Year: 2008

Weekend at mum’s and dad’s for me this one, I just got back and am settling in front of the telly for the superbowl. And I’m trying to reconcile having no clock under the telly. My “clock” has been pressed back into service as a video for my nan as she broke hers and the replacement my mum & dad had was too smart and wouldn’t work. So my nan has mine, which is a nice and stupid £99 one that I’ve had for years. It got its redundancy notice when I got me a Sky Plus box.

Was surprised by the roads this weekend, apart from one or two road closures, the roads were nearly empty. I do tend to travel in the evening though, so all the nutters tend to be clear before I hit the road. And road closures don’t affect you too much if you have a satnav to babysit you. Weather was clear over in Lincolnshire but went very damp down the M5. Nothing dangerous but damp.

Friday night – got mugged by the dog. My parents only have one dog now, we had to say farewell to Charlie last year because old age was making his life a misery. If a dog can’t even get in and out of his chair because his legs don’t work right and goes “do I have to?” when it’s walk time, then it’s time to think about letting them pass on. Charlie’s hunting wabbits and cats now and has willing slaves throwing balls for him to run after and bring back, he’s in a happier place. We definitely miss him though.

Ben’s seeming to gather neuroses though. He didn’t have a very good christmas due to being stressed out. We had Xmas at my sister’s place this year, which is definitely out of Ben the Staffy’s comfort zone. He’s a lovely dog is Ben, he just stresses when he doesn’t need to.

New toys this weekend – my sister got one of the FM transmitter things that let you connect an iPod or MP3 player up to a car radio. I’ve had one for around a year now, sister’s had to catch up there because her car cd player is bust.

Had a case of deja vu last night, the head waitress at the pub we had dinner at was very much like our IT Girl. Just rather larger than our pixie. Same bounce and good humour though. (Must not stare at waitresses!)

PS 598 tracks, 1.6 days music listened to over past fortnight.
PS2 England let the Welsh win. Been a while since I’ve seen a worse case of a game being thrown.

Saw that on someone’s MSN just now as their daily comment and it made me grin. So I stole it :-).

I’m doing something tonight which might not be that wise. I’ll be driving up to my mum’s and dad’s place. It was my dad’s 65th birthday a few days ago, so it’ll be good to go see them. My sister’s managed to get the weekend free too. That reminds me, I must remove my lounge clock from where it’s plugged in, it’ll be getting pressed back into service as a video recorder for my nan.

We waved goodbye to someone on the project today, charming bloke called Dick who retires today. He’s worked at my place longer than me and well and truly earned all the tributes he got today. We’re still keeping going a tradition of giving people who leave a certificate, which is a custom job tailored specifically for the person who is moving on. I have great fun grabbing ideas from the team for juicy bits of info to put in the certificate.

I’m currently listening to iTunes, with 91 songs lasting 6.1 hours in the playlist. I have a few hours before I start the 180 mile drive, so I’m having a listen to the best tracks that are due to fall off the Recently Played list over the weekend. My party shuffle list usually has 20 upcoming songs on, so there’s lots to get through. There’s a small matter of 2x Led Zep cds and possibly a Catatonia cd to go on there too.

More over the weekend. Itunes – 589 songs, 1.6 days over past fortnight.

First one of these for 18 months – let’s see what I’ve been up to :

1 – I look after money in the project now. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Although people seem to think I’m doing ok with it.
2 – Still single. But I have the Crazies around to keep dragging me off to cinema and Crazieparties.
3 – Wow people sent me nuts. Left Wow. Went back to Wow. Left Wow. Upset various people in Wow (World of Warcraft) including a friend from a very long time.
4 – Sorted things out with people in Wow, came back. Had some fun times 🙂 And my friend lets me take the mickey out of him again.
5 – Still chasing the girls. I think one or two may still be chasing me for some reason. But I don’t think the one I’d like to notice actually does notice.
6 – Not played cricket. Which I’m taking as kinda significant because I’ve always played at least one game in a summer. Even with the dislocated shoulder 10 years ago.
7 – Still experiencing the pain from the various injuries, even though I’ve not done much to break stuff. But I don’t let it get the better of me, there’s a heap of people around in a much worse state than me and they can handle it, so why should I buckle under when it’s just aches n pains ?
8 – Discovered House and NCIS. NCIS is the better of the two because of the character interplay but House is still worth watching.
9 – Got bought an iPod. My iTunes library has grown to include over 100 cds, with 3 more to come in. Thinking of adding a “listened to xxx songs lasting xx hours” grabbed from iTunes’s Recently Played as comments on each blog entry. My iPod has replaced the cd’s in the car too.
10 – I’ve had 3 different line managers and managed to break one of them after just 6 weeks. I need stronger toys.
11 – Tried Eve online again, lasted a year before getting bored. Went back in again, got prevented from playing due to another corporation declaring war on us.
12 – Need to read more books. RSI doesn’t tend to hurt a book reader, plus it keeps you away from popcorn cos the butter on the popcorn makes the pages go sticky.
13 – Over the past fortnight, I’ve listened to 603 different music tracks lasting 1.6 days.

(first comment) I really need to redo the links … The Blogger ones look fine but Eve-Online and Guildlink will go, plus Mercs is pointing to the wrong place.

It’s been a while … About 18 months since I last posted anything here.

I’ve been putting stuff here : VR blog for a while but I’ve gotten a little uncomfortable about posting more stuff there as I’ve never actually been a part of that guild … I had a chance to be but in the end, I couldn’t leave the Mercs.

Why have I kicked off the blog again ? I guess my January itchy fingers have pushed me towards wanting to tap stuff into a diary again. I seem to get itchy fingers around January time every year, it’ll often manifest as me getting new games, poking them for a week or so and then putting them down again, never to be picked up again. This time it’s a Golden Oldie – Baldur’s Gate 2. Had that for ages, never got as far into it as it deserves.

Will use a Thursday Thirteen tomorrow as a devious way of compressing 18 months into something that’ll only take a minute to scan !