Hallam's Journal

Remember that time when I got called a "genius" by Finnish footballer Mikael Forssell?

No?

It was just about five minutes ago.

*basks*

I would not consider elective surgery to change my looks.

However, I think I would consider elective surgery to change my voice.

This isn't good.

I have a little excess cartilage inside my nose, which restricts airflow. If I had it removed, I would be able to breathe more easily through my nose. As an effect of that my vocal tone would improve*. It's that idea that is making me think (hypothetically) about it, more than the idea of ascending from the ranks of the mouthbreathers. This isn't good at all. It isn't any different from wanting a more acceptable body. One should put up with an ugly voice just as one puts up with an ugly face. Wishing to conform to a standard of aural beauty is not healthy.


*it seems more important to me to have a pleasant singing voice than a pleasant speaking voice - an unpleasant nasal whine suits the shit I fucking talk, but when one sings, one is giving voice to the words of another.

Of course, I could always shut the fuck up. Let's try that, shall we?

Via winnowill2: Respond and rework; answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your invention & add one more question of your own.( meme below.. )

Me in my lair.

It took me ages to get one in focus. I'm not good at taking pictures of myself with a camera phone. I know this isn't what the cool kids do. Hey, let's get a T shirt made with that on. "I know this isn't what the cool kids do."

Heh, got me email about Anderson being afraid of his own hair read out.

1) Well yes, there it went, the Ryder Cup. It was always going to be wrong in one way or another. Had Europe won, it would have been bad for the Ryder Cup. Had the USA won, it would have been bad for Nick Faldo. And so it is. Nick was always going to get damned by the press and their sidekick, YourTextsAndEmails. To be fair, I think he did make some mistakes. Pádraig Harrington needed to be rested on the second day, and it would have been better to have weighted the line-up for the singles towards the earlier matches. But all in all, we lost mainly because of things the Americans got right rather than because of things we got wrong. Having four captain's picks was a huge change and a huge step forward for the American team. The thing that the Americans need to do now is ban Tiger Woods from the Ryder Cup completely. He's a legend, for sure, but I am among those who believe he destabilises the team. Team USA had a great spirit this time, and to be honest I would have been rooting for them if they'd been playing anyone other than us.

2) I don't mind it when people are busy and preoccupied, but I do mind it when they a) are outright rude about it, and b) expect me to be put on the pause button so that the "five minutes" they say they need can turn into half an hour, forty minutes, and *click* on the button and I pop back into existence: ready, pronto, eager and alert for the next command or instruction. I know that when a person is busy with something difficult, they can become both preoccupied and stressed, so that they do not always remember 100% of their best manners. But there is a limit to my understanding. I am maybe nearly half way through my life now, and when it's gone it's gone and over, and maybe I don't want to be spending much more time on the pause button.

3) 7 cetirizine hydrochloride tabs for 50p? Result!

4) 3 100g bars of proper chocolate for £1? Result!

5) I am getting better at the Tiger Woods game on the PS3.

6) There is little quite so glee-inspiring as the moment when one sees life imitating art.

7) I think I am going to get a new pair of glasses. Probably black with red arms.

8) Marcus says it's a 50-50 chance! And Timo says he's up for it if Marcus is!

Write:
1) your handle/name/username
2) left or right handed?
3) favorite letters to write
4) least favorite characters to write
5) write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
6) tag five people

boyofbadgers asked about these ones.
cat town
Cat Town is a web comic by Spatch, made out of phoots of cats in funny outfits taken from a Japanese cats in funny outfits catalogue.
day birger et mikkelsen
Day Birger et Mikkelsen is a Danish fashion label which I like.
hedgehog noises
Hedgehogs make a lot of "hgnorf", "HEMnn" and "fsssss" noises, which I like to imitate.
jeff stelling
Jeff Stelling presents Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports. It is mainly his talent as a presenter that makes a show of four blokes watching football that we can't see into something really good. A leg end, the Stelling.
stroopwafels
Stroopwafels are them there Dutch caramel wafer biscuits. Delicious, especially when warmed up.
tantalus man
Tantalus Man is the sort of nickname of my partner. I added him to my interests list so that he would not feel too jealous of all the other chaps who are on there.
unaboard
This is a messageboard where I used to go, but have not visited there in a while.

I could ask you about yours if you wanted.

I know we're supposed to love ourselves and love our physical manifestations in this world, and All Of That...

...but MAN, my immense spade-like teeth are really giving me the pip at the moment.

Ow. Give meself quite an electric shock, just. I could hear the *zap* and it fucking hurt. These shoes (rubber wellington boots) plus this carpet (some sort of nylon polypropylene effort) plus my indoor walking style (slouchy, shuffly) = A LOT OF STATIC.

what next, drowning?