itcamefrommars
About
My full name is David Norman Michael Marshall. I was born in Bradford, England. I now reside in Great Yarmouth, which is actually not all that great. Who would have known? Its never as good as the brochure makes it out to be, is it.
I am currently working at a charity called First Move Furnishaid as a volunteer IT Trainer.
Music
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, +44, 36 Crazyfists, 65daysofstatic, A Dozen Furies, Alanis Morissette, Alkaline Trio, All American Rejects, All That Remains, American Hi-Fi, Angels and Airwaves, Annotations Of An Autopsy, As Blood Runs Black, As I Lay Dying, Atmosphere, Atreyu, Beastie Boys, Bejebus, Bleeding Through, Blink-182, Brand New, Breach, Bring Me The Horizon, BS 2000, Buddy Holly, By A Thread, Colin Hay, Common, Converge, Counting Crows, David Bowie, Deftones, Eighteen Visions, Emery, Enter Shikari, Eternal Lord, Everclear, Gallows, General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners, George Carlin, Get Up Kids, Goldfinger, Halifax, Hatebreed, Hellogoodbye, Home Grown, Idiot Pilot, It Dies today, Job For A Cowboy, Johnny Cash, Johnny Truant, Killswitch Engage, Lostprophets, Mad Capsule Markets, Millencolin, Misery Signals, Mogwai, Money Mark, Mr. Bungle, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Found Glory, Paramore, Parkway Drive, Peeping Tom, Pink Floyd, Poison The Well, Primus, Radiohead, Rollins Band, Satanic Surfers, Saul Williams, Saves The Day, Seatbelts-Yoko Kanno, Something Corporate, Staind, Still Remains, Story of the Year, Strike Anywhere, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Distillers, The Fray, The Hunt For Ida Wave, The Used, Transplants, UNKLE, Valencia, Vangelis, Where Fear & Weapons Meet, Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts
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OctoberOct 27 Monday Mon 08
Sexy Powers
Now there is a damn sexy piece of apparel. Look at that Afro! Click on the picture to see other WHUBBLE T-shirts.
OctoberOct 20 Monday Mon 08
We're escapists unable to escape escapism
As gamers it's inherent in us to turn our back on reality at every given opportunity. Sure, the notion of being able to switch off from depressing daily drudgeries might sound romantic to people unable to liberate themselves from life's grim burdens, but the fact of the matter is that being on a permanent vacation in the Costa del Virtual comes with its own metaphorical ball and chain.
The longer we're away, the worse things are when we return for the unavoidable stint that must be suffered back in the Real World. The bills have piled up. The dirty dishes are a breeding ground of filth. The kids are malnourished. The dog's pissed on the carpet. The global economy's a wreck.
And we address the fallout of our prolonged neglect in the only way we can. By playing some more games and ignoring it all. It's not a choice. It's every dedicated gamers hard-coded prime directive. How can we escape escapism? It's the impossible conundrum that torments our existence.
Preach my brother, preach!
OctoberOct 19 Sunday Sun 08
Funny Thing
So,
Its been about a week since I've been in hell at A4e because of feeling like hammered shit and I think they have kicked me off, yet again. They usually kick your arse off when you have to many days off without giving them a reason, but I phoned up at the start of the week declaring I was taking some time off because of not being well. But since my A4e 'adviser' just shunned & laughed at my deteriorating health since I started back there, I'm not surprised he kicked me off for being ill. Idiot So, its most likely I'm gonna be without money a couple of weeks if the Job Centre let me sign back on again. If they don't I'm fucked.
Also, I finally scraped together enough money to get a new graphics card, a nice shiny XFX 9800 GT XXX edition (
OctoberOct 16 Thursday Thu 08
Helps Both Ways
So,
Its been a rather long time since I put up anything other then images and videos, so I thought it would be nice and actually write something.
I've been back at A4e for a little over two weeks now, its still an insanely boring place to spend all of your day but at least I got an interview for job placement fairly early this time. The placement is working over at the local James Paget Hospital, I do believe it is just general stuff like Data Input & what have you but at least it gets me out of that damn place. I have the interview today at 2pm, its 12:15pm now so I will be leaving at about 12:45 to make sure I get on the right bus, since it takes about 45-50 minutes to get there. Also I will have to actually find who I am supposed to have the interview with, the folks at A4e were a little vague.
[UPDATE] So the interview went fairly well, they said they would love to stick me in Records doing Data Input/Cleansing, which is after a chat with the interviewer folks is about 800 records a week. All I have to do know is try & figure out the exact dates on where we lived over the past 5 years & the paperwork should take 2 weeks to go through. Then hopefully its 12pm-8pm Monday till Thursday. :)[/UPDATE]
It was rather a short day at A4e today, I was sat at a table with the rest of the fallen and reading the free papers they get, surprisingly they were current, and they started give out 'projects' to people and before I knew it the entire place was empty. All the 'project' is is to answer 4 questions on this printout they gave us & bring it back tomorrow. Since they were doing it to everyone I believe they have some alternative motive, that or the Job Centre has been on their arse again.
