<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222</id><updated>2011-07-29T10:17:30.945+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Alpha's Compendium of Freakin' Awesomeness</title><subtitle type='html'>This is what happens when you give a lazy-ass 17 year old a computer and time...

Don't like it?  Not my problem...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>21</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-2659158674682569005</id><published>2010-03-17T19:22:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-03-17T19:33:47.128Z</updated><title type='text'>Bored On Paddy's Day...</title><content type='html'>I have feck all squared to do so I decided to kill some time writing up a quick blog entry...&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As you almost undoubtedly know it's St. Patrick's Day, but I have nothing to do apart from some Maths HW that I'd rather not bother my ass doing...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Boredom's a funny thing... the more bored you get the more your mind things of ways to occupy your time.  When I'm bored and have no one to talk to I usually think about retarded scenarios... read a book... play my PS3 (WHICH IS STILL FUCKING BROKE!... I really should get on to that... =P) or watch TV...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Unfortunately, I'm not in the mood to read, there's nothing to watch on TV and, as I've already said, my PS3's still broke... so that left thinking...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I started thinking about boredom itself... (Don't ask, not even the greatest psychiatrist on the planet could decipher how my brain works... ) Which turned out to make me even more bored than I thought possible... so that's why I'm writing this... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I just needed to keep my mind occupied so I didn't go completely mad with boredom...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thank you for reading...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sayonara,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-2659158674682569005?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2659158674682569005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/03/bored-on-paddys-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/2659158674682569005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/2659158674682569005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/03/bored-on-paddys-day.html' title='Bored On Paddy&apos;s Day...'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-508532721929556204</id><published>2010-03-13T16:40:00.008Z</published><updated>2010-03-13T17:10:04.452Z</updated><title type='text'>"Once more unto the Breach, dear friends, once more" - Shakespeare's Henry V</title><content type='html'>I'm kinda happy... Ireland just beat the absolute shit out of Wales in the Rugby... it was pretty awesome but I missed the start 'cos I was getting a Mother's Day gift... (for any people from abroad all countries celebrate it at a different time in the year in case you are wondering why I was getting the gift now (it's tomorrow))...  :(...&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good news, on a more personal note, my results for my Maths re-test came back and I got an A*... so that's pretty schweet... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Vista Aero theme setting decided that I was devil spawn and was undeserving off it so it fucked off my account on my computer :( ... damn that Bill Gates... I hear he hates children too...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;=P&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So all's (mostly) good with me... PS3's still bust though... but, eh... whatcha gonna do? =P&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Just felt like posting something, gonna watch the Scotland v. England game now so you I'll bugger off...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sayonara,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-508532721929556204?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/508532721929556204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/03/once-more-unto-breach-dear-friends-once.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/508532721929556204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/508532721929556204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/03/once-more-unto-breach-dear-friends-once.html' title='&quot;Once more unto the Breach, dear friends, once more&quot; - Shakespeare&apos;s Henry V'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-7871052807371941804</id><published>2010-02-23T17:25:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-02-23T17:35:25.185Z</updated><title type='text'>Return of the Prodigal Blogger</title><content type='html'>Sorry I haven't posted in a while...&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anyway, as a little catch up for ya I'll tell ya a couple of things...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My BluRay drive on my PS3 committed suicide on me a month ago so I'm getting a new one... It's a little dear but it's a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a new PS3 or getting it repaired... hope this solution works or I'm screwed...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I applied for a job at a new Asda supermarket... not likely to get it though... lol&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've been messing round with ArcSoft Photostudio a bit... not really relevant to anything but... eh... who cares...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I started using Google Chrome as my browser... it's pretty good... I prefer it to Windows Internet Explorer anyhow...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I did my "GCSE Mocks" a month a go... that was fun... not...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And finally... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sayonara...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-7871052807371941804?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/7871052807371941804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/02/return-of-prodigal-blogger.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/7871052807371941804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/7871052807371941804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/02/return-of-prodigal-blogger.html' title='Return of the Prodigal Blogger'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-1702749692127919528</id><published>2009-12-14T19:42:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-12-14T19:56:04.002Z</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas and why that feels weird to say...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;It's Yule time peeps so rejoice for the good things in life... that's what I would say if I was feeling in the least christmassy... but alas I am not... Christmas just doesn't have the "X-Factor" it used to... I used to be incrediably ecxcited about christmas when it came around... but now?... I don't know... all the songs... all the artifical gestures of "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays"... It's just become this sickeningly commmercialised day of materialism and greed that even Atheist, like my self, Agnostics and people of different religions celebrate it...