On nom nom. I just made the most delicious pancakes ever (okay, maybe not ever - that honour may go to the pancakes I made for lunch last week). I used Alton Brown's recipe, but cut down to size (I ended up with enough for 4 pancakes). Anyway. I've never had a recipe before where I enjoyed eating pancake with nothing on it. I find them flavourless and boring. But this mix. Oh wow. It was like a delicious, fluffy, soft, warm bread. (That sentence may be subject to hyperbole, but not by much.) I ate them with nothing on them. Not even the charms of nutella worked. I did put a bit of grated parmesan cheese on the last one and it made it even yummier.
So... last week's lunch pancakes - also delicious. I didn't have any bread (still haven't made any) and I didn't have anything for lunch. There was some pancake mix in the pantry (we have a pantry :) ) but I didn't feel like boring pancakes. I also had some fresh basil and a half a can of tomatoes in the fridge, so I threw them into the processor and mixed them into pancake batter. I cooked them - putting some cheese on top and they were so delicious. I totally didn't even remember than pancake day was coming up next week when I made them. But anyway - two delicious pancake meals. Nom nom.
What else - we got a basil plant. Woo. Can't wait for it to get big enough so that I can take leaves off it without harming it.
I cast off the string top I was knitting and started an easier one. I would have stuck with the first, but I measured it and it was coming out 4 inches too big, and the pattern didn't work so well with the colouredy wool. So the one I'm working on now is plainer, easier to knit and looks lovely.
Was noch? We went out on Friday to a mardi gras themed dinner. It was quite a good night. I wore 5inch wedges and my feet weren't so sore at the end of the night (but I was sitting for a load of it) and I didn't trip over. Yeay.
Ooh - River's doing really well with the whole not barking when I tell her to be quiet. She actually listens to my command. Woo. She's still doing paw like mad, and she's mostly grasping roll over. She still has no comprehension that down means lie down, but I think that could be that we also say down when we want her to stop jumping on us.
Finally - I'm back playing Skyrim again. It's such a fun game. Steam opened their workshop (where they collect mods) so I've been having fun trying out different mods. I must download the creation kit and have a go messing with my own mod.
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21 February 2012
06 February 2012
News Things
I finished my skirt on Friday. Wore it on Saturday. It's a bit weird - not exactly even and I cut the material sidewards. So I'm not sure if I'll wear it that much; probably just wear it in the summer when I'm hanging around the apartment.
Did I mention at all that we taught River how to do paw. She does it for everything now. It's very cute: waiting to get lead on for walk - paw; want food - paw; looking at treats - paw. I think she thinks paw means I'll get what I want. Hee.
I went out with the girls on Friday. It was a good night - I got to dance, which is always fun. I think I'm good now for nights out for another few months. I can ignore all the things I dislike about night clubs when they only happen once in a while, but too often and I just get to hating.
What other news... Did I mention that I started on my cotton string top? I have 5 rows knitted at the moment. I've given myself until June, but this is going exceptionally slowly.
Dinner tonight was amazing. I did a tofu and veg stir fry and it was so delicious. Soy and oyster sauces make an amazing base for stir fry - add in a little stock, ginger and mirin and you get something absolutely divine. I love Mondays. I could eat rice and stir-fry every night.
Right so. I'm off to play Star Wars.
Did I mention at all that we taught River how to do paw. She does it for everything now. It's very cute: waiting to get lead on for walk - paw; want food - paw; looking at treats - paw. I think she thinks paw means I'll get what I want. Hee.
I went out with the girls on Friday. It was a good night - I got to dance, which is always fun. I think I'm good now for nights out for another few months. I can ignore all the things I dislike about night clubs when they only happen once in a while, but too often and I just get to hating.
What other news... Did I mention that I started on my cotton string top? I have 5 rows knitted at the moment. I've given myself until June, but this is going exceptionally slowly.
Dinner tonight was amazing. I did a tofu and veg stir fry and it was so delicious. Soy and oyster sauces make an amazing base for stir fry - add in a little stock, ginger and mirin and you get something absolutely divine. I love Mondays. I could eat rice and stir-fry every night.
Right so. I'm off to play Star Wars.
24 May 2011
Texas
Day 1: Houston
This wasn't really a day - we got in lateish, went for food (which involved stealing crab-eating implements from joe's crab shack - how could we not, it was plastic and said, "stolen from joe's crab shack" on it), and turned in for the night.
Day 2: Galveston
Johnson Space Centre sits right between Houston and Galveston :) We spent the whole day wandering around the exhibits, taking a tour through NASA mission control and training areas, looking at moon rocks, and marvelling at all the cool space stuff. I wish penelope_stone could have been there. You would have loved it.
Late in the afternoon, we moved on and headed for the beach. Apparently, Galveston island is a sink hole for sat navs, because Lady had the hardest time getting us to our hotel. Three wrong turns, four u-turns and eventually we spotted the place.
Galveston was nice... a bit odd, because rich, high class resorts sit right next to washed out, abandoned shacks. It's a bit weird to walk down the strip and see the difference. It's like going from rough area to up-market all in one block.
Day 3: Galveston
I got to swim in the sea today :) Woooo. And it was warm, and lovely. It reminded me of the sea in Wellington - it had that same kind of cold when you stepped in, but warm once you got used to it. It's the kind of water you can stay in all day. Wonderful.
Not so wonderful was the flies the marauded up and down the beach - tiny black ones. I think they were harmless (not 100% sure, though) but they crawled all over your skin, and face, and were horrendous. So we didn't spend long at the beach. Awh, but oh well.
We went out for food in a place called Casey's tonight and it was amazing. The best meal so far on the trip.
Day 4: Port Aransas
Port Aransas could have been better. The weather was stormy, the clouds a dark shade of grey. I really wanted to go swimming, but a gale was blowing and the waves, while small, were frequent and frothy. I probably would have gone in, but I'm not sure what lordkilljoy and lainey316 would have been. So I settled for dipping my feet.
After a long stroll of the beach and the town, we headed out for dinner. Dinner tonight was the second best of the trip. Mahi-mahi, cooked to perfection, with the most lovely crab sauce over it. It was the most yummy thing ever - well, maybe not ever - we'll get to that later.
Day 5: Port Aransas / San Antonio
I'd hoped the weather might have improved by today, but it didn't. Still, I headed for the beach first thing with swimming togs on and towel in hand. I got wet up to my thighs, and standing there with the waves breaking over my knees, the sky a dark, ragged shade of grey, mist rolling off the waves reminded me of Ireland. It was beautiful, in a rugged way - a desolate beach, a gale blowing, frothy waves and a pale strand, littered with foam and seaweed, definitely very Irish (but for the fact that the gale was hot and the sea was warm).
The drive to San Antonio was uneventful. The most thrilling thing was that we got to follow the evacuation route all the way. It's cool - they have a specific route for people fleeing a hurricane to go. We wandered around San Antonio when we got there, browsed a few shops and strolled the river walk. The river walk is so pretty - paths wander along the river bordered by pretty shrubs and huge trees. The bank is steep and walled, keeping out the noise and bustle of the city. Restaurants and food stalls line the path - all kind of boutique style with lovely, themed decor.
Day 6: San Antonio
The Alamo sits in the very centre of San Antonio. People are funny. The story of the Alamo is not a good one - a bunch of Americans lost a battle there, and still it is lauded as a symbol of patriotism. I can see why - holding out when all hope was lost and all, but still.
