Many Days in October

One is slack, blah blah blah, interstate conference, blah blah blah, too much work, blah blah blah, spending lots of time with Salsa Girl, blah blah blah.

Now I've gotten that is out of the way I can move on to the serious business of regaling you with tales of hilarity, caution, and just a smidgeon of what Phill has been up to these past days.

My mid October was filled with a holiday/conference in rainy Brisbane during which one found out that there are events that occur between the Teas (morning and afternoon) and the lunch, when one had to present several sessions. All went well except for the miserly afternoon teas. The post conference dinner shenanigans included the fun of having pints of beer spilled on me not once but twice, so I decided to scarper off to bed before it could happen a third time.

One has also spent these past few weeks training  The Tiger to not be in the bedroom crushing one during one's sleep. After an initial all night whinge she seems to have accepted her fate and there is barely a complaint as I disappear for my refreshing nights sleep of an evening.

My days have also been filled with exploding* wi-fi equipment hijinks including replacement equipment that failed and replacement replacement equipment that one had to rewire oneself. I did find out that a kitchen sink is apparently a great static free place to work on the innards of a computer - although I am a tad concerened that staff continued to blithly wash coffee cups whilest I had an open computer there!
* not really exploding

There was also the event of the decade(s) with the "combined to 70th" birthdays of Gavman and The J Monster. It was magnificently catered and in the words of the spawn of ArchEnemy "the best party ever!"

Coming a close second for event of the month was the annual Absent Friends Jyhad game. This year we had Doom, Legion2, Camo Spice, Amoeba, MatrixMan, Vengeful Vic, Couch Killer, Pirate Dave, Salsa Girl, and Badger in attendance. There was also rather a lot of fine whisky and port to be had and I'm sure that if I could remember what happened I would think it was a fantastic evening.

Most recently one has returned from a so called dirty weekend in rainy Lorne with Salsa Girl. As she failed to kill me after four continuous days in close proximity I am counting it as a success.
The dirtiness of the weekend is in doubt as one's automobile has been scoured to a shiny state of cleanliness by what must have been about 3 feet of rain over the four days. There were also several beautiful nature walks taken in as well as many gastronomic delights.

One is now relaxing in the days off that should always follow a holiday in order to allow one to recover from said holiday.

More soon - I promise, and I mean it this time.
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... The Gavman's Party

Friday night I attended a do at Gavman's place. The event was staged while The J Monster was out of town lest our fun and frolics should disturb their pristine abode. Legion2, Badger and ElfBoy were also along for the fun and games.

The original movie watching idea was subverted by much playing of Rockband. Initially it was Gavman who had all the enthusiasm but by the end I think we all enjoyed it - my own vocal rendition of Judas Priest's Painkiller being the standout track.

We did eventually get our movie - The International. It was quite interesting although I did flag a little by the end - as several reviews have said, "how can you top the Guggenheim scene".



Continuing the party tradition, Sunday was a gaming day and the first sighting of The Viking Hat GM out of his native habitat. He seemed to enjoy it as can be evidenced from his review of the main event.
The evening was a nice intimate blood-sucking affair with Doom and The Doctor coming along to play pointy-fanged Gothic people with Legion2 and myself. The whole evening was well hydrated by this rather appropriate bottle of wine.

All in all, and all up, it was all rather a nice weekend of partying had by all.
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