There's only 4 days remaining until the big gaming giants Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft make their press conference speeches at E3 2008 and, to show my appreciation for this period, I've compiled a list of predictions of what we might find this year!

So, cynicism aside (or not), here's what I expect/believe/wish to be announced at this years event:

Nintendo

• Kid Icarus trailer is shown and will be playable on the floor. Release date to be early 2009 (that's late 2010 for us Europeans) Mario and Zelda will take a break this year.
• Animal Crossing Online for the Wii is announced but is not playable. Another 2009 release date.
• Voice chat is announced (...I joke, I joke. Sorry, I'll be serious)
• Nintendo resolves the data storage issues of the Wii (haha...sorry, I couldn't resist)
• In conclusion- more waggle for your wii-mote and another lecture of how they conquered the casuals.

Sony

• Team Ico show a very short teaser for their next game. Release date TBA
• God of War 3 is displayed in its full HD perfection and lots of scarlet blood splatters the screen to reveal a 2009 release date.
• The PSP gets some PS3 spin offs like Resistance and Uncharted.
• In conclusion, Sony attempts to step up to the mark and reveals some exclusives for their systems. No price cuts and not much focus on statistics as they seem to lack many to flaunt...

Microsoft

• Alan Wake finally gets some attention and another trailer is shown. Release date either to be 2010 or TBA.
• Gears of war 2, Fable 2 and Bioshock 2 are re/announced and trailers are shown. Fable 2 and Gears 2 will be playable on the show floor. Release dates will be 2009 for all three
• Microsoft reveals 'new, 'innovative' motion sensing technology for the xbox 360.
• In conclusion - not a lot of new content for the 360, but a lot of statistic throwing and a talk on how this year they will 'conquer Japan'(like how they've been saying since 2001

I really dislike recruitment agencies. The so called "consultants" are usually rude, arrogant and salesey. They are only interested in getting you in to register with them, they then promise you the world and you don't hear from them again, unless they want to flog you some job they can't get anyone else to do and think you will go for it because you are desperate or don't have 5 years plus experience in the particular field you are interested in. They will hardly ever put you forward for permanent work because they make more money out of you if you are just temping via them. They lie to you about the jobs and what they involve, making rubbish jobs sound like they are more high profile than they really are and they even lie about the salary / hourly rate you will get, if they think it will get you to say "Yes, please send my CV to that company!". Their philosophy is: "Get them to agree to it and worry about the details later!"

My experience of recruitment agencies has been a very dissapoiting one. I have been lied to, treated as if I were an idiot, pushed around, patronized, insulted and told off for calling or emailiing them every once in a while to ask if they actually have anything for me! Today I was even told by one of these "high-flyers" to "not call" her or "email" her please "about jobs that are not relevant" (i.e. I had applied for a job she felt was too senior for me) as this was wasting her time and she was very busy! How rude. She even had the audacity to leave this message on my work voicemail!!! And she was from one of the biggest agencies...

Please feel free to share any bad experienecs you have had with recruitment agencies, as it would be really 'therapeutic' to hear from fellow 'sufferers'. :-)

Being unemployed and on summer holidays, i have an incredible amount of spare time on my hands. I've now got a horrible method of filling this spare time with looking at desperate dating ads in the paper. You know the "single, 52, looking for a woman younger than me to aid in my mid-life crisis" type ads and i found one which um, was interesting to say the least.

Looking for a princess who is also an exhibitionist and submissive. I am 45 yrs old, 6'4" and 230lbs. I would like to meet a woman/women smaller and younger than me. By that I mean 40 or younger, 4'9" to 6'0" slender to ample. Positive & happy with themselves. Looking for a lady who does not mind leaving the lady at the door, as the sub enters. They can be shy and yet kinky or bold as can be and kinky. Involved or interested in Bondage, Blindfolds, Clamps, Candle Wax, Chains, Collar and or Lead/Leash, Oral, Pain, Role Playing, Spanking, Talking Dirty, Whips and being naughty in public. I am a voyeur who enjoys watching men and women jockeying for a better position to see what they saw or thought they saw.

Domination of a submissive does not include getting you into my 3 bedroom 2 bath 1 dungeon home two hours after we meet for the first time over coffee. Thats a gift you must earn. To earn a trip into the dungeon, you must open your mind. Your picture gets mine, as well as cam, after we have chatted and both are interested.

....whoever that princess was, who was permitted entrance to his 3 bedroom 2 bathroom 1 dungeon home, is a lucky lucky girl. Wow, just wow.

So i came back to Uni after an endurance test of a holiday (parents, tsk) to find that my room smells and the floor is drenched with brown muck.

...I want to cry...

But i cant waste time on over sensative emotions! I have a landlord to call!

(and this provides the perfect excuse to get an extension on my 3 essays due in next week! YESSS!!)

A conversation with my housemate cast my mind back a couple of years to the days where i had an arch nemisis, or nemisi.

And when I say 'nemisis' i mean someone who I knew hated me back, not some stranger who had no clue i disliked them.

If you have never had a nemisis before, you are missing out on a very special and unique emotional experience. The feeling of spite is something nearly exotic, exquisit and (most important) addicting. Its like love, but more fun: no longer must you watch what you say and do. The more outrageous your pokings are, the better the consequences.

Ever hear that you caused, with little effort, someone to have what could only be called a nervous breakdown? Ever read an angry email from someone that was so unhinged and out of touch with reality that you could only smile and say to yourself "I did this?" That's real nemesising right there.

It's a well known fact that the best Nemisi are produced in the same factory beneath a vulcano. All are brilliant minded, but twisted- a nemisis cannot be an idiot. They all have the ability to accomplish great things but seem to use their gift for their demented ends. Someone like Lord Voldemort, Darth Vadar and EA. I guess the fun of a nemisis is trying to outwit these brilliant people with nothing but your own average wit.

I've only had two nemisi. Both happened during my last years in Secondary school, just before moving to 6th form college. I Haven't had a new nemesis since. I guess an all girls private school is a setting that is conducive for such spiteful relationships and once you leave it's hard to keep up that same level of antagonism. You just don't have the time or resources to devote to properly smiting to your nemesis. But faking being someones nemesis is just like faking an orgasm...it degrades the whole experience for everyone and I'd rather not bother....

10 days remain until the holiday i dread the most- mainly because this will be the fourth Valentines day in a row where i have been boyfriend-less. No doubt I, like many other single girls out there, will end up curled on the sofa, eating a pot of ice-cream whilst watching a soppy love film (i've chosen Phantom of the Opera this year). BUT, to make myself feel better ,i have come up with a list of ways to battle the feelings of lonliness which are gradually increasing as the days go by. Whether this will actually be theraputic for me and for others remains to be seen (im presuming, it wont be), but it is a distraction from doing my Latin homework, so here goes.

Five ways to combat Valentines Day

1) Do not define yourself by your relationship status! Your relationship status is not your identity.

2) Remind yourself that V-Day is a commercial holiday. Look at how much money your saving being single!

3) Plan in advance to do something which will keep you out of the way of cooing couples.

4) Remember- some of the greatest minds of the world never married. Don't let a couple driven society make you feel bad!

5) Affirm your single status by rubbing your freedom in the faces of those tied down to having to take their partners to a fancy resturant. Be creative with this! The possibilities are endless.

Yeah..short and not very good i know. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a fairytale-like meeting with a decent guy during the next 10 days but dont be suprised if my next blog is a review of the Phantom...

xxx

Just incase you find yourself at loose ends with only a laptop and interet connection on the beautiful day. Here are 10 things you can do to pass the time on the internet, instead of trying to roll your still heavily drunken uncle out of your house

1.) Find as many ways to watch the Queens Speech as possible

Because this year its on BBC1, ITV, Sky HD and BBC HD not to forget it will be a podcast this year and no doubt will hit Youtube in a matter of minutes after its over.

2.) Watch the Great Escape online

Because you watch it every Christmas Day, but for some reason this year it was on Christmas Eve and you forgot about it!

3.) Add Christmas decorations to your blog!

Go on! You know you can't resist adding some green and red sparkly animations to your page.

4.) Update your blog

Remember, everyone wants to know how many sprouts you ate, how smashed you got and about how your family is just like the Platt's from Coronation Street. And if you don't have a blog to update...

5.) Start a blog.

Just because you can, and it will be the worst thing you ever wrote!

6.) Use the Internet movie database to make a list for charades.

Because you know that sometime between the Queens Speech and Eastenders someone is going to want to play this low-tech favourite so you may as well prepare for it.

7.) Start planning next years collection of USB gadgets

Because you can never start too soon to overload your computer with useless tat.

8.) Start Ebay auctions for all those unwanted gifts

Hey, you might as well make a profit. Just make sure not to start whilst the person who gave you the gift is in the same room.

