Shopping Spree

Due to receiving a massive amount of money from my Disability Living Allowance which got back dated four months,
I decided to treat myself and Candy to stuff that we don't normally have.

So on 5th June we went shopping to Northallerton and well we bought lots of goodies which I have listed below.
All the DVD's I bought were from BlockBusters, They had some really good bargains.

We even went food shopping without having any worries or using my calculator to work out how much I was spending,
The only worries we had were will it fit in the freezer.

So here's everything we bought so far -

PC GAMES -
Create your own website, Select desktop publishing 2nd edition.

X-BOX GAMES -
Shellshock 'Nam'67, Reign of Fire, Brute Force, Dark Angel.

DVDS -
Tin Man Ultimate boxset, Stealth Fighter, The Happening,
Get Smart, Kingdom of the Spiders,
Mutant Chronicles, The Commitments, The Dark Knight, Inkheart, Mummy 3, The Warriors Directors cut,
Kung Fu Hustle, Near Dark, You Don't Mess With The Zohan,
Hot Shots & Hot Shots Part Deux,
Bedtime Stories, Dogma, Night at the Museum, Crank,
Discovering Herbs, The Mist, Underworld 3,
Deathwatch, Transporter 3, Deathrace, Zoolander,
Farscape Season 1, The Black Hole,
Stargate: SG1 Season 10 boxed set, Starfleet X-Bomber boxset,
The 10th Kingdom,
Babylon 5 Ultimate Universe boxset,
The Peculiar Adventures of Hector.

PLAYSTATION ONE GAMES -
Men In Black, Rayman 2, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos,
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
Crash Bandicoot, Speed Freaks.

VIDEOS -
Soultaker, Steps: Live at Wembley 2000, Bodysnatchers, Infested, Dickie Roberts: Former Childstar,
Spiderman: The Dragon's Challenge, Scanners 2,
Transformers: Arrival from Cybertron,
Darkskies: The Awakening, Brainscan, Famous Five,
Denver the Last Dinosaur, Mortal Kombat,
Due South: Pilot, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels: Directors Cut, Deep Blue Sea,
Superman: The Magnetic Telescope.

BOOKS AND OTHER STUFF -
Men of Tomorrow, A Guide to Wizards of the World,
Dragons-Giants and Witches,
The Science of Discworld, Valiant Annual 1980,
Truckers (Terry Pratchet), Bollywood Movies Diary 2009,
Simpsons Magnetic Set, Gothic Marble Wall Mirror.

BBX

Big Brother X

Well It's that time of year again and another batch of weird and wonderful characters battling it out for stardom and the next photoshoot at Nuts Magazine.

We have 16 Non-Housemates this year and they are -

Freddie - Posh Nice Guy
Lisa - Lesbian Anarchist
Sophie - Big Boobies and Blonde
Kris - Lots of Hair with Nothing in the Middle
Noirin - Skank Ho
Cairon - Young American Gangster
Angel - Russian Boxer, Gender Unknown
Karly - Self Confessed Bitch and WAG Wannabe
Marcus - Our very own Wolverine!
Beinazir - Asian Amy Winehouse
Sophia - Black Peggy Mitchell
Rodrigo - Bi-Sexual Brazillian Student
Charlie - Happy Go Lucky Gay Guy
Saffia - Bad Bitchy Momma
Sree - Serious Indian Student
Siavash - Weird, Just Weird!

Well I don't know if we will be watching it every night, but it should be interesting!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is my beautiful wife's birthday.
Darling I love you so very much, more now than the day I met you.
You are and always will be my sweet soulmate, my everything and my forever love.
What more can I ask for in my life than someone who makes me laugh, giggle and wiggle like a schoolgirl as I am being tickled, who cooks the most splendid meals every day, who always makes me feel better after I have hurt myself, who listens to every word I say and laughs at all my silly songs and joins in as well. Candy you have made this Papa Moose a very happy Moose.
I LOVE YOU MY SWEET DARLING CANDY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !
XOXOXOXOX

Dream Home

ok I have not updated in such a long time, due to the reasons of being made homeless and living in a grotty B&B, I will get round to updating this blog on the whats and whynots of that later, but what I'm letting you all know is where we will be moving to.
now most of my friends on FaceBook already know this but Candy and I will be moving to Stokesley. it's near the Teeside border and we are not that far from Middlesbrough.
we will be moving into a 3-bedroom flat with two bathrooms, a kitchen/diner, living room, two large landing areas, and another room where we can have our studio/study.
it has beautiful views towards the moors and the hills, down the back of our building is a cobbled path towards a stream full of ducks, which I know Candy will love to feed and take photos of and she will get some great pictures drawn.
but apart from that, we will be above an Indian restraunt/take-away. my gawd it's gonna be amazing and Candy is so happy about it, she deserves to be happy after everything she has been through the last several years and I hope as her husband I will be able to make her happy every day.

