Oh Dear 25 Today
Friday 31st Mar 2006 - Posted By: Ste Riley at 08:07PM
Well I'm not going to say I'm thrilled about it, but I've reached a quarter of century now. The time is creeping in on me and I can already feel my bones begin to stiffen.
One good remedy for stiff joints though, a good old drink! You can't have a birthday without getting a bit tipsy, so I arranged to meet with friends for an all day drinking session.
Started off at 1pm in the afternoon finishing up at 4.30am, the venues I managed to get through: Henry J Beans, Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Brannigans, Pitcher and Piano, Waxy O'Conners, Tiger Tiger, Sam's Chop House, Black Lion, Bar 38, Teasers.
Places rejected due various reasons: Revolution, Cocoa Rooms, Teasers (returned later), 42nd Street.
Thanks to everyone for sending cards and birthday texts! I also got a copy of Fight Night Round 3 for a present so I'll no doubt spend the remainder of the weekend getting over my hangover and playing that.
Day Off
Thursday 30th Mar 2006 - Posted By: Ste Riley at 02:39PM
I've got a day off today, so I'm spending time sharpening my Xbox skills. Feeling a bit sluggish today however, reaction times seem down. I've been having a crack on Geometry Wars and the best I've reached is the 500,000 mark.
Been having a crack on the Reaction Speed test, but I can only muster 0.202 not even good enough to get on today's scoreboard.
Off on a bender tomorrow round Manchester since its my 25th birthday! Starting at 1pm going on till as late as I can manage it. I hope to take a ton of photos and I'll post them up on my return.
Had a call earlier from an agency to see if I fancied going in for a job in Belgium working as a FatWire content developer, similar to what I'm doing now. Turned it down then thought about after I could have been working in the home of Stella!!
I've got some updates for the site planned soon too, if I'm not to hung over at the weekend I'll try and get them online. It's mainly backend stuff but I might consider a new design to.
Ghost Recon Arrives
Friday 10th Mar 2006 - Posted By: Ste Riley at 06:37PM
Well it came yesterday (Ghost Recon: Advanced War Fighter, Xbox 360), but I've only just got around to writing about it. It seems pretty good as far as I can tell, I've played a little bit of the single player game and a few hours online. There have been reports I've heard about of it being a bit flawed, especially online, but after from the usual glitches it seemed fine.
I hope it can capture the magic of the older titles and hopefully we'll really be able to get some 16 player killing on, al-la Halo 2.
In other news, I completed my visit of 5 different bars on 5 different days for an unofficial national pub week. We missed the real one a couple of weeks ago so did our own this week. I hit the following bars, RSVP, Cafe Rouge, Where People Meet People, Cocoa Rooms (very swank) and today Lime.
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