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Update – without any actual updates
I figure the reason I’ve not been updating much with real posts, is because nothing much has changed. I work doing the same kind of things day in day out, with just the odd bit of excitement like shameit.com (Shout out to Steve the Darlek). When not in work, I am normally training, which confuses me, since I train 4 nights a week, yet I would not describe myself as being dedicated to the arts I study (What can I say, I am a complicated person).
The only exciting new thing currently happening in my life, is alas a secret, so I can not post about that. So I should start trying to think of other things to write about.
Or… My mind is still not fully working. I have had a bad case of Man-Flu for the last few days, and have had time to think and contemplate, or as much as you can with fuzzy mind.. 🙂
Or.. more exactly I have spent the last two days doing nothing. Mostly while vegged out on the sofa drinking beer and just catching up on watching films, and other TV programs. Which has given me a chance to recharge my batteries..
Unfortunately I am currently sat drinking and watching “Dangerous Liaisons” which is one of the films I should be banned from watching as it tends to make me lean more towards the dark side, which is not helpful for my plan to be a nicer person.
I am still undecided on who plays the part better, John Malkovich or Ryan Phillippe. Malkovich has the better style, but Phillippe had the advantage of being set in more modern times.
Well I better go, I need another can.
Second Masonic Step
This evening I became a Fellowcraft.
I have now taken my second Masonic step, and been advanced to the second degree, or “Fellowcraft”. And I am very lucky since this event almost did not happen.
If you live in North Wales and look out your window you will see snow. Lots and lots of SNOW! And the snow prevented many members being able to make it to the meeting. We had enough people there to hold a meeting, but we were ONE person short to actually hold the ceremony. So we had decided to postpone my passing for a month.
Luckily, we had a visitor. And that Visitor who had attended to see my passing, volunteered to fill in for a missing person to allow the night to go on. I will always be thankful to him for that.
So the ceremony happened, it was short handed, and cold. But I was passed to the second degree, and the festive board afterwards was even more fun, due to the lower numbers and the ongoing feeling of “We came together against all odds and got it done!“
I am now a Fellowcraft Freemason.
The year that was – 1996
A little meme to break the boredom that is a monday morning in work!!
1) How old were you: 24
2) What year were you in: In 1996 I was in 1996, unles you mean which school year? (left) or uni year (2nd Year)
3) Where did you go to uni: NEWI – Plas Coch
4) Where did you work: Freelance Coder/bum – Full Time student
5) Where did you live: The Flat, Llwynenion
6) How was your hair style: Very Long & black
7) Did you wear braces: No
8) Did you wear contacts: No
9) Did you wear glasses: Yes
10) Who was your best friend: Beast
11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend: Memnoch (end of 96)
12) Who was your celebrity crush: How can I remember all that time ago? Probably some bint from some horror film.
13) Who was your regular-person crush: Lucy
14) Were you a virgin: No
15) How many piercings did you have: None
16) How many tattoos did you have: none
17) What was your favourite band/singer/rapper: Sisters Of Mercy
18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet: Yes, many years before.
19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet: YES. Many times
20) Had you driven yet: Yes, Motorbike since 16, Car’s since 17
21) If so which car: Car: Metro, Bike: Suzuki GS400
22) Which of your pets were still alive: Pepsi
23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996: Nope. I eventually followed a different path. Well Noone told me I couldnt be an engineer with colourblindess
24) If you could change one thing from the past 10 years what would it be: Looked after my body better, Been a nicer person, Less lazy, written harry potter before J.K.R did :0)
Conversations With Myself & Apologies
This is going to be an odd post, I am apologising for something that has not yet happened, and in fact may never happen. But I wish to apologise anyway, just because I am a nice guy!.
I was driving home from training last night, bored on the journey due to the distance and the fact most the road is currently undergoing roadworks so is restricted at 40.
To entertain itself during the trip, my mind was having a conversation with itself, well conversation is the wrong word I was thinking out some stuff, working out some things I need to do, and deciding what was the best way to do them. As I had almost decided on a course of action a voice in my mind said “you don’t want to do that” and proceeded to remind me of a memory.
