You can find me...

Here... malseyeview.blog.co.uk

I've found one! (I think...)

I'm going to set up a UK based blog and see how it goes.

I'll stick up a link in a bit once it's ready.

I Don't Like This Blog.

I like the words, just not the layout and colours. It's really not me.

I'm going to try and find another place to host this.

Our Survey Says..!

I'm told it was a faulty train.

A single faulty train on platform 9.
A single faulty train that I was sitting on.
A single faulty train, parked firmly on a platform, not blocking any other vehicle from moving or journey from beginning that managed to delay all other trains by 30 minutes.

We are not amused/convinced/impressed [delete as necessary]

Utter incompetence!

I was sitting on a train due to leave at 18.21. At 18.25 they cancel it with no warning, no apology, no reason and no replacement train. This is typical of the pathetic excuse of a company that is First Great Western. I have now boarded another train that is going to be delayed for an unspecified length of time. The reason? First Great Western can't give me one... I'd get sacked if this was my job.

Best Man

Aye, that's me.

The guy who was my Best Man has asked me to be his. Of course I accepted - he did such a stirling job for me that it is the least I could do to try and match it. That, and it's big of him to finally admit it.

Anyway... I am flattered and honoured. I just hope I can help make his wedding as special as ours was.

Please place any speech tips on the back of a postcard, send it to the usual address etc etc.

Make up your bloody mind!

Fail.

See? Posers.

London Lunchtime

This is Green Park. It's amazing what you can observe... There's a guy to my right smoking weed, a couple of posers shadowboxing, Piccadilly traffic rumbling by, dogs doing their thing, joggers, poser joggers... Only in London...

Hypnobirthing 2: The Revenge

Our hypnobirthing course came to an end on Sunday. I'm pretty confident that using it when Mrs Mal goes into labour will only be a good thing. Even if drugs are required in the end, I'm sure that her first experience of childbirth will be significantly smoother than some others.

Still, should it not work, then we are definitely going to keep on with hypnosis in the rest of our lives. It can help with relaxation, stress relief, building confidence (and maybe even add a bit of extra spice the bedroom...). There are no doubt all sorts of scripts and mp3s online that we can explore. Interesting times.

In other news...

- Mrs Mal is in the process of creating a nursery.
-I'm pissed off that nobody recognises Gary Oldman's contribution to The Dark Knight
- Watchmen is the best graphic novel I've ever read
- My beloved Aston Villa are 3-1 up at half time in the Uefa Cup.
- Family holiday went well and I saw the Roselyn Chapel (probably spelt it wrong too)
- I really want to gig again.
- The most recent gig we had was last night.
- I think should go and hit the drums and cure myself of the itch.

Green and Pleasant Land

Keilder Water

Ladies and Gentlemen!

I give you the biggest bifta I have ever seen! (Actually it's a narwhale tusk, but hey...)

Buddy on Tour

Telford services. Oh yeah! Living the dream!

Holiday Time!

24 hours and I still can't remember what I was going to post yesterday. Oh well...

I'm going on holiday tomorrow, so interweb access will be pretty much non-existant. Expect a few pictures from my phone to pop up every now and then. God knows why I'm announcing it to a reader base that is a single person, and that person is coming on holiday with me.

Presumably this is the onset of madness. Splendid. I will be an insane super-villian by the end of the year.

I was going to post something today...

I just can't remember what. No doubt it'll come to me later.

I'm Going to Burn in Hell

I'm a Catholic. I'm also a very naughty boy.

Just like these people...

The Dark Knight

Mrs Mal and I went to see the new Batman film this morning (yes, it is perfectly acceptable to see a film before lunchtime...).

All the press has been about Heath Ledger and how awesome his turn as The Joker is. I have to say I agree. Christopher Nolan (the director) has described the villian as a force of nature, and I struggle to find a better description. His eyes breed insanity, the little ticks and mannerisms show a level of dedication to a character so often missed in the comic book genre and the way he shuffles about before unleashing a surprising level of agilty further adds to the unpredictability of the man. He'll get nominated for an oscar, but will he win? Hard to say, there are plenty more films to come out this year with plenty more performances to judge. RIP Heath - you done good.

Gary Oldman though? He done better.

Throughout the film you only see Jim Gordon and it wasn't until I mentioned to Mrs Mal that Gary Oldman was in the film did she a. ask for confirmation he was in it and b. which character he played. Oldman has the ability to vanish into his parts and this was no exception. I'm no film critic but if you -really- want to see an acting masterclass, have a look at Gary Oldman in this film. Good cop, family man, victim and hero. He won't get nominated for squat, but by God does he deserve to.

It's arguably the best comic book movie yet (certainly up there with X-Men 2, Daredevil and A History of Violence). I would offer an argument that it's also one of the best crime dramas in recent years, I found myself being reminded of Michael Mann's Heat throughout.

If you get a chance to, see this film.

Nothing is Safe!

The price to use the toilets at Paddington Station has been hit by the UK's crazy inflation.

It has gone from 20p to 30p - a 50% rise. Scandal, I tell you.

Bonding with Baby

I'm supposed to be talking to Mal Jr while he's swimming around in Mrs Mal's lady bits, playing him music, shining a torch or tapping out War and Peace using Morse Code on my good lady's stomach.

Problem is, I'm not that sort of person.

I love my wife and I love my unborn child but I'm not going to talk at a stomach. In the meantime, I'll do my best to make life as comfortable for her as possible.

Poor bugger's going to have me talking at him for the rest of his life. Reckon he should enjoy the silence while he has the chance.