Hi Dost's Welcome to my magical number 7 blog! I call it magical simply because in some quarters the number 7 is deemed the most magical of all numbers, well in Harry Potter world anyway! I had a cool and groovy weekend and on Saturday I took my Son to his first live football game – Crystal Palace Vs Cardiff City. Cardiff ended up winning 2-1. I went to this game as I managed to get free tickets from work, but I have to say the level of skill shown by many Palace players was about as evident as the possibility of Elvis and 2Pac doing a duet while each riding a unicycle, juggling fire torches to each other and eating sushi with their toes, basically not much on show! I then went to my friend Keith's house on Sunday to play some Pro Evo Soccer and Rocky Legends, which I pretty much all lost! My only highlight was when I took control of Paulie (Rocky's brother in law (the lazy, but loveable bum from the great rocky series)) and got into the ring against the master of disaster himself, Apollo Creed! With white vest tan marks and cigar as much needed accessories, I went the distance with Creed (controlled by my friend Rob) and eventually won the match on points! All hail Paulie! Can I also take this opportunity to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my brother Mike. It is his birthday tomorrow and he deserves a great day full of fun, laughs and giggles! You Rock! Please post a happy birthday comment on this blog or this profile! Ok dudes; hold onto your braces as I will now unleash my mildly interesting blog features: Newspaper / Website at hand: The Sun (www.thesun.co.uk) (16/10/06) I thought I would turn this feature on its head today and instead of randomly finding a newspaper or magazine article I would turn to the internet for an article to discuss. I will launch www.thesun.co.uk and click randomly on the screen (with my eyes closed 7 times (to celebrate my 7th blog)) and see what article / page I end up on – I will then discuss that particular article or random site I loaded up! This is an early idea, so please don't be too mean if it doesn't work out. Anyway here goes, I will now proceed to 7 random clicks into the unknown and murky world of the internet! Article Headline and Summary: Renee's knickers fail to sell Ok after clicking 7 times on the Sun website I opened my eyes to the following headline 'Renee's knickers fail to sell'. The article goes on to discuss how René Zellweger's famous Bridget Jones knickers didn't manage to sell on eBay, despite bids of £3,700. The knickers which were also autographed by Hugh Grant were put on eBay to raise money for charity. The £3.700 bid couldn't beat the undisclosed reserve price. My Crux of the matter: I will try to keep my crux of the matter brief this week and do my best not to get my knickers in a twist and do my best to avoid making this a pants dissection of the article – ok enough of the lame under wear jokes! I am all up for raising money for charity, and if selling famous movie memorabilia to achieve this goal is a good way of raising money, then so be it! But I can't believe bids of up to £3,700 didn't go above the reserve price. At the end of the day they are pair of big knickers, how much did the seller expect and even hope to raise? I would have taken £3,700 easily without any questions asked! My friend Keith told me that as a prize on 'The Match' on Sky One, Michael Owen's crutches were given away! Why can't we live in world where you can enjoy a drink in the pub with your so called celebrities and don't have to pay silly money for big pants or try to win footballers medical equipment! I remember the days where I could walk up to Dane Bowers in the Littern Tree in Croydon and have a long drunken chat about nonsense or kick a ball of rubbish down the street with a very drunk Vernon Kay! Anyway, I finish by saying celebrity charity auctions are fine, but don't put the goods out of the reach of us so called Joe Bloggs! Random Rocky Quote: After Paulie's amazing boxing victory over Apollo Creed, I feel it is only fair that the random Rocky quote should include some wise words from the man of the moment himself! These quotes are taken from the start of Rocky 3. Paulie is obviously jealous of hi friend, Rocky's quick success in and out of the ring, after demolishing a Rocky pinball machine (which I would love to have (especially the broken one shown in the film)) he is thrown into jail and is finally bailed from Rocky himself, a few heated words are exchanged as shown below: "Paulie - The hell with everybody. Rocky - Maybe it's the hell with you. Paulie - I don't wanna listen to this crap. Rocky - You talk like everyone owes you a living. Nobody owes nobody nothin'. You owe yourself. Paulie - You're wrong! Friends owe. Rocky - No! Friends do because they wanna do. Paulie - Shut your freakin' mouth. You keep me down. Rocky - Down? You're like a crazy brother to me. You really are. So I wanna tell you somethin'. This is comin' straight from the heart. You ain't down. And you ain't a loser. You're just a jealous, lazy bum." Do friends owe or do they owe because they wanna? And is Paulie just a jealous lazy bum? These are the questions that need to be discussed on Question Time. I can just imagine David Dimbleby asking David Cameron and Tony Blair their opinions on these earth changing questions! I am sure Mr Cameron would say something like "People owe only one person, mother nature, the earth is important too, and you cant be lazy and jealous towards her!" where as Blair might say "Paulie is a human being, he is just looking out for him and asking for a helping hand from his mate, I know this situation well as I am clearly the Rocky Balboa of the Labour party whereas Mr Prescott is my annoying half brother Paulie". Politics and Rocky collide to create one heck of mammoth combination, although you could argue that has already been achieved in Rocky 4, where world peace was almost single-handedly achieved! Quirky Krazy Random Fact: There are only two football teams in the Isles of Scilly – The Gunners and the Wanderers. They play each other every week in the league, the only break being when they meet in the Cup. As an Arsenal fan I am already a devoted Gunners fan, although playing wanderers every week would get pretty repetitive and if they play anything like Bolton Wanderers I feel we would be bottom of the league as they are one of our bogey teams! Before Chelski got all their dirty money pumped into them, the Premier League could have been compared to that of Scilly with Arsenal and Man Ure sharing the league over a long stretch of time. I welcome new challengers and higher standards throughout the whole division, and I know when Chelski's stranglehold on the league is finally broken, the new champions (hopefully Arsenal) would never have tasted so much success and joy! BONUS Celeb Email Challenge FEATURE! At the start of my last blog I went on (some would argue a bit too much) about a silly Sci-Fi idea of mine titled 'Forward & Beyond'. I surely would have let this be and allow my ramblings to float away into the blog wilderness like a piece of tumble weed looking to vanish from the glaze of any passers by! Yes, that would have been the sensible option, the safe option even – but do I ever play things safe? Not in these blogs I don't! So I took my idea one step further and decided to email two celeb's who might be interested in my idea, and offer some much needed tips and advice to get this idea off the ground! I decided to email two Red Dwarf stars that would be ideally placed to give me much needed guidance on how to get 'Forward & Beyond' sky rocketing off the ground at into planet Pluto (which incidentally isn't officially a planet!)