My spiffy new specs' arrived, so I've been rocking some Buddy Holly-esque glasses for the past week or so. Well as far as a guy like can rock a pair of spiffy specs.
Also on the topic of new arrivals the new power supply I ordered arrived while I was at A4e. Its such a sexy looking thing, I only bought it because my old one didn't have enough SATA cables for the new 500gb HDD I bought a while back. It cleaned up the inside of my case a little too, with those wonderful detachable cables. Also it gives the inside a little blue glow. Oh, on the down side after I plugged everything in and managed, formatted and assigned a drive letter to the HDD, the fucking thing disappeared off the bios, disk manager & windows explorer, oh yay. So I will be having a play a little later. [UPDATE] The new 500gb HDD is all sorted and working, now its just the task of dragging shit about to sort out my other HDD's. [/UPDATE]
Oh, yes my mother has also gone to Africa for 3 months again, she should be home for Christmas this time. :)
Anyway, that's all from me.
See y'all Later.
Me and the Moon
After a little trouble & some help from my good friend Jamie I have now said goodbye to World of Warcraft and hello the the brutal world of Age of Conan. Huzahs all around!
Also, I have finally started to paint my flat. Its only taken my a year to start, but I'm only painting my bedroom & computer room. Technically speaking they are the only room-rooms in my flat the other two are kitchen & toilet/shower room, so it shouldn't take me that long to paint them. Oh, I'm painting them a lovely deep brown, just in case you wanted to know. :)
Extraordinary man
The blue-eyed star of movies like Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid died in his Connecticut home on Friday, surrounded by family and close friends. Read More.
A seriously sexy beast.
100 Questions
This is just something I took from an old DeviantART Journal and amended some of the answers.
1. How old will you be in five years?
27.
2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?
Myself.
3. How tall are you?
About 5ft 103 I think.
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
Nothing really.
5. What's the last movie you saw?
Barton Fink was the last film I watched. The Dark Knight was the last one in the Cinema
6. Who was the last person you called?
The Jobcentre
7. Who was the last person to call you?
Glasses Direct
8. What was the last text message you received?
No idea, why mobile stopped working ages ago.
9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?
Never used it.
10. Do you prefer to call or text?
Text, I don't really like using phones.
11. What were you doing at 12am last night?
Sleeping.
12. Are your parents married/divorced?
My Mother got married again the other year. No idea about my father, I don't even know if he is alive.
13. When did you last see your mum?
Earlier this month.
14. What colour are your eyes?
Light Blue/Grey.
15. What time did you wake up today?
7:30am.
16. What are you wearing right now?
Grey Jeans, A cream T-shirt & a military green jumper.
17. Do you like Christmas songs?
Bah! Humbug!
18. Where is your favourite place to be?
In my bed or in front of my PC.
19. Where is your least favourite place to be?
In a room filled with people.
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
At this moment, to Raleigh, North Carolina to see my brother Josh.
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?
Not a clue.
22. Do you tan or burn?
First one, then t'other.
23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
No idea, don't remember my childhood.
24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?
Racism In The Elevator.
25. Do you have an e-crush on anyone on DA?
Never thought about it.
26. How big is your bed?
A chair that fold out into a single bed.
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?
I have a tower. My two monitors & massive speakers take up my desk space.
28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
I sleep in my boxers.
29. What colour are your sheets?
Blue & Cream.
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two.
31. What is your favorite season?
Autumn.
32. What is the best way to waste time on DA?
Pick a category & browse through everything in it.
33. What do you like about winter?
There are days I can go down to the shops & see no one walking around.
34. What do you like about the summer?
Sweaty Goths.
35. What do you like about spring?
Nothing, off the top of my head.
36. How many states/provinces have you lived in?
N/A.
37. What cities/towns have you lived in?
Bradford, Scunthorpe & Great Yarmouth.
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Bare feet.
39. Are you a social person?
Nope.
40. What was the last thing you ate?
Spam & chips.
41. What is your favourite restaurant?
Gappino's I think it was called. A Greek burger place down the seafront. Haven't been there for years though.
42. What is your favourite kind of ice cream?
Vanilla.
43. What is your favourite dessert?
Ice-cream is always good.
44. What is your favourite kind of soup?
I don't like soup.
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
I don't like Jelly on my Peanut Butter but Strawberry Jam is nice.
46. Do you like Chinese food?
The Chinese place near us makes a mean Chicken Curry.
47. Do you like coffee?
Not really but I do like Coffee Cake.
48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?
I don't, I drink about 5-10 cups of Tea a day though.
