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this weekend
Oct. 15th, 2007 07:32 pmOk, so... on Friday I went out, drank cider, listened to loud music, and ended up standing on a dodgy street corner with Chris until 4am. At least we didn't get anybody asking us where to buy crack this time.
On Saturday I realised that I really had drunk far too much and was barely able to leave bed until Mr Ibuprofen gave me a helping hand, at about 2pm. I went to town and spent money on things I don't need, like a new pillow and 2Gb of memory for my phone.
Yesterday I went for what I thought was a quiet pub lunch with a friend or two, and ended up playing Apathy Frisbee with 15 students. What is Apathy Frisbee, I (telepathically) hear you say? The rules are somewhat like this:
1) People sit - not stand, too much effort - in a circle roughly 10m in diameter. They should be placed at irregular points around the circumference, leaving maximum gaps for optimal effect. If someone has Megadeth audible on headphones that dangle loosely around their neck, that adds to the atmosphere, but is considered optional.
2) The person with the frisbee tosses it nonchalantly across the circle with little regard for distance or accuracy.
3a) Typically, the frisbee drops limply to the grass nearer the centre of the circle than to anybody sat around the edge. After 2 seconds of staring at it in silence, someone will sigh loudly and nominate someone else to reluctantly get up and fetch it.
3b) Occasionally, the frisbee will overshoot, passing over the head of the nearest person, who will have made a heroic attempt to catch, usually involving leaning over until they flop lifelessly to the grass with one arm outstretched in the vague direction of the frisbee. Eventually they crawl over to retrieve the offending item.
3c) Very rarely, someone with suspiciously powerful wrist action will propel the frisbee over the fence, nearly hitting a passing police car. By holding the event in a city allegedly plagued by gun crime, one can avoid having the police complain about random frisbeeing incidents.
4) Repeat from step 1, until visibility is too poor to avoid potential injury inflicted by incoming frisbee.
5) Go to pub.
When not out and about, I've been doing a bit more exploration on Oblivion. I'm quite bored of the game now, since the balance is screwed up by me levelling too far, and being stuck on several tedious quests, and tired of all the Oblivion gates and dungeons looking identical. It's also annoying that it takes about 50 arrows to kill anything. Oh well.
When I got home today, someone had washed my windows. It's like living in a new house. I can see next door and everything.
Tonight I have to choose between finishing some more of those quests on Oblivion, or designing the SQL database for this game idea I had recently. Both are slightly more laborious than they should be, so the decision isn't so easy.
This week, there's 'hard rockers' 1349 playing on Wednesday, Full Metal Racket at the Angel on Friday, and The Prophecy playing on Saturday. Ace. Anybody going to those?
On Saturday I realised that I really had drunk far too much and was barely able to leave bed until Mr Ibuprofen gave me a helping hand, at about 2pm. I went to town and spent money on things I don't need, like a new pillow and 2Gb of memory for my phone.
Yesterday I went for what I thought was a quiet pub lunch with a friend or two, and ended up playing Apathy Frisbee with 15 students. What is Apathy Frisbee, I (telepathically) hear you say? The rules are somewhat like this:
1) People sit - not stand, too much effort - in a circle roughly 10m in diameter. They should be placed at irregular points around the circumference, leaving maximum gaps for optimal effect. If someone has Megadeth audible on headphones that dangle loosely around their neck, that adds to the atmosphere, but is considered optional.
2) The person with the frisbee tosses it nonchalantly across the circle with little regard for distance or accuracy.
3a) Typically, the frisbee drops limply to the grass nearer the centre of the circle than to anybody sat around the edge. After 2 seconds of staring at it in silence, someone will sigh loudly and nominate someone else to reluctantly get up and fetch it.
3b) Occasionally, the frisbee will overshoot, passing over the head of the nearest person, who will have made a heroic attempt to catch, usually involving leaning over until they flop lifelessly to the grass with one arm outstretched in the vague direction of the frisbee. Eventually they crawl over to retrieve the offending item.
3c) Very rarely, someone with suspiciously powerful wrist action will propel the frisbee over the fence, nearly hitting a passing police car. By holding the event in a city allegedly plagued by gun crime, one can avoid having the police complain about random frisbeeing incidents.
4) Repeat from step 1, until visibility is too poor to avoid potential injury inflicted by incoming frisbee.
5) Go to pub.
When not out and about, I've been doing a bit more exploration on Oblivion. I'm quite bored of the game now, since the balance is screwed up by me levelling too far, and being stuck on several tedious quests, and tired of all the Oblivion gates and dungeons looking identical. It's also annoying that it takes about 50 arrows to kill anything. Oh well.
When I got home today, someone had washed my windows. It's like living in a new house. I can see next door and everything.
Tonight I have to choose between finishing some more of those quests on Oblivion, or designing the SQL database for this game idea I had recently. Both are slightly more laborious than they should be, so the decision isn't so easy.
This week, there's 'hard rockers' 1349 playing on Wednesday, Full Metal Racket at the Angel on Friday, and The Prophecy playing on Saturday. Ace. Anybody going to those?
