hmmm

right so, I want a band...but im not sure if im ready :$

i seriously just need to progress on a social level (with my guitar playing)
aswell as learning the basic chords (almost done :P)

Im also wanting to try out some vocal stuff, like screaming, growls + pig squeeling, but I have no idea how to start off, might have to through a mate a text and ask him about it :P

and yeah this is just a quick update, I aint updated my blog for ages it seems!

tomorow, there shall be a review of: Nick & Norahs Infinite Playlist ! :D
awesome film!

Mike over and out - by3~

DVD Piracy...

This really rages me...so bad, So, I purchase a DVD - expecting to get the film and loads more features!

NO!

I get even more - WHICH I DIDNT NEED AT ALL!!!

basically, its that shitty piracy ad - that happens to be at the start of EVERY MOVIE! ... fo pricks

"YOU WOULDNT STEAL A CAR!"
you know what, maybe I will, if you keep putting these on DVD's that i PURCHASE...

"YOU WOULDNT STEAL A FILM!"
im sorry, but...I purchased this film...

seriously...

fo MPAA

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for those who are lucky enough to have not seen it yet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS6ncGEyszc


IT SUCKS

YAY IM OK AGAIN!

WAHEY

alot of people know (due to my facebook status) that i've been ill for the past couple of days and havnt even left the house....or got dressed lol (hurray for dressing gowns)

but as of today, im fine again :D

I even went to the gym - ROAR
buffing up :P

but at this very moment in time, im jamming on my guitar...looking for songs to learn - anyone got any ideas?

University

...

its a bit of a joke if im honest with you

it would seem that the tutor I have on a monday morning, is always on the blob...like serious
just pure nasty...no lie! really annoying...

whilst filming though, I did have a bit of a giggle

Fadi, sitting on a radiator, you know as you do...
just sitting there chilling out, waiting for the camera to become free once again (as the lecturer pretty much nabbed it off of him)

all of a sudden

SMASH

oh, I laughed my arse off - hillarious, he pretty much ripped the whole radiator off the wall, LMFAO

I have to say, it brightened up my day :D

aswell as the chatter everyone had before the lesson started... its the little things that count

but when the big things happen
ITS AMAZING lol


as you can see to the left...the bracket came entirely away from the wall....just...amazing! :P






oh and also...the other night I invented my own drink :D

I call it: The Swamp!

its basically
Half Vodka (home brew...nice syrup texture)
Half Vimto
with Ice


:D

tastes awesome aswell

Adobe Illustrator!

I FOCKING LOVE ILLUSTRATOR!!!!!!

Im having to use illustrator part of my university work...and I must say, probably the best design program ever created, i've done previous work on illustrator before, but nothing on a big scale (I used to...and still do small t-shirt designs in it)

but part of the university subjects is to create a fully vectored Self Portrait!

LOVE IT...

total freedom to create anything I want
there are like....no limits at all

its such a dream...

but with all this freedom...and the ultimate dream for designers
also comes the nightmare

"is this too cluttered"
"argh! I cant think of what to put there"
"do I need anything there"
"what should I do with that"
"oh god that looks awful"
"wait, thats stupid"
"FFS WHAT AM I DOING"
"dude...what should I put here"
"whats that doing there"
"WRONG COLOUR"

you get the picture...

anyway heres some of the work i've been doing on it...

This is one of the most recent designs that i've come up with, includes my personality (Proud), and some of my most favorite things

Flying Thing = God of Death (Ryuk) from Death Note
Ribbon = Taken from the 3rd book of the Twilight Saga (Eclipse -my favorite of the whole saga)
Forest Skyline = I love the outdoors :E

I am thinking this is a real competitor for the final piece that I actually hand in, but like ive said, with all the freedom you start asking youself questions...and one of the questions was - "Should I put something in the bottom right corner?"

so, I took that thought onboard and placed something of my interest in more than one way in the corner :D

As you can probably tell...

That in the bottom corner, is a woman...getting undressed - I can admit to liking that!

