Just back from Lunch, which was meant to be XMAS shopping for Rach.
However with the mad crowds, I chose not to enter a panic driven frenzy and impluse buy. Nope it was merely a recon trip, where gifts were located and noted for later purchase should they prove unavailable on online (where I’ve done 90% of my shopping this year).
Still Manchester was awash with happless shoppers, and to add another touch of surreality some company has errected a giant screen in Piccadilly Gardens which booms out irrelavant advertising crap across the square.
One thing that surprised me this year is how easy they make it now. Its box sets and 2 for one offers galore. If you like tv series look heres the complete run in a box set. If your child likes this book, hey get a soft toy with it in a special pack! The worst one, which exceeds our Rach’s prediction when the first film came out on DVD was the Matrix special edition. All three films, plus the Animatrix, plus the making of for each, plus more odds and sods (10 dvd’s in all) along with a plastic bust of Neo!!! Gawd help us when they do the Lord of the Rings Uber Edition!!!
I suspose there are elements of it, you are engaging your bain in an imaginative way and talking to your fellow man. All basic therapy in my book, which keeps me ticking over nicely thank you very much.
However the lovely John Hughes (one of the HeroQuest Authors) has written the following academic paper
Back on form after yesterdays snoozefest. Mainly due to having a restful evening writting up the Ancient Rome game I ran at Dragonmeet on Saturday. As well as physically restful it was good to get back into the RPG writing, which has really been put to one side of late.
Well its offical. Mastodon are the new gods of metal. If you liked Metallica in their early days, Mastodon have that kind of energy. Check em out.
The good lady Rachel finished off her marathon 7 ngihtshifts in a row and has turned from despair into happyness. Heading towards having a quiet weekend, catching up with each other and the housework.
However tomorrow will rule, I will finish my big long report of doom, I will compile all 20 pages of user requirements and make sense of it all to produce the most awesome web structure ever.
BRING IT ON!!!
(but first hot baths, gentle music and early nights)
All the running around at the weekend has finally caught up with me. While I’m not at the constantly yawning, head bouncing off the monitor phase yet, I ache all over and can’t seem to keep my thoughts together. So its home to an early night and a nice hot bath for me. Problem is in the here and now I’m struggling to get a chunk of work finished by the end of this week for the sake of my sanity….grr
Had a nice lunch break. Went down to Travelling Man (here in Manc) and had a good chat with Steve the manager. Lots of encouragement and practical advice for my own RPG games which I’m in the process of putting togeter. Plus I escaped without buying anything…which is a good move with the state my finances are in apres Le Dragonmeet.
Hoorah!!! Just looked at my Calendar and realised that including today I’ve only got 13 days until XMAS hols start. This is because our new President (Vice Chancellor) gave us an extra day either side of XMAS/NewYear and we get XMAS Eve off!
Yipeeeeeee! 🙂 I love my job!!!
The only downside is that I’ll need to plan my time better at work, if I want to get the new school website to deadline, which I really want to.
