So, proper update time! 
To those of you that saw my last entry, to explain my step-brother Stuart got married this Saturday, and a couple of weeks ago I went along to his stag do, which happened to involve playing pool at the Elbow Rooms in Shoreditch, playing Rock Band in the basement of a bar called Juno around the corner, and then heading over to Cargo for late night shenanigans. I had completely forgotten that he and Jamie Cullen went to school in Chippenham together and that the latter would join us for the entire evening. Yes, he's incredibly short, yes he's engaged to Sophie Dahl, and yes he is in fact a very genuine and down-to-earth guy. And yes I beat him at singing on Rock Band
The wedding this weekend was pretty cool, albeit slightly marred by the fact that I missed catching a lift with my step-sister and when I asked for directions to Dulwich College LIbrary I was sent across the park to Dulwich Village Library and as a result missed the ceremoy (where Jamie apparently sang a song and played the piano for the the lovely couple). I did arrive in time for champagne and cake though. The evening do involved posh bangers and mash, too much cider and way too much dancing. I suspect I may have rather have embarassed myself rocking out to Bon Jovi's Blaze of Glory (amongst other things) but thankfully so far no-one has deigned to mention it
On the gaming front last weekend I organised a day of playing Blood Bowl at a pub near Victoria - I played two games, both against Dwarves - scored 1-1 the first game and 4-0 to me in the second. Today I was back in the same pub playing the Vampire: The Eternal Struggle card game (think somewhere between poker and chess but with more fangs). I picked up the Geist and Supernatural RPGs from Forbidden Planet on Friday and although both are great reads, running either game is a pipe dream at the moment. I'm starting to panic a little about the two LRPs which I still need to write and which I'm slated to run in September and October, but we'll just have to see what happens...
On the cinema front I've bimbled over to the Cineworld in the Docklands to see Inglorious Basterds (awesomely cool, and blackly funny), G. I. Joe (cheesy brainless action, only marginally better than Transformers 2), Harry Potter 6 (meh), and The Hurt Locker (brilliantly tense and expertly executed). On the small screen I've recently watched Dr. Strangelove (a superb classic I've never seen all the way through until now), United 93 (nail-biting, nerve-racking and heart-breaking), Cursed (mediocre and below-par for Wes Craven), and Finding Nemo (great fun - one of Pixar's better films), re-watched From Dusk 'Til Dawn (Tarantino and Rodriguez at their best), Troy (the Director's cut is *so* much better than the theatrical version) and Sunshine (ok first half, shit second half, not Danny Boyle's finest hour).
Sadly Dollhouse has finished now (but with a cracking final episode) so it's only left me with True Blood to watch on proper TV (although it is awesome). To make up for it I've starting going through my Moonlighting DVDs - possibly the creme de la creme of American TV in the 80s - great fun, totally bonkers, and it dates much better than I expected - in three episosde we've already had lost Nazi gold, mediums, laser beams and cuddly contract killers and the show's only just warming up!
I had my new passport back in the post this week. My dad confirmed that Australia/Solomons trip is on track when I saw him this weekend, and today I booked to spend a long weekend in Majorca (albiet in November in a hotel drinking and playing V:TES). I'm also off next weekend to Nottingham for another wedding (actually old member fpkk from this site) and I have another weekend away in Derby in October playing games (where I am supposed to run my Roman LRP).
