Tuesday, October 26

new things

having a few probs uploading to the server atm, so the image below is broken...sorry. hopefully it'll be fixed tomorrow.

i had 4 days off the traveldesk, and so much happened, it's a little crazy. in desk news, we've got 2 new computers (thou i'm still on my trusty lappy), so now we've got a whole new system, new way of running the desk. everything is computerised which is pretty cool, but it also means figuring out what we're doing (but it's not too difficult). we've also got a heap of new products (and more to come) - these include stamps, thongs (sorry, flip-flops), we finally got alarm clocks back into stock, disposable razors, cold and flu stuff and t-shirts. soon, there'll be beer, food, coffee, ponchos, gloves, ear plugs...we're getting fully stocked up! no disposable enemias thou...

in non-desk stuff, a mate of mine from home came over to lunners last week. al's staying with my friend kings over in tower hill and got here on saturday afternoon. it was like old times pretty quickly, with kings, al and myself tucking into a 2pm beer as soon as i got over there. we headed out through the rain down to tower bridge for a few more and some lunch, then off to trev's house warming in kilburn.

this house party was pretty cool, if a little odd. it was almost like being back in high school. can't really place it, but i'll paint a quick picture: house party, drinking big cans of beer, sitting around chatting to perfect strangers whilst munching on chips and cheese...the cops rocked up at about 11pm which added that extra bit of high school flavour, thou fortunately it wasn't that roudy.

anyways, after the cool/strange party, kings and i headed home (we left al in kilburn - he was...busy - nothing like leaving your mate in a random house in a foreign city!) i got back to the gen, had a few more drinks, played guitar till 5am and crashed for a good while. sunday, as i've said before, is funday, and it was about time to introduce al to the boys.

we got there a little later than usual, but after a few beers and laughs the day was rolling along pretty well. we were sitting in belushi's drinking corona's watching the rain fall outside, when this little smart car parked rite out the front. smart cars are those tiny little half-electro cars that look like there'd blow away in a strong wind. the driver was having such a hard time parking this thing - the space was huge and the car tiny keep in mind - so phil came up with the great idea of picking the car up and moving it onto the side walk.

i wasn't sure whether this would work or not, but hey, what the hell right? so garth goes out to 'test' the cars weight - with a beer in one hand, he leans down and grabs the rim with his other...but alas, too heavy. so phil wanders out to help and both of them, one hand each, grab the rim a lift it a tiny bit...of course we got bored of the idea after they decided it was too much effort, but just seeing them grabing this car with one hand thinking it would lift...gold! al's got a pic, so i'll be sure to upload it.

b @ 1 followed for cocktails -- this week, we headed for the usual suspects in grasshoppers and rum runners, as well as a few squirrels, a bit of harvey, long islands, and something else that i just can't remember...i think phil ended up yacking at some point (he, garth and rick drank all saturday night at phil's place, and then started pretty early on sunday) so he left, and after this mass consumption of delicious beverages, the rest of us headed back to the gen for a final drink.

all in all a great 2 days off. it had been about 6 weeks since i'd had my last decent day off, so it was very much enjoyed. al's here till next tuesday, so this coming weekend (i'm off sunday again!!) should be a lot of fun too - with any luck there may even be a party at kings's place!

now playing: sasha - involver (i'm loving this album at the moment)