Grim's Grimoire

My poor neglected Blog

2007-05-08T12:41:00.000-07:00

Hello folks, I must say, I aint had time recently to add any posts, so I'm gonna try and make a concious effort to keep it up to date from now on, as well as implementing the various other bits I aint done for my website. I have been ultra busy though so, a bit of this and that, as well as keeping the family in order, as some of you will understand.

I have some of my poetry to add to my site, and quite a few new written pieces, so you might want to have a browse at some point, and, I have a bit of a rant about my recent holidays and how it was spoilt a bit by a biker convention, but all that later.

ciao

Freebies, my kingdom for some freebies....

2007-03-31T20:55:00.000-07:00

OK, so what I have had over the last few weeks, well, its not been that good for them I must say, but I have had quite a few (Some have been rather good)

40+ O2 Sim cards,
8 Orange Simcards,
2 T-Mobile simcards,
2 Virgin Mobile sim cards (Each with £5 credit each)
Ladies wristband watch,
A bar of chocolate,
Money off voucher for soy milk
Fibre counter,

Not too many, but what has come has more than made up for the lack, wouldn't you say?

Death Notes: Global Warming

2007-03-23T05:02:00.000-07:00

Chemogenesis: Memories of a dead planet

2007-03-19T01:44:00.000-07:00

I just can't help myself making trippy little films, so I have done another one, this time its about Mars. It's based on something from ages back. I call these films just experiments while I'm getting used to all the new equipment and software I have. I do hope that someone does enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed making them.
I gotta admit, I found a bit of mars footage on the net (A few seconds of small footage) and did some of my own animations to add to it all. I am quite happy with the results of how its all turned out and with a bit of luck, the subsequent vids that I make will improve and improve.

Fire surfing video

2007-03-17T16:07:00.000-07:00

So, last year in November, we had bonfire night and held our ritual firesurfing. Heres some footage of the events.

Death notes: War in Iraq special

2007-03-14T20:19:00.000-07:00

So, we have decided to do a regular internet TV show every week, just for a laugh, called Death Notes.

This one is about the war in Iraq, but others will include subjects from dead celebs to global warming. Sit back and enjoy!!

More freebies

2007-03-03T16:21:00.000-08:00

So, this last few days I have received in the post, the following:

A signed original autographed email from Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden and BBC radio & fame)
4 energy saving light bulbs
some tights (For the wife)
8 O2 simcards

Not a great week for freeebies, I know, but hopefully things will pick up a little as the month goes on.

Total Lunar eclipse

2007-03-03T16:13:00.000-08:00

While fucking around with my newly installed video card and other stuff, I thought I'd have a play with making a sample montage of tonights total lunar eclipse. So if you missed it, here it is, mind some of my shooting is a bit wonky, but I think the addition of an Ozric Tentacles track on it worked wonders! (Waterfall cities)

Enjoy!

Freebie update: Latest stuff

2007-02-26T13:01:00.000-08:00

As you may know, I have been calculating the amount of free stuff that I get in a space of a year.
Here is an update, from the past few days or so.

50 pens,
5+ posters
50 bookmarks
28 O2 sim cards
1 promotional mug
1 Baileys Milk frother (another one)

not bad for a few days of waiting for the postie!

There's no such thing as a free lunch, but....

2007-02-23T11:58:00.000-08:00

Ages ago, when I first got connected to the net, I had a hard time trying to justify to myself paying the ongoing monthly charge of having a connection. After a while I decided that, if I was to have this bill every month, I would have to see if I could offset the balance by obtaining as much stuff on the cheap or totally free and so on.
I was rubbish at first, but after a bit, I found myself becoming quite a freebie bargain hunter.
I am shit hot now, and a couple of days ago, I started reconing up the freebies me and my missus have racked up (Well an estimate of the value, as well as what exactly we have had)
So here is my list, with as much as we can remember, there is probably a lot more, but spending a good hour or so thinking, we reckon we put most of it down.

