rich_jacko

French Dalek!

Power's back, and the only time it's likely to be off again over the next couple of days is for three hours in the middle of the day tomorrow when I'm at work :o)

bonedancer, caerban, astatine210 and I finally started our quest (for...er...broken bits of stone) in hobbesgoblin's long-awaited D&D game yesterday. Despite being more or less continuously involved at least one roleplaying game or another since 1997, I'd somehow never managed to play in the great grandaddy of them all before now. And it was great fun. We bashed stuff, looted rooms and all went 'Ding!' at the end. DINOSAURS RULE! :o)

I took a wide detour to next door for Neil H's birthday party. I went via home, in order to exchange dice for beer, and via chez Chivers to feed the cats. (In what I think is a first, Merlot had actually managed to catch and kill something, so maybe I needn't have bothered!) At the party, we ended up sitting round discussing global catastrophies until 2 in the morning, which was more enjoyable than it probably sounds.

Keeping to the global catastrophy theme, this morning grok_mctanys and I went to see An Inconvenient Truth. While the snazzy toys at his disposal no doubt helped, Al Gore makes a surprisingly effective and compelling lecturer. The material was well-presented, (mostly) factual rather than political, and I even learned a few things I didn't know before. Gore is clearly passionate about his subject, and I can't help but wonder how different the world would be today if election officials in Florida had been able to count properly...

My long-running building saga seems to be winding up at last, with most of the scaffolding finally coming down today. With it, the fate of my TV aerial has been revealed - The builders hadn't just knocked it or blocked it, it's gone completely. Disappeared. There's an aerial lead dangling in mid-air. Methinks some calls are needed on Monday...

I'm roleplaying again later, of the Serenity variety. In the meantime, here goes the rest of the afternoon! ;o)

One thing I really like about the build-up to the World Cup is seeing all the St George's Flags everywhere - on buildings, cars, you name it. It's such a shame that we don't normally get to see our national flag flying, but it cheers me up whenever I see it. Usually we're so nationally self-deprecating and negative. It makes a really nice change to see so many people taking pride and being supportive of their country - even if it is only because of a football tournament :o)

In other news, I now have double glazing. Marvellous. Just in time for summer...

Like most of the population, I have a strong dislike for Mondays. It being cold outside, no one would let me open the windows today to actually let some air into our stuffy office (Can't wait for the new building with its amazing non-opening windows!). Plus, this morning I was expected to be an expert, not only in immigration law and forgery detection, but also in contract law, employment law, accounting, and several different types of geek IT jobs. I then decided that they weren't paying me nearly enough for all this.

The conclusion that they're not paying me nearly enough for all this may or may not be entirely unrelated to the £300+ gas bill that I've just been stung for. Having been trying to convince the bastards npower for the last eight months to actually charge me for my heating, they've finally taken the hint. And charged me for my heating for the last eight months.

I am currently trying to decide whether or not taking every other Monday off work represents a viable use of my annual leave...

- Useful stuff I needed for the flat: £12.23
- New watch to replace fubared old one: £16.95
- Completely pointless yet somehow irresistible stuff from the Space Centre: £92.95

*whistles nonchalantly*

Finished moving in to my new pad yesterday!

Here endeth the insanely hard work. In far too hot weather.

That is all. Sleep now.... :o)