Sheila Sheikh

I can't wait for this to come back on the air! For those of you who don't know it, shame on you . . . no only joking, for those of you who don't know it, make sure you watch the video below, it's absolutly brilliant. If you like Little Britain or Catherine Tate then you're going to love this. It's basically about a Dublin woman who dresses up as different characters for the duration of each programme and goes around the streets of Dublin just performing random acts of stupidness - it's so funny.

Anyway I was watching her in an interview a few weeks ago and she said that the first few sketches were just as a pilot to see how well it went down with the audience - needless to say it was a blast and they are now going to give her a regular slot on RTE which I can not wait for. The only thing is, I don't know how long it's going to be until it's back on TV. Suppose we'll just have to wait and see! Anyway, until then, we're going to just have to make do with these clips from her first few sketches!

So take a look and decide for yourself . . . . . .

Virtual Communities

I have to say, I didn't really realise how "in to" virtual communities I actually was until we started discussing them in class! A year ago I would never have dreamt of being part of one, but, suddenly, unknown to me, I became a member (in the form of bebo) and now I'm completly addicted - I just can't get away from it. I swore that I would never give in to the temptations of it, and did really well for a long time. Then, one evening, me and my friend (the two most unlikely candidates) decided to join, just as a laugh to see what all the hype was about, and all of a sudden, I'd say we've got two of the most up to date pages on the damn thing! It just sucked me in so easily! Anyway, while we're on the subject, here's a link to my page! Bebo



I don't really know a lot about the other "virtual communities" to be honest, havn't got in on them yet, emphasis on the "yet". . . I'm sure I won't! Actually, there is one that I am interested in at the moment, it's that second life one. I had never heard of it until the other day in class and although I don't think it would be my sort of thing, I would like to check it out just so I can be sure that I don't want to join! Check it out! Second Life



Another community that I am only too familiar with is e-bay, although it's not really a virtual community I don't think, more of a brand community? If that makes sense. Anyway that one hurts the credit card! I used to buy a lot of things on it . . . I remember I gought a "memory stick" on it once. It came from China and it was really weird, couldn't get it to work! No wonder, all teh instructions were in Chinese, anyway, turns out it wasn't even a memory stick after all! Not quite sure what it was.



As if that wasn't enough to teach me a lesson, a few weeks later, I then bought an mp4 player- something that was virtually unheard of in Ireland at the time, but hey, I had to be cool- anyway, turns out that the instructions for it were also in Chinese so needless to say, I have never used it, havn't quite got a grasp on the language yet! So eventually I gave up on it for a while until now! I'm in the process of buying something, lets hope it actually works! Anyway I'm feeling really ganerous today, advertising yet another website, happy spending! e-bay

So that just about brings me to the end of this one, stay tuned for some more soon!

America here I come!

Im going to go to America this Summer after I finish college. I'm going to go for one year anyway, maybe more, who knows! Not sure what the plan of action is yet, although I do know that absolutly nothing can stop this from happening! Wahey the excitment.

I will be finished college in June so as far as I'm concerned we can go anytime ("we" because I'm going with others too). However, my mother is disappointed because i.ll miss my graduation, I'm not too bothered because I have already graduated once but she sees it as "the big one" (think she's more excited about it than I am)!

Anyway, I need to decide where exactly I'm going to go and for how long, decisions decisions!

Alan Carr: Live at the Apollo

My god have you seen it? It is so funny. I watched it a couple of nights ago with some of my friends. He has to be one of the best comedians going! Although, if you're easily offended, it's advised that you don't watch it, he absolutly slates some people . . . . and places! Fat people, skinny people, homeless people, people stricken by famine, you name it, they all got it!

He actually had a bit of a gag about the mobile network 3 aswell, something that i am very hung up on at the moment! Thank god I'm not the only one that wants to let off a bit of steam about them, anyway, thats not what this is about!

Anyway, yeah, just wanted to say how funny I thought the show was, it comes highly recommended by me! As the title says, it's called Alan Carr: Live at the Apollo.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Mobile Network 3 - Arrrrgh >:(

I'v got a bit of a situation at the moment. A few months ago I decided I needed a new phone, something I do quite regularly, I think its because I always want the latest of everything, but thats not the point!

Anyway, I wanted this new phone. I was already with vodafone and with 3 being a new network and all the buzz about it, I decided to investigate further. I went into my local 3 store and got all of the information that I thought would be relevant. I discovered that if I switched networks, I would get the usual €100 or so free call credit, would be able to keep my old number and would benefit hugely in terms of the cost of calls and texts. According to Network 3, they have 87% video service coverage all around Ireland and 99.5% calls and text service coverage. This was all great and needless to say, I then switched to 3. Check out the "coverage" section of their website three.ie

Once I get set up, I discover that you will have full coverage 95% of the time, but there's one catch, you must live in the middle of town, something which they obviously failed to tell me. This is where I get annoyed, it's fine when i'm at college but when I do make the journey home, I lose contact with everybody. Sure enough, my calls and texts are much cheaper, this is of course if I have coverage to send them!

I'm seriously thinking about switching back to Vodafone but just can't let go of the cheap calls and texts. Since I moved to 3, I have been saving at least €20 a month on mobile top-up (maybe because I don't have the coverage to make calls!). Anyway I don't know what to do, suppose we'll see what time brings!

Boredom!

When somebody is bored, does this mean that their brain is also bored, or, is their brain actually busy making the person think that they are bored?

Anyway, thats todays words of wisdom, and for all you geeks out there, perhaps like me, heres something I found on Wikipedia about Boredom, enjoy!