{"id":31,"date":"2004-02-01T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2004-02-02T01:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/blog\/?p=31"},"modified":"2004-02-01T21:00:03","modified_gmt":"2004-02-02T01:00:03","slug":"for-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/2004\/02\/01\/for-real\/","title":{"rendered":"for real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I&#8217;ve finished my fun little self-discovery, and the last four or five months have been fun. I had lots to write about, and even did write about it, but have decided that what I wrote will stay with yours truly for the present time. There wasn&#8217;t a lot of writing to be had, however, and I&#8217;m pretty proud of that. I&#8217;ve been focusing on living my life, instead of hanging out in front of my computer all the time. I&#8217;ve managed to get in shape, run a 10k, go on a number of strange dates, get an <em>amazing<\/em> trainer, fuck up my product launch, and a whole whack of other shit. It&#8217;s been a blast, and I&#8217;m starting to get this whole &#8220;life&#8221; thing.<\/p>\n<p>\nDon&#8217;t expect much from me, as I won&#8217;t promise any kind of regularity on updates. I will try to be better than <a href=\"http:\/\/coop.deadsquid.com\/\" title=\"five different ways to bind you\">coop<\/a>, however, and maybe that&#8217;ll help goad him into updating more. Ok&#8230; on with the spleen venting.<\/p>\n<p>\nTonight was one of those nights I&#8217;ll remember for a while. Not since <a href=\"http:\/\/off.net\/~shaver\/diary\" title=\"you do NOT chug four fingers of Lagaluvin!\">shaver<\/a> came to visit before leaving Netscape did my scotch collection get such a workout over such a short time. Coop outdid himself last night, and the results were fairly entertaining, although I would not have wanted to be him in the cab ride home or in the morning. Thankfully, Kristina is the patient sort, and <a href=\"http:\/\/axe.deadsquid.com\/\" title=\"Bloodbowl needs more participatory violence\">James<\/a> and I are reasonably confident we&#8217;ll see him for fooball (sic) this evening.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe evening itself kicked. I counted seven dead wine soldiers in the blue bin, and the food went over quite well. It was a vegetarian night, and no one noticed &#8211; always a good thing. We had cheese fondue and chips (heh) to start, followed with Tex-mex lasagna (tortillas instead of noodles), Syl&#8217;s cauliflower pie, some Mescaline (sic) salad, and some beans. Barb provided a chocolate fondue for desert, which most of the guys missed out on (not me, chocolate and banana &#8211; yum!), and which was very tasty.<\/p>\n<p>\nThere was a tonne of Mario Double Dash played, and we broke out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyetoy.com\" title=\"surprisingly fun, but not enough good games\">Eyetoy<\/a>. Coop sucked across the board, and let everyone know how he felt about it (and got appropriate sympathy, which is to say none at all). I showed folks my balance ball, and it was a positive factor whilst playing Kung Fu. I&#8217;ll get around to cleaning it up sometime real soon now.<\/p>\n<p>I wish we got together in large groups for dinner more often. It&#8217;s a hell of a lot of fun, and I really enjoy cooking for a crowd. Maybe when I move I&#8217;ll make it more of a habit. Wine, food, great people, and games. What more could you possibly want?<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, Coop and Kris gave me <a href=\"http:\/\/buffy.deadsquid.com\/buffy5.html\" title=\"I'm reading ya a-ok\">Buffy: Five by Five<\/a> for Xmas. Kick-ass CD &#8211; thanks guys!!! If you don&#8217;t have it, I highly recommend getting on Coop&#8217;s good side and snarfing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I&#8217;ve finished my fun little self-discovery, and the last four or five months have been fun. I had lots to write about, and even did write about it, but have decided that what I wrote will stay with yours truly for the present time. 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