It was pretty, though. Small buildings surrounded by lush trees. Actually - that was what surprised me most about Texas. It wasn't dry and desert like you see in the westerns, it was lush, humid, green and full of trees.
That afternoon we went to the botanical gardens, because coming from somewhere as dry as Albuquerque, you just can't get enough of green trees and colourful flowers.
From there we went shopping, and at this stage the day felt like it had been a week.
Day 7: San Marco / Austin
We left San Antonio early and heading for outlet malls about an hour up the road. It was boiling - 34C and humid. My feet were killing me from too much flip-flop wearing and there were few shops I was interested in. Still lainey316 got loads she wanted, so I was okay with that.
Back on the road again, heading for Austin and we were all a bit tired. We stopped off in barbecue town (aka Lockhart) for food. It was all right, but not what I'd been expecting. We didn't stay long - just ate and moved on. Approaching Austin, the sky ahead of us looked ominous, all dark ragged clouds and strong winds.
We were almost to the outskirts of Austin when the radio cut out. It started beeping and then a voice came on: "This is an emergency broadcast. Severe thunderstorms in [town names I don't remember] with hail the size of a quarter. Seek shelter and stay indoors." We were heading right for the storm. As the emergency broadcast ended, we saw the first fork of lightning hit the ground way off to our right. A few seconds later the clouds lit up with more lightning, and again a few second later. It didn't stop. The wind tugged at the car (and not just a little car - we were in an SUV). As we hit Austin, the rain started. It pelted the windscreen in sheets. It crashed into the road, creating a layer of water droplets about an inch thick. It was so bad we couldn't see the road markings and just had to hope the guy on front knew the road better than we did. It was a scary 10 minutes, but eventually the rain eased off. We made it to the hotel safe and got to watch the lightning from the safety of our room.
That night we went to a rooftop bar and enjoyed the lightening from there. Yea - the lightning went on for hours - flashes every few seconds or so. It was amazing.
Day 8: Austin
Austin was boiling today. It was 35C and humid. We had a lovely breakfast (which may have included a glass of bucksfizz), then tried to walk around for a bit but were defeated by the heat. We rallied with ice-cream, and headed to South Austin to browse the vintage and curiosity stores. I could definitely live in Austin. It's a cool place with loads of off the wall stuff. I don't think I could deal with the heat and humidity, though. This was only May, I can't even imagine what it's like in July.
Tonight was party night. We started with a divine meal in Haddingtons (a very stylish restaurant and cocktail bar). This was the best meal of the holiday. I had rabbit for the first time in my life and it was delicious. It was cooked to perfection and the sauce with it was the most gorgeous thing ever. Nom nom nom.
From there we moved to Red River, which is the live gig area of Austin. It was fine - the gig we went to wasn't very good, though. So we moved on after a bit. We made our way down 6th street (Austin's main party street). It reminded me of Khao San Road in Bangkok - packed with people out to get drunk. We settled in an Irish bar (of all places) to enjoy the Louisiana blues band that was playing there. They were quite good - entertaining and lively.
As all nights did - it ended with food off a street truck, lively debate about how Cork is like Texas and a ride up the glass lift in the hotel.
Day 9: Back to Albuquerque
We woke late and packed up, only to realise that lordkilljoy had lost the car keys for our car in Abq. He figured he'd taken them out of his bag in Galveston and must have left them in the hotel. So the drive to Houston was a little stressful, the keys and diversions because of roadworks outside of Austin setting us a little on edge. But it wasn't too bad once we got on the highway.
We got to the airport and did one last search through the bags - no joy. We checked in, got some food, then made our way to the gate. We had some time, so we played our DSs, and when lordkilljoy opened his headphone case the car keys fell out. :)
So it all ended well. We were excited getting on the plane, and on the bus to the long-term car park, and in the car on the way home and when we got home - exclaiming "you found your keys" every few minutes.
So that was our trip to Texas. It was good.
This wasn't really a day - we got in lateish, went for food (which involved stealing crab-eating implements from joe's crab shack - how could we not, it was plastic and said, "stolen from joe's crab shack" on it), and turned in for the night.
Day 2: Galveston
Johnson Space Centre sits right between Houston and Galveston :) We spent the whole day wandering around the exhibits, taking a tour through NASA mission control and training areas, looking at moon rocks, and marvelling at all the cool space stuff. I wish penelope_stone could have been there. You would have loved it.
Late in the afternoon, we moved on and headed for the beach. Apparently, Galveston island is a sink hole for sat navs, because Lady had the hardest time getting us to our hotel. Three wrong turns, four u-turns and eventually we spotted the place.
Galveston was nice... a bit odd, because rich, high class resorts sit right next to washed out, abandoned shacks. It's a bit weird to walk down the strip and see the difference. It's like going from rough area to up-market all in one block.
Day 3: Galveston
I got to swim in the sea today :) Woooo. And it was warm, and lovely. It reminded me of the sea in Wellington - it had that same kind of cold when you stepped in, but warm once you got used to it. It's the kind of water you can stay in all day. Wonderful.
Not so wonderful was the flies the marauded up and down the beach - tiny black ones. I think they were harmless (not 100% sure, though) but they crawled all over your skin, and face, and were horrendous. So we didn't spend long at the beach. Awh, but oh well.
We went out for food in a place called Casey's tonight and it was amazing. The best meal so far on the trip.
Day 4: Port Aransas
Port Aransas could have been better. The weather was stormy, the clouds a dark shade of grey. I really wanted to go swimming, but a gale was blowing and the waves, while small, were frequent and frothy. I probably would have gone in, but I'm not sure what lordkilljoy and lainey316 would have been. So I settled for dipping my feet.
After a long stroll of the beach and the town, we headed out for dinner. Dinner tonight was the second best of the trip. Mahi-mahi, cooked to perfection, with the most lovely crab sauce over it. It was the most yummy thing ever - well, maybe not ever - we'll get to that later.
Day 5: Port Aransas / San Antonio
I'd hoped the weather might have improved by today, but it didn't. Still, I headed for the beach first thing with swimming togs on and towel in hand. I got wet up to my thighs, and standing there with the waves breaking over my knees, the sky a dark, ragged shade of grey, mist rolling off the waves reminded me of Ireland. It was beautiful, in a rugged way - a desolate beach, a gale blowing, frothy waves and a pale strand, littered with foam and seaweed, definitely very Irish (but for the fact that the gale was hot and the sea was warm).
The drive to San Antonio was uneventful. The most thrilling thing was that we got to follow the evacuation route all the way. It's cool - they have a specific route for people fleeing a hurricane to go. We wandered around San Antonio when we got there, browsed a few shops and strolled the river walk. The river walk is so pretty - paths wander along the river bordered by pretty shrubs and huge trees. The bank is steep and walled, keeping out the noise and bustle of the city. Restaurants and food stalls line the path - all kind of boutique style with lovely, themed decor.
Day 6: San Antonio
The Alamo sits in the very centre of San Antonio. People are funny. The story of the Alamo is not a good one - a bunch of Americans lost a battle there, and still it is lauded as a symbol of patriotism. I can see why - holding out when all hope was lost and all, but still.
It was pretty, though. Small buildings surrounded by lush trees. Actually - that was what surprised me most about Texas. It wasn't dry and desert like you see in the westerns, it was lush, humid, green and full of trees.
