Diary of an up and coming sociopath

The other day Ian found a well-sourced (confirmed in multiple towns) rumour that certain WH Smiths stores across the country were having clearouts of consoles at ridiculous prices, so today when Nikki was at the bank, I made a point of having a look in Leamington’s branch, and later in Stratford’s. Alas, there was nothing, and dreams of reselling £30 GBA SPs for thrice the price vanished as quickly as they had been formed. I did get my comics and some Vimto though, which means the day wasn’t a total loss.

On Sunday, Nikki and Jo came over to have dinner at nan’s. I’d reqested beef, because I hardly ever get to eat it and because I knew Nikki liked it. That left the room quite full, since it’s only a small house, but I think everyone involved was happy enough with the results. After that, they went to visit their mum in hospital, and I went ’round dad’s for a while. Then I stayed over at Nikki’s, which led to the aforementioned comics-buying console-hunting evening jaunting around the local cluster of counties. After the recent hi-jinks stuck in roadworks on the Longbridge roundabout, we went the scenic route to Stratford, which cuts out the motorway. It’s not much longer, and you get to drive past a load of incredibly expensive houses and a masonic lodge. While Nikki was in H&M, I sat on a bench outside Lush, and just opposite where we had parked, because it was way too hot to sit in the car, and the bench was in the shade, and read my comic. After a few minutes, Nikki phoned me to say Ian wanted to copy of Ultima: Ascension, which I’d recently found in one of WH Smith’s warehouse clearout sales, so I ran off to get that and met Nikki at the car, and we went back the direct route. Turned out Longbridge is fine this time of day. Ah well.

Technically, the weather’s looking up now. In practise, that means incredibly hot. hadn’t really considered this when I made my plans to go to a couple of gigs in a few week’s time, but hopefully, the heat will mostly stay outdoors. Right. I eventually found an Ash ticket for Oxford on eBay, which is good because it means I can just walk up to the gig. I was entertaining some seriously daunting ideas about going to London twice in two days to see a band, but I’ve avoided that, so long as the ticket arrives, and I’ll be posting it tomorrow. So, gig wise, i’ve got the Pixies on the 2nd of June, Ash on the 3rd, and 3CR in July. We saw Cox’s Yard where 3CR are playing in Stratford when we were there today, actually. It looks incredibly up-market, not the kind of place I’d expect any band to be playing, let alone 3CR. Still, it’s practically on the doorstep, which means I’ll probably go, now Nikki’s in Leamington for a few weeks. There’s also a 3R gig at the Zodiac, so score one for gigs in and around home.

Oh, finally, when I got home tonight, my Zim DVD had arrived. A week later than I’d hoped, but no less awe-inspiring because of it. To think, I’ve got to wait until August to get the next…