In Hoose Entertainment

With Advent coming to a close and me about to scuttle off to Stafford (Tomorrow Morning) I thought I’d update you on the rest of the week.

Tuesday
Had Emma and Adrian over, exchanged presents and the like.

I cooked a wonderous feast of Trout \ Salad \ Chips with a french stick.

After food we munched a few mince pies, watched “Dragon’s Den” and then settled down to a dvd of Shaolin Soccer (4/5)

Shaolin Soccer is one of those silly films that immediately stakes it’s claims by using such film machinery as naming the bad guys “Team Evil” and having a very very very optimistic lead character.

It was very well done though, a pretty decent film!

Wednesday

Followed Ed around for 6 hours or so… (I think only two people will “get” that)

I started the day by watching England win a game of cricket against Pakistan - a tense game we never looked like winning until the end!

Got a haircut and cleaned the house then went down to the Red Lion for a few bevvies with Ed & Linden. The Arsenal v Doncaster game was on (a game Arsenal were very lucky to win on penalties).

we moseyed into town and settled down in “The Pub” for a few more whilst watching the end of the game. Lots of people joined us including Mahinda, Alsion, Jon D, Luc, Mark etc etc…..

Linden, Ed, Mahinda & I decided to take the fifth and headed on down the Garrett (a pub next door to the Fifth with late opening) whilst waiting for Mahinda to change into proper clothes (he’d come straight from squash and was wearing shorts etc).

There we had vodka (Mahinda had Tequila) and each got a sofa as the pub was fairly sparsely populated.

onwards into fifth avenue. It was a top night and I’ll use Mahinda’s summary of highlights as sent in an e-mail today (I’ve left it in Mahinda’s perspective)

* Pete being handed a passport that blatantly wasn’t his. Unless he’d become a weedy-looking chap with glasses.
* Finding Steph (whose name I couldn’t remember until Linden asked “Is that Stephanie?”)…and then finding her passport on the floor.
* Bumping into (almost literally) Hannah, one of the dancers from the Altrincham panto. My first words to her? “How old are you?!” Ooops. Think I scared the bloke she was with. 17, but keep it quiet. It makes me feel old, to be honest - seeing someone in 5th Ave who you remember as a 14-year-old in a leotard.
* A bloke and girl offering to buy my round if I ate a whole cigarette. Looking back, maybe I should have done it - I was really close to going for it. Talked to the girl a bit, later on. Turns out that they found someone who managed it, to much general amusement.
* Inflatable evil snowman.
* Top Christmas tunes.
* Generally happy vibe (except for one fight).
* Pete dropping kebab juice all over his jeans and the floor of the bus.

Top night out! - we left when it closed (just after 2am)

the kebab on the way home was pretty good, though inadequately wrapped. I had to give in, and eat half of it at home, in the end!

Thursday

Today!

Hungover (does anyone actually follow my links?) for most of the morning, things started to happen around 1pm.

I ate and stuff and then went into the university where I libraried it and collected all my “work for over the holidays”

Tonight will be dull stuff like packing and cleaning.

Tomorrow I’ll be off to Stafford

Merry Christmas Everyone!