This is relevant because - The actual image of the woman, is taken from an album that I put in my top10 albums of all time (that are on my ipod) - which is "Cute Is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch"

and obviously...because I like woman...getting....naked... yeah

but having put this in the bottom corner, I thought the image as a whole looked a little crowded (DAMN YOU CREATIVE FREEDOM!)

and now, here I am...making a blog about the work i've done thus far....and ultimatly not having a clue which piece to present - the logical choice would be to show the lecturer both and get his opinion!
so thats probably what im gonna do :P

Blogger Over and Out!

Mothers Day

well, I could tell this mothers day was going to be great...
due to the fact that I forgot to write my card....came down this morning, had to write it in front of my mum

nice one Mike ¬_¬

and Jade Goody died :(
man that must suck, on mothers day aswell

-

on the upnote watching Big Fat Quiz of the Year :D
(all of them back to back!)

legend

gonna do some uni work soon...or whilst watching it

My Routine

whilst at the gym, I had a thought - which was sort of an epiphany
"Im gonna blog my routine"

ok, I will admit, it was a fail epiphany ^_^

so, without further ado, heres my routine!

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General -

5 Gym Sessions Per Week
60mins Gym Time (minimum)

Routine


Day 1

warm-up

Rowing - 10minutes - level 10

resistance

Chest Press - 10/12reps - 3sets
Incline Chest Press (on bench) - 10/12 - 3sets
Pec Fly - 10/12 - 3sets
Bicep Curls - 10/12 - 3sets
Upright Row (using Tbar) - 10/12 - 3sets

cardio

Treadmill - 3.8mph/4mins increase to 4.2/6mins (continue for 20/30mins)


Day 2

warm-up

Crosstrainer - Level 4/8 - 20mins

resistance

Shoulder Press - 10/12 - 3sets
Lateral Flys - 10/12 - 3sets
Front Raises - 10/12 - 3sets
Upright Row - 10/12 - 3sets
Rear Delt - 10/12 - 3sets
Pec Fly - 10/12 - 3sets

cardio

Excersize Bike - Level 4/8 - 20mins
OR
Rowing - Level 10 - 10mins


Day 3

warm-up

Treadmill - (again slow to fast) - 20/30mins

resistance

Lat Pull - 10/12 - 3sets
Bicep Curls - 10/12 - 3sets
Chest Press - 10/12 - 3sets
Shoulder Press - 10/12 - 3sets
Leg Press - 10/12 - 3sets
Cable Row - 10/12 - 3sets

cardio

Crosstrainer - level 4/6 - 20mins


Day 4

warm-up

Rowing - Level 10 - Intervals (slow to fast) - 20mins

resistance

Press ups - 5/10/15 - 3/4sets
Lateral Flys - 10/12 - 3sets
Bicep Curls - 10/12 - 3sets
Side Bends - 10/12 - 3sets
Chest Press into Pec Fly (on ball/bench) - 10/12 - 3sets
Bent Over Row (on bench) - 10/12 - 3sets
Shoulder press - 10/12 - 3sets

cardio

Crosstrainer - level 4/8 - Arms Only - 20/30mins


Day 5

resistance

Press ups - 5/10/15 - 4sets
Side Bends - 10/12 - 4sets
Lateral Flys - 10/12 - 4sets
Bicep Curls - 10/12 - 4sets
Dead Lift into Upright Row - 10/12 - 3sets
Arnold Press - 10/12 - 3sets
Bench press - 10/12 - 4sets
Bicep Curls - 10/12 - 3sets
Tricep Extensions - 10/12 - 3sets

cardio

Treadmill - Slow to Fast again - 35/40mins
OR
Crosstrainer - level 4 - Arms Only - 35/40mins


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as you can see, its kinda intense, but I can tell that it's working already, which is always good
and it hurts - but as they say "NO PAIN, NO GAIN!"


Happy Blogging!

Chavs!

so...heres the story

walked out of the gym, saw a group of chavs hanging around (not anything special really, its Bridlington afterall, land of the Chavs) anyways, group of chavs hanging around...

the smallest one comes up to me, must have been about 12year old, says something I could barely understand - sounded something like this


"Errrr Meeert Ya Gert Twente Pee Fort Bus?"


what with my keen sense of lingual skills I managed to translate it to...


