Long time, no see.
Been a while... so lets's get started. Spend the tail end of last year doing the usual... working too damn much, sleeping not enough, and generally hangin' around. Can't remember anything truly exciting happening... had work functions (whee! Free hog run!) and a housewarming bash here at Casa Dilphenstein to celebrate the arrival of Wuffy and Hairy... nice night, and we even cleaned the joint up for it. Whyrl's reaction was... impressive :) Had a little too much to drink, spent a while exerting my willpower, but eventually, of course, I failed a saving throw and anointed the carpet, my lap, Snowy's leg and Jaffa's boots with mashed twisties. Mental note; 15 shots in two hours /bad/ on empty stomach. Ah well, we live and learn... and the night was fun anyway.
Flew down to melbourne shortly thereafter, had two weeks to spend with my folks... was moderately hectic, given I had to pay my respects to all the relatives, do the family christmas thing, and work it all in with both mum and dad's work rosters... spare time equals nil. Especially once I decided to do some work for my uncle while I was in town.
Little bro flew down a couple of days after me; good to see him again. His ship sails in march, so it was probably the last chance I had to see him before he sails... it was damn good. We actually bonded, did some stuff together rather than the usual 'hi, bye' scenario... he plays a mean game of pool, that's for sure.
Christmas was pretty cool; a turkey dinner, just the four of us. Then Dad went and passed out in his new chair (Mum bought him a leather recliner for christmas) and the rest of us sprawled in appropriate places... a good day, all told. Good food, good company, good gifts... a couple of metal dice, some seriously cool shirts, a pair of glasses from the deadhead, and a new phone... coz mine was utterly fuxxored.
Did the Midfur thing while I was in melbourne; more as an after thought than anything else. The friday night after I arrived was crepe night; and as I quite liked the place last time I was in town and Snowy was going to be present, I figured why not. Besides, it was clubbing afterward, so I got the chance to wear my fullblacks. Much much fun :) Breizoz was ok... far to crowded, and the freak quotient was far too high. Shival is tolerable on his own. With Ebony and Equicanis hanging off him he's downright intolerable... and the same goes for most of the crew there. Met a couple worth knowing better - Pippinz and Hespa spring to mind - and touched base with a couple of folks I hadn't seen for a while, like Silverblue and her crew... but by and large, it was too many people in too small an area, and far too many of them were utter freaks. Wish I'd found Shadow and Asgawe earlier in the evening; they seemed a bastion of sanity in the chaos.
Hit the club after with Bingo, Stephen, Pippinz, Silverblue and a couple of others; watched dusk-til-dawn and had a couple of drinks , then moved on because it wasn't really kickin' as much as we'd hoped. After much exploring, we ended up (sans silverblue) in Crown Casino's arcade, where the guys all played DDR and I ambled around playing the odd game of Time Crisis... staggered home around fivish. Next day was a movie night event, so I tagged along to that... Spirited Away is worth watching regardless of the company you see it with, and the freak quotient felt much lower. Had dinner at a fifties rock cafe, and then retired to Borders with Pippinz, Hespa, and one other guy... forgotten his name now, though. Ah well. Was a good evening.
Cruised home on New Year's Eve, got into town around five in the arvo and Sylvester picked me up from the airport, Georgie (Antheas' little sis) in tow... she's just as cool as I'd been told, and that's saying something. Shot the shit with them on the way through, then they headed off home to arrange their own thing while I went in to unpack... and finally met Alison, Wuffy's ex-girlfriend/still girlfriend/friend with benefits/whatever... a cool chick, whatever label you attach to her. Shot the shit with her and wuffy for a while - think I may have overdone it a little, though, coz all my crude an' rude programming had just been reawoken after being suppressed for my time in melb... but hey. I think she realised I'm all talk fairly early in the piece, which is good. And if not... *shrug* too late to worry. We rocked on out to Gothdom (yep, you guessed it, a local goth club) for the evening - Alison looks damn good in PVC, by the way - to have a few drinks, watch the crowds, and generally hang out... it was pretty sweet. Need to do that kinda thing more often, I think. Hung there till 3ish, cruised home, and spent an hour or two decompressing before I crashed... work at 10 the next day.
Work was cool; couple of things had changed while I was away, but a nice quiet day on $36 an hour is a good way to start the year, I reckon. Nice to have the loot on hand. That night was vodka and Hellsing, and the next day I took the two of em through the city to check the gaming shops... I don't know why Aly wanted to come, being a non-gamer, but she claimed to enjoy it, so who am I to argue? Then, of course, more work... crawled home after midnight, shot the shit with the two of them for a bit, then went to grab something to drink... the odour emanating from the sink was enough to turn my stomach, so enough was enough. ALy had offered to take care of the dishes while she was here if Wuffy took care of that sinkload - it's been there since I left, so you can /imagine/... but, wuffy being wuffy, it hadn't happened. So I figured, fuck it, I'll get it done so I have something to drink out of... and as I was still in the dregs of one of my 'ruthless efficiency' moods, I got it all out of the way. Took me a couple of hours, but worth it. Then cleaned my room. Passed out around 6, was planning to catch a movie this morning, but had already decided I wasn't going to go - too many things to do today. Gotta do bankstuff, and work, and shopping... but I ended up sleeping in anyways (woke up at 8 when my alarm went off, but rolled over. Was going to get an early start on everything) and getting up 1130ish. Checked mail, decided to type this up, and shortly will be heading out.