Easingwold Doctors

Last Friday I had to have Dr. Westerman come out to see me as I have not left the house in nearly five months due to swollen legs and also we needed someone in doors at all times as we are squatting in our own home (long story) but not only was he three hours late in seeing me, but then he had the fucking balls to say that I'm killing myself and that I be dead soon!
Candy got really upset over this and she had to fight back the tears and anger.
The stupid thing is that I've got a handle on my diabetes, I don't eat that much so I don't put weight on, to be honest I've lost quite a bit of weight over the months, I don't smoke or drink any alcoal, my blood pressure is pretty normal and my blood sugar levels are ok.
all that is wrong with me is that I have a bad back (torn muscle that has rehealed wrong) and swollen legs that has started to get small sores that Candy is treating with meds, and that is only down to my psiorisis and ingrowing hairs.

the only other thing that I have not done right is to go out of the house as I have not left the house in five months, not since we started squatting as someone has to be indoors at all times, and with my back hurting, I was the one to stay at home.
plus I missed a few appointments with fucking stupid doctors who have no idea what it's like to live in the real world, and to have real problems.
but for him to say that to me, that I wil be dead soon, and my legs will be cut off, and that I don't care about my life. fucking bastard.

So yesterday afternoon, I braved the outside world and it took me nearly half an hour to walk a short distance down the lane to the doctors to see another GP, but she was less then useless and told me there is nothing for her to do for me except continue to take the antibiotics for my legs and see the diaebites nurse for a blood test. aaargh bloody doctors, fucking usless and stupid, and then they wonder why I don't have faith in them...
*breathes* rant over

The Wonderful World of TV

I do love January/February time for televison, all the brand new shows that have started and all the old favourites that have come back to the box.
here is a round-up of all my favourite shows of these last few weeks -

NCIS: One of our favourite american tv drama thrillers is back for season 5 and it is brillent, some amazing writing and the acting is really good.

Hustle: Is a British gem in TV gold, and Adrain Lester is back as Mickey "Bricks"
and with two new stars that have just joined, the series is back on form.

Demons: I'm only adding this here as the very first episode was really good and it had alot of potential but it has completly flopped in the ratings due to bad writing, acting and special effects. such a shame, I do hope it does not get renewed for a season 2.

Dexter: Is another american show that we love, with such incredible acting and the dark humour is wonderful, lets hope ITV does not mess with this series.

Big Bang Theory: Geeks of the world unite, we are taking over the world! what a fantastically funny show that spotlights the geek as the ultimate role model! and as a geek myself I love it, plus I'm glad I married a geek too.

Shameless: Is back and ruder than ever! I have always loved this show and now in it's sixth year I have converted Candy into loving it as well. Brillent acting and writing, and nearly all the stars that have left have all gone on to do bigger things.

Plus One: A charming and funny mini series that has just recently finished on Channel 4, Duncan James from the boyband Blue takes the piss out of himself and the situations that the lead character finds himself in on his quest to find a plus one for a wedding is funny and worth another series.

Bear Behaving Badly: A guilty pleasure of childrens televison, along with Lazy Town, this show about a blue stuffed toy bear is wonderful and I can do an amazing impression of the Nev the Bear's voice... Can't Catch Me....

The other week, Candy treated me to the DVD boxed set of season 9 of StarGate:SG1, and it was such a wonderful suprise and I absolute loved it. we spent nearly a whole week just watching the gaters on their many adventures, just need to buy the final season now.

The New Leader

Well the new president has been sworn in and Barack Obama is now the 44th American President.
as a non-fan of the previous administration I just hope President Obama will do a damn good job and hopefully make a change to America and maybe the world.

Khhaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnn!

I have just heard the sad news of the passing of Ricardo Montalbán.
I loved him in Fantasy Island, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is my all time favourite Trek movie.
You will always be one of my favourite bad guys Mr.Montalbán.
RIP

The Eleventh Doctor

The New Doctor Who has been cast, at just after 6pm on BBC One

the actor that has beaten so many hopefuls to the role of a lifetime(s) is -

Matt Smith...

