Pile of Dross

Phew, one bumper work update that was. (Or is, if you’re reading these reverse chronologically, you freak you)

So what have I done that’s not work related? I’ve joined the e-Science Department Recreational Society, which sounds more formal than it really is – playing Halo on networked x-boxes using multiple data projectors.

Also, I was in the pub with some people from work and we stumbled upon a pub quiz, we were there again this week, but didn’t win anything either time – though my apparent encyclopediac knowledge of tv and film does appear to be worrying some people – particularly me :-)!

I’ve bought my first piece of furniture in 3.5 years – a 2m tall dvd storage tower, freeing up much needed bookcase space for… books. The stack on top of my main bookcase is now down to one deep instead of 3 deep.

Having failed to go and see Star Wars 3 (will buy dvd), Sin City (have bought dvd) and Batman Begins (might buy dvd) at the cinema, I’ve gone and bought my ticket to the 4pm showing of Serenity at Reading on Thursday.

My West Wing Series 6 and Sin City dvs turned up today. I had thought that’d I have to take a day off to wait in for them as Amazon had decided to send them via courier rather than the normal (for the stuff I typically order anyway) Royal Mail, but no the box was sitting waiting for me outside my flat door when I arrived home today. Quite why the delivery person had thought it a good idea to drape my door mat over the top of the 6-inch high box escapes me though, were they worried about spy-satellite owning opportunistic thieves? as only some one looking at it from directly above could have failed to notice the box.