49. What do you drink in the morning?
Same as the rest of the day.
50. What is your favourite gallery on DA?
Visual Styles, Web Design, Tattoo Design.
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Not really, my beds not big enough.
52. Do you know how to play poker?
Nope.
53. Do you like to cuddle?
Only if I know the person.
54. Have you ever been to Canada?
No, but I hear its nice.
55. Do you have an addictive personality?
Not really. I tend to get bored of a lot of things.
56. Do you eat out or at home more often?
I eat sat in front of my PC pretty much every day.
57. Do you believe in ghosts?
I don't not believe in them.
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
Nope.
59. Do you want kids?
Nope.
60. Do you speak any other languages?
Merde (French for shit) & Jambo (Swahili for Hi) is about all I've got.
61. Have you ever gotten stitches?
I had butterfly stitches when I got my head split open when I was younger. About one of the few things I remember from when I was a kid.
62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Not that I know of.
63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?
A nice big empty pool for me swim in, would be nice about now.
64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats?
No preference.
65. Do you know how to drive a stick?
Nope, I don't know how to drive.
66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
New computer hardware is always nice, video-games & T-shirts.
67. Do you wear any jewellery?
Two lip piercings is about it.
68. What is/are your favourite TV show/s?
Angel, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Buffy, Cowboy Bebop, Ed Edd N Eddy, Firefly, Futurama, Pushing Daisies, Ren & Stimpy, Scrubs, The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh.
69. Can you roll your tongue?
Yes
70. Who is the funniest person you know?
Dunno.
71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
Nope.
72. What is the main ring tone on your phone?
Default phone ring.
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were a baby?
Nope.
74. What red object is closest to you right now?
A red coloured pencil.
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth?
Nope.
76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
I don't own a closet.
77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
I would say getting mauled a big Bear because its a pretty bad ass way to die.
78. Do you flirt a lot?
Urm, no idea. I tend to pay more attention to the conversation.
79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
Salad Cream.
80. What is your favourite food?
Chicken, cheese, Potatoes.
81. Can you change the oil on a car? Oil change?
Nope.
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
No I cant walk that fast.
83. Have you ever run out of gas?
Nope.
84. What is your usual bedtime?
Whenever my body conc's out.
85. What was the last book you read?
Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk.
86. Do you read the newspaper?
Sometimes.
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
Nope.
88. Do you like the new DA?
Sure, I wish they had a "Read the rest of this post" option for large Journal Entries though.
89. Do you watch soap operas?
Nope.
90. Do you dance in the car?
Nope I just tend to sit and stare out the window daydreaming.
91. What radio station did you last listen to?
Don't listen to the radio.
92. Who is in the picture frame closest to you?
I don't have any.
93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper?
The Shi-CityLink local line.
94. What is your favourite candle scent?
None, they tend to make me sneeze.
95. What is your favourite board game?
Don't really play board games.
96. Which DA people have you had dreams about?
None, as far as I am aware, but I don't really remember my dreams.
97. When was the last time you attended church?
When Jackovas, me & Grahame went in to take some photo's we got rudely ejected by the church person, he almost crushed my foot. Such loving people those believers.
98. Who was your favourite teacher in high school?
Probably my Art teacher Graham Wells. The Drama teacher was kewl too, but I never took Drama.
99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent?
The weekend I went to the Donington Download Festival the other year. I saw Henry Rollins do some of his spoken word stuff. I also saw Metallica, The Prodigy & a lot of other bands but Rollins was the best.
100. Who was the last person to do something extra special for you?
My friend Laura made me a super swish brooch.
Three
Since I've been getting all these damn migraines and staying in bed a lot, I thought I might as well render something while I'm passed out.
Just something nice and simple to ease my way back into working with Apophysis.
Weird Science
Sergei Bryukhonenko: We have mentioned Soviet scientist Sergei Bryukhonenko before. Another fan of canine experimentation, Bryukhonenko invented the autojektor, a heart and lung machine, and proved its efficacy by attaching it to a severed dog's head, which stayed alive, eating and drinking.
I've seen some rather fucked up stuff on the internet over the years, from people getting their heads & other parts cut off, serious torture videos & shotgun deaths to people happily shitting on each other and I have been unfazed. But after watching the above video, I was a little thrown. If it was an adult human, strangely it wouldn't bother me, but to kids & animals. I find myself troubled.
You can only imagine what was going through that poor dogs mind.
Video from Eight Real-Life Doctor Frankensteins Who Pushed the Boundaries of Life and Death.
Take Lots With Alcohol
Bah, I think I'm coming down with a damn cold. That or I'm getting the Flu because my migraines don't feel the same as they usually do & I feel pretty weak at the moment. Oh joy.