Who you may ask is he?

Well he is an actor who appeared with Billie Piper in the Ruby in the Smoke and the Shadow in the North, as well as Party Animals.

To be honest, I don't like the look of the actor, he is way too young at the tender age of 26 years old and he is ugly! ok that is mine and my wife's opinion but we are sticking to it.

plus how old is his companion going to be? 12 years old ?

is it me or are they changing the show into the young doctor who adventures? the M.I. High of the timelords!

I really hope the scripts will be good and that somehow he pulls it off and is in fact a half decent doctor, but WHO knows?

The End of the Year

Well the last few months has been very eventful for Candy and I and we are hoping that 2009 will be much better for us in health, home, and work.

As I'm sitting here writing this entry and thinking about what has gone on before in the last few months, I'm surprised that we have lasted and overcome all the shit that has been thrown at us, what with my bad health, being made homeless, and all the money worries that we had. I'm just glad that we are strong as a married couple and that we have each other forever, I don't know what we would do without the other and honestly I hope we will never find out.

Well lets get some of the stuff off my chest then and let you all know what has been going on with the Louis family.

Back in September we were made homeless and got kicked out of our home by the bailiffs it had to do with Candy's late father, the house itself is part of the will that has not been read yet and we are in the middle of sorting out the probate which has taken more time due to certain things and red tape.
It really has been a pain in the ass trying to get this done but it needs doing.
Anyway as I said we got made homeless, and so for two days we had no home.
luckly our neighbours at No. 2 allowed us to sleep on their sofa and we started to devise a cunning plan of action.

We traveled into york to seek advise from various departments of housing and benefits, but they were of no use and pretty sucky.
but we did find help in the Salvation Army and they gave us the best advice and it was legal as well!, the advisior that we spoke to was also a comicbook nut and we got chatting about that too as well. not bad for the god squad!

So with positive feeling, we went back home and we gained entry through a wide open backdoor, once inside Candy changed all the locks and secured the place from intruders and we became squatters of our own home.
we placed a legal notice on the front door and got in touch with the official squatters union in London to get some more advice and they helped as well.

Everything is still normal, we still pay the bills, and we are still going to sort out the house and get our stuff packed away and move to somewhere else.
the only downside of all of this is that someone has to stay in the house all the time, just in case someone comes calling. and with me being nearly housebound anyway due to my bad back and legs, it was down to me to stay indoors.
but I have not left the house in 15 weeks, and it really is getting me down, I do get fresh air in my lungs whenever I say goodbye to Candy at the front door as she goes into town to do some shopping, but it is not the same and it pisses me off, as I can't walk that far anymore, not until I get my back fixed.
even my walking stick does not help that much.

anyway on to other things now....

back in Aug, we treated ourselves to several goodies inc new mobile phones, some DVDs, a Tardis shaped phone, a new digital camera for Candy, an XBOX, several XBOX games, a Ouiji board (which I have not used just yet) and a Laptop that we have named DAVE.
Dave the PC has been a wonder for us, at last we have internet access again and it is wonderful.

One of many things I have taken advantage of having the internet again is to use Facebook alot more,
I have gained so many new friends and gotten in touch with so many of my old work buddies and school friends, It has been really good as I miss my friends back in Milton Keynes and I don't have any mates here in Easingwold.
one of the best things about gaining new friends on Facebook has been making friends with people in the comicbook industry and I have been over the moon by some of the friends I have, including Stan Lee, Richard Starkings, Dez Skinn, Eric Orchard, Brian Reed, Mitch Breitweiser, Mike Mignola, and the best of them all is Todd Dezago who I am a big fan of due to his work on the comicbook Perhapanauts. it really has made me happy to call these fine gentlemen friends.

Talking about comicbooks, I have finally given up all hope on Travelling Man York of ever being a decent comicbook shop.
The manager there knows nothing about comics, merchandising, or what the customer needs are, the staff are rude and there is no decent customer service.
(but saying that, I have not found any decent customer service in York).
So what I have done now is gone over to another shop called Destination Venus which is located in Harrogate, It's not that far away but I order online as it is cheaper. and the service is really good and I have been very impressed by them so far.
Candy and I are still planning on setting up our comicbook shop business but that will have to wait until we have moved home and the business industry is alot better then it is now.
I have been planning on doing this for years now but never found anyone to share my dream with until I met my Candy.
I really can't wait to make it happen as we both have so many wonderful ideas.
plus with my business skills, retail manager experience, and already having worked for Forbidden Planet as a manager at the tender age of 18 roughly sixteen years ago, I think I have what it takes.
plus we would like to combine it with Candy's art business and card crafting, and I still want to continue with my flower arranging and get back into working as a florist again. so many skills and so much to do.
plus as a sideline, I still would like to investigate the paranormal as a ghost hunter as I once did a few years ago with Ghosthunters UK.

