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Yeah, so you can follow me there if you like, I think I'll let this blog go for now. I'll leave it up, but I doubt I'll be posting much.

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DVD List

This is pretty much every DVD I own. This count, it's 415. Too much?

8MM
16 Blocks
21 Grams
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
300
A League of Their Own
Absolutely Fabulous Series 1
Addams Family Values
American Gangster
Analyse This
As Good As It Gets
Assassin, The
Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien Resurrection
American History X
Arthur
Babel
Baby Boom
Back to The Future
Back to The Future Part 2
Back to The Future Part 3
Basic Instinct
Barb Wire
Bandits
Beach, The
Beaches
Beautician And The Beast, The
Beetlejuice
Being John Malkovich
Benny & Joon
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop 2
Beverly Hills Cop 3
Big
Big Lebowski, The
Big Trouble In Little China
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Blow
Blue Velvet
Braindead
Braveheart
Breakfast Club, The
Breakfast On Pluto
Bride of Chucky
Brokeback Mountain
Broken Flowers
Body Of Evidence
Boogie Nights
Bound
Bourne Identity, The
Bourne Supremacy, The
Bourne Ultimatum, The
Boys Don’t Cry
Buffalo 66
Bullitt
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Bruce Almighty
Burn After Reading
Cabaret
Cable Guy, The
Calamity Jane
Carlito’s Way
Candyman
Capote
Casablanca
Casino
Casino Royale
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Catch Fire
Catch Me If You Can
Changeling
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Chicago
Chinatown
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chopper
Chronicles of Narnia, The – The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Cinema Paradiso
City of God
Cold Mountain
Constant Gardender, The
Constantine
Cooler, The
Copycat
Crow, The
Crow Road, The
Critters
Cube
Crying Game, The
Cypher
Dances With Wolves
Dark Crystal
Dark Knight, The
Dawn Of The Dead
Daylight
Days of Thunder
Death Becomes Her
Delicatessen
Demolition Man
Desperado
Desperately Seeking Susan
Departed, The
Devil Wears Prada, The
Devil’s Advocate
Dick Tracy
Die Hard
Die Hard 2 Die Harder
Die Hard With A Vengeance
Die Hard 4.0
Dirty Sanchez Series 3 (2 Disc)
Dracula
Driller Killer, The
Dolores Claiborne
Don’t Say a Word
Donnie Brasco
Donnie Darko
Down And Out In Beverly Hills
Dragnet
Drop Dead Fred
Ed Gein
Ed Wood
Edward Scissorhands
Eraserhead
Erin Brockovich
Entrapment
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
Evita
Fargo
Fast and The Furious, The
Family Guy Season 1
Family Guy Season 2
Family Guy Season 3
Family Guy Season 4
Family Guy Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Farewell My Concubine
Fatal Attraction
Fawlty Towers Series 1
Fawlty Towers Series 2
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Fifth Element, The
Fight Club
First Wives Club, The
Finding Nemo
Flatliners
Flight of the Navigator
Fun With Dick & Jane
Four Brothers
Frankenstein
Frida
Full Metal Jacket
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Get Shorty
Ghost
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters 2
Gia
Giant
Graduate, The
Grease
Great Escape, The
Gothika
Gone In 60 Seconds
Gone With The Wind
Goodfellas
Goonies, The
Groundhog Day
Hancock
Hannibal
Harvey
Haunting, The
Heat
Hellraiser
Hellraiser 2 Hellbound
Hellraiser 3 Hell On Earth
Henry Portrait of A Serial Killer
High Art
His Girl Friday
Housesitter
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Inglourious Basterds
In America
In Her Shoes
Inside Man
Indecent Proposal
Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and The Last Cruisade
Interview With The Vampire
Intolerable Cruelty
Jackie Brown
Jackass The Movie
Jarhead
Jason And The Argonaughts
Jaws
Jerk, The
Jewel Of The Nile, The
K-9
