Jun 14 2008

No sooner after I had started packing away the 360, Blu-Ray player, PS2 etc., Mike, a member of Pompey Music forum brought round the Nintendo Wii that Hannah wanted to buy. So unfortunately, the entire afternoon which was meant to be spent packing up for the new house was in fact spent playing on the Wii. We’ve set up our Mii’s, and have been playing a little Wii Sports and Mario Party 8. She’s still playing, but someone has to cook the dinner, so while the oven is warming up I thought I’d mention what we’re up to.

Things are getting pretty hectic around here now. Packing the house up for moving to Whiteley, as well as preparing for the imminent Hellfest (yay!). We managed to get down town today for a bit and pick up some bits (baby wipes, Euros and the like) ready for that. We’re on a really tight budget this year, and it’s made even tighter by the fact we have to save a shed load of money for the wedding, and more importantly, Hannah’s engagement ring! The new house’s rent is £170 more a month between us as well, so that’s another kick in the budget’s teeth.

Another headache I’ve been trying to figure out is what I’m going to do with the servers during the move. I can’t get internet at the new place until the BT line is activated which is on the day we move in (and not a minute sooner!). This means that I probably won’t have internet at all from 1st July for about 10-15 days, providing the new ISP doesn’t mess anything up. I spoke to Kelvin briefly, and understandably, he said no to letting me put the servers in the work’s server cabinet (security risks and all that), so ideally I need to find a home for them at a friend’s house. I’ll try and chat up a few friends who I know have good internet connections, but if any of you are my clients reading this, I will try and keep downtime to a minimum, but there will be a bit of disruption, so be warned!

Anyway, off to cook dinner, ta ta for now!

Apr 14 2008

This weekend, me and my cousins met up at the pub that my grandparents used to own, the Old Duke in Bristol. We had a lot of fun and had a really good night. My head was quite painful the day after, but I’m OK now after going to sleep at 8:40pm Sunday night!

You may also notice that I’ve put up a new theme here. I don’t really have time to make my own, so I used one from the WP Theme Viewer. Credit for this theme goes to a Spanish Italian chap called Tommaso Baldovino. I’ve taken out the flowery bits but the general colour and simplicity and accessibility of it I like, so I thought I’d use it until I get my ass in gear and make my own theme (hah, one day…). My 360 Gamercard is missing for now, but I’ll live…

Mar 30 2008

So, finally after many furious attempts, I have completed One Shot, One Kill on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on Veteran difficulty. I had a huge amount of determination and it paid off. I’m just dreading the rest of the game after that insane battle at the showdown of the end.

Note to self: update wordpress!

Jan 27 2008

So here I am sitting on the last evening of my short but sweet holiday, Hannah moaning that she needs a poo and has a stitch (charming, eh?). Just had my parents friends over for a spot of roast lamb which was rather tasty, and yesterday was spent in Sarlat in a restaurants that was plagued by power cuts (silly French, eh?). I shall be travelling home tomorrow from the excuse for an airport that is Bergerac, back to busy hectic Portsmouth, oh joy. At least I’ll have my X-Box back.

Jan 9 2008

Someone asked what games I have on my 360, so here is a list. I only really play Call of Duty 4 on Xbox live, but I could be co-erced into playing something else: