Some geekery an' a bit of a rant.

I'll get the rant bit out of the way first...

IS IT THE FUCKING IN THING TO SLAM ENGLAND NOW?! SERIOUSLY?!?!

So if any of you don't know by now that I'm rugby mad, well; there you go. I'm rugby mad. Now you know.

So since the Rugby World Cup is on at this moment in time it seems to have taken the scandal part of the media over from the regular which would be football. An' a lot of the scandal we're seeing seems to be stemming from a lot of New Zealand's papers. I've seen it mentioned by quite a few people round the net that NZ like nothing more than trying to take a chunk out of England's ears.

Delon Armitage is banned from this Satday's match against France for an' illegal dangerous high tackle against Scotland's Chris Paterson. "Prince" Mike Tindall under fire for "canoodling" with some blonde woman after marrying Zara Phillips, Manu Tuilagi has been fined just under 5 grand for wearing a branded gumshield an' now, Chris Ashton, Dylan Hartley an' James Haskell are under fire after allegations of verbally harassing a female hotel employee; who obviously went straight to the papers an' it all got blown out of proportion. They have been reprimanded for this an' I don't see why it should be milked by all the England haters. They're young blokes, RUGBY blokes for God's sake. An' yeah, it is rugby, it can be a bloody dangerous game. Does the board bring up Argentina for their dubiously dodgy tackles? No. Do people slam other countries 'cause of some daft thing going on? No.

Dylan Hartley. This one's called Blue Steel.

Yeah that may not be a good defence thing for professional rugby players playing for England out of the country, but still like I said; they're young. And not everyone takes a "lewd comment" jokingly. Some people do, some don't. That's just how it goes. These guys although they may be professional rugby players are still human too. They're in the limelight, but like everyone else who's in it too they will be scrutinised for every supposed misdemeanour that happens no matter how minor or serious. Even if it's true, false or just a downright pack of lies it all gets blown well out of proportion byt the media. An' it isn't fair.

Just read this...

Chris Ashton. He can't fly really.

Chris Ashton: I'm just a little winger standing on the end. France have nothing to worry about...

Now, Haskell, Hartley an' Ashton are some of my fave players on the current England squad. Chris Ashton is awrite in my book 'cause he's one of my lot (he's from Wigan,) Dylan Hartley is adorable in a weird sort of "aw bless, want one for Christmas" sorta way an' James Haskell well, I'd be on him like a powerful moss. (All of 'em really.) They're me faves along with Simon Shaw who's just like a 6'8", 270lb cuddly teddy bear with cauliflower ears, an' obviously Jonny Wilkinson who is just odd in an intriguing hermit kinda way, then there's Manu Tuilagi who's steadily becoming another fave player. It has been said that maybe the young'uns should take a leaf out of the book of their seniors. I dunno. You know how many knocks on the head rugby players get? Fucking loads.

James "The Banter" Haskell. I'd be on that.

Anyway, rant aside. Now on to the geeky bit.

I have been reading Laurell K. Hamilton's "Anita Blake" series for a long time now. Possibly 6 years or so. Now when yer a fan of something like a book series or comics or whatever, you do get to thinking about who would play the characters if there ever was a movie or a telly show. I've been thinking about some of the characters an' here's one or two of my suggestions. Or the ones I could think of at least. XD

Jean-Claude.

Hands down, this man here...

Jared "The Face" Leto. Obviously with no stubblies an' much much longer hair.

Richard.

This fella.

Jared Padelecki. Again, with longer hair. XD

Edward.

This was difficult...

Ryan Reynolds. I think he would be decent. Can't think of anyone else actually. XD

Anita.

Oh I dunno...

Me? XD

(Half) joking aside, I am actually an actress. Granted I've never had any roles outside of college where I was studying drama, not to blow me own trumpet but I reckon am alright. The head of the course wanted me to go on an' do the HND course after the one I was doing but that went tits up. I started getting horribly ill before the end of the course, I was stressed from having no money, working an' living with an absolute wanker who stole from me. Then to top it all off, one of my godd friends died. It sent me over the edge so I had to quit the course an come back home. In bits an' in debt.

