Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Christ, I’ve been neglectful. Still, that’s mainly because the week would pretty much read:

Monday:
Woke up at Midday. Watched a few episodes of Angel. At at about 7:00. Watched more angel. Spoke on IRC. Went to bed.

Tuesday:
Woke up at midday…

Ad Fridayum.

So I’ve skipped most of those kind of updates. Today, however, things actually got done. Well, yesterday as well. First, we went to the pub. That is, Me, nikki, Josh and Paul. We met Al there, who the other 3 know and thus I have a kind of passing acquaintance with. We did try contacting Si but no-one’s quite sure where he is. Last time we heard about him, he was driving up to Hull.

Anyway. Did the usual Pub things. They’ve taken away the pornographic spot the difference machine, which was upsetting. Of course, the pub was utterly dead, beccause every one of their usual clientele has gone to sodding Reading. I hope they choke on their tents! I would really have liked to have been at Reading, it’s just that the lineup was shit and I couldn’t afford it, so in many was, I didn’t actually want to be there at all. We went back to Josh’s afterwards and he gave me my Birthday present inadvance - a Michealangelo figure from the new Turtles cartoon. He was my favourite (the turtle, not Josh, though Josh is one of my better friends..) and he will be displayed with pride in Oxford. I’m almost moved to buying the other 3. Frankly, everyone is going to have to think up some really good presents to top that.

Today Nikki and I had a wander around Leamington Didn’t buy anything in particular, though Nikki did get me a “Daily Milk with Mint” which are presumably going to replace the (not to be confused with ice-cream) Mint Crsp bar. They’re cheaper, but they taste a bit cheaper too, so it’s a double edged sword. I guess Mint Crisps are going to have to join the realms of food I’m not going to be eating ever again, along with the original and good Yorkie bars (when Rowntree existed) and Tesco’s Fudge Cake. At least I’ll still have the memories.

And a good target for when I get my time machine operational.

We have recently been filling the time playing the original and best Quake. We found a map I made ages ago called “Maze4″ which was part of a joint project Josh and I were going to do, but that only my half got done ;-) It was a huge labyrinth with a few secrets, some of which even surprised me after so long, and it turns out to be a lot of fun, even if it was slightly broken and incomplete.

Rivetting stuff, huh? Last week’s total stuff-fest has given way to a week of solid boredom. Looks like we’ll be heading back to Oxford around the 15th though, because Nikki’s working then, so that should be fun. At least a change of venue to do nothing in. The end is in sight.

So, what else? I invoiced AP for the services I rendered the other week, so hopefully a nice fat cheque will come through in short order compensating me for, let’s face it, work I’d have probably done for free. I sent other things through the post as well, though it’s not the time to reveal what. Also, Nikki and I bought Tickets to go and see Skin at Shepherds Bush Empire, where we saw Radiohead. Easyworld are supporting, and she’s apparantly very good, so I’ll listen to the album and find out just how worth it this gig is going to be.

I guess that’s all for now. I will say that on Monday we plan to go to Stratford. On a bank Holiday. Remember last time that happenned? Hopefully the fact it’s a Monday and that we plan to go early will work in our favour.

And, just to let you know that I’m not a complete waster, in my free time I am, besides watching DVDs, mostly doing 2 things: Compiling stuff for my ‘zine, and writing a comic script for Epic Submissions. I don’t like to talk about projects like this because for every 10 I start, 1 gets part the “idea” stage and very rarely do any of them end up finished, but hopefully one or both of these will get done to completion. Mike knows what I’m talking about. Incidentally, Mike made me laugh by saying that the beginning to my last entry read like something out of a Quantum Leap episode, which I consider to be both funny and complimentary.