Is there a blogging equivalent to ex-lax? Yesterday I:
- Spent the morning catching up on the internet. It was, thankfully, still there. I often fantasize about living out in the middle of nowhere. A simple life where my days would be filled with making treehouses for the kids and maybe mending that fence that borders on the Johnson farm. But could I get decent broadband? It's amazing how accustomed I've become to high-speed internet, to the point now where even an 8mb connection is irritating. I have to wait for a quicktime trailer to preload? Ridiculous! Still, I imagine it would just be a case of going cold turkey. How much of it all do I really need to read, after all?
- Popped down to Angel for some breakfast and a wander around the shops. Started reading a new writing book. Did not, however, actually write.
- Came home and did some tidying and then took to what became my main task for the day: getting rid of the sofa. At this point I should address my landlord, who may well be reading. The old sofa has reached the end of its life I'm afraid, Bill! Covers are torn, the inner springs are shot and it's all just a bit grotty now. Luckily last week we picked up a used sofa for free and while not being the most glamorous piece of new furniture, it's in good shape, is comfortable, and actually gives us a bit more flexibility in terms of lounge layout. We'll leave it when we move out.
- So anyway, the sofa. The sofa we have had is huge. It's about 7.5 feet long and about 3 feet wide. There's no way I was going to be able to get it out the door without moving half the furniture in the house, and even then I had no way of disposing of it. So I took it apart, which took about 3 hours start to finish (allowing for dust-settling breaks). All the covering and foam needed to be cut off, then the springs all had to be removed before I could get to unscrewing/unbolting the frame. But I got there in the end and once everything had been cleaned up and the new sofa had been put in place it was all looking spiffy!
- Watched Brit horror flick Donkey Punch, which was an effective little thriller of spiralling circumstances. Not one to watch with grandma, but good if you like this kind of thing. Speaking of horror flicks, by the way, do yourself a favour and check out the Spanish film [REC]. I just got the DVD, which I'm looking forward to getting stuck into. It's a quick (75 min), claustrophobic zombie movie that's a nice shot of andrenalised horror. There's a US remake on its way, which may or may not be pants, but I can give the original a big thumbs-up.
- Watched a World at War episode which covered the Holocaust, which put me in a suitably miserable mood before bed.
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Saturday, November 08, 2008
Things I Did Yesterday 08/11/08
Monday, October 27, 2008
War! Never Been So Much Fun.
Okay, who remembers the greatest strategy/satire computer game ever?
Also, after an iteration of the verse from the opening tune, skip ahead to get the funky recruitment hill music.
God I loved the Amiga.
Things I Did Yesterday 27/10/08
My clamouring public demands me! Yesterday I:
- Didn't write. Bad Andrew. Read fantasy tat in the park instead, huddled out of the miserable weather.
- Did, however, continue my Bill Bryson audiobook odyssey, with Notes From A Small Island, which I'm very glad I never read before living in the UK for a while.
- Worked. Biggest job was putting together an invoice for Hounslow libraries, but other than that I was mainly covering (and tidying behind) the till.
- Claudia and Morgan swung by at the end of the day, so they, I, Will and Nat swung down to the Princess Louise for a quick drink. Nice to see them, particularly given that there's limited time left to see them in before their American relocation.
- Came home to the smell of roasting chicken. Mmmm...
- Also came home to discover that Alex had salvaged some goodies from her friends that she helped move through the day, including a bicycle and an original Xbox. It's just the kind of time waster I've been looking for.
- Played some Mario Kart while Alex watched. That's the kind of crazy shit we do at night.
- We started watching Stephen Fry's America, which was, of course, quite entertaining, if a little brief in its coverage.
- Went to bed and tried to read. Went to sleep. Fitfully.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Things I Did Yesterday 21/10/08
Rudy Ray Moore has died! RIP muthafucka! Anyway, yesterday I:
- Got up nice and early with a mind toward achieving stuff. Achieved little.
- Got out and about to get some breakfast and find a teapot. Ran into Ossie down near Angel and had a little chat, then had no luck whatsoever finding a teapot I liked.
- Came home and flipped from one thing to the other all day. Watched Powell and Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale, which was thoroughly enjoyable if lacking some of the visual panache of their later stuff. I also watched Plague of the Zombies from the Hammer box set, which was great.
- Got back into playing Half-Life Two Episode One for a little while. It was nice to give it some time actually.
- Like a restless spirit I then went on to playing some Mario Galaxy, which is great. There's something quite remarkable about the Mario games when they're on form. The density of imagination in them is a thing to behold. Just played through one galaxy, as I'm trying to spin it out.
- Spent a bit of time on the Wii Fit, doing some yoga stretches, a bunch of balance exercises and a few aerobic exercises.
- Read some comics, including Legion of 3 Worlds, which is rather baffling to me as a non-Legion guy, but is substantial enough to feel like a satisfying read. Well, it's mainly just a big fight scene, but a very dense, enjoyable one.
- Caught up on movie trailers. I love the fact that The Transporter 3 (who knew we needed it?) is directed by a man named Olivier Megaton.
- Used chopped Moroccan lamb burgers mixed with garlic roasted portobello mushrooms as the basis for kebabs for dinner. Very happy with the results.
- Watched the latest episodes of the Sarah Silverman Show.
- Played a little Age of Empires on the DS, which has an addictive "Just one more turn" sort of quality. My battery died at about 2.30am.
- Promised myself that today I would spend some time reading a book.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Apple Hate-On #234
So I'm cleaning up my system a bit, when I come across this:
Friday, October 03, 2008
Give Us A Spin!
Hello!
Normal service soon, but meanwhile, make sure you check out cockney geezer Nathaniel Metcalfe's upcoming comedy and variety night, Tombola of Fun! It's gonna be ace!
