Jacob Ratcliffe, 16, attending The King's School, Grantham. This blog is an insight to what I think, think about, and enjoy.
Saturday, 11 December 2010
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
YOU KILL THE JOE, YOU MAKE SOME MO'!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzToNo7A-94
Credit to Will Jones. SO RAD!
Lemme indulge for a bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpKb6xPnKpY
Never thought I'd say it, but Nicki Minaj can actually rap! Plus, she's mad hot.
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Far East is beast
My favourites from the various guys' photos from the Annapurna Base Camp Expedition 2010. Some incredibly beautiful photos, of sights we saw as part of everyday life.
Friday, 19 November 2010
'Stay Positive'.
Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul
Skateboarding in war torn Afghanistan, absolutely amazing that something so positive is happening despite such a negative situation.
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
The third 'thing that you really don't need to take a photo of'
Starting to realise why the ABC guys' photos only interest the people who went on the trek...
PS So glad I found Oatmeal, it's amazing!
Sunday, 7 November 2010
PhoneShop
Only just got into PhoneShop, and it's costing me a fuckload of sleep! So funny though:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/phoneshop/4od#3126838
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/phoneshop/4od#3126838
Friday, 5 November 2010
Wu Tang Clan!!!
Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthin' Ta Fuck Wit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvrZpkt7vZo
Gravel Pit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGS7I8_UXhM
Monday, 6 September 2010
Flutes are rad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6SHsF1n9Qw&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBRyjMHO_Ew
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Friday, 20 August 2010
Saturday, 14 August 2010
France vs UK
Legal drinking age in Britain: 18
Legal drinking age in France: 16
Amount of beer cans and empty bottles of Lidl vodka on the pavement in the morning in Britain: uncountable.
Amount of beer cans and empty bottles of Super U vodka on the pavement at any time in the day or night: Next to nothing. I've seen just 2 beer cans, in a city, in 17 days of being here.
So we have a legal drinking age of 18, the same age you can have a say in how you're country is run, and yet we still have more street drinking and alcohol abuse than a country with a drinking age of 16? Makes sense.
Legal smoking age in Britain: 18
Legal smoking age in France: 18
So both have a legal smoking age of 18, the same age as when you're considered a fully accountable adult in a court of law. In France, you can smoke in public places, and despite also having a legal smoking age of 18, a much greater number of people smoke. And yet the streets aren't covered in cigarette ends and packets.
We might give France shit for frogs legs and running away before Dunkirk, but I'd rather be able to walk through town without dodging beer cans, fag butts, and the odd pool of vomit. The UK considers itself to be 'developed', but taking having enough pride in one's home to keep it in a decent state as a measure of 'development', as far as I can see, France is by far superior. Surely a 'developed' country doesn't have nearly as much alcohol abuse as the UK, and doesn't have residents with general and near-complete disregard for their own streets and towns. I know which nation I'd say respects and takes some responsibility for the state of its own country.
Surely the legal smoking and drinking ages in Britain are set at 18 because it's only at that age we're sure to be mature enough to deal with them? You can blame it on government, recession, or anything else you can think of, but really, you don't have to look hard to start seeing reasons why Britain is slipping. It's the people that're the problem.
Legal drinking age in France: 16
Amount of beer cans and empty bottles of Lidl vodka on the pavement in the morning in Britain: uncountable.
Amount of beer cans and empty bottles of Super U vodka on the pavement at any time in the day or night: Next to nothing. I've seen just 2 beer cans, in a city, in 17 days of being here.
So we have a legal drinking age of 18, the same age you can have a say in how you're country is run, and yet we still have more street drinking and alcohol abuse than a country with a drinking age of 16? Makes sense.
Legal smoking age in Britain: 18
Legal smoking age in France: 18
So both have a legal smoking age of 18, the same age as when you're considered a fully accountable adult in a court of law. In France, you can smoke in public places, and despite also having a legal smoking age of 18, a much greater number of people smoke. And yet the streets aren't covered in cigarette ends and packets.
