I had a really good day yesterday, well after i got home from work, that is. lordkilljoy bought and cooked dinner for me (3 courses), and got me a beautiful rose. Dinner was delicious, we settled in to watch a movie after and finished up the evening in the pub discussing religion and politics. The religion part was interesting, but try as he may, lordkilljoy will never get me to care about politics. In fact, we have directly opposite views on politics. He thinks it is of vital importance to everyone in the country, and i think it is the greatest farce ever to have been invented. But anyway. He's suffering somewhat badly today from an over-indulgence in wine. I tried some and almost spit it out it tasted so foul. I really don't know how anyone drinks it.
It was a good valentines, though. Usually i just ignore it and hope it will go away, and it does, but it was good this year. I guess having a boyfriend makes a difference.
Our lizards arn't doing so well. It turned out that Yoda and Yoshi were both males and yoda started intimidating and attacking yoshi. Poor dudeums was really scared. So lordkilljoy brought yoda back to the pet shop and got a different one (who we called yoshimi in the hopes that it would be a girl) but it turns out that he is a guy too and also has territorial issues. awh. so we are thinking of just keeping yoshi on his own now. I think we should try to get a girl somewhere in a few weeks.
I finish work in a week. I can't wait. I'm totally going home for about 4 days the first week i'm unemployed.
15 February 2009
13 February 2009
So i handed in my notice yesterday. I've never actually handed in a notice before. Mostly contracts have ended, or employers have known the day i'll be leaving for ages. But anyway. It's over now. My last day is the 22nd. Yeay.
We went to see the wrestler the other night. Darren Aronofsky makes movies that affect me so badly. Like requiem for a dream: that movie left me scarred for weeks. The fountain had me in tears from about half way though, and the wrestler made me faint. There's one bit in it were there's some kind of crazy blood-frenzy wrestling going on and they are stapling each other and sticking in thumb tacks and wrapping each other in barb wire and stuff. It was utterly gross. Even worse was when all the tacks and staples had to be pulled out again. Gross. I think the fact that i'd eaten a lot of really salty pop-corn on an empty stomach didn't help either. lordkilljoy will probably say i'm just making excuses, but it's happened to me before that i've fainted eating pop-corn. But the gory scenes were definitely a catalyst. It took me about 10 minutes to recover. My ears were buzzing and i couldn't hear anything. I missed the whole next scene because of it.
My keyboard is being a little annoying. It's starting to miss some keys. Hmmm. This just won't do at all. It's not like lordkilljoy doesn't have about 5 keyboards lying around, but i really like this one.
In lizard-y news... Yoda has stopped eating and has taken to hiding in the corner. His skin has turned very brown. I'm a little concerned. Yoshi is doing well, though. He seems to have settled in. He ate 2 mealworms this morning. yeay. I should post pics.
I was talking to penelope_stone today. Her fish laid eggs recently. That's so crazy!
You can tell i've been doing proper work recently, because there are a few capital letters scattered in among my sentences.
We went to see the wrestler the other night. Darren Aronofsky makes movies that affect me so badly. Like requiem for a dream: that movie left me scarred for weeks. The fountain had me in tears from about half way though, and the wrestler made me faint. There's one bit in it were there's some kind of crazy blood-frenzy wrestling going on and they are stapling each other and sticking in thumb tacks and wrapping each other in barb wire and stuff. It was utterly gross. Even worse was when all the tacks and staples had to be pulled out again. Gross. I think the fact that i'd eaten a lot of really salty pop-corn on an empty stomach didn't help either. lordkilljoy will probably say i'm just making excuses, but it's happened to me before that i've fainted eating pop-corn. But the gory scenes were definitely a catalyst. It took me about 10 minutes to recover. My ears were buzzing and i couldn't hear anything. I missed the whole next scene because of it.
My keyboard is being a little annoying. It's starting to miss some keys. Hmmm. This just won't do at all. It's not like lordkilljoy doesn't have about 5 keyboards lying around, but i really like this one.
In lizard-y news... Yoda has stopped eating and has taken to hiding in the corner. His skin has turned very brown. I'm a little concerned. Yoshi is doing well, though. He seems to have settled in. He ate 2 mealworms this morning. yeay. I should post pics.