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I don't know... Maybe I'm just a big ol' scrooge... I just remember the days of Santa and the anticipation I felt on christmas eve... the "magic" just isn't there anymore... and another thing is that I hate the idea of christmas on crutches... I hope my second surgery comes soon... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This post has probably depressed the hell outta ya but I couldn't give a crap... ah what the hell... it's christmas... here's something to cheer ya up...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LaakhfpX99w/SVL_GEZ938I/AAAAAAAABFI/GPWIxlmvU_w/s400/LOL+cats.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sayonara,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-1702749692127919528?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1702749692127919528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-and-why-that-feels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1702749692127919528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1702749692127919528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-and-why-that-feels.html' title='Merry Christmas and why that feels weird to say...'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LaakhfpX99w/SVL_GEZ938I/AAAAAAAABFI/GPWIxlmvU_w/s72-c/LOL+cats.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-5908274274833228294</id><published>2009-12-02T21:10:00.008Z</published><updated>2009-12-15T18:33:13.020Z</updated><title type='text'>Christmas, Contorversy and Absenteeism...</title><content type='html'>Christmas approaches!!!! YAY!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well that's what most most people think...&lt;br /&gt;Being an atheist I tend to only associate Christmas with the presents and therefore I see it from a selfish perspective... I then feel bad and then all I'm left with is the drunk reletives part... Hence Christmas has recently seemed kinda flawed to me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway... onto a subject free of Scrooge-esque "bah humbugging"...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's been bugging me is the media's shots at Mordern Warfare 2™... The scene at the start is violent but it is essential to the plot and the 18 rating (or M in the US... I think) is there for a reason... I know... I'm 16... I have the game... yada yada... but I am well aware of the difference between a computer game and real life... I'm also aware of the difference between right and wrong... and I'm not so psychologically unstable I'd actually be encouraged by the scene to repeat it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rating may only be a guideline but parents should realise if their kid can actually deal with the subject matter maturely not the games developers... So... media of the world... point your fingers at the parents if some "impressionable" (*cough*Psychotic*cough*) kid emulates something from a video game not the games developers. And how many kids do you see running around sewage pipes picking up coins from the ground and eating mushrooms? See... you would have to be psychotic to be influenced by a video game... I'm hoping you realise I'm talking about Mario or I really want to know what rock you've been livin' under for the past 28 or so years...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and I'm sorry about not posting for like two months... (like you care...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sayonara,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alpha&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;PS School sucks...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-5908274274833228294?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5908274274833228294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-contorversy-and-absenteeism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/5908274274833228294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/5908274274833228294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-contorversy-and-absenteeism.html' title='Christmas, Contorversy and Absenteeism...'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-1720249183500037714</id><published>2009-10-13T19:56:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T20:14:24.089+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Onomatopoeic Sounds Like "Crack" and "Snap"...</title><content type='html'>Two weeks ago in rugby practice I broke my ankle... badly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following friday I had major surgery... metal plates here, screws there... yada yada...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the whole story felt a bit familiar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went through exactly the same thing with my wrist two years ago...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't play rugby for months and I have a shite load of schoolwork to catch up on...&lt;br /&gt;[insert expletive here]!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry I haven't posted a whole lot recently...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sayonara...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man of a thousand ellipsises...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alpha&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-1720249183500037714?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1720249183500037714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/onomatopoeic-sounds-like-crack-and-snap.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1720249183500037714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1720249183500037714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/onomatopoeic-sounds-like-crack-and-snap.html' title='Onomatopoeic Sounds Like &quot;Crack&quot; and &quot;Snap&quot;...'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-8408067088265058087</id><published>2009-09-05T14:18:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T23:23:37.169+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Return to the Asylum</title><content type='html'>That's right, I'm back at school... (I got an A by the way in my Maths GCSE incase you are intrested) I meant to post sooner but I was busy so fuck it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;School's the living hell it's always been... in fact my timetable is so bad I actually nicknamed it the "Nine Circles of Hell"... Rugby four times a week appears to be the closest thing that resembles an "up-side"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gaming wise I beat Arkham Asylum... all riddles too... no help so I was pretty proud of myself for that... It's a good game... but when you complete it the challenges can get a bit stale... So I'll leave that until some new maps come out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haven't seen any particularly good movies recently... Movies are like a minefield of shite hiding the gems at the centre... I have been unable to get to this metaphorical centre for a while now and have been met with disappointments... I did watch "This s Spinal Tap" though... and I've always loved that movie...