Strawberry Mouthwash

by on Oct.15, 2011, under Life, Strawberry Flavour Mouthwash

I’m pretty sure I just discovered the best thing in my life so far (and possibly ever) – strawberry flavoured mouthwash.

So, those of you who know me (and aren’t people looking for information on Topsham, which seems to be the case for a lot of you) will probably know that I am not a huge fan of mint flavoured things, but toothpaste tends to be the worst of them. Every time you brush your teeth there seems to be a horrible minty slick of eeewiness (that’s a word, right?) all around the mouth which you can’t quite get rid of, even after several pints of water.

Before the solution was either to put up with it, which isn’t really a solution, or use mint flavoured mouthwash, which fixed the horrible eeewiness, but replaced it with yet more mint, which again isn’t much of a solution.

Strawberry

Strawberries Look Like This

However, today I found the solution, which as some strawberry flavoured mouthwash that appeared recently. I only really looked at it because it was one of those concoctions that involve shaking it to mix the two liquids together which look interesting but are generally nothing more than a novelty. Thankfully, I did look, and I’m pretty sure it’s changed my world for the better. The fruity sensation is like some form of good tasting thing (I fail at similes).

In fact, I’m so amazed by the concept that I am starting yet another of my ill-fated campaigns, which is to make everything taste like Strawberry. Calpol proves that it is worthwhile, and this new discovery just backs it up. Adult life has far too few strawberry flavoured things, and mint was so last year. We need big people’s medicine with Strawberry flavouring, we need… well I don’t know what we need, but we NEED MORE STRAWBERRY!

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End Of The Summer

by on Sep.11, 2011, under Life

Well, today is something of a significant day today, it’s the last day of my summer holiday. Tomorrow at 9:30am sharp college will restart and I’ll be dropped back into the monotonous life of a college student – albeit one who isn’t at college much.

Truth be told, I’m not too concerned – the summer has gone on for a while now, and all of these minor landmark events in life just tell me that we’re getting closer to the holiday (now booked for February – you’ll probably hear more in due course). Yeah, that’s pretty much all I have to look forward to, but I don’t mind – I’m finally sort of making money (ish) on the website empire, will have plenty of time (hopefully) with my limited college schedule to work on things, and hopefully things will actually start to work out – because right now I have no idea where I’m headed.

Anyway, only a short update – don’t really have much else to say, but hopefully I’ll be back soon with updates on Team Awesome/Stratum (delete as appropriate), websites (this blog is getting incredibly good traffic – shame my other sites aren’t!), and maybe some other stuff which becomes relevant in the future.

Until then, however,

Best Wishes!

dftba.

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Skype Syndrome

by on Jul.21, 2011, under Life, Team Awesome, Videos

So as to nullify Kyle’s comment about every blog post I make beginning with an apology, I figured I would post a second blog today about Skype Syndrome, which is a disease that plagues literally everybody who uses Skype with the names Daniel ‘Killsteal’ Johnstone, Adam Pemberton and Chris Dolman.

Skype Syndrome is a natural phenomenon which results in various catch phrases being transferred across multiple people via the means of a ‘Morphic Field.’ While a somewhat hazy scientific area, our various Skype conversations are conclusive proof that this is true.

Captain Killsteal

Captain Killsteal

Initially coined by AdsPems of the Killsteal Alliance, various sayings such as “I’ll Take It!,” “Disregard Zombies, Acquire Speed” and “If You See A Pig You Gotta Hit It With A Shovel!” have subsequently filtered down to Dan, Captain of the Killsteal Alliance, and myself, victim of the Killsteal Alliance. The phrase “Gentleman and a Scholar,” initially used by The Captain, has also seen frequent use by Vice Captain Adam.

The cure for Skype Syndrome? That is, unfortunately, a far-off prospect. For now, we must suffer the pain of the condition and wait for the leading scientists of our times to wrangle a solution from the shadowy depths of our illness. God speed, god speed.

DFTBA.

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General Update (+Holiday)

by on Jul.21, 2011, under Life

Hey guys, sorry I haven’t posted anything in virtually a month [Update - Over a month now... it took me ages to get around to finishing the post], but I’ve been reasonably busy by my standards.

Actually, that’s a lie, most of the time I’ve been playing Minecraft and calling League Of Legends the worst game ever (it is – you basically just have to run away from inevitable death), yet somehow this hasn’t felt like a waste of time. The PSH Minecraft server has a whole host of new features, from a piston-powered sign to a scale-ish replica of the White House, and it’s actually quite a cool place to play now. The fact that I haven’t been working on my internet empire, booking my driving test or doing other productive things somehow doesn’t seem to matter, though I imagine it will come back to haunt me shortly.

