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27th of Feb, 2003ce* in: diary

Yowser! I got paid. Laid down the deposit on my new flat. It’s also russes birthday today, happy B-day mang.

Boss Men

25th of Feb, 2003ce* in: diary

Today I moved out of the flat that I was staying in, and moved into my directors flat. Now I am staying with the two executive directors of Babel! A very plush place indeed. I’m very lucky, its for a weeks while I wait for my paperwork to go through on my new abode.

Maharishi

20th of Feb, 2003ce* in: diary

Went home earlier than usual to have a few drinks with the guy I’m staying in brighton with. I’d been staying clear of the house for the past month to give him and his girlfriend some breathing space… although they would complain either way; you’re here too much or you’re never here you treat this like a hotel its understandable that I can’t win, give me a key to come and go but then complain that I’m coming in a going out.
Well I’m sure they are happy drinking Maharishi tea or whatever. The man has a very short memory as I put him up for about 2 months while we were in London. Still, musnt complain, must be hard having someone stay when you’re in a relationship and the house is invaded.

Thumb Acres

18th of Feb, 2003ce* in: diary

Went to the last ever Thumb Acres, a weekly pub based games night where drinkers can play xbox / dreamcast etc games on a huge projection screen.
Was a very good night out. Shortly after my manager took myself and a few others out to a sleazy nightclub where we all got copiously drunk and made fools out of our selves.

penguin climbers

4th of Feb, 2003ce* in: diary

Made a great analogy; people in the pub describing how the contract process works here at Babel, with people being sacked, put on the bottom of the list and waiting to get hired again (games testers and q&a quality controllers are on flexi contracts here). I compared it to those old battery powered toys you could get where the penguins climb the stairs and slide down the slide only to end up at the bottom of the stairs.

Well, you had to be there. Come to think of it only my manager laughed. I suppose thats key eh?

Went to Thumb Acres this evening, a weekly doo set up in the top room of an expensive pub where people can bring their consoles / games and play on a projector screen while drinking copious amounts of beer! Apparently this night is usually quite boring, numbering in about 4 or 5 attendees every time. However this evening was different! At one point there were twenty people in the room, all playing bishi bashi or some xbox game involving ducking and jumping, very hard and way too many pros in the room. We had full size dance mats to play dance dance revolution, however we played a few driving games like this too! like playing twister and driving a car at the same time, but left foot red makes you crash into a bus…