the joy of toast.

hello there!

No I haven't abandoned you, just been a weird coupld of weeks with work and everything. I've written this before but my current job is aproximatley 100% more absorbing than my old one meaning theres much less time to actually update this on a regular schedule, also the computer chair at home, which my buttocksa are currently embracing is not comfy, in a back room which stays cold and is not the most inviting place to come and spend a few hours writing, something I am saving up for is a folding bluetooth keyboard which would not only work with the wii, enabling e to update from the comfot of the couch, but also my phone which would mean I could write posts a hell of a lot faster from whatever park bench/airport lounge, pub I find myself in at the time. But It'll be a couple of months before I can get hold of one.

The post title towards toast is because em and I spurlged yesterday getting all the stuff we've been meaning to get for the house for ages, including (but not limited to) a new microwave, kettle and Toaster! No more lighting the grill (Broiler) for toast , Two slices of bread in, two slices of toast out! Wicked! (As Jane pointed out it was like I was in a student house!)

Joy.

Managed to get a cold from my friends, I'm not pointing fingers but three different people were all laid up in bed for at least a coupld of days and right now the only thing keeping me on my feet (or rather buttocks) is the insane amounts of coffee I've drunk to counteract the affects of the cold medication I've taken. Its like two aries are figthing for control of my system. One wants to go to bed and pull the covers over my head until the new year, the other wants to go dancing!

I'll go in reverse cronolgical order since I last posted.

Had a wicked party at Rob and carolines on friday night, played chess and trival pursuit and drank some beer and managed to avoid the homemade chilli vodka. Everyones coming over to our for new years and I have playdough and poker lined up for entertainment purposes!

Wrote some more music with will and Llion on thursday, nothing quite as scandeluos as last time but done in the same spirit. I'm thinking I need to write these things ahead of time to check them back as having read what I scribbed down in minutes at wills, I'd change nearly all of it if I could now.

Before that was a lovely xmas/new year with my inlaws who are all, to a person, lovely down to earth people. Its great to find a family were not only does everyone get on but they actually seek out each otheres company regularly. I'm very close to my family as well so having that one both sides of my marrige is fantastic.


before htat had a pub crawl around st asaph my old stomping ground. It turns out one of the old mans pubs in teh village is now a john wanye theme pub. In that theres all sorts of replicas and memorbilia on the walls. They're also serving real ale, which is a small passion of mine so I think my future business wil be driected there!

Anyways got to get on today got new years eve to prepare.

Later

Night out

Had a superb works night out. My head is only slightly too small for my brain this morning but I'm not going to make it worse by staying on the computer all day. I have one thing to mention though. Cognac hour is not a good idea.

xmas lunch

Got my xmas works do today. Bacon butty at work for breakfast, about 3 hrs of work then dinner and beer all afternoon! Woot!

Nevermind rapido

With friends around for a board game you could pay £25 for RAPIDO And have an okay time.


Or you could pay £5 and get a jumbo box of playdough and have a much much better time.




One person sits out and tells the other people they have 2 minutes to make an item/person/place/thing and once the time is over they judge who created the best.

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CAN'T REMEMBER, POSSIBLY ME.

catch-up

Morning.

Bit of a catch up I think

Last weekend was fake xmas, My sister and her fiance the mighty mighty Wez came up on the Friday just missing Steve and Kara by a couple of hours. It was great to hang out with Steve and Kara for a bit, they're good friends who we never really get the chance to see but with that kind of relationship you know its good when you can just slip back into a conversation that you started 3 years ago. It great to have those kind of relationships and I feel very privileged to have that with a few people.

Jane and Wez were knackered after driving up from London so it was time for bed and then Saturday over to mums house for xmas dinner followed by Wez teaching us the intricacies of texas-hold-em poker. Even my mum really got involved in the rounds of bluffing and better (for chips not for actual dosh).

Sunday Wez, Em and I had 18 holes on tiger woods *ITS GOOD* on the wii. I wonder why anyone would buy any other version? You hold the remote like a club, swing in the same way and its sensitive enough that if you hook your shot in real life you'll hook it here. Its a great chill out game, as long as you don't take your golf tooooooooo seriously. Lets face it, its the only way I'd ever be able to play on the old course at st Andrews.

Quite busy at work at the moment thanks to a backdated pay award from April, which basically means every calculation on pay done to date needs revising. Keeping me employed anyways.

Had a cracking game of footie on tues, five or six people came up to me after the game to tell me how well I'd played, which is a first in my book. I'm never picked last for the teams anymore, which I think is the biggest complement anyone could ever pay me. Oh yeah and the wind was unbelievable. it was blowing the ball all over the shop so it made for a frenetic unpredictable game. Which was cool. And its great to keep up with old friends from my previous work. When you met people that you have an easy uncomplicated rapport with you should hold on to that for as long as you can.

Last night was badminton and Will came along for the first time which was great, I was pleased at how well he fitted in. His kamikaze style of badminton is always good to watch and I think playing against some of the better player at the club he'll just get better and better. He told me hes writing a story which sounds really good I can't wait to see what he comes up with.


Today is Mild Mayhem day. People are coming over for pictionary, rude word scrabble, poker and pizza. Or basically just to hang out... which is something I adore.

Oh and the picture is from this site Rap represented in graphical format. It pretty funny... even if you know nothing about rap!

peace out home slice!!

fake xmas

Fake xmas was a roaring success. My sister and Wez came up and we did all the xmasy stuff with my mum. Presents, wine, food and so forth. Now its time for 18 holes on tiger woods 2008 and then the boxing day meal!

I love doing xmas twice a year! Woot!