RP

 I have actually played in 3 or 4 different role play games in the last few years.  They are fun, I enjoy the dice rolling, I am pretty shit at the 'pretending to be someone else' part.  I am just too self conscious.  I should try and get over that.  Still its fun, I'll jump in again when the opportunity arises.

when will it come

This isn't even bloody published in the size I buy yet! (I can get it in trade paper back, but I hate that size) This sort of this is not helping me finish my list on time

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life is a film that is mentioned in Red Dwarf a number of times. Today I bought it from JB, on a trip there with Fiona (which was instead of doing house work). Neil and I just watched it. I know I've had half a bottle of champagne and everything, but I really enjoyed this movie. It's no wonder at all why it is considered a classic.

Mr. Gray

I was out at an event a few weeks ago, and chatting with a very nice lady about all sorts of stuff, and the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde came up. This was a book I started to read of the inter-web many moons ago, when I discovered that I really hate reading off the screen, so I stopped and never got around to finding myself a hard copy. I mentioned my list to this lady and decided that finding a copy and reading it might be a good way to get rid of pesky task 96, that I remembered was still hanging around. Anyway, I forgot to write a post and tell you about this change, even though it has been up on the site for a while now.

OK, next bit of this long sager, I had to go to Sydney this week for work. I wanted to take my bag on the plane as carry on, but the pesky lady out the counter weighted my bag and it was two kilos over! So I checked it with out remembering to get my novel out of it. Oops. Oh well, just have to buy another one!

Then I remember Mr Gray, so I went to the book shop to try and find him. This task duly accomplished, with the help of the tall shop assistant, I started reading. This book is defiantly not my usual type of book and I don't think I even had the knack of Mr. Wilde's really long sentences, even by the end of the book. There were whole passages of dialog that I just couldn't work out what the people were on about. But over all, I think I liked it. It was quite a bit deeper and more meaningful than my usual novels. By the end I really was quite happy to pick up my David Eddings again though. Sorry, I'm just not that deep!

Final task change

Old Task: Invite Rowan round for tea
New Task: Read "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
I was at a party last night and discussed this story last night and was reminded that I have always meant to read it. Remembering I had one last task to replace I decided it was an opportunity. This means this task goes from general to entertainment.

surprise ending

last night I watched the last episode of Farscape (I had watched all the other episodes too, I didn't just skip to the last one). I'm still not sure if I liked the ending, which I obviously won't tell you anything about, except to say that it shocked me! On the whole I have to say there series took me a while to get in to, but I really liked it in the end.

Angel bites the dust

Looking back now, these watching TV tasks really are a bit lame. But anyway, Neil is away at the moment, so I am getting some fairly serious TV watching done. I think this is attributable to my 'not liking being by myself' issue. This is because having the TV on means my brain doesn't focus on the fact that it's only me and the dogs in the house. I really do find that at about day 4 or 5, I really start needing to talk to people. The weekends are the really difficult days for me. Also, I am really reminded of being in Mildura, which was a particularly lonely time for me. Hmmm, bit of a side tracked post!

List complete

I have decided to declare the list at the bottom of the page of moves COMPLETE! I don't guarantee that there might not be a few more additions as time goes by and I think of them, but it's done. The way it works now is they go bold when I get them. So when the whole this is bold, task 38 should be done too.

Buffy is finnished, again

No, she didn't die, sufficed to say, they all lived happily ever after, mostly... I really like Buffy, no doubt I will watch it all again and still think I haven't seen some of the episodes! Does this need a picture? Ok, here's one:

Read Harry Potter books

Well, it was a dark novel, and I felt like the poor boy was running around, unbeknownst to him, with strings attached to a dead person, but feeling like he had a blind fold on, but of course, it all ended happily ever after, for the most part. Now I just have to wait till they finish all the films. I'm glad it's not me trying to make the film of this book!

whoops

Apparently, the last Harry Potter novel has been out for ages now, and I kind of didn't notice. The only reason I found out about it was cos a friend of mine came to ask if they could borrow it.....
Any way, purchased now and I am reading away :)

Finnished

Well, finished number 39 anyway.
I have really enjoyed watching Alias (with the exception of the cliff hanger at the end of season 4, when I hadn't already bought season 5 and I had to wait DAYS till I could get to a shop) and I'd really like to thank Velvet for suggesting I watch it.
Off you go, go and watch it your self now (taking note of what I said about the end of season 4!!!)

Free things

I have meant to go on the City Circle tram, for the whole route, for YEARS! Then recently, when showing a Canadian around the city, I found out that there is also a city bus, that goes a little further a field. I really must find out more about my own city, so I need to go on both of these!!!

Decision

Ok, so I have made a decision. I have decided that the list at the bottom of my blog will be only movies I don't already have. So you may notice it is now a fair bit shorter. Thanks for you your input on my question!

new and improved list

I have made a new and improved list for the bottom of the page (just scroll down to look) Tonight I am going to up date the entries to be true, at the moment they are only the best guess from my memory.

Green drinks?

so, do any of you recon that Green Drinks counts as a festival?

Along time ago

in a suburb far far away, I had a games night. I spent ages organising it, I had rules sheets, score sheets and games aplenty. I invited people and they can, there was laughter, beverages and fun to be had by all. It was a great night. When I went to organise another one, a couple of years later, my friends mucked me a round, canceled at the last min, and were generally unreliable. The evening ended up being canceled, by virtue of me writing a note on the front door 'F^&# you all' and me going out. Needless to say, not a fun evening.
Anyway, this first one was such a fun evening I haven't given up entirely on having another ones, whats more I do have a completely different set of friends now, so maybe they will come.

Harry Potter

Even though I am finding I liked the earlier books more than that later, longer ones, I am still determined to read them all, as they come out. I have stopped going to see the films too, so that I can see them all in a row, when (if) they are all finished.

role play

I used to do this while ago, when I was in another life, but it was fun and I have a few friends who have also done this once or twice before and I think it would be a fun way to spend an evening

Tv

I like TV, it's nice to sit in front of, usually sewing, hence I have made a few TV related goals.....