"Well now, Good Sir, Do you happen to have a Spare 20pence upon your person, as If I dont get 20pence I will not be able to acquire my bus ticket"


after my brain decyphered that....I went through the thought process of wondering how many people he asked, oh yeah - I told him no, and to piss off...

but lets say he asked... 5people every hour, and hes outside from 11am - till 7pm
that would be 40people hes asked
and if those 40people, had actually given him the 20p he "required"

he would have a profit of £8, just from uttering a simple sentence

which is enough for, 2big bottles of white lightening and a pack of cigs (according to the Tesco's website - and the shop down the road)




anyway, what im trying to say is, I hate chavs...

simple - I just hate them
pure scum..

to be fair, you do get some pretty decent chavs, who dont talk like pricks and listen to bad music... but are they really socially considered chavs?



Think about it.

Body Plan - 2009

As most people know I love going to the gym, working out and just generally chilling when im over there (by chilling I mean listening to my iPod or reading a book on the bikes)

I started the gym about 6/7weeks ago now - and have noticed a slight improvement in my fitness, my eating and ofcourse my body :) (I now have pecs and a 6pack...be what it may, its under a bit of fat, but still - ITS THERE :p )

anyway, this is my general body plan for 2009 (what I want my body to be like for summer ... I know for afact I can achieve it, what with me already sticking to a strict diet of water...which I lost 5stone on thank you very much) - there will be pictures of me included (all my hotness)

so, the plan for this year - is to lower my bodyfat, while at the same time gaining BMI (losing fat, gaining muscle...and burning off unwanted calories) as of date, since I started at the gym, I have lost 1% bodyfat and gained weight (not sure how much)

the picture on the right shows what I shall look like - at around summer time, if I stick to a hardcore regime (like the one I am on atm) and dont pussy out with the weights/cardio ^_^

Now, I could go with the look shown to the right (which looks really athletic aswell as strong)


OR

I could go with a look which just yells out mantastic (and some may say OTT...i think personally it is a bit OTT myself but meh...to show - I shall post a picture of results that have been carefully processed and scientifically put to the test! )


These are said results - as you can see the computer, cross examined my body with arnold's body...giving a seemless picture - that just screams "DO ME"


personally, I dont really like this look, it seems a bit too - steroids....for me

but im still not sure what I want to do, its gonna be doing my headin for the rest of the year probably...

hopefully i'll just get to what I want (even though I dont know what I want yet....if that makes any sense at all)





HAPPY BLOGGING!

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50

just gonna chat a little bit about my camera :-)

to start off I bought it for fairly cheap .. not gonna say the price, because it was shockingly cheap :P


Specification:

10.1 Megapixel
12 x Optical Zoom
4 x Digital Zoom
48 x Combined Zoom
5cm Focusing Distance


Now this camera, hasnt really ever been used before, my dad bought it a while ago cause, lets face it, its a really nice camera - specially with all the cool little features on it, anyways, he bought it and it was sat in his room, collecting dust (like a million and one other things) so I coaxed him into letting me buy it, for a ... reasonable - ish... price :) and its been used quite a bit more (most of my blogged and facebooked pictures are actually taken with it, and the picture quality is perfect. (the fashion pictures in the previous blog post were taken using this camera)

I have yet to give it some serious intense use, but as for everything, I will do soon, lol...

im planning on carrying it with me where-ever I go, to snap photos for my uni projects and just for fun, theres so much nice scenery going to and from uni on monday mornings, so...you know I could be the wierd guy on the back of the bus with the camera sticking out of the window :P (always wanted to be that guy!) - all this was recently brought to the surface after a run-in with a recently mentioned camera (the crappy 4mp one I used - badtimes)

anyway :P

I hope to post a new blog of recently taken pictures soon :D

take care.

Fashion

I am a sucker for nice clothes (not so much top of the range, just clothes I think look nice...obviously)

anyway, this is just a post about how im addicted to clothes...be it - Tshirts, hoodies, shirts, jeans, trousers, shoes, sneakers + boots

Shoes!