! Yes folks I emailed Chris Barrie (aka Arnold J Rimmer) and Norman Lovett (aka Holly) the following email: "Dear Chris I am just dropping by to say hi and that I am a huge Red Dwarf fan and could possibly pick your brain with an early idea of mine. I am considering writing a new sci-fi comedy show with the working title 'Forward and Beyond'. The main hero (Corporal Jimmy McNailsgrinder) will battle with numerous alien life forms across many planets, but his main nemesis will be salt slugs who are resistant to salt, in fact they love the stuff, and the more they eat the bigger they grow! I don't want to copy Red Dwarf, as I honestly feel that could never be bettered, but any ideas on getting this script idea off the ground and show ideas would be so much appreciated you wouldn't believe. My main storyline and characters are still in very early stages, do you have any tips or ideas on how good and memorable characters should be set out? If you like I will keep you posted with my show idea and how it develops. Thanks for taking the time to read my email and any reply would be very much appreciated. Good luck with the upcoming Red Dwarf film. Kindest Regards Adrian Wallett" There you have it! Please wait till my next blog to see if either of these cult Sci-fi actors replies! I actually emailed another celeb a while ago, but alas they didn't reply, I will include my sent email anyway, as it fits in well with the sci-fi theme and shows you I am trying to cover all corners of the globe to gain much needed answers from our favourite celebrities. I emailed Billy West (voice of Philip Jay Fry of Futurama, Doug Funnie and many other cool cartoon characters). I emailed the following message: "Dear Billy I am so happy that Futurama is defiantly returning with a brand spanking new series!!! Fry rocks and is probably my fave character, although I recently went to a fancy dress party (sci-fi theme) and dressed up as Dr Zoidberg – who I again really like. I have always wanted to be a cartoonist when I was younger (I am now 24, so still not too young, maybe?) I know you work purely on voices, but would you have any tips for potential cartoonists to really make a mark in this field. I have a few ideas of characters and potential story lines, but finding time between my office job in London and drawing can be a strain. I am also an artist and love to paint abstract art. Is there any cartoon character in history that you would of loved to have voiced? Anyway great luck with the new series of Futurama, I am sure it will be as funny as ever! And any other cartoons and voices you are working on! Keep Cool & Kindest Regards Adrian WallettE-Business Analyst & Wannabe Cartoonist!" It's a shame Billy didn't reply as I have much respect for the man, but I guess he is just too busy! If you want me to email any other celeb's please leave a comment and list the celeb's you wish I would email! I will keep them polite, yet poignant! Thanks again for reading my blogs, feel free to leave a comment, all are very welcome and more appreciated than watching Chelsea lose (well almost)! Also don't forget to subscribe to my blog just to make sure none wriggle away fro your prying eyes! You Rock Dost Adriano Add Comment My 6th Blog - Will Gillian Reply? Alien Slugs! Prisoners in Zoo's! Plz Read To Find Out More!!! 16/08/2010
Hi Dost's Sorry about the lateness with my 6th blog! I have had a manic week at work and just haven't had any spare time! But I am not one to look to the past, I say look forward and beyond! (That could be a geeky sci-fi slogan for a star trek-esc style program). If any producers want to use the title "Look Forward and Beyond!" get in touch and I will help with writing the script! I reckon there could be an alien race called Salt Slugs, they are like regular slugs but LOVE salt! They are like the opposite of normal slugs but have extra resistance powers! I reckon they would soon take over the world! And the main hero (we can call him Corporal Jimmy McNailsgrinder) will always finish the show with his trademark slogan – "Now that's what I call a slugger punch!" Anyway that's just an early idea! If anyone has any other alien or plot ideas, please leave a comment with any ideas, I reckon as a team we could really make a great show! Anyway I have now got my own automobile! Yup Adriano is now driving on our already dangerous roads! I have a silver Rover Metro, I have named it Apollo Creed, as it is old, proud and loves to wear stars and stripes style boxing shorts! Oh wait that's just the nitwit driving the tin can! I am loving the freedom of driving where I want, although driving through central Croydon to Thornton Heath isn't exactly what you would call easy riding! You've guessed right dudettes, its time for my mildly interesting regular blog features: Random News Article of the Day (where I randomly find any newspaper or magazine and randomly select a news article to discuss) Newspaper at hand: The Mirror (09/10/06) Randomly Selected Page Number: 15 Article Headline and Summary: Jails to Use Police Cells Home Secretary John Reid has announced he is set to use police cells and open prisons to ease over crowding in prisons. A leaked memo said Dr Reid would "take the risk" with moving criminals to open prisons to sort out the overcrowding issues, this memo was later denied. Nick Cregg (Lib Dem) said John Reid should have dealt with this issue much earlier and not resorted to "panic measures". My Crux of the Matter: Criminals go to prison because they broke the law, they serve time, should hopefully be re-educated on a number of issues and are released and can start afresh in the community. I feel this is the ideal role of a prison, teach someone who has done something wrong a lesson, both in being cooped up for a few years eating stale food and also bettering themselves through re-education and learning new life and social skills, so they can better people once they are released into the community. With more and more prison spaces being taken, and new places used to house new prisoners, I fear my idealistic view of prison life