9.) Visit your favourite forums and make a christmas themed thread

Because you must never forget about your friends who, according to Philosophy, don't really exist until you actually meet them.

10.) Update your Gamespot wish list/now playing list/collection list

because i know your not still playing RE:Outbreak.

Merry Xmas everyone!

So...I failed my practicle for the second time and i feel a bit rubbish to be perfectly honest! I think it says something when you have been driving around confidently for just under a year (with L plates of course)and yet still manage to fail a simple test with flying colours just because you encounter a round-about.

Mani hate roundabouts- to be more precise, i hate the massive junction roundabouts where you have traffic going about you at 60 mph whilst trying to listen to the examiner say "take the second exit, leading to Borham Wood A1 Route" followed swiftly by you trying to decide which lane out of the 5 options you should take. Its really too much to take in when your under so much pressure!!!

What peeves me off even more is the fact that i did swell on everything else. I EVEN managed to do a reverse bay park to the right which i had NEVER done before (i always practised to the left). Not to mention i was checking my blind spot and mirrors so often my neck actually froze near the end of the test. She even said all my driving was perfect (she showed me all the nice ticks and stuff) but all was lost due to stupid Apex Corner (the name of the deadly junction) where i accidently got in the wrong lane, so i swiftly changed into the right lane which made me appear as though i lacked lane disipline...naturally when i heard the news that i failed i had a good cry because i havesuddenly become very sensative since exam results- even though i passed with good grades. I think the examiner thought i was a bit insane at this point (and slightly glad that she failed me) so she quickly left.

Ah well, third time lucky eh? Another £50 will go into DSA's pocket next week and hopefully (ater spending a hopping £150) i will pass. It better be worth it- i promised my buddies i would drive them all to Thorpe Park. Eeek!

A few months ago, Any Dream Will Do hit British TV's- the campest show ever! Hosted by Graham Norton (the campest man ever), the show was desighned to find the next Joseph for Webbers musical.

The winner of that show was Lee Mead, and has (thankfully) recieved loads of praise from the critics and has generated £15million ticket advance which is great for the producers, but depressing for the quality of culture in the west end...

Lee Mead beat twelve other hopefuls to the spot, one of them being the young, energetic and charismatic Ben Ellis who's vocal ability let him down in the show. He did however, manage to get to the semi-finals with the help of John Barrowman and the Lord himself, befor Webber decided to send him packing when he had to choose between Blondie and Benny.

However, Ben will be making his debut professional appearance in Hairspraycome October. He will play the role of Link Larkin- the sexy dancer which every girl fancies and i must say...its the perfect part for Ellis, who's charm and dancing can make any girl swoon over him like crazy!

Hairspray is expected to be a huge and successful production, especially with the movie weilding the name like a shining beacon! Come October, many Brits are expected to check out the live version just to make a comparison with the film. Lets keep our fingers crossed that Hairspray ends up better then Joseph!

On a side note, Blondie (Lewis) will be playing Joseph for one night per week, and Keith Jack- the scottish one- has been offered a record deal by Louis Walsh, which ALSO reminds me tht the X Factor will start tonight! Whoop!

BE WARNED- THIS BLOGWILL CONTAIN SPOLIERS

Well, its over. After about two weeks of tortrous reading of the first 6 and another 16 hours (spread over the course of 3 days) reading the seventh, the four-eyed scar-head will never appear on our book shelves again...

so- the book- im slightly disappoined.The beginning was so terribly slow anddull that iwondered whether throwing the book into a fire and watching the pages curl into ash would provide more amusment.The middle got a bit more interesting and i began to smile as things started to sort itself out!

But then... the end. Hmm, well... i guess deep down I knew but, really? in THAT way? To all those avid people who have not read it yet, look away now! Harry is Avada Kedavra-ed, but doesnt actually die- Voldemort just detroys his own soul which was in Harry. Therefore, Harry is actually still alive and survives the curse AGAIN. Then, Voldemort is detroyed by Harry who performes a mere disarming charm in the attempt to obtain all the deathly hallows. Now, im no expert on being pure evil (just a wee bit though!) but i would be very ashamed of myself to be defeated by a) someone 50 years younger then me 2) with a kiddie spell and 3) after i dedicated my life to actually become immortal.

