It's 1:30am and I'M NOT DRUNK

Strange, isn't it?

I've had guests over, played games and talked about life, the universe and everything. We watched Sport Relief's Stars in fast Cars and so on. There was booze present and I didn't drink any, going for tea instead. I think I may be coming down with something. Tomorrow I meet my parents and will do things. More later.

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Nostalgia TV

I've recently been indulging my penchant for TV sci-fi by watching that classic of the seventies, Battlestar Galactica, on DVD. I'd thought that I'd seen them all over the years but in the first twelve I came across several that I'm sure I hadn't seen before.

And whilst I watched I wondered to myself, "Whatever became of Noah Hathaway (Boxey)?" If you want to know, you can find out here. I was surprised.

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BBC 7

Yes, I know that it's listed in the People and Stuff I Like section on the sidebar but I can't state enough how great this site is. I've been listening to the radio available from this site all night (from 7pm 'til now), browsing the programmes available and for the first time really getting involved in the stuff. It's the best evenings entertainment from the BBC I've had in a very long time.

And it's all available for free and about five days worth of broadcasts are there on demand!

Sometimes you realize the license fee is worth it.

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It's 3:15am and...

I assume I don't have to finish the sentence...

It's after 3am and everyone has left about two hours ago leaving me to my own devices. I assume everyone had a good time, celebrating degrees and Doctorates.

I enjoyed the whole evening, a meal at a local Thai Restaurant and then on to my place to round out the night. It was also Beren's birthday and we celebrated that too (a little, I think he didn't want to advertise he was 30!)

I feel a little in awe of all my friends. Of all the people present tonight I was almost the only one present without a basic degree ('cause I'm a drop out because of the Commonwealth Potato Collection, long story, and Agent Grey because of reasons [I don't know, but he is my friend] and Rules Monkey for much the same reasons) but I wish them all well. Tonight there was a wealth of the assembled intellect of the UK:
Doctor Beren and Doctor Luthien
Chocolate Muffin Ba
Bubble Ba
Mystery Girl Ba
Chaos Bsc
Doctor Ooze
Doctor Horse Girl
Cool Car Guy Bsc
Dirty Fairy Bsc or whatever a Nursing degree is

If I got anyone's degree wrong, it's my fault for not prying enough. I salute all of you for putting up with the trials and tribulations I couldn't be bothered with at the home stretch of my degree and wish you all the very best of luck in the future. I just wish...But if wishes were horses then I'd be with you...And not at the Mecca!

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1.30 am and I'm a bit sozzled

I've had a rough day at work. Nothing worked as I wanted it to, I made some basic mistakes 'cause 14hrs in the same building'll do that to you and it was Saturday night.

When I'd finished I checked my mobile and found that RulesMonkey had invited me to the pub during the Blues Festival. 'Nuff said . I went along to the establishment to find it packed to overflowing and no sign of RulesMonkey or HorseGirl and so went home.

However, my appetite hed been whetted and I was in a fix. I needed a client and so called Beren to see if he was free. A couple of short 'phone calls later saw me at The King and Dead Princess' place for a late evening with Beren, Luthien, Ditrty Fairy, Cool Car Guy, UberOrk and Strange Woman. Nice. I needed booze and company after that day and I was well rewarded.


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Oooh, shiny...!

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An Unexpected Party

Normally I would have posted after everyone went home, but I was too drunk for that for once.

A "surprise" party. Cool. I thought a couple of friends were calling round for drinks but it turned out to be the "throng" Bilbo feared instead! Food, booze and craic and all I had to provide was the location. Cheers to everyone who showed up to make last night a great night. I could do with more of that kind of surprise!

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Finally, the 20th Century!

Ok, a bit over the top but that's how I feel. Despite years of saying that I'm not going to get a mobile phone 'cause they're intrusive and rude and that the only way I'd buy one was if Grand Moff Blunkett pried one into my cold, dead hands...I've bought one.

There's my principles for you. Throw a bit of cheap tech at me and dress it up right and I'm drooling like the rest of the geeks and reaching for my wallet.

I'm not proud...and now I can take phone photos. Cool.

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42...?

Itis coming back! Look here for more info!

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There and Back Again

A SixFoot Hobbit's Holiday

Well, I went to Ireland, saw my folks, and I encountered no (in order) dwarves, wizards, trolls, high elves, goblins, magic rings, wee beasties that live under mountains at underground lakes and ask riddles, wargs, eagles, werebears, giant spiders, wood elves, lake men or dragons and now I'm back.

Not much of a holiday, really...

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I'd forgotten how good Guinness was in Ireland...

Oh, Sorry...

It's 1:35am and I'm quite merry...