I should take a second out to explain that there is a background voice in my head that seems to work faster than my normal thought, and has better access to my memories, I tend to consider it my subconscious mind, seeing as science tells us that is the more powerful part of the human mind.
Anyway the voice re-played a dream I had a few months back, at the time I thought nothing much of the dream, as it was gibberish. For starters the dream started as I was driving back from a grading session at the dojo, and it was a work day. which is wrong as we always grade on a sunday (We graded yesterday on a work day!).. anyway without going into details, the dream ended with some bad things happening to some people, nothing too serious, but still not good, so last night as I drove I had to re-think my plans.
So I was hit with a dilemma. Do I take the dream as something that could happen and change my plans to suit, do I ignore it as a case of deja-vu (which would be a very good deja-vu seeing as several conversations and events were word perfect with my dream), or do I do nothing. After considering the options i decided feck it. I’m going to do as I did in the dream, but with this apology to cover any bad vibes I get. I also think that at the end of everything, when all the dust clears, everyone will be better off..
So all’s well that ends well…
So.. My apologies to those involved..
MEME: Stolen from Planetpete
1. How tall are you? Well I used to be 6′ 2”. But various injury’s and accidents, and a tendency to slouch have lowered it a bit.
2. Have you ever smoked heroin? No!, I could never work out how you get the bird to nest in the end of the pipe! OH!! heroin!! Thought you said Heron!
3. Do you own a gun? Yes, But only if you count the 2 air pistols, the air rife, and a shotgun!
4. Rehab? Goes well with custard! Oh you meant rehab not rhubarb! Nope, never been, I dont have an addictive personality.
5. Would you “do” someone in their parents bed? Depends how cute she was? and just how dirty she was offering to be..
6. What do you think of hot dogs? that its cruel, and dog owners should always leave a car window open to prevent the poor dogs overheating! Some people should not be allowed to keep pets.
7. What’s your favorite Christmas song? Ray Stevens – Redneck Christmas
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee, Need the caffeine input to get me through the day!
9. Do you do pushups? NO! I am a lazy person. I have been meaning to get up earlier and do some exercises every morning in an attempt to get fit, but my lazy gene stops me doing this.
10. Have you ever done ecstasy? Nope. I like my brains chemical imbalance as it is, without the need to use artificial chemicles to get me at this state.
11. Are you vegan? Yes, but I am not a strict vegan, I still eat meat.
12. Do you like painkillers? Never use them. Someone once told me a pain killer killed bruce lee, and he was super fit. so if they can do that to a fit, martial artest, what can they do to your avarage slob??
13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? BlackJack to the back of their head.
14. Do you own a knife? Yes, lots, 3 machetes, several training knifes, couple of daggers, several folders, some throwing knifes, some pocket knifes, couple of swords but the are not really knifes, some utility knifes (swiss army/multitool style). super sharp kitchen knifes, and various other blades. I am starting to worry about myself!!
15. Do you have A.D.D.? Nope. Don’t think….. Errr what was I doing?
16. Do you love the pain a tattoo brings? Who loves pain? What sort of freak would actually like pain??
17. What is in your CD player? Dust! I never use the thing anymore. I mp3’d everything and listen to them instead.
20. Current Worry? Boredom, or getting so annoyed at work someone or something gets broken.
21. Current Hate? Life, Boredom, Work, People, everything!
22. Favorite Place To Be? Sat outside a pub in whitby, drinking a cold snakebite and black, and watching the crowds go by…
23. Least Favorite Place? Work! Work! Work!
24. Where Would You Like To Go? Roslyn Chapel, because of last nights conversation.
25. What do you wear when you go to sleep? depends where I am, who I’m with, and other such stuff.
26. What were you doing 12AM last night? I can’t remember that far back! err. probably reading, or sleeping..
27. What do you think you’ll be doing in 10 years? Getting early release from prison after finally snapping and coming into the office with a machine gun and killing everyone, which someone once described something they could see me doing, with a smile.
