You hear that, Mr Andersen?

Boogie Slacks, They Can't Be Beat

Listening to P-Bass Expressway's Express Funk at work - good fun. :)

Went on a road-trip up to Foxton yesterday with Erik, and managed to randomly ambush Matt & Debz at a service station. (It was even more random than normal, since I'd normally go into a BP for AA reasons, but decided that gliding to an elegant halt in the middle of the motorway wouldn't be conducive to actually making it to the Manawatu.) I can appreciate why people find NZ too small, but I find it comforting that, for example, while shopping for black feathers for a costume for Jenni's party in Spotlight, I'll bump into the technician who used to work in Dad's workshop, and discover that she's now working for the optician that works with Weta Workshop, and that I should come in and have a cup of tea next time I'm in Kilbirnie...

Um, anyway - the afternoon drive up was very nice, and we managed to pop into both Prenzel's and the Honey Hive on the way up. Unlike the last two or three times I've been to Lindale, we actually got icecreams - lime sorbet for me, but Erik got a "spicy apple crumble" which he pronounced very nice indeed. For my part, I picked up about six bottles of fruit wine (a couple of black doris plum, a blackberry, a blueberry, an "autumn harvest" and a port-style one), plus a rasberry brandy. I'll definitely have to start trying to make a dent into my wine-cellar/liquor cabinet - on the other hand, driving makes everything so much easier, so I don't tend to drink at parties as much any more, and I've not really gotten into the habit of drinking with dinner. Just discovered that Glengarry is offering a Weta discount, though, so maybe it's a vice I should acquire.

Listened to They Might Be Giants' Mink Car & Flood on the way up - Erik was familiar with some, but not all of the tracks. Listened to The Black Eyed Peas' Elephunk on the way back down, and had just started into Minuit's The Eighty-Eight when the poor mp3 player ran out of power - so on came National Radio. The influence of my sister Ellen spreads its sinister tentacles into my very stereo!

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I went so far as to wish that I was supporting Access today. Very frustrating. (Or v. frustrating, if anyone is still on a Bridget Jones kick.) I eventually gave up, and went back to doing some MySQL stuff that needs to be dealt with.

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As others have said, Jenni's party was fun, and her dress was impressive. I got to see and chat to the lovely Emba, which happens all too rarely nowdays - as instructed, I am in the process of forgetting the ominous foreshadowing of the nefarious plots she and her mother are hatching. Hey, that ties in nicely with my "use up more of my wine cellar" plan! ;)

I'll admit to a mortifying failure at the party - we were this close to getting Sas to laugh cake out her nose, but we weren't quite able to push her over the edge. Sok and Jon, we Must Try Harder next time!

It was nice to chat a bit with Luke, Sam, Debz & Matt, even if it's looking more and more like we're some time away from picking up the Buffy game. And seeing Gino and Viv in their costumes of amazingness was pretty cool too. Didn't really get to talk much to Jarratt or Evie, thought their outfits were just as impressive as we've come to expect.

Oh, and Debz & Matt did an amazing job with the t-shirt. Very, very cool. :)

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Looking forward to making a nice roast of whatever's reasonable at the supermarket tonight. I might try roasting some thinly-sliced carrots, since they were pretty darn yummy when I did them in beer batter. Mm, dinner...

Posted by svend at October 18, 2004 2:47 PM