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So I got the Spain away goalkeeper shirt a while back, in fact before it had even been worn in a match. I was unsure about the colour the printing would have been, probably yellow, but maybe white. Iker Casillas wore it in their last game not so long ago and the printing is in fact yellow like I guessed.
I found a place who does the printing and bought it a while ago, it finally came last week which I blogged about. Today I printed it onto my shirt. I hate to do it, I always think I am gonna mess it up, and then i’d have to buy a new shirt and more printing! 😛
Anyway it turned out fine, here it is:
I am happy the way it turned out 🙂 Printing on the back and small number on the front too. I have some other names and numbers to print on the home and away shirts, I am leaving that until Euro 2012 starts just in case they change numbers or the players don’t get picked.
Wow I have not posted all day. I was out in Newcastle last night, and it was a pretty good night. We went to a few different places that we don’t usually go to, to mix it up….Some of the places are not my scene but I like to go to different places because I get bored of the same old stuff. We went to Town Wall, Mimo, Jalou, Baby Lynch, Cosey Joes, Fleet Street, The Lodge and Ground Floor. Quite a few places! LOL!! Cosey Joes and Fleet Street are not really my thing, but they were alright I suppose 😛 Newcastle was packed because of St Paddy’s Day, so many people out, plenty wearing hats and green and things like that. O’Neils actually had a massive queue outside, something you’d NEVER normally see!
We were into Mimo and it absolutely STUNK! What is it with some of these bars that smell? There are a few which do, I could barely drink my drink it was so bad. I don’t understand why they don’t do something about the smell, it has put me off from going.
They had a sign which was already defaced, I took a pic for my Instagram…
We went to Jalou which used to be Destination, now it has a more “up market” feel to it, well apart from the alcohol. I asked for a Corona he said they don’t have that they have Desperado. I asked for a Budweiser he said we don’t have that we have Budvar. I got bored of asking so I had a vanilla vodka and Coke, which cost £6.40! Quite expensive. It may of been a double, the guy said something and I didn’t hear and just said “yeah” so maybe it was The pints were £4 and normal vodka and Coke over £5. I don’t really understand the places which try to be upmarket and have high prices, but sell rubbish/cheap vodka and bottles of beer. £6.40 is fine for a double of good brand vodka, like Absolut, but not generic cheap vodka.
Ended the night in Ground Floor, it was getting late in the night and it was only across the road from where we were, and I was so tired had to go home, via Subway and a turkey Sub of course 😉
This is a very rare shirt at the moment, it is the Spain away/alternative goalkeeper shirt for 2012. You may have seen my post with the Spain Casillas 2012 Goalkeeper shirt which I love, but I like this one just as much.
Before I bought it I had not seen it “in the flesh” before, it has not been worn in any Spain game yet, so maybe I have worn it before Casillas has! I could not get it printed, I wish that I could, but I imagine it is because it is so new, I have not even seen the colour which the printing would be, I would imagine white as I think that would look best, but it may be golden yellow or something.
Soft kitty, warm kitty little ball of fur. Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr. I love it!
Of course is the fron The Big Bang Theory, so if you are a fan of the show you will know the phrase, if not then I guess you won’t.
The quality is really really good, and I am very pleased with it. Super soft, comfortable and a great fit. I had lots of trouble trying to find this in a mens style, most sell it in a womens fitted tee, but I eventually found it.
I was browsing around the Internet looking for fashion and t shirts like I usually do, and found this t-shirt. I have bought a few cartoon inspired t shirts very recently as you will know if you read my blog, the Johnny Bravo T Shirt and the Speedy Gonzales one too. Now I have this:
The Pink Panther T Shirt. “I’m just a panther lookin’ for a cougar“. haha love it!! When I saw it I had to have it, it will be pretty good for a night out 🙂
The t-shirt is (apparently) an officially licenced print, and is printed in a vintage style. The t-shirt is a nice fit and is soft cotton, and cost £25. The shirt style body is tubular, and for that kind of money I would want side seems as they are usually better quality, fit and last longer, having said that this is still a really nice tee 🙂
To be seen soon out and about in the town in Newcastle 😉
Here it is, my newest pride and joy in terms of football shirts, it is the new Spain Goalkeeper shirt for 2011-13, i.e. the one worn in the Euro 2012 competition.
As I have done for a few years now, I bought this direct from Spain, since you cannot get them here in the UK (not that I have ever seen). I could have got this last week, but I held off, because I wanted to wait for the place to get the official printing so I could have it printed, which this is.
Number 1 and Casillas of course 😉 Something interesting about the printing…Casillas has “I Casillas” printed (i.e. Iker Casillas) on this shirt, something he has never had before for Spain. I noticed that it was printed this way against England, instead of just “Casillas”. I am unsure as to why this is, and if he will have the “I Casillas” printing on his shirts in the future for Spain, but this one has that. I know some players do have this, e.g. A.Iniesta, and Torres used to have F.Torres; But Casillas has never had this to my knowledge.
Here is the back:
I really like the design. The numbers look plain and boring from a distance, but they are a little bit graphical. The actual shirt itself is a nice design, with the star for the World Champions of course, all these Spain shirts are made primary for the Euro’s, in the neckline it has the “Campeones De Europa” (european champions) wording with the years, and this shirt lacks the world cup winners gold badge the previous shirt had, something which will probably return for the shirt they have during the next world cup.
