Suddenly he went too far

Friday night we go out to celebrate half of 'alcrow's birthdays. I get drunk. I get on Demise's case about her ex, probably forever ruining any chance of anything happening with her. Shameful makes her cry, which doesn't help.

Other than that it's a good night. My John Travolta impression fails to impress anyone, but I give it a good try.

Suddenly he went quiet

Coops chooses to watch the rugby in a pub full of green shirts and Irish accents. When the Irish give us the pounding we deserve, they are annoyingly vocal, and the English contingent in the pub disappears fast. We follow suit -- I can't deny them their right to celebrate, nor deny that I would have been just as loud had we actually played like the world champions, but I don't want to listen to it. There are too many smug grins in green here.

I can claim Irish descent, but when it comes to sport (esp. rugby) I'm 100% English. It would have been hypocritical for me to cheer them after I'd spent the last two weeks telling anyone who would listen that we were going to 'spank the paddies all over Twickenham'.

The Gourmet Burger Kitchen purports to be the 'best burgers in London'. That's a stretch. The burgers are nice, but not really worth the price. Then again, nothing's really worth the price in London.

Noddy jokes that Coops is gay. It's a running joke, and one I've heard mentioned before. It's one I've made on several occassions myself. So then, he didn't really need to give Noddy and myself more fodder by taking us to a gay bar. We should have twigged something earlier really, but isn't until we're inside and notice the men kissing that the penny drops. First reaction is to high-tail it. I guess I would have been comfortable enough to stay in there and have a drink, but there's one thing missing. I come to London to make clumsy attempts at chatting up good looking women, and there just isn't enough in here. Those that are here, probably aren't on the pull. Those who are on the pull are probably need to rethink their strategies somewhat.

I, being the wit that I am, spend the rest of the night singing 'Girl, I want to take you to a gay bar'. Coops seems to take it in relatively good humour.

We go to a club. The club has too many men inside, some woman with a clipboard and a power trip tells us, but they don't try to balance this by letting women in ahead of the queue. This works partway to my favour, as I then get a chance to make clumsy attempts at chatting up the three girls standing behind me. Don't get anywhere, but I do dance with one of them for a while later on.

Suddenly he went over it again

I keep getting these questionnaire things in my inbox. So instead of filling them out a dozen times, I'm going to post it here and send people a link back. I'm a busy man :)

Questionnaire the first. Received from Bamyes on Monday, 8 March 2004.
1. WHAT COLOUR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING? Black boxers
2. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Computer hum
3. WHAT ARE THE LAST 4 DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER? 4453
4 WHAT DID YOU LAST HAVE TO EAT? Bowl of not-Shreddies
5. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU BE? Black
6. WEATHER RIGHT NOW? Bit cloudy
7 LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? my driver
8. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS? Sometimes :)
9. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? Miserable, same as everyday
10. FAVOURITE DRINK? Coffee
11. FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? Premium lager
12. FAVOURITE SPORT? Rugby
13. HAIR COLOUR? Dark brown
14. EYE COLOUR? Blue
15. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Not yet
16. SIBLINGS AND THEIR AGES? Daniel (23), Mark (39), James (deceased).
17. FAVOURITE FOOD? Pass, too many to list
18. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Spiderman
19. FAVOURITE DAY OF THE YEAR? October 7th
20. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT? Frequently
21. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
22. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS? Either
23. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Chocolate
24. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE BACK? I shouldn't imagine that'll be possible
25. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Pass, not going to be forwarding it on
26. LEAST LIKELY? Pass, not going to be forwarding it on
27. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS? Houseshare, with two of 'alcrow's rebrebates
28. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Christine by Stephen King, A Storm of Swords, part one: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, book three) by George R.R. Martin
29. WHATS ON YOUR MOUSE MAT? A mouse
30. FAVOURITE BOARD GAME? Chess, although I suck at it
31. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? Crashed in front of the telly
32. FAVOURITE SMELLS? Pass
33. CAN YOU TOUCH YOUR NOSE WITH YOUR TONGUE? No
34. WHAT INSPIRES YOU? Life, art
35. BUTTERED, PLAIN, OR SALTED POPCORN? Buttered
36. FAVOURITE CAR? Any, I'm still a pedestrian
37. FAVOURITE FLOWER? Rose
38. HOW MANY KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING? 3
39. CAN YOU JUGGLE? No
41. 7-UP OR SPRITE? What's the difference?
42. COFFEE? Any, as long as it's not that de-caf sh!te
43. WHO'S YOUR TRUE LOVE? She hasn't introduced herself yet
44. FAVOURITE PERFUME? Pass
45. FAVOURITE BAND OF ALL TIME? Pass, too many to list. Favourite band at the moment is Arch Enemy
46 DOGS OR CATS ? Dogs
47. DO YOU FLOSS? No
48. BITE YOUR NAILS? Yes
49. PET PEEVES? Ignorance
 50. FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: Frasier, Friends, ER, 24, Scrubs . . . Hmmm, nothing British in there. Okay, let's add I'm Alan Partridge, The Office . . .

Suddenly he went back to old material

So, stuck for anything new to post this month, I've put the reworked version of Curiosity up at the Talecrafters and the 'shop. Basically it's had a few changes since the last time it was workshopped, but the main thing is the ending has been rewritten. I've already had one reviewer said they didn't get why Lindsey was punished when it was Becka who broke the rules.

What is the worse punishment? Drowning, or thinking that your sister has drowned but never knowing for sure, knowing only that she seems to have been punished for your mistake? No contest if you ask me.

I think I'm going to leave it as it is unless lots of people say it is stupid.

Later . . .