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Killing Zoe
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
L Word, The Season 1 (4 disc)
L Word, The Season 2 (4 disc)
L Word, The Season 5 (4 disc)
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Story
La Dolce Vita
La Vie En Rose
Labyrinth
Last Of The Mohicans, The
Last Samurai, The
Layer Cake
Legends of The Fall
Legend of Zorro, The
Leon
Liar Liar
Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The
Little Children
Little Britain Series 1
Little Miss Sunshine
Lion King, The
Living Out Loud
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Long Kiss Goodnight, The
Look Who’s Talking
Lost Boys, The
Lost In Translation
Mad Max
Made In Britain
Magdalene Sisters, The
Mask
Master And Commander The Far Side of The World
Man Who Knew Too Much, The
Matchstick Men
Matrix Reloaded
Meet The Parents
Meet The Fockers
Mermaids
Memoirs of A Geisha
Memoirs of An Invisible Man
Miami Vice
Mickey Blue Eyes
Miracle On 34th Street
Misery
Misfits, The
Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible 2
Mission Impossible 3
Money Pit, The
Monster
Monster’s Ball
Monty Python’s Personal Best (6 Disc)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail
Moonstruck
My Left Foot
My Stepmother Is An Alien
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
My Own Private Idaho
Natural Born Killers
Neurotically Yours Volume 1
Neurotically Yours Volume 2
Night of The Living Dead
No Country For Old Men
Notting Hill
Raging Bull
Raising Arizona
Rambo
Ray
Red Dragon
Reservoir Dogs
Requiem For A Dream
Robin Hood
Rocky
Rocky 2
Rocky 3
Rocky 4
Rocky 5
Rocky Balboa
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Rollerball
Romeo + Juliet
Romper Stomper
Ronin
Ruthless People
Salmonberries
Saving Private Ryan
Scanners
Scarface
Scrooged
Scum
Secretary
Sense And Sensibility
Seven
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Shallow Grave
Shining, The
Short Circuit
Shooter
Sideways
Silence of The Lambs, The
Silent Running
Sin City
Single White Female
Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow
Sleepers
Sleepless In Seattle
Sliver
Snatch
Some Like It Hot
Sommersby
Spartacus
Spy Game
Specialist, The
Spiderman
Spiderman 2
Stand By Me
Star Trek
Star Wars A New Hope
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Return of The Jedi
Steptoe & Son Christmas Specials
Stranger Than Fiction
Taxi Driver
Thanks For Smoking
The Kid Stays In The Picture
The People VS Larry Flint
The Simpsons Movie
Three Men And A Baby
Three Men And A Little Lady
Thelma & Louise
Thomas Crown Affair, The
Three Amigos!
Three Kings
Terminator, The
Terminator 2 Judgement Day
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The
Timecop
Tipping The Velvet
Titanic
To Kill A Mocking Bird
Top Gun
Total Recall
Tootsie
Toys
Trainspotting
Trans America
Transformers
Training Day
Trap Door, The
True Lies
Twelve Monkeys
Twister
Walk The Line
Warriors, The
Watchmen
Welcome To Collinwood
What About Bob?
What Dreams May Come
What Women Want
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Withnail And I
Wind That Shakes the Barley, The
Witches of Eastwick, The
Wizard of Oz, The
Ocean’s Eleven
Ocean’s Twelve
Oldboy
One Fine Day
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Outlaw, The
Out Of Sight
Overboard
Panic Room
Papillon
Patch Adams
Patriot, The
Planes, Trains And Automobiles
Pride And Predjudice (2 Disc)
Point Break
Prime
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Pursuit of Happyness, The
Quadrophenia
Quick And The Dead, The
Quiet American, The
Rain Man
Reefer Madness
Revolutionary Road
Rob Roy
Rocky Balboa
Roxanne
Shawshank Redemption, The
Sid & Nancy
Small Faces
Steamie, The
Splash
Speed
Turner & Hooch
U Turn
Uncle Buck
Untouchables, The
Usual Suspects, The
Vertigo
Virgin Suicides, The
Videodrome
Young Ones, The Series 1
Young Ones, The Series 2

