Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Guess where I went today. Not my finest piece of writing, but cut me some slack! Transcription is an utter bitch and time was of the essence. Going into Claridges was one of those moments I occasionally have where I feel like I’ve somehow sneaked in the back door of life into an area reserved for proper grown ups. I wonder if that feeling ever stops coming? Hopefully not, anyway. On my way out I nicked one of the bottles of coke they were giving out. Coke in a glass bottle is one of life’s precious, untaintable luxuries.

My plan to ask Jon Favreau a question that started “In issue #127…” using The Simpsons’ shop-assistant teenager voice was unfortunately scuppered by a paucity of questions from the floor. Maybe next time. Oh, and Gwyneth Paltrow looked ridiculously amazing in person, given that I don’t really find her attractive on-screen. I remember having similar feelings about Amber Benson when I first saw her in person. As Josh says, that’s why the call them “the beautiful people.” Can they quote Buffy episodes with pinpoint accuracy though!? If that’s the price of beauty, they can KEEP IT. (In retrospect, Amber Benson of all people probably can. COMPLETE FAIL, James.)

Once again, I am in Micro Mart this week, giving my “top 10 freeware” choices. The feature’s mentioned on the cover and everything. There’s one more article I’m expecting to see (next week?) and I’m also waiting for Simon to get back to me on three more pitches I sent in, which are thankfully more diverse because I think I exhausted a decade’s worth of Windows knowledge over the last three. Let’s hope he’s interested in ‘em.

With Dead Rising thoroughly in the can and GTA IV still a few days away, I have taken to trying to beat Hexic, aided by a soundtrack of In Rainbows and Crystal Castles. It only improves the game, let me tell you. My copy of GTA IV was shipped today, in fact, so it shouldn’t be long now until it arrives. It’s going to take some serious willpower to fit my work around it, but I’m confident I’ll manage. My current rule is to not play any games before 5:30pm, and while I’ll probably relax that rule the day I get GTA, it will otherwise be religiously adhered to. Please be prepared to see me utterly backtrack on this statement next week, though!