Diary of an up and coming sociopath

So much has been done over the recent weekend-ish time that I’m going to have a hard time remembering it all. But I’ll try to do so in a kind of pseudo-cynical “i’ve got nothing to say but I don’t want to leave my blog stagnant for yet another day” manner.

Friday, Damian and Sam came over for the second of three weekends that they’ll be at ours for. I spent the day cleaning We played Mario Kart on Ian’s projector and naturally, I won.

Saturday, we went shopping in the morning. On the way, we picked up Seb from Hillingdon and then did the weekly shop around Tescos. We came back here and talked comics and all that jazz, then crammed seven of us into Ian’s room for increased Nintendo DS Mario Kart action, which I again won. Because I am like a god. We then got ye olde tube to Waterloo where the IMAX was showing Superman, in 3-D! We picked up the tickets after navigating the confusing network of tunnels leading to the entrance, and then went looking for food, eventually choosing some decent-ish cafe place quite close to where we were. I had (surprise) cod and chips, which was nice but in this heat, I didn’t have much of an appetite. We then, more or less, saw the film. I’ll put it in slightly more detail very soon, if I get my arse in gear, but the general perception at the moment is that it was a decent film, could’ve been better, and the 3-D segments were fun but not quite as impressive as they could’ve been.

Sunday, I took Nikki up to ASDA so she could look for some clothes and I took the advantage to go buy some products that Tesco don’t stock. The result? 18 cans of Vimto. I forget anything else that went on, but certainly Damian went home and probably there was some Mario Kart involved, and if so, I definitely won it. We did spend a lot of time outside chatting, though mainly because it’s only bearable to do anything when the sun gets out the fricken’ way. While sitting outside, I saw a really excellent shooting star, which is the first time I’ve seen one that I can recall. I’ve had some that were sort of on the periphery, but that yesterday was unmistakable, and pleased me.

Today I had my first day off work so I took the car in for an MOT with Josh. We walked up Uxbridge road and bought the DVD version of video-boardgame classic, Atmosfear, from Woolworths, and then got a bit of shopping from Sainsburys, before walking back to discover that the car needed plenty of repair work. Fluid leakage in the rear suspension, and a failing handbrake mean that I left the car in the shop and they’ll get back to me tomorrow about how much they’ll be ripping me off. Oh well, better than the axle snapping on the motorway or something, I guess…