We might give France shit for frogs legs and running away before Dunkirk, but I'd rather be able to walk through town without dodging beer cans, fag butts, and the odd pool of vomit. The UK considers itself to be 'developed', but taking having enough pride in one's home to keep it in a decent state as a measure of 'development', as far as I can see, France is by far superior. Surely a 'developed' country doesn't have nearly as much alcohol abuse as the UK, and doesn't have residents with general and near-complete disregard for their own streets and towns. I know which nation I'd say respects and takes some responsibility for the state of its own country.
Surely the legal smoking and drinking ages in Britain are set at 18 because it's only at that age we're sure to be mature enough to deal with them? You can blame it on government, recession, or anything else you can think of, but really, you don't have to look hard to start seeing reasons why Britain is slipping. It's the people that're the problem.
Saturday, 31 July 2010
La premier jour de la France
No wifi for the next about 16 days, I'm travelling in nearly 30 degrees in trackies, and I've forgotten my toothbrush. A good start.
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Song for the last 3 months
And the next month as well:
"There's all the work that needs to be done,
It's late for revision,
There's all the time and all the planning,
And songs to be finished
And it keeps coming, and it keeps coming, and it keeps coming 'til the day it stops."
LCD Soundsystem - 'Someone Great'
"There's all the work that needs to be done,
It's late for revision,
There's all the time and all the planning,
And songs to be finished
And it keeps coming, and it keeps coming, and it keeps coming 'til the day it stops."
LCD Soundsystem - 'Someone Great'
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Zombies
Hearing someone say "Yes I have seen zombies. I've seen someone who's died and come back to life" through my iPod at this time of night, whilst being the only one up and in the only room with a light on, is pretty spooky. Thankyou Nick Grimshaw and your damn good selection of music!
PS I might as well get a Twitter account for the amount of rubbish I regularly spew onto the Internet.
PS I might as well get a Twitter account for the amount of rubbish I regularly spew onto the Internet.
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Friday, 26 March 2010
iPod wifi connection
Anyone know how to get my iPod Touch to stop going from full wifi connection to 1 bar and back up again randomly? It's all over the place; it's even on one bar when it's held next to the BT Home Hub, any ideas why or how to 'fix' it?
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Random rugby fact
Bryan Habana (South African winger and one of the quickest men ever on a rugby pitch) once raced a cheetah for charity. Might sound stupid, but his 100m time of 10.4 would have qualified him for the Beijing olympics 100m semi-final, so even if he lost to a cheetah, he's still insanely quick!
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
App hilarity; download Titanic!
If you've got an iPhone or iPod Touch, I highly recommend downloading the Titanic app. It's free and addictive, but the best bit is the voices! Genuinly, if you loved the voices off of Worms, get up to the point on Titanic where they start trying to jump themselves into the lifeboats and buoys, and you'll hear some very Worms-esque phrases, in Worms voices!
"Here I go!" "It's all or nothing!"
"Here I go!" "It's all or nothing!"
Friday, 29 January 2010
Debit card dinosaur
Props to Hugh Findley for the doodle.
(Yes, the numbers have been blanked out, you dirty thieves)
Monday, 25 January 2010
Beardyman in the library
I'd become a librarian if this comes with the job!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JttBO4SZpFc&feature=youtube_gdata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JttBO4SZpFc&feature=youtube_gdata
Friday, 22 January 2010
SNOW!
Thought I'd deleted the photos somehow, turned out I was just looking at one corrupted file and didn't bother trying to see the rest, which were fine! Anyway, here's the snow day, the reason I got grounded for a week, with no internet either...:
We didn't originally have sledges, rather we had the spare wheel cover from a Freelander, but upon meeting Connor's old friend and his mum later in the day, we ended up with the keys to their garage and access to a couple of sledges! (We did give them back!)
Starts slow...
gets quicker...
and ends in a steering fail!
This just started with a fail full stop!
Into the bush, sledge driving test fail
Still attempting to make it to the bottom
Many thanks to Lucy and Luke for the sledges! : )
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