urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave MadDave galliard@hotmail.com MadDave 2009-07-31T19:05:08Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:9749 2009-07-31T19:05:08Z 2009-07-31T19:05:08Z Say "words!" in the comments and I'll respond with 5 words that I associate with you. Write something about them in your LJ.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Seeing as I am such an attention whore I jumped on the bandwagon and asked the lovely Mr Scott for words he associates with me and for me to elaborate on them.<br /><br /><br />Confrontation...<br /><br />The weird thing for me is that whilst a great deal of my friends know me through LARP they often see me being quite confrontational. It's true whilst in the medium of cross country panto I love a good ruck, rumble and rucus but in real life it is the exact opposite. I hate to complain, if I purchase something and it's defective, if left to my own devices will just assept it as it is. At times I find it hard to ask for stuff in shops and hate to "be a bother" by asking assitants for help. I've had a few fights in real life but don;t look for them or in fact enjoy them.<br /><br />Language...<br /><br />I think profanity is both big and clever. I don;t think any word should cause offence and will use any word I blooming well choose. But. I can be exceedingly lazy in the language I use and often come across as less eloquent as I would like myself to be perceived.<br /><br />Intrigue...<br />Agin in LARP I love a good bit of intrigue and in fact in real life like it too. I think everyone plays a different "self" when with different parties and I like to try and see how it plays out in the bigger picture.<br /><br />Mud...<br />He he he. I like mud, I like the way it feels I like the way it looks it makes our silly hobby look more authentic, a bit like snow. Did I mind plastering my face with it for years at Omega? Heck no. Would I do it again? Probably.<br /><br />Booze...<br /><br />Strange fact, I was tea total until about 20. Never drank a drop before then. I don;t particularly like the taste of most alcoholic drinks but as with many things connected to my most commonoly worn mask, if I'm going to do something, I'll do it to massive excess. Tomorrow night for example I will drink far far too much ( I'll usually go through half a bottle of vodka before leaving the house) and drink lots lots more. Are there times when I turn into an idiot on booze? More often than not sadly, but thems the breaks urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:9478 2009-01-27T13:09:19Z 2009-01-27T13:09:19Z I am alive urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:8487 2004-08-23T17:10:33Z 2004-08-23T17:10:33Z b92fc7b970ab17afbab984721313e7d6<br /><a href="http://www.ljmeme.com">http://www.ljmeme.com</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:8024 2004-07-04T11:31:53Z 2004-07-04T11:31:53Z Ian Sturrock is easily baited, I think I may follow him on pagga making snidey childish comments. That is all urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:7690 2004-06-03T08:55:01Z 2004-06-03T08:55:01Z If there is someone on your friends list you would love to have a fukathon with, post this same exact sentence in your journal. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:7569 2004-04-28T08:11:30Z 2004-04-28T08:11:30Z Please post a memory of me in the comments. It can be anything you want. Then please post this to your journal and see what people remember of you urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:7406 2004-03-23T23:27:20Z 2004-03-23T23:27:20Z I'm rather worried by the news at the moment. It seems that Israel have gone properly off the deep end. OK so they say that they were hitting back at Hamas for it's previous attacks on civilian targets, but it realy does worry me with what they have done.<br /><br />I picked up a copy of Metro on the train today and saw the horror of it all in technicolour. There was his picture held aloft by an angry crowd. Sauruman the White killed by Israel. Boy is Sauron gonna be pissed off at this. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:7167 2004-03-12T22:33:38Z 2004-03-12T22:33:38Z Leave a comment and I will tell you one thing I like about you. <br /><br />In other news Spacker Dave is in the Punisher. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:6870 2004-02-18T23:16:43Z 2004-02-18T23:16:43Z Have you ever seen a steaming pile of shit and glimpsed a peanut in it?<br /><br />Peanuts are okay aren't they?