London last week

Happy New Year all, it’s now 2013.

First of all, let’s give a big round of applause to the Mayans who foretold the end of the world and got it absolutely wrong! Though to be fair, their track record wasn’t fantastic, given they didn’t really see the end coming for themselves.

What? They’re dead, it’s not like they can sue…..can they? (cue spooky music and ultra cheap lightning effects with a couple of fluorescent bulbs as we’re in a recession and can’t afford the good CGI any more.)

So since the Gangnam style post which was at the butt-end of November last year, once again, time has passed at an alarming rate, and here we are in the bossom of March 2013, though given some of the conditions outside, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Noah’s Ark was going to flow past down the A40 at some point.

It’s rather difficult to describe the various events that have been taking place during this time, given that so much has occurred in so little time, with a slight reassessment of priorities once again, even to the point of throwing in the towel to a lot of things and thinking about the best way to start from scratch.

Christmas came and went and was a lot better an affair than before, given that it was the first Christmas in the capital of England since moving down here many years ago. Given it was the first time, and also needing to fill the void somewhat, for the first time ever, I actually decorated for Christmas.

Eh volia!

It’s like a winter wonderland from the pound shop.

It’s rather an interesting feeling when you’re decorating your own home with various bits of fluff and shiny things, as you get a sense of it being something different, out the ordinary, which as it happens, can only be a good thing when things plague your mind and you then start going a bit nuts, trying to find something more meaningful to do then pick out the last few crumbs of dorrito chips from your belly button.

And when the blessed event occurred  for the first time in a number of years, it’s rather hard to describe, but for once, the level of bile towards the festive season somewhat diminished. It became more about just spending time with people, as opposed to wondering how much of a loan to take out to buy 23984 presents for people you barely can stand the sight of.

Normally on Christmas and New Year’s, I take the time to sit at the computer, watch some naughty videos and afterwards, struggle to remember back at the year that just passed, with the Christmas Day message seeing if anything had changed from the year before (it hadn’t), and the new year’s post basically summing up 12 months with some f*ck jokes and seeing who the presenters from Top Gear has insulted now.

For once though, I decided to take a break from it. Given that a few days before I’d not felt on top of the world, plus to look back on some of the horrific events of the year (The Olympics were now in hindsight, one of the least objectionable events to occur, given there were far worse crimes taking place) would had led me to conclude that humanity was doomed again, it just all felt a bit silly, and thus the keyboard stayed in the holster. Besides, in all honesty, 2012 had a number of events occur, all of which I really would rather forget about.

So after another long break and some sorting out in the real world, this tome of knowledge will once again start to be filled with nonsense. Some posts will actually be coming away from what’s happening in the news, given you feel a lot better watching Dog the Bounty Hunter struggle with a vacuum cleaner (yes, that did actually happen one episode) rather than see who is jolly annoyed with other people all the time. Though to be fair there are times when it would be just too funny to stay away….Horse meat….I’m looking at you…..£5 each way please on the quarter pounder….BOOM!

It’s also about time that the site changed itself, so over the next few months, a little side project will be on the go to reinvent the wheel, or at least change the look of the site so that it doesn’t look as crap when it’s left for months on end.

So without any further adieu, it’s time to end the post. See you on the other side….of whatever the other side to this side is.