I know, I know, it’s over a month since the last update! Lots has happened.

o We’ve bought a car, white ford escort, automatic, 1.6. It does the job.
o We’ve upgraded the PC’s to PII 400’s.
o We’re going to another two live action events in August (Omega one and the Gathering). For these, Grete has dyed her hair blue, it doesn’t look too vivid inside under the flash, but it will be once it’s outside. At the moment, these are the only two photo’s, more to come when we go adventuring … Front shot, Side shot.

That’s about everything I think for the moment, life is all rather complex as usual, and money is doing odd things, but we’ll work it out. I will update this before the end of August, I promise.

Well, Grete got some new glasses today, so I thought I’d take a quick snap with the digi-cam and let you see ’em! Much smaller frames than she’s used to, but I think they look very nice.

On holiday 🙂 Having fun. Spending Bonus.

Digital camera has arrived 🙂 And excellent it is too 🙂

Spent the first bit of our bonus today, on a digital camera, plus 16mb smartmedia card 🙂 Can’t wait for it to arrive.

Well, I guess I should be in bed, sleeping, getting ready for work, but work’s annoying at the moment, so there’s no urgency. One good thing about work is that we did get a bonus this year, about a month’s pay, which means with any luck we’ll be buying a car soon! I’m trying not to think about the running costs, and just about how happy it’ll make Grete and how much easier it’ll make life.

Just watched Matrix with our mate Andy – if sci-fi / cyberpunk / action is your thing, then go and see it, if not go and see it anyway. It’s excellent, not much of a plot to be honest, but the movie is just so cool.

That song (Sunscreen) has been going around my head, so I’ve composed a Gathering – Vipers version, which is here … probably not funny but I laughed.

Really, go and see Matrix – I’m not kidding. Hopefully it won’t get buried under the Star Wars hype.

Anyway, sleep comes to those who wait.

If I could offer one bit of advice, it would be ‘don’t work for large coporations, they will only make you feel frustrated’.

Well, things are a little quieter, and a lot has happened over the past few weeks. Company was brilliant – let me take a few days off, and work from home for a few days while Grete was really bad, which helped. She’s feeling much better, although still suffering, but at least she can think again and function, and get the help she needs.

*fx : Another Rant

When you are ill, and suffering, you are most likely not in much of a position to force your opinion or to ask lots of questions, and yet, ‘professionals’ appear to avoid providing any useful information or taking the time to ask the right questions. Friends got us through the last bad patch, friends in Nottingham and friends on IRC. When someone you’ve never met before asks questions a doctor never bothered to, you know the world is a scary and worrying place.

*fx : Rant off

The house still looks like a bombsite, but Grete is getting it sorted (I’m too lazy/knackered). Had some excellent weekends and evenings with friends here in Nottingham, which make the whole moving thing that much easier.

Bought CIV : CTP – waste of money.

Spend most of my time worrying about the things I should get sorted, like the garden, and bills, and payment schemes, and then spend the evening messing about, or eating too much take-away food, or on-line. Is everyone like this? All other folk seem to have organised lives where things work as they expect.

Grete’s not very happy – the move has hit her quite badly, and the last few days have been stressful for everyone. She’ll be better again soon – especially due to the kindness of our friends.

We’re back! Diamond Cable have done their thing 🙂

(I can’t remember when I wrote this, I’m guessing some time in 1999)

Well, obviously and most importantly, there’s Grete. Without her I would be lost. She is my soul mate, my other half, and a wonderful wife. She also has her own webpage, which you are now obliged to visit 😉 Leave a guestbook entry, she likes guestbook entries!

I’m lazy when it comes to friends. I take them for granted, I rarely keep in touch if long distances are involved, I often say things which I shouldn’t and sometimes things which no one should say.

For some reason, some people still put up with me, for which I’ll be eternally grateful, without my friends I’d be a self-centred old boar. My friends keep me on the straight and narrow.

I wouldn’t say I have a lot of friends, but the ones I do have provide quality enough to fill the friendship role a thousand times over. Some of these people are listed below, not all of them mind, so don’t worry if you’re not there 😉 Thanks,

• Simes

  For acts above and beyond the call of duty. For having a bigger appetite than me. For many things, but mainly for being Simes.

• Chris & Christine & Andy

  For reminding us that getting pissed in front of the TV, with friends, is just as enjoyable as ever. For roleplaying, for curry, for wargaming, and a whole host of other stuff.

• Mark

  For showing me Ireland, for keeping in touch after university when I was being lazy and for keeping me sane at 64 Carterknowle Road.

• Shorty

  A list too long to count. For teaching me that insomnia didn’t have to mean boredom, for saving me from myself at school, for still talking to me after that incident in Newcastle town center, and for making the effort to keep in touch when I forget.

• Ness

  For trusting me when she had no reason, for reminding me that I sometimes am a nice person, and for putting me back together after Ken McKenzie pulled me apart.

• Charles

  For teaching me about beer, and curry and having a good time, for giving me a place to live and then letting me move Grete in as well, and for a whole load of other things we did at university.

• Tony

  For saving me from GLB, and for reminding me there aren’t many hobbies better than roleplaying.

• Paul

  For never, ever, ever, letting me win at Warcraft, and for coming to two of our wedding receptions and also for having a bigger appetite than me 🙂

• Lynda

  For lots of things, but above all, for giving Grete someone to confide in.

• Steve

  For letting me win a few games of pool every now and then, and for getting me out of the Royal Bengal without too much of a problem.