<br /><br />Does that make the steaming turd any less of piece of crap?<br /><br />Now there aren't many peanuts and they are mainly just small bits of peanut. Probably just the one peanut in small pieces spread throughout the nauseating, gut wrenching, fetid bowel movement.<br /><br />It's still a piece of shit.<br /><br />But before it came out of the other end is was a gorgeous, succulent meal. Mouth watering, eye catching, a culinary delight.<br /><br />Now it's a fucking slop of dung. With a bit of peanut.<br /><br />Yes ladies and gents I've just watched LXG.<br /><br />For fucks sake why? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:6500 2004-02-10T10:53:50Z 2004-02-10T10:53:50Z Well it's been a while since my last update. I'm now gainfully employed by BT themselves and train the poor saps who wish to join operator services in Milton Keynes. Though the training bit will only last until May it's a great job with a lot more money than I was on before.<br />Maelstrom... Hmm I'm looking forward to it but it's only a game. I have a lot of respect for Matt but believe me he ain't some beatific model of godhood like his fan boys think. The amount of whining on pagga is getting on my tits as much as it is with Mr Andrews though if it was myself running the game, I wouldn't cancel it I'd deliberatley kit the monsters out in Iron Maiden T shirts and trainers and make them use gaffa weapons with dowling cores.<br /><br />Whilst on Games must book for NWO as I keep on forgetting to do so, god I'm a spazz sometimes (well most times) and need to step up work on Zenith LRP. The world is coming on in leaps and bounds I'm happy with the races, religions and culture. The cosmology is the sweetest thing I have ever had a hand in creating. Also my other LRP project the Dark Ages game is plodding on, we have a meeting for it next week and am rather looking forward to it.<br /><br /><br />Maelstromania: noun, The delusional mental disorder when a person has little or no life and believes that a piece of work is being done solely for their benefit. Symptoms include a great deal of frothing, the delusion that they can mold the work themselves by whining, anxiety and a belief that they have very little time left to prepare for something. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:6274 2003-12-09T13:20:26Z 2003-12-09T13:20:26Z Well I haven't updated in quite a while and being bunged up to the eyeballs with mucus I feel the need for an outlet. As far as work goes, in the new year I will be a proper BT employee, full contract, half the hours yet double the pay, 5 days extra holiday and no sundays unless I choose to work them. Life doesn't get much sweeter than that. Work on the other LARP projects plods on at some pace, the Dark Ages game is coming on in leaps and bounds and looks set to run next year. Ponkfest or Mandorla as it is now known is steaming ahead as well, 20th century physics? I think not peeps. I'm realy looking forward to both games as they are very different, the dark ages game being quite low fantasy based around a pioneering community branching out into the unknown and Mandorla being very high fantasy with quite a few fest LRP conventions thrown out of the window. Must also book for NWO in the next few days, the char I wanted from the off is still up for grabs which is pretty cool. <br /><br />Must also contact the Raffster as I wanna pop up to Lindisfarne in the New Year so may as well drop in on the Sunderland massive (and that's just his ego/gut). It can't be any worse than Sutton Poo which for a National Trust flagship centre sucked uffington horses balls.<br /><br />Must do more work on Mandorla races now so TTFN. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:5907 2003-11-16T19:13:39Z 2003-11-16T19:13:39Z <img src="http://images.quizilla.com/E/ednemo/1067425838_uresmiddy3.jpg" border="0" alt="Midnighter"><br>You are The Midnighter.<br />The Midnighter was a secret product of the labs of<br>Henry Bendix, part of his Stormwatch<br>"Academy" program, the members of<br>whom were duped into becoming Bednix's personal<br>Stormwatch team. One of many individuals given<br>superpowers by that ruthless personage, he lost<br>his original identity in the process. He was<br>transformed into "Night's Bringer of<br>War", a living weapon designed to<br>"hit thing's until they don't work<br>anymore. The Midnighter automatically analyses<br>every situation he is in as a combat scenario,<br>his computerised senses instantaneously<br>checking out multiple battle strategies until<br>he has located the best one to win the fight at<br>minimal effort. To aid him in the actual fight<br>he has heightened reflexes and strength, and a<br>superb knowledge of most forms of combat.