Your attention Sir, with relish.

I think it's fair to say I like a little attention. If I didn't I wouldn't write a blog and post it here where literally some people could read it. I also wouldn't use Twitter. I used to play in bands and relished live performances, so there must be some degree of exhibitionist in me. Having said that, I was always uncomfortable at social gatherings as I was quite happy to stand or sit in a corner having a chat with one or two people when I was apparently supposed to be entertaining the collective. Eventually my lack of contribution to the overall joyous nature of such occasions saw the invites diminish year on year until my plan to perfect social leprosy was finally complete. I'm quite happy to present myself and open myself up to praise or ridicule, but I don't feel any need to attract either. From scouring tweets and blogs, I get the impression that my philosophy is typical. Every now and then I do spot something that is at odds with that philosophy, such as the actions of Andy Ireland.

Andy is from Leeds. His Bio reads: Hi I am Andy. I am Fun.

Andy appears to have gone beyond liking a little attention and has entered the dark realm of needing attention. Not convinced? Let's go back to his Bio. “I am fun”. I'm sure that's supposed to be endearing. Hey everybody look at Andy, he's fun, let's all be his best bud. The problem with such a claim is of course that as with people who claim to be intellectuals, or not be racist, or crazy/zany, if you have to tell people then it's clearly not self evident, which would suggest at least some degree of delusion.

Further, Andy doesn't crave attention from just anybody. His demand is for the attention of those perceived to be outside the generic public domain. Celebrities. Andy has gone beyond the pitiful begging of celebrities to follow his tweets and has instead opted to get their attention by sending them a Rick-Roll link that when activated resizes the browser and moves it around the screen. This would be annoying in itself, but to prolong the pain in the event of the browser being maximised, an attempt at closing the tab instead produces the lyrics in a succession of dialogue boxes. Increasingly annoying based on the number of tabs open at the time and the fact that using task manager to close the browser also means the session cannot be restored without also restoring the Rick-Roll.

Rick-Rolling was a harmless, if irritating, Internet phenomenon that some people found entertaining last year, but what Andy has done is turn it into celebrity browser hijacking – by proxy. You see Andy can't even claim the Kudos for the scripting, he's just sowing a link he's collected. No doubt caught by the honey trap laid before him, his frustration turning to elation as he realised he could piss people off to the same extent he surely was and in the process temporarily fill his attention void.

I think Andy needs to amend his Bio. Hi, I am Andy. I am a twat.