Broken Reality

Happy New Year.

That’s it for this year, nothing more to see here.

Finally after 5 years of being a Mr, my bank have finally realised i am no longer 15.

A Famous Mr.

As is the norm when i was a wee lad i was always known as Master Carrick on all corrospondance from my bank and pretty much everyone else. At the age of 16 my account was upgraded to a proper persons bank account and i got my hands on the delight of a Debit Card. Hurrah.

I was still Master Carrick.

Over the year i got the use out of my new card and with being young and care free managed to crack it after about 24 months, the Master thing hadn’t bothered me but i guessed the bank would realise when i popped in to order a new card, after a week my new card arrived.

I was still Master Carrick.

This card served me well although it still carried the Master title at the age of 18 but sadly this time around i managed to pop the chip out of it, it would seem bank cards don’t last very long under my care, as ontop of that the signature strip had all but disolved. I popped to the bank and ordered a new card, asking the lady who served me to update my details, as being being 18 i was deffinetly a Mr by now, she confirmed the update and told me my card would be with me within 7 days. It was here in 5.

I was still Master Carrick.

I was abit miffed at that one as i had even asked and was told my account details had been amended and yet here i am, being old school and sounding like i should have a man named Alfred wandering around my house bringing me cocktails for all occasions.

Finally last week the new split in my debit card got to the point where the chip was once again threatening to fall out and the signature strip was again unreadable. So off to the bank i popped to order another new card, yes 4 cards in 5 years, not the best of times really. I asked to update my details, again this was confirmed to me. I left.

I got my new card today.

I am no longer Master Carrick.

When did this happen?

I set my blog page as my homepage many moons ago in an attempt to cause activity and instead it just caused me to visit other websites far sooner.

Since last time i’ve turned 21, which was an interesting experience and has thus far been pretty cool. Granted it seems that my hangovers have increased in magnitude by around 137% which is damn annoying. It’s either that or i can now drink far more alcohol in a shorter time. The latter seems possible due to summer based fun times consumption but i hope not.

At the end of July I left a year working in the IT industry behind me, i had been working in the public sector carrying out IT related jobs for the good of the land. I learned a lot, granted not all of it was related to my degree but I’m sure it will all come in handy one day. I had a great year, got to know a bunch of great people, made some great new friends and got to experience the 5 day, 9-5 grind of the real world. That’s the one element i am thankful to leave behind, at least for a little while.

While having a blast at  my Birthday celebrations i picked me up a lady friend who i’ve missed dearly over the last couple of weeks as she’s been off indulging her nerdy core in the US but i get to see her again soon!

During the Summer i have continued to graft my arse off for the good of my employment which i still enjoy rather alot. Which seems to scare people sometimes. I have also squeezed in a fair bit of gaming during this time too, finally elevating myself above the 10,000 gamerscore level and quite rapidly above it’s older cousin. 11,000. This pleases me. However my grafting as many hours i am able to get my grubby mits on, while still actually finding time to play some video games, is soon to come to an end.

This is because it is September. That month in the year which delivers the gloom of the dark, cold nights of Winter and also a return to educational establishments for people everywhere. I am going back to University.

This prospect haunts my very soul.

Ho Ho!  Get me and my wit.

The bad ass to the left is of course none other than Mr Duke Nukem, serial womaniser, defender of whoever, fan of the titties and… well a bad ass.

Although i’ve never played a Duke Nukem game i’m aware of their success and the love they get from my fellow geek, but it now looks like his ‘latest’ title will never see the light of day.

3DRealms the guys behind the latest game in the Duke Universe seem to have finally ran out of money and i’ve gotta say i’m not suprised as it’s already taken them twelve fucking years.

Twelve years?!

I’ve often joked about Forever with mates - as i’m sure a lot of the gaming community has gone - and how it’s been in many a companies ‘Coming Soon’ list for aeons with it’s ever present TBC date. Now however it looks like it really will never come since it’s taken Forever *snigger* to develop.

Goodbye 3DRealms, let’s hope that in your honour retailers everywhere won’t notice that Duke Nukem Forever is still in those release lists.

So, the next stage in Windows 7’s lifecycle starts today with the legal, publically available version of the Release Candidate coming to a download source near you. It’s now been… 115 days since i installed the beta at it’s release.

I’m quite excited to get the new version installed and see all the awesome changes to this already solid and really rather nice all together OS.

In 17 hours time, it’s time to get my reformat on!