That afternoon we went to the botanical gardens, because coming from somewhere as dry as Albuquerque, you just can't get enough of green trees and colourful flowers.
From there we went shopping, and at this stage the day felt like it had been a week.
Day 7: San Marco / Austin
We left San Antonio early and heading for outlet malls about an hour up the road. It was boiling - 34C and humid. My feet were killing me from too much flip-flop wearing and there were few shops I was interested in. Still lainey316 got loads she wanted, so I was okay with that.
Back on the road again, heading for Austin and we were all a bit tired. We stopped off in barbecue town (aka Lockhart) for food. It was all right, but not what I'd been expecting. We didn't stay long - just ate and moved on. Approaching Austin, the sky ahead of us looked ominous, all dark ragged clouds and strong winds.
We were almost to the outskirts of Austin when the radio cut out. It started beeping and then a voice came on: "This is an emergency broadcast. Severe thunderstorms in [town names I don't remember] with hail the size of a quarter. Seek shelter and stay indoors." We were heading right for the storm. As the emergency broadcast ended, we saw the first fork of lightning hit the ground way off to our right. A few seconds later the clouds lit up with more lightning, and again a few second later. It didn't stop. The wind tugged at the car (and not just a little car - we were in an SUV). As we hit Austin, the rain started. It pelted the windscreen in sheets. It crashed into the road, creating a layer of water droplets about an inch thick. It was so bad we couldn't see the road markings and just had to hope the guy on front knew the road better than we did. It was a scary 10 minutes, but eventually the rain eased off. We made it to the hotel safe and got to watch the lightning from the safety of our room.
That night we went to a rooftop bar and enjoyed the lightening from there. Yea - the lightning went on for hours - flashes every few seconds or so. It was amazing.
Day 8: Austin
Austin was boiling today. It was 35C and humid. We had a lovely breakfast (which may have included a glass of bucksfizz), then tried to walk around for a bit but were defeated by the heat. We rallied with ice-cream, and headed to South Austin to browse the vintage and curiosity stores. I could definitely live in Austin. It's a cool place with loads of off the wall stuff. I don't think I could deal with the heat and humidity, though. This was only May, I can't even imagine what it's like in July.
Tonight was party night. We started with a divine meal in Haddingtons (a very stylish restaurant and cocktail bar). This was the best meal of the holiday. I had rabbit for the first time in my life and it was delicious. It was cooked to perfection and the sauce with it was the most gorgeous thing ever. Nom nom nom.
From there we moved to Red River, which is the live gig area of Austin. It was fine - the gig we went to wasn't very good, though. So we moved on after a bit. We made our way down 6th street (Austin's main party street). It reminded me of Khao San Road in Bangkok - packed with people out to get drunk. We settled in an Irish bar (of all places) to enjoy the Louisiana blues band that was playing there. They were quite good - entertaining and lively.
As all nights did - it ended with food off a street truck, lively debate about how Cork is like Texas and a ride up the glass lift in the hotel.
Day 9: Back to Albuquerque
We woke late and packed up, only to realise that lordkilljoy had lost the car keys for our car in Abq. He figured he'd taken them out of his bag in Galveston and must have left them in the hotel. So the drive to Houston was a little stressful, the keys and diversions because of roadworks outside of Austin setting us a little on edge. But it wasn't too bad once we got on the highway.
We got to the airport and did one last search through the bags - no joy. We checked in, got some food, then made our way to the gate. We had some time, so we played our DSs, and when lordkilljoy opened his headphone case the car keys fell out. :)
So it all ended well. We were excited getting on the plane, and on the bus to the long-term car park, and in the car on the way home and when we got home - exclaiming "you found your keys" every few minutes.
So that was our trip to Texas. It was good.
18 October 2010
Loads of news
I need a new CMOS RAM battery for my computer. I knew this day would come, I expected it to come years ago. Problem is, I'm leaving in a month (not bringing my PC with me) and I won't be using my computer for 2+ years. I'm not really sure if it's worth getting a new battery.
mulkabu was up for the weekend. We had fun, went to see Fozzy (wrestler, Chris Jerico's band) on friday night. I haven't had as much fun in a long time. Chris Jerico really knows how to get a crowd going. Everyone loved him. Our group even managed to get a shoutout from him. :)
I'm tired now, though. It doesn't seem to matter what time I go to bed, my body wants to be up and about at 9am. So I've been getting about 6 hours sleep for the last few days. The kitchen was a bit of a mess too, and I managed to tidy it, but I only got half the dishes washed. This seems to be a new strategy for me. Washing half the dishes isn't nearly as daunting as washing all of them. So I washed the plates and knives and forks and left the pots, pans and bowls for later. Or tomorrow.
The building energy rating guy comes tomorrow. I wonder should I turn on the heating for him? Would it make the place seem better insulated if it was warm? I don't bother with the heating when I'm here on my own, because my little room gets nice and warm anyway.
I ate one of our peppers today. It was nice, as peppers go. They are not my favourite ever fruit. I have four cherry tomatoes beside me, which I just picked. I want to eat them right now, but I don't feel like them. (Yes, it is an odd sort of way to be.) I made hummus on friday. There was too much lemon juice in it. I've eaten about a third, but I'm not sure if I'll eat any more; it's really sour.
Wow, I just looked up what the difference between sour and bitter was (because I wasn't sure which my hummus was) and sour is acid while bitter is base. Isn't that interesting?
I also made chocolate cake again. It is totally yummy.
I'm addicted to a new (old) RPG. It's old, but I've never played it before, so it's new to me. Arcanum (of Steamworks and Magick Obscura). I'm enjoying it. I like the setting and the character system. The main plot is a little slow and there aren't enough side quests (or they are really hard to find), but apart from that, it's fun. I'm playing just to level and make my character better. I want to be master of firearms, lockpick and prowling. I also want to have a bit of magic and be able to make some stuff. I also want a new gun, but they are expensive. So, maybe by the time I get to 40th level, I will have all these things. I'm at 13th now. And my team and I managed to take down a 30th level jellyfish looking thing. We lured it away from its friends and ambushed it in the forest. It was expertly executed (the plan, not the jelly. I think it (the jelly) died from lead poisoning after I shot it with about 20 bullets).
Right. I'm going to go now.
mulkabu was up for the weekend. We had fun, went to see Fozzy (wrestler, Chris Jerico's band) on friday night. I haven't had as much fun in a long time. Chris Jerico really knows how to get a crowd going. Everyone loved him. Our group even managed to get a shoutout from him. :)
I'm tired now, though. It doesn't seem to matter what time I go to bed, my body wants to be up and about at 9am. So I've been getting about 6 hours sleep for the last few days. The kitchen was a bit of a mess too, and I managed to tidy it, but I only got half the dishes washed. This seems to be a new strategy for me. Washing half the dishes isn't nearly as daunting as washing all of them. So I washed the plates and knives and forks and left the pots, pans and bowls for later. Or tomorrow.
The building energy rating guy comes tomorrow. I wonder should I turn on the heating for him? Would it make the place seem better insulated if it was warm? I don't bother with the heating when I'm here on my own, because my little room gets nice and warm anyway.
I ate one of our peppers today. It was nice, as peppers go. They are not my favourite ever fruit. I have four cherry tomatoes beside me, which I just picked. I want to eat them right now, but I don't feel like them. (Yes, it is an odd sort of way to be.) I made hummus on friday. There was too much lemon juice in it. I've eaten about a third, but I'm not sure if I'll eat any more; it's really sour.