Anyway, during one week of the past month, I was actually busy! I know, it’s a first! Basically, it was my long-awaited holiday that was booked way, way back in February, and on the whole, it was a pretty damn awesome week. So awesome, in fact, that normal life seems even duller in comparison these days.

Holiday View

A View From The Paddock (It Was Dark)

I think the best part of the holiday wasn’t so much the location or house, but being constantly with friends. While the house was rather nice, we probably could have done with a little extra space, and Topsham itself wasn’t an ideal location for six eighteen-year-olds and Dan. Asides from the rather diminutive Co-Op in the main street, there were genuinely no other shops that even began to interest us (asides from maybe the sweet shop – until we saw the prices and swiftly moved on). This meant travelling to Exeter or Exmouth when we needed groceries or something to do – but this wasn’t too great a hardship in the end.

All in all, the week pretty much descended into a week of gaming and eating, but hey, I don’t see a problem with that. We got the occasional bit of exercise playing football in the paddock, and Stephan got even more thanks to the several naked laps of the paddock (don’t ask – thinking of the subject scars me).

Ultimately, it was just a week of relaxing , gaming, and generally not thinking about normal life (and exploiting Stephan’s occasional stupidity at times). And, asides from the fact that most of my friends appear to be nocturnal, I really miss it. Real life kinda sucks when you’re lonely and without fried bread and without nice views and so-on and so-forth. So, another holiday soon guys?

DFTBA.

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Exams Rant #2

by on Jun.20, 2011, under Life

So, now that my extensive exam timetable is complete, I figured I should probably post a blog on here seeing as it’s been nearly a month since the last one, and I’m sure you’ve all been missing my writing terribly.

You haven’t?

Damn.

Anyway, seeing as I love seeing myself type and I have nothing better to do, I figured I’d lay into exams more for two reasons.

1) I added a number to the title of the last post – having Exam Rant #1 of 1 seems stupid, and

2) THEY ARE THE MOST STUPID USELESS WAY OF TESTING EVER!!!!!!!

Okay, this will probably regurgitate some of the points from the previous rant seeing as it was about a month ago, but I’ve actually had an exam now, so the torment is fresh in my memory.

Basically, for Business Studies Unit 4, I had 1 hours and 45 minutes in order to write a thorough, well balanced argument about how businesses operate and how they make profit (yeah, I’ve forgotten the questions… I think I may have subconsciously tried to remove this from my mind), using around four different businesses as examples with accurate facts and information… twice! If I had the entire 1 hour 45 minutes to do one question, I may have been able to do myself justice, but the time limit is just far too short to allow you to write anything of any value in the quantities that are required.

The guideline amount to write for each of the 40 mark questions is around 4 pages (four sides of A4 paper). Now, I don’t know about you, but I write in reasonably large handwriting, and I struggle to exceed three pages in 45 minutes. Expecting 4 sides of A4 in about 45 minutes is bordering on ridiculous in my opinion, and in the three pages that I can just about make it is not possible to include sufficient detail to get anywhere above a ‘C’ grade.

Exams.... Ugh

Exams.... Ugh

Now, I’m not a particular fan of exams, I have to say, but this one is possibly the worst exam I’ve ever had to sit, and by quite a long way. Without fail, in every other exam I’ve had to suffer throughout school and college, I have had enough time to finish writing what I wanted to, and had time to spare at the end. With this exam, I was hugely conscious of the time constraints, which is a major distraction if you’re looking up at the clock constantly. I then had the burning pain in my wrist thanks to 105 minutes of constant writing, a headache due to the poor lighting in the hall and an irritatingly wobbly desk, and also not forgetting the exam itself.

As I said in the last rant, the exam hall is really not an atmosphere that is conducive to doing your best work, and as such my grade is likely to be even worse than in the mock tests that we have had to endure throughout the past few months of college. Admittedly, the questions were, comparatively, fairly nice compared to the majority of the mock tests we have been given, but the annoyances of the exam hall and such made it about a gigakatrillionbillion times worse.

Okay, nonsensical rant over. Should probably point out that I am aware I’m not the only person who had to suffer this – my heart goes out to all those who had to suffer along with me. Jess/Jase/Rach/Anybody else I forgot – I hope you do awesomely.

P.S – I’ll try and blog more now college is over and I have more time… hopefully I can fit you in along with my various other projects, but my time has been stretched recently. I’ll try my best!

DFTBA.

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