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Head of my household?
Last night an interviewer came round to talk to cardinalsin and myself about our expenditure and food buying habits. We have been selected at random to take part in an Office of National Statistics survey and I think we both felt that taking part is our civil duty and happily agreed ( Read more... ) -
Ta Da
Just had an article on Freedom of Information published. -
Training Weekend part 3 - the OOC commentary.
I think one of the things I enjoyed most was the sense of personal development I got for my character in a very short space of time. I constructed a quiet, shy persona and then in the initial stages of the game found it impossible to contribute to the robust group discussions with the result that during the test my character looked pretty ( Read more... ) -
The Training Weekend - Part 1
The weekend consisted of events which were engineered by the trainers to test us and some other events which were happening outside their control which it was down the group to fix. This ranged from people turning up to the site who had not reason (and possibly no clearence)to be their to a full on paranormal manifestation including hallucinations ( Read more... ) -
The weary return
cardinalsin and I have just returned from a weekend LARP event run by some old friends we met at First Born. It was great to see everyone again and to catch up but we didn't get to do that until about 1-ish on the Sunday because time in started from our arrival at the site ( Read more... ) -
That trouser poll.
Poll Patchwork Trousers -
Patchwork...Trousers?
What is it about patchwork trousers, I first got a pair in about 1996 and last friday I dragged them out of hiding and decided (for no apparent reason) to start wearing them again. They are still too big for me ( Read more... ) -
The miracle of chillis.
Last night I made Linguine with crab, lime and coriander sauce. It was great and it had some chilli in it. I was pretty careful, I did a strict (if small) taste test first to avoid nearly chocking cardinalsin as I did last time. Also I washed my hands several times afterwards and remembered not to touch my eyes all night. Hurray ( Read more... ) -
Krispy Kreme Invasion
I remember the first time someone told me about Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Firstly back then you could only get them in America so they had a sense of mystique. Secondly the person in question thought they were amazing and explained how they had eaten 3/4 in one go before and still wanted more. They were unobtainable and apparently amazing ( Read more... )