OK, so i get over that. Now to the epilogue and *smirks* it was so so interesting, original AND tied up all the lose ends. Please note that the voice in my head whilst itype this is dripping with sarcasm. It wasnt BAD... but it definatly wasn't good. I have a tiny feeling in my stomach that JK read a fanfiction on the internet somewhere and copied and pasted part of it into her book. The NAMES for one thing were just ...

just...

...

.... words fail me. No offence JK, you are a legend but really? If i was given the ability to raise one eyebrow then i would.

So, my favourite book? The 6th... i think that book captures everything people like about Potter. The internal struggle of being a little fish in an ocean, the outer struggle ofbeing a big fish in a small pond... not to mention my two favourite characters get PLENTY of book time. By no means is the 7th my least favourite (that crown goes too the 3rd book) but...lets just say i wont be reading it for a while...

My eyes are sore

I've got the darkest bags i have ever seen

I'm having nightmares about broomsticks

My fingers are covered with paper cuts

...and i have a paper cut on my face for some bizarre reason

Yes- its the epic re-read of all 6 harry potter books before the seventh one comes out in only 2 weeks and...im exhausted. Its been4 days into my mission and ive only just fininshed book 2- although i am sticking to my timetable of "3 days per book" i have a feeling i wont finish the big uns in this short amount of time.

And i dropped Chamber of Secrets in the bath by accident- goodbye any chance of gaining a profit on a first edition hard copy with a few spelling mistakes! Gah!

Nintendo have dedided to use famed actress Nicole Kidman to star in their new ads promoting the DS and the New(est) game of Dr Kawashima's Brain Training. The ad shows Nikki sitting at home, relaxing and holding a DS in her hands and acting "shocked" when she gets a brain age of 52. Oh wait...did i put shocked in ""? I meant "acting" shocked... there, much better.

Nintendo feel that "working with the award winning actress as the personality of this campaign reflects a long-term pioneering philosophy from Nintendo. The aim of this philosophy is to broaden the gaming audience with software that isn't just fun but also enriches your life, whether training your brain or practicing language skills." ... i hope there philosophy is right- ive been using Dr Kawashima for many weeks now, hoping it will help me in my A Levels...we shall see if he has helped my brain!

So yes, back to Nicole Kidman. Well, i guess she isa good choice for the ads. Afterall, she has spent so much time (and money) getting her face to look younger that it is about time she spent some cash on that brain of hers.

...i say she looks younger...what i really meant was that she has no wrinkles (or indeed anyexpressions) left that she has ended up having a strange puffiness in her face and skin masked in heap loads of powder that you can only just makeout her skinwhich as tight as a drum. Of corse, she denies she has had any work done- its all healthy eating and plently of exercise! Ahem...

So, after about a month of watching boys with a severe lack of testosterone hit the TV screen for a bid to be Joseph in Webbers famous musical, it all came to an end last night in an oh so surprising result! When the results were announced people were falling left right and centre as they suddenly developed seizures and epileptic...oh wait... no sorry, that was the Olympic Logo...

The result was instead the very predictable sort with the curly haired understudy grabbing that multi coloured coat- but not after the audience was forced to sit threw a gruelling 2 hours of songs, dancing, tears and tension.

The show started and Graham Norton had managed to out-do himself with a FABULOUSLY tasteless suit of red and gold!!! Brilliant! Then, the eliminated Josephs joined the surviving 3 for an opening song. The producers obviously thought they hadn't been humiliated enough in previous shows and so were forced to relive the nightmare of stripping off their coats at the end of the song and hand them over to Graham (who looked extremely happy, I can tell you!)

So! What happened? Well, we were treated to a clip of the Josephs going off to Majorca last week where they lounged about on a yacht with no tops on and ate cake... *sigh* if only Ben was there...

They then started their songs. Lewis came on with guns blazin'. He sang Kiss by Prince and was actually pretty good! He pulled out all the stops but "too little too late" just kept running through my mind. The judges praised him and even used the "you were bullied" card to try and get those all important votes. However, seeing as Lewis doesn't deserve to be in the final anyway, I couldn't see many people wasting 25p on him. It SERIOUSLY did not help that all his family (not just Nana Gina) were in the audience tonight and were all being so annoyingly outlandish.

Next was the Scot- Keith Jack. What annoys me about him most is not the fact he has horrid teeth and an out of control right hand, but the fact he has two first names. Gah! Anyway... Keith sang For Once in My Life and was terrific as always, vocally. His acting was still very rusty, and he had developed a horrible facial expression specifically for the final night turning anyone who could have potentially voted for him right off!