Wow, I just looked up what the difference between sour and bitter was (because I wasn't sure which my hummus was) and sour is acid while bitter is base. Isn't that interesting?
I also made chocolate cake again. It is totally yummy.
I'm addicted to a new (old) RPG. It's old, but I've never played it before, so it's new to me. Arcanum (of Steamworks and Magick Obscura). I'm enjoying it. I like the setting and the character system. The main plot is a little slow and there aren't enough side quests (or they are really hard to find), but apart from that, it's fun. I'm playing just to level and make my character better. I want to be master of firearms, lockpick and prowling. I also want to have a bit of magic and be able to make some stuff. I also want a new gun, but they are expensive. So, maybe by the time I get to 40th level, I will have all these things. I'm at 13th now. And my team and I managed to take down a 30th level jellyfish looking thing. We lured it away from its friends and ambushed it in the forest. It was expertly executed (the plan, not the jelly. I think it (the jelly) died from lead poisoning after I shot it with about 20 bullets).
Right. I'm going to go now.
30 November 2009
video games live
over the last few weeks, whenever i looked at the calendar on the fridge i felt a tingle of excitement. video games live was coming up and i couldn't wait for it. so last night was the big night. we were off to the national concert hall, lordkilljoy in dr. who stylings of a suit and cons and me wearing my lolita dress.
the concert was brilliant, between the orchestra, the choir, the visuals from the games and the light show that went along with it. the music was great (even though i didn't really know any of it), the showmanship was entertaining (and totally over the top) and the venue was perfect.
we hung around after to get signatures and gush at jack wall.
saturday night was lainey316's birthday. we went to a lebanese restaurant and then on to a pub. the food was good - it's always nice to try something different. it was a good night, but i was a little too tired and full to really enjoy it. the others went mad dancing - i danced in my chair :)
in other news:
today, for the first time ever, i used rubber gloves to wash the dishes. and the reason? i didn't want to take my gloves off. it's been really cold all weekend - the kitchen got down to 9degrees yesterday afternoon.
i'm a bit worried about nymph. he's kind of stopped eating and i wonder is he a little too cold. but he doesn't look very skinny, so i think he's all right.
the concert was brilliant, between the orchestra, the choir, the visuals from the games and the light show that went along with it. the music was great (even though i didn't really know any of it), the showmanship was entertaining (and totally over the top) and the venue was perfect.
we hung around after to get signatures and gush at jack wall.
saturday night was lainey316's birthday. we went to a lebanese restaurant and then on to a pub. the food was good - it's always nice to try something different. it was a good night, but i was a little too tired and full to really enjoy it. the others went mad dancing - i danced in my chair :)
in other news:
today, for the first time ever, i used rubber gloves to wash the dishes. and the reason? i didn't want to take my gloves off. it's been really cold all weekend - the kitchen got down to 9degrees yesterday afternoon.
i'm a bit worried about nymph. he's kind of stopped eating and i wonder is he a little too cold. but he doesn't look very skinny, so i think he's all right.
30 August 2009
happy birthday to me :)
Hello, Livejournal.
Just had a great meal (in donatellos - a bit shabby looking, but the food is amazing). then drinks in mantra. it was 70s, 80s, 90s night tonight, and we had so much fun bopping out to queen, primitives, cure, mc hammer and loads more while drinking cocktails and having a brilliant time. it was just me and lordkilljoy but it was really, really good.
i got a new shirt - kind of blue check and i wore the shirt-vesty thing i got in singapore. i think i looked cute. lordkilljoy thinks i did too. i should post up pics - maybe tomorrow. it's a bit late right now and i'm way too tired for taking pics and resizing them for the web and posting them here.
i have other news all marked down on a post-it, but i'm writing by the light of the hallway right now and it's too dark for reading. so maybe tomorrow or the next day i'll get around to that.
until then, fare well and good night.
ohh, p.s. - they played the neverending story song - it was brilliant.
Just had a great meal (in donatellos - a bit shabby looking, but the food is amazing). then drinks in mantra. it was 70s, 80s, 90s night tonight, and we had so much fun bopping out to queen, primitives, cure, mc hammer and loads more while drinking cocktails and having a brilliant time. it was just me and lordkilljoy but it was really, really good.
i got a new shirt - kind of blue check and i wore the shirt-vesty thing i got in singapore. i think i looked cute. lordkilljoy thinks i did too. i should post up pics - maybe tomorrow. it's a bit late right now and i'm way too tired for taking pics and resizing them for the web and posting them here.
i have other news all marked down on a post-it, but i'm writing by the light of the hallway right now and it's too dark for reading. so maybe tomorrow or the next day i'll get around to that.
until then, fare well and good night.
ohh, p.s. - they played the neverending story song - it was brilliant.
23 July 2009
hello
"last update 1 week ago" hmmmmm.
well - it's not so bad. i didn't really have anything much to say. the days have passed in a sort of blur of randomness. penelope_stone went home on saturday, but while she was still around we went for walks and stuff, and to see harry potter (which was only ok. if it had been half an hour long it would have been really good, but there was just too much teenage stupidity). on friday we had a sushi party. that went quite well. some of lordkilljoy's work friends came over, and goblin_insane and claudia. it was a great night - everyone enjoyed the food and while a lot of the conversation was about people i don't know, we did discuss music a lot and that was good.
i'm playing daggerfall at the moment. my character, ajira (spy) is on 14th level and over half way through the main quest. the game is old and the graphics are bad, but i can see why i spent so much time playing that game when i was 15ish. there's so much to do and the world is so big. i'm thinking of going on an elder scrolls binge and playing morrowind again too. but morrowind takes a huge time investment and i'm not sure if i want to give it that. i might play for a day or two and see how i'm getting on. i still have sacred 2 to finish and it pops into my head every so often.
i recently rearranged all the plugs in the sitting room. we can now plug stuff out at night, instead of just leaving it on stand-by. i think lordkilljoy thinks i'm crazy and i know it only saves a tiny bit of electricity, but still.
i don't think i have any other news. we went to see moon last night. i enjoyed it.
right, i'm going to go now.
well - it's not so bad. i didn't really have anything much to say. the days have passed in a sort of blur of randomness. penelope_stone went home on saturday, but while she was still around we went for walks and stuff, and to see harry potter (which was only ok. if it had been half an hour long it would have been really good, but there was just too much teenage stupidity). on friday we had a sushi party. that went quite well. some of lordkilljoy's work friends came over, and goblin_insane and claudia. it was a great night - everyone enjoyed the food and while a lot of the conversation was about people i don't know, we did discuss music a lot and that was good.
i'm playing daggerfall at the moment. my character, ajira (spy) is on 14th level and over half way through the main quest. the game is old and the graphics are bad, but i can see why i spent so much time playing that game when i was 15ish. there's so much to do and the world is so big. i'm thinking of going on an elder scrolls binge and playing morrowind again too. but morrowind takes a huge time investment and i'm not sure if i want to give it that. i might play for a day or two and see how i'm getting on. i still have sacred 2 to finish and it pops into my head every so often.
i recently rearranged all the plugs in the sitting room. we can now plug stuff out at night, instead of just leaving it on stand-by. i think lordkilljoy thinks i'm crazy and i know it only saves a tiny bit of electricity, but still.
i don't think i have any other news. we went to see moon last night. i enjoyed it.
right, i'm going to go now.