28. Do you burn or tan? neither, I avoid the Big Burning Ball in the sky. if I didn’t then I would tan.
29. Last thing you ate? A donut!
30. If you could be a pirate… I would make a fortune selling dvd’s at Mostyn market! oh, you mean arr arr pirates, I would be Captain Jack Sparrow!
31. Last time and place you had an alcoholic drink? Tuesday Night, Couple of cans while watching stargate SG! eppisodes.
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? Depends whats being played on the music server at the time.
33. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? The strange old woman that would sit at the end of my bed and stare at me, but it was ok, she was just a ghost and ghosts can’t hurt you as long as you don’t think about them.
34. What’s in your pockets right now? [jeans]keys, loose change, handkerchief, [Coat] keys, screwedriver, torch, pda, wallet, stuff.
35. What’s on your bedroom walls? books, books, pictures, posters, books
36. Last thing that made you laugh? The webpage on Rosalyn Chapel I was reading last night, and its theory’s on the knights Templars.
37. Best bed sheets you had as a child? Warm ones.
38. Do you like your teeth? I am indifferent about them really.
39. Worst injury you’ve ever had? Damaged shoulder/back mainly due to the length of time its taking to get everything back to normal.
40. What are your dreams like? I can never remember them, apart from the ones that show future events that then come true.
41. How many TVs do you have in your house? One.
42. Who is the loudest friend? Jarvis. But ”its all good”
48. Who is the silent friend? Paul,
49. What song do you want played at your wedding? They’re coming to take me away haha..
50. What song do you want played at your funeral? Ding Dong the witch is dead?
+1
So far this year I have received: –
- THREE Wedding Invites, (And it is only March).
- A formal occasion.
- Something I’ve forgotten all about.
Each of these events all came with the normal invite of Me+1.
It is times Like this, that being single is annoying. I need to find myself a +1. Maybe I should try the tucker max style and advertise myself on a website, If no other reason it would be an interesting social experiment. And Tucker got lots of good stories, and several books out of it.
As a bonus, no matter how messed up the psychotic people who would reply to it could possibly be, it would be no worse than going on the pull in Wrexham :0)
Fornit Some Fornus
Justice is Served!
Sometimes, something happens that reaffirms your belief in the universal Justice of the universe. (call it Karma, Fate, or whatever your metaphysical name for the concept is!).
Here is todays Universal Justice.
Over the weekend there was snow, lots and lots of snow. Everything is under a lovely blanket of whiteness!
This morning as I got ready to drive to work, I realised my car was encased under around 6 to 7 inches of snow, the outer covering of which had frozen into a hard shell. I cleaned off the windows and proceeded to drive to work.
Now I should point out that my journey takes me over the moors, the mountains, and some very twisty roads. These roads have several crashes a week even in the best conditions, and today was in no means the best of conditions.
Therefore due to the snow and ice, I was driving at a safe and reasonable speed. The idiot behind me was not, he was tailgating and trying to force me to drive faster. (I hate idiots like that!).
Well as we were driving I heard a bump.. bang.. bump.. bang on the roof of the car. The next second my rear window is completely white as the snow from my roof all falls off at the same time. We are talking a block of snow, approximately 1.5meters by 1.75meters by 6 inches all falling off in one piece.
What made it even better was the fact the idiot behind me was so close it either hit the road directly in front of him, or bounced off his bumper. Either way the outer shell shattered and all that soft fluffy snow billowed out in a huge cloud blinding the driver, and forcing him to pull off the side of the road.
When he eventually caught back up with me, he drove at a reasonable speed, keeping a safe distance away from my car. :0)
So Fate had taught him a safe lesson.
Sometimes life is good!
I realise that their may be laws about driving a car on the public highways without safely clearing all the snow off first. Therefore, for legal reasons, I can neither confirm nor deny the truth of the previous series of events.
My legal team advises me that, this story may or may not be true! 🙂
The cheek of some people.
Well I have had a nice week off work, sometimes you just need to get away from the office and the petty politics that always seems to be going on in the background. Besides, I was told I had to use up all spare holidays before April, so I took a week off to chill. Which we all need to do from time to time.