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you next time when I continue my quest through the perpetual hell that is life...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sayonara,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man of a thousand ellipsises...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-8408067088265058087?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/8408067088265058087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/09/return-to-asylum.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/8408067088265058087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/8408067088265058087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/09/return-to-asylum.html' title='Return to the Asylum'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-317741703367347816</id><published>2009-08-05T19:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T19:49:56.848+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Incredibly Awesome Life and Times of Alpha</title><content type='html'>This is a catch up post packaged in the form of an ironically named blog post...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got a new headset for the PS3... I've used it once... That's £23 I'm never gonna see again... It's not that it's a bad headset... I just don't like talking to people I don't know over PSN... so I only get to use it when friends are on... playing the same game... and the same match... Wow... I'm a fucking genius... I spent £23 on a headset... money which I should be saving... and I only used it once... Wow... That would be stupid even if we weren't in a recession.  The recession just multiplys my obtuseness by a factor of at least 10.  Fuck...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also have hit the "OMG I'm wasting this holiday" part of the Summer... YAY!  He said without the trace of &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; sarcasm... Fudge on a Frick on a very long turd covered stick... (Roughly translated as... 'Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway... hmmm... what do I say now... *Rubs chin in thought*... So essentially... I should end this with... fuck... AH!... a summary!  Here goes nothin': &lt;br /&gt;-I wasted my money&lt;br /&gt;-I'm a fucking idiot...&lt;br /&gt;-I've wasted my holiday...&lt;br /&gt;-Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is a really crap game...&lt;br /&gt;-And the Chronicles of Riddick is no where near as good as Pitch Black...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man of a thousand ellipsises... (&lt;-Look! Proof!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-317741703367347816?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/317741703367347816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/08/incredibly-awesome-life-and-times-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/317741703367347816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/317741703367347816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/08/incredibly-awesome-life-and-times-of.html' title='The Incredibly Awesome Life and Times of Alpha'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-303674284304978456</id><published>2009-08-01T21:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T21:29:12.987+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Whats new with me...</title><content type='html'>Yes,  My title isn't as original as usual...  Here is what's up in Alpha Land:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  I've been back a while... Hello!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  My sister just got back from Vietnam, Baby!  She is already on my nerves...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  I'm 16!  YAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. I'll promise my next blog post will be longer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sayonara!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-303674284304978456?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/303674284304978456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/08/whats-new-with-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/303674284304978456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/303674284304978456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/08/whats-new-with-me.html' title='Whats new with me...'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-2688452379641586170</id><published>2009-07-05T19:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T19:17:18.448+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The inFamous life of Alpha</title><content type='html'>I recently purchased the new "Sucker Punch" title inFamous...&lt;br /&gt;It's a lot of fun... you can choose to be either a hero or a villain... I choose to be the super hero of my childish dreams...of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You get some great powers and you feel pretty epic playing it... especially when you get the lightning storm power where you can conjure up huge destructive storms to massacre your enemies...  Eat that Protoype... =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I got a new phone... it's pretty cool... it's also my early birthday present...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that was just a quick update... I probably won't be posting for a while as I will be camping in Shitand... sorry Scotland for two weeks isolated from any form of technology that was developed since the industrial revolution...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cya...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man of a thousand ellipsises,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alpha&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-2688452379641586170?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2688452379641586170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/infamous-life-of-alpha.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/2688452379641586170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/2688452379641586170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/infamous-life-of-alpha.html' title='The inFamous life of Alpha'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-4394221284652040057</id><published>2009-07-01T23:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T23:52:18.714+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sun, sea and other things I'll being missing out on...</title><content type='html'>Okay, School's out for Summer!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, always good to start with positive news...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bad news?  I'm going to scotland... camping... in a tent... for two weeks...  I mean really?  I'd rather stay at home doing a shit for two weeks straight... worse still... I'm leaving on my  16th Birthday (7th July).  