I was talking to penelope_stone today. Her fish laid eggs recently. That's so crazy!
You can tell i've been doing proper work recently, because there are a few capital letters scattered in among my sentences.
11 February 2009
chinese water dragons
it has taken too long for me to get around to writing this post. but work is screwing around with my hours, again (why does this still surprise me? i'm actually this close to quitting. my mood has plummeted and whatever little bit of motivation i'd worked up over the last week and a bit is totally gone. i just don't care at all for the petty, unorganized, greedy company i work for. i really should quit.) so i haven't had a chance.
we got lizards on saturday evening. green water dragons. two of them.
they are adorable, but i think they are finding it a little hard to settle into their new home. they aren't eating that much and their skin looks healthy occasionally, but the rest of the time is sort of pale and lacking lustre. we need to try to get the humidity up in the tank. it's at 40% and needs to be at 80%, but even spraying it down a few times a day does nothing.
anyway, the two cuties are called yoshi and yoda. they are about a (small) hand long, not including their tales, which are about a foot. we have no clue what sex they are, but we'll find out when they get a bit older.
i'm doing up a website for penelope_stone, but i'm having trouble finding time to work on it. i should be doing it now, but i really needed to update my livejournal. i had news that needed sharing.
yea, it's funny. we got pet lizards, and they need food, so we have temporary pet crickets and locusts. the dudes are picky eaters, though, and will only eat crickets (and a few mealworms). i don't know how to get them to eat new food. we tried them with an apple too; they didn't even look at it. ah well.
i don't really have any other news. bye, then.
[edit] my mood for today is annoyed, which i debated over choosing, but i think i chose right. i'm totally distracted - i forgot to choose a user pic and give this post a title. :sigh:
we got lizards on saturday evening. green water dragons. two of them.
they are adorable, but i think they are finding it a little hard to settle into their new home. they aren't eating that much and their skin looks healthy occasionally, but the rest of the time is sort of pale and lacking lustre. we need to try to get the humidity up in the tank. it's at 40% and needs to be at 80%, but even spraying it down a few times a day does nothing.
anyway, the two cuties are called yoshi and yoda. they are about a (small) hand long, not including their tales, which are about a foot. we have no clue what sex they are, but we'll find out when they get a bit older.
i'm doing up a website for penelope_stone, but i'm having trouble finding time to work on it. i should be doing it now, but i really needed to update my livejournal. i had news that needed sharing.
yea, it's funny. we got pet lizards, and they need food, so we have temporary pet crickets and locusts. the dudes are picky eaters, though, and will only eat crickets (and a few mealworms). i don't know how to get them to eat new food. we tried them with an apple too; they didn't even look at it. ah well.
i don't really have any other news. bye, then.
[edit] my mood for today is annoyed, which i debated over choosing, but i think i chose right. i'm totally distracted - i forgot to choose a user pic and give this post a title. :sigh:
03 February 2009
ocd
so, it turns out that the heating had an airlock problem and wasn't working. it's now 13° in here. a significant improvement, but i would prefer if it was at least 17; 22 is best.
i had a semi-productive morning. looked into magazine submissions and got some washing done. i figured out why lordkilljoy's numerous (aka infinite) black socks annoy me. they have innate shields against OCD (aka perfectionism). i just can't put them together like i do for my socks. or maybe it's that they have OCD aggravating x20 or something. it would be just far too difficult to actually put them in matching pairs because there is so many of them and they are practically all the same. and black and boring. and just no fun at all.
that's all i wanted to say really. it's still snowing here. it's mad. the one advantage to living in the midlands. they have more seasonal weather than the south.
i had a semi-productive morning. looked into magazine submissions and got some washing done. i figured out why lordkilljoy's numerous (aka infinite) black socks annoy me. they have innate shields against OCD (aka perfectionism). i just can't put them together like i do for my socks. or maybe it's that they have OCD aggravating x20 or something. it would be just far too difficult to actually put them in matching pairs because there is so many of them and they are practically all the same. and black and boring. and just no fun at all.
that's all i wanted to say really. it's still snowing here. it's mad. the one advantage to living in the midlands. they have more seasonal weather than the south.
