St. Patrick's Day

This year I decided that I should do something a bit different on St. Patrick's day. The idea I landed on was a mini bar crawl that we would do before we started drinking at home to go out. This was both a good and bad idea. The drunken state was achieved with great success, but when you have been drinking for 11 hours by midnight it begins to take it's toll on your energy. Determined not to be beaten by this, I still decided to go to the casino, spend all my money and walk home. This resulted in me being broke as a joke, and got blisters on my feet from the walk in unsuitable footwear. In hindsight, next year I will be making different plans... maybe hit New York for it?

Alco-Pong

During the last week Beer Pong fever has gripped the house. It has therefore been a pretty heavy week. But what's not to love? It's essentially darts but with a lot less skill, and the winner makes a friend drink when they don't want to, and the loser gets to drink lovely beer. It's almost like the gods looked at me and designed a sport that I would be devastating at. Plus there is no way I will ever end up on the bench in this sport so thats nice. I have to say that this game took am irresponsible turn on Friday. The resulting 'Cocktail Pong' claimed 4 victims in merciless fashion. None of us have any real memory of the night. David Bradley was brought home by his girlfriend, and then proceeded to throw up on our living room floor, thinking he was outside. Daniel Thompson ate a whole KFC meal, then forgot he had eaten it and got a large Pizza to eat as well. Jack Wrightson walked off on his own, lost everyone and came back and slept on a friends floor round the corner from our house. I went to the casino on my own, spent all the money I had on me and failed at getting more money out. We all came home on our own at different times and I think only half of us had keys. What were we thinking was going to happen when the last drink we had was made up of Vodka, Rum, Gin with Cider as the mixer.

Catching Up With The Rest Of The World

It is a fairly commonly known fact that there are a number of films that I have not yet seen, that the rest of the world seems to have on numerous occasions. Last night I made that list shorter, albeit ever so slightly, by 2. I sat down and properly watched Pulp Fiction for the first time, and I have to say it was very well received. It is the only time I will say this but John Travolta was boss. He played Vincent Vega with serious swagger, and Samuel L. Jackson showed that he is a very good actor who picks very  bad films. The other film I watched was Lock Stock. I was disappointed. Some good lines, a decent story line, and a good standard of acting. The only problem is when you hear so much about a film, about how many people consider it one of their favourite ever films, you expect a lot. In my opinion it was just a pretty good film with fairly low rewatchability.