might be thrown out the window. Better planning was needed by Labour to deal with this overcrowding issue! But they have left it to the last minute and I feel they have pressed the panic button and are now trying to see where they can squeeze these prisoners into. The ways are going we will be forced to house prisoners in the zoo, and I am sure watching monkeys peel bananas all day won't teach vital social and educational skills, many prisoners need to learn! Come on Labour build better prisons with better facilities and don't let this happen again! Random Rocky Quote of the Day: Rocky 5 is quickly shot down by many movie lovers as the worst Rocky film, I can really argue, but what I will say is that it isn't as bad as a lot of people make out! Yes I know it doesn't have Apollo Creed, but he's dead – deal with it! (tears welling up inside). Anyway to show how great this film is, I have included a great quote from the film, sorry it's so long, but it makes you think about pride, living with little money, respect and fighting with heart! Adrian: Rocky! Put on your coat. Just put on your coat. Come on it's not worth it. Rocky Balboa: Naw, Adrian it is worth it. He's just confused. Adrian: Rock, do you see what's happ... Rocky Balboa: [Interrupting] Yeah I do see he's twisted around by Duke. Adrian: No, come on it's you, it's you, it's not him. You can't live backwards. Come on, you can't turn back the clock, 'cause we live now, we live here. Rocky Balboa: Hey Adrian I know where we live, what do you think, I'm stupid? I'm not as dumb as you think I am. You don't think I can smell it? I see where we are. Adrian, I don't want this no more! I want something good for the family, I don't want this! I don't want this! Adrian did I come back here and get my brains beat out for these guys to say 'Hey there goes Balboa just another bum from the neighborhood!' I didn't want this! Adrian: No, come on, nobody says that! Rocky Balboa: I'm sayin' it Adrian! I'm sayin' this! I'm sayin' this! When that kid was in the ring, you know, what was I doin'? I was winnin'. When he was winnin', I was winnin'. Adrian: You were winning? Rocky Balboa: Yeah it was, it was like my last chance at getting some respect for us you know that? Adrian: I respect you, I respect you! Rocky Balboa: [Interrupting] You can't respect me! Adrian: I do respect you! Rocky Balboa: No you can't! Adrian: I do! All those beatings you took in the ring, I took them with you! I know how you feel! I know when somebody like Tommy comes along you feel alive! But he's not you - he doesn't have your heart! All those fighters you beat, you beat 'em with heart not muscle! That's what Mickey knew, that's why you and Mickey were special, but Mickey's dead! If there's something you wanna pass on, pass it on to your son! For God's sake your son is lost! He needs you! I know Tommy makes you feel great, he makes you feel like you're winning again but you're losing us! Rocky, you're losing your family! Now how didn't this film win an Oscar!!! Quality scripting again from the master that is Sly Stallone! Quirky Fact of the Day: The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. I like the English language; I know I am not any good at it! But I still appreciate the language and how weird and wonderful different words can be read and used! Yet I don't like the word Queue! I hate queuing, but after learning this fact, I have just a sprinkling more respect for the once hated word! BONUS Celeb Email Challenge FEATURE! In my last blog I emailed Gillian Cross (Author of the hit Demon Headmaster series), I basically asked her for tips on writing a children's novel (please see my previous blog for my full email), anyway I DID receive a reply as shown below: "Dear Adrian, Thank you for your message. It's quite hard to give the kind of tips you're asking for, because people work in very different ways - but I suppose that in itself is a kind of tip. No one can write anything good without an idea that makes them want to write it. But what happens after the initial idea varies a lot. JK Rowling probably did get her initial idea in a burst of inspiration, but I know that she then spent a lot of time working out the plot details. Many authors have the whole thing worked out before they start. Some do it on white file cards, some by drawing maps and so on. The method doesn't really matter. It's whatever enables you to get the original idea fleshed out with the characters and incidents that bring it to life. Some writers - of whom I am one - don't do that sort of initial detailed planning. I just start writing at the beginning of the story, with an idea of what the end will be like but often not knowing much about the bits in between. That's the only way that works for me, but it's very laborious, because it involves a lot of rewriting. I probably do between five and ten drafts of every book I write. And there are some lucky people (Enid Blyton was one, I think) who just work out the story in their heads and write the whole thing in one go. But i think that's quite rare. I think the crucial thing is to start writing something to see what you get. Then you can be as ruthless as you like in revising it. Don't be tempted to think that writing for children is an easy option. The standard of new writers now is very high and you need to aim at the best you can manage. But if you write something that you really want to write, you can't lose out. Even if no one ever publishes it, you'll have enjoyed yourself. And who knows . . . Good luck! Gillian" Wooooh, what a great reply from Gillian! She took a lot of time to write such a nice and detailed email, which I honestly did appreciate. I have always wanted to write a book, and although her advice didn't exactly go too deep, it certainly helped fuel my fire! I actually did reply again to Gillian as shown below: "Dear Gillian Thank you for you quick reply and very helpful and insightful tips. You are right, I am just going to start writing and see what I get! In due course I will find out what style works best for me, be it, plan the story from scratch and write down all the plot ideas before starting the story, or take your personal approach and write from the beginning with an idea of the end, and keep editing the drafts until I am happy. I have a very vague idea of a story about a young man caught in the crossroads in his life, looking at what path he should take in life, the easy safe option, or the higher risk but exciting option. The young man has a number of different people trying to sway his decision and even try taking charge of his life. I don't want the story to be the usual rags to riches-live your dream type story, but a bit more edgy and with a number of plot twists. I will keep you posted in its developments if you like, but I can appreciate how busy you must be. Anyway thanks again for your very quick reply, and good luck with your