What we did for the weekend !

A couple of the lads came to my house for the weekend and here's what happened:

• We got wet in the rain


• Like 4 big kids we based our way around on the Bumpers


• I survived the longest in a 4 way shooting game in the arcade

Alan had the fasest Camel (twice) he won a deck of cards and some really plastic poker chips

• Conor & Al hammered myself and Michael in table football


• Michael got some exercise beating some really old arcade game that involved him punching alot of pads


• Myself & Michael remained unbeated in Doubles playing both Virtual Tennis & Top Spin 2 on the Xbox 360


• Conor played football !!! (OK he played PES 6 on the xbox360)


• I won the Poker session


• Conor & Michael had an epic encounter on Top Spin 2 to see who was the best, after the first set ending 6-6 they decided not to play anymore. I captured a small clip of the boys in action, see video below.


• Conor won Rock Paper Sissors for the Double Bed, his greatest victory all night he reckons...

Metro Sense

My letter in the Metro today:



It makes sense if you read the Metro letters page on a semi-regular basis. People are accusing me of making it too highbrow. Keep your peepers peeled for the follow up: "Screw them single mothers."

Conor loves cock.

I got sent this today. Thanks Gerry.

Holidaying in Ireland

I'm currently on Holidays in Killarney and man the weather sucks!
Nothing but fecking rain all week, what the hell is going on for Gods sake it's July you know.

Ooooh! New shoes?

Bought some runners: Asics Gel-Foundation 7's.



"A versatile motion control shoe that provides the overpronators with a flexible, yet supportive base"

Features include:
AHAR
spEVA lasted
Air Mesh
Compression Molded EVA sockliner
spEVA
3M Scotchlite
Personal Heel Fit

Maaaan! Wearing these puppies the other triathletes don't stand a chance.

And they cost less then my bike.

Triathlon

A couple of chaps in work are running in the Dublin City Triathlon. I half-heartedly said I'd give it a go.

There are a couple of issues around this (always with the excuses)

I am a fat fuck

I have young children

I have no runners

I have a shit bike

I have no wetsuit

I have taken no serious exercise in 15 years

So, if I am going to take this seriously here's the plan:

Buy runners. Make sure that they cost more than the bike.

Ride the bike I have

Buy a wetsuit

Run small distances at night

Cycle to work

Swim

Swim in a river

That's it eh? Willpower required. Lots and lots and lots. We'll see, I'm not very hopeful.

Information is a super-weird substance

Couple of things.



I bought "The Mindscape of Alan Moore" on DVD. I am promised a psychedelic journey into one of the world's most powerful minds. You can see the trailer here. The only thing that puts me off a little is the way the director calls himself "DeZ VYLENZ" (sic.)

Promises to be good. Sinead is not very enthusiastic about watching it, so the review may have to wait a while. The three hours of extras will definitely involve me finding some time to myself.

Talking about Sinead and Alan Moore, I bought Lost Girls a while back which I must finish reading. Sin read it and enjoyed it, I think. I'll ask her to post her comments.

Maybe after watching and reading the above, I'll buy Robert Anton Wilson's Maybe Logic. You can watch the trailer here.

If you go to Pope Bob's (RIP) site he is selling a DVD called "Wilhiem Reich in Hell." Due to previous cloudbusting efforts, I'd consider purchasing this, but even I have limits. An Am-Dram courtroom-punk drama that I didn't make myself is probably that limit.

Apologies if this looks a bit like a wikipedia entry

Word 2007, Cyber Nations, Jane Eyre and more

I am using word 2k7 to post this blog. It enables me (heh! Is that English?) to do all sorts of things like this

Which I won't be doing ever again, of course.

Anyways.

I have been playing this game cybernations on the internet. A limited enough creation, you set up a nation, trade for resources go to war etc. I got two of the worst resources in the game: Furs and Sugar. Michael tells me I should delete my nation and start again. I have an issue with this. Why can't I progress using the resources I've been given, rather than cave and have what everybody else has? I think exploiting the game mechanic in this way takes the game out of the game. I think I am just going to pick a fight I can't win and let my nation suffer.

What about Jane Eyre you say? Well, A few folk have come here looking for information on her. I hope you weren't disappointed.

No way to add labels either. Bah.

Release Day

Lucky us working late today with a software release.

Apophenia, Synchronicity or Succubus?

I have talked about apophenia before (seeing connections in random or meaningless data). I don’t think the following counts, it leans towards synchronicity.

Or she was a succubus.



Let me explain. Three timelines in play here:

Back when I was a kid, I used to say I’d be a botanist when I grew up. At the time, I was mildly obsessive about nature (I still am). Mum used to say we’d go down the Amazon. Paints a nice family picture, huh?

Hop forward to my mid-to-late teens. I am involved in a ‘biblical’ relationship with a German girl. She also has this type of relationship with a few other guys. Can’t really say it was an issue at the time, or now for that matter.

Hop forward to present day. I was visiting my folks yesterday, when a couple of their friends popped over. Turns out their daughter is working in the Amazon on a botany field trip, being led by said German girl.


A couple of answers to this:

It’s a coincidence (or incoincident)

She’s a Succubus, and stole my mojo.

She always wanted to be a Network Engineer/Sys Admin and we swapped destinies.

Jungian Synchronicity.


I’m leaning toward Succubus. It all makes sense to me. Either that or she was some sort of carnal Sylar. No more conclusions than that. Thoughts?