400+ various PAYG Sim cards
30+ bar towels from various breweries
6 Transpennine express train tickets to Cleethorpes
1 75cl bottle of Dooleys Toffee vodka
6 mini bottles of Dooleys
£50 instant win from Jackpot joy
1 DVD boxed set of Dr WHo series 2 discs
2 Mixer jugs from Tuaca
2 mini bottles of Tuaca
1 Dooleys light up bar sign
1 Dooleys Ice Bucket
7 key rings
400+ pens
4 packs of various balloons
2 packs of sweets
1000+ beermats
2 bath towels
9 pint glasses
2 latte glasses
1 milk frother
2 mens razors (Quattro & titanium)
30+ shot glasses
6 Dooleys Toffee tipper glasses
10+ bar runners
2 Whiskey glasses
1 cocktail shaker
2 big packs of straws
3 2007 calendars
50 various posters
25+ cds and DVDs
2 big packs of pencils
2 big packs of rubbers
3 condoms
2 bottle coolers
12 packs of Catfood
1 pack of Eukanuba dog food
1 pack of cat biscuits
1 stepometer
3 choccy bars
1 pack cranberry juice
4 rolls of bounty kitchen roll
2 drinks optics
30+ beer pump clips
4 recipe books
20+ beuty product samples
£50 worth of sports gear
1 Wifi wireless router
5 small packs of washing powder
100+ personalised business cards
50+ wobbly eyed fluffy mascots
3 Limited edition rizla tobacco tins
2 packs of cig papers
100+ smaple business cards
5+ paperback books
20+ teabags
5 packs of drinking chocolate
100+ sheets of stickers
20+ car window stickers
50+ pin badges
2 packs of cod liver oil tablets
1 broadband modem
5+ pub ashtrays
tons of point of sale advertising stuff
5 T-shirts
1 Shocking roulette game
2 post it pads

As I write, there are other stuff springing to mind that wasn't on the list, so I willadd them in a separate post to add to the total.

So, what I reckoned was that comes to over £3050 worth of stuff, well offsetting the meagre ISP charges of £215.88 per year.

Not bad eh?

Paypal, yeah whatever...now fuck off!!

2007-02-21T08:28:00.000-08:00

You know, Paypal is wank, not once have they ever activated an account for me and fuck knows I must have tried beards of times to get one.

Lifes so much easier with Paypay, our friendly ebay safe system, Paypal, Fucking Paypal.

I fucking tell you, It's not my pal, it's shit. Plain and simple, wank wank, fucking wank.

Oh and by the way, if anyone who reads my blog wants to advertise on here, don't waste my time and get my hopes bucked up by saying that you can only pay by paypal. Lets see the colour of your money fucker. Cheques or Cash please, Paypal can kiss my fuckin arse. And since when has my site had anything to do with fucking insurance?

Well it hasn't, so if your thinking about it, think again bastard.

I think today, it's been a test to see how I cope with life whilst having a stinking hangover. That'll teach me to get pissed.

We're all dead....Sorry.

2007-02-20T13:08:00.000-08:00

Well if global warming doesn't kill us all, the Aphophis asteriod will, and I suppose if we survive that, we'll all killl each other in a nuclear war with the arab world.

Yes things are looking quite grim (But you'll be glad to know that I'm fine!)

The plan to combat the threat at present is a ship with a tractor beam type doodah.

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=264972007

I wish you all a happy life until 13th April 2036.

R.I.P. the Human race.

Grim Reefer's in the joint....

2007-02-19T18:39:00.000-08:00

A possible contender is this guy, a wrestler in NY area of the states called the Grim Reefer.

Yes, there we go another Grim, however I think I will just add him automatically just incase he decides to kick my ass for asking or similar.

No, I will attempt to contact his team for Official permission or so on to add him to the network, hang on, I suppose I better create some new Graphics promoting my new campain!

Grim's of the world Unite!

The Grim Network project!

2007-02-19T16:51:00.000-08:00

I watched a program on TV yesterday that featured Dave Gorman, the comic who set about finding others called Dave Gorman also, all over the globe. It got me thinking.
I wondered how many others called themselves Grim or Grimace, and came up with the idea for the Grim Network.
I'm going to attempt to find others on the web, who share the same nickname and when I discover one I will post it here (If its strange, weird or just silly, hell, it may even be cool!), I will contact them and ask if they want a link on my Dark arts site (and vice versa) and sooner or later the Grim network will emerge! Watch this space!
(Fucking help me out here, I'm bored! There is another thing being that I might just get narked off with the whole thing and fuck it off....)

The other Grimace....

2007-02-17T21:14:00.000-08:00

To those of you who may know, my nickname Grim, comes not from my uncanny likeness to he who reaps, but to the character in the Mcdonalds advertising, which an old school friend dubbed me, and has stuck and evolved with me ever since.

I was shocked when I decided to have a search about for the word "Grimace" to see if there were others who have adopted the name as I had. Fucking hell, there are reams written, not about other Grimaces, but the "Prime Grimace".

So take a look at one peice that is a quite detailed history of the primarch of the Grimace line. All hail the purple one!!

http://www.popcultureaddict.com/misc/grimace.htm

NEW* Grim's Dark Arts Online Portfolio *NEW

2007-02-17T19:54:00.000-08:00

Well folks, Its me back again, this time to tell you about my new site up and running, Grims Dark Arts, my online portfolio of mayhem and artistry, Well my art anyway.