future books. Kindest Regards Adrian Wallett" I didn't receive a reply, and who could blame her, my story idea stank worse than a pickled slug that had been left out on the Sahara desert for 3 weeks, eaten and repeatedly thrown up 6 times by a skunk and then stewed up for afternoon tea! I wish I thought harder about my book idea, however I now have a brand new book idea, which I reckon would off blown Gillian socks away!!! If you ask me nicely I might share my idea with you, my fellow blogger friend! Anyway I did send emails out to a number of other celebrities, but alas no replies yet! Below are a select few other emails that I sent out: Sent to the legendary Timmy Mallett: "Hi Timmy Just emailing to say hi, I was a huge Wacaday fan back in the 80's, and I think it's fair to say children's TV isn't what it used to be! I hope to see you on TV again soon. I am also an artist like yourself and in my opinion nothing is more calming and rewarding than completing a new painting. My style is quite abstract and contemporary, I have had a look through some of your paintings displayed on your website and I am very impressed. I also noticed that my surname is quite similar to yours – Wallett!!!!, just turn the W round to make an M and you have Mallett. My surname is very rare, I believe I am the only Adrian Wallett living in the UK – is Mallett quite rare as well? Anyway I hope you are doing well, did you enjoy the world cup? :) Good luck with the future. Kindest Regards Adrian Wallett" I cant think why Timmy didn't reply! My email was polite and quirky and cool! But no, it seems he has little time for his hardcore fans! Oh well! I also emailed Nigel Reo-Coker just after he lost in last years FA Cup final as shown below: "To: 'reo-coker@icons.com'Subject: Hi Nigel - Unlucky with the FA Cup Final - and I also went to Riddlesdown High School! Hi Nigel Firstly, I would like to sympathise for your very unlucky – but hugely dramatic FA Cup final match. I wont lie, I am not a West Ham fan, but support your neighbours Arsenal. I really appreciate good football though, and I can tell you play football in the right manner. I heard that you went to Riddlesdown High School, me to! I am now 24 so left quite a while ago. I still have fond memories from my high school days though and still hang around with quite a few of my old mates. I imagine you had some of the same teachers that taught me like Mr Stack, Mrs Bonsall, Mr Man etc. Did you enjoy your time at Riddlesdown? I reckon you are probably the best known pupil to leave the school since Kate Moss! Good luck with the upcoming season, and even West Ham (quite hard to say as an Arsenal Fan, but I can't forget that you guys helped us finish fourth by beating Spurs, at the end of last season!) Keep Cool Kindest Regards Adrian Wallett" Again no reply, but I did get his email from a silly football icons website, that apparently gets you in touch with your football icons, and Cherno Samba was amongst there big name footballers, which says a lot about them! Anyway I might send out a few more celeb emails to continue my celeb email challenge feature, we will see in due course! Thanks again for reading my 6th blog, please subscribe to my blog so you don't miss any. You are a true star and you rock! You Rock Dost Adriano! Hi Dost's (Friends in Hindi) Welcome to my 5th Blog! I owe you a million thank you's for opening and hopefully reading my blog! You are truly a wonderful and amazing person – ok that's enough of the ass kissing, let's get the show on the road! As I mentioned in my last blog, I went up to see my family last weekend in Evesham, and overall had a great time. My little bro Chris has now started Uni at Worcester, so my main evening out was to check out his new Uni digs and party like I was an immature student all over again! Please picture the scene, I had my nice classy leather shoes, crisp black shirt and funky tie, with my suit black trousers and suit blazer, oh yeah baby I looked more classy than a class that teaches the fonzies magical coolness for a living! Oh and I was wearing a Phantom of the Opera white mask! Why you ask? No, I don't have a disfigured face and live underneath a chapel (now eagerly awaiting comments stating I do!), but I was getting ready for the Worcester Uni Fresher Masquerade Ball! Yes baby I looked dapper, I was ready to be the older, ex-student ready to impress any smelly student noobs who wanted to listen! Me and my older bro Mike (also looking smart for the evening events) were standing outside my other bro pad to get ready to party! We had a round 2 hours to burn before the party kicked off! So after Chris finally opened the door to we, I and my two brothers had a bite to eat and prepare for the party! As you can tell I was confident in looking well classy in front of everyone, but alas how quickly things can change. Back at Chris's student digs, he was getting dressed for his big night, but wait, hold on!!! Woooooooooh he couldn't find his trousers! Oh no, the only ones he could find were some charity shop style stripy brown trousers at the back of his drawer! Gulp, I wished him luck impressing his new mates in them! But, I couldn't let him dress up with those on, he has to spend 3 years at that Uni, with a cool image to protect, whereas I will be there and gone within a few hours! I swallowed my bride and swapped my black trousers with his brown ones! Yes folks, there's me, looking the picture of perfection from the waist up, yet I looked like a farmer boy with leather shoes from the waist down! The height of fashion I don't think! Anyway after a few beers and some cool robot dancing I got my stride back, and even though I looked about as cool as Timmy Mallett snowboarding I had no regrets, I was a good brother and knew I had to sacrifice myself! I think the highlight of the evening was when I took off my tie and tied it round my forehead and went up to the bar lady (who has a similar (yet more fashionable) band round her head) and slurred the following line "cool, we are both dressed up as Rambo". I don't think she could quite believe her ears! So there you have it, my weekend was certainly one that I won't forget in a hurry! I also wish to say congratulations on the great news that Zoe and Steve are expecting a new baby soon! Congrats from Adriano and Becca!!! Please don't try and stop me guys, because now its time to move onto my mildly interesting regular blog features: Random News Article of the Day (where I randomly find any newspaper or magazine and randomly select a news article to discuss) Newspaper at hand: The Sun (27/09/06) Randomly Selected Page Number: 11 Article Headline and Summary: Stupids Arrow – After randomly selecting Jane Moore's column in the sun, my finger was pointing straight at one small article. Jane explained how Anastacia is to wed her bodyguard Wayne Newton and he was quoted as saying "I will protect her