On top of that, last night while watching Revenge Of The Nerds 2, the damn power cut out. It wasn't a damn fuse either, its been happening all over this county apparently. I wouldn't mind as much but I was 2 thirds through the bastard film. So I naturally just went to bed. It was 1am! 1am who the fuck goes to bed that early, its blasphemy! Luckily there wasn't much in the freezer & it only lasted a few hours.
Anyway, that's all I had to say. I'll get back to excreting a copious amount of sticky fluid which wouldn't look out of place on a Troma Production set & singing along to Alkaline Trio. Buh bye.
JuneJun 15 Sunday Sun 08
A Big Ass List
Firefox Add-ons
about:blank fortune: Outputs a fortune to the about:blank page.
Download Statusbar: View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.
Faviconize Tab: This extension adds a new "FaviconizeTab" option to the context menu of the tab.
FireShot: FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates screenshots of web pages.
Fission: Fission combines address bar and progress bar (Safari style).
Glasser: Adds the Windows Vista glass frame to Firefox toolbars.
Greasemonkey: Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.
IE Tab: An extension from Taiwan, features: Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.
Minimize To Tray: Minimizes Mozilla windows into the system tray.
Minimize To Tray Enhancer: Adds extra needed features to Minimize To Tray.
Nightly Tester Tools: Useful tools for the nightly tester.
Open Image In New Tab: Adds right-click context menu item for opening images in new.
Paste & Go 2: Paste and Go 2 lets you Paste Text and Load/Search It Immediately.
Personal Menu: With the Personal Menu, you may hide any menu in Menus Toolbar (even the whole Menus Toolbar), and design your own menu with just few settings.
SearchLoad Options: Tweak the searchbar's functionality.
Stylish: Customize the look of the application and of websites with Stylish, a user styles manager.
Tab Mix Plus: Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities.
Web Developer: Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.
Stylish
Ad removal for last.fm: Removes the banner ads from last.fm.
FF3+Glasser: Bookmark Toolbar background: Bookmark Toolbar Vista Shell style background.
Bookmarks Toolbar - text only: Removes bookmark site icons from the bookmarks toolbar and gives them a button-like look.
Center images: Horizontally centers image-only "pages".
deviantTIDY: This user-style fixes comment boxes, deviation descriptions, forums and many other assets on dA pages, to make things clearer and more streamlined.
digg v4 - Minimalist: just the stories, nowt else.
Disable Image Resizing: although you can disable automatic image resizing in Firefox, you can't disable the resize toggle.
Facebook Ad Remover compilation: This is a compilation of some of the other Facebook styles on this site that I found useful, along with some additional advertisement removal CSS of my own.
FF3+Glasser: Vista OS integration: This style further integrates the design of FF into the Vista OS.
FF3: IE7 Style Tabs: The name says it all.
Google Compact: Customises all Google sites.
LR Vista findbar: LR Vista findbar.
LR Vista Statusbar: LR Vista Statusbar.
LR vista tabbar background: LR vista tabbar background.
Native-looking progress meter for Fission ext: Apply native-looking loading bar for Fission extension.
This Page Intentionally Left Blank - Silver: Just a simple page to replace the about:blank screen [edited without text by me].
Toolbar Padding Changer: Changes the padding in the Toolbars to make everything fit closer together.
Userstyles.org - tweaked: Originally based on Frank (DesertFox)'s "style 1103.
Greasemonkey
ScrapIT: Provides an easy way to scrap a deviation.
Bookmark Toolbar
DeviantART: An international online artist community.
Ctrl+Alt+Del: Story of a bunch of friends who into computer games.
Wulffmorgenthaler: Wulff & Morgenthaler's Personal humoristic social commentary on life, nostalgia and the World in general.
John & John: John and John webcomic? A webcomic about two funny green guys?
Three Panel Soul: Two isn't enough, four is one more than necessary.
Virb: Friends, Music and Video... we're helping you stay connected.
Digg: Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web.
Geekologie: Geekologie is website dedicated to the scientific study of gadgets, gizmos, and awesome.
ModDB: Mod Database, or Mod DB, is a website related to general computer game modding.
Partiallyblind: The internet concern of Joshua Marshall [my brother].
Lead Shot Lullaby: My friend Jamie's blog.
Blessed Be This Nightmare: My friend Laura's blog.
PMD Customs: My ol' friend Jordan's website.
icfm Blog - Here, links directly to the wordpress admin panel.
Project Offset: Project Offset is the working title for a first-person shooter video game currently being developed by Offset Software.
Mail.com: Free web-based email service with free forwarding. Many interesting email addresses to choose from.
SModcast: Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier are SModcast.
Photoshop Disasters: Have you seen a truly awful piece of Photoshop work?
Word To Your: Word to Your is a website with funny pictures dedicated to a 90's star and the power of the statement.
Spill: Film reviews, movie trailers, blogs, discussion, cinema times, box office figures and hilarious animated movie reviews!
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