Stuff and things

Didn't do much this morning. Played some bass and listened to some music. Then went to Andy's for 2:30pm to play some games and watch the rugby. Andy was still a bit under the weather after a wild night out to celebrate his 28th birthday* so Rob and I played some more Halo 3 and got another level out of the way. It was fun but a bit annoying in some parts where a tank killed us a ludicrous number of times. Then after Andy woke up a bit, we spent some time playing around in the Forge mode. We don't actually try and kill each other, we just play with things like the Banshees and teleporters and stuff like that.

We had already agreed that we were going to get a Chinese when Will came round, so we got a 4 person banquet. This amounted to rather a lot of food and so by the way the the rugby came round, we were all rather stuffed. It was pretty good though and the chicken and sweetcorn soup was really tasty.

So yeah, a good day overall.

Never been particularly impressed with Vauxhall cars, but the one I have always liked is the Calibra. Yeah, it's just a pretty Cavalier, but it looks amazing, even ten years after they stopped making them. They're cheap now, but that means that all the boy racers are buying them and ruining them with bodykits. My sister had one identical to the one in the picture, and it was a great car.

*Actually 30th but we pretend to believe him when he says 28th.

Hot Fuzz, Chinese Food, Farting and Second Life Crossdressing

Ironic that my post about Batman and Optimus Prime getting it on was my 69th post on this blog.

Sat through a remarkably dull course today, which was only enlivened by a colleague farting loudly during a particularly quiet moment and it being blamed on someone else entirely, causing much indignation on her part and hilarity amongst everyone else who (in theory) should know better. It was like being back in school, going red trying not to laugh. Then again farting is always funny, it's one of those universal rules.

The Hot Fuzz and Chinese evening was a great success. Myself, Will, Lorna and Em piled into Andy's house, armed with the Tai Wing Express menu and a copy of the Hot Fuzz DVD.

We watched some peculiar music videos while we were eating, including Kiss, Cradle of Filth, and Living on the Edge by Aerosmith. Also 'Dr Feelgood' by Motley Crue, again, a sad disappointment after 17 years. The food was great, between us we had Sweet & Sour Chicken Ball, Shredded Beef with Chilli, Szechuan Chicken, Chicken Fried Rice, and a whole lot of chips. And the free Prawn Crackers. I still feel full now. We asked for no vegetables with the beef, so to compensate they went insane with the garlic. I shudder to think about tomorrow.

Hot Fuzz stood up well to a repeat viewing. I'm not sure if I prefer it over Shaun of the Dead, both are excellent films.

Please can everyone take a look at the image of the bass guitar I have attached to this blog. It's the MusicMan Bongo and was designed by some BMW engineers. It constantly gets slated for its looks, often compared to a toilet seat, though it sounds amazing. I played one in January, and absolutely loved it. So what do you think? Toilet seat, or a good looking bass?

I accidentally applied a shape called 'Heroic Firefighter' to my Second Life character, transforming my carefully sculpted athletic figure into some bloatedly muscled retard with a huge chin. Took a while to get it back to normal, and for a laugh I put him into a silky black dress with matching high heels and 8-ball earrings. That caused a somewhat hilarious double-take and cry of 'Holy Crap!' from someone I bumped into while still in male clothing, and then again in the dress.

Tired now, must sleep.