Random long pointless journal entry, DNR lol
OK. Last weekend but one there was a Swindon meet, to which about a dozen furs turned up (to my great surprise). I'm not going to post about that, so if you want to know then check that date on my friends page.
Last weekend just gone we had another meet. Went to meet up on Friday after work, and had a fairly nice night at the pub with about ten or so furs, although I got tired quite quickly. On the encouragement of others some of us stayed there until about 0200, and then split up to back to individual houses, with the remainder of us crashing at my friend Steve's house.
Saturday started around 1300 at the pub again, but at around 1830 I had to leave to go to work. While I was gone the others continued, among other things going to play Laserquest. I got back from work at about 0120, exactly as the furs were leaving the pub. Half a dozen of us went back to Ollie's place, where I'm sure we were a pain in the neck to his parents.
On the Sunday I left fairly early with Draco and Hot Dave; whereupon we saw the wonders of Swindon, and watched Layer Cake on DVD, and then off to Essex via Kent for the other two.
Went on IRC for a while, then went to sleep for about 15 hours. x.x
Now that the time line has been set out, a few really random things.
On Saturday night I had planned to go home with my dad, so he came to pick me up. However, when he got there, I begged him to take me into town instead, which turned out OK. He had brought my two brothers with him, so we had a pint or two while my shift was ending. My brother started talking about his current job as a proofreader -- I knew he had one, but not where or what -- and using a CAMRA leaflet to point out bad formatting errors. In the course of doing this he told us about some of the proofers' and editors' marks that are used -- most of which I already knew.
Anyhow, it just struck me that it may have been somewhat heartless of me to demonstrate that I already know what some of the marks are, and what 'stet' means, and such things. c.c
In other random news, I'm throwing away my large red backpack that has been with me through thick and thin ((game)). A pack of after-dinner mints I had in it had exploded, coating the bottom of the bag and all items located thusly. There was also some tearing down the side, and at the top (although no actual holes all the way through).
To make matters worse, I opened the front compartment where I put medication, headache/pain/sleeping/caffeine tablets, and miscellaneous small items such as pens and my USB bluetooth adaptor; only to find that the rain had got in and the packets asploded, coating said items (including the USB bluetooth adaptor) in some kind of pain-relieving anti-depressing headache-eliminating sleep-causing sleep-depriving goo.
Yay.
Last weekend just gone we had another meet. Went to meet up on Friday after work, and had a fairly nice night at the pub with about ten or so furs, although I got tired quite quickly. On the encouragement of others some of us stayed there until about 0200, and then split up to back to individual houses, with the remainder of us crashing at my friend Steve's house.
Saturday started around 1300 at the pub again, but at around 1830 I had to leave to go to work. While I was gone the others continued, among other things going to play Laserquest. I got back from work at about 0120, exactly as the furs were leaving the pub. Half a dozen of us went back to Ollie's place, where I'm sure we were a pain in the neck to his parents.
On the Sunday I left fairly early with Draco and Hot Dave; whereupon we saw the wonders of Swindon, and watched Layer Cake on DVD, and then off to Essex via Kent for the other two.
Went on IRC for a while, then went to sleep for about 15 hours. x.x
Now that the time line has been set out, a few really random things.
On Saturday night I had planned to go home with my dad, so he came to pick me up. However, when he got there, I begged him to take me into town instead, which turned out OK. He had brought my two brothers with him, so we had a pint or two while my shift was ending. My brother started talking about his current job as a proofreader -- I knew he had one, but not where or what -- and using a CAMRA leaflet to point out bad formatting errors. In the course of doing this he told us about some of the proofers' and editors' marks that are used -- most of which I already knew.
Anyhow, it just struck me that it may have been somewhat heartless of me to demonstrate that I already know what some of the marks are, and what 'stet' means, and such things. c.c
In other random news, I'm throwing away my large red backpack that has been with me through thick and thin ((game)). A pack of after-dinner mints I had in it had exploded, coating the bottom of the bag and all items located thusly. There was also some tearing down the side, and at the top (although no actual holes all the way through).
To make matters worse, I opened the front compartment where I put medication, headache/pain/sleeping/caffeine tablets, and miscellaneous small items such as pens and my USB bluetooth adaptor; only to find that the rain had got in and the packets asploded, coating said items (including the USB bluetooth adaptor) in some kind of pain-relieving anti-depressing headache-eliminating sleep-causing sleep-depriving goo.
Yay.