Diary of an up and coming sociopath

I have recently solved the problem of how to watch stuff on TV by buying myself a 10 metre S-Video/3.5mm audio jack -> SCART cable that allows me to use the TV as a monitor. Sure, it’s in the wrong room so I have to kind of take a stab in the dark about whether I’ve made it fullscreen or not, but it’s not too much of a chore and has made things much easier. I did just discover that Tesco have this very inexpensive streaming media device for £30 which I’d probably have tried instead if I’d known that you could get ones that cheap, but if this works that’ll do for now.

Yesterday Nikki went back to Leam to see her sister before she went to Uni, so I had myself a meandering sort of day where I first stayed in bed listening to Adam and Joe, then went to Tescos, unpacked the last of our stuff, and Josh and I reorganised our consoles and DVDs and various TV inputs, so that we’ve now got, neatly placed, a NES, a SNES, a Gamecube, an X-Box 360, a DVD player and my PC all plugged into the TV and ready to roll. It’s enough to make you weep with joy. Josh later went up to his Aunt’s so rather than sit around bored I had Ian over and we shouted insults at the TV for a bit (seriously. We watched Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The Question was “Which phrase is associated with Sailors? A) Hi-ho, B) Hey Presto, C) Heave-ho or D) Hi-Fi. It was bad enough that the guy was dumb enough to use an Ask the Audience lifeline, but it was truly horrible that 13% or so thought it was A, suggesting that they can’t tell the difference between the 7 Dwarves and Sailors. Ugh.)

We were just looking for a film to watch when Josh got back, so we decided to stick to an old plan of ours to re-watch the Matrix sequels. I maintain that Reloaded is just a bunch of horrible, over-extended set pieces which end when the people involved simply leave. It’s not particularly entertaining to watch a bunch of invincible foes beat on each other when there’s no chance for resolution. I think I’m in the minority in preferring Revolutions, but I hope that’ll change when we get around to rewatching it.

Earlier in the week (Wednesday, if you must know) we had Seb and Cappsy over because they were experiencing a lack of services in life, including both Internet and hot water, stuffed them full of food and then hung them on meat hooks in the basement. I think. Some of that might be confused with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake Josh and I just watched, though I’m almost certain at least one of us had their limbs sawn off.Up until now I’d have said that a remake of TCM was probably one of the worst ideas for a horror film ever, but during an advert break we realised why they were showing it now. A Texas Chainsaw Massacre PREQUEL abounds. Christ help us.