Theres a good selection on there now and I intend to add as much new stuff as I can when I get the chance. New art and works will follow, so keep checking for new updates, and even leave me a message! (Job offers would be nice too!)

http://dark-arts.teach-nology.com/

Since EP III, its all gone downhill....

2007-02-05T10:55:00.000-08:00

Star of STAR WARS films, Chewbacca has been a naughty boy, apparently sticking the nut on some Jap tourists. Not only that, he's also been known for a bit of pagger with some other would be street entertainers too. My advice to all involved, "Let the Wookiee win."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hollywood3feb03,0,1452234.story

Here we are, again....

2007-01-24T20:26:00.000-08:00

Hi ho folks, Grim here, just a quick post to say that I'm not dead yet. I'll post something witty later. I fell a bit behind blogging, quite obviously I'm still not used to keeping up with this.
My head is full of profanity and woe, so I'll choose to put a bit here later to save offense and agony........!!!

Daemon picture

2007-01-18T13:45:00.000-08:00

Skull picture

2007-01-18T13:36:00.000-08:00

Big Brother, Why Bother?

2007-01-18T12:26:00.000-08:00

I must say, all this crap about racism in the BB house at the mo is doing my head in. Not that I'm seen to condone this behaviour, or that I welcome either racism or bullying, just it's not really interesting. If channel 4 want to court controversy, or stir up mass media publicity with the conflict. Its BORING. Why can't they provide entertainment, is this all they can think up I am disapointed. Again BOO channel 4, BOOOO.

RED BULL-SHIT

2007-01-17T12:06:00.000-08:00

As a drinker of all things stimulant, such as Lucozade, Red Bull and other clones, there is some talk about energy drinks being not too good for us. As a long term drinker of them, I must say that its just another stream of pseudo scientific shit to scare us again. By the time they are finished telling us all to stop eating this, or stop drinking that, we will be all in danger from consuming nothing but raw veg and water. Even then, they would probably find something wrong with that also. Fuck em, make your own mind up about it. More about it here

Technology helps simplify life? Total Bollocks!

2007-01-14T08:24:00.000-08:00

Who ever said that the humble PC has made life easier has not had to put up with my clapped out machine. All respect to her, she has been a stalwart friend, but why is it when things start to go wrong, they all fuck up at once. First my printer goes on the blink, then some error in the registry files has made my dvd drives useless, the only thing I can do is back up as much as I can of the stuff I really need and reinstall the XP boot program from the MS website (I can't do it through my drives, can I?)
Time for a new machine methinks, and to think, all the goodies I have to install and again, another PC problem stops me in its tracks. The screw/bolt/thingumyjig that holds the case on the main side is virtually unopenable. To the trained, it probably is nothing, but your talking to a hardware spastic, and I may as well hit the fucker with a club to get it open.
A skinflint such as myself will not part with the overinflated prices a techhie will charge, so they can shit. Suffer I must........

Charlie Stubbs R.I.P.

2007-01-12T12:34:00.000-08:00

Well, not much of a fan of soaps, but for those of you that know, Tracy Barlow has killed him. OOOOoooooo etc. All this build up to the event, and no great fireworks. Typical. Not even one decent drop of kensington gore, and just why on TV soaps do murderers and accidents kill with the minimum of blood? Realism my arse!

Horror show

2007-01-11T16:22:00.000-08:00

Just been watching the past weeks TV, with BB and all, and all I can say is, what a fucking horror show. Jade Goody's lesbo hag of a mother really is scraping the bottom of the televisual entertainment barrel. That thing is exactly what I imagine a harpy to look like. Twisted, in both appearance and taste. C4 you should be ashamed. Freaky fucking show.

Daemona, New Year and Tiger Art

2007-01-02T11:43:00.000-08:00

Winning Pictures: Dr Who forums comp

2007-01-02T10:13:00.000-08:00

Here I present to you my winning entry of the Dr who online forums "Create a Dr Who monster competition" (Done for my two kids, who are great Who fans, winning them/me a brand new Dr Who series 2 DVD boxed set) My creation, the Ley Scavenger!

Strangely quiet.....

2007-01-02T08:10:00.000-08:00

Hmmm, it's been quiet today, quite a contrast from my hazy narcotic three day binge. the shops are open and its business as usual. It just seems like theres something just not right.
I really can't put my finger on it, something is coming. What? Dunno, I will have to wait and see.

Its a strange start to the new year, thats for sure. What a trippy year this one is going to be!

Why we should all live in detatched houses.....

2006-12-31T19:34:00.000-08:00

Nieghbours, everybody needs good nieghbours....etc etc...
As the well known theme sings, ahhh, wouldn't it be nice to get on with me nieghbours.