Blarg I am ded

Ok, this blog makes for pretty depressing read so far, I know. I'll have to live a more exciting life so I have cool stuff to blog about. Like the giant chunk of chocolate cake I just ate! I'm kinda regretting it now, but being a fat kid, I do love cake.

So I figured it out. I have 6 weeks of being a worthless bum left. Then I'll start training to be a fucking bus driver. So 2 years of that and I'll be free. I'll also be 30 years old. Kinda depressing huh?

I've always fancied the emergency services as a job, with my personality, I think I would be well suited to a job like that. I'm fairly laid back and can keep a cool head in a crisis. It's also very much in my nature to help people. I looked at the ambulance service, but I didn't have the particular driving licence to go for it, I also kinda feel now that it doesn't appeal to me as much, what if someone died while I was trying to help them? Or because I made a mistake? So I looked at the police, which is so hard to get into, even my brother couldn't manage. I doubt I'd even make it through the paper sift. So it leaves me with the fire service. When I was looking at their website and testimonials, it really appealed to me. I think it's the kind of job I could do well and really enjoy. So I guess thats kinda my plan. Spend 2 years on the buses, (maybe) start transitioning, be ready to apply for the fire service.

I also just bought Biffy Clyro's album puzzle. I dont know why I waited so long to buy it, I've known about these guys and liked their music for years. I went for a period there not really buying any music, but I have been this last wee while. I'm gonna try pick up their other albums this weekend.

In other news, I seem to have suddenly become really quite good at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It took me a wee bit of getting used to the new maps and guns (I was a COD 4 fan), but I seem to have managed it. I was playing online with my brother the other day and we were fucking kicking ass! My brother and I are life long gamers, we grew up playing games like Double Dragon Streets of Rage 2 together, we work together as a team fantastically well. I'm very much enjoying this game. Although I don't get to play with him as much as he now lives with his gf who doesn't like computer games. So often our gaming sessions end with him saying "*** has just said to me 'are you going to spend any time with me tonight?'". Poor guy. M has been really good about me playing it though, which is very much appreciated.

So here's some videos, cos I like videos.





I used to watch this as a kid!



This guy's good!



I used to go the wee axe guy, my brother was always the big guy.



Power up!



I always used to go this guy, Max. My brother would be the wee kid Skate, or Axel



Now I want to play sega lol

I passed!

Well, I think I've neglected this blog long enough, time for an update! I took the theory test for the bus licence, and I got like 94% I think, anyway I passed. I expected to, alot of it is really common sense stuff. On the day of the test, it kinda sucked, I did another practice on the day of the test and got the same kind of scores, so when it came to doing the test I was fine. It ended up being something like over 2 hours I had to wait to do the test though, there was some kind of problem with the computer needing to do an update. So I got to sit around a crummy waiting room for 2 hours coughing and hacking with this bloody chest infection, which I might add is yet to clear up!

So, I applied for a bunch of call centre jobs recently after a bout of desperation, so now I have an interview with an agency I worked for before and another 2 on friday. They all want to do credit checks which makes me a little nervous as I've missed 2 payments (due to misinformation on the bank's part) on my mortgage, although it's been resolved with the bank.

Ah fuck it, I don't know really how I feel about all this. On one hand I want to get back into work, being off work is driving me crazy, I've turned into a total bum, my health is suffering, my diet is just bloody awful, although I've barely been eating while I've been sick. But living at home is seriously detrimental to my health. On the other hand, I don't want to be in this line of work. I've done it for years and hated it, that's why I tried to break out into driving work. Which makes the bus driving that more appealing, BUT the problem with the bus driving is the company. I don't think I've explained it all, but they tie you in for 2 years if your a trainee. They make you pay back £2k over the 2 years to pay for the training, and if you want out before the 2 years, you have to buy out. Now, £2k for driver training is quite frankly taking the piss. My class 2 (category C) was around £700 for 2 weeks, class 1 (category C+E) training is around £900 for 2 weeks. The bus training is 3 weeks, and will be for an automatic, I struggle to see how something easier than class 2 training will be more than double the price, I call bullshit.

This company is known for their ruthlessness, they're great at undercutting the competition and driving them out. I've also been told the working conditions are pretty crap, 3 hour lunch breaks, split shifts, set holidays, set time off, you can't ask for time off. I dunno, it doesn't impress me or endear me to this company.

So I think I will likely get an offer from one of the agencies, but my parent's are as always pushing me to go for the buses anyway. They want me to take the agency work for a month or two till the buses start training in the middle of March. I'm having reservations about this, it would not be fair to a company to start working with them and then quit in the middle of their training. I dunno... I'm fed up of being stuck in this situation, thats for sure.

I had a viewer for my flat, they seemed pretty interested. A couple looking for something for their daughter who's in england just now. The estate agent's been in touch quite a bit, the guy had questions and I think they'll want a follow up visit for their daughter to see it. I really hope they buy it, I'm selling at £8k under value, and when its valued at £45k, thats a pretty big chunk off. I just need to get rid of it asap.

So, I've also met someone. I'm not going to say too much about the whole thing as I know they'll be reading this lol, but I'm pretty happy and I'm getting alot of motivation from the whole situation. It's nice to have someone on my side for a change, and hear nice things instead of insults and threats.

So, aye, I'm a bum and I stink so I'm gonna go take a shower now. Wish me luck with the interviews?

I'm sick

Yeah, that's right, I'm sick. Again. I'm not bloody impressed. It's some flu like thing, I ache all over, even my eyes hurt when I blink for crying out loud! This is not fun. I can also feel fluid in my lungs, that hurts like a bitch. Fortunately it seems to be clearing up, even if the other symptoms aren't.

