The Importance of Being Idle

Back For The First Time

Wow, been a while again eh? There've been a number of reasons for this: I have a new PC, I've been away for a few days, and mostly (as I think I've hinted at before) one of my best mates has split up with her bloke recently, and it wasn't a nice split and her life is pretty much in turmoil right now. I'm about the only person she trusts, so we're hanging out and just helping her cope and chill out and shit. So many people have turned against her it isn't even funny, and today (which started out okay) took a rapid turn for the worse in mid-afternoon... Poor thing, I wish there was more I could do to help, but in a lot of ways I think I'm doing more than anybody else ever has, so I guess we just have to hope that's enough.
The new PC kicks some pretty major ass, although I've only had it for a few days so far, and it's taking quite a while to get it set up how I like things, especially with hangin' with Jules most of the time. Still, I'm getting there, working late into the night (as you can see) and sometimes early in the morning too. I even bought some serious new speakers for the machine. My reasoning was that I listen to the majority of my music this way, so having a decent sound system was a wise investment. Whether that is strictly true, or whether it was just the shonky excuse I needed, I'll leave you to judge.
Finally (for today, its uber-late and I'm so tired I may just die), a quick summary of the trip to my parents: it was pretty cool, went out drinking with Stu and one of his work mates. This is unusual for many reasons, but most notable of these was the fact that I spent the night drinking beer (which is super cool for me), and that I played my very first EVER games of pool. Even more excitingly (in a way) was that I totally got chatted up by the barmaid, who was pretty much totally my type, but I obviously have a girl of my very own who I would never cheat on, so there was nothing doing. It was just exciting because I have never (to the best of my knowledge) actually been chatted up before. It was pretty cool. And then me and Stu staggered home drunkenly and I actually slept soundly on my parents couch for the first time ever. Even better than all the other things which had been even better, I didn't have a hangover in the morning! I've drunk way less of other things and felt much worse, so this is clearly a Good Thing.
Now it is very very late and I must retire to bed. I'm sure very little of this makes sense, and that I have missed out plenty of important stuff, but I'll try to get back into the habit of regular updating, so I'll fill in the blanks as we go along, okay?

posted by BadMonkey @ 1:28 AM