Got a wedding to go to tomorrow - Rompas and Miralee, two of the mudder crew from my younger days... should be good to see the old crew once more, find out what they've been doing... and hey, I ain't invited to weddings every day. Sunday is my birthday... looking pretty hardcore atm. Aly wants to do a market-trawl, and as I haven't done one in a while I said I'd take her, then Wuffy's running a werewolf game over lunch, then we're doing a Hog run - should speak to whyrl about that, I have no idea who he's invited and who he hasn't, as of yet, and if I need to make reservations or not - and follow that up with a screening of the Two Towers. Boo-yah. Here's hoping it all goes as well as planned...
Flew down to melbourne shortly thereafter, had two weeks to spend with my folks... was moderately hectic, given I had to pay my respects to all the relatives, do the family christmas thing, and work it all in with both mum and dad's work rosters... spare time equals nil. Especially once I decided to do some work for my uncle while I was in town.
Little bro flew down a couple of days after me; good to see him again. His ship sails in march, so it was probably the last chance I had to see him before he sails... it was damn good. We actually bonded, did some stuff together rather than the usual 'hi, bye' scenario... he plays a mean game of pool, that's for sure.
Christmas was pretty cool; a turkey dinner, just the four of us. Then Dad went and passed out in his new chair (Mum bought him a leather recliner for christmas) and the rest of us sprawled in appropriate places... a good day, all told. Good food, good company, good gifts... a couple of metal dice, some seriously cool shirts, a pair of glasses from the deadhead, and a new phone... coz mine was utterly fuxxored.
Did the Midfur thing while I was in melbourne; more as an after thought than anything else. The friday night after I arrived was crepe night; and as I quite liked the place last time I was in town and Snowy was going to be present, I figured why not. Besides, it was clubbing afterward, so I got the chance to wear my fullblacks. Much much fun :) Breizoz was ok... far to crowded, and the freak quotient was far too high. Shival is tolerable on his own. With Ebony and Equicanis hanging off him he's downright intolerable... and the same goes for most of the crew there. Met a couple worth knowing better - Pippinz and Hespa spring to mind - and touched base with a couple of folks I hadn't seen for a while, like Silverblue and her crew... but by and large, it was too many people in too small an area, and far too many of them were utter freaks. Wish I'd found Shadow and Asgawe earlier in the evening; they seemed a bastion of sanity in the chaos.
Hit the club after with Bingo, Stephen, Pippinz, Silverblue and a couple of others; watched dusk-til-dawn and had a couple of drinks , then moved on because it wasn't really kickin' as much as we'd hoped. After much exploring, we ended up (sans silverblue) in Crown Casino's arcade, where the guys all played DDR and I ambled around playing the odd game of Time Crisis... staggered home around fivish. Next day was a movie night event, so I tagged along to that... Spirited Away is worth watching regardless of the company you see it with, and the freak quotient felt much lower. Had dinner at a fifties rock cafe, and then retired to Borders with Pippinz, Hespa, and one other guy... forgotten his name now, though. Ah well. Was a good evening.
Cruised home on New Year's Eve, got into town around five in the arvo and Sylvester picked me up from the airport, Georgie (Antheas' little sis) in tow... she's just as cool as I'd been told, and that's saying something. Shot the shit with them on the way through, then they headed off home to arrange their own thing while I went in to unpack... and finally met Alison, Wuffy's ex-girlfriend/still girlfriend/friend with benefits/whatever... a cool chick, whatever label you attach to her. Shot the shit with her and wuffy for a while - think I may have overdone it a little, though, coz all my crude an' rude programming had just been reawoken after being suppressed for my time in melb... but hey. I think she realised I'm all talk fairly early in the piece, which is good. And if not... *shrug* too late to worry. We rocked on out to Gothdom (yep, you guessed it, a local goth club) for the evening - Alison looks damn good in PVC, by the way - to have a few drinks, watch the crowds, and generally hang out... it was pretty sweet. Need to do that kinda thing more often, I think. Hung there till 3ish, cruised home, and spent an hour or two decompressing before I crashed... work at 10 the next day.
Work was cool; couple of things had changed while I was away, but a nice quiet day on $36 an hour is a good way to start the year, I reckon. Nice to have the loot on hand. That night was vodka and Hellsing, and the next day I took the two of em through the city to check the gaming shops... I don't know why Aly wanted to come, being a non-gamer, but she claimed to enjoy it, so who am I to argue? Then, of course, more work... crawled home after midnight, shot the shit with the two of them for a bit, then went to grab something to drink... the odour emanating from the sink was enough to turn my stomach, so enough was enough. ALy had offered to take care of the dishes while she was here if Wuffy took care of that sinkload - it's been there since I left, so you can /imagine/... but, wuffy being wuffy, it hadn't happened. So I figured, fuck it, I'll get it done so I have something to drink out of... and as I was still in the dregs of one of my 'ruthless efficiency' moods, I got it all out of the way. Took me a couple of hours, but worth it. Then cleaned my room. Passed out around 6, was planning to catch a movie this morning, but had already decided I wasn't going to go - too many things to do today. Gotta do bankstuff, and work, and shopping... but I ended up sleeping in anyways (woke up at 8 when my alarm went off, but rolled over. Was going to get an early start on everything) and getting up 1130ish. Checked mail, decided to type this up, and shortly will be heading out.
Got a wedding to go to tomorrow - Rompas and Miralee, two of the mudder crew from my younger days... should be good to see the old crew once more, find out what they've been doing... and hey, I ain't invited to weddings every day. Sunday is my birthday... looking pretty hardcore atm. Aly wants to do a market-trawl, and as I haven't done one in a while I said I'd take her, then Wuffy's running a werewolf game over lunch, then we're doing a Hog run - should speak to whyrl about that, I have no idea who he's invited and who he hasn't, as of yet, and if I need to make reservations or not - and follow that up with a screening of the Two Towers. Boo-yah. Here's hoping it all goes as well as planned...