Friday, December 22, 2006
Christmas and other adventures
Well it's about time for another blog entry isn't it... Four or five things have happened which means it's time for a nice long entry detailing them, or something. :P
So then, I suppose we'll go in chronological order...
Birthday!
My birthday was awesome, many thanks to everyone who came and everyone who wished me a happy birthday and everyone who's awesome (just, thanks for being awesome k?) - We hung out at my house, watched some of the best movies of all time (Mean Girls, Pirates of the Carribean, and the Family Guy Movie) and I got some sweet gifts including a katana from my brother and various other things from other people :D
DragonForce!!!
On the 14th Izumi, Nick and I went to see DragonForce at the London Astoria, they're a power metal band that formed in London in '99 and they are amazing! It was also my first gig evar (shocking since I'm a massive music fan I know) and I absolutely loved it, the band were absolutely amazing both while singing and between songs! They even opened with my favourite song of theirs "Revolution Deathsquad." :D It was just one of the best nights of my life and I'll never forget it~
Lunch with Nestoria
On the 15th (yes I was a little deaf after DragonForce :P) I headed over to the office and met up with the guys I worked with over summer from Nestoria, I was treated to a delicious Christmas lunch (turkey all the trimmings: stuffing, vegetables, roast potatoes and gravy <3) and had a good time chatting and catching up on all the great changes they've made to the site since I left. :) They wanted me to mention that they're still looking for great engineering interns who can do wonderful things in Perl under Unix/Linux and if anyone reading this is interested I can only say go for it, I had a great time over summer and the working environment is the best I've ever experienced - Casual clothes, not-too-early starts, always friendly and willing to help. :) If you don't think your Perl is up-to-scratch I'd recommend reading the first few chapters of The Perl Cookbook to prepare yourself for the interview. :P
Home + Wii
Home in sunny (lol) Devon once again~ It's great to be home, spent a fun day with James on Tuesday and my brother came home today and will hopefully see more people down the pub tomorrow night. :) Got my Wii on Wednesday afternoon (at last!) so I've been playing lots and lots of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess... It's awesome! Everyone who ever liked Ocarina of Time go out and buy a Wii right now (if you can find a shop with any in stock :P)
Can't wait for Christmas~ Christmas Eve we're having roast lamb and Christmas Day we're having duck... Everyone be jealous! :P
Other Stuff
If you're not already reading it go read xkcd. Seriously.
Facebook has stolen my soul.
I started playing the New Super Mario Bros minigame Wanted on the coach home... My DS has been on for 5 days and I'm on level 4576... It's not a challenge anymore, I just can't bring myself to stop. :P
I've been +fav'ing a lot more on dA lately. :)
Leave comments! Merry Christmas and happy holidays and a happy new year!! :D
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