I mean that's just fucking sadistic!  Making me get out of bed at 5 in the mornin' to go to scotland... on my Birthday...  It's just not right... at least I'm not going to Wales... =D  (That was joke)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah, well... I'd rather go than upset my parents by arguing with them... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other side of the world my sister has probably just arrived in Vietnam.  She's going on a school trip... lucky bitch... I know I'm going to South Africa on a Rugby Tour with school next year but still... She's gonna be in Vietnam while I'm in scotland.  Talk about pulling the short straw, huh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, closer to that place I call home... I've finally gotten bored of LBP... "Impossible!" you shout.  Well it's not... I need to play CoD4 or Team Fortress 2 before I go insane... It's just not as fun anymore... when I first got it it was so fresh and varied and as brilliant as it is the great community levels are drying up and I haven't it in me to make another LBP level myself at the moment.  So...  I'm taking a break... I'll come back... or just pop in from time to time... but no more LBP  for a while.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep praying for my "damned atheist soul",&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man of a thousand ellipsises,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-4394221284652040057?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/4394221284652040057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/sun-sea-and-other-things-ill-being.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/4394221284652040057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/4394221284652040057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/sun-sea-and-other-things-ill-being.html' title='Sun, sea and other things I&apos;ll being missing out on...'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-6320189520079019669</id><published>2009-06-20T22:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T23:13:00.680+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Importance of Being Idle.</title><content type='html'>So, almost home free...&lt;br /&gt;School's over in less than a fortnight, I'm getting glimpses of tolerable weather, and I have no exams of which to speak of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So things are looking up.  Not that that means anything.  When things get good they have habit of shitting in your face...  But for now it's a free ride to long lie-ins and no more "Sunday Syndrome" as I like to call it.  =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My dog's a pain in the ass as usual, chewing this, chewing that... I have a badly behaved Yellow Lab. sound familiar?  Speaking of which, I just saw Marley and Me.  Not a bad film, I might add...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm gonna see the new Transformers in the Cinema.  I have decided this.  Probably won't get round to it, seeing as I said the same about Shrek 3, which I didn't see untill about six months ago...  Pile of shite film if you ask me... then again who's asking? This is a blog, I can say what I damn well please...  =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's with shitty sequels?  Why must we be tempted by the glory of the previous films only to be struck down by bitter disappointment?  Why must we be subjected to a half-assed cash-in which has probably been delayed?  A cruel twist that whets are appetite and makes that disappointment so much more painful?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I shall save my rhetorical questions and excessive use of ellipsises for another day...&lt;br /&gt;(see, excessive)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cya (anybody who actually reads this.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alpha&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-6320189520079019669?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/6320189520079019669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/importance-of-being-idle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/6320189520079019669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/6320189520079019669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/importance-of-being-idle.html' title='The Importance of Being Idle.'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-1096610941287962137</id><published>2009-06-11T16:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T16:22:53.836+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Absence</title><content type='html'>I've been of the computer for the while, so here's a quick update.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My exams are over, well excpt for my Chemistry Module on Wednesday...&lt;br /&gt;I've done reasonably well on the "normal" exams.  As for my Maths GCSE? ... I'll tell you when I find out in August...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Otherwise, there isn't exactly much in the way of excitment at the moment... Playing a bit of LBP here, avoiding doing my Homwework, and essentiallly pining for that sweet release the Holidays bring... =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cya,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alpha&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-1096610941287962137?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1096610941287962137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/absence.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1096610941287962137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1096610941287962137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/absence.html' title='Absence'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-7083593207075010841</id><published>2009-05-22T21:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-22T22:00:31.715+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Alpha-Foxtrot and the Kingdom of the Little Big Planet.</title><content type='html'>I have started my end of my Year Exams.&lt;br /&gt;I'm doing well... I think...=D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be done by Tuesday 2nd, so all will be good by then...&lt;br /&gt;...Still, it could be closer..&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;All I know is the feeling you get on Sundays, when you realise you have school tomorrow, is a lot worse when Exams are shoved in the mix.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the lighter side of the coin, I got my games on Tuesday, and I have to say LBP is Awesome...&lt;br /&gt;I was surprised by how awesome it was though... Making your own planet is a lot of fun and Stephen Fry's narration is a nice touch...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Resistance Retribution was a big surprise though, that game is truely kickass.  I thought Resistance wouldn't transfer well to the PSP but Sony Bend did some Magic there, and I have to say it is a lot of fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That concludes my Blog for today...