24 May 2009
i think it was sunny all over the world today
it was a beautiful day today - blue skies, no clouds, a little windy, warm, summery. i wore flip-flops for the first time this summer and went out without bringing a jumper with me.
lordkilljoy had the good idea to go the the japanese gardens and national stud in kildare today, in celebration of the wonderful weather. we wandered through the gardens, went on a guided tour of the stud, saw some horses and took some pictures. i will upload them at some later stage; i'm using the mac to post and want to use my own pc to make some crops, trims and adjustments.
so, yea... we had fun. last weekend was fun too - i totally forgot to mention about it. delichan and mytholder got engaged, so we all went out to the franciscan well to wish them well and celebrate. got to see loads of people and had a great night. then saturday we went to a barbecue in kanturk. the house did not burn down and the food was yummy, so it was a big plus. and to cap off the evening we watched the eurovision. yea....
not much else news. i'm kinda stuck in psychonauts. lordkilljoy is playing wolverine at the moment.
i think that's all, really.
lordkilljoy had the good idea to go the the japanese gardens and national stud in kildare today, in celebration of the wonderful weather. we wandered through the gardens, went on a guided tour of the stud, saw some horses and took some pictures. i will upload them at some later stage; i'm using the mac to post and want to use my own pc to make some crops, trims and adjustments.
so, yea... we had fun. last weekend was fun too - i totally forgot to mention about it. delichan and mytholder got engaged, so we all went out to the franciscan well to wish them well and celebrate. got to see loads of people and had a great night. then saturday we went to a barbecue in kanturk. the house did not burn down and the food was yummy, so it was a big plus. and to cap off the evening we watched the eurovision. yea....
not much else news. i'm kinda stuck in psychonauts. lordkilljoy is playing wolverine at the moment.
i think that's all, really.
08 May 2009
almost a month's worth of news
lordkilljoy and i went to see star trek last night. i loved it - everything about it made me want to watch it again. it was funny, exciting, adventuresome, i liked all the characters and seeing how they all ended up together.
i want to go back and see it again this weekend; we'll see how things work out.
i finally started the rewrite of the fall. lots of things have been changed, mostly from the first half, because i was never really happy with it.
it's been almost a month since i made a proper post, gosh - that's terrible. i guess script frenzy just kept me from updating and then i was down in cork and things just got ahead of me. so this will probably be lots of short points.
in pet news, newt died. he hadn't been eating and then we went away for the weekend and he was dead when we got back. even if we'd been around, i don't think he would have survived. he just seemed to go off his food and that was that.
ooh - we got a surround sound system in the apartment. it is so cool. the sound out of it is so clear and loud and rumbly. playing games on it is fantastic. and it makes finding gargoyles in fable2 way easier.
yea, we went to see wolverine too. it wasn't nearly as good as star trek. i seemed to lack something, or the story just wasn't grand enough, or heroic enough or something. i did like gambit, though. he seemed cool.
it was lordkilljoy's birthday last week and we went for korean barbecue. the way that works is there there's a little firepot at the centre of your table and you cook the food they bring you. it was delicious. then we went for after-dinner drinks and dancing at the village. that club is way trendier than i had expected. but i still had a really good night. i got to see lordkilljoy and goblin_insane get their boogie on. it was funny to see.
so... what other news do i have? yoshi is eating voraciously these days. it's good to see. nymph isn't eating so well, but he's eating a little. i think he's turning into a nocturnal newt. he just seems to sleep until 4 or 5 in the afternoon.
i don't think i have anything else to say...
i want to go back and see it again this weekend; we'll see how things work out.
i finally started the rewrite of the fall. lots of things have been changed, mostly from the first half, because i was never really happy with it.
it's been almost a month since i made a proper post, gosh - that's terrible. i guess script frenzy just kept me from updating and then i was down in cork and things just got ahead of me. so this will probably be lots of short points.
in pet news, newt died. he hadn't been eating and then we went away for the weekend and he was dead when we got back. even if we'd been around, i don't think he would have survived. he just seemed to go off his food and that was that.
ooh - we got a surround sound system in the apartment. it is so cool. the sound out of it is so clear and loud and rumbly. playing games on it is fantastic. and it makes finding gargoyles in fable2 way easier.
yea, we went to see wolverine too. it wasn't nearly as good as star trek. i seemed to lack something, or the story just wasn't grand enough, or heroic enough or something. i did like gambit, though. he seemed cool.
it was lordkilljoy's birthday last week and we went for korean barbecue. the way that works is there there's a little firepot at the centre of your table and you cook the food they bring you. it was delicious. then we went for after-dinner drinks and dancing at the village. that club is way trendier than i had expected. but i still had a really good night. i got to see lordkilljoy and goblin_insane get their boogie on. it was funny to see.
so... what other news do i have? yoshi is eating voraciously these days. it's good to see. nymph isn't eating so well, but he's eating a little. i think he's turning into a nocturnal newt. he just seems to sleep until 4 or 5 in the afternoon.
i don't think i have anything else to say...
30 January 2009
news stuff
so... lots of news since my last post. warpcon was really good fun. didn't get home before 3 any night. saturday night was club warpcon, fun but the music wasn't really to my taste. anyway. it was good. sunday night was royal rumble, my somewhat sedate introduction to wrestling. but it was kind of fun. i think my main problem was exhaustion. ugh - going in to work on monday was so awful, i was so tired i could hardly think. anyway i sorta caught up on sleep and now i have the weekend off.
actually, since i got on to work... i don't think i'm in a really good place with it. i've been made part-time and i'm even afraid that they will just let me go. there's lots of meetings and i don't have my hours for monday yet. i have to ring on sunday afternoon to see what the story is. hmmm. oh well. i complained for ages and ages about hating work, but the whole part-time thing actually had me a bit excited. i think i'm just not cut out for full-time work. it makes me so tired that i get really depressed. aaanyway. part-time would give me lots of time for writing as well. but not having a job just makes me lazy and i do nothing at all.
so, yea. that's all my news in a very quick post. i'm going to eat dinner now. pasta and chorizo. yummy :)
actually, since i got on to work... i don't think i'm in a really good place with it. i've been made part-time and i'm even afraid that they will just let me go. there's lots of meetings and i don't have my hours for monday yet. i have to ring on sunday afternoon to see what the story is. hmmm. oh well. i complained for ages and ages about hating work, but the whole part-time thing actually had me a bit excited. i think i'm just not cut out for full-time work. it makes me so tired that i get really depressed. aaanyway. part-time would give me lots of time for writing as well. but not having a job just makes me lazy and i do nothing at all.
so, yea. that's all my news in a very quick post. i'm going to eat dinner now. pasta and chorizo. yummy :)
24 January 2009
warpcon night 1
i had a fabulous night last night. got to the old bar at 9:30 ish, left the old bar at 1:30 ish. the warpcon pub quiz was hlaf way through when i got in, but it seems i missed nothing. the pub quiz was a shambles and left many,many people feeling cheated. ah well. i got to see loads of people i hadn't seen in ages - we had a girls' table going and just talked and laughed for most of the night. lordkilljoy and i ended back in frosthearted and my_name_is_fiki's until 3ish.
and the fun continues tonight with clubWarpcon. i think i'll sleep for an hour or two before heading out though.
and i got asked to defect from "the awesomes" to go join aidan's band. apparently word has gotten around that i can sing. but it would never work out, me and lordkilljoy make a good "rock band" band.
