Slanderer of Newts.

And now the mood strikes. Well, that’s not strictly true, it struck last night around 1.30 in the am. I was half tempted to get up and go typing but as my sister is staying over and sleeping on the couch in the living room, I didn’t want to wake her.

Anyway to go back a few days for a catch-up. Friday was bad. I woke up and felt like shit (no, I was not out on Thursday) and so I didn’t go into work. I took it easy at home and felt much better by later in the evening. Didn’t really get up to much just some Eve and some watching of stuff.

Saturday was very quiet. Slept in late and played lots of Eve. Then that night Alex and I took Hebe to the pub and had a few pints. Mairéad was due to arrive around 9ish and was going to come along to the pub. Due to fun at Heathrow she was late and didn’t get here till around 11.30 by which stage we were well home.

And in what is, I’m sure, a completely unfounded slander on newts, having 3 pints and the social skills of a newt is not a good thing. Hebe was making lots of friends in the pub including a table of nice Irish girls in the corner…it was loud in the pub and I have bad hearing and I could not make out for sure what they were saying but I think one was telling me she was new to London and wasn’t settling very well and missed lots of things and well I wasn’t very helpful. Damn 🙁

So onto Sunday. We wandered down to Camden Market (with a quick comic shop trip) and then out to the big shopping centre at Brent Cross. Picked up a few cds, (Springsteen – The River, Hole – Live Through This and Tears for Fears – The Collection…eclectic or what?) and then headed home while Mairéad went off to meet some friends.

A good night in Eve was had and I have a plan to hopefully make some money over the next couple of days and with some look will rope Dave into helping and indeed helping with the bankrolling 😉

I finally watched through the Sci-Fi Channels remake of Battlestar: Galactica and it’s not as bad as I originally thought at all. Nice twist at the end and a decent enough cast. Certainly would be watching the series as it came along. I’m also up-to-date with Alias now, not all that impressed with the third season and it certainly ranks nowhere near the first and the first half of the second but it’s still enjoyable stuff.

This window has been sitting in front of me for the past hour. I have an urge to blog but I don’t really feel like typing. Later hopefully.

Trev (4:53:56 PM): Grahams ears are up
Dave (4:54:07 PM): ah, we were getting a bit loud allright
Trev (4:54:14 PM): Id love to go on…but it would be a BAD idea
Dave (4:54:19 PM): yeah
Dave (4:54:54 PM): don’t worry Strev, when the aliens conquer us, Sparky will be first against the wall 🙂

So there was a little snow yesterday and of course everything fell apart starting with the tubes. Still it was nice and everything looked so pretty for a while. Got home with no problems and it was only a couple of inches (BLIZZARD!). Played some Eve after the patch and while I’ve been nerfed in a couple of ways I’ve learnt a lot over the past week which is helping big time. I have a skill training plan in place now and it’s all going well. Am getting very tempted to see about rigging up a long range missile boat with some nice 250 rails for mid-long distance hits out.

Watched some stuff last night too, caught up with last weeks Angel and Smallville neither of which were great. Couple of episodes of Alias too but it’s really lost the magic it had in the first couple of seasons. It’s still good but was so much better with SD 6 and The Alliance.

People tend to be much nicer and certainly politer in the snow. Even if it’s just smiling at each other while walking past or a grin and a nod for a near slip. It’s nice.

Not really all that much going on these days. My sister is coming over to London this weekend, staying from Saturday until Tuesday. That reminds me, I really do need to get some keys cut for her. Handy to have them around the place too I guess. Saturday night I’m suppose to be going to see a friends band in Camden. Not sure how that will work out as I need to meet my sister around 9.30.
With a bit of luck we’ll be able to drop stuff off and then make it down to Camden to catch some of the band still going strong.

I’m not sure this is something which most people would admit to but I’m listening to the Best of Sinéad O’Connor. Nothing Compares 2 U is a great great song.

Saturday night was party night. It was a long night and it got messy. It was Andy’s birthday and we were all out for some drinks in Clapham. So I went by Avalon first and then onto the pub. It was a good night with lots of good people out. Got home around 3am fairly un sober.

Yesterday Alex and I went to see Big Fish at a lunchtime showing. It was really good and I enjoyed the hell out of it. Did a little shopping afterwards (lots of music Dylan/Springsteen/Pixies) and some comics and then I played Eve for most of the the rest of the day. Watched some Alias alongside it and not enjoying the third season as much as I did the first and second. Will watch some more later and see.

Eve was the loss of another Thorx which annoyed me. I’m going to check out a much more long range engagement option than I’m currently dealing with. If anyone has missiles then I just seem to loose it badly.

I over slept this morning, fairly badly. It was about 10.10 when I got to work. It’s a quiet(ish) day for a change which is nice. I have some live Springsteen going and it’s helping so much.

Oh yes, having Bill Murrey win a Golden Globe for Lost in Translation is excellent news and bodes well for “Oscar Award Winning Bill Murrey”