<br /><br><br><a href="http://quizilla.com/users/ednemo/quizzes/What%20Gritty%20No%20Nonsense%20Comic%20Book%20Character%20are%20You%3F/"> <font size="-1">What Gritty No Nonsense Comic Book Character are You?</font></a><br> <font size="-3">brought to you by <a href="http://quizilla.com">Quizilla</a></font> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:5701 2003-10-23T08:22:57Z 2003-10-23T08:22:57Z Well OP luvvie is almost upon us, Mr Andrews has some sort of illness he claims will prevent him from going, which in my mind means he doesn't want to spend time with one of his most favourite people in the world (not me). Ady has again dug himself a greater hole and is not looking forward to the game due to IC infatuation with someone who honest and harry could have been a little nicer about casting. Though Ady does have a nice ironic idea. Then there's my kit, for the past week I've put off finishing it and that leaves tonight, I was hoping that perhaps some pixies could come and finish it while I watched the Indiana Jones boxed set, or that ordering stuff of amazon may make it finish itself, but oh no, there's no magic in this world. Aside from the stuff Alan Moore and Clive Barker use to write with. <br />Still Scam and Bertie will be there as will the luvvies Mr Curtis and some of the Bradford Massive. So all in all should still be a stormer.<br /><br />Porn Phrase of the Week:<br />Atomic Dock, in may ways similar to the act of docking by which an uncircumcised man furtles his foreskin over another mans member thus stimulating both men with one hand movement. The Atomic Dock involves trying to furtle said foreskin over another mans head then putting your arms around his waist and dropping him onto your knee thus compressing his spine. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:5453 2003-10-21T10:16:25Z 2003-10-21T10:16:25Z Has anyone been keeping tabs on the new Disney Arthur movie? It looks cool, Ray Winstone looks mean as usual, and the kit rocks.<br /><br />There are a few of us who alongside Operation Flatworld are hoping to run a British Heroic fantasy game based on Cornwells stuff next year, I'll keep youposted. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:5238 2003-10-20T18:47:45Z 2003-10-20T18:47:45Z Well the latest Angel (number 3) was a bit of a filler, I was watching it hoping to take my mind off finishing the Op Luvvie kit, but it didn't. I have 3 hours on friday to get from Milton Keynes to OP luvvie, I think I can just about scrape it to get there for the 20:30 briefing, and it's gonna rock. Sue offered me a lift but Friday milton Keynes and the M25 ain't gonna be speedier.<br /><br />Went into town today and no Alan Moore sightings, though Comic Shop Guy said Mr M had heard nothing on the V for Vendetta front, so bad news for pax-daddy .<br /><br />As was pointed out on grendelchilds LJ I was left with a sense of loss at Kill Bill, some parts hit the mark, but more often than not it felt like the wunderkind was doing what he felt like and to hell with anyone else. Was I expecting too much? Did I go in thinking "please don't be Jackie Brown again"? Or was it just okay? Well, I'll go and see it again and give it the Jackie Brown 3 attempts to like it. Much better by far was Cabin Fever, I hurt myself laughing throughout it, and would recommend it to anyone. Whilst leaving the cinema though I was perturbed that a homeless man offered me a bigger shoe. I thought mine fitted but he kept shouting it to everyone, I think he is a throwback to when Northampton was a fine cobbling town.<br /><br />Oh and can anyone get where this posts title is from? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:4967 2003-10-13T13:46:48Z 2003-10-13T13:46:48Z Alias (halfway through now) OP Luvvie is drawing closer and closer and I was wondering (as I frantically try to finish kit) who from our esteemed cadre will be in attendance? