what will happen to Rainy day man?

"Today was a fantastic day. I couldn't have asked for a better day than today. Everything was going great and everyone was happy. The trees and the grass and the pigeons seem so much more new than they have ever been, and the rain. Oh, the rain!

  It's raining. It is that fantastic rain, that rain when it is not cold, or windy, just rain. Perfectly rainy. Its beautiful, and peaceful, and fresh.

Sitting here, throwing crumbs at the hungry pigeons (which, I have to say, were really increasing in number since I have arrived. They must have followed me here from Izaakdon?). It is so peaceful and perfect, I feel I could sit here for a thousand years. Each gentle pitter patter of the rain caressing the polyester of my umbrella makes me throth and bubble inside.

It is just the sort of day for the Rainy Day Man to return."

is gone a bit belly-up

im afraid the two planned rainy day man stories have been shelved for a bit. they'll come back soon.

currently struggling to come up with any ideas at the moment. if anyone wants to write one, go for it. though i would like to see it if you do so.

ill let you know about any developments soon enough

Izaak

something about coffee, and a collaborative work. plus RDM news and things!

 

 there never seems to be a moment when visiting a Cafe Nero, a Starbucks, or a Costa is a bad idea. its one of thise things you can do seemingly at any point in the day, to have a coffee, or read, or chat, or whatever.
  i think the difference between the big three, that i have listed here, is not the drink or the price, but the occaison. for example, nero is the one you visit when you are short changed, or waiting at a station on a train journey. it is, personally, my favorite. choose nero over all the others, unless there is an independant one about. independant coffee shops can be hidden gems on the high street.
  starbucks is where you go as a group. you never go alone to starbucks, unless you are doing work on a laptop. im not a fan of writing on laptops at coffee shops as it seems to be missing the point of bieng in the shop - the reason a coffee break was invented was to get away from doing any work for five or ten minutes, it seems to be contradictory to take the work in with you.
  girls love starbucks, probably. not that i have any expert knowlege of their coffee drinking habits. but all the times ive been to have a drink with a friend who is a girl (a description which always sounds suspicious) they have chosen starbucks as the place to go.
  not that i have gone for a drink with a friend who is a girl on many occaisons. only about twice. my prediction of "all girls go to starbucks" is very underresearched.
  costa used to be my favorite before i got aquainted with neros (and their loyalty cards) an now has shifted to the position of the coffee shop i go to when i am not in a good mood. never angry, just grrr. or if upset. costa is my lonely shop. the big, more bitter portion of coffee you get is better at solving lifes problems than the over-milky chirpy starbucks or the smoother, cooler nero.
  i also use costa if there isnt any neros around. or if im in a waterstones. they and costas probably have some sort of secret deal going on. ive seen a nero in a waterstines once, in lincoln. the waterstones in lincoln also have very happy and friendly staff, might i add. though everyone in lincoln is happy.

  i am currently working on a collaborative set of stories about a detective, whos a demon, and also works in a coffee shop. we'll see how that goes. got an idea for my first one.

Rainy Day Man is still suffering setbacks, like exams, too many ideas, and not enough ways to make these ideas work on paper. hopefully the next story will be ready for about mid june-ish.

love hearing from you

Izaak

i have gathered you all in this room because...

  after getting a bit obsessed with the Videogame Heavy Rain, i have decided to write rainy day mans first ever murder mystery.

it wont change the RDM schedule i have at the moment ("i am rainy day man" will still be the next one. it'll be a long wait though), this story will probably become the eleventh in the series.

  it will see rainy day man and Helvettica working together to unravel the mystery of the Tea Pot Murderer. it is currently in the planning stages (i never plan, though i dont see a way around that for this one). expect large doses of Heavy rain, Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes pastiche. it is proving hard to write at the mo because im planning a complicated plot that should hopefully keep readers guessing.

more details to come soon

time for a rant: Doctor Who fans (and why the show is the best)

  this rant may seem a bit counter productive, bieng a doctor who fan an all, but i cant stand doctor who fans. well, they say fans, but you wouldn't notice it with al the constant hate they pour over the show.
  this rant can be about any show, or film, or tv, or anything. im just using doctor who as an example cause thats what i know about. but im sure everythign has fans who make forums on the internet and constantly slag the tv/film/football/anything off with as much hate as they can squeeze out of them. im sure the "redandwhitecop.com" liverpool fc site has the same problem with 'fans' that slag it off as doctorwhonews.net does.
  why be a fan of something if you dont like it? all you get is people protesting about every little thing about the show what it makes you winder why they bother watching it.
this is where it gets considerably geeky
the new series of doctor who, with matt smith in, is really good. there is a lot fo hate towards it from 'fans' who believe that its not as good as the really old ones, that stephen moffat and all the other writers are killing the seires off and making a spoof of its once great haydays of 1963-1989.
  no he isn't. 1963-1989 weren't the hayday. there was an old seires, now there is a new one. its not a bad thing. its a really good thing. doctor who was once an amazing series - and it still is. its great that the bbc brung it back. leave it alone.
  people think the new daleks look shit, people think matt is shit, that amy pond is shit, that it all looks awful. well, it doesnt. it looks really good. yes, it has lost a bit of money since the RTD david tennant seires but it only makes it better, as they are more story based.
  the new silurians got a lot of grief cause they had human faces. who gives a shit, its the bloody silurians! the greatest monsters ever to appear on the show, and the reason i love doctor who, and the reaon izaak is izaak today. if they had lizard-y faces youd moan that you couldnt tell who was speaking, or something equally nit-picky.
  whats with all this hate of matt smith just cause hes not david tennant? thats a bit mean, its not a nice thing to judge someone based on someone else. what about peter davison? tom baker did about eight years as the doctor whe he stepped in. and peter daivsons fifth doctor was fucking amazing.
  stop bieng so arsey bout continuity. just cause the master died in the film (1996) doesnt mean he cant come back in the new series. hes allowed! hes cool! same goes for daleks. yes, theyre used every series, but their the fucking daleks!
speaking of daleks, the new ones are cool! dont use the term "theyre not scary anymore" to slag em of. we both know that the daleks arent really that scary. theyre really cool but they aint horrifying. theyre like the the terminator. not scary, just badass.
i feel im over-nerding a bit. well, take that. thats how i roll.
also, russel t davies is cool. stop sayig you hate him. lots of good stories came out of those series and it gave the new who grounds for its popularity.