Year: 2005

From me in the dark ages of Information Technology … Yep – this post comes courtesy of me hijacking my dad’s internet connection, which comes via a 56k modem. Remember those ? Try not to, I don’t want you getting sleepless nights.

All is not lost – I have a devious plan which involves him spending money on a wireless network. Muahahaha ! If it happens, I hope it works … cos the free technical support (me !) is 180 miles away.

Anyway, a side effect of me being on his connection means that while I can read my email, I can’t send. So I can’t send a reply to the Happy Xmas emails. Three cheers for Blogging 🙂

Hmm. Decent loot so far, a new leather jacket (bought in sales yesterday – modelled personally too by a willing slave), some ornaments (one new one for the telly !) and a couple of remote control mini’s that helped in terrorizing Ben the pup earlier.

PS Ben is currently wrapped up in a ball, snoozing on my bed. Bless ‘im.

..and not just in WoW…

(snigger)

Have a good time @ Home Sleepy…

See you when you get back..

Yey ! Got the present for RCA. And she’s gonna kill me.

As usual.

(I expect to be killed at least 3 times every Xmas)

Last night was fun. I was wrapping stuff up. Didn’t get the job completely done (ran out of sellotape during Tin Cup at about 11pm) but I got the higher priority ones out of the way. That’d be the ones I needed to get wrapped before disappearing up norf to my parents’ place in an hour or so.

Imagine my panic after tearing through the house frantically when I couldn’t find Aginoth’s present … Doh ! Found it in the end after having the brainwave : “Did it make it out of the car ?”

All sorted now, apart from needing more sellotape. And a present for RCA.

Almost forgot – here’s a picture.

PS My place is a bit of a tip … But most of the clutter is stuff I’ve kept for recycling without an obvious place to put the recycling.

I must be playing World of Warcraft too much if I start thinking of Xmas day as an opportunity to do lots of looting.

Present wrapping today turned into a big long session of Alterac Valley. It must have been long because I finished off a packet of Chocolate Hobnobs while inside. We won though and my mage ended up being on the top of the killboard, which isn’t too hard if you spend 6 hours at it.

(the hobnobs packet didn’t have much left – honest …)

Think I’m going to have a very strong grasp of what’s been going on in the world at the moment. I had News24 on, which means hearing the same news every half hour or so but it’s better than the alternatives – Music channels (pop – arg!) or cartoons.

Yey ! Xmas tree lights are on, will have to find something good to put on the telly while I wrap stuff up.

I can imagine Ms Watts’s interview…

Right.. In this movie you’re in your negligee most of the film & there’s lots of running & screaming.. You OK with that..?

Oh, BTW – Can you run in heels?

Sucks … Still, that’s more than enough about the latest Guildlink initiative.

Kong’s a good film. Peter Jackson lives up to the promise he showed with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, except this time he has better source material to work with. (I’m one of the people who think that Tolkein is over rated)

There’s some awesome visuals in there and it takes cgi special effects to another level. And it does it without being the willy waving contest which was the second and third Matrix films. I’ll always remember the Matrix as being an excellent film with great promise that wasn’t taken up in the second and third.

Anyway – Kong. Really good job done here. Definitely one that needs seeing at the cinema for the visuals alone. There hasn’t been much messing with the story from the original, which is a good thing. Too many films are “reimagined”, which usually means they lose something. But … it’s too long, it loses focus.

PS I think it’s time to hunt for pictures of Naomi Watts.

Muahahaha ! I just got curious about how people get to this blog and saw that one got here through Google. So I had a peek at what “Sleepypete Pillow” would turn up.

Number 1 result – the My Laptop Is Slow post. Which is fair enough, because it is. And it can’t play Civ 4. Grr. It can play Ufo Xcom though. And I can have it on the sofa beside me blogging and with MSN open like now.

Another result – curious, that’s the third Sleepypete I’ve heard of. One is me, another is a Counterstrike player and we’ve got another one in the Google results.

What scares me is the result that has the following summary :
“There were 9 of us all together: Mr A & myself, CQ, RCA, Sleepypete, … using Mr A as a convenient pillow. he started stroking my hair. it was nice …”

I’d just like to state for the record that I have never used Mr A as a pillow and he’s never stroked my hair.

That’s it for me, no more work until the 5th of January. God I’m tired …

Think all those late nights on World of Warcraft are catching up with me. So why am I thinking of going back in there ? I must be mad. [gibber][gibber][gibber]

Please wait a moment until reality is resumed.

Ahhh – that’s better. Had my first lazy night for quite a while. Got home, got pizza, put Spiderman on (had that for ages, not watched it) and just generally chilled out. Was thinking about putting Spiderman 2 on as well as a back to back but I’m struggling to keep my eyes open.
Hmm. England game tomorrow, Loafy Thursday, up norf to the parents place on Friday. Must find time to wrap the prezzies and find room under the tree. Doh ! Mustn’t forget the rest of the Xmas shopping tomorrow and Kong tomorrow night. CQ would never forgive me. Hmm. Maybe she will, I already have her present(s). Ok – Rca would never forgive me.

Wonder how they’re getting on in Molten Core. There was another trip in there tonight that I could have gone on but I’d have needed the Coffee IV to keep me paying attention. Does them good to go in there without me every so often, although I like to think I make it a little easier for the raid leaders. I think I have fans … I’m not sure if this will work due to access permissions but here goes :

http://www.guildlink.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=790

Wherever you see Iceangel in that thread, they’re talking about me. I have fans. That’s so cool 🙂 Maybe my fans are why I’m thinking about going back in.

Is something that’s hit World of Warcraft at the moment. Kinda like a Christmas thing.

Anyway, one of the new seasonal things they’ve put in is a quest describing the history behind the Feast of Winter Veil. It has you taking a book from one city to another. Most people won’t read that book, which means potential Easter Eggs !

What’s just made me laugh is the final page :
“Modern Day Observation

Other cultures have begun to recognize the Feast of Winter Veil as a time of great celebration, though not in the same traditions as the legend bases it in. Customs, often unrelated to anything other than a chance for celebration and gift exchange have made their way into modern day observation of the season. Even the image of Greatfather Winter is sometimes use, but more as a harbinger of commercial exploit rather than as a supernatural titan.”

Yes folks, Santa Claus does exist, he’s standing in front of the Orgrimmar Auction House at the moment.