It was a good week. I got some private project stuff done. I also got to go visit some old American friends who by pure fluky luck were doing a flying visit to the UK. I went out for a nice meal and piss-up with my father and a bunch of friends. Ok I did not get to visit some places I had hoped to, due to getting snowed in. but on the whole it was a good week.
Then came Saturday morning, and the arrival of the post. Just one letter for me, a bunch of papers from Liverpool law courts informing me that I was being sued for £6500 + solicitors fees. “What would a sweet, innocent bloke like you get sued that much for?” I hear you cry. Well for car hire!
Let me explain, many, many months ago I was in a car crash, I actually crashed into a car that had just crashed into another car. As normal in such situations the insurance companies sorted it all out amongst themselves and everyone was happy. Or should have been. but the cheeky father of one of the girls involved the the crash is now suing me for 6 grands worth of car hire, for the short time his daughter was car-less. 6 Grand? What did he hire, a Rolls?
On a good point, they had messed up on the legal papers, with his solicitors getting my name wrong, details of the crash wrong, who was driving the car wrong, and many other things, so hopefully it will all get laughed out of court as it should be.
Failing that I drive past his house on my way back and too to work, and I also know where I can get my hands on some dangerous reptiles.
Anyway, its not healthy to worry about things, you loose sleep, and it helps nothing. So to look forward to good things, Its fencing tonight, and there will be a full on shinai fight, so that’s something to look forward to.
Yes I know I am an odd person!
The Great Goth Ninja
There was a time where primal chaos reigned, Where the Heavens sought order. But the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and yet again, As endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of Heaven, The moistures of the Earth, And the powers of the Sun and the Moon. All worked upon a certain rock – old as Creation, And it magically became fertile. That first egg was named Thought, Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, Said, ‘With our thoughts we make the world.’.
Upon the shell of the egg was written all thoughts, knowledge, and all future events of any relevance. Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch, from it then came a stone Warrior. The nature of the Warrior was irrepressible!
This Warrior became a great leader thanks to blessings from Tathagata Buddha. Over the following eons the Warrior founded a school of training, to pass on the Buddha’s wisdom to other less enlightened people. These schools based in the land that would latter be know as Japan, grew over time to become the fabled Ninja clans of Iga and Koga.
The shell of the original egg was kept as a sacred artefact, and held as the most holy of relics, but over the centuries the stone wore away, and crumbled to dust, as each part of the shell became damaged the contained knowledge, was copied onto the scrolls given to each grandmaster of the clan. These scrolls contained the instructions for all the Ninja skills, magic, and history, They also contained some prophecies of important events that will happen in the clans future. One of these Prophecy’s concerns the joining of the clan of a foreigner, a white man, a man not of the soil of the egg. A man who will already be wearing black before becoming a ninja warrior, a man who would be at ease amongst the black clad people, a man who will bring great reward on the ancient houses of the ninja, that man would be The Great Goth Ninja.
Am I that man??
Some say it is so!
Mondays
What is it about Mondays?
Why does time flow slower on a Monday than at any other time during the week?
It is one of those mysteries that have confound the greatest minds on the planet. After all think of the usefulness of the answer to this question. If we knew what it was that made Mondays drag, we could employ this technique during times of war, and have more time to set up our troops than the other side. You could take your time and safely clear a minefield in the time it takes the other side to say “Oh my gosh!” But that’s best left to people with greater minds than my own.
It was just pointed out to me, that I had not posted in a while. And this is true, I have been ill and busy, and unable to randomly fill-up postings with the drivel that I find inside my mind.
Which explains why my mind is more cluttered than usual.
So what have I been up to since my last ramble?
- I passed 7th Kyu in the FCA system.
- I got ill.
- I worked.
- I slept (a small amount, damn insomnia)
- I celebrated two peoples birthdays.
That’s it. Gods I lead a boring, dull life.
So its going to be a cheery week then, especially as tomorrow is the one day a year where single people get the fact they are single and not part of a couple rammed down their throats all day long, with everyone going on about what they are doing with their other half, how many cards they got, and so on.
*mutter* *mutter*
roll on next week……