles whenever mentioned. Lazy and somewhat careless Tony was, but he was also very popular among his fellows. Whether or not this was due to the fact that he was a hilarious performer when drunk or was willing to sexually service anyone (or indeed anything) with (or supposedly without) a heartbeat had never been determined. Again, the betting here was firmly on the drunkeness.

Anyway, back to the moments that followed the crotch punching. It was a talent that Toni posessed to a level that terrified every testicle owning creature in the city, therefore it was only natural, not to mention only possible, for Tony to gingerly limp into the kitchen and sit down just as tentitively, wincing as his giggleberrys touched down on the cold wood chair. Toni couldn't keep a smirk from her face as she grabbed her bag and coat and turned to leave.

“You know, you should get dressed instead of rubbing your nuts if you're gonna make the lecture. Its an autopsy one, lots of cadavers.” Toni's taunts were far more venemous that anyone else's. A luxury that came from living with Tony.

“I still say that I tripped.”

“And landed on top of it?”

“Coincidence is a funny thing.”

“Twice?”

“I tripped over the damn thing!” The defense was solid this time. Toni should know, she set the trap.

“Well are you getting some trousers on or going in your pants? It is cold outside.”

“Shut up.” Regardless of the taunts, theirs was a deep and spiteful friendship. Bound together by the fact that they'd lived together for 3 years and didn't really know how to live with anyone else. Still, it wasn't broke so damned if anyone was going to try and fix it.

Having thrown on a pair of trousers in what could only be described as record time, the pair set out for the lecture theatre. As convenience would have it, this lay barely a 10 minute walk from their house. Hence why Tony could survive his immense lazy streak, even the most critical oversleep could be resolved by a full speed sprint. He constantly proclaimed it to be the best way imaginable to start the day, given his experience of the practice, no-one was really set up to argue with him. The other students preferred to stick to coffee though. After a brisk jog with added wincing as the ache from his crotch's wake up call refused to disappear the pair arrived at the imposing concrete cube that was the lecture theatre. Inside was a desolate landscape of brown chairs and the dusty old projector that serviced the crew faithfully and without complaint. Not like it had a choice after all, projectors can neither talk nor make their feelings known to those around it. It was a machine so devoid of a heartbeat that a few students wondered if Tony had ever had sex with it. Few doubted that story to be honest.

The lecture itself was of the more interesting variety. The topic of the day was no doubt going to be critical in the end of year test that was fast approaching. Autopsy's were the bread and butter of medical knowledge according to the lecturer, a young (for a lecturer) man named Professor Butcher. The lecture lacked cadavers, something that relieved Tony. He thought he'd taken enough ridicule already that day, it wasn't nasty enough to call it abuse. The subject matter was interesting enough to keep him awake though. Not that he made a habit of falling asleep in lectures, Toni had given him a tape recorder for christmas the following year and it had proved a lifesaver for those times when he had succumed to sleep following a particularly ill-advised (but extremely enjoyable) night out. Which was disturbingly often for someone who aspired to take people's lives into his hands. Still, the tape recorder was well used, most often in Toni's hands whenever she lost a bet and had to record a lecture for Tony. These moments were few and far between, hence why Tony had learnt to cherish them when they did come. Usually in bed.

Interesting or not, autopsy's were extremely morbid and depressing. The fact that medicine could only really progress whenever someone died wasn't a nice way of looking at what had been a romantic idea 3 years ago. It wasn't long before Tony's thoughts began to turn back to the usual random jumble of nonsense as he left his tape recorder to do all the work. Besides, he wasn't planning on spending all his career in a morgue, not only were they creepy and stank but they were also really cold. No-way could he sleep in there for so many reasons. Hence his determination for being a full-on doctor, he liked the look of those beds they had in hospitals. Nothing would be better than getting even a few moments of sleep in the middle of a shift. Maybe he would go for a try at sleeping in a morgue though, it would make a good bet with Toni. Those drawers would keep all the sound out too, good for a moment of peace if sleep proved hard to come by. Though he'd need a blanket, it had to be cold in there if it had to keep a corpse fresh enough to become a cadaver.

“OW!” The fist connected with his arm with such force that the fist's owner was never really in doubt.

“Lectures over corpse boy.” Again, Toni was the only one who ever spat true verbal venom at him. To his face anyway.

Tony yawned and gathered all his things, he thanked whatever god is worshipped by the perpetually lazy that he only had one lecture that day. His bed was calling, calling, calling, grabbing him by the collar and dragging him towards town?

“Right, since I woke you up both at home and in the lecture I think its only fair that you buy me a coffee.” Toni was on him immediately.

“What?! Even though you punched me in the crotch?”

“I never said I got no enjoyment from it, I just said you owe me for my services.”

“I'm still freaking limping!”

