Day 10 of NaBloPoMo 2007

I'm squeezing another one on before the midnight deadline!

Anywho, today was largely uneventful. Got up, paid the bills, went to Carindale to buy an engagement present, got back and cleaned, played through Episode I on Lego Star Wars, and then went to the engagement which we've just gotten back from.

We didn't know that many people at the engagement, but we sat next to a nice couple, the female of which was from Sweden. You couldn't help but notice the almost stereotypical Swedish accent which is in a lot of American teen-comedies mainly … Read more →

Day 9 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Just getting this entry in before the end of the day.

For some reason work really sucked today. There wasn't one particular bad event, but many really irritating annoying ones strung throughout the day.

For distractions, tonight we went and saw Good Luck Chuck which i've been wanting to see for a while despite the horrendously bad reviews it's gotten.

I for one enjoyed the movie. It wasn't a fantastic comedy, but i was kept amused throughout the length of the film. It was one of those really stupidly funny movies that you can just … Read more →

Day 8 of NaBloPoMo 2007

In the last few days the weather had been great.

Following a couple of days of constant drizzle, the temperatures have plummeted from the hot, ugly, stinking, dirty, selling-poison-lollipops-to-school-children low thirty degree weather from a couple of days ago, to comfortable, nice, pleasant-smelling, clean, volunteering-at-the-local-orphange mid-twenty degree weather.

Needless to say i am enjoying it.

Work today wasn't as bad as i was expecting it, which probably means that tomorrow will be disaster-filled and terrible. Always the optimist I am!

Anywho, onto a real topic. As regular readers will know, i am a massive fan … Read more →

Day 7 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Today was my slated TOIL day off from work so I spent it doing what a stressed out IT geek does with days off: watching movies, and playing and purchasing video games.

I started the day by watching Hot Fuzz on DVD which i bought last week for the very cheap price of $9.95. Awesome movie, definitely up there as one of my favourites from this year.

After that I began to properly play through Medal of Honor: Airborne, and then around lunch time decided i needed some food, so I went to Carindale … Read more →

Day 6 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Today was crap, so i'm not going to go into it too much: the air-conditioning in the server room was accidentally shut off by stupid electricians which resulted in very loud screaming 2 racks worth of servers wailing for some cool air, and firewalls shutting themselves off because it got too hot to bear.

That plus hard drives in servers starting to fail, as well as a crap-load of stuff that never happens actually happening, and of course all this on the first day in ages when it's only me in the IT department.

Enough … Read more →

Day 5 of NaBloPoMo 2007

I can't believe how sore I am in my upper body today. Other than my corked right thigh, my legs are fine. But my arms especially are really really sore.

Pushing and pulling open doors at work had me wincing in pain, and i can tell you that i'm definitely not looking forward to shaving tomorrow morning.

Well after all my winging about not having any new games to play recently, one of the PC games that i ordered from overseas finally arrived today. Unfortunately it wasn't the Orange Box that I was hoping for, … Read more →

Day 4 of NaBloPoMo 2007

The day started off rather early with myself staying up late to watch the big Arsenal vs. Manchester United match. It was an entertaining game, it finishing 2-2, which overall was a fair result.

At midday was the big Grand Final for our indoor competition. We weren't playing the opposition that i feared that we would be, but we still expected a tough game. It was a tight game as well, it being level 2-2 at the break. I thought we gained the upper hand when I scored to make it 3-2, but some good … Read more →

Day 3 of NaBloPoMo 2007

I got a haircut this morning. It's so depressing seeing more and more of my olive-skinned scalp with every haircut. I'm really considering going for a full shave next time i go.

Anywho enough of the depressing stuff. I'm getting this entry out of the way now because I don't think i'll have time to do it tonight. There's Church as usual, and i think we may e heading to the Pancake Manor in the city for dinner afterwards.

Then after that it's the big Arsenal vs. Man Utd match tonight. Go the Gunners, hopefully … Read more →

Day 2 of NaBloPoMo 2007

As expected from yesterday, my package still didn't show up today. I contacted the store's support who basically said to wait another 2 weeks just in case it's stick in customs or anything. Not happy, but at least i've got this from Michael to tide me, lol:

Tonight was supposed to be a poker night, but because attendees were a little light, we ended up playing the Wii and watched Transformers on DVD instead. It's such an awesome movie, and barring any November/December surprises, it'll probably be my favourite movie of the year. … Read more →

Day 1 of NaBloPoMo 2007

^^ So it begins! it's going to be pretty tough to keep this one up this year but here it goes. Apologies in advance for short, poor-quality posts.

Today basically sucked. Work was crazy, but my biggest frustration of the past week has been waiting for The Orange Box that i've ordered to arrive.

Although they say the expected shipping time is 6-12 business days, all my previous orders have been delivered within a week as long as it had crossed a weekend.

This particular shipment was shipped on the 16th, so my calculations make … Read more →