Tomorrow though I'm back at work and out with a contractor training them up to do our first-line support. I'm slightly concerned that our ticketing system is a mess and that our documentation is non-existent but they seem like pretty competent people so I'm hoping they'll manage. In fact, given that their company also does wifi, cabling and CCTV installations I think they're actually way more techy than I am and their ability to troubleshoot VoIP will make me pretty redundant. Not that this is bad thing as it means I can concentrate on the other three people's worth of jobs I'm supposed to be doing at the moment... *sighs*
To those of you that saw my last entry, to explain my step-brother Stuart got married this Saturday, and a couple of weeks ago I went along to his stag do, which happened to involve playing pool at the Elbow Rooms in Shoreditch, playing Rock Band in the basement of a bar called Juno around the corner, and then heading over to Cargo for late night shenanigans. I had completely forgotten that he and Jamie Cullen went to school in Chippenham together and that the latter would join us for the entire evening. Yes, he's incredibly short, yes he's engaged to Sophie Dahl, and yes he is in fact a very genuine and down-to-earth guy. And yes I beat him at singing on Rock Band
The wedding this weekend was pretty cool, albeit slightly marred by the fact that I missed catching a lift with my step-sister and when I asked for directions to Dulwich College LIbrary I was sent across the park to Dulwich Village Library and as a result missed the ceremoy (where Jamie apparently sang a song and played the piano for the the lovely couple). I did arrive in time for champagne and cake though. The evening do involved posh bangers and mash, too much cider and way too much dancing. I suspect I may have rather have embarassed myself rocking out to Bon Jovi's Blaze of Glory (amongst other things) but thankfully so far no-one has deigned to mention it
On the gaming front last weekend I organised a day of playing Blood Bowl at a pub near Victoria - I played two games, both against Dwarves - scored 1-1 the first game and 4-0 to me in the second. Today I was back in the same pub playing the Vampire: The Eternal Struggle card game (think somewhere between poker and chess but with more fangs). I picked up the Geist and Supernatural RPGs from Forbidden Planet on Friday and although both are great reads, running either game is a pipe dream at the moment. I'm starting to panic a little about the two LRPs which I still need to write and which I'm slated to run in September and October, but we'll just have to see what happens...
On the cinema front I've bimbled over to the Cineworld in the Docklands to see Inglorious Basterds (awesomely cool, and blackly funny), G. I. Joe (cheesy brainless action, only marginally better than Transformers 2), Harry Potter 6 (meh), and The Hurt Locker (brilliantly tense and expertly executed). On the small screen I've recently watched Dr. Strangelove (a superb classic I've never seen all the way through until now), United 93 (nail-biting, nerve-racking and heart-breaking), Cursed (mediocre and below-par for Wes Craven), and Finding Nemo (great fun - one of Pixar's better films), re-watched From Dusk 'Til Dawn (Tarantino and Rodriguez at their best), Troy (the Director's cut is *so* much better than the theatrical version) and Sunshine (ok first half, shit second half, not Danny Boyle's finest hour).
Sadly Dollhouse has finished now (but with a cracking final episode) so it's only left me with True Blood to watch on proper TV (although it is awesome). To make up for it I've starting going through my Moonlighting DVDs - possibly the creme de la creme of American TV in the 80s - great fun, totally bonkers, and it dates much better than I expected - in three episosde we've already had lost Nazi gold, mediums, laser beams and cuddly contract killers and the show's only just warming up!
I had my new passport back in the post this week. My dad confirmed that Australia/Solomons trip is on track when I saw him this weekend, and today I booked to spend a long weekend in Majorca (albiet in November in a hotel drinking and playing V:TES). I'm also off next weekend to Nottingham for another wedding (actually old member fpkk from this site) and I have another weekend away in Derby in October playing games (where I am supposed to run my Roman LRP).
Tomorrow though I'm back at work and out with a contractor training them up to do our first-line support. I'm slightly concerned that our ticketing system is a mess and that our documentation is non-existent but they seem like pretty competent people so I'm hoping they'll manage. In fact, given that their company also does wifi, cabling and CCTV installations I think they're actually way more techy than I am and their ability to troubleshoot VoIP will make me pretty redundant. Not that this is bad thing as it means I can concentrate on the other three people's worth of jobs I'm supposed to be doing at the moment... *sighs*
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leola:
Something you want to share? (animals...) xx
kittyvalentine:
I imagine there will be, I shall keep you posted! 