Finally, Lee Mead sang Devil in Disguise and... had some major tuning issues throughout. Not a good move for a Final. BUT, the judges all forgave him and I think so did the audience. I have a feeling the critiques on opening night won't be so kind.

Results were in after the first show and yes, Lewis was knocked out. There were tears... lots of tears. He cried and cried and cried some more. He cried a bit more as well. Oh, and so did his repulsive family. Basically, it was all a bit much and I needed to beat up some Daedra Monsters in Oblivion to get it off my mind.

I managed to finally beat the Thieves guild quests; however, I got kicked out of the Mages Guild. Oh. Then, I turned back to the BBC for the second show where the two remaining Josephs did an encore of their best performance. Keith did Always On my Mind and was vocally fantastic and Lee did Paint It Black- although his best performance, he went straight back in to the moody, brooding Lee which he was trying to escape.

Then my fav part of the night! The 10 eliminated Josephs did a special group number: The Boys Are Back in Town and I have to say, Ben stood out as a star amongst them and Daniel was vocally the best out of ALL the Josephs (yes, even Keith). These two should have been in the final along with Lee...

After that, Keith and Lee sang their last song- Jesus Christ Superstar. I wish all the songs had been from musical theatre instead of all this pop and rock nonsense! Every song from the theatre which the Josephs have had a go at have been sublime and this was no different. Then, Graham declared the results were in- the audience has chosen their Joseph... tension, tension, dim the lights for atmosphere... its LEE!

.... What am I supposed to say? It was obvious all along who would win. Webber looked very happy that the audience had made the right choice but really there was no other choice. Even so, I feel Lee is a bit of a bad choice- his acting ability is not great- you can tell he is acting whereas with others it seemed to come much more naturally to them. There is no way I am paying £50 (n/inc handling charge) just to shut my eyes and listen to his voice.

Its been only 3 years since the Popera band was discovered on the X Factor and now they have decided to split, leaving fans like me squabbling for their final tour tickets. After many hours of hunting, i managed to fight my way to the Royal Albert Hall to see their last performance in London.

First of all, i was shocked at the range of folk there were. The place was filled to the brim with children from aged five upwardsto pensioners who needed to take their oxygen tanks with them wherever they went... i was lucky enough to sit next to a chav who smelt of cheapcigeretts and sported a brand-new-adidas-bag and a rather upper crust lady who came in a frock dress.

The lights went down, and the chav opened up a packet of cheese and onion crisps...nice. I was then greeted with the supporting acts- two girls who looked exactly the sameand were produced from the "I wanna be a popstar factory"and an Enrique Inglasias (how do you spell his last name??) look-a-like. To be perfectly honest, i never saw the purpose in supporting acts- theywaste time, money and can't even sing...well at least these ones couldn't. I found myself buying the £10 programme as a means of distracting myself from their "oh-so-charismatic" performances.

After what seemed like an hour (it was actually 45 minutes...) they had finally finished! Thank didally-doo-dah! I ate my ice cream which was £5- an absolute rip off, seeing as i had bought exactly the same tub for £3 at Fiddler on the Roof and £2.50 at Little Shop of Horrors. Never mind- G4 would make it all worth it! I ran back inside and G4 finally arrived to the screaming of obbsessive fangirls like me.

There was a large screen above the stage where they showed short films of all the British stars saying how much they would miss G4- Johnathan Ross even compiled a tribute band to sing a cover of a G4 cover- how nice of him! These would start ever 30 mins or so, just to remind us that we would never see our beloved boys ever again. They even had special footage of their xfactor days, with Jon (the juicy Blond) swearing in a wonderfully posh accent because he couldn't get his harmonies right- bless!

The G4 boys have great voices, although are slightly lacking in the performance area. They did their best, encouraging everyone to whip out anything and wave it about crazily in one of their songs. I happened to notice a group waving bra's in the air, much to their approval! This wasnt helped when Sexy Steven Gately (the gayguy from Boyzone- what a waste of body!) came onto the stage, which meant knickers and Bra's were falling off women everywhere in the audience. May i remind you this is in the Royal Albert Hall?

I have to say, i always thought they were very good as a group. I always expected them to be kind of weak on their own however. I was proven wrong when each did a solo performance! Yay!!! The chubby one did a version of Thats Life- getting increasinly out of breath and redder in the face. I thought his lungs were about to explode out of his body but he did fanastically well! He was followed by the others who also sang well but not as good as him! Hopefully the big guy will make it as a solo singer!!!