forever". Jane though isn't impressed by this as she states that Wayne left his wife and two children to be with the singer. My Crux of the Matter: I wonder if Wayne Newton left his wife and two kids simply because of the undying love for his employee, or maybe he thought extra money and an easier lifestyle might be on the cards! Anastacia will obviously know she has also been partly responsible in splitting up a family and I reckon the two losers deserve each other! Its one thing leaving your wife amicably and keeping in touch with your children, but I get the impression Wayne acted anything but amicable. I don't like Anastacia or her stupid chipmunk on acid style voice, so maybe I am looking less favourably at these two twerps. All I know is that you should respect people and try to do the right and moral thing, which in my opinion is not running off with your manager, leaving your wife and kids in your dust! Random Rocky Quote of the Day: After watching Rocky 4 on Monday on Sky One, I couldn't help but quote again from this classic tale of David and Goliath. Below is a great quote from the end of the film, where Rocky single-handedly (maybe double handily as he is a boxer!) created world peace! What! You don't believe me? Well read the quote below and you will see! Rocky Balboa: "During the fight, I've seen a lot of changing, in the way I feel about you, and the way you feel about me. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if I can change, and you can change, everyone can change." If only Tony Blair had speeches like that, he surely would still be the golden child of British politics! I reckon Blair needs to grow a beard, climb a mountain and run away from his personal chaperones after they crash into ice! I say Rocky Balboa for president! Quirky Fact of the Day: Termites eat through wood two times faster when listening to rock music! If only my office was run by termites, they would insist on playing rock music 24/7 - now that's my kind of office environment!!! BONUS Celeb Email Challenge FEATURE! In my last blog I emailed Tom Binns (a cool comedian, who starred in a few late night TV shows and who's work can now be found here: www.topicaljokes.com) – I asked him what he was up to, if he remember calling out my surname live on air and asked if I could be in his upcoming sitcom! If you don't believe me please read my previous blog! Anyway I DID receive a reply as shown below: "Hi Adrian, It was great to hear from you. Believe it or not I vaguely remember reading your brothers email. The sitcom was knocked back by everyone but I amon Bravo at the moment in a show called The Bullrun: Cops Stars and Superstars. Have a great weekend Tom" A quick reply, but a nice reply, short and sweet, I like and appreciated the email by Tom. And how cool is that, my surname was shouted out on air, thanks to my brother's email or fax many years ago on a late night sports show called Under the Moon! I feel bad that his sitcom didn't get accepted, I reckon it would be better than most of the tripe we have on today's screen, The World According To Bex!!! I would bet my left nostril that Tom's sitcom would blow that poor excuse of a show right to Pluto! Anyway if you are reading this Tom, please keep doing what you are doing! Ok my next celebrity I am going to email is Gillian Cross, the famous children's author – she has wrote many books but is probably best known her for Demon Headmaster series! I used to be a big fan of the Demon Headmaster series as a kid, and the TV show was also quite entertaining back in the day. I emailed Gillian the following message: "Dear Gillian When I was younger I was a huge fan of your Demon Headmaster series and always admired the fast paced and gripping storylines. I have always had a secret desire to write a book, and I get the impression I would succeed better at children literature. I currently work in an office in Thornton Heath, and although my job is quite creative I feel I could be doing more in life to really make a mark. I have a few half ideas for stories, but just getting down to it and writing these ideas down and structuring a story is the hardest part. Have you got any tips on how to approach a book, especially your first book!? I quite like the romantic story that Harry Potter just appeared into J.K Rowling's head while she was on a train journey to London. How do your ideas come to you? Any advice, tips and your personal experiences while tackling a new book would be very much appreciated. Keep up the good work and good luck in the future. Kindest Regards Adrian Wallett" You can tell I was trying to be polite to Gillian, and although I have had a few weird ideas for potential novels, I thought asking for advice on writing would be a sure fire way of receiving a reply. Sorry folks, I know the suspense is killing you, but you will have to find out in my next blog if I do receive a reply!!! Please subscribe to my blogs after you read this by simply clicking on "subscribe to this blog" on the left hand side so you never miss a trick! You Rock Dost Adriano Hi Dost's (Friends in Hindi) Welcome to my 4th Blog! I am delighted you have taken the time to open and read this blog! You are truly a swell and grand individual! Keep reading to find out if I received a reply from the legendary Tony Hart and what other celebrity I will be emailing in my new Bonus Celeb Email feature! I wont keep you guys any longer, allow me to summarise my days before my last blog. On Tuesday night I watched the highly anticipated Panorama programme regarding football bungs, I have to say I enjoyed the program, but it never seemed to get to the crux of the matter (I personally intend to, later on in my random news article of the week feature) but guessing Chelsea would have been highlighted amongst others would have been as safe as betting that a blind chameleon can still camouflage to its natural surroundings (in-joke for all my regular bloggers!). Harry Redknapp and Sam Allardyce were the main culprits named, but they were born to be second hand car sales man, so nothing too Earth shattering. I also noticed that Croydon Park Hotel was a destination used for one of the agents to discuss bungs. At last Croydon has been put on the map, and given a great incentive for all budding wannabe football agents to flock down and make an honest living! My good friend Dylan also popped round last night to say goodbye to me, Becca and the kids, before he goes travelling to Eastern Europe! He is a great guy, and good luck dost! If you find a Hostel in Budapest with sexy ladies up for anything, it's probably too good to be true – watch the film Hostel for more help and guidance on this matter! Generally my last few days have been quite chilled and relaxed! Let grab the bull by its spiky horns and continue to my mildly interesting regular blog features: Random News Article of the Day: (where I randomly find any