Very, Very, Shiny

Like Capt. Mal Reynolds stumbling in after a bar fight, the short-lived but much beloved sci-fi series Firefly will soon make an unexpected return, not as a TV show, but as a massively multiplayer online game.

I really, really want's it.

Robots...

Aah, cardboard.

Bit of tape.

Some scissors.


Robots are cool for many reasons, mainly because one day they will take over the earth and I want it recorded that I think they're cool - hopefully liberating me from a lifetime of servitude down a battery mine or something.

Band of Brothers?

So I went to play soldiers at the weekend, and it taught me a few things.



Firstly - riding a bike and going to the gym are nothing compared to being a soldier, even a fake one. Eight hours of running through fields and woods and hiding and crouching and running is hard. My legs still hurt and it was three days ago.

Secondly - I'm pretty good at shooting people. What I'm not good at is not getting shot. Which effectively cancels out how good I am at shooting people.

Thirdly - I quite enjoy taking these things seriously and trying to learn about military tactics (even if, as part of the glorious in defeat red team, our tactics disintegrate steadily as we get picked off one by one by Andy the Sniper) which was good because the guns were crazy effective so you actually had to pay attention to cover fire and position and range and all sorts or you got deaded.

All in all - something I'd do again, especially as the guys promised tanks, claymores, satellites, UAV's, handguns, shotguns and Hummers for the next time we go.

Geeky boy overload...

www.warfighters.eu - for all your war simulation type needs.

Me and Bob Dylan...

Cyclism

I am now officially a cyclist - which means that I now hate:

• Taxi's in the bus lane - Damn You!
• Pedestrians - Look Up Damn You!
• Lycra - Don't Ride in Front of Me Damn You!

I now love:

• Overtaking Buses - Ha. Public Transport.
• Deep Heat - Ha. My Hamstrings.
• Sweat -Ha.

An hour a day, four days a week. It's like proper exercise and everything.

Knights of Cydonia

Muse...

Still very excited

Going to see Muse tomorrow...

And am pantwettingly excited about it.

Wemberley...

Firing the Cannon

We Got Married...

So this is going to be quite a long post...



As you can see - it was in a church and everything - and it was the best day!

After the church we had a big party in a castle - and even fired a cannon...



And we had a dance...



So that pretty much topped everything off - you can see many photos over on my flickr pages:






spacmonster's Our Wedding photoset



So - that was the wedding, but we weren't finished having fun, not by a long shot.

We went off on honeymoon to Africa, and had more amazing times chasing lions and fishes and sleeping in treehouses and eating crabs...

We started in Garonga...




spacmonster's Garonga photoset



Where we saw some frankly mahoosive lions!



At Garonga we went for a walk and hung out with Warthogs, met the marvellous CJ and Mosa, ate fabulous food and soaked up the amazing views from our balcony. Still, we had to leave, but fear not - we were off to the beach!




spacmonster's Medjumbe photoset



The beach was fab - and Ray spent most of her time being fabulous...



Or scared of the water...



I spent my time trying to grow a beard...



In all - everything was great. Maybe we should do it again sometime!

Grass

Grass
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New camera - new fun things to try, this is 'super macro' meaning you can take pictures of things that are really, really close...

Its a bit like Honey I Shrunk the Kids, only good, obviously, and without Rick Moranis.

Hen Do

While Chris was subject to despicable stag type shenanigans, I was far more lady like with my hens in Bath.

I also chased a hairy biker down the street for a hen do hug!

Stag Do

Stag Do!

I went to Bristol and drove mud buggies and watched really tiresomely boring football match (thank you Steve McClaren), and tried to make balloon animals...



And that is all...

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Schnee!

Snowing - again! I thought it was March, y'know like spring, but apparently no, its winter, and white stuff is falling from the sky.

Ominously Ricky tells me I need swimming trunks for my stag do this weekend. And old trainers.

In the snow.

Hrmmm.

Mike's New Suit

And photos at my flickr stream.

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Link

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No Hood - but still very cool...

Three - One!

Won my first game of football on the t'internet...

3-1, against some French bloke.

Still ranked 100 millionth worst Pro Evo player in the world.

Its a start though.

Open Casket

Open Casket
Originally uploaded by spacmonster.

My ipod has passed away, it is deceased, ceased to be etc etc, (insert parrot joke here).

I am a sad bunny today.

Not only that, but I have to listen to the gym's music tonight.

Woe is me.

Snow!

Snowy
Originally uploaded by spacmonster.

I like snow, I think it still has the novelty factor on account of growing up somewhere where it hardly ever snowed properly.

No sledging today though, go to go to work...

Chaz? Dave? Andy...

Chaz? Dave? Andy...
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Compo's funeral was a very tearful occasion for Andy G...

Someone is very happy with their cheese and girls calendar!

Someone is very happy with their cheese and girls calendar!
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The best Christmas.

Ever.

Get Your Own!

Personally, my favourite is Miss Camembert. Roll on April.