Then a golden moment! After some footage of Jon (looking extra juicy in some jeans and a sparkly top) trying to remember what the lead character in "Billy Elliot" was called, the lights went up and there he was!! Right behind me, walking down in the crowds!! Unfortuatly i was in the middle of the row, so i could only wave frantically and gave him a wink only for the skinny brown head Miketo wink at me back. Damn!

The night couldnt end without THEIR song. Yes, you know the one i mean- the song which made them super duper stars- Bohemian Rhapsody! This was the moment where me, the chav and the uppercrust burst into tears and ended up wailing out the words as though they were a religious prayer to a messiah which had appeared before our very eyes. They said their final goodnights, telling us we were there "greatest audience yet"... i know its a lie but it makes me feel so much more warm inside to think it were true. They left us with yet another compiled piece of footage of Ant and Dec (huh?) saying they too will miss G4, but at least Decs signed copy of Act 3 the Album will sell for a fortune over E-bay!

GOODBYE G4!!

As the campest reality TV show hosted by the campest TV presenter draws ever closer to its finish line, i've decided to blog what is one of its most diabolical episodes yet. Now with only 3 (was 4 only a few hours ago) "would be Josephs" remaining, im beginning to see Lord Webbers greatest play suffer a miserable, gruelling death in the west end.

First up singing tonight is Scottsman Keith who has been portrayed as the "working class tesco boy" when we all know thats just a part time job (but hey, that wouldnt fit in with the Producers narrative now, would it?). In his tape, he said he couldnt believe he was in the semi's and too be honest, neither can i- this guy just managed to slip right underneath my nose. Anywho, he sung Could it Be Magic, giving some pained grimacing smiles to the camera and having two Josephines sporting shorter then shorter skirts dancing around him and (honestly) giving a much better performance! The judges seemed to think he was good however, but the Lord himself wanted to be "Blown away...." OK...

Second up, my personal fav: Ben. His video was all about his "journey" and how he had been in the sing off 3 times. Quite frankly, it looked like a ploy by the producers to show him up as a guy who just can't sing! Anywho, after that boring compilation of his "worsts bits", Ben sings Ease on Down the Road from the musical Wiz....yes the most boring, repetative song in the industry, only made interesting by dance moves. Overall, he gave a good performance, with good vocals and a nice dance routine, but his usual spark was missing...  The judges decided he should be the one to leave the competition and slagged him off royal, b*tches! After giving him a song which demanded prancing around, they decided to remind the audience that "joseph doesnt dance" raising eyebrows as to why exactly they would give him such a song to perform. At least Barrowman (the annoying guy from Torchwood) defended our Ben! Go Barrowman!!!

Now a duet with the two, singing that song from Starlight express- you know, with the daddy train singing to the little train about hope, self belief and stuff. But this is Any Dream Will Do, the gayest TV show in the world ever, and it managed to make it a thinly veiled homoerotic song about repressed desires and longing. Aw, Keith even kissed and hugged Ben at the end. Hands off, Keith. Ben's mine! Well, Ben is yet again given the much harder role to perform (the daddy train) but manages to blow the audience away by displaying maturity well beyond his years. Keith... just sounds pretty. Again, the judges decide to twist the knife already embedded into Bens sexy, ripped stomach, as they slip in a weak compliment amongst the over-the-top love fest for the wee Scottish boy

Next up, Skinny Blonde Lewis- the producers decided to go along with "hes the youngest, therefore must be more talented" route in his VT. Yawn, yawn, blah blah. Back to the show: Lewis sings Sweet Caroline,, with his scary Grandma Gina in the audience YET AGAIN being her usual over enthusiastic, over bearing self as well as sporting a horrid perm- i didnt even know you could still get perms these days. Anyway- i would say more about Lewis but i am frightened that his Nanna Gina will hunt me down if i do...

Last of all but not least Lee- yes, the understudy who is so blatently gonna win i wonder why i actually care about this show. Well, Lee complains about how being an understudy doesnt give him an advantage over the others (err...yes it does Lee) and he also has a good cry- roll in the votes from gullable pensioners across the UK! Lee sings yet another song that is impossible to balls up, allowing him to appear the best singer in the show: Livin on a Prayer. Miraculously, he does mess it up by the end, finishing before the band does and having to repeat the last verse again. However, as always his vocals are good but lets face it- with the songs he gets you cant go wrong vocally.