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-7083593207075010841?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/7083593207075010841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/alpha-foxtrot-and-kingdom-of-little-big.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/7083593207075010841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/7083593207075010841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/alpha-foxtrot-and-kingdom-of-little-big.html' title='Alpha-Foxtrot and the Kingdom of the Little Big Planet.'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-5836580945055877403</id><published>2009-05-18T16:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T16:59:55.648+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Occum's Razor</title><content type='html'>I just did my Maths GCSE N4 paper and yes, I do feel relieved...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...but at the same time I keep thinking I got a really important question wrong and I know I didn't a really easy one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I couldn't think of how to do it, so I left it out... I came back to it and realised the solution was the simplest thing... unfortunately, half way through the second part of the question, I had the awful words: "Pens down".  My heart sank... I only had to do 1 more goddamn thing in that question!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Otherwise it went quite well...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also saw a friend who had been off school for ages due to his health...  he had come back early to get the test done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, it could have gone a lot worse...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still waiting for Amazon to deliver LBP!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cya,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-5836580945055877403?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5836580945055877403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/occums-razor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/5836580945055877403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/5836580945055877403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/occums-razor.html' title='Occum&apos;s Razor'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-7770003125796901067</id><published>2009-05-17T15:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T15:13:48.544+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Deus Ex Machina</title><content type='html'>No, not the Digtal Ph33r machinima...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deus Ex Machina is latin for something or someone which helps the character through an insolvable problem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Man, I could use that right now...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a Maths exam tomorrow and I'm brickin' it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reader: So why are you blogging and not revising?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, concerned reader, because if I look at another Maths Notebook my head will explode...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A double-edged sword really... Revise and die of chronic boedom... or... don't revise and be killed by my parents...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well c'est la vie, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cya...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish me luck...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alpha&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-7770003125796901067?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/7770003125796901067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/deus-ex-machina.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/7770003125796901067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/7770003125796901067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/deus-ex-machina.html' title='Deus Ex Machina'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-1738670070203103760</id><published>2009-05-16T23:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T12:57:44.898+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Man or Machinima?</title><content type='html'>I've always been a fan of Machinima...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;[Here's a list of my favourites:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Arby 'n' The Chief (Jon CJG)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Hard Justice (Jon CJG)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Civil Protection (Ross Scott)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Freeman's Mind (Ross Scott)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Red Vs Blue (Rooster Teeth)&lt;br /&gt;Master Chief Series (Guitar Master X7)]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it's the Live Action stuff that's started getting my attention when it comes to games...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look up "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Escape From City 17" &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(Purchase Brothers)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's very well put together and I highly recommend it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a different, yet rather similar, note apparently Gears of War and Call of Duty are getting Live Action movies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It doesn't completely surprise me... but the Call of Duty series is like a homage to all war movies, kinda like Left 4 Dead is a homage to all those zombie movies...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...so is their any point in making a movie?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alpha&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-1738670070203103760?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1738670070203103760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/man-or-machinima.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1738670070203103760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1738670070203103760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/man-or-machinima.html' title='Man or Machinima?'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-7790213869999645925</id><published>2009-05-15T22:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T23:05:22.552+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Material Possesions and the teenage mind...</title><content type='html'>I found the bargain of the freakin' century!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LBP, £9.99 on Amazon!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not even a year old and it's one of the best games of last year!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;£9.99!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was so psyched!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also got Resistance: Retribution and Killzone: Liberation!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both were dirt cheap and RR is a new title!