Here are some close up pics, so you can see all the details.
It is that time of the year again, Christmas so it means Fenwicks window. There were a few people there today, so I did not get a good pic close up, but here are a few pics for you. I may update it later with more pics. It is a generic christmas theme again this year 🙂
I was having a browse around the HBO website because it was the final Entourage recently, and the U.S. store had lots of auction items which were cool, but only available to the U.S. customers which is pretty shit! 🙁 But, I did find some t-shirts which they do, I never really knew that they did them so it was a nice surprise. I had to order some, and they came today! This is what I got:
Johnny’s Bananas! I saw this and thought I had to get it. Johnny goes bananas! 😛
Drama is known for many quotes, this one “won” the HBO Facebook competition. I could actually have found a few better quotes, but this one is still good. “I’ve been working steady for the past 12 years. Minus the last three”. haha! 😀
The show which Johnny Drama “starred” in…Viking Quest! 😀 Also the show he is ridiculed for being in for most of the first few seasons on Entourage. I still love it! VICTORY!!!!! 😉
Its funny that Vince is the star of the show, but all my tees feature Drama, I guess he is subliminally my favourite character although I love them all. He probably gives the most entertainment 😛
About the t-shirts – I was sort of disappointed, because they are clearly just blanks which have been printed on; They still have the generic label in the neck. Since I am a t-shirt guy I know the brand, and it sort of spoils the authentic-ness of these shirts, they are official HBO Entourage t-shirts, but it looks like anyone could have done them. On the positive side, I know the brand they have used, and I know they are good quality, and by feeling them I know they are too 🙂 They are worth the £16 each.
Since Geordie Shore is coming, I thought I would write a dictionary for the Geordie you might hear 😀 Everyone knows some Geordie words, like Haway the lads and Byker Grove, and yes, people ask me to say those things all the time on holiday
So, I thought I would make a dictionary/translator type of post, so if you watch Geordie Shore you will know what they are saying, or if you are just interested in the Geordie accent and dialect.
I will give you some words and some sentences. I will write most phonetically, since its slang/dialect there probably isnt really a “correct” way of spelling for some words. p.s. many are taken from old norse, as are some Scandinavian words, so they are similar to some Scandinavian words too 🙂
What do these Geordie Words Mean?
So you’ve probably heard lots of Geordie words, phrases, language and sayings so you’re probably wondering what they mean. Here is a little list to get you started on what the words mean. Bear in mind that as with all words, they can mean different things, depending on the context which they are used.
Alreet – Alright. (usually means hello/how are you)
aaal – all
Bairn – child, kid. (pronounced like bear-n with a soft N)
Bonny – pretty/good looking
Broon – Brown or Brown Ale
Canny – can mean lots of things, “very” or “a little” or “quite” e.g. canny good, canny heavy etc.
ma and da – mam and dad, mum and dad
Dee – Do
Divent – Dont. “divent dee that” – dont do that
Deed – Dead
Doon – Down
Fower – Four
Gadgee – An old man
Hoose – House
Hoy – Throw
Giz – Give Me
Graft – Work
Gannin – Going
Lang – Long
Lad – boy/man/boyfriend
Lass – Girl/woman/girlfriend
Liberty – Unfair / “Taking liberties”
Lush – Nice, good, attractive
The Morra – Tomorrow
Naa – Know
Neet – Night
Nee – No (e.g. Nee way. no way)
Nu – Now
Oot – Out
Ower – Over
Pet – Girl, woman, like you would say “babe” or some other word. “alreet pet?” – Hello (to a girl)
Polis – Police
Radgy / Radge / Radji – Depending on the context, it can mean crazy
Reet – Right
Sel – Self e.g. I am here by me-sel. me-sel = myself
Tab – Cigerette
Tash On – Kiss (I have never heard of this but the girl in Geordie Shore seems to say it loads)
Telt – Told
Toon – Town or Newcastle. “We are gannin to the toon” – We are going to the town.
Us/Izz – me e.g. Give iz a pint – Give me a pint
Wey Aye – yes
Wiv/Wi – With
Wor – Our
Worldie – Meaning “Out of this world”. e.g. That girl is a Worldie – A very attractive girl
Yee – You
Yem – Home
yasel – yourself
Mint – Good
Proper Mint – Really good
Proper…. – Put proper in front of most words, it emphasises them. “proper cold”, “proper cheap” “proper drunk” etc.
Sentances
Are yee comin oot the neet? We are gannin doon the toon. Let iz naa Are you coming out the night? We are going down the town. Let me know.
I cant wait to finish graft the day like. I’m proper shattered I cant wait to finish work today. I am really tired.
have ya seen that lass ower there? She is proper lush like Have you seen that girl over there? She is really good looking.
Divent dee that man Dont do that
Alreet, are yee oot the neet? Na, mate, I am oot wiv wor lass Hello, are you out tonight? No mate, I am out with my girlfriend
Want more?
If you want some more examples or want to know how to say something let me know 😛 I am sure that others will be able to tell you too 😀
There was huge interest in my last post about Take Me Out when it was on. It was a great programme, and now its back! Starting next week, 11th December.
I cant wait for the show, we will have to see who makes it on, and see what they look like.
Whos looking forward to it, and who cant stand it 😛
I wonder if they keep any girls from the last series, I hope they dont, it would sort of ruin it.
