Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Very little excitement over the last few days, though we did discover the terrible secret of what that odd smell was in the kitchen. It’s so horrendous I’m not sure I can even relate it, though it’s far more horrendous if you’re Ian, because he’s the guy who ended up clearing out the cause in question.

Let’s just say that if we ever set mouse traps in a non-obvious location again, we will remember to check them.

On Friday after work we met Seb at the train station after he’d spent the day wandering Ealing looking for accommodation, and then came back here for food and stuff. We watched Jay and Bob Strike Back, which is something I’ve been looking to make time for as a sort of Clerks 2 precursor, and while it’s quite a weak film overall, there are still some hilarious bits. I say “film” - it’s more like a 2 hour in-joke dressed up as a more traditional stoner road-trip comedy, but then if you like Kevin Smith you can’t fail to enjoy it. Next on my list of films to re-watch is Tail Lights Fade, which has only minimal Kevin Smith connections but should still be worth the £3 I paid for it.

On Saturday, Seb found himself a place and he and Cappsy came over afterwards for a bit, and it appears that Seb will be here in 2 weeks, which will increase the amount of people I know in Ealing by quite a large percentage. I also went ahead and bought Lost at Sea from Amazon, which is the Brian O’Malley book I’ve failed to find even at Gosh!, but I was only buying it because I discovered Pinky and the Brain is out on DVD and I had to buy that before I gave it further thought.

As if that wasn’t enough, today Nikki and I went to HMV and I spent my £20 HMV voucher which I won from doing the Metro’s Urban Life Survey. I wanted to spend it on a box-set of TV episodes, because  it gives far greater long-term value. After some deliberation, I got  Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Season 1, because for about the last 3 months (spurred on by Superman Returns) I’ve been talking about how horrendously it failed to capture the essence of the characters. And, of course, being a total nerd, that’s made me want to watch it. We’ve only gone through the first half of the incredibly long feature-length episode that starts the series, but I was not disappointed. Dean Cain’s version of Superman/Clark Kent has all the smug air of a date rapist, a man who knows he’s wrong but is so powerful he can afford to be. I keep expecting him to say something like “Who would they believe, Lois? You’re just some hysterical woman, and I’m fucking SUPERMAN! Now, pick up your clothes, cover yourself up and stop crying for god’s sake.”

I also bought the Battlestar Galactica miniseries because I’ve been putting it off for so long. Sometimes it concerns me that my life is becoming an endless string of pop-culture purchases, so I might limit my CD/DVD/Book/Game purchases for the month of August to one a week for the month of August and see how it goes. I’m just building up a backlog of stuff I don’t even have time for, and really it’s a good time to save money for the inevitable day when we move out of here, which at this point is just under 2 months away.