me and penelope_stone went clothes shopping today. i got a petticoat (not a proper one, but it will do) and a pair of cord flares. :) i am singularialy happy. They are a little narrow around my thighs (they make my legs look very skinny), but i love the flare on them.
anyway other news quickly - barry's game is on tomorrow. that should be good fun. i've been invited to royal rumble on sunday night. that should be fun, even if not for the wrestling, for everyone else's reactions to it.
right. gotta go. i'm on penelope_stone's laptop and she's heading back to kerry now. i don't think her spell checker works... sorry about the bad spelling.
and the fun continues tonight with clubWarpcon. i think i'll sleep for an hour or two before heading out though.
and i got asked to defect from "the awesomes" to go join aidan's band. apparently word has gotten around that i can sing. but it would never work out, me and lordkilljoy make a good "rock band" band.
me and penelope_stone went clothes shopping today. i got a petticoat (not a proper one, but it will do) and a pair of cord flares. :) i am singularialy happy. They are a little narrow around my thighs (they make my legs look very skinny), but i love the flare on them.
anyway other news quickly - barry's game is on tomorrow. that should be good fun. i've been invited to royal rumble on sunday night. that should be fun, even if not for the wrestling, for everyone else's reactions to it.
right. gotta go. i'm on penelope_stone's laptop and she's heading back to kerry now. i don't think her spell checker works... sorry about the bad spelling.
21 January 2009
handwriting meme
perhaps i should put this behind a cut - it's a pic and it's about 500k.
you can find the original at deviantArt
had a good weekend last. we went out on saturday night, first food in aya (a sushi conveyor belt place - was kinda fun and yummy), then to the long hall (old man's pub during the week i'm told) and after to the oak for a weeny dance floor that played mostly good music (a little too much punk for my taste).
i had a huge list of things to do today, but it looks so cold out that i've spent the last 2 hours messing on the net.
warpcon is on this weekend. that should be really good. i have friday, saturday, sunday and monday off for it :) i'm really looking forward to the whole thing. i have no plans to play any games, except maybe card / board games in the old bar. and getting to spend time at home too. i miss having a rad with a good view to hug.
right, i'm going to go now. venture outside and get my to do list for the day done.
you can find the original at deviantArt
had a good weekend last. we went out on saturday night, first food in aya (a sushi conveyor belt place - was kinda fun and yummy), then to the long hall (old man's pub during the week i'm told) and after to the oak for a weeny dance floor that played mostly good music (a little too much punk for my taste).
i had a huge list of things to do today, but it looks so cold out that i've spent the last 2 hours messing on the net.
warpcon is on this weekend. that should be really good. i have friday, saturday, sunday and monday off for it :) i'm really looking forward to the whole thing. i have no plans to play any games, except maybe card / board games in the old bar. and getting to spend time at home too. i miss having a rad with a good view to hug.
right, i'm going to go now. venture outside and get my to do list for the day done.
01 January 2009
i should write about new year's
ok - tired post here so it's not going to be anything phenominal. hmmm, this is wierd... firefox's spell checker isn't working on lordkilljoy's pc. this is very odd, and annoying seeing as how i can't spell.
last night was good. we went to frosthearted and mynameisfiki's party. it was good fun; good company, good music, nothing too wild or exciting, just a nice relaxing time.
k, i'm just going to go now. i really can't think of anything to say.
happy 2009, happy january :)
last night was good. we went to frosthearted and mynameisfiki's party. it was good fun; good company, good music, nothing too wild or exciting, just a nice relaxing time.
k, i'm just going to go now. i really can't think of anything to say.
happy 2009, happy january :)
28 December 2008
heading into the new year with a smile and a dance
got to spend 3 full days at home and it was great. between eating too much, walking in forests, walking on beaches, going out with friends, it was like a a little slice of reality in all this craziness of work hatred. and i'm heading down again for new year's. i'm really looking forward to it. life is so much better when you have something to look forward to. and lordkilljoy is back up on tuesday. yeay - i don't have to spend so long on my own. and i got an unlimited cinema card, so now i don't have to pay for tickets any more.
i really love my new camera too. it has the coolest features.
it does colour swapping and colour accenting. and you can take shots in a night club without using the flash (yes it's at 3200iso, but it's still better than horrid flash shots), it does macro and it has full manual control (which rocks).
i can't really think of anything else to say. i got the train up this morning and was in work for 12:10, after going out last night. and my fingers are freezing, so i'm just going to go to bed and warm up and sleep and hopefully will have a bit more energy tomorrow.
it's really great having something to look forward to. it really makes work not seem that bad at all.
ok - i really have to go to bed now.
i really love my new camera too. it has the coolest features.
it does colour swapping and colour accenting. and you can take shots in a night club without using the flash (yes it's at 3200iso, but it's still better than horrid flash shots), it does macro and it has full manual control (which rocks).
i can't really think of anything else to say. i got the train up this morning and was in work for 12:10, after going out last night. and my fingers are freezing, so i'm just going to go to bed and warm up and sleep and hopefully will have a bit more energy tomorrow.
it's really great having something to look forward to. it really makes work not seem that bad at all.
ok - i really have to go to bed now.
10 October 2008
it's lashing outside and i have to walk to work. all i can say is - thank god i have a good water proof coat. and water proof trail shoes. but i'll be wearing jeans down and changing into my work pants and shoes when i get there. i hope i don't get too wet.
not a whole lot else going on at the moment. jaarius, lordraath and the_kannon are coming up this weekend. that should be fun - and possibly a bit crazy.
the only reason i'm really updating is to see the new last.fm music link thing, but i can't see it here. oh, wait. i have to put in my username on my profile first.
awh - it dosn't look like it's working. oh well.
not a whole lot else going on at the moment. jaarius, lordraath and the_kannon are coming up this weekend. that should be fun - and possibly a bit crazy.
the only reason i'm really updating is to see the new last.fm music link thing, but i can't see it here. oh, wait. i have to put in my username on my profile first.
awh - it dosn't look like it's working. oh well.
06 October 2008
subject here
gosh, i just hate seeing "last updated 3 days ago" when i log into livejournal. three days is a lot of news to have to re-cap, especially when i went home for the weekend.
lordkilljoy and i drove down to cork on friday evening. i got to see penelope_stone for a few hours that evening - we had turkey dinner at home; it was delicious.
ok - this post isn't going to be the most coherent thing i've ever written. i'm just home from my first day of work - like 10 hours on my feet in 2 inch heeled boots, and trying to learn all the products in the shop and how things around the till work. i feel more tired than i have since the day we walked around bangkok for 13 hours straight with about 2 10 minute breaks. i don't think anything would ever make me as tired as that again, and i don't have the blisters to contend with. no - compared to that day, i'm just peachy. but i am tired and i think if i went to bed right now i'd be asleep in minutes.
but i'll go to bed after i post this - i have to be up at 5:30 or something. buh.
anyway - the weekend. saturday night was goldsoundz. it was so great. the liquid lounge is a nice enough venue - smallish, but the crowd was just the right size. they played excellent music. me and lordkilljoy and jaarius drank cocktails while we were there. they make some excellent ones. so delicious - definitely to be tried again.
sunday was taleweavers. it was great to see the lads again. we actually got loads done, nearly everyone had work to show; it was great.
