So last week I had most of the week off and made my twice-yearly trip up to Derby to meet a bunch of cool people, drink, stay up late and geek out in the nerdiest way possible. Over the course of this last event I played:
A priest of the Undying Emperor in the 41st Millennium who exposed a conspiracy in the upper echelons of... Read More
Well it's that time of year where i slink away to a secluded spot near Derby to meet some of the coolest people I know (besides you lot of course) to drink, make merry and play some quality games. I'm talking old school games - board games, card games, role-playing. We even dress up on the Saturday night to do a proper murder mystery type... Read More
well, i wud of taken another pic, but im rubbish at doing them myself! plus, i cudnt be bothered!!!
ok, my foot, i have a tattoo done on the front of my left foot and it got infected. so it swelled up to the siz of an elephants foot, i cudnt walk on it and it turned all purple and horrid!
Well New Year was lame as I ended up at home on my own with the flu 2008 is shaping out ok so far though, mainly knuckling down with work (by day) and writing (by night). The last couple of weekends have been nice and quiet, which is cool particularly as my diary for Feb/Mar is starting to fill up with gaming events and SG... Read More
haha! handled it pretty well by trying to hit him in the face while running out of the room? lol. well either way i think the drama's pretty much over now. finally!
30 Days of Night is the movie adaptation of the seminal comic and graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. Templesmith's distinctive style paints a dark and warped picture in blacks and whites sharply punctuated with the visceral blood red of violence. Personally I think the film did a great job of transferring the vision to the big screen, with a similar cinematography and... Read More
A lady at work told me that the reason there are so may disabled and deformed pigeons in London is because of all the burgers and crap that people drop on the floor, these pigeons are ridiculously well fed and as a result, they survive a lot longer after getting run over/ into fights with rats/getting trapped in bins/whatever scrapes they normally get into, than your average "gutter bird". I dont really object to them, too much, but seeing those rainbow haired ones in Spain, really showed up London Pigeons to be total tramps. What a bunch of scruffy grey bastards!
i think i actually liked stardust more than the golden compass, but maybe that's just because i've read the golden compass more recently. i thought both movies very good (and so pretty!), it just kind of felt like they had to gloss over a lot, and squish stuff in, in the gc because it's so complicated. i've also heard that it can be confusing if you hadn't read the book.
are you going to see sweeny tod when it comes out over here? i saw it when i was in the states. i enjoyed it, but it was even more violently explicit than i expected!
and yes, m&m's we did a practice shoot in her attic and i used them as props. when the internet comes back on at the flat i'll put some of the pictures up. alternatively you could check out Leilani's blog because she's posted a couple
Well a fortnight ago I got to be a taciturm Yank adventurer in the 1920s, a miserable old codger from the East End in the 1940s and a scheming Bene Gesserit witch in the distant future. I also entertained people who played in a contemporary world filled with fae changelings, and the world of Star Trek after the Dominion War. And I won games of... Read More
Well again I'm long overdue for an update. It's all go here, working, gaming/writing, sleeping, working, gaming/writing, sleeping, repeat ad infinatum. I'm so busy ATM that I haven't had time to watch any films (which is saying something).
The schedule was interrupted slightly last week when I nipped over to France to catch up with my dad, and now I'm prepping for a trip to... Read More
I thought it was ok. Not brilliant, but ok. I think it could've been brilliant, but sadly (like every other book after the first) it rather missed it's mark. This is what happens when you're allowed to write whatever the hell you like without really knowing much about writing or having anyone stand... Read More
Either pretend you know someone better than you do...er, or just pick whoever you get on really really well with. If you don't get on really well with anyone, make someone up.
I guess it's time for another update. SInce last time I went to see Tori Amos (amazing, she's simply fabulous live), went to a friend's birthday where everyone dressed up like pirates (a good laugh, except being hit on by a gay historian), helped out on the Hasbro stand at Star Wars Celebration Europe (surprisingly it was a terrifying and not particularly fun experience) and... Read More
So what's been going on in my world lately? I'm sure you're all just *dying* to know. Not.
Umm. Well. Since last time I've mostly been working, and otherwise vegetating due to random headache attacks. This is a new thing for me and it's all rather unnerving. Or it was, as they seem to have abated of their own accord without me ever knowing why... Read More
Yup, real uniform! I even have a rifle on my sleeve now cause I'm a freakin' marksman baby, yeah! Good to be back in touch with you. I've been reminiscing. It's not all pretty but I feel warm and fuzzy about the old days. How you doing?
Bah for a minute I thought the new-look site thing was trying to tell me my blog and my pictures no longer existed. However it was lying to me. Bah. One thing's for sure this new look might be a little more swanky but it takes about 3 hours to load on my aging Toshiba Satellite. Goddamnit.
Anyways. I haven't updated properly for a while,... Read More
Hrm well after 6 days of beer and extreme escapism I am (to quote Arthur Dent) having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle. Or, to put it more plainly, normal life is pretty tawdry compared to being a fashion designer from the future, a Bene Gesserit witch, or Sam Beckett time-traveller extraordinaire. Note to self: remember not to play A Game Of Thrones boardgame until 4am... Read More
2008 is shaping out ok so far though, mainly knuckling down with work (by day) and writing (by night). The last couple of weekends have been nice and quiet, which is cool particularly as my diary for Feb/Mar is starting to fill up with gaming events and SG... 
And that sounds like an intensely nerdy but quite fun time
I think the British Terracotta Army must have been sex starved. That'd explain it!
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