As for the paranormal side of things in my life, we encounted a strange man in York a few months ago who claimed to be a psychic medium and he wanted our help to escort him to the bus stop as he was not feeling to well due to his meds, as someone who knows alot about that, we helped him as our good deed of the day, heck we need all the good karma we could get at that point.
anyway he went on to tell us that he speaks to the spirits that have passed over and that he has seeked us out due to having messages for us both.
I admit I did not believe him at first until he started passing over messages to Candy and coming out with stuff that nobody else knows about her except me of course. well that surprised us and then he told me some stuff about my late parents which made me concerned and laugh at a few comments that my late mother passed to him.
It was interesting to hear stuff that you know deep down in your core of being as being true and well it made us both think for the future.

It has been an interesting year and I hope that the next will not be boring, and that there will be many more adventures for Candy and I to enjoy!

Happy New Year Everybody, and may whatever gods you hold dear to your heart will bless you every day of 2009.

Mice Mice Everywhere!

Just another small post to keep the cobwebs out of my head.

Recently we have started a new family, a family of mice that is!
Candy has found and rescued a group of field mice that has made their home in our kitchen/dining room.

So far we have three mice in a very secure plastic goldfish bowl and we have three or four more that are roaming free in our house. Candy has taken loads of photos of them and they are really cute. she feeds them anything we have in our cupboards, but they like eating popcorn, apples, jam, brioche, and bird seeds.

They also enjoy trying to escape from their home, but they have had no luck so far.
I have noticed that they like watching TV, as they were watching Mary Poppins with me the other day.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Well Christmas has been good for us in the Louis household.
Candy and I got up after 12 pm to munch on sweeties and brioche, and to drink it all down with Pepsi Max...Yummy Goodness.

We did not do cards or prezzies for each other this year as we don't really need to as we have each other and we have lots of DVDs to watch that we have bought.
we are not like any other couple out there and that is a good thing.

As for other xmas cards, we received quite a few from people we did not expect, and received none from the people we were expecting from.
Yesterday I got a letter from my cousin informing me that my Aunt Lucy had passed away a few days before, so I was really sad about that as I had only just got back in touch with her a few months ago.
received a lovely card from my friend Laurie in Canada, and cards from my mate Andy in MK, and Vicky from Cornwall.
we did get a card from some old friends of my late parents that I had not heard from in years.

Candy and I are going to get some photos taken and send some out to my Aunt Sheila as she wants to know what I look like now as she has not seen me since I was 12 years old.

Candy drew an amazing picture of "Big" and "Choopie", two characters from my favourite comicbook The Perhapanauts that is written by my friend Todd Dezago.
I emailed the picture to Todd as an xmas card, and he really loved it, so much so that he posted it on to his blog - www.perhapanauts.com/blog
That made our christmas, and Candy was over the moon, she could not stop smiling and she was beaming so brightly that I needed sunglasses. Hahaha

Christmas TV was not all that good, the only decent stuff on the box was the following -
Emmerdale and Corrie, two of my favourite soaps were quite good,
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor was really shite and I'm glad that DT & RTD are both leaving the show next year.
The only other thing we watched was the Hellboy 2 DVD which was freaking fantastic, one of the best movies I've seen this year.

I did promise to Candy that next Christmas will be much better, but she does not mind as she said as long as she has me, she does not care where we are.
sweetheart that she is. I love you baby.

anyway, enough now, go and enjoy what's left of the day.

Merry Christmas.

Welcome

Welcome to my new online journal which has been named
Have Dice - Will Do Battle!.

This journal will act as my personal daily thoughts and views on everything from world events to geeky stuff to supernatural shenanigans and anything else I deem fit to include here.
plus I will be updating my hopeful progress on my comic book,
and my wife might even include some artwork for you to see!

Below I've added two important old posts from a previous blog I had,
That I felt should be re-posted again here.

America's Best New Hope?

Welcome to the 44th president of the United States Barack Obama.
Lets just hope he will be a better leader of the free world than George W. Bush.