but i had to leave early to get the bus back up to dublin, and home to an apartment on my own! heh - no, it was fine. i got in at 7:20 and raced across the city to catch the train out to maynooth at 7:30 and made it (it kinda helped that the train wasn't actually until 7:39).
i'm playing "the world ends with you" on the ds at the moment. it's interesting. kinda fun and the main character, neku, reminds me so much of cloud strife. actually the 2 of them shiki and neku remind me of tifa and cloud. it's a little annoying, but i'll get over it. the only other thing that bothers me is that combat is impossible.
i also tried drawn to life for a bit - i love the drawing parts. the actual game play is kind of platformer standard, nothing really intriguing. but it was fun. except that i was playing on the bus and trying to draw was somewhat difficult. but i think i managed quite well. when i saw my cloud in the game, i was like "woah - that's kinda good looking" but i love drawing clouds.
and i also tried my hand at puzzle quest, but am woefully bad at it. it's kind of a visual recognition game where you have to get 3 colours in a row, but i just go for the first one i see and think little of strategy. you get "training" - basic and advanced. i passed the basic, because you play by yourself, but the advanced i had to try 4 times because the game kept killing me. oh well!
emmm, so yea. i had work today, i woke up to the sound of cars and was like "where am i? why can i hear cars going by outside? this isn't right." eventually i woke up enough to remember that i wasn't in cork. it was very odd.
and if i haven't mentioned: work is fine. nothing too stressful - just helping people find things in the shop mainly. except that i don't know where anything is yet. but that'll come with time.
i'm so tired though. i really have to get to bed. i think i'm going to crash out tomorrow night the second i get home.
lordkilljoy and i drove down to cork on friday evening. i got to see penelope_stone for a few hours that evening - we had turkey dinner at home; it was delicious.
ok - this post isn't going to be the most coherent thing i've ever written. i'm just home from my first day of work - like 10 hours on my feet in 2 inch heeled boots, and trying to learn all the products in the shop and how things around the till work. i feel more tired than i have since the day we walked around bangkok for 13 hours straight with about 2 10 minute breaks. i don't think anything would ever make me as tired as that again, and i don't have the blisters to contend with. no - compared to that day, i'm just peachy. but i am tired and i think if i went to bed right now i'd be asleep in minutes.
but i'll go to bed after i post this - i have to be up at 5:30 or something. buh.
anyway - the weekend. saturday night was goldsoundz. it was so great. the liquid lounge is a nice enough venue - smallish, but the crowd was just the right size. they played excellent music. me and lordkilljoy and jaarius drank cocktails while we were there. they make some excellent ones. so delicious - definitely to be tried again.
sunday was taleweavers. it was great to see the lads again. we actually got loads done, nearly everyone had work to show; it was great.
but i had to leave early to get the bus back up to dublin, and home to an apartment on my own! heh - no, it was fine. i got in at 7:20 and raced across the city to catch the train out to maynooth at 7:30 and made it (it kinda helped that the train wasn't actually until 7:39).
i'm playing "the world ends with you" on the ds at the moment. it's interesting. kinda fun and the main character, neku, reminds me so much of cloud strife. actually the 2 of them shiki and neku remind me of tifa and cloud. it's a little annoying, but i'll get over it. the only other thing that bothers me is that combat is impossible.
i also tried drawn to life for a bit - i love the drawing parts. the actual game play is kind of platformer standard, nothing really intriguing. but it was fun. except that i was playing on the bus and trying to draw was somewhat difficult. but i think i managed quite well. when i saw my cloud in the game, i was like "woah - that's kinda good looking" but i love drawing clouds.
and i also tried my hand at puzzle quest, but am woefully bad at it. it's kind of a visual recognition game where you have to get 3 colours in a row, but i just go for the first one i see and think little of strategy. you get "training" - basic and advanced. i passed the basic, because you play by yourself, but the advanced i had to try 4 times because the game kept killing me. oh well!
emmm, so yea. i had work today, i woke up to the sound of cars and was like "where am i? why can i hear cars going by outside? this isn't right." eventually i woke up enough to remember that i wasn't in cork. it was very odd.
and if i haven't mentioned: work is fine. nothing too stressful - just helping people find things in the shop mainly. except that i don't know where anything is yet. but that'll come with time.
i'm so tired though. i really have to get to bed. i think i'm going to crash out tomorrow night the second i get home.
30 August 2008
today is my birthday
not much happening today. i went into town, to see if i may have missed any shoe shops. i had, but still didn't find any boots i like. oh well. i'm thinking of giving up on the whole boots thing and just getting a ds instead.
i'm making sushi for dinner tonight. we have miso - we didn't know what ingredients to buy for that, so we just got a packet. i hope it's nice.
are you male? if you are you should be ashamed reading something a girl dosn't want you reading. lordkilljoy, you are allowed because i will probably tell you all this anyway.
i got a new bra yesterday. i'm quite happy with it. it's got wires, which i usually can't stand wearing because they dig in in all sorts of uncomfortable places. but yesterday i got fed up with never being able to find a bra that fits properly and has a decent amount of support. so i went online and read up on bra sizes and how to know what to look for when you are trying on a bra. then i went to dunnes (because it was close and handy) and tried on about 5 different sizes. and that kind of guaranteed that i found the right size for me.
and i did find the right size for me and bought 2 new bras, a cute blue sort of one and a nice black one - both underwired, but the cool thing is that both of them are quite comfortable and supportive. yeay :) so i've been wearing the blue one today and it's working out well. the wires do poke in a bit (just right at the base) when i sit down for too long, but that has more to do with my bad posture that anything else (i think).
i'm still not sure if i'm going to go out tonight. i'll see if lordkilljoy and penelope_stone want to do anything. the mutton lane could be good, but will be absolutely packed on a saturday night. anyway. i'll see.
i'm making sushi for dinner tonight. we have miso - we didn't know what ingredients to buy for that, so we just got a packet. i hope it's nice.
are you male? if you are you should be ashamed reading something a girl dosn't want you reading. lordkilljoy, you are allowed because i will probably tell you all this anyway.
i got a new bra yesterday. i'm quite happy with it. it's got wires, which i usually can't stand wearing because they dig in in all sorts of uncomfortable places. but yesterday i got fed up with never being able to find a bra that fits properly and has a decent amount of support. so i went online and read up on bra sizes and how to know what to look for when you are trying on a bra. then i went to dunnes (because it was close and handy) and tried on about 5 different sizes. and that kind of guaranteed that i found the right size for me.
and i did find the right size for me and bought 2 new bras, a cute blue sort of one and a nice black one - both underwired, but the cool thing is that both of them are quite comfortable and supportive. yeay :) so i've been wearing the blue one today and it's working out well. the wires do poke in a bit (just right at the base) when i sit down for too long, but that has more to do with my bad posture that anything else (i think).
i'm still not sure if i'm going to go out tonight. i'll see if lordkilljoy and penelope_stone want to do anything. the mutton lane could be good, but will be absolutely packed on a saturday night. anyway. i'll see.
