Alcohol
Friday September 10, 2010
Alcohol is weird. I've heard it tends to amplify whatever emotions you're feeling, which might be true to some effect and certainly I've noticed this. But what I find weird is that my overall mood depends on the crowd I'm with. Last night, I was feeling pretty snarky (this could also be attributed to the stupid girls at the table next to us who were dressed like Lady Gaga clones and sounded like vuvuzelas at higher, screechier frequencies) and everything seemed to annoy me. If I had gone out for drinks with my workmates, I think I would have been a lot more jovial and social.
Anyway, it's been pretty busy for me. In among the Starcraft II achievement gathering I've been doing, I've also been writing tools for the impending Black and White release sometime next week, as well as working hard on PikPok's latest game for the iPad. It should be done soon, so uh..watch this space! ¯\(º_o)/¯
Last weekend was all about the Japanese. Friday night was the first Friday of the month, so it is customary we hang around with the other iPhone developers of Wellington at Hashigo Zake. Sunday was the Japanese Cultural Festival, which amused me greatly because I recognised so many elements just from watching Anime. There were mandalas, mochi, taiko drumming, tea ceremony demonstrations, lots of food and lots of people. Photos in the gallery whenever I can be bothered.
On Monday, being the first Monday of the month, Monsoon Poon have a deal where they serve unlimited plates of Firecracker Chicken (at least, until they run out. They ran out of 40kg of chicken in under two hours) as well as naan bread, white rice and a beer. Firecracker Chicken is a delicious dish of crispy, juicy chicken smothered with a tantalising spicy sauce. So good!
Posted by Jeremy at 10:28pm on Friday September 10, 2010 :: 0 comments :: 
Wings of Liberty
Saturday August 14, 2010
Starcraft II is now complete (bare minimum) with a plethora of achievements still to go, and I think three branched missions to try just for fun.
I was a little disappointed with the final FMV, I was expecting something a little more than that, but the game on the whole was awesome and I thoroughly enjoyed the campaign. Can't wait for Heart of the Swarm!
Posted by Jeremy at 6:49am on Saturday August 14, 2010 :: 0 comments ::
Tubes Are Go
Monday August 2, 2010
INTERNET AT HOME!
YAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
This means more Starcraft II! Less staying at work! More lolcats! More information! More connectedness to people! More excuses to stay at home and shy away from social gatherings!
Just got back from Inception, movie was great, blahblahblah. I don't really want to talk too much about it yet, but all I'll say is that it is very worthwhile seeing, it's interesting and action-packed and definitely a thumbs-up from me.
Also hot off the weekend was a visit from Cinta, Jo and Alice. I took them to the best food places in Wellington: Chocolate Frog Cafe, Cosa Nostra (Cinta got a free tiramisu!) and Strawberry Fare, of course (two new desserts!). The weather was great on Saturday so we spent a bit of time driving around the bays and enjoying the sun, but on Sunday, the wind really picked up and gave them a good gale of what Wellington wind can truly feel like!
Posted by Jeremy at 11:17am on Monday August 2, 2010 :: 0 comments ::
Starcraft II
Tuesday July 27, 2010
Sweet toasted zerglings, this game is amazing.
I have to resort to playing at work because we still don't have Internet at home, but hey. A game is a game.
Posted by Jeremy at 7:14am on Tuesday July 27, 2010 :: 0 comments ::
The Jail
Monday July 26, 2010
The big move from the Villa happened on Saturday, and thankfully the weather held out for a brilliantly sunny day, so all our furniture and belongings stayed dry.
Okay, that's about all the positive things I can say about my weekend.
We rushed like hell to complete the day's activities by 4pm, as that was the time stipulated by the letting agency as the time we needed to hand in our keys to their office in order to be done with the tenancy. After making it to Taranaki Street at 3.50pm and illegally parking, I found out that the bloody office had closed (I knew it was going to happen, somehow :/). After some frantic calls, we got the okay from the property manager to hand in the keys today, which was fine, but it doesn't excuse the fact we had to rush around on Saturday for no reason.
The property itself is okay. It will take a bit of getting used to. There are two problems I have issues with.
Firstly, I found out that my room doesn't have curtains, so it's all open for the world to see. There was a detached rail and curtain that I tried to hook up to these flimsy clip things by the window, but three people who looked at it couldn't figure out how to attach the rail. While this isn't as annoying as the second issue (see below), it's still very awkward.
I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to unlock the *&^#!~$ door. Apparently you need to shove it in and quickly turn the key, but regardless of what black magic you need to do to get it working, I am not going to stand there for 10 minutes trying my luck at opening my front door. This morning, I woke up early knowing I would have issues with the door, and sure enough, as 8.25am rolled around, I was getting seriously pissed off at the reluctance of the door to unlock.
I had to climb out the *^!@%# window. It was the angriest I have ever been.
I hereby christen my new flat, "the Jail".
Posted by Jeremy at 7:11am on Monday July 26, 2010 :: 1 comment ::