snow day
bbrrrrrrrrr..... it is 8° in here right now. that is so freezing. i have 4 layers on (one of which is davidnarby's ex-jumper). and my fingers are so cold. i have arm-warmers on, but it dosen't help with cold finger-tips. me thinks me will have something warm for breakfast. there's still a bit of jordans with which to make uber-yummy porridge. and then i need to go into the social welfare office to see if they will bring my income up to dole level now that i am part time. i wonder will it snow again and if so will that affect the trains. the last thing i want is to get stranded in dublin. it looks like it will get bad again this afternoon. i need to be home before 3.
right. so i'm off to make breakfast.
right. so i'm off to make breakfast.
02 February 2009
snow morning
bonsai number one got a hair cut last night. he looks a little shaved today. i gave him bonsai tonic too - he's looking a little worse for wear. poor dude. when i look at him and then look at bonsai number two, i think: i hope i can keep number two in better condition than this guy.
went to see 2 films over the weekend: nick and norah's infinite playlist and underworld: rise of the lycans. both were quite enjoyable, though underworld didn't have nearly enough good fight scenes.
and on the way home from the cinema it was kind of hail stoning, just little ones, and because the road was dry, they weren't sticking to anything. so the wind was blowing them around the road in crazy waves and swirls. it looked really cool. we kept looking out for snow last night, but the weather did not co-operate. however, we woke up this morning to a thin layer of snow covering everything. it's melting quickly, but it's still pretty.
the downside of the snow, though, is that everything is freezing. it's 11.5ยบ in here - i can barely type my hands are so cold.
i can't think of anything else to say. i'm not working 'til 12 today. i'm supposed to be writing right now. i think i may just go into the sitting room and turn on the fire and write in my a4 pad. yes. that sounds good. and i'll sit on the floor, right next to the flames.
[edit] yes - i knew there was more i wanted to write about. lordkilljoy's xbox died last night. it got the fatal red ring of death. so we are sending it off this week (hopefully tomorrow). i'll miss fable2, and i really wanted to play rock band again. but at least microsoft will repair it under warranty and have it back to us within 2 weeks.
the other thing is: me and lordkilljoy are thinking of getting a pet gecko. just a little one. i've kind of always wanted a pet reptile. i think they are adorable.
went to see 2 films over the weekend: nick and norah's infinite playlist and underworld: rise of the lycans. both were quite enjoyable, though underworld didn't have nearly enough good fight scenes.
and on the way home from the cinema it was kind of hail stoning, just little ones, and because the road was dry, they weren't sticking to anything. so the wind was blowing them around the road in crazy waves and swirls. it looked really cool. we kept looking out for snow last night, but the weather did not co-operate. however, we woke up this morning to a thin layer of snow covering everything. it's melting quickly, but it's still pretty.
the downside of the snow, though, is that everything is freezing. it's 11.5ยบ in here - i can barely type my hands are so cold.
i can't think of anything else to say. i'm not working 'til 12 today. i'm supposed to be writing right now. i think i may just go into the sitting room and turn on the fire and write in my a4 pad. yes. that sounds good. and i'll sit on the floor, right next to the flames.
[edit] yes - i knew there was more i wanted to write about. lordkilljoy's xbox died last night. it got the fatal red ring of death. so we are sending it off this week (hopefully tomorrow). i'll miss fable2, and i really wanted to play rock band again. but at least microsoft will repair it under warranty and have it back to us within 2 weeks.
the other thing is: me and lordkilljoy are thinking of getting a pet gecko. just a little one. i've kind of always wanted a pet reptile. i think they are adorable.
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.