I will start by talking about Footwear....
I LOVE SHOES - thats possibly gonna make me sound a little gay, but oh well, my blog...
yeah, I love having enough shoes to last me a lifetime - if I see a pair on TV that I like, ill go out of my way to track down a pair :P

I just recently purchased some Chucks (Chuck Taylors....aka. Converse All Stars) for summer, but decided to wear them beforehand, cause they are so awesome!

I actually ordered the wrong sort off of Amazon - I was looking for the Chucks that had the converse logo on the side and wasnt really paying attention when clicking ... as always ¬_¬

but I still love my sneakers ^_^ they make me feel all warm inside...

they set me back £25 - from amazon (in a special offer)

anyway, moving on

just before purchasing my converse, I bought myself some DC skate shoes (no I dont skate, they just look epic!) again, I bought these solely for the Summer (when I can strole down to the beach, wearing nothing but my shorts! BUFF)

They have been sitting in my wardrobe waiting for actions for about 2, maybe 3, months now - not getting out untill the summer hits (or just the boiling weather)

they cost me £40 from the Extreme clothes shop in Bridlington - really cheap for a really nice looking pair of shoes :D, so gonna be worth the money.



Tshirts!

I am a huge Tshirt lover - just check my bank statement (probably shows how often i'm in NewLook aswell :$ )

any t-shirt that tickles my fancy gets a purchase, depending on the price - if a shirt is about £15 i'll probably have to think about buying it, if its below, say... £8 im definatly gonna buy it

I've recently got into buying Band t-shirts (3 Paramore + 1 Fallout Boy, at the moment) my list of wanted t-shirts is prettymuch endless - the shirt pictured on the left, if probably one of my better paramore t-shirts, I have this aswell as the Riot album t-shirt - and the Splash Pyramid t-shirt...

The Fallout Boy Tee, is the Drama Club one (blue shirt, yellow text)


My Wardrobe!



My Wardrobe, is pretty neat considering the amount of things I have in it, as you can see there are differant sections of wardrobe allocated to differant forms of clothing...

Left - Hoodie, Jackets
Left Middle - Shirts, Ties
Middle - T-shirts, Vests
Right Middle - Jeans, Trousers, Shorts
Right - Accessories (Shemagh etc.)


THIS CONCLUDES TODAYS EPISODE OF - A Day In the Life of Mike - TUNE IN SOON FOR MORE FUN!

... by3~

Today - 17/03/09

So....

Today, was actually a hell of a lot of fun! :D

got to uni about 10minutes earlier than normal (thumbs up)
although everyone had to wait for a while outside the room while some randomer was located
bit of banter thrown back and forth whilst we waited

got into the room, nobody had a clue what today was about - people were saying photoshoot, photoshop ARGH!!!!

Photoshoot - Im not photogenic at all! everytime I get a photograph taken, I always appear to have a lazy eye...or just look stoned out of my face - its kind of offputting...

Photoshop - I couldnt really be bothered, its a good program but its like .. :/ meh

but, through it all, it was really fun - everyone had a laugh...loads of people felt akward, it was like a group bonding session......where people had no clue what to do or where people just acted like dicks - lol loved it

the only thing that was really poor, were the cameras......4mega-pixel cameras....¬_¬ *sigh* thats like taking it back to the late 1990's - it took so long for the camera to actually take the photos, it shows where the funding goes for universities ... ... yeah...



oh well, still a great day, got to have a laugh with people - and I got a couple of hugs :D :D :D

quote of the day: "can we blow coccaine up each other arses now, its what the models do at parties and stuff..." - Joby Harding (2009)

Death Note 2 (The Last Name )

so, following on from my last blog update

I've just watched Death Note 2 (aka. The Last Name) and I am now, a Death Note fanatic, gonna buy the anime's and buy the notebook (just as a bit of, you know, collectors...stuff...)

Anyway, after watching the first movie, I thought it would be really hard to compete with, but I was proven wrong - within the first 20minutes ... everything.. was perfect!