What a load of old shit. As far as I can recall in my adult life, these bastards have always been a bone of contention. Years of abuse, whinging and verbal garbage from so called nieghbours has got to the stage where I would like to prefer to substitute the word for "cunts", all for my own good reason I can assure you.

As you all know, last night was new years eve (Well you should know, unless you were living in a cave or similar) Joy to all men and so on, aud lang sine blah blah bollocks and all that shite.
Well the short of it is, my long term nieghbour has just got a new boyfriend, and moved him in, kids and all. OK thats fine, but this individual hasn't done much to integrate himself into our street, I mean if your going to expect to do this, at least be human about it.

This geezer isn't too friendly, and he looks a bit like Gollum to boot, even so I can cope with his bad luck being last in the line when looks were dished out, but he's got an attitude as well.

Now, I'm a tolerant individual (sort of) and will cohabit an area providing the same level of tolerance is observed. Not so I'm afraid. I admit, I havn't always been a freindly community type before, but the place where I live has a majority of my in-laws living on the same small block, so I have been sort of a good boy of late. I would completely understand if I had been an ASBO type of recent months, but I can honestly say, I have behaved like a gent.

The problem is, I have a small ginger tom, Charles le ray (named after the spirit possessing the doll in the Chucky films) or Charly for short, has a habit of sitting upon the next doors fence.
Hes not vicious or nasty, just a bit clueless. But tonight, when we let him out he jumped onto the nieghbours coal bunker just over the fence (which he does regularly)
Thier outdoor light was on and music was blaring, party time for the freaks no doubt, but when he went out we got an incline that something was wrong.

I went out to see where he was, only to see Gollum mishandling my poor cat (Holding by the skin on his back, not the scruff of the neck I might add) Evidently scared and paralysed.
"Oh yeah mate is this your cat" said the bald bastard, to which I replied yes, then he was literally thrown over the fence. I retrieved him and took him in doors, only to hear the unknown revelers stood at the door say "Is that 'im"

IS THAT HIM? what the fuck do they mean by that? Not only do they show us disrespect by mistreating my mog, but insulting me as well, I mean what the FUCK is that supposed to mean?

I knew from the day I knew he was moving onto the street he was going to be trouble, and again I was fucking right.

All I can say is, bring it on mother fuckers, cos this "Cunt" is ready to show them what a nieghbour from hell is all about. Its time to terminate thier tenancy, because those fuckers are going one way or another.

New year, same old shit......

2006-12-31T18:53:00.000-08:00

Hello there dear reader, whoever you may be.
My name is Grim, and this is my Blog. I suppose I should have made one of these ages ago, when I first discovered the way the internet works, but what can I say, I am quite a lazy sod!
I suppose that with compiling this blog, I intend to inform, entertain and vent off some steam with my critisms, observations and general rants that I am prone to when I am sufficiently wound up, but there is another use that I intend, that of my art and works. Sure, some of it is going to be a pile of shit, or worthy of international praise, nevertheless I'm sure some of you might enjoy what I do anyways.

How to start? What do I do to introduce me to you? Fuck knows really, but I reckon that if your still reading, its a sure bet that your slightly intregued (probably)

I remember a while back, some writer of chaos magicks, saying that anything that a chaos practitioner wrote intended for publishing and reading to the masses will always begin something like: " Here's my thoughts and theories etc, and if you don't like what I have written or youv'e got a problem with what I'm saying, then fuck you, I really don't care!"
Pretty much sums up my thoughts on publishing this blog.

If I offend, then please feel free to go ahead and fuck yourself, I really don't mind. These are my raw thoughts, feelings and opinions on life, the universe and beyond. Go and read some other sanitised blog that smells sweet with the disinfectant and bleach of the web.
For those who read this and appreciate an honest, open and sometimes cynical look at our trippy globe. I welcome any comments to anything I post, good or bad, I don't have to like it, but it would be nice to read some polite comments from time to time!

Before I launch into a foray of random posts, I will tell you that while my entries may be ecclectic and fuelled by daily encounters with the dimwit population, my main points of interest are my art (which is what I originally intended this for), by art I mean mainly drawings, paintings and illustrations, but when inspired I may post some of my poetry, articles, stories and other written stuff. Anything arty I feel like doing really, you never know!
My other points of interest include, music, metaphysical and the occult, paranormal, alternative living (I could tell you some stories about that! Maybe at some point I will too!) All this coupled with a strong loathing about most of the rest of the human population, the bottom scraping cattle that have the cheek to call themselves "human". (There will be plenty of time to expand upon this subject in future posts I'm sure. Watch this space!!) There's loads of other stuff too, too numerous to mention here, but if you ever tune in regularly you'll get the idea.

Well, I guess that'll do as an intro, maybe you'll be a regular visitor, maybe not, but whatever the case, I will try and look bothered at least. ciao!