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amazon must be having a huge sale...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you Credit Crunch!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I'm about £40 out of pocket (RR £17, LBP £10 and KL £10.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well that's the nature of the teenage mind, one sight of a bargain and we end up absolutely freakin' broke...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ironic in a way...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well Cya...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And wish me luck for Monday...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-7790213869999645925?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/7790213869999645925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/material-possesions-and-teenage-mind.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/7790213869999645925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/7790213869999645925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/material-possesions-and-teenage-mind.html' title='Material Possesions and the teenage mind...'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-1232932282236577889</id><published>2009-05-13T20:36:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T21:07:11.171+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Not just another manic Monday...</title><content type='html'>I never liked Mondays...&lt;br /&gt;Now I have a good reason...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm doing a module worth 50% of my Maths GCSE on Monday!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm doing two Maths GCSEs (Don't ask why, big mistake) so, to add insult to injury, I have the first one a year early.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although, theoretically this means I'll have a GCSE a year early, It's still bugging me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus I hate revision... In fact this blog post is essentially just a way of avoiding revision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problem is that I'm pretty smart so I've never really had to revise, but this is a bloody important test, so I thought I should actually bother to revise... but I have no idea where to begin...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AHHH!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My life can be so freaking annoying!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AHHH!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, c'est la vie...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I gotta go revise... ugh...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did I just write "Peace out"...?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shit...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-1232932282236577889?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1232932282236577889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/not-just-another-manic-monday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1232932282236577889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/1232932282236577889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/not-just-another-manic-monday.html' title='Not just another manic Monday...'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-2438152044102239357</id><published>2009-05-09T19:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T21:32:12.555+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Gaming and other BS</title><content type='html'>I decided to finish Mirror's Edge. I hadn't played it in a while but I was at the end of Ch7 so, I decided to finish it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Spoiler Alert*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cool ending, I must admit, but too easy. For a game that can be so challenging at times it felt a bit... simple. And it was kind of... I dunno... unspectacular... I was half expecting to chase Jack Knife across rooftops and have an epic fight but all you have to do is jump onto the helicopter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having said that, I would love if a sequal were to be brought out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I was playing COD4 and I was having a really bad game...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean patheticly bad. Six kills, 22 Deaths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not exactly a God of gaming, but even I'm better than that...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hmm... guess it was just an off day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, at least the weekend is here.&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes I think that school is just a waiting period for the weekend... lol&lt;br /&gt;Now I can relax a bit. Get my mind off of things...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway sayanara...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Alpha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-2438152044102239357?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2438152044102239357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/gaming-and-other-bs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/2438152044102239357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/2438152044102239357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/gaming-and-other-bs.html' title='Gaming and other BS'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804657527420289222.post-5015717527200012456</id><published>2009-05-09T00:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T19:58:35.433+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Blog</title><content type='html'>Just made my Blogger account.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know like noone will ever read this, but who cares?&lt;br /&gt;I'll have some fun with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essentially I'm just gonna write down anything that's bugging me in this blog.&lt;br /&gt;Vent my fustrations, so to speak...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you do encounter this blog, by some miracle, be sure to check out Weganks.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well... see ya,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Alpha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4804657527420289222-5015717527200012456?l=alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5015717527200012456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/wassup-peeps.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/5015717527200012456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4804657527420289222/posts/default/5015717527200012456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alpha-the-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/wassup-peeps.html' title='The Blog'/><author><name>Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010824379550827054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a0PcniU_9gc/ShGWkuOECzI/AAAAAAAAABc/1spzZqgTFEU/S220/Avy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