newspaper or magazine and randomly select a news article to discuss) Newspaper at hand: The Metro (22/09/06) Randomly Selected Page Number: 14 Article Headline and Summary: Levels of Truancy Hit a New High. Truancy has reached record levels despite the Government spending millions trying to stop it. Up to 55,000 pupils missed school without permissions every day in England in 2005-06. The article finished by saying schools are getting frustrated especially as put in an incredible amount of effort into keeping students in school. My Crux of the Matter: When I went to school, my attendance was always very high, call me a nerd or a geek if you like, but I never even contemplated skipping class or wholes days. Yes, like everyone, some day's I didn't want to be there, but I was. I am only 24, but kids today have changed since I was one (I am awaiting the numerous "but you still act like one" comments to flood in). Children should accept school is important, not just for learning, but to learn social and life skills. I reckon skipping class will have as much affect on missing valuable academic learning as well as learning good morale's on time keeping and attendance. I hear all these schemes being launched to keep kids in schools, like giving away free iPods! Well these schemes aren't working, as the figures show! Giving away free gifts to stay at school is again in my opinion setting up bad lessons for later life. You don't get rewarded at work for coming in, it's just expected. I reckon kids who are caught bunking off should be punished. Currently the kids parents get fines if their kids are caught bunking, this should of worked! But more needs to be done. I seem to be waffling a bit in this subject as a clear answer isn't available, maybe just chuck these kids in prison for a few hours might do the trick. I will finish of my crux on the matter by quoting one of the greatest philosophers in our modern era which will hopefully sum up this segment: Apollo Creed: "Be a thinker, not a stinker, stay in school!" – Which moves me very skilfully onto my next feature! Random Rocky Quote of the Day: This quote is from the great Rocky 4, where Rocky sets out to achieve world peace! My fave ever Rocky character, Apollo Creed, sadly dies, but he still has some moments of sheer brilliance as perfectly shown below in his wise, yet sadly poignant words: Apollo Creed: "We always have to be in the middle of the action 'cause we're the warriors. And without some challenge, without some damn war to fight then the warriors might as well be dead, Stallion. Now I'm asking you - as a friend - stand by my side this one last time." Oh Apollo, why did you have to be so proud? Why did you have to be so patriotic? Why couldn't you just watch Ivan Drago take the boxing world by storm!? Yet if you didn't care, would we care for you so much? RIP Apollo! Random Website of the Day: www.miraclecanopener.com – this website was actually created by me and my bro, so I guess I am abusing my blog feature to promote my own work, but I am the boss of these blogs so if you don't like it, please start a petition! Anyway if you are looking for the latest invention in kitchen utensils we have the website for you!!! Quirky Fact of the Day: Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. Is it just me, but does shaving a tiger all over suddenly seem very appealing!!! I reckon they would be a good advert for Gillette! "So clean cut that even a tiger's skin gives it the full stripes!" I am eagerly awaiting a job offer soon! BONUS Celeb Email Challenge FEATURE! In my last blog (plz check it out if you haven't read it) I accepted the challenge to email a few celebrities and post both my emails and hopefully gain some replies. In my last blog I sent an email to Tony Hart (the legendary 80's and 90's children's art guru), and quite incredibly I received a reply as shown below: "From: Roc Renals [mailto:artbox@tonyhart.co.uk] Sent: 28 June 2006 17:20To: Adrian WallettSubject: Re: Dear Tony - I am a fellow artist and huge fan of your great shows! I had lunch with Tony today, and he asked me to thank you very much for your kind comments, which he appreciates. Tony's legal advisor's have told him that it is unwise to offer advice to anyone, as this can lead to problems. However, he was able to wish you every success with your artistic endeavours, and he was impressed that you have already sold two pictures. Best wishes Roc Renals TH Enterprises" Strictly speaking I didn't receive an email from Tony Hart, but from his good friend Roc Renals (is it just me but isn't Roc the coolest name ever?). I am glad Tony appreciates my kind comments, but he seems scared to offer any advice, as it could lead to problems, and who can blame him, offering artistic advice leads to untold lawsuits in today's day and age, and I had a real cheek in initially asking. My main aim was to ask for advice, use his advice word for word, then hope I failed and take him to court, and grab every penny possible off him! Tony is lucky he has an eagle eyed mate like Roc, who has spotted me a mile off! Joking aside it was nice to have received a reply so I can't complain too much! Neil Buchanan is today's children art guru, but I still feel he isn't fit to clean Tony Hart's paintbrushes! Ok onto my next email a celebrity challenge. I have decided to email Tom Binns; incidentally he is one of my MySpace friends! Tom Is a quality comedian who used to work on Xfm, a cool late night sports show on Channel 4 called Under The Moon and other bits and bobs. I decided to email him the following message: "Hi tom How are you? You once read out my brother mikes email out live on your under the moon sports show on 4. You also noted on his (and mine (as we are brothers)) rather cool surname: WALLETT It's a cool name, and my bro and I were proud when you stated you also thought it was cool. I used to like under the moon - very cool late nite show So what's this sitcom you are currently writing? would be good to see more of you on tv. I work in the e-marketing department of Day Lewis (a large pharmacy chain) - but I also do a bit of abstract painting - so let me know if you need an artist in your upcoming sitcom and ill be your man and keep cool Adrian Wallett" I read on his personal website that he was currently writing a sitcom, so I had to cheekily ask for a part, oh come on, if you were in my shoes you would do the same! Anyway, please wait till my next blog to see if Tom replies! Well that's the end of my 4th blog! I am off to see my 2 brothers and my mum and dad this weekend in Evesham! I am gate crashing the Worcester Uni Fresher's Ball, so I can relive my youth and act like an immature, drunken student all over again! You Rock Dost Adriano Hi Dost's (Friends in Hindi) Welcome to my 3rd Blog – ohhhhh the hard 3rd blog, many famous artists and bands complain how the third album is the hardest to write! I feel