17 January 2009
breakfast
i tried an experiment for breakfast this morning. at the moment i'm eating jordan's crunchy oat muesli for breakfast, but it is very serious and formal and not really a whole lot of fun at breakfast time. and what with today being saturday, i wanted something a little more funky. the only other thing we have is toast and i didn't feel like that. after a little contemplation, i decided that porridge would be nice, but we don't have any.
and then the idea struck. porridge is made from oats. my muesli is made from oats. logical conclusion - lets try an experiment. so i mixed one mug of muesli and one and a half mugs of milk (possibly too much - it's more the consistency that penelope_stone likes, but i think it might be too sweet for her) and it turned out wonderfully. and hot - i burned my mouth in two different places. but well - now i know for again that if i ever want a scrummy porridge, all i have to do is cook jordan's.
and then the idea struck. porridge is made from oats. my muesli is made from oats. logical conclusion - lets try an experiment. so i mixed one mug of muesli and one and a half mugs of milk (possibly too much - it's more the consistency that penelope_stone likes, but i think it might be too sweet for her) and it turned out wonderfully. and hot - i burned my mouth in two different places. but well - now i know for again that if i ever want a scrummy porridge, all i have to do is cook jordan's.
14 January 2009
a game
so, i'm thinking about writing a short game - nothing too complicated (platformer-action-stealth-rpg goodness). lordkilljoy gave me some books on XNA (microsoft's windows / xbox games language) and it looks so unbelievably complicated. but the results are quite good. but if you want to publish your game you have to pay. if i did it in flash, i could just throw it up on the web and go from there. and i know actionscript, so there wouldn't be a steep learning curve. but the results might not be as good, or as "big." but i suppose for my first attempt i should keep things simple.
the sunrise looks amazing this morning. all orange and pink and purple and blue as the light spreads out into the bank of cloud that's high up in the sky. god, i'm tired this morning, though. i really need to get 9 hours sleep every night, and it's just not happening. right - off to bed for me tonight at 8.
k - that's all i can think of to say.
the sunrise looks amazing this morning. all orange and pink and purple and blue as the light spreads out into the bank of cloud that's high up in the sky. god, i'm tired this morning, though. i really need to get 9 hours sleep every night, and it's just not happening. right - off to bed for me tonight at 8.
k - that's all i can think of to say.
13 January 2009
eyes and a tongue make for cuteness
goo, i'm tired. i think i will make a large (this word does not go here) effort to go to bed at 9 tonight. we went to see role models last night. it was funny, but simple. i wasn't expecting there to be a big larps battle so that was a surprise.
we had a very creative day in work yesterday. some parts of work involve lots of make and do stuff, like playing with selotape and cutting things up and writing with markers and stuff. i love that part of work - it's like being back in art class again (in primary school) and having fun because you have a break from the awful awfuls of work you don't like. anyway - yesterday involved sticking random stickers to random objects and laughing at the comic value they possessed. and we turned the scanner into a creature and called him samuel. and he is insanely cute.
k - gotta go now. if i had time i'd write more, but i don't. awh.
we had a very creative day in work yesterday. some parts of work involve lots of make and do stuff, like playing with selotape and cutting things up and writing with markers and stuff. i love that part of work - it's like being back in art class again (in primary school) and having fun because you have a break from the awful awfuls of work you don't like. anyway - yesterday involved sticking random stickers to random objects and laughing at the comic value they possessed. and we turned the scanner into a creature and called him samuel. and he is insanely cute.
k - gotta go now. if i had time i'd write more, but i don't. awh.
12 January 2009
rock band
me and lordkilljoy are in a band! i'm the singer and he plays guitar. and we have 260,000 fans! we've rocked across america in a glorious run of great shows and worked our way up to bigger and better all the time.
of course, this is all in my imagination (and rock band on the xbox). it's so much fun, especially on easy, when i can sing along to a song i have never heard before and still get 95% or something. craziness!
we played gears of war the other night too. it was fun. more fun than i was expecting - it's a third person shooter, and the emphasis is on shooting from behind cover. i had fun anyway.
on saturday i got my bike serviced. it needed it's "new bike tune up" and i'd meant to get it done before now, but anyway.
i can't really think of much else to say. jordan's original muesli has too many raisins in it.
of course, this is all in my imagination (and rock band on the xbox). it's so much fun, especially on easy, when i can sing along to a song i have never heard before and still get 95% or something. craziness!
we played gears of war the other night too. it was fun. more fun than i was expecting - it's a third person shooter, and the emphasis is on shooting from behind cover. i had fun anyway.
on saturday i got my bike serviced. it needed it's "new bike tune up" and i'd meant to get it done before now, but anyway.
i can't really think of much else to say. jordan's original muesli has too many raisins in it.