“Limp your sorry ass over to that shop and get me a Latte then will you purplenuts.”

True, the crotch injury from the morning had more or less disappeared but the thought of it still stung. However, Tony wasn't stupid enough to argue with someone who could perform such an action. Besides, he wasn't exactly short on cash at the moment. He'd traded in a lecture recording for a hefty bet win against Toni. So in a way he did owe her for more than causing him crippling physical pain. With that in mind he paid for the coffee's and headed back to where he'd left Toni waiting. He was stunned, amazed and slightly upset when he arrived at the spot to find her still waiting there. He handed her the coffee wordlessly and started on his way home, only to be tailed by Toni CpD (crotch punching diploma) who appeared to be intent on annoying him as much as possible that day.

Eventually the pair reached home together, much to Tony's annoyance. He had been trying to lose Toni in the backstreets and with his speed. The only effect it had had was that Tony had ended up more awake that when he left the lecture theatre. Which of course annoyed him immensely. After a mug of Ovaltine he headed to bed to try and get some sleep (it was 3pm). All he could hear was the blaring of the TV playing Toni's damn soap operas over and over again. How was it possible for someone with such physical and mental strength to get sucked in by something so pathetically girly? It really did annoy him, and when Tony got annoyed he started to think, and when Tony started to think, Tony started to, to, tooo....zzzzz.....

NJ's Canadian Adventure

In September 2006 I was trying to decide between 3 events for 2007.

I could go through ebay and go to the Reading Festival or Glastonbury in the summer.

I could save up and go it alone to the ultimate gamers paradise, the Penny Arcade Expo 2007 in America.

Or I could save up in a similar way and go to one of my favourite countries for the Canadian anime convention Anime North 2007.

There was much deliberation but eventually the kicker came in the form of Bishie Lover Nelly. Upon hearing that I was thinking of going she immediately invited me along to join her friends in their group as they made their 2nd trip to the convention. Plans were made and this is what was decided.

NJ's Canadian Adventure
23rd to 30th May 2007
Toronto, Canada

Anime North 2007 is where I'm headed, and nothing's gonna stop me.

Money - £430 and counting

w00tworld Regulars 2007

In the past, there were a few things that w00tworld could be relied upon for. I'm giving in to a few nice little regulars for this place now.

The Materialistic Month
At the start of every month I'll put up a list of every CD, DVD, book, manga or game released in the month that I'm interested in or excited about, hopefully enough stuff is released during the year to keep my interest up.

Watch Out For...
If I see something I like and that I think could get big I'll be sure to post about it here. Be it a new band, new anime, new game etc etc.

This Week In DOND
I'll keep an eye on the Deal Or No Deal community and make sure that interesting stuff goes up here every Sunday after the Sunday game. Game runthroughs and analysis sure to come without being overrun by statistics.

That's what you can expect on a regular basis. Also keep an eye out for interesting news, sport stuff, reviews, the occasional feature and editorial stuff. As well as insights into my life and the big event of 2007, NJ's Canadian Adventure. Info on that is coming now.

Cast Of My Life

Many people come up within the walls of my life. Some of them live in this country, some people don't, I don't know some real names, I know others.

Alison Pascoe
Right, what to say here that isn't around in the archives. Ah sod it. Only member of the old Bishops crew who I still keep in contact with.

The College Crew
A dysfunctional group of 14 full blown idiots and russian Maria Kolyakina.

The McDonalds Crew
A supposed-to-function team of over 20 people who populate my beloved place of work. Include moronic Roman and full time idiots John, Jon, Nick, Rich and Dave.

Family
Jo, Emma, Fern, Georgina, Graham, Duncan, Holly and Charlie make up the Lambourne's.

The Bother's Bar Crew (www.bothersbar.co.uk)
Statistician KP, Gizensha, Travis, David, Cele and so many more make up this odd family.

Nelly
The legend that is Nelly Silva. Introduced to me on New Year's Eve 2005 and catalyst for NJ's Canadian Adventure (more on that later). Currently seen by me as the closest thing I'm ever going to get to a replacement for the immortal Chibi, only this is a bit more comfortable as we both bitch about our lives (and virginity) in equal measures.

So those are the people, there's still a lot to talk about on what I want to do here tonight but that goes in a seperate post.

The Return

w00tworld is back! So what's new?

First of all I'm older, more sarcastic, a better gamer, more adventurous, more smutty, richer and altogether new and improved. Just look at that hair. LOOK AT IT!

OK, so the changes. Still on Blogger, Livejournal just doesn't have an interface I can work with. The dedicated anime, reviews and features sections are gone as I had no real use for them at all. Many links have changed, some have been added, some wiped out completely.

Next up will be the cast of my life as it currently stands. So you know who the hell I'm talking about.

Well What Have We Here.....

Y HELO THAR!!

Not yet.....but soon.....