my blog could be going the same way, so I am proud to announce I am introducing a limited edition bonus feature (keep reading to find out, I can almost 100% guarantee you will approve) to this and a few forthcoming blogs to help me move out of this tricky 3rd blog quagmire! Anyway here's a short summary of my week since we last spoke. I went out on Saturday night in Croydon to see my great pal Dylan off before he goes off travelling around Eastern Europe. I made him promise to look into shoes when he drops by Russia, as I have inside knowledge that Russian mafia money could be hiding! I also asked him to re-create the famous Rocky 4 Russian training scenes, with his co-traveller Mark (They need to flip a coin to see who will battle with nature, grows a big beard and climbs a mountain, and who goes down the mechanical and drug related training methods!). Anyway good luck to both Dylan and Mark in their travelling adventures, please bring me back some pickled cabbage! I also went to the pub on Sunday to watch two potential mouth-watering Premiership matches unfold in front of my eyes! I watched Diving Drogba score a great goal (credit where credit is due, grudgingly) and also watched in complete joy that Arsenal finally got off to wining ways in the league with an amazing 1-0 victory over Man Utd! ADEBAYOR you are a star! So I have had quite an action packed weekend and now feel I can safely move onto my regular mildly interesting blog features: Random News Article of the Day: (where I randomly find any newspaper or magazine and randomly select a news article to discuss) Newspaper at hand: The Sun (19/09/06) Randomly Selected Page Number: 11 Headline and Summary of Article: Wayne Rooney has finally made it as a modern soccer superstar by becoming a gay icon, according to the Scissor Sisters. Jon Gaunt (some podgy Sun columnist I never noticed before) explains how he hopes Wayne doesn't go down the "scented garden path of metrosexuality where he demands pedicures, waxes his chest hair and starts to shave as well as bend his balls". He goes on to say he likes his working class roots as we love you the way you are. My Crux of the Matter: So Jon Gaunt doesn't want Wayne to change from the person he is today? In my view he is a snotty nosed, dim witted person with as much class and manner as a sewer rat that has just been caught eating mouldy cheese! He is a good footballer (not world class as some people love to suggest), but that is no excuse for sleeping with granny prostitutes, punching people willy nilly, and stamping on opponents privates! Wayne is a bad role model for upcoming footballers and youngsters alike, so if Wayne has to get hold of his feminine side and adopt this Metrosexual way of life to improve as a person I say do it! Can I just also say, I read further reports that Wayne was the centre of jokes within the Man Utd training ground, after these the Scissor Sisters remarks were broadcast, with Rio Ferdinad being the ring leader. There jokes must be so witty and clever, I am surprised why upcoming comedians aren't flocking to there training ground to steal some of there obvious dynamite material! Random Rocky Quote of the Day: After just watching Rocky 3 yesterday (Sky One must have a contract with Stallone as they do show the Rocky series every 2 weeks, but here's one happy camper that aint complaining!) I feel obliged to quote from one of the best of series: Apollo Creed: "There is no tomorrow!" This poignant and mutli-layered quote ripples down my spine every time Apollo screams it out, his desire to make Rocky champ again and to regain his pride is in no question when these 4 simple words are spoken! Apollo Creed is a star! Quirky Fact of the Day: The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill. BONUS Celeb Email Challenge FEATURE! Thank you for reading to the end of my 3rd blog, you have been rewarded with a new bonus feature. I plan to email a few celebrities over the upcoming blogs and see if I receive any replies! My emails will try to be polite, but not boring, as I want to receive a reply but also keep things cool. Anyway the first celebrity I have emailed is Tony Hart, the iconic art superstar of the 80's and 90's. Below is the email I sent him. In my next blog I hope to publish his reply and again send out another email to another celeb: "Dear Tony I just would like to take this opportunity to say you were a huge inspiration with my art when I was growing up. Your shows helped pushed me try all types of art, and really grow to love the subject. I have now sold a couple of my paintings and looking to launch my very own art gallery website very soon. Finishing a painting is the most rewarding feeling in the world, and looking back after you have added the last dab of paint and admiring your work is very hard to put into words, I am sure you would agree. I am only a part time artist and have to juggle an office job in between. Getting time to paint and make time for art isn't always easy, especially with two young kids, but i think it is important to make time. Do you have any words of advice or tips of how to really make an impact as an artist? Getting your work out there and getting it seen I imagine is the biggest target, but any other ideas would be very much appreciated. I am also going to attach an image (jpeg) of one of my paintings, I would be honoured to hear your opinion of my style of art, you can be as honest as you like! Good luck in the future. Kindest Regards Adrian Wallett" Well there you have it guys – the end of my 3rd blog. Please leave a comment or ask question regarding any points raised throughout my ramblings! You Rock Dost Hi Guys Welcome to my 2nd blog! I have had a cool few days. Been to Reading and back in my managers Porsche. Asked to design a smiley face badge at work for all Day Lewis staff (500 will be made!). Got a cool comment from the legend that is Bob Mills on my Myspace page (www.myspace.com/adrian_wallett). I am looking forward to playing some footyball tonight at Selsdon High. I am yearning and gagging to play on my mate Dylan's team, as he is off gallivanting to new worlds. I wish both he and Mark good luck in there European adventures! Now for my mildly interesting regular blog features: Random News Article of the Day (where I randomly find any newspaper or magazine and randomly select a news article to discuss) Newspaper at hand: The Metro (free London paper) Page number: 39 Headline: Drama is bad for your health! Article Summary: I randomly flicked open the newspaper and My grubby finger randomly pointed to the Metro Life - last nights TV section of the newspaper. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh explains how she watched the new ITV drama last night - Losing It. Which stars Martin Clunes as a family man who has testicular cancer and has one of his balls removed. The editor goes on to say she liked the program, even though she couldn't really understand why. She made went onto explaining how Martin Clunes plays his usual Whoopee cushion style character, alongside his rude-stereotypical rude teenager daughter. The program apparently finished with a happy ending, where everyone understood each other better and things in life were put into perspective. My Crux of the Matter: I have never been directly affected by cancer, and touch wood none of my family members have either, so I am not in a fair position to talk about this sensitive subject in too much detail, however I would just like to say any program that promotes awareness of any illnesses in a positive manner has to be commended. People understand illnesses better, can relate to TV stars they see on the wireless, and aren't so afraid to go to the doctor and raise questions. So from that angle Losing It has to be congratulated. I didn't watch this ITV drama, simply because I never really bother checking what's on that poor excuse of a channel these days, Champions League football is the only things that keeps my attention, even if there commentators and pundits qualities and useful insights could be compared to a squashed banana slug, with a ton of salt poured over its squished body! I see ITV as purely an Ant and Dec factory to create and churn out pointless game shows that have as much point as a blunt rubber chicken! SORT IT OUT ITV, START CREATING INNOVATIVE, EXCITING AND CUTTING EDGE SHOWS LIKE YOU USED TO MANY MOONS AGO! Admit it ITV You have no balls (losing it is no exception to this rule) to create the sort of shows that really get the critics screaming! Quirky Fact of the Day: The Banana slug is the 2nd largest slug in the world - growing up to 25cm long! And yes they really look like bananas! They are yellow, green and brownish! YUMMY! Raccoons regard the banana slug as a delicious snack! I reckon a nice Banana slug fruit salad would be the perfect meal for anyone you despise! Although I wouldn't recommend adding salt to your dish or your main course would shrivel up to nothing!!! Random Rocky Quote of the Day: Apollo Creed: "Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker." Wise words from the master of disaster himself! Crazy Website of the Day: To say thank you to Bob Mills for leaving a cool comment on my Myspace page I have decided to broadcast the following website to all my bloggers - www.medinner.co.uk. This great website will give you access to great information and clips to the legendary and quite possibly best TV show ever created - the great In Bed With Medinner and Still in Bed With Medinner. Please take the time to watch some clips as you won't be disappointed. Oh and Bob you are reading this, where's my £5 bribe for this link? ;) You rule Guys More blurb coming your way soon Please leave a comment Keep Cool Dost Adriano Return of the Retro Blogs 06/08/2010
A few years ago launched 15 blogs about my life and my views and few odd missions. Even though these blogs are a little dated, I plan to re-launch them on this website for a number of reasons; 1. to keep them all in one happy place, 2. I am quite proud of them so I feel there is no harm in re-sharing them and 3. this is my website so I can whatever I want! I hope you enjoy: Below is my first blog: My 1st Blog - Welcome to Adriano's Blog World!Hi Dost's (Friends in Hindi) If you are reading this, I am already in your debt! You have signed up to my first of many (hopefully) blogs! The direction of these upcoming blogs I feel will be quite random and just give people my views and insight into this place we call planet Earth. I intend to write a blog at least once a week, so please keep coming back for more! I will try to continue a number of mildly interesting features in all my blogs, including: Random News Article of the Day - This is where I will randomly pick up todays paper / magazine (most likely to be The Metro, The Sun or any other paper / magazine I can get my grubby hands on), I will then randomly flick to a page (with my eyes closed) and stab my thumb somewhere on the page - and where it lands will dictate what article I will be discusing with my own crux of the matter! Quirky Fact of the Day - I have numerous quirky, funny and very random facts up my greasy sleeves which I will be spreading to a wider audience. Rocky Quote of The Day - I am a huge Rocky fan - And it is my mission to make you ALL Rocky fans by end of these great quotes. Random Krazy Website - I will point you in the direction of a crazy website, simple! Well lets get the ball moving, below are my 1st official blog features: Random News Article of the Day: Newspaper / Magazine Name: Beauty Magazine - September 2006 (this is honestly the 1st piece of literature I could find near my desk) Article Headline: CTPA's Dr Christopher Flower Examines Cosmetic Claims and the Industry Assurances Behind Them. Article Summary: This randomly selected column goes on about how us punters dont believe all the scientific claims we hear in our adverts for beauty products! Dr Flower says more needs to be done to stop people thinking cosmetic science is made up or simply advertising hype! My Crux on the Matter: I cant help thinking Dr Flower has a point! I am very sceptical about all these so called health facts on products shoved down our throats 24/7 via TV, radio, internet etc. But heres an idea - why not scrap all these stupid facts - even if they are proved to be 100 orrect and bring back the old style of advertising. I feel seeing giant dancing toothbrushes, or crazy demon teeth and crazy animated toothpaste plastered onto our screen is much more entertaining than these boring scientifc facts! I want fun and amusement! SCRAP THE FACTS YOU MEDICAL NERDS - I dont care! Quirky Fact of the Day: A blind chameleon can still change it colour to its surroundings! Random Krazy Website: http://www.womenanddogsuk.co.uk - This site is hilarious, please take the time to check it out. Dave Gorman was the man who pointed me to this crazy site! Rocky Quote of the Day: "Yo Tommy I hear no bells!" - Rocky Balboa to Tommy 'The Machine' Gunn during their infamous fight in Rocky 5! Street brawling at its best! Well thank you for reading my first blog. More to come soon. If you have any comments, suggestions or views on my above blog, please leave a comment. You Rock Dost (friend in Hindi) Adrian Wallett Welcome to adrianwallett.com 04/08/2010
Welcome to adrianwallett.com - This is my first official blog post and I would just like to say welcome to my brand new website. I hope you like what you see. Come back for much more in-depth blogs and my latest artwork. | About My BlogsA few years ago I launched 15 blogs about my life and my views and few odd missions. Even though these blogs are a little dated, I have re-launched them on this website for a number of reasons; ArchivesCategories |
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