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Off work for another few days! Bit bummed out now though as Die and I were planning on going to Erdding for a walk about and some cake and now it's decided to rain - boo. However, today has already been productive as I've now finished off five termagaunts and can now move on to actually painting Billy's D&D stuff - just going to have to bully Die into sculpting a certain floating kebab for me now,..

The last week was horrible at work with loads of big meetings going on. Thankfully I didn't have all the responsibility of AV/VC equipment this time but it was still a bit nerve-wracking trying to sort out rooms for groups of over ninety people. Thankfully,  everything went well. Last weekend James visited, which was a great excuse to make bigos again! After going for a stroll and watching crap films we met up with Sascha and the dudes at the Swinging Arm in Birkenhead. It was a much better night than I was expecting it to be and the rockabilly band that played were proper good (despite doing a comedy Coldplay cover).  James left the next day which left Die and I most of the afternoon to check out an antiques fair at Blakemere, which was hit-and-miss. The definition of antique seems to be very loose these days, but it was still worth the lurk as there's always some hilarious tat lying around - I think my favourite were some retarded looking pottery alsatians with inexpliable holes in their backs.

On Monday, Dad and Jenny popped around on the way back from a weekend away in Wales. In all honesty neither Die or I were in the mood to have anyone around and it was a bit awkward - I really wish Dad would visit without Jenny sometimes. She's much more bareable than she used to be, but sometimes it feels like I can't have a proper relaxed conversation with Dad when she's around. Despite that, it wasn't too bad a visit and it was good to see Dad again.

This week Die and I are off to Nottingham for Dark Waters Goth Festival which should be good - really looking forward to seeing Cold In Berlin again and hopefully catching Ulterior in a good mood so they actually play. It'll also be rad to hopefully see Martha and Rich again as well as visiting Warhammer World!

Aghh!

Before that though, really need to sort out some boring stuff at the DVLA, go for a skate with a few of the dudes tonight and get some more painting done - oh, and have lunch.

Finally getting around to making Bigos, an amazing Polish stew Die and I had whilst in Melbourne last year.



It would have got a double thumbs up, but then the camera would have been on the floor.

So far this weekend has been rad! Friday night at Macabre was good, got to hear the new O Children song played (can't wait for the new album!) and also got to hang out with Gaynor who told us all about Yvette Fielding being a nobhead at some investigation she was at. Yesterday was pretty quiet as we slept in until midday - did take a wander around town and get a chinese before visiting Mel and Peake with George for another game of Arkham - we got to totally beat up Yog-Sothoth up and drink cider - proper good!

Today is pretty sedate - I'm going to be doing some more work on the Alice picture and then pop out for a skate at Deeside. Weather is unremittingly gloomy outside - boo!

Oh eBay, helping me relive a childhood of miniture distractions on a daily basis.

( It's 1995 all over again!  )


Yeah, I'm pretty much just going to be thinking about Necromunda all this week now.

Cov was brilliant. Not Cov itself - that was as lame and as miserable as it has been for the past 30 years, but seeing all the old guys and catching up on gossip was wonderful. The best bit was finding out I can still skate vert - scratching b/s airs and rock and roll slides felt amazing. The family are all okay, got to see Nan and Grandad as well as Auntie Carrie with her kids. James put me up in his flat and made me coffee in the morning bless him. Nan's doing okay now too after her booby scare - really hope that she gets out a bit more this year. Dad and Jenny made a proper good curry for me too and it was good to catch up with Dad - despite his bizarre ABBA vinyl fetish.

So far time off has been great. Today all the old cardboard Necromunda terrain that I ordered off ebay turned up, so I'd better pull my finger out and get painting some bulkheads soon! It's a little tattier than expected, but considering it's 17 years old it's in pretty boss condition. Hoping I can bully Die into playing a game tonight! I'm also hoping to pop over to the Boneyard this weekend and pick up some new clothes I've ordered - so much new stuff recently! Been ages since I bought any clothes.

It feels so, so good to be sitting here at home and not being at work! This is the first holiday I've had since Australia in September and so far it's amazing. In another few minutes I'll be heading off to Cov to see family as well as attend the first Wednesday night skate session with the old crew since I left Cov in 2008 - going to be weird! Don't think I've even skated vert properly since last summer either - I'm going to be proper shit! Been a right ballache trying to organise everything at work though, the past two days have been exhausting - everyone panics when I'm off, which is something I should be flattered with, but it reality it's proper annoying as it means loads of planning and reassurance to people who see a technical difficulty as turning a computer monitor on or plugging in a laptop.

Bleaugh, none of that today or for the next five days!

Right, off to Cov!

April showers in full effect - will it ever be dry outside when I'm not in work?

Bleaugh - I shouldn't be complaining. Die and I have had a rad morning out on the moors at World's End, finding bits of bone and getting wind-enduced earache. We also popped by Erdding for a meal and lurk around the gardens and got to bother bees and shire horses.

So far this week I've been really busy with the AA oath, managing to basecoat and ink 5 termagaunts all 5 scouts and have based, trimmed and primed Billy's D&D figures. Also got a bit of a Necromunda frenzy on too as I've been tidying up all the old bulkheads for a re-paint ready for a new set of card inserts - haha, if that isn't re-living 1995 I'm not sure what is!

Really looking forward to having some time off next week - heading down to Cov on Wednesday for the vert session with the old crew. It's been ages since I've skated with any of that lot and really hope it's a good one.

Right, off to make extra-special beefburgers for Die now.

Nomnomnom.

Don't be a stranger.

Funniest line in British comedy ever,..



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Remember laughing until I was short of breath watching these for the first time. Richie and Eddie are some of the best characters to ever appear on anything ever.

Forgot how funny this was, really need to hassle Die's Mum and Dad for this DVD back!

"Thank you for purchasing your tickets through ticketline for MINISTRY 21ST JULY MANCHESTER ACADEMY 1"

I don't think I've been this excited about seeing a group since NIN toured in 2006 - really, really very jittery about this gig as I thought that Ministry were done for good in 2009, plus Al Jourgensen isn't exactly getting any younger!

Aggghhhh!!

The past week has been pretty good! The works trip to the snowdome in Manchester went well and it was good to get to properly speak to people who I've worked with for ages - usually it's no more than a passing 'Alright/Hello'. Also managed to get a bit of painting done this week too! Last night was the monthly night out in Liverpool at Macabre which was awesome as always. This weekend marks Die and I's seven year anniversary so we spoilt ourselves with a massive lie-in and a meal out at the Tap. Tonight we plan to eat chips and watch bad movies - rad! Tomorrow we've arranged to meet up with Sascha at Norton Priory for some lurking and cake-eating.

Urgh, been really lazy of late and haven't skated for two weeks. Really not been in the mood to be honest. However, I did get an email through from the Boneyard to ask if I'd be up for filming some stuff with some other dudes with some skatepark challenges or something - sounds like it could be a good laugh!

No way - just found out that Weazel posted some pics of my jacket on his blog! Haha - Salemite Leather Disciple!