I've been on a whirlwind tour of the east coast of Ireland today with my dad. Armagh, Down, Monaghan, Westmeath, Louth, Dublin and Wicklow. Not bad for one day. Later I met Munchkin, FionnTemplate and BucketWoman for a chat and went to a pub quiz at Newry Golf Club and drank the afore mentioned Guinness. Oh, and I also bought a new hat. Huzzah.

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Finally

It's taken me about 30 hours to make it this far. My parent's machine is a bit of an antique and it's taken me 10 minutes to get from dial up to here this time. All my other attempts have ended in failure.I told them about broadband but they say that it's unavailable in this region at the moment. The wonders of BT...

Already I'm going a bit nuts. There's not much to do in Cloughogue (pronounced Clog). My mum has roped me into clearing out the attic. Today it was books. Lots of books. Very few of them mine. I like mine where I can get them. There were some old notes from school and university. I wrote some shite back then. I decided not to save any of it for posterity except my St. Colman's College report cards. I also found a Christmas present from 1983. Doctor Who - A celebration. 20 Years in Time and Space. Cool. It'll go well with my present from 2003, 40 years in the Tardis. On a Who related note, I've checked my copy of the FASA game I got from eBay. Mint doesn't cover it. Original dice, FASA order form and FASA catalogue. And they're in mint condition too!

I took my father to see The Day After Tomorrow tonight. He didn't like it. "Too slow", he said. I liked it although I thought the plot was guff. The ocean currents weren't even marked correctly. They showed the gulf stream moving from the British Isles to the Gulf of Mexico. Really, where's the realism...?

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On the move

I am on holiday! To celebrate this, I am using a phone booth at Stranraer Harbour whilst i wait for the 2:45pm HSS service to Belfast. Cor, the wonders of modern society!

When I left RPC this morning Ialso received a parcel from the postie, the First ed. Fasa box set of the Dr Who RPG...in mint condition...with original dice even! Huzzah for eBay! I have been looking for this for 12+ years. I must be living right!

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Once again, blatantly ripped off...

Take the What High School
Stereotype Are You? quiz.


I thought I'd get Geek, but 'twas not to be. At least it didn't think I'd be a Goth (shudder).

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One of these days I'll Mean it!

Never again. I say it every time. I'm not long back from helping Slacker's Ex fom shifting her stuff from his place. It's only taken the better part of 2 years or so but it's actually happening and muggins here has been roped in to help over two days. I hope all this is good for my karma, it's not good for my back...

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The Tragedy of Hector

That's my alternate title for Troy. I've just returned from seeing it at the DCA in town. Gods, what a movie. I was prepared to hate it or nitpick about differences between the Film and The Illiad but I just didn't care. An immense spectacle of epic proportions! With a cast of thousands (of cgi people and ships)!

I wonder if Sean Bean and Brad Pitt got together and compared notes about getting feathered at the end of a movie. I hope they make a sequel (Homer did) and apply the same production values to The Odyssey

For those of you, like me, who love the ancient myths of the Greeks try Mythweb for fairly cool abridged versions.

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Messing about in boats

I was invited to go on a kayaking trip today. Something outdoors and fun, I thought. Makes a change from Bloodbowl , so I went.

First canoe wasn't too successful. I capsized twice. It was so small and nimble that I had trouble controlling it. The least stroke sent it careening over the lake surface. The instructors then took pity on me an offered me a substantially larger canoe, the Star Destroyer of canoes. Much more to my taste. It took an effort to change its direction and was considerably more stable. In this I was able to power back and forth across the lake at a fair rate of knots. Groovy. It was a shame when the hour was up. I hope to go back again soon.

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Oh, God...my head is completely...

...fine! How about that? I know it doesn't dserve to be, the sheer amount of booze I put away last night but there you go. Onward to a fine day of bloodbowling and faff then.

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4:50 am and I'm totally smashed

Dirty Fairy and Cool Car Guy decided to throw a bar-b-q. Fair enough. Myself, Beren and Luthien and Bubble and Ooze were also in attendance. (Note: one unmarried guy among the couples.) Many meat feasts later and we retired to the living room to consume more alcohol after Beren and Luthien left.

Much talk into the wee small hours ensued after a relocation to Bubble and Ooze's place after we had finished all the booze in the other flat.

This included the very bad idea of internet purity tests, which I lost. (92% on the hundred pointer and 95% on the 1500 pointer.)

I left at 4:10am and ran into BTBubble on the way down the road. Strange coincidence as I had previously met her on the way to work at 11:30am on Saturday. Short discussion ensued as we had previously worked together at Purgatory Ltd. Weird.

I've now got back home and found Double Barrel sleeping on my couch. I wonder what the Ubergeek has got up to in my absence...

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Good Luck!

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish my good friend ChocolateMuffin all the best as she's going into hospital for an operation tomorrow. It isn't anything serious and she should be out within 24hrs but it's traditional to wish people good luck on such occasions, so...


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