// June 24th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized
*Knock knock*
Three young wans: D’you wanna to buy a line mister?
Me: Erm, how much?
Fiver
Fiver!? What’s it for?
Erm – it’s for charidee.
Right, no sorry don’t have a fiver.
D’you have 3 euro?
Let’s see – no actually I don’t seem to have any money at the moment.
LIAR!
*SLAM*
// June 23rd, 2009 // 30 Comments » // web
Had a bit of high drama today. My Facebook account got hacked by a scammer. I got an email from Facebook asking me to confirm the change to my email address. I knew straight away I’d been hacked. When I followed the link to cancel the email change, I couldn’t log in to Facebook.
I thought that shit only happened to other people!
While I was scrambling around trying to find the best way of reporting it, The ‘other me’ was busy chatting to all my Facebook friends telling them that I’d been mugged at gunpoint in London and I was compeltely freaked and needed money to pay for my hotel and a flight home. The funny thing is I never chat, so it took me a minute to even notice the chat window after I got control of my Facebook again (took about 3 hours after I reported it).
Unfortunately I didn’t think to save all the chat histories straight away, they seem to disappear when people close Facebook. One friend said the scammer got quite aggressive when she asked him how I/he knew her. Another friend sent me an email asking me something unrelated, trying to figure out if the other one was me or not, (sounds like an episode of Star Trek, with two William Shatner’s fighting each other – and you only know the real one by the hammiest acting).
Another friend, who had his suspicions right from the start sent on his chat which was amusing enough;
hi Ray
hey john, need help with…?
Yes
I’m stuck in London England
I feel your pain
well…I had a visit to a resort in London and i got mugged
no way
it was so scary and i have been freaked out
where are you now?
I lodged in a hotell but im in a library as we speak
I have contacted the Irish Embassy but they told me to get a flight ticket back to Ireland
the problem now is that the cash i got on me for my return ticket got stolen….
I need your help?
you want me to buy a London to Dublin ticket for you?
Don’t bother about that…you can just have the money sent to me and I’ll sort everything out by myself
you want me to wire you cash?
Yes
Reason…I got to settle the hotel bills and the hotel accept cash for now cos their credit card machine is faulty
so where should I send the money?
alright…you can have it sent to my name and my present location
John Braine….United Kingdom
do I not need more details?
you don’t need more…that is all you need
Do you know any western union outlet nearest to you?
how do I send it, western union or something?
sure…Western Union
I don’t need to give an office number, or anything like that?
you don’t need that
how will I know if it gets to you?
as soon as you have sent the money, they will issue you a confirmation
so you will send me the confirmation and I’ll use it to pick up the money at the western union outlet
cool
okay
Do you know any western union outlet nearest to you?
it will probably be a few hours, I’ll have to go on my lunch
okay
when will you be back? cos i might not be online on FB…
you can just drop me a message via email address
here’s my email address below
cool
okay
How much can you afford to loan me?
200 euros?
I need 500 euros…
I promise to return it as soon as im back in town
I think I’ll get a ham sandwich for lunch
// June 21st, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Uncategorized
This always makes me laugh. Two consecutive & conlicting items in my Facebook feed:
// June 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
My pet plug
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jbraine.
// June 19th, 2009 // 5 Comments » // tv
I was a total League of Gentleman fanboy. Best thing on telly on years. There’s been plenty of decent comedy over the years but it’s just that added twist of the macabre that really made it. And the characters were brilliant, otherworldly yet all too familiar. I did this little project a few years ago using a scene from the League of Gentlemen movie, and while this photo was taken I uttered the revered catchphrase You’re my wife now. So I’ve earned my fanboy stripes.
Well they’re back! With Psychoville. Well, two of the three gentlemen are back, it’s a pity Mark Gatiss is absent. The first episode was on last night it was off to a good start. It’s the same style as League of Gentlemen, great characters, great set design, with just a dose more ‘murder, mystery, suspense!’. Of the new characters, I think the scary clown is a bit obvious – my favourites are David and Maureen, a mummy and her special little boy in an altogether wholesome relationship.
The first episode was a good opener for a long running story and I can’t wait to see where it goes.
BBC2 10pm Every Thursday.
// June 19th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Uncategorized
// June 18th, 2009 // 5 Comments » // Uncategorized
This is one from the I wish I’d thought of that but it’s still fun to copy category: Take 3 frames from a movie and make an animated gif.
If you’re going to have a go, don’t go looking for your favourite old movies on youtube, it’s harder to do, and doesn’t look half as good, go for the HD Apple trailers.
// June 17th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // random, rant
Ever see a stereotype played out to such perfection, that it’s almost comical? Almost. Take this display of begrudgery for instance.
Loud drunk asshole in Chipper:
“So I’ve taken up acting, yes I’m very grand indeed”.
Guy from Fair City, also doing a great job in The Shawshank play;
[Solemly waits for his chips].
Loud drunk asshole in Chipper:
“I’ve started working in the Gaeity recently, I am so much better than all of you”.
Guy from Fair City, also doing a great job in The Shawshank play;
[Solemnly waits for his chips].
Loud drunk asshole in Chipper:
“Oh I love the sound of my own voice, love to shout it from a stage”. (The irony is completely lost on him)
Guy from Fair City, also doing a great job in The Shawshank play;
[Gets his chips, pays politely and leaves quietly]
Loud drunk asshole in Chipper:
[Shouts some direct insults at the guy]
Nope, no begrudgery in ireland, don’t know what you’re talking about, stop that stereotyping.
// June 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // random
// June 10th, 2009 // No Comments » // art, news, video
Stunning animation by the Black Heart Gang, almost looks like a Bosch or Brueghel painting brought to life. The making of is well worth a look too. It’s only one part of a three part series, you can buy the whole package as a book / dvd.
The Tale of How from Shy the Sun on Vimeo.
// June 9th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // news, photoshop
The Xbox Awesome sauce finally worked. Congratulations!
// June 8th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // art, drawing
I always manage to make use of the sketchbook at least once on the summer hols.
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