13 August 2008
my weekend in a backwards chronology
ok - i wrote this entry and then decided the last paragraph was most interesting and put it first and then flipped all the paragraphs around. so now the last paragraph makes no sense, but this post gets so dull by then that i don't expect anyone will get that far.
i started reading ender's game yesterday. i've been kinda wanting to read it for a while. i'd heard good things about it. i'm enjoying it. i have no idea how it's going to end. i have no idea where it's going to go from scene to scene, which makes it the best thing i've read / watched / played in ages. because it's rare to find something that isn't predictable. actually, now that i think of it: watchmen wasn't really predictable. but anyway - with ender's game, i don't trust the narrator at all. which always makes for a fun read. yea - i stayed up until 3 reading last night. i just couldn't make myself stop reading and go to sleep.
on monday we got shelves and put them up. i say we, but it was lordkilljoy did most of the work. i let him, simply because he was faster than me. (indeed!) but his sitting room looks good now. his new tv unit thing looks really good, especially with all the stuff in it. it's like a shrine to technological entertainment. then i stayed up until just before 3 playing assassin's creed. i didn't mean to. the time just sort of passed me by, like a stealthy ninja.
sunday was a special day, because i got to play assassin's creed. :)
assassin's creed, for all the snarky reviews it got, is quite a fun game to play. and it's so pretty. and there is so much to do. ok, a lot of it may be repetitive collection things or objective things but free-running across the rooftops of cities is so much fun.
saturday, deluge day, we spent in an attempt to look around the shops of dublin, but the irish monsoon got in the way of those plans. we got the entire rainfall of august in 6 hours. drains were overflowing, roads were buckling and the rain was so heavy you got wet through in seconds. it was fun to watch, though.
but it didn't disrupt plans for sushi in goblin_insane's. the food was good, the games (transEurope and german trading game) fun and we got to watch some olympics.
my weekend in some short words would read: a rainy party with making shelves and having fun playing games.
hmm, that may not make much scene to anyone who wasn't there. i had an excellent weekend. it started on friday when i spent the entire length of the olympics opening ceremony on a bus to dublin. but that was ok - i had music and "order of the stick" for company.
i started reading ender's game yesterday. i've been kinda wanting to read it for a while. i'd heard good things about it. i'm enjoying it. i have no idea how it's going to end. i have no idea where it's going to go from scene to scene, which makes it the best thing i've read / watched / played in ages. because it's rare to find something that isn't predictable. actually, now that i think of it: watchmen wasn't really predictable. but anyway - with ender's game, i don't trust the narrator at all. which always makes for a fun read. yea - i stayed up until 3 reading last night. i just couldn't make myself stop reading and go to sleep.
on monday we got shelves and put them up. i say we, but it was lordkilljoy did most of the work. i let him, simply because he was faster than me. (indeed!) but his sitting room looks good now. his new tv unit thing looks really good, especially with all the stuff in it. it's like a shrine to technological entertainment. then i stayed up until just before 3 playing assassin's creed. i didn't mean to. the time just sort of passed me by, like a stealthy ninja.
sunday was a special day, because i got to play assassin's creed. :)
assassin's creed, for all the snarky reviews it got, is quite a fun game to play. and it's so pretty. and there is so much to do. ok, a lot of it may be repetitive collection things or objective things but free-running across the rooftops of cities is so much fun.
saturday, deluge day, we spent in an attempt to look around the shops of dublin, but the irish monsoon got in the way of those plans. we got the entire rainfall of august in 6 hours. drains were overflowing, roads were buckling and the rain was so heavy you got wet through in seconds. it was fun to watch, though.
but it didn't disrupt plans for sushi in goblin_insane's. the food was good, the games (transEurope and german trading game) fun and we got to watch some olympics.
my weekend in some short words would read: a rainy party with making shelves and having fun playing games.
hmm, that may not make much scene to anyone who wasn't there. i had an excellent weekend. it started on friday when i spent the entire length of the olympics opening ceremony on a bus to dublin. but that was ok - i had music and "order of the stick" for company.
03 August 2008
a good weekend
i've been having a very good weekend. it started out on friday night, with some birthdays (delichan and irirshmadcat and possibly someone else?) that were celebrated by raucous karaoke followed by mad dancing in the crane lane (which plays rock / alternative and has a dance floor - who would have guessed). i had so much fun: singing, dancing, good fun people - what more is needed for a good night out.
last night, we went out again. this time for "a few quiet drinks" in the slate. fluffworld is home for a bit, and last night was her night out. it was good... quiet, but once again good company and fun conversation.
then this afternoon was taleweavers, where we talked about alternative histories and getting back into writing, and more dreading of the swiftly approaching nanowrimo.
i'm just a little tired now, but i thought i should take the chance to update, since it has presented itself so nicely. i think this evening is set aside for chilling out watching dvds and not really doing anything that takes up much energy.
last night, we went out again. this time for "a few quiet drinks" in the slate. fluffworld is home for a bit, and last night was her night out. it was good... quiet, but once again good company and fun conversation.
then this afternoon was taleweavers, where we talked about alternative histories and getting back into writing, and more dreading of the swiftly approaching nanowrimo.
i'm just a little tired now, but i thought i should take the chance to update, since it has presented itself so nicely. i think this evening is set aside for chilling out watching dvds and not really doing anything that takes up much energy.
07 July 2008
i tell myself to slow down, but it dosn't work
since i got home from my round-the-world trip, i've been a lot fitter than i've ever been in my life and i don't want to loose this fitness. so in an effort to stay in shape, i cycle into work (for the 2 weeks that i will be working). this morning i wasn't really feeling the greatest, tired, my stomach is being a bit wierd... and i decided to take it easy cycling in.
hah.
i got as far as the corner onto the back road (which is about 200m from my house) and i was speeding; cycling as fast as i could along the smooth stretch of cycle-path. so much for taking it easy. i pushed myself up all the hills and raced down all the slopes. oh well. it was fun, and the rain held off.
the weekend was good. i went to a house party with lordkilljoy on saturday night. he'd just come down, after a day of work and then a 3 hour car journey. i was well impressed with the fact that at 4am he was still up for drinking cocktails. but the night was good - they sell stone's ginger wine in ireland, so that's what i was drinking - mixed with sprite. yummy.
we're thinking of going to the cinema tonight. maybe to see wanted. lordkilljoy's seen it already, and there are about 5 films that i want to go see.
i got back into my novel a tiny bit on saturday (??). i realized that i have so much that needs re-writing, or just writing for the first time. my scenes don't blend so well and i have to introduce some characters in a better way that i have done. so at least i know what i need to do now, i shouldn't be procrastinating so badly any more.
not much else news - i should get some work done...
ooh - dave's campaign ended last night. the game was good, but the ending was a bit easy and not at all what we expected.
hah.
i got as far as the corner onto the back road (which is about 200m from my house) and i was speeding; cycling as fast as i could along the smooth stretch of cycle-path. so much for taking it easy. i pushed myself up all the hills and raced down all the slopes. oh well. it was fun, and the rain held off.
the weekend was good. i went to a house party with lordkilljoy on saturday night. he'd just come down, after a day of work and then a 3 hour car journey. i was well impressed with the fact that at 4am he was still up for drinking cocktails. but the night was good - they sell stone's ginger wine in ireland, so that's what i was drinking - mixed with sprite. yummy.
we're thinking of going to the cinema tonight. maybe to see wanted. lordkilljoy's seen it already, and there are about 5 films that i want to go see.
i got back into my novel a tiny bit on saturday (??). i realized that i have so much that needs re-writing, or just writing for the first time. my scenes don't blend so well and i have to introduce some characters in a better way that i have done. so at least i know what i need to do now, i shouldn't be procrastinating so badly any more.
not much else news - i should get some work done...
ooh - dave's campaign ended last night. the game was good, but the ending was a bit easy and not at all what we expected.
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