10 January 2009
twilight
lordkilljoy and i went to see twilight last night. it's a film for die hard romantics and dreamers, and since i am both, i loved it. and of course, because of that i received much mockage from lainey316 and goblin_insane (and lordkilljoy, a little) about my closet emo-ness. i will freely admit right here and now that i could be an emo person, but i don't have the temperament for it. that whole immature egotistical self-pity all the time never appealed to me.
but anyway. i thought the film was wonderful and pretty and happy, nothing too serious or thought-provoking, just good old fashioned vampire romance. and edward's family were hilarious (and sort of cool too).
i've had scenes from it flashing through my head since last night, mostly of trees and hills and lakes and open fields. i wonder what this says about me. i think i may need to find a park nearby and hang out there somewhat often.
i don't have much other news. i have time off work for warpcon (yeay), so that should be fun - getting down to cork to see everyone. and i think barry's game will be on that weekend too - that would be great.
in totally other news... lordkilljoy bought rock band last night. now my dreams of being a lead singer can finally come true!!
now i really can't think of anything else to say. bye.
but anyway. i thought the film was wonderful and pretty and happy, nothing too serious or thought-provoking, just good old fashioned vampire romance. and edward's family were hilarious (and sort of cool too).
i've had scenes from it flashing through my head since last night, mostly of trees and hills and lakes and open fields. i wonder what this says about me. i think i may need to find a park nearby and hang out there somewhat often.
i don't have much other news. i have time off work for warpcon (yeay), so that should be fun - getting down to cork to see everyone. and i think barry's game will be on that weekend too - that would be great.
in totally other news... lordkilljoy bought rock band last night. now my dreams of being a lead singer can finally come true!!
now i really can't think of anything else to say. bye.
08 January 2009
sleep
i got 9 hours sleep again last night. i was positively bouncy this morning. lordkilljoy's mumbled response to my energetic-ness, from where he lay hiding behind the covers, was "why are you dancing?" i had "anything goes" from fallout3 in my head, and why not dance? it's a good song to dance to. i really need to get my required amount of sleep more often. i fell asleep at 10:30 and didn't wake when lordkilljoy came in an hour later. but i have developed this wierd thing of waking at 4:22 every night. i'll wake up, wonder what time it is, hear a lack of car noises and realize that it is very early in the morning. then when i look at the clock it's around 4:22. very wierd.
lordkilljoy played gta4 last night. the cut scenes are so violent, i don't know how anyone enjoys playing that game. the car driving bits are fun, though. i tried to get him to drive to the farthest part of the city, but he wouldn't!
oh damn - i meant to start my sword and sorcery tale (the genre for this month). oh well. i have a good starting point and everything - and a city called dragonsbreath.
mmm - i'll go now.
lordkilljoy played gta4 last night. the cut scenes are so violent, i don't know how anyone enjoys playing that game. the car driving bits are fun, though. i tried to get him to drive to the farthest part of the city, but he wouldn't!
oh damn - i meant to start my sword and sorcery tale (the genre for this month). oh well. i have a good starting point and everything - and a city called dragonsbreath.
mmm - i'll go now.
06 January 2009
look at this - 3 posts in 3 days. amazing. i should really try to get back to posting every day. :shrug: we'll see.
we went to see the spirit last night. randomest film ever. i can see why it got 14% on rottentomatoes (even though metacritic gave it 30). some scenes just seemed to come out of nowhere, as if frank miller sat down with the objective of surprising his audience. or maybe it's will eisner's objective - i don't know; i didn't read the comic. but for all that, i still enjoyed it. it made me laugh in parts and it had a good ending.
i got about 9 hours sleep last night :) add that to the 11 hours on monday night and you get a well-adjusted me, content and able to interact with people on a normal level. we'll see how long this lasts once i get into work.
right, gotta go. ooh - acually - i was in town yesterday and i got a new wallet. it's about twice the volume of my old wallet and it dosn't fit in my pocket nearly as well, but it's pretty looking. i also picked up the three musketeers, a book i've been meaning to read since forever. it's a new (2005) translation i got, so hopefully it will be written in a style that's easy enough to read. having to keep track of 20-comma-sentences just dosn't happen for me. i'm hoping it will be good because the 2003 translation of dante's inferno that i have is excellently translated (by a belfast man, no less).