I mean

Misa .. HOT!
L .. Legend!
Ryuk .. SICK!
Rem .. I Want :(
Light .. Cool Kid

everything that was in the first movie, was in the second movie topped off with even more awesomeness - I mean... 2 DEATHNOTES! and Multiple Kira's! come on!

I would seriously recommend that people purchase these movies ASAP, they are probably the best Jap movies out there to date - trust me

Now I cant wait to watch: L: Change the World


seriously L, possibly the coolest guy ever... constantly eating chocolate/sweets, not sitting on chairs as everyday people would, and being super smart - aswell as having awesome hair

I would love to be L




my next journey is to find some Japanese clothes retailers in the UK (places that do stuff like, 100% cloth longsleeved t-shirts - snug fit)

Greatest Live-Action Japanese Film - Death Note

Just finished watching the Death Note film, must say... AMAZING!

I had never heard of it before the other night (although I had heard of the manga series from a friend of mine) but I saw the first 25minutes of the first film on Film 4 (Thursday Night)

I am hooked, as of now it is possibly the greatest sub-titled film I have seen to date...not only that, Japanese Girls are hot! and I want hair like the Japanese Guys :(

Im so hooked in fact, I may have to purchase a Death Note: notepad :$ - yeah its gone THAT far.. sorry to say :p


Basic Plot:

The series is about Light Yagami, a young man who resents the crime and corruption in the world. His life undergoes a drastic change when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the "Death Note", lying on the ground. The Death Note's instructions claim that if a person's name is written within it while picturing that person's face, that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the notebook's authenticity, but after experimenting with it, he realizes that the Death Note is real. After meeting with the previous owner of the Death Note, a shinigami named Ryuk, Light seeks to become "the God of the New World" by passing his judgement on those he deems to be evil or who get in his way.

Soon, the number of inexplicable deaths of reported criminals catches the attention of the International Police Organization and a mysterious detective known only as "L". L quickly learns that the serial killer, dubbed by the public as "Kira" (derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the word "killer"), is located in Japan. L also concludes that Kira can kill people without laying a finger on them. Light realizes that L will be his greatest nemesis, and a game of psychological cat and mouse between the two begins.


My Verdict

It is just amazing, okay the acting is a little bit ... obvious like most foreign films, but it is still totally epic, I would recommend it to anybody with an interest in film!

WOOTWOOT!

now time to buy the comics + the anime's :)
and the notepad :$

First Blog

@h blogs...

I actually got asked to start blogging ages ago, whilst at college - cause as people said "I come out with some random but funny stuff that people will find interesting"

so yeah,
made this :D

gonna kick the blog off with talking about a new guitar that I got through yesterday (thanks to a family friends who made the trip from Leeds to my house to drop it off)

Guitar: Fender Stratocaster US Custom (with S1-Switching)
Accessories: Fender Hardcase, Elixer Strings, Cleaning Cloth & Fender Leather Strap
Price: £500 (RRP £1,400)
Jizzability Rating: 10/10

Right so, I got the guitar at around 7o'clock lastnight, just after finishing my tea (chilli con-carne) got a knock on the door, it was a mate, carrying a sleek black Fender Hardcase, I instantly got a boner, seriously - she handed me the case and I almost unloaded in my boxers right there, so anyways, I got sat down on the table, unclipped the case and pulled out the nicest looking guitar, in the world !

Once I had finished admiring it and thanking my friend for making the trip - I tuned the guitar (sounded a bit duff) - Im really scared of snapping the strings when tuning it up (I always am, specially when I re-string my own guitars)

Anyway, after tuning the guitar, I played a few riffs, played a few licks and instantly knew why Fenders are known as the Best Guitars on the market, it was SOOOO good, I had to go change my boxers - serious ropes of jizz everywhere! AND that was when it wasnt even plugged into the amp! so I ran upstairs ASAP and hooked it up, and oh my god!

It sounded so....so....well theres no way to describe it...it was ... EPIC - thats it EPIC

I personally dont think I need anymore guitars now, this is just the pinicle of awesomeness - and for £500 - the bargain of a lifetime.