The duet between Lewis and Lee was Oh What a Circus, and instead of it being a harmony, it was two guys trying to outdo each other for two straight minutes. I would have rather suffered a beating from Nanna Gina. But apparently my view is stupid, because the judges had no problems with it (were they even in the same ROOM!???)

An hour passes of Holby City Madness with Drs running about and...stuff like that i guess. And soon, Norton is back with his fabulously garish suit for the results show. After another boring VT of the boys going to the LOTR Musical... yes, you heard me... the results are announced. Suprise suprise, Lee goes through and so does Scottsman Keith, leaving Ben and Lewis in the singoff. They sing I Dreamed A Dream from Les Mis- the greatest song in the world... and butcher it up! No matter, Ben is nearly reduced to tears in his performance and so is Nanna Gina. Lewis remains oddly emotionless, with his eyebrows doing more work then his vocal cords as normal. They finish and the Lord decided to save Lewis. LEWIS! Gah!

Poor Ben, he was my fav from the start. The boys strip off his coat with Ben singing the prettiest version of "Close every Door" i've heared and sporting a Robbie Williams type "i dont care what you think of me" expression at the end (even though his eyes scream for a hug!). Oh well, at least he wont have to suffer through needlessly harsh comments from the judges any more and im sure this wont be the last we see of Ben Ellis!

So, now that "gorgeous, charismatic performer with amazing dance moves who looks awesome in a loincloth" Ben, has left what are we left with? Keith- no charisma, horrible dance moves (and an out of control right hand) but with a strong voice, Lee- has a Brucie type jaw and brooding face and the acting ability of a slug but with a very strong, professional voice and finally Lewis- skinny, weak vocally but the most goodlooking of them all... Lord Webber what have you done?

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The bad

• Classics coursework has yet to be finished... the rest of the class' first drafts have already been handed in
• English teacher needs to see my Measure for Measure essay... it does not yet exist.
• My politics teacher cried because I said I couldn't go on the trip...i now feel guilty.
• Some child traded Shadow of the Collossus for Fifa 2005 (yes, not even 2006) at work.
• My toe nail is broken- and it bloody hurts.

The good

• I got a Wii.
• Yay.
• Its so awesome!
• Legend of Zelda is pretty cool. I like to go fishing... i think Ninty should release a Fishing game of its own.  
• Wii Initiation shall be held next weekend, where everyone will party, get drunk and play some Wii sports.

Right, this is my first blog... and it is going to be a rant! But not rant about consols or games, no no. Its about YOU (well, maybe not you exactly, but the Gamespot community). Enjoy and feel free to argue back. Whats a rant without conflict after all?

Ive come to notice that me, as a regular average gamer, have no clue what most people on this site are actually saying. I go into threads, thinking that it will hold some generally nice discussions about the 360, PS3 or Wii and the cool games its going to have which will blow me away. For a few posts, i am happy but then...

Yes, Techno freaks pop up and suddenly every thing changes. From what was once a comprehensible discussion is now an Alien Language. For no reason, people have a need to suddenly mention the powers of RSX, The Cell, Duel Processors, Devs, Engines, HDMI, 1080p, GPU and CPU... the list is endless.

Sure, i dont mind it if these things are needed- I tend to avoid those threads after all, but when it is needlessly thrown in to a normal thread, i find myself wanting to cry because... I DONT UNDERSTAND! I am a regular gamer... most people are regular gamers who game for games not hardware- but thats not the worse part. It seems that whenever i comment/ask about whatever it is theyre talk about, i get some messed up responce as though they think i am a grade A idiot. It doesnt help when they also beat me down with the one thing i cant defend myself against: the Techno Chat! DONT DO IT, its mean.

(If someone could explain what all the terms mean in plain old english then i would be happy... anyone?  I'll give you a cookie!! )

So yes, back to the rant which has now turned into a desperate plea. To anyone who actually bothers reading this, do not be irritated by the normal person who doesnt study ICT... we are gamers too afterall and we are all one family!

Now this is where YOU come in... if you want. Do you think it is necessary to explain yourself through ET language, and if so, at what times? To prove you are superior to trolls? To show you are more masculine then your gaming hubbies? or just because that is who you are? Or, are you pretty much an average joe and dislike it when you get confuzzled? Or do you enjoy learning new things from your gamespot family? Go on, have a rant... its fun!

Zoe
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