My mother has been pestering me to go into this bus place tomorrow and sit a mock theory test, to prove I'm ready for the real thing. Last time I did this (before the whole scheme was suspended) I was getting 97-98% in my mock tests. I've barely read the theory book recently though. I've been caught up in the FTM UK collab channel and website I've not even thought about the book. Which is really fucking dumb, I know. Some times I lose sight of my real priorities and get lost in the fun stuff. I need to start getting the finger out and studying more. Although if I feel like this tomorrow, I dont know I'll be able to go anywhere.

My mother even agreed that I'm ill, which is really saying something, especially if you've been following my transition blog.

It was my birthday yesterday, I am now officially 28. We had our wee party on the saturday night though as my brother came through for a visit. It was pretty cool, they done alot better with my presents this time, my mother said she would make up for the christmas that she accidentally made crap for me.

So, I got, The Lost Boys, the Die Hard quadrilogy, the Beverly Hills Cop trilogy, a Bench scarf, a cool Bench hat that I'd been looking for (although not quite the colours I wanted), some chocs (which I don't really like, anyone want them?), and a 'cat in a bag' (basically a mechanised ball that rolls around in side a wee bag with a fake tail sticking out) which has amused Lola no end.

The night was quite good despite my dad's repeated attempts to be a dick. I don't need to be told to close a door behind me every time I walk through it. And if I want to take a picture of my birthday cake before I blow out my candles, I will. I dont care if the wax is running, it's not gonna spoil the cake. And was there really any need to sing 'happy birthday' quicker than everyone else and then shout at me again to blow out the candles because of running wax?

We ordered take away as a treat, and all sat down to watch a film together. My first choice was Die Hard With a Vengence (I love that film), but as my mum and dad had watched it the other night (without me) they didn't want to watch it again so soon. So I conceded and we watched Die Hard 1. After that, I suggested one of the Beverly Hills Cop movies, which my dad blatenly ignored and put on some stupid game show he wanted to watch, despite the fact I'd said I didn't want to watch it and shortly after left the room.

Even on my birthday, during my 'birthday party' this guy cannot rein himself in. What a dick.

Anyway, I saved you a bit of cake, grab it before someone eats it all.

Bugger, I forgot to mention...

Uh yeah so in my haste to make a first post and see how the blog looks I forgot to mention a few things. For those of you who don't know, I'm Keltik. Im 27, due to be 28 in 2 days and I am just thrilled at the prospect of being almost 30 and having done bugger all worth mentioning with my life.

I'm transgendered, FTM, if you don't know what this means, the NHS have a wee discription page. I am unfortunately pre T and surgery, but for more on this, see my transition journal. I live in Glasgow, Scotland, and I'm 100% Scottish and I'm very proud of the fact, I love my country, I love living here and I love being Scottish.

I'm also a big MMA fan, I follow the sport as best I can but we don't get all the coverage here. I train in the sport at a gym in Glasgow city centre. I'm not going to name the place as I'd like to remain somewhat anonymous. I love the sport, I love getting stuck in and having fun, the gym also puts on a number of live fight shows which I've had the pleasure of being involved in.

I have cats, 2 currently whom I love to bits, 2 girls, Lola and Cheeky. I had 2 boys too that I lost recently which just broke my heart, they were the sons of Lola, Ninja and Travis. The pictures there are hosted on my twitpic account, there's even a picture of me in there somewhere if you have a look around.

I'm out of work currently, which is unusual for me, I've never been out of work for more than a few weeks at a time, yet this time thanks to this fucking recession, its now approaching a year. So, at this moment in time it would appear that I'm headed down the route of being a bus driver. Now, I really don't want to be a bus driver. I would like the license, I have my class C license (large goods vehilcles) and this would be a class D license but it means working for a company who don't treat their staff very well and tie you into a 2 year contract that you have to buy your way out of and that can cost up to £2k. Two fucking years or two grand? Fuck that.

I quite fancy one of the emergency services, in particular the fire service. Looking at their website and testimonials it seems like the type of job that would suit me and my personality quite well. Plus, chicks dig a uniform!

Ok, I can't really think of much else to write, I think that's enough to get me started.

Hello Hello

Hello there, congratulations on finding this blog, it's my own personal non-transition blog that I probably won't mention alot. But seeing as how I've become an LJ pariah and dreamwidth just kinda sucks, I thought I'd set up shop here again.

I find at times when I'm posting in my transition blog that there's other things I want to write about, but that wouldn't really be appropriate for a transition blog. I started that with the intention of being a kind of therapy and a record. So one day, years from now when I'm (hopefully) post transition, I can look back at the journey to getting there.

So, to clarify, BecomingKeltik is the transition blog, this one is for all the wonderful and exciting goings on in my life.

/sarcasm