ok - i really have to go now.
we went to see the spirit last night. randomest film ever. i can see why it got 14% on rottentomatoes (even though metacritic gave it 30). some scenes just seemed to come out of nowhere, as if frank miller sat down with the objective of surprising his audience. or maybe it's will eisner's objective - i don't know; i didn't read the comic. but for all that, i still enjoyed it. it made me laugh in parts and it had a good ending.
i got about 9 hours sleep last night :) add that to the 11 hours on monday night and you get a well-adjusted me, content and able to interact with people on a normal level. we'll see how long this lasts once i get into work.
right, gotta go. ooh - acually - i was in town yesterday and i got a new wallet. it's about twice the volume of my old wallet and it dosn't fit in my pocket nearly as well, but it's pretty looking. i also picked up the three musketeers, a book i've been meaning to read since forever. it's a new (2005) translation i got, so hopefully it will be written in a style that's easy enough to read. having to keep track of 20-comma-sentences just dosn't happen for me. i'm hoping it will be good because the 2003 translation of dante's inferno that i have is excellently translated (by a belfast man, no less).
ok - i really have to go now.
fallout3
some day i will be in a shop or restaurant or somewhere random that plays old music and one of the songs from fallout3 will come on, at which point i will start singing along and imagining that i am in a ruined metro system or creeping around a nuclear wasteland or killing super-mutants or something. some of the songs are wonderfully ironic, though. like bingo bango bongo which has a line that goes "They have things like the atom bomb, so I think I'll stay where I am" and let's go sunning, which kind of speaks for itself. i mean, obviously the designers didn't just pick any ol' 40s tunes, but it's still cool that they got ones that suit the game.
"and remember, don't feed the yao guai. that is all."
"and remember, don't feed the yao guai. that is all."
05 January 2009
stuffs
the fog yesterday was quite amazing. it built over the day getting thicker as the day went on (i find that wierd about here. in cork fog disappears during the day). it was cold and humid and generally miserable. but it was ok, because me and lordkilljoy spent most of the day inside playing the ps3.
anyway - i went out to my bike this morning and there were little icicles (wow that word looks wierd) hanging off my handlebars. it was kind of funny having to remove them. it would have been funnier if it hadn't been so cold.
my cinema card arrived today. yeay for not having to have money on me going to the cinema. now we just have to make a point of going at least twice in the month.
uummmm, my life has really turned into some kind of bowl of nothingness. oh for the days when i could ramble on for ages and ages and actually have news to say. or even if i had no news, i had random things to say, now everything is just blank. and i don't know how to fix it. maybe i should look into doing some kind of adult education course for the next few weeks. i wonder is there anywhere around here doing archery? that would be great to take up again.
k - gotta go.
anyway - i went out to my bike this morning and there were little icicles (wow that word looks wierd) hanging off my handlebars. it was kind of funny having to remove them. it would have been funnier if it hadn't been so cold.
my cinema card arrived today. yeay for not having to have money on me going to the cinema. now we just have to make a point of going at least twice in the month.
uummmm, my life has really turned into some kind of bowl of nothingness. oh for the days when i could ramble on for ages and ages and actually have news to say. or even if i had no news, i had random things to say, now everything is just blank. and i don't know how to fix it. maybe i should look into doing some kind of adult education course for the next few weeks. i wonder is there anywhere around here doing archery? that would be great to take up again.
k - gotta go.
03 January 2009
a post over dinner
there is really nothing better than fried rice. i could eat it every day and be very happy. well - as has been proven, after 2 months of mainly rice one does start to crave pasta. oh well. i need to make a note to myself to make rice more often. 'cause it's yummy.
i got penelope_stone the first part of her birthday present. i havn't a clue what to get her else, but i have most of the month to find something.
i really can't think of anything else to say. i'm just going to go now.
i got penelope_stone the first part of her birthday present. i havn't a clue what to get her else, but i have most of the month to find something.
i really can't think of anything else to say. i'm just going to go now.
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 :)
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