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:4831 2003-10-13T08:21:06Z 2003-10-13T08:21:06Z I'm currently watching the first season of Alias on DVD and seem to note that Sidney (or Sydney or Cid-kneee) is the worlds crappest spy, she blinks like a larper getting chatted up when she shoots a gun, that's if she ever uses one, runs like Joey Deacon would have if he tried to and she has hissy fits all the time over bugger all. I think its an A Team for the noughties with the lack of deaths and when people do go to the pearly gates it's done with great emotion.It's also got the crap celeb cameos in it, I have heard rumour that Boy George is gonna be in Season three, saying good work Mr T to her. Still I like the cliffhanger endings that make me run to get the next disc.<br /><br />On another comics note does anyone remember Big Numbers by Mr Moore and Bill Sinkydinkrinkydinkydoody? If so what do you think was going to happen in it? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:4568 2003-10-12T13:59:58Z 2003-10-12T15:17:01Z Watched the 1st 2 episodes of Angel season 5 last night and was pleasantly surprised. I'm not the greatest fan of Buffy or Angel but the two eps last night amused me quite a lot, the 2 new chars are cool and make a large improvement on the ensemble.<br /><br />On the comic front Garth Ennis continues to titillate with the Punisher, Fables is as cool as ever and anything from the Marvel Ultimate Universe rocks. I have realised though that I spend quite a lot on these damnable things (£35 for 1 weeks comics on thursday!), but they keep me amused and out of mischief for a while.<br /><br />Saint Susan is away on a conference in Mar Lodge in scotland, I cannot help but smile and imagine MR Wilder walking around the hall in a hessian robe.So while the cat is away, the mouse it seems will frantically finish kit for harryh's swan song and play freedom fighters on the ps2 lots.<br /><br />If anyone can find a life I can buy off the internet I would be very very greatful. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:4226 2003-10-09T10:03:45Z 2003-10-09T10:09:01Z Denmark was fandabidozi, clean, pleasant, no rampaging Danes thoug. I was shocked at the low level of crime a gagillion bikes and no bike locks litter the sides of the roads, yet no one knicks em!! We were based on a tiny island called Fano that you needed to get a ferry onto and off of, it was a little like Summerisle witout Christopher Lee.<br /><br />Anyhoo Da list<br /><br />Tarts<br />Natalie Imbruglia in the torn video<br />Nicole Kidman when shes not a skelly bob<br />Kathy Burke (no realy)<br />Elizabeth Montgomery from Bewitched<br />Alicia Silverstone <br /><br />Vicars<br />Tim Roth<br />Gary Oldman (both for the scary sexiness)<br />Simon Pegg ( I think we have a lot in common so pillow talk would be nice)<br />Wilfred Bramble (Albert Steptoes mouth was made for cock)<br />Kevin Spacey urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:3845 2003-09-18T15:20:22Z 2003-09-18T15:20:22Z Ryan air have offers on going to nice exotic places for air port tax only!! The offer ends tonight at midnight so most of my evening will be spent booking weekends away methinks. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:3653 2003-09-15T14:22:44Z 2003-09-15T14:22:44Z Friday I will be in Brum for the night before heading on down to the LARP wedding of the year. I find with great amusement however that Friday is National speak like a pirate day. Fun fun fun I say. Methinks I will change all my prerecorded salutations at work to fit in with the day. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:3509 2003-08-21T10:17:14Z 2003-08-21T10:18:29Z <table style="border: 1px black solid; width: 70%"><tr><th style="background-color: #cc9999">My LiveJournal Sitcom</th></tr><tr><td><b>Taking Care Of son</b> (<i>FOX, 2:30</i>): <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/maddave/">maddave</a> (Jodie Sweetin) uses <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/uncanic/">uncanic</a> (Marisa Tomei)'s iPod. That weekend, <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/kneeshooter/">kneeshooter</a> (Boris Karloff) buys <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/grendelchild/">grendelchild</a> (Lindsay Lohan)'s old backpack. Also, <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/nyarbaggytep/">nyarbaggytep</a> (Jenny McCarthy) tries on <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/lupercal/">lupercal</a> (Kate Beckinsale)'s pants without permission. Then, <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/delvy/">delvy</a> (Gena Lee Nolin) cleans <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/maleghast/">maleghast</a> (Kim Cattrall)'s apartment and ruins the footstool. Afterwards, <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/yapman/">yapman</a> (RuPaul) is allergic to <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/bubblyblonde/">bubblyblonde</a> (Ralph Macchio)'s shampoo. TV-MA.</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small; text-align: center"><a href="http://www.corknut.org/toys/sitcom/">What's Your LiveJournal Sitcom?</a> (by <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/rfreebern/">rfreebern</a>)</td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Ah a lovely thought of all the cross dressing, yapman aside that is ;) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:3165 2003-08-15T18:03:31Z 2003-08-15T18:13:37Z The sound of air coolers THE RULES! <br />1 -- Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed. <br />2 -- I will respond; I'll ask you five questions. <br />3 -- You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers. <br />4 -- You'll include this explanation. <br />5 -- You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed<br /><br />For nyarbaggytep<br /><br />1 - how much do I know the real Dave - as opposed to the Maddave who comes out to play in public? <br /><br />A little more than most would I think, although the transparent veneer of comedy buffoon is not too far from a large aspect of me. Though there are very few people who know the real McKenna<br /><br /><br />2 - What do I not know about you that would surprise me?<br /><br />I'm a sad and hopeless romantic.<br /><br /><br />3 - what do you like best about yourself?<br /><br />Although I can be a massive tw@t I really do care loads about my friends and would walk over hot coals for them.<br /><br /><br />4 - what do you like least about yourself?<br /><br />The massive tw@t bit, if I can humour some of my friends at the expense of others (including on many occassions others I class as friends) then I will go ahead with it. Take Omega for example...<br /><br /><br />5 - what do you think I think of you? <br /><br />Erm a bit sad really, with a constant drive to please others. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:2841 2003-08-03T22:34:39Z 2003-08-03T22:34:39Z I seem to follow like cattle sometimes...<br /><br /><br /><br /><table style="font-family:verdana;border:outset #cccccc 5px;background-color:#ffffff;width:200px"> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;color:#000000">Maddave's<br />Battle Imp</span><br /><span style="font-size:10px;color:#000000">is</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.gamewyrd.com"><img border="0" height="150" width="150" alt="Who&#39;s your battle imp?" src="http://www.gamewyrd.com/imps/images/Irid_badge.jpg"></a><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;color:#000000">Irid</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:11px;color:#000000"><br /> Backstabbing: 9<br /><br /> Dodgin': 7<br /><br /> Guts: 6<br /><br /> Magic Mojo: 6<br /><br /> Smackdown: 1<br /></span></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" align="center"><hr color="#cccccc" width="60%" /><br /> <table border="0"> <form method="post" action="http://www.gamewyrd.com/imps/battle.php"> <input type="hidden" name="wyrdling" value="6396"> <tr><td align="right"><br /> <input type="hidden" name="defend" value="Maddave"><br /> <input type="text" name="attack" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;color:#000000" size="15" maxlength="50"><br /> </td><td align="left"><br /> <input type="submit" value="Battle!" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;color:#000000"><br /> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><br /> <span style="font-size:10px;color:#000000">Will your battle imp beat Maddave's?<br />Enter your name and fight.</span></td></tr> &lt;/td&gt;</tr> </form> </table><br /> </td>&lt;/tr&gt; </table><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:maddave:2560 2003-07-31T10:22:38Z 2003-07-31T10:22:38Z Wow after my rant yesterday got home to my Omega D/T and was amazed, how could I take over the world without anyone doing it? Much frothage occured then off to Pirates of the Caribou or whatever it's called.<br /><br />How did Orlando bloom manage to get Errol Flynn's moustache and beard? How come an American actor can do two different english accents? How come it was so damn good?<br /><br />Much buckle was swashed Depp was astounding, Bloom was good, needed more Mackenzie Crook though as he as ever was amazing.<br /><br />The only problem is that the amount of Jack Sparrows and Captain Barbosa wannabes that will appear will dampen my memories of a masterpiece.