So now the big thing for me is trying to get back in to acting. Which round where I live 'cause it's near fucking impossible. Trying to get on some extras roster but I need to go get decent headshots done an' for them to even acknowledge me existance. All the local Am-Dram groups mainly do musicals or operas an' I am NOT a singer in the slightest or a performing monkey. So, me options are kinda limited. It's either swallow me pride an' go do that, go back to college which I probably couldn't afford or just wait it out an' hope an audition crops up or an agent takes me on with what little experience I have. Fan-fucking-tastic. :/

Anyway am done now I think. Just an excuse to post a bunch of fit blokes for your viewing pleasure. XD

HOLY SHIT!! HAHAHAHA!!!! XD

Rugby World Cup Ahoy! An apparently New Zealand own the colour black...

(First of all, what the hell is wrong wi' Blogger not posting any of me blogs properly eh? It's doing me head in big time.)

Anyway. It's the Rugby World Cup in around 40-ish days or so. This time it's in New Zealand. But the Prime Minister of New Zealand an' one of the All-Blacks most recognisable retired players; Jonah Lomu aren't happy about the colour of the England teams Away strip.

It's all-black.

So according to them two, apparently black is owned by the NZ team an' England should ALWAYS play in white. But what about when you face another team who's away strip is white? There are rules that have to be followed. England have a test match again Wales this Satday who are playing at home, so their colour is red. England have however got their new strips sorted. Home is all-white like usual and the new away strip is all-black. It's not just a descision made for the RWC but if I remember correctly, this colour choice will also go through next year, namely the 6 Nations. Earlier this year the away strip was of the same design as the home strip, but in navy blue and grey accents down the sides.

But you see the thing is; as you will see Jonah Lomu himself here wearing a predominantly white an' black strip. If England's colour is WHITE then shouldn't we get uppity when other teams wear what is supposed to be "our colour?" No. Why? Because we're not petty like that. In previous years, our away strip has also been red and blue, the same colour as Wales an' France respectively. Did they have a go? No they didn't. 'Cause we seem to understand that you can't have two teams wearing the same colours.

Now home an' away strips don't really play much of a part int RWC for the main point that each team has a choice of strip to use as long as it's easily distinguishable from the other team. Argentina who we're playing first in the RWC have a white an' pale blue strip. So this is the first RWC match we will be playing in the black strip. Pretty much all of our matches after that will be played in white unless the black strip needs to be worn again. An' that's how it goes. So basically, the NZ Prime Minister an' Jonah Lomu are talking a load of shite an' they need to grow up. The England guys actually went to the NZRU (New Zealand Rugby Union) an' asked them is they had a problem with England having an all-black away strip. They said they had no problem with it, so what is the big fuckin' deal then? Lomu said it's "disrespectful." Seriously?!

Personally I wonder why the England lads haven't had a black strip before now. Black contrasts well with white. Both these colours also make the England emblem, the Red Rose more prominent.

The new strips! Left: Ben Foden. Right: Chris Ashton.

Can I also remind everyone that last week was the wedding of The Queens eldest grand-daughter Zara Philips an' massive England rugby chap Mike Tindall. His face is on back to front I know but so are the rest of the teams faces.

If you see Martin Johnson who is England's manager an' former coah an' player, you'll see his face is on back to front too. He was at the wedding obviously with his mad face.

His face ALWAYS looks like that. ALWAYS. IT NEVER CHANGES. You can tell when he's pissed off or well, more pissed off than what he normally looks 'cause the amount of lines increases on his forehead. They dissapear when he's well, not as pissed off. XD

Anyway. Despite the whole hoo-ha about the new Away strip. I will be buying it when it comes out in a few days. The authentic one not the cheaper replica. I like the fit of the authentic one as it is the one that the lad wear an' is a lot more form fitting. Which is good for me 'cause I got rather broad shoulders comapred to the rest of me. Thing is, the authentic ones are an' absolute BASTARD to get off 'cause they are so fitted an' have that mad bit of silicon lining the inside lower hem to stop the shirt from riding up. Me boyfriend will testify to that 'cause I stuck this years England shirt on him last time I was in San Francisco. Took us the best part of forever trying to peel the bloody thing off over his head damn thing got stuck. XD

I'll be in SF when the RWC starts this year. So am gonna be supporting me boys an' representing England in the way we do best. Wearing the jersey, screaming at the telly down the pub pint in hand, then bursting into a chorus of Swing Low Sweet Chariot after a few too many of said pints. :)

2011 England Home shirt. Can't wait for the new one! ^_^