Abigail Brady

i don't know many things. what he was thinking - such cheerful insensitivity - or whether i should trust so freely. and for that matter do i have the right to be upset? i have to admit it was kind of satisfying watching through the glass later. i like my little bubble, please don't burst it.

so. went up to sheffield friday and then met warofdreams and eventually ended up at batfink (after a diversion to the ANTI-DEV). which was rather entertaining although very odd in that venue. i did like the way the townies gradually emptied out and the goffics instantly filled any available seats. met up with spindr there, who i am now convinced actually exists.

today, after sleeping in quite a bit went to town and met up with qfyd and bx_83 and then went to theirs and watched doctor who and suchforth. rather liked doctor who, especially the horse. we seem to have got sucked into the world of perplexcity.

back from mudmeet. rather entertaining. also knackering. finished The Catcher In The Rye up there, and then started Frankenstein on the way down. the rather dissimilar textual styles (although i note they are both written as first-person narratives/correspondence) have vaguely tempted me to rewrite Frankenstein in a more modern mode of speech. Robert Walton's first message to his sister could be thus:

Hi Maggie. Got into St Petersburg yesterday, very cold. Planning to discover Northwest Passage. Been whaling lots, even got hired as first mate. Off to Arkhangelsk in a couple of weeks! Will keep in touch. x Rob.

Except translate that to txt.

upcoming week currently rather quiet:

• Cafe Scientifique (urban foxes) on Tuesday.
• Zeitgeist II on Sunday.

you will note absence of any form of pub quiz. :( I'll be happy to do Thursday's again if other people go, though don't want to turn up there on my own.

Happy birthdays to doctor_tron and to William Shakespeare!

for the attention of all: i have invented a new swear word today. it is CANK. please discuss what it should mean.

apart from my invention of a swear word, it has been a long day. went to opticians for an eye test : they should have some contact lenses for me to try next week. i am rather nervous about this, especially considering how i was when they needed to put eyedrops in my eye to check my eyeball curvature. but we'll see.

after this met up with vjbseven. after a brief shopping expedition, we hung around at my flat, watched stuff on dvds and computer. and i cooked scones! zub (my brother) arrived one or possibly two minutes after 4pm but oh well. the scones were very nice and only one of them came out even slightly mutant. i shall do this for real at some point: thanks to people for beta-testing my baking. i shall try cakes next.

very tired now. tomorrow I am going to manchester for the weekend. saintmaryuk and folks : if you want to meet up give me a text or something. :) [ do i know anyone else in manchester? ]

quite a quiet weekend. helped vjbseven and lost_species empty their flat on Sunday and was impressed they got everything into their van. We watched Remembrance of the Daleks on Saturday, which was good. Last night I went to see some bands at FireflyFirebug. Probably going to pub quiz there tonight.

friday evening went to other Abi and Guy's wedding afterparty at Firebug. really fun. it seems good that the council are using the Town Hall for that sort of stuff nowadays - it's a bit better setting than the old registry office.

then, out to Autonomy/Retribution last night (spent more time upstairs due to guest, oh well). wore fluffy hair, which people seemed to like (one person even asked me technical questions about it! eek!). left about 0430, in the end. :) very tired now.

went to psychocandyclub/nowhere on saturday, which was fun. quiet but oh well. met new people. got excessively drunk, enough that at the end when Journey of the Sorcerer by The Eagles (also known as the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy music) was played, I danced very enthusiastically.

this evening went to see Regina Spektor, who was Quite Good &tm;. Because she was sitting down much of the time, the fact I forgot to bring a camera didn't really matter.

right. tonights plan is to go and get drunk. we shall be starting at the Pump and Tap. join us if you will. text me if you want to find us.

went to the event (Zeitgeist) at the shed. back. was quite good. conspiracy pulled out so there were only two bands - first one was alright, but preferred the second. also spent a bit of time playing Bubble Bobble with eldritchreality, which i was surprised to discover i am still good at despite being very very drunk. which i am. nice to see everyone there. apparently cyniborg is going to make me some hair.

fin

back from work party. quite amusing. danalkaelra seems to like the frog, which was a relief. yawn. somewhat drunk but was sensible.