Goodbye England

Posted by James Marriott on September 27, 2011 under Personal, Real Life | Be the First to Comment

I’ve said goodbye to my Dad and my Brother. Tomorrow (Monday 19th September) I say goodbye to one of my best friends. My poor Dad though, not only did I tell him last weekend that I was leaving the country, my brother did too. We could probably have chosen a better day than his birthday. … Read the rest

People Are Disgusting

Posted by James Marriott on July 3, 2011 under Personal, Rants, Real Life | Be the First to Comment

Warning – You should consider this post rated as 18 / R and most definitely NSFW.

This post is a follow on from some tweets I posted last night (July 1st 2011). A lot of this isn’t going to make sense as I’ve not written about Twitter or what I put into it / get … Read the rest

RIP Pamela Willis

Posted by James Marriott on February 26, 2010 under Personal | Read the First Comment

Pamela Willis sitting in her car

Pamela Willis, Pammy, Freckles.

On Monday 22nd February, 2010 the world lost its sparkle.

Pam used to annoy the crap out of me. The expressions she uses – notibly “how about no” – and ending sentances with the word “so”; her stubborness clashed with mine which whilst we never had proper rows, it did result … Read the rest

cantankerous old bastard

Posted by James Marriott on June 26, 2009 under Personal | Be the First to Comment

Cantankerous:  Difficult or irritating to deal with <a cantankerous mule> (Merriam-Webster). Stubborn, cranky, surly, ill-humoured, irritable (Wiktionary). Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable (Answers.com)

It’s such a fantastic word. Lots of syllables. An old word that’s seldom used today. Perhaps that’s a sign that people are much nicer now than they used to be. Much more likely, … Read the rest

I saw you, but you didn’t see me

Posted by James Marriott on March 8, 2009 under Personal, Traffic | Be the First to Comment

I came across this on MySpace and thought it was so good that I’m going to quote it here. Written by (or at least, posted by) someone called Billie Williams and it makes me cry every time I read it.

"I saw you, but you didn’t see me.

I saw you hug your purse closer … Read the rest

Twitter Twitter Tweet Tweet

Posted by James Marriott on March 2, 2009 under Personal, Social Networking | Be the First to Comment

I really really don’t like Facebook. I don’t like how difficult it is to control privacy. I don’t like all the stupid application.

I like MySpace more. It’s the original. It’s not so annoying. I still don’t really use it though. It’s just another medium to advertise me.

I managed to ignore Twitter for a … Read the rest